Mother Spore

what?

Bdubs pov:

When I woke up I was at home. 'How did I get here? Was that all a dream? What happened?' my mind was spinning and I didn't even notice the mushroom plant in my window at first. I wrapped my mossy blanket around me I didn't want to get up but I had work to do with the mayor I think I laid there for another few hours before I realized. I got up and was quick to get ready to go to work.

As I was getting ready I noticed a purple mushroom stamp on my ribs " that's on odd place for a stamp " I said out loud, in the shower I tried washing it of but it didn't work " did I get a tattoo last night??? It doesn't hurt like one that should be there would  hurt" I was just so confused. I got dressed keeping the mushroom hidden for now. 

I walked to work and I couldn't help but notice some people I normally interacted with had a soft and faint glow to them. They seem to notice it on me to and one of them came up to me. A white haired man named Etho. " Bubbles, can we talk before you go to the city hall?" He says grabbing my hand gently" sure? What's going on Etho " I asked giving him my full attention. He took my off to the side in to an alley before he spoke" so you've met her? The purple hue over you is proof enough for my answer. " He says moving his mask to show me a fant purple mushroom Mark. " I was just investigating last night and I didn't know it was her.... She didn't hurt me " I said as Etho moved his mask back to where it sat before. " She doesn't hurt people bubbles. She was probably more worried about your safety then anything she  already allowed you to be there. Next time however, she would like to have you come down during the day instead of night time. " Etho explain I nodded " why not at night?" I asked

he just stays quiet for a moment" that's when she is looking for people who want to hurt her children" Etho says like it was obvious. " That makes sense I guess. Well I got to go to town hall I'll see you later then" I say as I start to walk away from him " one more thing bdubs " he says following me " she wants to see you tomorrow. " He says like it was a demand from her.

" Okay? What if I don't go?" I asked looking at him as we walked " you'll be there either way you don't really have a choice you drank the tea you've met her and to top it all off she doesn't want you to go alone. She wants your boss to go with you. " I looked at him so confused " I don't have a choice?" I didn't like the sound of that " nope. She always gets whatever she wants " he said with a smile in his voice I didnt know if I should be scared or not but I'm definitely intimidated by Etho so I just nodded

As we reached the city hall Ethos dipped off and I went in I clocked in and made a bee line to the mayor's office and gently knocked on the door " come in" he responded softly sounding like he was so tired. I walked in " are you okay Scar? You sound super tired. " I say as I shut the door and walking over to the desk. He didn't look like he got any sleep

" yeah I'm good. Still waking up. How did it go last night? Is she someone we need to worry about?" He asks as I walk over and sat down in one of the old leather seats " I don't think so, she was kind and made sure I got home okay somehow. That tea shop is related to her I was there last night after she found me. The red light district gets blocked off at night with moss and greenery it's quite beautiful. Especially when the moon light came through the vines. " I say as he leaned back in his wheelchair" she wants to see you and I tomorrow by the way" I say to him making him look at his hands " really? Why would she want to see us?" He asks playing with his nails " I'm not sure... But she made it sound like we don't have a choice " he hummed then looked at the window" still thinking about dropping the force field?" I ask " yeah" he says sadly but there isnt anything I can do to make him feel better. Right now at least. He was thinking about something then he moved " okay likes go today then to see what the red light district is like during the day" he says calling a car to take us there.

I was a bit concerned about scar he has been looking more and more tired as time goes on. He looks really sad as well like there is a lounging in his heart and soul. He is Miss people and he doesn't know what to do or how to find them and fix whatever he broke.

Soon the car stops and we are back in the red light district. I got out and helped scar which the wheelchair even though he said he didn't need it at the moment. He gave in though when I unloaded it and made him sit. I walked around this part of town last night and it looked so different at night. I didn't have to push past a wall of moss and dirt. We could just walk deracly to the tea house with no issues. They where open so we made our way inside. The casher was a short blonde man wearing light blue over shirt and had golden hair.

His name tag said 'Tim' but it was scribbled out and then read 'Jimmy' if the light hit him just right I swear I could see a light outline of wings and feathered ears like he was a hybrid and hiding using glimmer or something. " Hi what can I get you guys for today??" He asks super happily and cheery which throws me off of it scar doesn't miss a beat though" can I get a milk tea green tea boba?" He asks happily which he nodded and wrote down before looking at me" and for you sir?" " Uh-" " he'll have a coffee milk tea with boba" scar says again not missing a beat and then quickly paying for it which honestly that sounds delicious.

I fiddled with the Hem of my Moss sweater before taking scar and going to go sit down at the same table I remember last night after we got our drinks. " This is really weird this is the same table I was here last night at...." I told him as we sat down it was handicap approved so he was pretty happy. " Thank you for the tea coffee?" I ask confused since I didn't know if it was tea or coffee" it's tea with coffee syrup and tapioca pearls" Scar explained I must have zoned out because we also ordered food at some point or it was just given to us once our order came. " Bdubs, what did mother spore look like do you know? Can you remember?" He asks curiously as he sips his drink.

I sip mine as well taking the second think " she was pretty tall I'm sure she was wearing high heels or something, she's wearing a white dress that looked a lot like a mushroom stem in the shadows. " I said trying to look for a pen and pulled one out of my pocket before starting to scribble down on a napkin the type of mushroom I couldn't remember but I remembered the silhouette looked like a very fancy mushroom.  One with a skirt over top the stem giving it a unique silhouette and then also a veil coming down from the top of the mushroom hat. He observed what I was doing pretty closely before I slid it over to him. " I don't remember what that type of mushroom is called I don't think I'd ever seen that type of mushroom but she gave off that type of silhouette before she moved. "

As we continue to sit there and drink tea and chat the workers continued to do what they do best work and clear tables and everything until something caught my eye and I couldn't help but look over to see a new worker just clocking in they were dressed in a deep crimson red sweater dirty blonde hair bright blue eyes freckles dotting his skin black jeans and black shoes he didn't look like he was wearing the workers uniform and the mayor also noticed it that person the mayor after seeing him however his hands started to shake violently like he had seen a ghost and was completely terrified I ended up calling us a cab and taking us home for the day after that though he couldn't calm down he was incredibly shaky as he was petting jelly and after a while he just started sobbing hysterically just by seeing one person in that tea house maybe he had some bad tea? Maybe not but I don't know he was crying in the jelly's fur before he had passed out for the day it was so confusing