Mushroom Bank

[Caramell 🍬]

Could a sentient being whose mind had been hijacked by a parasitic infestation from a wildly growing fungus on its back feel pain? Could it understand the complexity of its own life or death situation? Would it know what happened to it in the midst of a battle and register the loss of a limb so readily, or would it see the now severed piece of itself as more nutrients to be gathered for the growing masses on its back? And did it understand the comradery behind several of its kind banding together to protect their own territory – did it even form territorial disputes in the first place?

Some of these questions seemed obvious, when another Paras darted over the gently sloping hills of the forested region, zipping through frosty white leaves whose normally multicolored hues were now mostly white from the crystalized formation that coated their body. The blinding speed and bright orange blur shot like a dart into a thick tangle of grass, bellowing at the top of its lungs with an angry sensation, before lunging out from the grass and jumping up onto a tall stump to wave its arms in the air. Fire burned inside of its eyes, like the flames of a wildfire that consumed everything in sight and would surely gobble up your home in an instance before it would allow itself to be extinguished. It raised one thick claw and pointed accusingly at the large shaggy Grass Type goat and screamed something about ‘monster’ and ‘horrendous beast’!

This meant war! It shot off from the log and began in a long tangle between the large beast, who charged forward and slammed its mighty horns into the Paras’ side. The small Pokemon shot up into the air and soared backwards. It bounced in the tall grass and skidded to a stop several paces away, before rolling back onto its feet and tamping the ground around it carefully while trying to determine what happened. Was this the power of the beast that had taken its friends out so easily and separated a piece of one from its own body? This could not be allowed to exist! Paras lunged out from a thicket of wild grass and hopped onto Skiddo’s back while the beast bucked to kick it off and scratched at the wild goat with all of its might. Take that, you evil beast!

A Wild Paras wants revenge!

Level 15. The battle has already begun, continue it here.

Shiny? pd5dLJC01-421-42

[Venominon]

Swinging in from the Forest Shrine

As the ninja continued to swing from tree to tree on his way to the biggest city in Johto, he soon found himself in a new area of the Ilex Forest. And much like the Putrid Swamp, Venom actually liked the looks of this place. Smiling and looking down at the landscape from the tree branch he stood on, Venom marveled at the various types of fungi that covered said landscape. And among those fungi, he saw all manner of mushroom Pokemon, including quite a few Foongus. Which, of course, was a Poison type. However, as much as Venom would've liked to have gone down and greeted them, he had bigger fish to fry, so to speak. So, after taking a few more minutes to admire the Mushroom Bank, he continued on his way to the next area of the Ilex Forest. On his way out of this area, Venom also noticed a fellow trainer and her own Pokemon battling it out with some wild ones but decided to simply slip passed them without being detected, making full use of his skills as a ninja.

OOC: From here, Venom moves on to the Conifer Crest.

[Tiki]

OOC: Take Down over Tackle
Double Kick on encounter.

The Paras weren't a bright one, or as a whole. It tried to hide in some spaces, throw random small objects like it's in an action movie starring The Paras or finding secret exits, only for the Skiddo to ram onto the tree relentlessly like there's no tomorrow. Soon enough, the duo type was knocked out of the tree. The small bug protested one last time before being hit by Skiddo again and fleeing from the scene of violence.

Penelope watched this scene in awe and shock, as the small Skiddo seemed innocent at first but had quite a power on its own. She wasn't sure how to handle this, at the moment. She grabbed his Pokemon and returned the young Skiddo, thinking to return to ponder how to train this grass type at a later point in time. Then, she switched out to her Diggersby, who instantly found a large pile of leaves to sit on.

Well, at least this one was a more peaceful Pokemon. The part ground type noticed a lot of mushroom around here, and if he sensed danger, he would try or a Double Kick to stretch his legs. However, the fall weather was too nice to be moving around.

