NOVEMBER EGG HUNT #3

There was an almost meditative quality to the work that Bronze had set himself to. Carefully, diligently raking the masses of flame-hued leaves to clear the pathways was not hard labour, by any means, but it took patience. It took time and an unhurried hand, and so when he had witnessed the Breeders engaged in their work, he had volunteered to join them. They had readily accepted, happy to have an extra pair of hands to lighten the load, and had even been so kind as to offer the opportunity for him to keep any eggs that he might find, so long as they were checked over by the staff beforehand.

Adonitus, his Duraludon, worked at his own steadily growing hillock of dead vegetation, singing a boisterous, hearty epic in a voice that was rich and warm - a tale of an ancestor, another Steel Type, who fought against terrible odds for the sake of love, and honour. It made for a pleasant accompaniment, and Bronze hummed softly along as he hefted a particularly sizeable branch aside, absently dusting off the palms of his thickly padded gloves before pulling the right one off in order to wipe sweat from his lined brow. Pressing his hands to the small of his back, he stretched, arcing backwards and from side to side in gentle, careful stretches, grunting in satisfaction as the knot of discomfort twinged and began to ease.

<<So, what’re we looking for?>> Bacchus the Sawsbuck inquired, a gleam in his gaze. It had seemed fitting to name the former Deerling Fairytale had caught after a god of madness. After all, catching Bacchus had brought them to the brink of it. It was a better name than ‘Pain’ or ‘Suffering’, at least, which were the first few nicknames that had popped into Fairytale’s mind for the Deerling at the time.

Honestly, despite it all, Fairytale quite liked the Sawsbuck these days. The pokemon was sharply playful, just as they were.

Padma the Bulbasaur piped up cheerfully, always willing to be kind and help out, <<We’re looking for eggs, Bacchus!>> Padma exclaimed with enthusiasm.

<<That’s less exciting then I hoped for,>> The sometimes-violent Sawsbuck sighed.

<<…I- I think it’s plenty exciting… Baby pokemon are real adorable…>> The timid Whimsicott, Aries, stated. He looked around with earnest determination.

<<What if we make it a competition, Bacchus? Whichever one of us finds eggs is the winner!>> Padma warmly suggested, trying to encourage the Sawsbuck to get into the spirit of this all. Bacchus snorted, but he also nodded. He was never one to back down from a challenge.

Honestly, with three pokemon helping them out, Fairytale probably didn’t need to participate. But, they were never one to let a game pass them by. ”I’m in,” They announced to their pokemon.

The Sawsbuck rummaged through leaf piles with his hooves, poking at the ground gently to not crush any eggs. The Bulbasaur used her vines to pick up leaves and make the area clearer to see in. The Cottonee hummed softly to himself as he picked up leaves one by one.

And Fairytale, well, they were grabbing big bunches of leaves at a time and sifting through them. But wherever they touched the ground, plant life sprung up as if it were Spring instead of Autumn. This was the life of a Gardener subclass, they supposed.

It appeared that though Fairytale’s team had not found an egg, someone had, for the eggs were suddenly quite visible in front of the players. Hopefully, whatever this hatched into would be a good grass pokemon. They grinned cheerily and they waited. It didn’t take long for the egg to start shaking and then to crack open.

Soon, after a glow, the egg was replaced by a pokemon. A Maractus, uncommon. Not bad at all. It had a certain charm to it. Aries the Whimsicott hummed softly at the baby pokemon which began dancing around happily, content to simply exist. Fairytale decided they weren’t unhappy with this Maractus. It would fit in well with other grass types as well as the future fairy types, really.

Padma waved happily at the cactus child with one of her vines, before her gaze landed on another Bulbasaur. She perked up even further, quite the feat considering her usually already quite cheery mood. She excitedly waved her vines at the other Bulbasaur. <<Oh, hi there! Are you also from the starter lab?>> Padma asked the other Bulbasaur. <<I’m named Padma!>> She happily declared.

The Sawsbuck, Bacchus, was sulking. He had been so sure that he would be the one to find the egg once the search had truly begun as a challenge. But, in the end, it hadn’t even been one of his team to find the eggs. Bacchus kicked idly at the ground, immensely irritated by this all.

They had found one? Luna looked super excited. "WE FOUND AN EGG!!!" She looked happy as she hugged her Partner Snivy, and Rose cheered too. "WE did do it1 We're an amazing team Luna!!!" Luna took the small egg in her arms, and smiled a bit as she headed back toward the rookery waving at the two other people present. "Perhaps we can catch up sometime?" she asked, sending both of them friend requests as they HAD just hunted eggs together so.. maybe they could be friends. Her Snivy also waved her grass trail at them, trying to be polite, still in the Princess outfit from the refresh session. althaea,Fairytale