It had been a busy morning for Mallow. She’d spent hours deep in Lush Jungle with Tsareena, gathering fresh ingredients for a new trial recipe meant to blend Alolan spices with Kalosian herbs. The scent of cooked berries still clung to her fingers as she sat cross-legged beneath a shady fig tree, scribbling notes and little hearts in her recipe journal.

"Too sour with raw Bluk. Needs roasting first," she muttered, tapping her pen against her chin.

She looked up as the brush rustled was there someone?