[Tarlar]

It was a nice autumn although one typical for the forest area as Ilex which released a lot of humidity. White, chilly mist hung between the trees and it was good Potato had a thick coat or he might have found it cold. Penelope better have some warm clothes on, or with her or she might soon feel cold too!
The leaves crunched under the diggersby's weight and completely drowned out the exclamation which came from below him, as she sat right down on the pokemon who had been enjoying the day inside the leaf pile.
It took it quite some time to wiggle its way out from beneath him, if he didn't move to let it free. It was a little white foongus who worked its way out and shook off some stray leaves.

It glared at Pototo, "and what would you say to if I sat on your food? Now it will all taste of fur!" It complained and then pushed itself against the much bigger diggersby, "move! You are in the way and I want to get back to my relaxation!"
It leaned back when it failed to move the big normal type and then spotted Penelope, "oh! That is what you call a trainer, right?" It said as realization hit it and then it grinned, "so you are here for a battle, well I can grant you that so you see how awesome us pokemon inside this forest! We can do so much more than you on the outside!" It bragged loudly and looked challenging at Potato, "so, do you dare?"

Potato certainly dared and pulled back a foot and sent the foongus flying with a couple of well aimed kick, which sent it crashing into a bush. The diggersby had had plans on following it up with more kicks which surely would have ended the battle right then and there, but he found that he couldn't move a muscle!
The Foongus jumped forward and shouted wordlessly and out of the blue.. but it didn't seem to bother the normal type at all. Foongus looked at him puzzled and tilted its head a bit.

Foongus [Lv 11] is sat on and is not pleased.
Continue to battle here

Shiny: JADMZJ4t1-42

(ooc: updated Skiddo's movepool)1-42

[Tiki]

"Whatever, you're missing out." The Diggersby grinned at the Foongus for calling his human's seasoning options as slops. Maybe one day, the Foongus would meet a human who would open its eyes to a brand new world of tastier leaves. The small grass type tried to fling dusty yellow pollen everywhere, but they couldn't do anything more than wasting the Foongus's time and energy.

After knocking out the Foongus again, the opponent fled screaming and protesting. The duo type could only help but giggled at the Foongus's silliness. "I'm sure you'll find more leaves around. It's not like it was the the time of year leaves just fall from the tree, you know?"

Feeling the temperature change, Penelope thanked her Pokemon's work, and asked if Diggersby was cold. However, he just shook his head and then slapped his belly while laughing. He just had a great warm up from running toward the little Pokeballs wannabe. If he saw another one of these deconstructed mushroom soup, he'd Double Kick at them again.

[Tarlar]

Mushrooms Potato would certainly see, although they weren't exactly the same as the last white ones he had stomped on. He knew this kind very well as well and it could be discussed how tasty or good they would be for eating.
A paras was scurrying around and not liking the change in the temperature. It was its first winter and while it had been warned by other older paras that it would be cold, it was only now getting what they meant, and it did not like it! It had yet to realized it probably would be a lot more cold but right now it just tried to stay warm by running around.

It came rushing into the clearing and probably looked like it was charging at Potato, and true to his intentions, as he now saw another one of these soup ingrediens he gave it a solid kick to tell it what he thought about it. At the kick a bunch of spores from the paras' funguses on its back got released and filled the air around the diggersby while the paras was flung through the air and landed with a thud on the ground.
"Ow.. ow! that hurt," it groaned as it rolled to its feet again, "I'm sorry I surprised you, it won't happen again. Oh hey, do you know a good way to stay warm in this cold? It's horrible and I just want sunshine and warm days back again!"

Paras [Lv 8] is kicked!
Go to battle here

Shiny: f9U34dYT1-42
Held item(50%): 1-100
Held item(5%): 1-1001-42·1-100·1-100

[Tiki]

"They must be some persistent mushrooms heh," Potato responded the Paras, unaware of the ongoing Paras plight with the Paras. If only he knew the horror that all Paras were born with a red mushroom on their back, but this is a rated narrative and the public would disapprove of the uncensored imagery.

"You know the Foongus better than me. Hope you could find somewhere warm, bud!" Potato shouted as the Paras crawled off to find where warm.

