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Of course Brenny had friends that had seen the signs and had all talked and agreed to go over in one large group. So, Urban had with him not only Jayme, but Tristan and Tania. Jayme was looking forward to meeting the boy who could irritate Urban so completely, and innocently.

Cameron was coming from a different direction bringing Timmy along with him, after having double checked that he had money on him...and stopping by the bank first to actually have some.

They all met up in a large group and introductions began as Jayme didn't know anyone but Urban and Cameron at this point.

Elsewhere, Lorne was hot, and tired and cranky after being chased down by a grumpy dog...and not a Pokedog, an actual stupid dog. He was pretty annoyed to have lost the food he'd stolen fair and square. So when he spotted a sign for drinks and cookies he thought it was the best idea he'd seen all day. Though he didn't think he had any money on him. Oh well, he'd just help himself!

In the mean time, Mei was getting another pitcher ready to go, making sure lemons were cut, and the mix of lemons, water and sugar was perfect. She finished then and poured a teeny bit of water onto her hands to wash them as she looked around. "I think I see people coming Brenny get ready!"

She hoped for her friends sake this lemonade stand idea would work out well.

A walk was nice. Especially on a beautiful day as such. Nana had allowed her to dress like a normal child of this day and age. She'd picked out a black floor length skirt and an oversized shirt whose sleeves passed her hands. With her hair flowing behind her in a loose pony tail, Nyx navigated the streets with a flier in hand. 'Lemonade, wonder what that is,' she thought, her gaze flickering up from the pavement to the line of people that seem to be gathering around a small stand.

The absol girl tilted her head in a quizzical moment, examining all that was to be examined before falling back to the parcel in her hands. Nana had said it was the proper gift for such an occasion. She hoped the owner would like it. Quickly, she made her way over keeping her head high and posture as straight as a board. Even out of dress, she had to act like a proper Maiko. In truth, she wished she wore her yukata. With it and the adornment of her status, she might've felt braver than she felt now. Her people skills were horrid and in desperate need of practice. Hopefully, this was a good start.

She planned on meeting with him, but she was told that cutting in line was not a polite thing to do. So here she was, standing to meet him when a smaller Pokemon walked up. A little female Plusle that seemed a little thirsty. Nyx inhaled deeply, shy and nervous all in all. She hoped to make a good impression. “Konichiwa, Plusle-san. My name is Nyx and I would be deeply honored to purchase you a lemonade drink if you allow me to.” Her body was bent at a 90 degree angle as she bowed deeply to such a tiny Pokemon, a gentle smile gracing her black and white face with long strands of black hair falling over her shoulders. Hands carefully grasped the precious cloth wrapped gifts in her hands to her abdomen as she awaited the answer.

Adriana didn't forget about the promise she had made to her brother, Brenny, the day they met in the flower meadow. She didn't forget to remind her daddies to make all sorts of sweets and foods for the lemonade stand, either. In fact, she reminded her entire family to bring something! Brother Brenny would be so happy!

"Brenny! Brenny!" She cried, barreling towards the lemonade stand. "Adri brought cake, cookies, teas and candy to sell, too! We have fun today! Chii!"

Not too far behind her stood Damien and Alabaster, each carrying pitchers of assorted drinks to sell. Some were sodas, some were brewed sweet tea, and some were assorted flavors of lemonade. They chuckled at their daughter and set all of the pitchers they had upon the stand, smiling at Brenny as the did.

"You must be Brenny, right?" Damien asked.

"It's wonderful to meet you, Adri hasn't stopped talking about you!" Alabaster chuckled.

As the fox boys started to chat with Brenny, Crystal and Sarah came by with platters of cookies. Crystal set her tray, filled to the brim with fresh chocolate chip cookies and raspberry tarts, upon the stand and stretched her back out.

"Ugh, next time, the BOYS get the hard labor!" She grumbled.

Sarah rolled her eyes at Crystal and set her plates, covered in variously shaped sugar cookies and blueberry tarts, down on the opposite side of the stand, before smiling at Brenny.
"We heard all about this stand," She said, winking. "Hope we can help you out, sweetheart!"

Following behind Sarah and Crystal were Sybelle and Gabriel, each carrying a tray of cupcakes. Sybelle didn't seem very interested in the whole lemonade stand idea, but decided to help a fellow Poke child out as best she could. She nudged Gabriel over to the stand, where they set their plates down, and hustled over to the sidewalk, not wanting to get in the way of anything.

As they sat down, Loki, Bellatrix, and Reshi wandered down the street, having heard about the event themselves. They didn't have anything to give to the cause, because Reshi didn't feel like baking or doing any sort of work, and decided to buy as much lemonade as they could to compensate. Bellatrix recognized Sarah and decided to head over towards them, while Loki raced towards Crystal, happy to greet his older sister. Reshi sighed and sat himself down on the sidewalk to wait for his guardians to come back.

