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Post by Torino on Aug 27, 2024 13:25:14 GMT 9
The three of them moved like bush fire through the underbrush, racing along the tracks of dried leaves and slipping under fallen logs. Torino alone stood out among the wash of orange and red leaves, as today her two partners were almost designed to get lost among the leaf litter.
[tangent="Let's go! Let's go!]"Andiamo! Andiamo!"[/tangent] Torino called, egging the dogs on until they reached the right part of the woods. They huffed and panted, never leaving her side. Soon they reached the heavy woods where the mushrooms grew. "Seduta, Seduto. Can you smell?"
The dogs faithfully sat and sniffed the air.
"Today we hunt mushrooms. Porcini! Now porta! Porta porcini!"
The dogs raced off, eager to find their quarry and return to their master. |
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Tabula
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Post by Tabula on Aug 27, 2024 13:41:19 GMT 9
Meanwhile, in the heavy woods themselves, a glass-haired individual picked up a couple odd looking mushrooms, and kept on walking.
And so, Tabula continued their walk under slightly dappled light, picking mushrooms all the while. Some were simple - button-like mushrooms. Others were odd looking ones that grew along tree trunks, fallen logs, orange and white, brown in small clusters, white and pink...others were a bit harder - brown ones with long round stalks that took an ample amount of tugging.
And yet, as they continued to walk through the forest, stopping to collect the occasional mushroom, they would drop one to the earth as they walked - arms getting too full to carry the current collection of fungi.
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Torino
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Post by Torino on Aug 28, 2024 9:10:38 GMT 9
Dog barks echoed in the fragrant woods, and Torino came running to join them Already she could tell the difference between their barks. Each dog, like each person, has a timbre to their voice. A combination of pitch, urgency, and slight preferences. Bello's bark made her think of flint and steel clicking together to strike a spark. It was short. She could feel the friction of the vocal chords. She could smell the Ember on his breath.
"Bello! [tangent=Come!]Vieni![/tangent]" Torino called, but her dog just kept barking.
And then a second bark. A half-touch deeper and a span longer. Not the clack of sparking steel, but a thin-lingering scrape of sliding shale. It was a rasping, warning thing.
"Bella?"
The dogs were together now, and both barking at something. Torino raced through the trees on feet of wind-caught leaves. She reached a slight slouch in the landscape, and saw her dogs circling a perfect pink ball. No wonder they were excited!
Then Tirino noticed mushrooms scattered on the ground. A dozen different types, some round and plump and others like slopes cut right from a cliff. "Ah! So many!" she said, trying not to step on them as she approached the showdown.
"Bella! Bello! Silenzio!" she ordered.
Bella's bark dipped to a low, discontent growl.
Bello was restlessly silent.
[tangent="Heel!]"Piede!"[/tangent] Torino said, pointing at her feet. Bella obeyed, trotting back to stand beside her.
Bello was still. Just watching the Jigglypuff.
"PIEDE!"
Bello barked. A short, spark-strike bark that sent a ball of flame sizzling through the burning air!
The flames splattered on Jigglypuff, the leaf litter, and some of the mushroom, filling the air with shouts, barks, the sound of combat, and the smell of cooking mushrooms. |
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Tabula
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Post by Tabula on Aug 28, 2024 9:49:40 GMT 9
Tabula was picking up a few more mushrooms, when the barking began.
So, they follow the sound of barking, only to see a dog spitting flame at a...pink ball with cat ears. They blink for a moment, seemingly preparing to say something, but then stop.
Carefully, the glass-haired person would drop down the rest of their collection of mycelium gently to the forest floor - take out the Pokeball and throw it underhand, sending out the Fuecoco, who glanced around the area before glancing to her.
"Oh, autumn! I love the colour of the leaves in the-oh, hey! What's up?"
"Numa, could you do something about the...pink ball with cat ears over there?"
"...The Jigglypuff?"
"Yes, the...Jigglypuff...please?"
The crocodile would look over to Tabula, look over to the Jigglypuff, nod to the trainer, before sending out a burst of flame at the Normal type, filling the air with the familiar smell of cooked mushrooms.
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Torino
OOC Username: Ladybug
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Post by Torino on Aug 28, 2024 10:08:16 GMT 9
A friend! And more than that, an ally.
"Hello!" Torino called, waving to the glass-haired stranger as they confidently joined the fight. The stranger had a fire Pokemon also, and as it spit flames into the air, the heat in the forest ticked up a few notches. It reminded Torino of sitting around a campfire late at night. All they were missing were camp songs and warm alcohol.
As flames flew Torino hesitated. Was battle the right choice here?
