Marley gave an annoyed sigh as she pushed a branch away from her path, well... It seemed like a branch to her. But in all reality it was just a small stick, it was just 10 times harder to do things at her current height. After she pushed the stick from the path, she quite literally ran into the stem of a very large mushroom. She fell back with a yelp, landing hard on her tailbone. She whined softly as she rubbed the bone, jumping as a voice sounded above her.
"Oh! I found the source of the earthquake Kane!" A feminine voice called, a head popping over the rim of the mushroom, grinning down at Marley.
"Uhm... Hi there? What earthquake? I didn't feel anything..." Marley asked in confusion.
The girl giggled, "When you ran into the stem it caused an earthquake up here, or a shroom quake as I like to call it," she said as she patted the mushroom affectionately. "It caused quite a mess up here for us, if I do say so," she added as she looked back over her shoulder.
"Uh... Us?" Marley asked, only seeing one person.
The girl turned her attention back to Marley, "Yeah! Kane, he's up here too. You wanna meet him?" She asked with a grin, and quickly unrolled a ladder down to the ground, not even waiting for Marley to answer.
Marley sighed, "What's the harm...?" She muttered to herself as she climbed up the ladder. Once on the top, she saw the girl heading over to a silver haired male with glasses. The girl seemed alot shorter then the two of them, though that was hard to do considering Marley's current height, and she had brown hair with bright neon blue streaks through her hair. The shroom itself was incredibly large, and was a bright orange in color, but nothing seemed wrong with it like the girl had said.
"Hi there! I'm Tobi, and this is Kane," the girl introduced, first motioning to herself then to the male.
Kane took a sip from what looked like a straw attatched to a golden hookah that was placed in front of him and Tobi, "Who are you?" He questioned, purple colored smoke escaping from his lips and forming a question mark.
Tobi was suddenly very close to Marley, their noses almost touching, her seafoam eyes staring into Marley's soul. "Yeah, who are you~?" She repeated in a more of a sing-song voice before sitting next to Kane, picking up her own straw and took a sip from it.
"U-Uh... Well... I'm honestly not sure anymore, I've been called names other then my actual name," Marley answered with a sheepish laugh.
"Who are YOU!?" The two asked in unison, a large puff of blue and green smoke escaping from their lips and forming multiple question marks.
Marley backed up slightly, "M-M-Marley!" she answered, coughing as the smoke floated around her head, trying to wave it away in vain.
Kane leaned back slightly, a content smile on his lips as he sipped at his straw, "That's a lovely name dear," he said. Tobi nodded in agreement, blowing out a red smoke cloud that wrote out Marley's name in cursive.
Again Marley started coughing, "T-Thanks," she managed.
"So, tell us Marley, how did you manage to get down to this size?" Kane asked, yellow and red clouds appearing this time, forming two pictures-one of Marley at her current height, and one before she had drunk the potion.
"Well, Sayrin gave me this bottle, and when I drank it, I ended up shrinking," she answered as she took out the bottle from her pocket and let the two see it.
Tobi giggled, "That's Sayrin for you. He's a bit of a trickster, but it was indeed the only way to do things."
"Uh-huh... So, do either of you know how I could get back to my original size? Being this small has many disadvantages to what I was trying to do," Marley asked.
Suddenly Tobi shot up, anger brewing in her eyes, "And what would those disadvantages be exactly?!" She growled, a large plume of grey smoke winding around Marley.
"N-Nothing! I'm just n-not used to it!" Marley choked out, the smoke suffocating her. Tobi growled, but slowly sat down, the smoke around Marley clearing out soon after. "One side shrinks, one side grows. Pick your poison," she muttered.
"Side of what exactly?" Marley asked, confused.
"Recite your lessons!" Kane snapped all the sudden, causing Marley to jump.
"How doth the little busy Bee improve each shining Hour-" she started, but was quickly cut off by Kane.
"Wrong! It's how doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws!" He recited, differnet colored plumes of smoke escaping his lips as it played out the poem.
Marley sighed, "That's great and everything... But you didn't answer my question, the side of what?" She asked again, hoping to get an answer this time around.
Tobi looked to her, "You seemed stressed, would you like a sip? It'll calm you down," she asked as she offered Marley her straw.
"No, thank you. Side of what?" Marley asked again, tired of her question being directed somewhere else.
"THE MUSHROOM!" They shouted in unison, a large plume of multi-colored smoke errupting from them and covered the whole top of the mushroom.
Marley coughed, her lungs burning as the smoke went down her throat. The smoke fadded away and Marley took a large gasp of fresh air, holding her torso in pain as she curled in on herself. After she caught her breath, she found herself alone, no trace of Kane or Tobi. She sat there for a moment, then realized her question had finally been answered. "One side shrinks, one side grows," she muttered to herself as she slowly got up, walking to the middle of the shroom and took a piece from each side. She looked back and forth between the pieces, debating on which piece would do what. She shrugged, "I guess I just have to figure out for myself," she said as she licked the piece that was in her right hand. Pain shot through her as she stretched up, and she found herself at her original height. "Well then," she muttered as she put the pieces in her pocket, one to each pocket, just in case she needed them later on. She looked down and found it rather curious that she had not smooshed the mushroom Kane and Tobi had been living on, she shrugged and slipped down from it and landed back on the path, finding it at a size that could fit her now. "This place just gets weirder and weirder," she muttered with a sigh as she began moving once more.