Not too far from where Reshi had sat lay a very sleepy looking Zeke, who had somehow sleepwalked his way to the city. He rubbed his eyes and sniffed around, the scent of food getting to him rather quickly. "That smells good..." He mumbled, lumbering to his feet. His eyes remained shut, as if glued that way, as he walked over to the stand like a deranged zombie.

From underneath the stand itself came a pair of noses, fox noses to be precise, that belonged to the notorious "sister pair", Veronica and Zeraphina. Veronica had heard about the stand from her trainer's maid, Katie, and decided to drag Zeraphina with her to check it out.

"Go swipe us a cupcake, Zera!" She chirped.

"Okay! Let me see if I can sneak past all these people!" Zera replied, clamoring up the side of the stand.

Last but not least, the neighborhood's best dancer, Osha, came tap dancing down the street. He carried his favorite tip jar in his hands, hoping to help Brenny out by dancing for tips. Every now and then he would turn back towards the alleys and wave a small shadow towards him.

"Morgan, this way!" He chimed, hopping down the road a bit more.

Morgan shook his head at how whimsical his brother was and trudged forward, his hair dragging along behind him. He hated being out in public! People freaked him out! They always wanted him to dance or be special or something... Couldn't he and Osha just go home and never go out again?

Aoife found she didn't really enjoy grocery shopping all that much. It was long and they frowned upon sampling unless things were specified as being for tasting and it just wasn't fun. Sure, there were nice and yummy looking things to see and smell and even touch in some cases, but it certainly wasn't her favorite thing to do. So, today, they all came a little earlier into the city proper. Their mom and dad had done a little research and found a nice park that was near to the store. (It was still kinda weird calling her and her brother's trainers that, but Dugan and Iona did take on more parental roles for them, at least since they changed into kids.) They had said that she and Niall could play in the park and wait for them there while they shopped. If they needed them, the store was just down the street, but (and it was a BIG but) if they left the park, they'd have to go together. That wasn't a problem, so it was agreed. It was kind of exciting really. Kinda like before, when they were still wild. Aoife loved them too much to want to go back though. They were wonderful people who treated her and her brother so very well. They all were happy. The Seel girl had watched their parents go down the street and made sure to note which place they turned into before looking to her twin with a smile. "Let's go play!" She said, taking his hand in hers.

Running about, horsing around, and goofing off with her brother was just wonderful! They usually played in the sand back home, so having dirt and rock and grass to play around on was a treat. The playground was a blast too! But, whew, were they getting hot! On the shore, they always got plenty of breeze off of the ocean and all the concrete kept things warm it seemed. There was shade, but it only helped so much. Aoife, thankfully, had left one of her usual sweaters back at the house so she wasn't totally roasting, but the girl had gotten down right thirsty! Looking to her brother almost forlornly, she huffed into her bangs with a bit of a pout. "Niall, are you thirsty too?" She smacked her lips to emphasize her state. It was positively wrong for a water type to feel this thirsty. A faint breeze caused something behind her twin's head to flutter. Leaning over to peek over his shoulder, Aoife blinked at the fluttering paper. It had been taped to a lamp post, but one of the corners had come loose in the wind. "Hey..." The girl began, sliding off of the bench they had plopped down on. "What's this?" She reached up and carefully peeled the rest of the tape off of the post. (It had been kinda crooked anyway.) Her dark eyes scanned over the writing a few times before moving back to her brother's side. "Ooh! Hey, Niall, someone is selling lemonade near by! We could go get some! Oh, please, let's! I've got a little money in my pocket and I dunno how much you have, but we can at least get a little something, either to share or to have for ourselves. Something like that would be perfect in this heat."

With an accord reached, the twins headed off in search of the stand mentioned in the flyer. Aoife kept it in hand and occasionally would reread over it. If the city was always this warm this time of year, it was a very smart idea to have! Glancing up from the paper in her hands, she smiled as a gathering of people came into view. They all appeared to be bustling around something that looked like what a lemonade stand ought to. But, ooh, there were so many others. What if they ran out or they had to wait a long while before getting anything to drink? Aoife shook her head and tucked a few stray strands of her flippy, white hair behind one of her ears. She was sure that it would be okay! It certainly looked like there were lots of goodies on and around the little stand. "There it is, Niall! We found it. Let's go see what all there is." She took a big inhale and sighed. "And it smells so good. Mmm!"

Mei could see the little Plusle on the sidewalk and watched anxiously as a group of people appeared, hoping it wouldn't get stepped on and injured, suddenly glad she was behind the stand!

Seeing a child of some sort stopping to talk to her, she let her attention drift back to other things, it looked like the Plusle would be okay.

It was a good thing she let her attention go back to the matters of selling because suddenly there was an influx of food and drinks, an over whelming amount! The Mienfoo stood there awestruck for a few moments listening to all the chatter.

So some of Brenny's friends had decided to help him out? That was nice...but very unexpected!

Urban patted Tristan's leg lightly as they walked, and explained lemonade to the Minun, how it was a slightly tart but sweet drink made from lemons. He gave a laugh at all the questions. "You can have a cookie yes, but I don't know if Brenny will want to, or be able to play since he's running this stand."

