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Togepi looked a bit surprised when Ralia jumped down into the heated bath with him and hugged him, but nonetheless could sense that it was with happy intentions and wanting to play catch. Togepi smiled so happily and innocently.

[color=ffeba8]‘Togepi!’[/color] he called out, raising his tiny arms to play with Ralia.

Meanwhile, Claire put her coins on Empress. Valerie silently watched the situation as it unfolded, analyzing the different candidates with a focused stare…

[color=e38b62]‘… You’re right,’[/color] Valerie says with a sigh, and then pulled out her wallet… [color=e38b62]‘900 coins on Empress,’[/color] Valerie said, placing nine times the funds on the table. [color=e38b62]‘For the sake of our bet, we’ll say the both of us started with 1000 coins. Having lost 100, I have 900 left to bet,’[/color] Valerie told, simply.

The race started, and… Grassball stumbled into a pile, Lucky’s taking it easy, Biscuit is still basking in his own success and Zodiac’s heads were squabbling due to their last failure. Empress [i]easily[/i] outran the rest and secured a win.

[center][color=6ecff6][i]Claire won 140 coins![/i][/color][/center]

… But having bet all 900 of her coins, Valerie won 1260 coins. With that, for the sake of the bet, Valerie has 1260 coins total, and Claire has 1940. 

The other competitors are getting a bit more back into the frey. Zodiac’s trainer yelled a bit at the Dodrio heads, and they got themselves back in order. Lucky had taken it easy last race, recharging for a potential spurt. Empress was eager to secure another win-streak. Biscuit saw Empress desire for a win-streak, and two out of three heads got something mischievous in their eyes. Grassball finally got up on actual feet and took three steps back to the starting point.

New order was randomized. From left to right: Biscuit, Lucky, Empress, Grassball, Zodiac.

[color=e38b62]‘Hmpf, the next one should be a bit more difficult to guess,’[/color] Valerie said, looking over at Claire. [color=e38b62]‘Your next bet?’[/color] she asked, focused.

Odds are… Grassball (x100) < Biscuit (x10) < Lucky (x5) < Zodiac (x2) < Empress (x1.4)

Ralia’s still playing with Togepi, assumingly.

What would Claire do?