"You did great, Potato! Are you cold? Here, have some snacks for your great job," Penelope cheered her Pokemon, and dug out some beets and radishes flavored Pokemon snack for him. He munched onto it happily, and felt even more energetic than ever!

The curious Penelope asked. "What were you and the Paras were talking about?" Potato just grinned and gave her a hug, letting her feel the warmth in this uncomfortably cold weather. She can't help but let out an 'aww' of adoration. However, their friendship moment was interrupted by yet another Pokemon. Diggersby sniffed the air to locate it, and then ran for a Double Kick. On the plus side, maybe he could get more that snack after the next battle.

[Tarlar]

Cold drifted through the trees, it had been a really long day and perhaps Penelope and her pokemon should think about finding a place to rest for the night soon. These parts of the forest were quiet but how if they would be able to rest with all those mushrooms who kept swarming the place would be a good question. Did mushrooms sleep at night? How much where paras and foongus as pokemon and how much were they as shrooms? Did they even sleep?

Potato heard something, or sniffed out another.. thing which was neither animal or plant. Researchers was still trying to figure out how plant pokemon worked, and the fungus ones where even a bigger mystery as they were not very much plant like even if they had some abilities like plant pokemon.
Potato's awesome social abilities made him decide that the best way to say hi to an unknown pokemon, was to plant his knee in their face. Hard.

What he found as he rushed forward was a really big paras whose eyes were almost white, it had three funguses on its back, two red ones which had almost grown to one big, and a smaller white one behind the two others. The paras was moving slowly and didn't really seem aware of its surroundings. Potato decided to place two well aimed kicks at the white fungus.

"Hey! What did you do that for!" The foongus shouted at him as it rolled back up on its.. foot? It shimmered a bit and visibly grew in size while it glared at Potato. The paras hadn't noticed anything and trundled on, disappearing among the trees.

Foongus [Lv 13] reveals itself!
Wheather is drab (clear)
Go to battle here

Shiny: gZ9PASis1-42
Held item(5%): 1-1001-42·1-100

[Tiki]

Penelope wasn't sure what the Foongus and Potato were chatting about, but it seemed like a heated discussion, despite the Diggersby's resting smiley faces. She high-fived her Pokemon and thanked him for his help. She returned duo type as he was getting quite strong. Just as she was about to leave the area, a young buck with a hat came galloping down toward her.

It was a Deerling! With a Santa hat!

"Heyyy ah..." Penelope was taken by surprise, but then she paused herself to pet the young deer. "I thought I saw something red around me this whole time. So it was you!" The deer bleated as if it understood. The fawn had been watching her battle since last winter, although in a distance.

"I'll call you Beets!" She decided on a name, if Deerling was going along with her. Though the human quickly found a beet flavored snack for this new Pokemon that befriended her after watching. The Deerling snacked it down and bleated happily while tapping his feet. "Beets is better than Rudolph or Red nose." She chuckled at her own creativeness.

OOC:
just introducing deerling for real now.
Tackle on whoever encountered.

[Caramell 🍬]

The forest was teeming with life even as the snows melted away to shine underneath the trickling bits of sunlight that filtered through the canopies above. Large shadows loomed across the ground below and mixed with each other, making it impossible to tell where one shadow began and one ended. Strange Pokemon rustled underfoot, overturning large leaves as they scurried about on their short legs in different directions. Where one might have expected feathered creatures to rummage through the expansive network of branches that stretched in every direction, it seemed barren and quiet. One Pokemon lurked behind a bush, watching the strange Deerling and its trainer through widened, scared eyes, and hurriedly screamed behind its large mushroom towards several pairs of eyes that lurked through the fog like silhouettes. Within seconds, the forest erupted with life as the Pokemon scattered in all directions save for the sentry that remained on guard.

