"We're about an inch in front of you," she said with a chuckle.
Suddenly, the scent of the goo on the tree hit her. "Oh dear..."
she groaned, beginning to feel nauseous. It smelled rancid, like a
dying sock.
"Mystin, I'm sorry, but you'll thank me later," she muttered,
summoning a wave of clean water with Surf and using Psychic to
direct it at the Articuno.
Mystin gasped and spluttered, one hand flying to his nose while the
other to wipe the water out of his eyes. The Surf had knocked him
down again. "Bi don't bow wether to yell or be grateful." Though
now that the goop had been washed away, the blood from Mystin's
broken nose flowed quite easily, and Mystin had to press a sopping
sleeve against his oddly bent nose to stop it.
"I'm sorry," the Lugia said genuinely, feeling horrible for having
to do that. "I think that sludge might be toxic; it smells like
dead things. You had it on your face, I couldn't risk it."
"Kate and I could probably fix your nose, Mystin, if we worked
together, though it would hurt a lot; I would have to use Psychic
to straighten it," she said, adding to the others, "Be very
careful; try not to touch the tree with your skin."
"I think this tree is as good a place as any, just avoid touching
it," she said, casting a concerned glance at him before turning to
focus on probing the tree with Psychic.
With one hand still pressed against his nose, Mystin spread his
other arm out, trying to feel his way around the tree without
touching it, which was a difficult task.
Xaiver sloshed through the water, kicking away a Grimer, sending it
flying. He had a rather disgusted look on his face. "Why did they
have to go down here?"
Kate picked up Xavier's voice behind her. Honestly, she actually
felt frustrated by his appearance. Wouldn't it be more effective if
they didn't go after the same plates? It would help not to
have to steal every single one for him...she'd already been accused
once, even if the person who did it wasn't very smart about it.
she went back after driving the boat for 5 mins and saw xavier was
there and jumped off it as it drove off and said"guys look out"and
yeeted the goo on him.