The Tallest of Trees (Open/Mod)

[Jay]

Nero stared up quietly at the trees as she walked closer and closer to Tree-Top Town. She knew the area well enough having come to replace her needles after having used them, lost them in battles, and broken them. Thankfully,l she had some money with her to pay the forger for them, and hopefully she could get some time to train there as well. However, she wasn't quite sure on the latter part, really. Mentally putting that to the side for the moment, the dark haired woman continued to walk closer and closer... She could see a few of the trees with bridges and things laced within the natural environment, and a part of Nero inwardly smiled. She liked this place, quite a lot, really.....

[Lady Leaf]

[Grovyle - M] ~ [Nincada - Many] ~ [Unknown]

Littering one of the trunks of many trees, a small colony of Nincada had gathered. They weren't paying much attention to anything else surrounding them as they greedily ate away at the visible roots. A few of them were even digging up some of the dirt to find more roots. Standing very still and just barely in sight, a slim Grovyle could be seen hiding beside a rather long leafed bush. Somewhere in vast amount of trees a very low, almost croaking sound suddenly rang out. It was hard to tell exactly what direction it was coming from but it managed to frighten a few of the Nincada’s away.

[Jay]

The dark haired woman's eyes narrowed a bit at the acts of the Nincada that she saw not far off, yet a part of herself reminded her that this was nature and that the tree would probably recover on its own or be replaced by a stronger one. Something caught the corner of Nero's eye,a nd as she turned her head fully, she found herself looking at the Grovyle. Though it did remind her of the Sceptile she had seen with Lance, Nero was far from interested in such a pokemon. She'd keep to her psychics and her steel types. The sudden crackling sound was what suddenly set Nero on edge, and she found herself looking around sharply for where it had come from. Finally resolving to continue forwards and see if whatever had made the noise was in that area, Nero continued look around carefully with her sharp brown eyes.

[Lady Leaf]

[Toxicroak - Unknown] ~ [Leucistic Mr.Mime - Unknown]

Not too far off in the distance from where the dark haired woman was heading, a rather tall, completely white pokemon was standing, frozen in fear. In front of the white pokemon, slaming it’s body on an invisible wall a rather angry looking Toxicroak could be seen. It looked as if it were trying its very best to get at the white Mr.Mime.

[Jay]

Nero's eyes narrowed as she caught sight of the Toxicroak attacking a-...... Nero stopped... stared... and deadpanned. A white Mr. Mime.... She had a Miss Mime... but... was always fond of color differences... Either way, she was not about to allow the poison type to harm a psychic. Taking out a pokeball, Nero released Gavin. The male Gardevoir instantly took form and stepped forwards looking around and waiting for some sort of order. Psychic that Toxicroak away Nero's thoughts were rather sharp, and with that, Gavin reacted releasing the psychic energy in himself.

[Lady Leaf]

[Toxicroak - Female] ~ [Leucistic Mr.Mime - Female]

The Mr.Mime had managed to cover its eyes with its hands as the toad continued to slam it’s body against the invisible walls. Why the psychic type hadn’t run away was beyond comprehending. Yet there it stood, it’s little knees shaking like no tomorrow. It didn’t even notice as Gavin was called out.

Nor had the Toxicroak. It had just made it half way into the air to slam the invisible wall again when the Psychic attack caused a pale purple glow to surround the toad. It froze in mid air for a moment before being flung away, luckily for the toad, missing the many tree’s in the path. When it finally hit the ground it stood, glared in the direction of the Mr.Mine had been before turning and hoping off.

Shocked by what had happened, the Mr.Mime turned and looked over at Gavin. “Mime” She said, meaning, thank you.

[Jay]

Nero sighed glad to see that the battle had been settled quickly enough. Gavin turned to the Mr. Mime, put a hand to his chest, and gave somewhat of a bow in return. <You're welcome> he answered back calmly before looking towards Nero. The dark haired woman had started to walk over rtaher slowly now. "Are you alright?" Nero asked looking over the Mr. Mime for injuries and anything of that nature.

[Lady Leaf]

[Mr.Mime - F]

The psychic pokemon smiled weakly as Gavin bowed to her. Her bright red eyes then looked up at the human heading there direction. It gave a small nod when Nero asked if she was alright though staid very silent. It seemed the pokemon was rather nervous of a human being around. Most of them staid up in the tree houses so she hadn’t had much interaction with them.

[Jay]

Nero's eyes were enough to clue her into the fact that the psychic was nervous, and because of this, she didn't move much closer but ended up sitting downwards on the grass there and closing her eyes slowly. It's alright... I'm not here to harm you Nero's thoughts were loud enough in her own mind that she wondered if they would reach the Mr. Mime. She'd done it with other pokemon before, but sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. Gavin simply watched quietly ready to act as an interpreter if this didn't work.

[Lady Leaf]

[Mr.Mime - F]

The Mr.Mime had heard the voice but she didn’t react so kindly to it. In a way, it frightened her even more. Human’s weren’t suppose to be able to control their minds so well. It was… it was creepy! <No! You… you… No!> The Mr.Mine’s mind rang out in the half anger and half fear. She covered her ears as if it would keep her from hearing Nero’s mind. Of course she knew that’s not how it worked. She had to close her own mind to do so but… well she wasn’t that good at controlling it yet.

