So Two Mice Go to a Grove... [OTA]

[warriormouse]

Who: Martin, Matthias, and You!
When: Last week of April/Early May
What: Flower Grove antics!

[Martin is delighted to finally be out of Union and traveling with Matthias and their teams to the Flower Grove. The weather is perfect, everyone is happy and healthy, and Matthias packed their food.

Martin is a very simple man sometimes and can be easily appeased with food.]

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[iamthatis]

[Matthias had been more than happy to make the food, it just made him happy that he could bring the same smiles to their faces that Methuselah's food had brought to his. The traveling though...he'd scarcely been out of Union his whole life, save for a few trips to the forest where his father had collected some of his ingredients and once to see Yuuna and her new Jigglypuff.

This...this was something wholly new. He was traveling now. In earnest. He was out on his way to see the world and he'd honestly never felt this excited before.]

Wow...it's strange how a change in circumstance can change your perspective as well. I don't quite remember the grove being this...vibrant before.

[warriormouse]

That may have something to do with it being spring.

[He laughs as Boldred flits ahead, chatting with Tiria about the maps he needed to make when he got home]

Let me know if you suddenly smell something very good? I'm looking for a Pokémon called a Spritzee as well as Eevees today.

[iamthatis]

A Spritzee?

[Matthias turned his head a little as he walked, his gaze furrowing for a moment as he shuffled through the list of Pokemon he'd seen run through the habitat. Finally his eyes lit up and he smiled, giving Martin a nod.]

Well, the Flower Grove is a good start; they're naturally drawn to floral aromas, though they do make a habit out of eating berries and the like. As avian Pokemon, mayhaps we should find a tree line near bushes?

[warriormouse]

[He forgets that Matthias basically grew up in the Habitat and knows more about Pokémon than anyone else]

If there's berries near flowers, I think that would best. But where would we find Eevee?

[iamthatis]

An Eevee? Hmm...

[Now that was a trickier proposition. He'd only ever seen people come through the habitat WITH Eevee's or a few that had once been with trainers but were more or less left on the habitat's doorstep overnight. That wasn't to say he knew nothing, but he was worried the information he did have would be less helpful.]

Well...that's complicated. An Eevee isn't so much bound by it's own instinct, rather...it's more inclined towards it's evolutionary instinct. Eevee's often tend to gravitate towards areas where it can most easily evolve to the form it is most inclined to. Here? You might find one, but it would most likely be more inclined towards a Leafeon evolution. That said, they do share a trait with being fairly skittish, so...tall grass and tree lines near anywhere it can get at berries, seeds, and small insects would be your best bet.

[warriormouse]

Or their Fairy-type evolution, with all the Fairy-types around.

[He is so helpful. Martin finds a spot near some trees and water that looks safe for a campsite and heads towards it]

Are you looking to bond with any other Pokémon while we're here?

[iamthatis]

B-bond?

[The question caught him rather off guard. On one hand...he'd been really focused on planning for the trip that he hadn't really thought about anything past that. On the other...he'd never really...given thought to bonding with any other Pokemon than Basil. It had always just been...well, the two of them.]

I...I suppose? I mean...if I find any willing Pokemon while we travel...I don't see why I couldn't try?

[Did you forget the part where he doesn't people well? That extends to Pokemon too.]

[warriormouse]

[Matty you grew up in the Habitat. You should be able to Pokémon]

You're bound to find someone out here, and I would be happy to help you if you need it. You've only ever bonded with Basil, haven't you?

[iamthatis]

[Matty should be able to a lot of things that his shyness keeps getting in the way of.]

I...yes. I've always just been so...focused on what I've been doing at any given time that...I've just never considered anything beyond that. I suppose this journey will do wonders to open my mind from such a narrow world view.

[Yeah...tunnel vision will do that to you. It's about time someone took the blinders off.]

[warriormouse]

We have a name for that in the Swords, you know. Tunnel vision.

[He smiles and chucks Matthias's shoulder]

It's part of the reason I made sure to visit people and help where I could before my accident. I didn't want to get so absorbed in my job that I forgot the world.

[iamthatis]

[Matthias sighed and nodded. He'd been a fool to let himself get so absorbed in the minutia of things that he forgot the bigger picture...but it wasn't something he could dwell on. The past was where it was and to focus on it would just be a continuation of his bad habits; he needed to push past that and focus on the whole wide world in front of him.]

You're right...I have a chance to amend the mistakes I've made on this journey and I'll be taking full advantage of that. I guess...bonding with another Pokemon would be as good a place to start as any.

[warriormouse]

Exactly. I'll even help you look for and talk to one.