>>5575338>>5575339>>5575342"Leaves?" You ask, startled.
"Tea." The Slowking replies. "It's been a long while since anyone brought any out here. Those three tried giving me some stringy brown weed that smelled bad."
"Uh, yeah... we should have some." You say after a moment's thought, shrugging off your pack and digging through until you find a tin of them, before opening it for Slowking's edification. "We were actually hoping you could help us." You say.
He inhales, seemingly ignoring you, before giving an appreciative sigh.
"This way." He says, gesturing behind him to the rocks.
You trade a look with Holly, before following, Kay O-o falling in behind you, taking long, awkward steps as he gets used to bipedalism.
As you pick your way down the rocks, you start getting to the Slowpoke colony proper, stopping at an old, weathered shrine carved from the surrounding rock, with a much less weathered looking basin on a plinth, not unlike a bird bath before it with a few weathered wooden cups sat on a small ledge beside it.
"Okay, put 'em in." Slowking says, indicating the basin.
You pour the whole tin in, before Slowking inhales and uses Scald into the basin, the swirling, boiling water mixing the leaves in an instant before settling into a black pool.
This done, Slowking fills the cup before offering you, Holly and Kay O-o a cup each before sipping at his own.
"Ah... This is nice." He says.
It's <span class="mu-i">strong</span> is what it is. The tea has a flavor reminiscent of smoked meat, but Kay O-o seems to be enjoying it and Slowking certainly seems to be enjoying it.
"So." He says. "What brings two young trainers like yourselves to Imbrium Cape?"
(Part 1)
