Catherine rolled up to the Poké Mart like she owned the place, squeezing herself out of her beat-up old truck in nothing but this tiny bikini that was easily two sizes too small. The thing was basically fighting for its life the whole time, with straps digging in everywhere.

She did not have a single clean outfit left after that new data center they built down the road started dumping all kinds of nasty crap into the water near her trailer. Her washing machine was useless now. The whole creek turned weird colors and smelled like burnt plastic, so she just gave up on laundry altogether. She figured nobody at the Poké Mart would care if she showed up half-naked for some snacks and soda.

Well, they cared.

She was rolling around in her mobility scooter through the aisles, grabbing chips and energy drinks. Her flip-flops slapped loud on the floor whenever she could not reach something from her scooter. Then some employee, this scrawny dude who looked like he still lived with his mom, told her she could not be in there dressed like that. Catherine is not the type to take crap from anybody, especially not on a day she was already pissed about her polluted water situation. So she started yelling back, things got heated real quick, and next thing you know they were full-on arguing in the middle of the store.

Then it happened. She went to shove the guy away (not a full punch, but close enough), twisted too hard, and the poor bikini top gave up the ghost with a loud rip. It tore right down the middle because, let's be real, she has put on some weight after living in a trailer park for two decades and the thing was already struggling. Everything just spilled out. Chaos erupted. Customers were staring, some laughing, some looking horrified, and kids were pointing. The manager came running out yelling about public indecency and how she was disturbing the peace.

By the end of it, Catherine was banned for life from her local Poké Mart. She is now stuck wearing the same dirty clothes she owns, washing them in bottled water like some kind of survivalist. Still, she refuses to blame the data center simply because her beloved Unova President, the one she voted for, claimed that AI is the future. Unovian people will need to sacrifice their clean water in order to ensure the future for their children. He said that AI shields their children from woke propaganda. So she will start blaming liberals before she ever blames the data center. Wildest grocery run of her life, honestly.