-Pikmin Exploration-

Sunken City

Olimar rubbed his helmet to try to ease his headache. He'd jumped from his ship to try to rescue a crew member, Yo. For some reason, his parachute didn't work and he plummeted to his ground at 25 mph. At least he'd crashed evreytime he'd come here now- he liked constistency. Then, he heard a voice around a nearby bend.

Yo: "Who da heck's dere? Come closer an' I'll whack ya upside the head!"

No doubt it was Yo. "Yo, you okay?"

Yo: "Cap'n Olimar! Glad it's you. I thought it'd be anutta one a dose little plant things dat were followin' me."

Olimar: "Glad to see you too Yo. Let's contact the oth... wait, WHAT? PIKMIN? AT NIGHT?!"

Yo: "Yeah, but dey didn't look like da ones in your report, Cap'n. All black and with sumthin' on their heads..."

Olimar: "TAKE ME TO THEM. THAT'S AN ORDER."

Olimar followed Yo to a small tree trunk in the middle of the Sunken City. Olimar finally got to see some nocturnal creatures, and he was not at all terrified of them. Small Anode Beetles wandered around the ground, Skeeterskates darted across the murky water searching for food, and a green Wollywog with yellow feet and vivid red eyes clung to a tree next to them. When they arrived at their destination, Olimar's attention was taken up by a jet black Onion. Unlike the blue Onion, though, this one had segmented insectoid legs instead of thin tendrils. There were no Pikmin to be seen, though.

Yo: "Sorry, Cap'n. Dey must've holed up in dat Onion."

Olimar approached the Onion slowly. "No worries, Yo. I know exactly how to do this."

He walked up to the bottom of the Onion. Then a small black seed popped out of it. Plucking it, Olimar found something he'd never thought existed.

A nocturnal Pikmin.

Its skin was jet black, like the Onion, and had standard Pikmin eyes. Instead of having a stem with a leaf on it, the leaf was on the back of its head. Olimar didn't notice this though, as he was too focused on what was on the stem. On top of the black Pikmin's head was a glowing bulb, so bright it lit up everything a few Hocotatian feet around it. Even his suit's light filter had trouble with it.

Olimar: "A... A Black Pikmin..."

Yo: "Yup, and dey glow in da dark too."

Olimar (annoyed): "I'm aware of that, Yo."

They qucikly amassed an army of the new Black Pikmin using black Pellet Posies scattered around the stump near the Onion. The radius of the light field got bigger with every new Pikmin, and by 40, the once-pitch black night was lit up almost entirely. Now they could see all around the new nighttime Sunken City.

And they could also see that Wollywog from before using skin flaps to glide straight at them.

Olimar: "RUN!"

They ran, but the Arboreal Wollywog glided after them faster than they could run. Yo noticed that it seemed to be attracted towards the Black Pikmin's light. Quickly, he chucked a Pikmin onto it, and stopped chasing them to focus on the single Pikmin. While it was distracted, Yo sent the rest of the squad to pummel it to death. Like that, the Arboreal Wollywog was beaten.

Olimar: "Whew. I always hated Wollywogs. Good job, Yo."

Yo: "Thanks, Cap'n."

The rest of the night was spent finding new creatures to build up the Black Pikmin army. First off was a mid-sized arachnid with red feathers on its head.

Olimar: "What sort of arachnid has feathers? And what do they do?"

Just then, it emitted a piercing howl, turned towards them, and spread out its feathers, revealing eye patterns on them. The mere sight of the markings scared the Pikmin and the squad ran off. Olimar and Yo finally got them back together and they managed to kill it, naming it the Spiderspook.

Olimar:"Apparently THAT'S what it does."

Then, there was a large purple flower that sat on a small bridge between two tree stumps. The flower, which Olimar named the Indigo Paraorchid, spat out small streams of poison from its rooted position. They defeated it, but not before having three Pikmin die of suffocation. Lastly, when they came back to the Onion with the Paraorchid's body, a thick green sludge covered it, preventing the Onion from reacting to Olimar or the dead Paraorchid carcass.

Yo: "Wat coulda done dis, Cap'n?"

Olimar: "I don't even know what this stuff is- seems to have high levels of silicon in it."

Just then, a small insect came scurrying out of a plant nearby, and it left a trail of the same silicon-like substance behind it. The insect, which Yo named a Sneaking Silicaflea, was taken out and the coating around the Onion dissolved.

Olimar: "You know, the ship always made nighttime seem so absurdly dangerous. It isn't really that bad."

Yo: "You said it, Cap'n."

Suddenly, a bright light appeared above them. Looking up, Olimar saw it was the S.S. Cafe.

N10DO: Fzzzzt! Captain Olimar! You have been on the planet's surface for the past eight hours! What is going on?

Olimar: "Ship, nighttime's as safe as the day here. Yo even found some new Pikmin."

N10DO: Unacceptable! You may not think you are exhausted, but you are! Get in here!

Olimar: "So I've been working for over 13 years at Hocotate Freight, and I've been forced to work 8-to-6 every day, five days a week. Yet when I want to work, why are you trying to stop me?"

N10DO: Er... Does not compute. Now just get in the ship, Captain.

== Well, we have a new Pikmin and some more enemies!

Black Pikmin have large glowing bulbs on their stems instead of leaves/buds/flowers, which are located on the backs of their heads. Whereas most fanon Black Pikmin are designed around darkness and having more power than normal Pikmin, I made them based around light. The bulb emits a radius of light, incredibly useful at night when you can barely see, unless you get the Heat Vision Goggles upgrade. This is not mentioned here, but they also can rescue other types of Pikmin from drowning, burning or other hazards when idle.

Arboreal Wollywog

Amphicaris arborea

Amphituber family

This wollywog is supposed to resemble a tree frog. It is attracted to light and can glide for longer distances that a typical wollywog.

Spiderspook

Arachnida phobia

Arachnid family

A pale crimson spider with red feathers around its head. Like a peacock, the feathers have eye patterns, and it can unfurl them to scare away Pikmin.

Indigo Paraorchid

Orchidaceae parasiticus venemii

Orchid family

This parasitic flower blocks paths until it perishes. It can spray a powerful acid at Pikmin to repel them, and whack captains with their roots if they get too close.

Sneaking Silicaflea

Siphonaptera silica

Flea family

Now this little bug, with green crystals growing on its back, is ANNOYING. It smothers the Onion with silicon-based sludge, preventing it from reacting to captains or nutrients, then hides somewhere nearby. The sludge will not dissapear until you kill the Silicaflea.

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