"This is Mushroom Kingdom." A scared and timid voice called towards the Deerling through shaky vocals. Its words wavered, some booming from its chest as many trickled off its lips in loud whispers. It wasn't meant to be a fighter in any sense of the word, but here it was standing brave (really?) and tall (not at all) in front of the mortal enemies that meant to do its homeland harm. Were they kind visitors who sent word back from Bark Kingdom about the promising allyship they were working diligently to perform? Though the Deerling looked nothing like the inhabitants of Bark Kingdom and the trainer that was near it was definitely a sore comparison of one, so it doubted it. "If you've no formal purpose here, I suggest you be gone at once!" It quivered after delivering its final warning.

Deerling rushed after his opponent in an instance and rammed into the small Paras with his head, knocking the Pokemon backwards through the leaflitter that was scattered all about the forested floor. Paras screamed as it tumbled about through the dried leaves, broken twigs, and long grasses. It rolled around almost helplessly until it landed on its back near a large oak tree. Paras rocked back and forth several times, screaming at the top of its lungs, until it was able to flip itself over. What an arrogant little Pokemon this Deerling was to attack it! Instinct screamed from within Paras' chest to run, though its duty to its 'people' remained so steadfast that the wild Pokemon spun back around and rushed after the trainer's cervid with one claw extended high in the air. As soon as it neared, it brought the large claw down and slashed Deerling's right leg just above its hoof with a powerful scratch. "You've mean to cause our Kingdom harm! I will defend her with my very last breath! Last chance to be gone with you, I say!" Paras hissed through gritted teeth (or whatever they have).

A Wild Paras is attacking!

Finish the battle here.

Shine bright like a diamond? W0G1QRcw1-42
^{Or is it just dust in the wind?} 1-42

[Tiki]

"I don't have them... yet" Beets replied, when asked about whether he had a trainer. However, the Deerling was getting tired of being hunted because of his special hat. The young buck noticed Penelope in the forest when he was running away and hiding in the forest, and if he was partnered with a human, then he would be safe.

"Maybe, you never know. I have never met or talked with the Pinecone Kingdom before, but it doesn't hurt to try." Deerling replied to the Paras, encouraging the young mushroom Pokemon to be diplomatic with their forest friends. When the Paras thanked him and left, the Deerling wiggled his ears happily and sent him away for safety.

Left with Penelope, she was surprised at his strength. "You're kind of like Grunch, a bit more slender," she complimented. Beets bleated happily as she petted. As she fed Beets some food for recovery and thanked for his work, another creature popped up nearby.

OOC:
waiting for another encounter

Can I put Alex’s cleanse tag on deerling?
if so, can I have Skiddo use Take Down on whatever appeared?
@caramel

[Caramell 🍬]

Mushroom Kingdom was safe once more! The small Paras took its departure and rushed off through the undergrowth to inform the kingdom of their new allies. While the previously defeated Paras were off to spread the good news and cheer, many more lurked through the tangle of overgrown vines and littered leaves on the forest floor. A pair of large eyes studied them from the deep depths of the surrounding forest and tapped its large pinscher on the ground, before pushing yet another of its children off through the tangle of leaves, scattered twigs, and plethora of fungus that propagated all over Mushroom Bank.

The newest Paras would jump out of the shadows while screaming at the top of its lungs. This was its home! While the others were simply too sorry to do their job right, there was nothing that would stop the newest addition from showing these beastly intruders where their nearest exit was! “You can fool Paras, Paras, and Paras! But you can’t fool me! I’m Paras, and I will show you what warriors our Kingdom truly has! En guard!” It screamed at the top of its lungs, while running full force towards Beets. If this other Pokemon was insistent on staying around here, then he would be sore in the morning from the many arduous battles the Kingdom would subjugate him to!!

Grunch was quicker, though, and not the opponent Paras prepared itself for. He leaped into action, running towards his opponent with all of his might. As soon as the large cervid slammed his full weight into the Paras, he sent the small Pokemon tumbling backwards through the multihued leaves that littered the forest floor. Several of them would fly up into the air as though the wind were making them dance all around Grunch and the wild Paras. Paras immediately began releasing several poisonous spores into the air, scattering them all around itself and its enemy. “Let’s see how good you fight when you can’t breathe!” The Paras declared boldly!