[Jay]

....-.- Nero sighed a little at the Mr. Mime. Gavin sighed in turn. 'She's a psychic trainer, calm down....we won't hurt you' he stated shaking his head a little before bringing a finger up to his chin. 'Have you not met one before?' he asked rather calmly now remembering his previous trainer rather fondly for a moment. Nero was a good human, if a little stoic towards some, though Gavin would never forget his first. Nero knew this as well, having been told by Gavin about his past. The dark haired woman was simply resolving to clear her mind for a few seconds in order as to try and calm the Mr. Mime.

[Lady Leaf]

[Leucistic Mr.Mime - Female]

The Mr.Mine shook her head quickly as Gavin asked her if she had ever met another human psychic before. <No, no, I try to stay away from humans as much as possibly.> She claimed a little timid but allowing Nero to hear her thoughts as well, <They seem offal frightening. Much like that poison toad.> She hadn’t even done anything to the other pokemon and it had attacked her.

[Jay]

Nero continued to say nothing but was slowly beginning to understand the Mr. Mime and why the psychic was afraid as she was. Gavin, however, was more confused than ever. However, then again, he had grown up around humans and had been with them for many years. He was comfortable around such things and had been even willing to share such thoughts. Frowning a little before calmly nodding, he opened his mouth to speak. 'I see.... but... my trainer is far from scary... at least to pokemon....' he answered back speaking psychically as well so that Nero could hear. The dark haired woman simply breathed out a moment. I... don't like my own kind much.... Nero's thoughts stated before she fell silent again on them.

[Lady Leaf]

[Leucistic Mr.Mime - Female]

The Mr.Mime listened as Gavin claimed Nero was nice to pokemon but not her own kind. She then seemed to confirm that fact. <But I’m a human shape!> The Mime claimed, opening her arms to indicate her. <Do you dislike that too?> She almost sounded offended by that thought.

[Jay]

A rather interesting chuckle came from Nero, and she shook her head a bit. Human shape still means pokemon.... and I doubt you're willing to kill your own kind like some humans are.... Nero frowned greatly at her own words, and a sudden odd wave of mild depression hit her. It wasn't that she wanted to do things.... more that, she wanted to live and had to fight to survive. Pokemon were different from humans... They weren't unnecessarily cruel...they didn't normally kill one another... they were something a bit higher than humans in some regards......Gavin frowned greatly noting the change in Nero's emotions.

[Lady Leaf]

[Leucistic Mr.Mime - Female]

The Mr. Mime shook her head. <No, I wouldn’t> She admitted though probably not because of the same reason as Nero thought. She was freeze up upon seeing anything scary or creepy. She couldn’t help it. She just got so scared so easily. Maybe someday she could learn to become braver. Perhaps even stand up for herself but every time she tried that fear just took over. <Why do people kill each other?>

[Jay]

Nero hesitated on an answer unsure of how to word her thoughts correctly and remaining quiet as she tried to organize them. Gavin, however, already had an answer. 'Because there is a power struggle going on... and people tend to fight and get distressed when under things that they can't take' he answered back. Nero blinked a moment then remembering that Gavin had been with a human before her and knew humans well enough. People.... can't see that everything isn't black and white and would rather deceive themselves into believing as such Nero finally thought-projected back.

[Lady Leaf]

[Leucistic Mr.Mime - Female]

The Mr.Mine thought about this for a moment before nodding her head. <Kind of like how some pokemon can get out of control when fighting against each other.> She didn’t seem to realize that the humans didn’t necessarily have to dislike each other to want to hurt, steal or kill one another. Nor was it always because of survival but she did have another question, <Can I come with you to learn more about humans?> She asked, putting her hands together and giving a small bow.

[Jay]

Nero blinked a moment honestly a little surprised by the question, yet after a moment, she smiled a little and nodded her head. If you want to was what came from her mind. Gavin seemed to smile to himself. Nero didn't necessarily battle and force pokemon to come with her. Instead, she usually asked and was gentle on such matters. It was... the reason he had chose to come with her to begin with, heh. Standing upwards and opening her eyes, Nero pulled and empty pokeball from her pocket and held it out to the Miss Mime and simply waited.

[Lady Leaf]

[Zubat - F] ~ [Voltorb - F]

The Mr.Mime hesitated, the poke ball looking a bit frightening for a moment before finally smiling and reaching out her hand to click the button. With a flash of light the pokemon was gone.

Name:
Species: Leucistic Mr.Mime
Gender: Female
Ability: Soundproof - Protects against sound-based moves.
Personality: The white Mr. Mime is a very timid pokemon. She has a tendency of freezing up when she is frightened and refuses to move. This usually happens around poison and ghost like pokemon. When she does master up the courage to fight she seems to be a very well skilled, and very strong pokemon. Much of the world is new to her because she was always too frightened to explore it. Though she finds most of it frightening, she does enjoy learning and seeing new people. She is most trusting around her trainer and another psychic pokemon she had first met named Gavin. If they tell her its ok she will believe them.

A small Voltorb, no bigger than a coconut and no older than a month old was making her way around a few trees and bushes. The little girl passed another pokemon, sitting in a tree. It was a Zubat fast asleep ad hanging upside down.