"Oh! I found the source of the earthquake Kane!" A feminine voice called, a head popping over the rim of the mushroom, grinning down at Marley.
"Uhm... Hi there? What earthquake? I didn't feel anything..." Marley asked in confusion.
The girl giggled, "When you ran into the stem it caused an earthquake up here, or a shroom quake as I like to call it," she said as she patted the mushroom affectionately. "It caused quite a mess up here for us, if I do say so," she added as she looked back over her shoulder.
"Uh... Us?" Marley asked, only seeing one person.
The girl turned her attention back to Marley, "Yeah! Kane, he's up here too. You wanna meet him?" She asked with a grin, and quickly unrolled a ladder down to the ground, not even waiting for Marley to answer.
Marley sighed, "What's the harm...?" She muttered to herself as she climbed up the ladder. Once on the top, she saw the girl heading over to a silver haired male with glasses. The girl seemed alot shorter then the two of them, though that was hard to do considering Marley's current height, and she had brown hair with bright neon blue streaks through her hair. The shroom itself was incredibly large, and was a bright orange in color, but nothing seemed wrong with it like the girl had said.
"Hi there! I'm Tobi, and this is Kane," the girl introduced, first motioning to herself then to the male.
Kane took a sip from what looked like a straw attatched to a golden hookah that was placed in front of him and Tobi, "Who are you?" He questioned, purple colored smoke escaping from his lips and forming a question mark.
Tobi was suddenly very close to Marley, their noses almost touching, her seafoam eyes staring into Marley's soul. "Yeah, who are you~?" She repeated in a more of a sing-song voice before sitting next to Kane, picking up her own straw and took a sip from it.
"U-Uh... Well... I'm honestly not sure anymore, I've been called names other then my actual name," Marley answered with a sheepish laugh.
"Who are YOU!?" The two asked in unison, a large puff of blue and green smoke escaping from their lips and forming multiple question marks.
Marley backed up slightly, "M-M-Marley!" she answered, coughing as the smoke floated around her head, trying to wave it away in vain.
Kane leaned back slightly, a content smile on his lips as he sipped at his straw, "That's a lovely name dear," he said. Tobi nodded in agreement, blowing out a red smoke cloud that wrote out Marley's name in cursive.
Again Marley started coughing, "T-Thanks," she managed.
"So, tell us Marley, how did you manage to get down to this size?" Kane asked, yellow and red clouds appearing this time, forming two pictures-one of Marley at her current height, and one before she had drunk the potion.
"Well, Sayrin gave me this bottle, and when I drank it, I ended up shrinking," she answered as she took out the bottle from her pocket and let the two see it.
Tobi giggled, "That's Sayrin for you. He's a bit of a trickster, but it was indeed the only way to do things."
"Uh-huh... So, do either of you know how I could get back to my original size? Being this small has many disadvantages to what I was trying to do," Marley asked.
Suddenly Tobi shot up, anger brewing in her eyes, "And what would those disadvantages be exactly?!" She growled, a large plume of grey smoke winding around Marley.
"N-Nothing! I'm just n-not used to it!" Marley choked out, the smoke suffocating her. Tobi growled, but slowly sat down, the smoke around Marley clearing out soon after. "One side shrinks, one side grows. Pick your poison," she muttered.
"Side of what exactly?" Marley asked, confused.
"Recite your lessons!" Kane snapped all the sudden, causing Marley to jump.
"How doth the little busy Bee improve each shining Hour-" she started, but was quickly cut off by Kane.
"Wrong! It's how doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws!" He recited, differnet colored plumes of smoke escaping his lips as it played out the poem.
Marley sighed, "That's great and everything... But you didn't answer my question, the side of what?" She asked again, hoping to get an answer this time around.
Tobi looked to her, "You seemed stressed, would you like a sip? It'll calm you down," she asked as she offered Marley her straw.
"No, thank you. Side of what?" Marley asked again, tired of her question being directed somewhere else.
"THE MUSHROOM!" They shouted in unison, a large plume of multi-colored smoke errupting from them and covered the whole top of the mushroom.
Marley coughed, her lungs burning as the smoke went down her throat. The smoke fadded away and Marley took a large gasp of fresh air, holding her torso in pain as she curled in on herself. After she caught her breath, she found herself alone, no trace of Kane or Tobi. She sat there for a moment, then realized her question had finally been answered. "One side shrinks, one side grows," she muttered to herself as she slowly got up, walking to the middle of the shroom and took a piece from each side. She looked back and forth between the pieces, debating on which piece would do what. She shrugged, "I guess I just have to figure out for myself," she said as she licked the piece that was in her right hand. Pain shot through her as she stretched up, and she found herself at her original height. "Well then," she muttered as she put the pieces in her pocket, one to each pocket, just in case she needed them later on. She looked down and found it rather curious that she had not smooshed the mushroom Kane and Tobi had been living on, she shrugged and slipped down from it and landed back on the path, finding it at a size that could fit her now. "This place just gets weirder and weirder," she muttered with a sigh as she began moving once more.