But the decision was made for her, as the Jigglypuff suddenly sucked in a great, whistling lungful of air. As it did, the burning leaves rattled on the ground, and many of the picked mushrooms were pulled into the creature's inflating body! In moments the pink ball had grown to a tremendous size, its bubblegum skin stretched tight over insides of air and mushrooms in equal measure.
"Bella! Bello! Get back the mushrooms!" Torino called, and her dogs leaped at the giant ball, pawing uselessly at its outside as it ricocheted around the clearing, slowly bouncing off trees and stumps. |
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Tabula
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Post by Tabula on Aug 28, 2024 11:25:14 GMT 9
"Uh...hI!"
As the heat in the forest seemed to tick up a few more notches, as flames flew between the three Pokemon, Tabula's body would slightly...tense. Before noticing the pink cat ball inhale not only a great amount of air, but also - hey, their mushrooms! As the dogs chased the ball around, watching it hit the stumps and trees of the clearing, their eyes would light up with an idea.
"Numa!"
"Eh? Yeah, what is it?"
"Can you hit the Jigglypuff as hard as you can? Squish it against a tree or something?"
"I'll see what I can do!"
The Fuecoco would then take a running start and leap at the slowly bouncing Jigglypuff, attempting to Tackle it against a stump. If a ball can squish against a wall, then maybe the force from the hit could cause it to release the mushrooms!
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Torino
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Player Name: Torino
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Post by Torino on Aug 30, 2024 10:35:06 GMT 9
Jigglypuff shot around the clearing, spraying warm air and wet mushrooms from its pink mouth. "Oh it is working!" Torino said, as her HP dropped dangerously low. "Bella! Bello! Salto!" he ordered.
As commanded, the dogs sprinted at their target, took a running leap, and crashed headlong into the puffy foe.
Jigglypuff was launched across the clearing like a punched balloon. It ricocheted off a stump and slammed into Bello, knocking him out instantly. "No! My handsome boy!" Torino cried, rushing in to cradle him and return him gently to his ball. "You did so wonderful," she praised, giving the Pokeball and small kiss.
But the battle hadn't stopped around her, and she looked up to see the pink ball shooting straight for her! She saw pink and smelled mushrooms.
And then there was darkness. |
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Tabula
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Post by Tabula on Aug 30, 2024 11:10:09 GMT 9
It takes the glass-haired person a few minutes to find their way back - luckily the mushrooms they had unknowingly left behind had made a perfect trail of...mushroom-crumbs? Is that the right term?
And there it is, still bouncing around, warm air and mushrooms sprawling from it as it bounces around the clearing with excess energy.
Tabula throws out a Pokeball, and out Numa appears with a stretch. The reptile's head follows the balloon-like creature before turning to Tabula once more.
"It's still bouncin' around?"
"Yes. Uh...could you do something about it again?"
A slight raise of his eyebrow (if he had any.) "Like what?"
For a moment, Tabula seems to freeze - body locking up like cold, cold ice - before responding, calm and quiet:
"Whatever you want to do."
The Fuecoco blinks, before nodding and running back into the fray - attempting to Tackle the Jigglypuff once more.
tag: Torino
(almost forgot to tag, agh! sorry!)
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 190
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Player Name: Torino
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Torino on Sept 3, 2024 11:04:57 GMT 9
Torino backed away from the shrine and its legendary occupant, and rushed back to the site of the battle. Her minimap was set to 'maximum information' and it was dotted with useful marks that she used to navigate through the useful forest. Marks for rivers, big trees, rare item spawns, and finally a pair of big marks showing the location of an ongoing battle and the site of her most recent fainting.
Torino burst back into the battle, Bella and Bello by her side. Tabula was already here, knocking the Jigglypuff around with powerful attacks.
With a sharp command from Torino, her dogs launched into battle, forming a trio of attackers that bounced Jigglypuff around like a beachball. The pink menace ricocheted again and again, losing air and mushrooms as it slowly deflated to its original size.
Torino kept one eye on the battle and one eye on the ground as she raced around picking up the various fungi and adding them to her inventory.
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Tabula
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Post by Tabula on Sept 9, 2024 6:00:23 GMT 9
"Numa, could you keep it busy? As long as you can?"
"You got it - one burned cottonball, coming right up!"
As the Fuecoco joins the two Growlithe in attacking the Jigglypuff, bouncing it around the clearing, Tabula moves also to collect the many mushrooms littered across the ground - occasionally glancing up at certain noises or the sounds of fighting. Best to rebuild the collection after all.
