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Night on Island 4 was not dark, It was a suffocating shade of charcoal, lighted only by the bioluminescent fungi clinging to the rotting trees and the occasional flash of a moves being used in the distance.
But in Sector 3, you didn't navigate by sight rather You navigated by smell and right now, the smell was atrocious, like rotten egg and a room after sex combined .
Alex tied a second layer of cloth over his face, it was soaked in crushed mint leaves and citronella, but it barely made a dent to the rotten smell.
"I know," Alex whispered, his voice muffled and thick. "It's bad.", beside him Nidoran was quite miserable, it was sneezing constantly and shaking its head to clear its sensitive nose.
Its ears were flattened against its skull.
In the wild, animals avoided Gloom not because they were strong, but rather due to the stench alone could knock out a Raticate.
"But that smell is money buddy " Alex slowly reminded him. "Gloom nectar, It's a base for potent tranquilizers and It's also used in perfumes ironically after heavy refining.
If we get a jar of that drool, we can make something that drops a grown man in ten seconds."
Nidoran grunted, looking at Alex as if questioning his sanity, We are hunting garbage to make garbage.
"Trust the process," Alex murmured.
They moved forward, stepping carefully over the slick, mossy roots, they found the source of the stench ten minutes later.
In a small clearing where the canopy had broken, allowing moonlight to filter through, a Gloom stood motionless, it looked like a wilting flower bulb with a blue, bulbous body.
Its eyes were closed, appearing lethargic. Thick, syrupy purple liquid, the nectar drooled from its mouth, pooling on the ground.
[ Pokémon: Gloom ]
[ Level: 12 ]
[ Aptitude: Green (Deep) ]
[ Status: Nocturnal Feeding ]
[ Threat: Toxic Fumes ]
"Level 12," Alex noted.
"Two levels higher than you and it's evolved so Its stats are better than yours."
A Gloom wasn't fast, but it was a tank and if it felt threatened, the smell would intensify a hundredfold.
"We can't get too close," Alex analyzed. "If you touch it, you get coated in that slime, It sticks and It burns."
He checked his inventory, he had the Sharp Beak he had looted from the Spearow earlier, nothing else.
"Nidoran," Alex whispered. "You have your Sucker Punch, It's your only non contact move that...wait fuck, Sucker Punch is contact damn it."
He cursed silently.
Most of Nidoran's moves involved touching the enemy, Peck, Double Kick, Poison Sting.
"Poison Sting," Alex corrected. "It's a projectile but Gloom is a Poison type so It resists Poison."
This was a stalemate, Physical attacks meant getting slimed and ranged attacks were ineffective due to typing.
"We need to tip it over," Alex decided. "It's top heavy so If it falls, it can't aim its Acid."
He looked at the Nidoran.
"Use Double Kick but aim for the ground under it, destabilize the soil and Make it trip."
The Nidoran nodded, It understood dirty fighting.
"Go."
Nidoran burst from the bushes, the Hustle ability flared, a jagged purple aura which was illuminating the dark clearing.Then Gloom's eyes snapped open and It saw the attacker.
"Gloooom!"
It inhaled deeply, the stench in the clearing spiked instantly, Alex gagged, his eyes watering, It was a chemical attack, maybe that was Gloom's farting attack....
Nidoran faltered, stumbling as the smell hit it like a physical wall, "Don't breathe!" Alex shouted through his gag. "Kick the dirt!" Nidoran held its breath and It spun, driving its powerful hind legs into the soft, wet earth directly beneath the Gloom's left root-foot.
THUD
The mud exploded and the ground gave way. Gloom, already top-heavy with its massive flower, lost its balance and It tipped sideways with a slow, agonizing inevitability.
SPLAT
It hit the mud.
"Now!" Alex yelled. "Peck the flower! The center!" , it was risky move as the flower was the source of its pollen, but also the weak point.
Nidoran leaped onto the fallen Gloom and its horn glowed white.
THWACK
It drove the horn into the center of the rotting petals, Gloom shrieked, a high-pitched, gurgling sound, it tried to spray Acid, but lying on its side, the liquid just sizzled harmlessly into the dirt.
"Again!"
THWACK
The Nidoran hammered it and the Gloom stopped moving.
[ Enemy Defeated]
[ XP Gained ]
Nidoran scrambled off the corpse right away shaking its paws as if they were covered in filth, It ran to a nearby puddle and began scrubbing its face frantically.