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A Wild Paras appeared!

Level 15. See what happens next here!

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[Tiki]

Bulldoze over Take Down
Deerling Tackle

"I don't mean the moon was glaring strong kind of way? I meant it lights up places kind of way," The Skiddo explained himself, equally confused how did the Paras got confused. He then nodded and listened to the Paras. "Your pincers clicking is a great sound, not too loud, not too sharp."

"I am not good with music myself, but I can tap on my feet to make a different sound, if that's what you're asking," The Skiddo tapped his hooves on the ground to the tune of the Paras, although he was off rhythm quite frequently. He felt awkward that he had to finish the battle even though they're finally getting along. He just wasn't sure how to end this conversation politely.

With the Paras gone, Penelope thanked her Pokemon's hard work again. She gently patted and stroked the young calf's furs, and could tell the muscles underneath were getting stronger, that the Skiddo would likely overpower the Pokemon here. She then swapped out back to her new teammate, the Deerling. The young buck surveyed the area, and it was now spring. Flowers were blooming in every plants that could bloom them. He looked around and found more lurking Pokemon, and decided to tackle the hiding area to reveal them.

[Caramell 🍬]

Spring had seized the landscape by storm. The massive trees with their broad dark green leaves enshrouded large white flowers that decorated their branches. Massive bushes who spiraled out of control in every direction with their thousands of smaller limbs had small pink and yellow flowers protruding between their bright green foliage. Smaller insects buzzed around, landing between the plants and burying their faces inside of the flowers in hot pursuit of their nectar. Some scattered deeper into the bushes as the deerling ran around, crashing into everything in sight.

Many of the multitude of mushrooms that layered the leafy ground underfoot propped up just high enough to peek between the dried remains of foliage that covered the ground. Even the wild green grasses fought between the leaves and struggled to push up through them, as they created an almost mulch like atmosphere to suffocate out many of the wild weeds. Deerlings small hooves smashed small white and red mushrooms to bits as he trampled over them like they were nothing.

One white mushroom with a pokeball shaped top jumped back as the small buck came crashing into the small mushroom. It bounced across the ground and skittered to a stop next to a wide lion’s mane fungus. “Hey, watch where you’re going, bub!” The small Foongus jumped up and shook itself off. It entire body began to glow with a strange light. As it glowed, the Foongus would start to shift so that its body doubled in size. It stared at its opponent angrily and gestured towards all the broken and damaged fungi around them. “Just look what you’ve done to my home! It’ll take weeks to repair all this damage!” It hissed.

A Wild Foongus appeared holding a berry!

Level 15x knowing EM Rollout. Decide what Penelope will do here.

Shiny? 8WS|Dtcx1-42
Held Item? (1-5 Tiny Mushroom; 6-55 Berry) 1-100
Egg Move: 1-41-42·1-100·1-4

[Tiki]

"Yeah, how can you instigate a fight and then don't tell me why it's precious to you! If they're precious to you, it shouldn't be too hard to put it into words!" Beets replied, bleating in agreement with the Paras. When the two tried to slam onto each other again for another fight, Beets sighed as the diplomacy still got some more works to do in the beginning phase. With the Paras gone, Beets was going to turn his attention toward the Foongus, but Penelope came out of nowhere with a ball to capture this talkative and argumentative plant.

With the two Pokemon gone, he was now free to move again. He pranced around happily and jumped really high. It was higher than before! His legs could do that! Then, he jumped again and practiced a kicking motion! He looked around to see if anyone noticed.

"Wow! That was high! Do you always jump that high?" Peneloped clapped, as she turned around after picking up her newly caught Pokeball from the ground. Beets wiggled his ears happily, but soon caught sight of another Pokemon he would like to throw a Tackle at.

OOC:
jump kick over double kick
Deerling Tackle on encounter!
moving Persim berry from Foongus into inventory

Just name next thread Mushroom Kingdom Diplomacy or something