Discontent with the lack of spotlight, our favourite green haired girl turns to drink to cope
Oh, wow, I thought you were kidding but no, from what it looks like Mallow apparently ends up at a bar-like place ran by an Oranguru bartender where she's drinking and talking her problems away, lol.
... Oh I can't resist. *
Plays Video Game Confessions music*
This is Oranguru. Oranguru works in abandoned jungle restaurant called the Hidden Grotto. There, some of Alola's most popular Pokemon and even people come in to have a drink. Sometimes they share stories and even secrets, for as we all know, what the bartender hears is confidential; isn't it.
Pokemon Confessions
Oranguru: So I sitting there, tending the counter, when in comes a green haired human girl: young Mallow of Konikoni City's Aina's Kitchen. She sits down, orders a pina colada, and lays her face down on a counter with a sigh. I serve up her drink and, after watching her just take one shot before going face down again, I asked the lass if there was anything wrong. She turns her head enough so she's giving me a Nanu-like glare asking me if I ever felt ignored, taken advantage of, and less important than others around me. Being a Pokemon and a bartender the answer was yes, by the way, but I let her keep going. She points out how she's one of the main characters in the anime and in the games was a Trial Captain. In a previous character focus episode, Lillie got character development on her fear of Pokemon, Lana got a Z-Ring, and Kiawe got an Alolan Marowak. So its now her turn and what did she get? According to her, nothing. Just a forgettable episode about her being underappreciated as the main cook of her family's restaurant. "Well lass", I said, "I'm sure in the episode you'll get appreciation as the main cook". "That's not the issue" she shot back while also taking another shot of her drink. She points out of course she's going to get the "respect" at the end of the episode, but then what? How will any of this affect her character outside of the episode. "I don't know" I said. "Nothing, that's what" she said slamming her now empty drink down, demanding another round. I hastily pour the angry miss her drink and let her drink some until she went back to slouching.
After things quiet down I hesitantly asked her why does she think nothing will come of the episode. "Because I'm the least popular waifu" she said with a sigh. "Waifu? That silly pairing thing? Surely the writers wouldn't care about that" I tried assuring her. She just gave me a look that would make even a Brionne become nervous. "You don't even know" she said in a cold, angry voice. She tells me that since the popularity of Serena last season they wanted to try giving Ash a psuedo-harem this season with her, Lana, and Lillie. Which is odd as all these characters are suppose to be around 10. But she says because of that if the girls don't have enough of a fanbase to support her pairing with Ash then their character development will be dropped in favor of giving more to the other girls. "That's terrible" I said, "so they're just going to do nothing with you because fans don't pair you up with the main character"? Mallow says they'll try again to pair her with Ash, but until her numbers goes up she's literally being put in the kitchen.
After that she finished her second drink, got up, paid her tab, and began to walk out. I wished her luck and she gave me a thanks, though says until things approved she's gonna have a lot of Big Mushrooms to suck. I told her I wasn't quite sure what she meant though she told me to think of its shape and eventually I'd figure it out. Still don't know what she quite meant, mushrooms to me look like little umbrellas. I see a lot of strange things are a bartender. I see a lot of strange things at the Hidden Grotto. So I see a lot of a strange things as the bartender at the Hidden Grotto. That ain't no lie, I swear to it.