Mushroom Sniffing

[Darkaan]

Darkaan sent the combee off to his pc box.
With silence returning to Route 4, Darkaan looked down to see ShyamRajan with a miniature tower of a variety of mushrooms. ShyamRajan smiled up at him.
"Well done! That's an awesome collection you gathered there, ShyamRajan!" Darkaan complimented, stashing his collection into his bag. Darkaan could hear a beat somewhere around and some chanting... He did not want to encounter the Spinda-Nutters again, so he went off to find his other pokemon with ShyamRajan, Jargo and Boaz, looking out for checkered mushrooms on the way.

"Can you please fly, Jargo and see if you can spot Caspian, Kandahar and Marshall for me?"

* * * * *

Caspian lay sound asleep. Not stirring. A few minutes past and he started gurgling in his sleep. As he exhaled, a bubble came out from his mouth and floated up towards the chansey.

* * * * *

Kandahar was silent, but winked at the roselia. He eyed off it's beauty.
<You look cool yourself. Quite the emo look you got going there.> He commented. <You look so poisonous!>

Marshall was annoyed with Kandahar talking to the shiny roselia.
<Thanks for that information, ah- what are you?> Marshall asked the gulpin.

[Professor Gravon]

The chansey put the sleeping Caspian, beside the mushroom patch. She pulled some leaves off a fern and wrapped them around the piplup. She then grabbed a chunk of a bigger mushroom and put into Caspian's head, it's spongy softness supporting Caspian's head. It left a present beside the sleeping pokemon: a lucky egg.

<In case you get in trouble, my portion shall help you, darling.> It said. She watched over him a little bit longer and then departed from the sleeping water pokemon.

* * * * *

<I'm a gulpin. And this is my sis'. In case you're wondering she's a roselia, a shiny one. We actually get on all right.>

<All right?> The roselia hissed at the gulpin. <I just met you a few hours ago, and you insist on playing this annoying 'Poison Pin' game.>

The roselia turned back to Kandahar. Was he trying to crack onto her? She so didn't want to go there, but she took the compliment.
She twirled her rose buds in his face.
<I'm a lady with poison running through my veins... With the power to seduce and reduce any living thing to ruin...>

[Darkaan]

<He's down there Darkaan! More to your left! Yep! That's him!> Jargo said, swooping low and landing in the little grotto where Caspian lay fast asleep beside the bed of mushrooms.

"Oh my gosh! He's struck a gold field! What a tike!"
Darkaan started picking the mushrooms from the pile and stashing them in his mushroom container. "Help me guys!"

<Check out this mushroom, Darkaan, that Caspian's holding!> Boaz said, biting at the lucky egg in Caspian's egg and carrying it over to Darkaan.

"Wow! That's a- WOW! A lucky egg! That's why Caspian's asleep and happy! A chansey visited him and left him a memento!" Darkaan said, pocketing the egg. "Training has just become that more easier!" He said, as he and his pokemon collected the remaing mushrooms that grew in that grotto.

He travelled onwards, him returning Caspian to his belt.
"Now we just gotta find Marshall and Kandahar."

* * * * *

Kandahar started to get besotted to the flower pokemon.
<Watch it Kandahar! She's using her charm on you!> Marshall warned Kandahar.

<I'd think I'd know if this class of grass was leading me on, Marsh.>
<Oh would you now?>

<Man, you gotta got such a... a cool presence about yo- ahh...> Marshall broke free wondering why if he wasn't charmed, why was he rolling out the compliments.

<Actually, maybe you can lead us to this mr mime so we can trade with him for his mushrooms. We can let you get back to whatever you were doing afterwards.> Interrupted Marshall.

[Professor Gravon]

<Doo-doo-doo-doo-OH!> An oddish walked into the grotto, singing happily and stumbled onto Darkaan and his pokemon. It left quite suddenly.

<Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo...>

* * * * *

<He's quite far off the main road. Follow me!> The shiny roselia said. It turned quickly away from Marshall but once again, twirled it's flowers in Kandahar's face as it walked passed him.

As she led them on, she started whistling a nice tune. Little did Kandahar and Marshall know it, that when plant pokemon whistle it was actually the battle move attack known as 'grass whistle'. She whistled a real depressing tune, (as it was her nature), as she led them to the mr mime.

[Darkaan]

Darkaan and his pokemon collected all the items.
"Okay Jargo! Fly up again! Tell me if you see Kandahar and Marshall!"

He watched him go up in the air. While he looked, he still browsed for MORE checkered mushrooms!

* * * * *

Kandahar kicked his leg out excitedly as she brushed passed him. He smiled at her as she led them on.
Marshall glowed green with envy.

Marshall yawned as she whistled the melancholic tune. Kandahar seemed to be unaffected as he just watched her walk from behind.

[Professor Gravon]

Darkaan should have watched where he stepped. A mushroom patch was beneath his feet. Only two checkered mushrooms missed being squashed.