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Torino
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Post by Torino on Sept 10, 2024 23:05:21 GMT 9
Torino kept low, plucking fistfuls of mushrooms off the ground and stowing them safely in her inventory. "Jigglypuff cannot eat them in here," she said with a sly smile. She spotted a strange cap lodged under a tree root, this one extra large and spotted with brilliant blue spots. "Oh my! What a wonder!" she said, but as she reached for it her path took her on a collision course with the glass-haired stranger! Perhaps their hands touched as they reached for the mushroom at the same time, perhaps their heads cracked together in a far less romantic encounter.
Whatever happened, Bello and Bella bore no witness. They were busy bullying a big pink balloon! Bella launched herself between the spry trees, gaining height and speed as she ricocheted into the air. Bello barked from the ground, herding their quarry closer and closer to Fuecoco. The puffball was pinned, trapped between hard heads, sharp teeth, and crackling flames.
Bella launched off one final tree, kicking off into the open air above Jigglypuff. She let out a mid-air bark of victory before crashing down on the nearly-deflated enemy and driving it into the ground.
There was a burst of mushrooms, a gust of air that smelled surprisingly like cotton candy, and the pink menace was defeated. |
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Post by Tabula on Sept 11, 2024 1:36:57 GMT 9
As the pink menace was finally quelled with the smell of cotton candy on the air, Numa would let out an excited cheer as small bursts of embers escaped the Fire Croc's maw. "Haha, nice job everybody!" He'd chime with a toothy grin, looking down at the burst of mushrooms.
Well, if his trainer was currently collecting them, the least he could do is help out with the collecting.
Meanwhile, Tabula was carefully collecting back the mushrooms on the floor, when their eyes met a odd appearing one. "Mmm?"
Though, as the glass-haired person reached towards the fanciful looking fungi, unknowingly, this took them on a path towards the pink-haired stranger, resulting in them not only potentially reaching the mushroom at the same time, but also accidentally cracking their head against theirs.
Tabula drew back a bit, rubbing their sore head with a soft hiss.
"Sorry...didn't know you were going for that one too...are you all right?"
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Torino
OOC Username: Ladybug
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Post by Torino on Sept 19, 2024 10:06:10 GMT 9
Torino rubbed her head. That had been a bed one. The CLACK of bone-on-bone was still echoing around in her head. "Oh I am okay," she said amicably, smiling at her glass-haired friend. "How is your head? Oh! Please, after you!" She gestured at the mushroom like it was an open doorway.
"Thank you for your help," Torino said, with a smile as wide and warm as Spring. "Without you all the mushrooms would be gone!" Her heart sank with the idea. How would she make mushroom pies without any filling?
Recently her interest had been in making things. Outside, in the other world, it was always so expensive to cook! Ingredients, time, effort, she just wanted to sink into bed when she got home. But something about the world in here made her hands itch with excitement. She wanted to pluck. To forage. To stir and chop and make something great! Nana's recipes worked just as well with purple tomatoes and garlic from a ghostly mineshaft!
She reached into her bag and pulled out a simple baked flatbread covered in seasonal vegetables. To call it a pizza would be an insult to pizza, but it tasted good nonetheless. "Here, take this!" she said, offering him the food. "I am using my mushrooms to cook. What are yours for?" she asked, head tilted a little to one side.
Bello and Bella were celebrating with their new fire buddy. The dogs jumped and barked, Bello with his quick flint-and-steel yaps, and Bella with her deeper, rumbling ruffs. This was a truly triumphant victory for the pair. |
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Post by Tabula on Sept 20, 2024 10:19:40 GMT 9
"I'll live, it wasn't too bad - and ah, thank you."
At the gesture towards the mushroom, Tabula would give a polite nod and take the mushroom, adding the collection to their inventory. She offered the mushroom, it was only polite to take it if it was offered.
At the smile, wide and warm as a spring day, the glass-haired person would give a small smile of their own. "No need to thank me," They began. "I just saw that you needed help, so I just...well, helped."
A baked flatbread was presented to Tabula - and at the mention of take it,
The food was taken - and munched on, prompting a nod of thanks.
At the mention of the mushrooms themselves and their use, the new trainer would shrug. "I'm not...too sure what I'm going to do with them. Just started picking them up as I was exploring around here, seeing what the game was all about." They began, occasionally taking a bite of flatbread. "Maybe I'll figure out how to cook with them too - see about making something for the office potluck."
Numa meanwhile, was also celebrating with his fellow Fire types, his chirps of amusement sounding akin to the gentle roll of wood on rocks - while to Tabula, they just heard laughter quietly in the background of the social moment. They'd glance over to their starter and the two dogs celebrating the defeat of the Jigglypuff, voice having a hint of warmth. "Looks like they're having fun over there."
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