Weezing, the poison gas Pokémon. The evolved form of Koffing. Where two kinds of poison gases meet, two Koffings can fuse into a Weezing over many years. Weezing loves the gases given off by rotting kitchen garbage. This Pokémon will find a dirty, unkempt house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash – Nurse Evergreen.
Whenever Nurse Isabelle was in Celadon city, she preferred to stay at her mother's house instead of the Pokémon centre. So the evening after the meeting between Gary Oak and Wendy Foxglove, Izzy found herself on the couch in her mother's living room, sipping a cup of tea. Her mother wasn't home, of course. She rarely was.
Elenor Evergreen was a retired nurse, officially, but she had never given up on the practice. Even now, she took in young Pokémon until they're old enough to go back to the wild or be adopted.
Mrs Evergreen looked rather good for her age. Her blond hair had lost its shine and was streaked with silver, yet she cared for it as much as her daughter did. It was always pinned in a neat updo on her head. Izzy didn't have her curls from her.
Isabelle's father was a police officer. From what Mother had told her, they had met on the job and kept running into each other until he finally asked her out. They had had the most wonderful courtship, married, settled, and had a baby girl, with blond hair like Elenor's and curls like the father.
Theodore Evergreen was infinitely fond of his baby girl. He even took her to work, showing her off to the other officers and letting her play with the Growlithe as he did paperwork. On other days, Isabelle was at the Pokémon centre, being around nurses from the time she was able to walk.
However, their happiness did not last. Isabelle was never told the full details, but one morning, Elenor found her husband propped up against their front door, covered in blood, dead for hours. Stabbed, a colleague of her father's told her years later. That's when her mother did twice as many shifts at the centre, leaving Izzy to be brought up by whichever nurse was on break, since the toddler could not be left alone at the home. With hindsight Izzy understands that rent needed to be paid but, as a child, she never understood why Mother did not love her anymore.
Looking around, Isabelle reflected on how the house both felt familiar and not at all. She's lived here yet did not grow up here. Celadon Pokémon centre was more like home, which made her feel a bit sad.
Standing up, Izzy looked out over the garden. Her Ivysaur was helping water the flowers and vegetables her mother grew there. A Weezing laid napping in the compost pile, probably loving the smell. Weezing gas made excellent perfume when diluted enough, which was another reason to keep one nearby. Ingrid, Erika's mother and Elenor's friend, still managed the perfume shop. No doubt those two still had contact.
Several Oddish were planted in the ground, only distinguishable from their swaying leaves, much faster than their non-sentient counterparts. Several birdhouses were mounted on the wall where Pidgey could nest. The Wheezing itself didn't smell at all, curiously. No more than the compost did. It seemed pretty happy to live and maintain the kitchen garbage.
Isabelle knelt next to Ivysaur, who was using both vines to direct two watering cans at the same time, and hugged him against her chest. She could not explain why, but the melancholy of her old home hit her hard and she needed his comfort. Ivysaur, true to his nature, immediately dropped the cans and crawled as close as he could, resting his chin on Izzy's shoulder with his muddy paws on her white trousers. He was her home now. As long as he travelled with her, she would be fine.