Alex stepped into the clearing, the smell was now overwhelming and he felt lightheaded.
"Quickly," he told himself. "Before I pass out."
He pulled out a plastic water bottle he had scavenged from the beach earlier, he had emptied the water; now it was a collection vessel.
He approached the Gloom, the purple nectar was still oozing from its mouth.
It was repulsive, it was thick, viscous, and smelled like death.
Alex scooped the drool into the bottle using a large leaf as a funnel.
Drip, Drip, Glop
He filled the bottle halfway, about 200ml of raw nectar and he screwed the cap on tight, then wrapped the bottle in three layers of leaves and shoved it into his deepest pocket.
"Inventory," he commanded mentally.
He stored the bottle in the inventory. Even inside the dimension, he hoped the smell wouldn't contaminate the Feebas's Pokéball.
"Let's go," Alex choked out. "I'm going to vomit."They ran and didn't stop until they were a kilometer upwind, near a small waterfall that misted the air with clean, cool water.
Alex almost started to retch into the bushes. He spat bile, wiped his mouth.
"Never again," Alex wheezed.
"Next time, we pay someone else to do that shit ."
The Nidoran was lying in the stream, letting the water wash over it, It looked traumatized.
Alex sat on a rock, checking the spoils.
[ Item: Raw Gloom Nectar (Potent) ]
[ Quantity: 200ml ]
[ Properties: Narcotic, Induces dizziness and nausea, Flammable]
"Flammable?" Alex blinked. "I didn't know that."He thought about the chemistry behind it , thee nectar was likely rich in various hydrocarbons or volatile oils and so If distilled...maybe....maybe đ€
"I can make Chloroform," Alex realized.
"or at least, the Pokémon world equivalent."
He looked at the Nidoran.
"We have a quite nice weapon buddy ," Alex said. "If we soak a rag in this and throw it..... or if I coat your horn in a refined version..."
A hit that paralyzes is bad but a hit that knocks the enemy unconscious instantly? That's a game ender easily, but he needed a lab as he couldn't refine this on a rock with a knife,He needed heat and needed a filter.
"We need to go back to the beach," Alex planned. "I saw metal cans, we can build a simple still, Fire, steam and condensation."
It was primitive science, Dr. Stone style but it was all he had, he checked his watch.
[ Time: 02:00 AM ]
"We need to sleep," Alex said. "The adrenaline is crashing." they returned to the crevice, It felt safer now that they were growing .
The smaller predators, Rattatas and Zubats gave them a wide berth and the jungle sensed their growing strength.
Alex dug up the Feebas ball, checked it and returned it to the Inventory and laid down on his bed of dried ferns.
[ STATUS WINDOW ]
Trainer: Ares (Alex Hales)
Points: 47
Inventory:
* Knife, Mask, Potion (x1).
* Sharp Beak.
* Raw Gloom Nectar (200ml).
* Tiny Mushrooms (x2).
* Oddish Leaves (x1).
[ POKĂMON TEAM ]
1. Nidoran
* Level: 10
* Type: Poison
* Aptitude: Red (Dark)
* Ability: Hustle
* Moves: Peck, Leer, Poison Sting, Focus Energy, Sucker Punch, Double Kick
* Condition: Smelly but Healthy
2. Feebas
* Level: 5
* Aptitude: Blue (Solid)
* Moves: Splash
* Egg Move: Mirror Coat.
* Status: Stasis
"Tomorrow," Alex mumbled, his eyes heavy and he drifted off.
In his dream, he wasn't in the jungle rather he was standing in a stadium.
A massive crowd roared, he was wearing a suit,a clean, expensive suit, On one side of him stood a massive, terrifying Nidoking, its armor glistening like purple steel and on the other side, a serpentine Milotic floated in the air, her scales shimmering like a rainbow, in the distance, sitting on a throne of shadows, Giovanni was watching.
The dream shifted and the Milotic turned to look at him, It had the same dead, sunken eyes as the Feebas.
"Feed me," the Milotic whispered with a human voice, Alex woke up with a start, It was dawn.
"Creepy fish," Alex muttered, rubbing his face.
He looked over at his Nidoran, It was already awake and was chewing on a piece of dried root.
"Come on," Alex groaned, standing up and cracking his stiff back. "Let's go cook some coccaine, hehe."
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