Urban glanced to Tania with a smile. "I don't know if they're blue or not Tania, but hopefully there's something blue for you to eat."

Jayme for his part was amazed to see the difference in his usually gruff bodyguard. He was so mellow these days, rather calm and he was sure having this little family of his is what did it. It did Jayme some good to see the Aggron settled down with Solange and having apparently been adopted by the two pokemon.

Cam patted the hand clinging to him and smiled down to Timmy nodding his head. "I'm sure Brenny will be here Timmy, and it's good there's a lot of people, it means he'll earn more money after all." he let the boy ramble on, knowing it would help calm his fears to a point.

"Alright, lemonade and cookies it is." he agreed easily and followed Timmy to the line, looking up at he heard his name and gave a smile to Dea and her group, gently poking Timmy. "Want to go and say hello?"

Urban and Cam both said their hello's to Brenny chuckling at his enthusiasm. Hellos and introductions were had all about while Cam dropped some money into the jar and handed Timmy a lemonade and told him to pick out three cookies. He'd put more money than that in however.

The same was happening with Urban, telling them to pick out a couple of cookies, and then dropping in more than the needed amount. Jayme smiled seeing this and added his own money though he didn't take any of the refreshments. He just wanted to help!

She glanced towards the boy sitting on the sidewalk once again concerned for safety but couldn't dwell on it, not when they had the two under their stand.

Mei frowned at the two Pokemon under the stand as well, a rather fierce glower, then she turned to Brenny. "You cannot make a habit of giving things away Brenny, else you won't have anything to sell." she gave a gentle scolding to him, while watching Zera and Seraphina closely making sure they didn't make another attempt, looking ready to do something about it if it came to it.

Urban could see two more kids coming up fast, as well as the mad house that was now the lemonade stand, and he and Cam both noticed Brenny was looking a bit uncomfortable. "Here Tris, Tania go to Cam." Tristan was held out to Cameron who took him easily, and Urban straightened fully, and spoke in a loud voice to get everyone's attention before it got too much more chaotic.

"HEY! Listen up! INTO A LINE! This is turning into a mad house and someone is going to get hurt! If you have something to contribute bring it around to the side here, otherwise LINE UP!"

Why yes, he was taking charge of the chaotic situation, for the moment anyhow. This was Brenny's show, he was just doing what he did best and running interference...and at over six and a half feet tall, there wouldn't be many who would challenge him he knew. Being intimidating had plenty of perks!

That done, he took Tris back from Cam with a smile at Brenny. "There, that should help the crush of people. You okay kid?"

Off to one side Jayme stood, and began to sing wanting to help. Maybe he could draw in more people with his singing, help the boy earn more money. It was the least he could do after all! That and hopefully it would help everyone to settle down further. Maybe.

Renee nodded her head and placed her tiny paw in her hand " staying out here alone may not have been the best idea, but i don't have any tall friends yet" she put in before she used her feet as leverage "lemonade and cookies sound nice" she put in.

She had some money too. Not lots. In all likelihood, her total was less than three dollars, but a good bit of it was in quarters and dimes so it felt like a lot in the pockets tucked in the folds of her dress's skirt. Perhaps if they had enough, they'd be able to get some tasty little treat to go along with the lemonade they'd buy. That would be a nice something to have in a pleasantly shaded spot to sit.

Now standing before the stand and its associated gather, Aoife absently chewed her lower lip. "Maybe," She answered her twin's question. "I mean, it's bound to be. This is where the flyer said the stand would be." The seel gave the piece of paper in her free hand another looking over. "Yeah. It's here, so...Yeah, let's get in line." She tugged him over to someplace near the busy stand kind of, sort of in line with what appeared to be a line. It was more like a small crowd, but there was probably a line somewhere in there, right? "There probably is. If they run out, they could just make more. Especially if they live right here." Aoife shrugged. "Maybe. Mama and Daddy are busy at the store, but then again if there is a flyer in the store somewhere, they might see it and come too." She looked to her brother and smiled. "Do I think Mama would like to buy some lemonade? I think she'd probably prefer to make some at home. But she might get something if she were here. It is kinda warm out. I bet Daddy would like to get something yummy to eat." Snack-asaurus Rex, Dugan was. Iona sometimes fussed, but he seemed to keep plenty active so nothing really stuck.

Aoife blinked at the squeeze to her hand. She raised her brother's hand up to about the level of her chest and patted the back of his hand, making the flyer quietly rattle about with the motion. Was he nervous about all these people? Or feeling shy? A rare thing for her brother in her experience, but then again it wasn't often that the two seel found themselves in such a busy crowd without their parents there. Peeking between a couple of the people, her eyes widened slightly, brows raising a degree and mouth forming a neat little 'o'. "Niall, do you see all the things that are being offered? Seeing anything that's really leaping out at you?" There were a few things that were just looking delightful. It was really all more than she had been expecting from a simple, neighborhood lemonade stand.