Author's Note: I knew the minute Octopath 2 was announced that I had to do this again. The full version is on Ao3!
Octopath EV II
Chapter 1: Ochette & Tivona
Strictly speaking, Tivona didn't belong to anyone. She did have her nest - her favorite spot in all of Toto'haha, and that just happened to be close to where Beasting Village was. The beastlings treated her with kindness, so she didn't have an issue with any of them.
The humans were mostly okay. There was the occasional warrior that tried to capture her, but she was always too fast for them.
And all their efforts were for the strangest reason! Surely silver fur wasn't that rare in Eevees, was it? Tivona knew her mother's fur was brown, but fur color couldn't be that big of a deal. Brown or silver, it was just fur.
The point stood; Tivona was a lot more comfortable with the beastlings than she was with the humans.
And then there was Ochette. Out of all the beastlings, it was probably safe to say that Tivona felt the most at ease with her. She even recalled their first interaction as clear as day; there she was, sharing some jerky with that owl friend of hers. When she noticed the little Eevee watching them, she didn't flinch or stare or anything like that. She just grinned and offered the Eevee some jerky. Of course Tivona accepted - because the jerky was what caught her attention in the first place.
Since then, it became a pattern. Every chance she got, Tivona would seek out Ochette when she wasn't out hunting. And Ochette would provide the best jerky she had ever tasted, no questions asked.
In short, Tivona was as shameless of a glutton as Ochette was. That didn't change with her evolution into a Jolteon. In fact, she only seemed to become more of a glutton - being able to utilize electricity meant that hunting food her (without waiting for Ochette) had become even easier.
That said, the meat Tivona would fry up wasn't nearly as good as Ochette's. Which was natural, seeing as her species didn't have opposable thumbs...but that was a minor issue! Surely she would be fine if Ochette happened to need to leave Beasting Village for any reason...right?
Who was she kidding; she wouldn't be fine! Especially with the situation at hand! Traveling across the world to gather legendary creatures...to stop the coming of a calamity?! That dark creature that attacked the village was terrifying enough! While Ochette handled that brilliantly, there was no telling what kind of danger she would be in if that was just the beginning!
Yes, Tivona knew that Ochette wasn't alone with Mahina by her side...but what if her help wasn't enough?! There was only so much that owl could do with magic, after all! Not that she had much room to talk in that department...but still!
Apart from being worried about the safety of her friends, who else would she have delicious jerky with?!
So of course the Jolteon was adamant that she come along. Thankfully, nobody objected...although it did subject her to a little teasing about how much of a picky glutton she was.
Hmph. Tivona would follow Ochette to the end of the world, even if there wasn't mouth-wateringly delicious jerky involved. The Jolteon treasured their friendship, it was as simple as that.