Tomba continued to run after Cobalt once he passed through the entrance to try and catch up with him, but was unable to after a short while. He tried calling out for Cobalt to slow down, only to have his calls go unanswered as he ran out of Tomba's sight.. "S-Seriously Cobalt? You couldn't have waited for me?" He sighed, curling up both his ears out of fear and frustration, "Gee... thanks Cobalt." Now alone, he looked around at his new surroundings. Trees were looming overhead. Their branches filled with leaves of varying shades of reds, oranges, and yellows. The sunlight filtered through the canopy and onto leaf covered ground below. The entire dungeon's interior looked almost serene and peaceful.
Across from him laid two items on the ground; a blast seed and an Oran Berry. He immediately hops towards the items and picks them up off the ground. His eyes darted across the room as he looked for an exit, coming across a couple of of paths leading out of the current room. One right behind him, and one to his left. He walked out of the room and down the path behind him. Along the way, he ran into a ferroseed that was burrowed into ground and tripped over it. Once he got up, the ferroseed emerged out of the ground, glaring scornfully at the buneary that stands before it.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to run into you!" Tomba frantically stammered, picking his items up off the ground. The ferroseed silently moved closer and closer, not taking his eyes off him. "Uh, You're not gonna hurt me... are you?" Tomba asked, hoping for a reply as he started to tremble. In response, The ferroseed silently retracted its thorns into its body, showing no direct acts or threats of aggression towards tomba. He sighed in relief as he watched the Ferrothorn.
"Oh. Th-thank you so much." Tomba said as he started to walk past the steel and grass type Pokemon in front of him. "For a second, I thought you were actually going to—"
Without warning, the ferroseed quickly extended its thorns out to fire a volley of Pin Missiles at the unsuspecting buneary. Cutting him off mid sentence. Tomba stumbled backwards from the force of the attack, staring at the steel type with disbelief.
"But I thought you weren't going to attack me!" He stammered, "Why would you do that?!"
Whimpering, he began to curl up both of his ear as he rushes towards the Ferroseed. The cream colored fluff covering the tips of his ears now surrounded by flames as he leaps towards the steel and grass type, uncurling his ears towards his attacker, attacking the Ferroseed with a fierce Fire Punch. The Ferroseed quickly retaliated as it began to roll towards Tomba, knocking him into a wall. He slowly got up, wincing slightly in pain as he held onto the Blast Seed he had picked up in the room before. Without hesitating, he threw the seed at the hostile Pokémon, causing the blast seed to explode upon impact and knock the steel and grass type unconscious. Tomba continued along down the pathway and deeper into the woods.
He kept walking along the pathway until he reached another room in the Dungeon. The combination of thorn bushes and trees surrounding the glade almost made it look as if they were actual walls in a room. In the middle of the room stood a lone Pecha Berry tree with a sleeping Swadloon guarding its fruit. The color of leaves it was wearing were much like the colors of leaves surrounding it: a bright orange-red. Across from the tree, were the stairs leading to the next floor.
"Well, Looks like I found the stairs. Hopefully this dungeon isn't too big." Tomba thought to himself as he looked up at the trees and the sky. The sky above him was painted various shades of amber and red like the trees as the sun began to set. He knew that he had to hurry if he wanted to make it out of this forest before nightfall, or else he would be forced to navigate the maze like layout of the Mystery Dungeon in total darkness, vulnerable to any nocturnal Pokémon that lurk within the shadows.
His stomach growled. Tomba quickly opened up the bag he was carrying with him, hoping he had remembered to pack food with him before he left. Upon finding nothing edible in his bag except for the Oran berry he was keeping for an emergency, he sighed. Desperate for food, he glanced over at the Pecha berry tree again, then at the Swadloon beneath it.
"Maybe that Swadloon wouldn't mind if I took some of his berries?" He wondered, his stomach growling once more.
"Well... I guess he wouldn't mind if I took some. Even if I don't like how sweet they are, it's not like I have a choice," he thought, "Well, here goes nothing,"
Quietly, he started to walk towards the tree, cautiously Tiptoeing around the Swadloon and making sure he remained absolutely silent. Once he had reached the tree, Tomba leaned over to pick up a Pecha berry off of the ground and ate it, cringing slightly at the sweetness before picking up the rest of the berries on the ground. Tomba made his way towards the stairs, treading carefully in order to not awaken the Swadloon at his feet. As soon as he reached the stairs, he promptly went to the next floor of the dungeon and deeper into the forest.