* * * * *

<We just need to turn off here into this garden. Muke sure you step onto these stepping stones.> She said, spinning as she jumped from stone to stone. The garden they had stepped into was full of giant thick based mushrooms, blue ferns, red glowing fuzzy flowers and glowing green-yellow spores. The further they went into the garden of rich colour and surreal plants, the more beautiful the place came with the glowing vibrant colours of the garden.

[Darkaan]

He felt something soft under his feet.
He groaned as he bent down and picked the remaining checkered mushrooms.

<Oh! Found them! Darkaan! I'm coming down!>
"Just tell me where they are and we can walk!"
<They're quite far away! It'd be be->
"I'm still looking for checkered mushrooms!"
<But you got SO MANY!>

Darkaan ignored that comment.

"I'll just follow where you fly!"

* * * * *

Marshall and Kandahar bounded across the stepping stones. The lichen on the stones made them bounce more at ease from one stone to the other.

<WEEE!>
<Wahoo!>

They stayed close behind the shiny roselia.

[Professor Gravon]

They all finally stood outside an amazing house made out of pokeballs and potions! Underneath the windows were ponds made from the liquids of the potions.

<This is Mr Mime's house! Allot of pokemon live here! I live in that pokeball, that makes up the frame in his door!> The shiny roselia said, smiling. <He nurtured me to health when I was young. He works with chansey in healing the wild pokemon on this route and sometimes, if he finds a trainer, he trades items for the desired items on this route- mushrooms! He's a remarkable pokemon!>

They stood at the house entrance. <MR MIME! WE HAVE GUESTS!> The roselia grass-whistled.

* * * * *

The garden loomed up ahead before Darkaan as he ran after his fearow.

[Darkaan]

Ooc: 'Bout bloody time Gravon!

Marshall and Kandahar waited patiently, not knowing what to say. This place was so surreal!

* * * * *

Darkaan returned his pokemon and followed his fearow who started slowly descending. He realised he'll be needing Exzodus to fly his way out of here! He was so far away from the track!

He was so lost as he started down a dark beautiful garden. He jumped from rock to rock, but bouncing ever so lightly off the lichens. He stopped for a second to admire the abstract beauty of such a rich-coloured and mysterious, well-looked-after garden.

Exzodus finally flew down to him.
<They're just up ahead Darkaan. I'm tired. Can I rest?>
"Thank you so much Exzodus! Well done. I'll reward you when we get back to the village." Exzodus looked happy with that and got into his pokeball happily.
"Any second now..." Darkaan thought.

[Professor Gravon]

A large silhouette of a figure filled the large doorway.
<Oh my gosh! It my Mr Mime! You're like looking so cool right now!> Roselia greeted the creepy silhouette.
<Thanks. Good to see you back. I've got some afternoon tea ready. Do you three want to eat with a chansey. She's a bit under the weather, so she's resting up a bit here.>

He finally stepped out into the sun. He was actually quite an ugly looking Mr Mime, but it's eyes seemed to speak more beautifully then it's features.

[Darkaan]

Kandahar turned around. Was that-?
<DARKAAN!> The umbreon barked. He bounded back to his trainer.
"Kandahar! Marshall! I thought I lost you both! Thank God you're all right!" Darkaan said catching the excited pooch in mid-air and hugging him. Marshall bounded back and rubbed up and down Darkaan's leg, gurgling happy to be re-united with him.

"What are you guys doing out here? You really did get lost!"
<We are still on you quest to find MUSHROOMS!> Marshall said.
<And we have found the place Darkaan! This is Mr Mime's house!> Kandahar said, waving his paw to the giant colourful house.

"Wow!" Darkaan awed, as he walked up to the house. Exzodus finally came down to Darkaan and returned himself to his luxury ball. Darkaan saw the Mr Mime and shiny roselia standing at the door. He looked at the Mr Mime, rather intimidated by it's size, features and frame.

"Can you really help with collecting mushrooms?" Darkaan asked the Mr Mime.

[Professor Gravon]

The Mr Mime spoke to his mind.
<I trade with trainers. Depending on the item and depending on what mushroom you want, we agree on what we'll trade for.>

The shiny roselia approached Darkaan. She circled him, examining him.
<Do you have any repellent, TM, potion or pokeball items? He usually is repairing damaged property by replacing the damaged units.> The roselia commented.

The Mr Mime, nodded his head in agreement.

[Darkaan]

"Well what would you trade for a pokeball? I'm looking for checkered mushrooms." Darkaan asked. "Is it possible we can trade in our other mushrooms too?"

<And he's trying to get a lot of them too!> Kandahar piped in.

[Professor Gravon]

<I will trade four of any big mushroom- checkered or zigzag, for a pokeball. And I will trade eight of any small mushroom- spotted or swirly, for a pokeball as well.>

The Mr Mime, while trying to be very human-like and professional, couldn't help but not look eager to trade with Darkaan.

