Frozen Resolve

Chapter 6 : Catnip

"So...I think...now I'm going to be the one...I need a moment here...my mind is all messed up..." Randy muttered while Duff and Kuro were looking at the request board. "I think it would be fine if I stay back today" Ivy spoke out of nowhere. "Yess!" Kuro yelled. "To give Kuro a chance to do something" she added. "What?! No, you go there and I'll stay back! I don't need your empathy, Ivy!"

"Alright, Ivy will stay here and take care of the place while the four of us go out on our missions," Randy said to them. "Hey! No way she's staying, I don't need her empathy!" Kuro yelled. "Kuro, I'm the...temporary leader for today, and you're going," Randy said to him as Ivy walked away.

"Duff, you and Kuro will be in the same group for today, right? Or do all four of us go together?" Randy asked. "Why not all of us go on the same one?" Duff suggested. "Sounds nice to me!" I said with a smile. "Hey!" a voice boomed from behind, cutting off our discussion.

"Hey Mr.Guhan, is there anything you'd like to tell us?" I asked. "Icy, Randy, there's something I'm offering you two" he boomed, and we then turned to look at our two friends. "We'll be fine on our own! Duff and I make the best team. My invincible battle skills with Duff's assistance will make everything a piece of cake!" Kuro said and gave us his finger gun pose. "See you later, Randy, Icy" Duff said, then the two of them took a sheet and flew away.

"So what did you want to tell us?" Randy asked. "You two changed my ways, you even gave me a Sturdy Vine, so I'm giving you a special offer" he boomed. "Sounds great, thanks Mr.Guhan!" I said with a smile. "Alright, let's show you the prices..."

"Wow, we can ask you to build small stands for us?" I asked as I looked at Guhan's small carpenter shop. "Not without a payment though" a voice came from inside, then I saw Randy staring at something. "Randy, what are you looking at?" I asked and looked in the same direction.

"Dude...like, who are you selling your service to? How are we supposed to afford this stuff?" Randy barked as we looked at the prices. "Uh...10000...20000...50000...100000..." I muttered as I looked at the prices, doing that already made me a little dizzy. "That's why I'm giving you a discount" Guhan boomed, and crossed out the 20000...and made it...40000...

"I'm giving you a 200% discount" Guhan boomed with a smile, while the two of us stared at him. "Not satisfied?" Guhan asked with a frown. "Don't you mean...50%?" Randy asked. "What?" Guhan asked. "You just doubled the price, Guhan" Randy barked. "Psst...Randy, even though it's going to be half the price, we still won't be able to afford it" I whispered in his ear. "Psst...Icy, I'm trying to make this work...so stay quiet!" Randy whispered with a confident look. "Okay...?"

"You mean this?" Guhan asked and crossed out the 40000, then replaced it with 10000. "Thanks, Guhan. But that's still quite a lot, apparently, a few gems could buy us a house...could you make it a bit cheaper...? Crossing out the last 0s would do us a big favor" Randy asked. "Psst...Randy...there's no way that's gonna work...he's not that stupid" I whispered in his ear. "Like this?" Guhan asked, then my muzzle dropped open.

"Thanks, Guhan...but it's still a little too expensive...can you make the price even cheaper?" Randy asked. "Psst...Randy, that's cheap enough, if you keep going...he's going to realize sooner or later" I whispered. "Psst...Icy, I got this. Trust me...this is my specialty as a human" he whispered back. "What are you two talkin' about?" Guhan asked. "Nothing, Icy was complaining that it was too expensive, but she didn't want you to hear it because she's a kind-hearted pokemon and doesn't want to hurt your feelings"

"It's 50% now, how cheap do you want it to be?" Guhan asked. "It's 50% now...so...can you make it 10%?" Randy asked. "I'm not going below 40%" Guhan boomed. "5%" Randy barked. "50%," Guhan said with a stern look. "10%" "45%" "15%" "40%" "20%" "35%" "30%" " 25%" "Deal!"