[Darkaan]

"PERFECT!" Darkaan said, scrambling in his bag and laying pokeballs around him.
"I've got 35 pokeballs I'm willing to trade for checkered mushrooms! Is the a deal Mr Mime?" Darkaan asked, looking up at him as he pulled them out of his mushroom container.

[Professor Gravon]

<Oh that's perfect! With those trainer pokeballs I can repair my broken western wall in the attic!> Mr Mime said.
<Yay! This is great news Poponov! Can I move into that wall since I found this trainer for you?>

Mr Mime ignored the shiny roselia's request as he dealt with Darkaan. He had good reason to for some reason.

<That's 140 checkered mushrooms for you young man.>
He clicked his fingers in his right hand and 140 mushrooms hovered in a rotating spiral above his right hand. He clicked his fingers on his left hand and Darkaan's 35 pokeballs also hovered in a rotating spiral above his left hand.

<Just give the word trainer and we'll complete this item trade!>

[Darkaan]

"That is SO such a done deal! DEAL!" Darkaan said without even considering any other option. He was ecstatic!

Darkaan's eyes moved from the shiny roselia and the Mr Mime as the human-shaped pokemon lingered. Poponov?

[Professor Gravon]

Click!

The Mr Mime snapped it's fingers and both the pokeballs and mushrooms disappeared. Darkaan's backpack suddenly shifted.
They were in his bag!

Poponov turned to the shiny roselia.
<I'm sorry to say this but unfortunately, you will not be moving into the new wall, nor will you be remaining where you currently are.> Poponov said to the shiny roselia. The words didn't hit it right away. Then their eyes bulged.

<W-what are you saying Poponov?>
<Well now! I've raised you from a very young age and now you are more than capable of looking after yourself. You are free to go where ever you want.>

But the shiny roselia looked upset and angry at Poponov.

[Darkaan]

Darkaan didn't know what to do. He felt kinda awkward about being present as they argued.

Kandahar trotted up to the shiny roselia and spoke to their mind as the dispute continued.
<Why don't you travel with us, roselia?> He asked. What did Kandahar have with this roselia. Maybe the pokemon's aroma scent was still having effect on him.

[Professor Gravon]

The roselia was silent.
<But I like living with Mr Poponov!> It snarled at Kandahar.
<But dear thing! You can't live with me all your life! My ministry is to heal the sick and look after the poor. It's this psychic life that I'm called to live. You are well and are now in full health... Please don't make this hard for both of us." Poponov said.

The shiny roselia turned her head away from him.
<I don't believe I'm being abandoned.> It snooted.
<I'm not abandoning you. I'm releasing you to love life and to embrace it. There is a whole world out their for you to explore, to discover who you are.>

As Poponov spoke, the shiny roselia nodded it's head, holding back it's tears.
<But where would I go? What would I do?>

Poponov looked at Kandahar, Marshall and Darkaan.
<I believe this trainer can help you discover your potential dear.>

[Darkaan]

"Me!" Darkaan thought. He didn't really like roselia as a pokemon, but there was more at stake here, he thought.

"I can help you discover your potential. I'm sure Kandahar will agree."
Kandahar, in his besotted state nodded his head fervently.

"Well here's the pokeball. You can come along if you like."

[Professor Gravon]

Acting really snobby, it whacked it's flowery hand on the pokeball and got sucked in.
<Whatever!> It sneered. <It's better then being abandoned by a friend!>

((Stats))
Nickname: (you choose)
Species: Roselia
Gender: (you choose)
Level: 20
Attacks: Poison Sting, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, Leaf Storm
Ability: Natural Cure & Poison Point
Persona: Gothic

<Well I feel like you got alot out of today... Darkaan... I think?> Mr Poponov said.

[Darkaan]

Darkaan was amazed by Poponov's psychic ability.
"Sure did uh... Poponov! Nice meeting you Mr Poponov." Darkaan said, not knowing how to talk the Mr Mime.

Kandahar and Marshall pulled up beside Darkaan.
Kandahar looked down as is tummy rumbled.
Marshall laughed. Hard. Darkaan ignored Kandahar as he looked at Poponov.

[Professor Gravon]

<It's nice doing business with well mannered trainers as yourself.> Poponov said, respectfully. <You should be off! You're pokemon seem to be hungry Darkaan!> He said, giving Darkaan a wink.

<Come back any time! Take this ritual with you so you can be transported back here anytime to make a trade with me for more of my mushrooms.> Poponov said.

He then mimed a wall, clapped twice. Then mimed a wall down lower, clapped twice. Spun around and mimed in the same place and clapped four times.

<That's my ritual so you can be transported here anytime!> The Mr Mime said. <Looking forward to training with you again!> He said.

He smiled and waved Darkaan goodbye.

[Darkaan]

Darkaan waved goodbye and flew off on Exzodus.
Him, Kandahar and Marshall didn't stop waving until they couldn't see him any more.