#popil get to be diligent little students and helpers who may or may not have inspired the 'sorcerer's apprentice' storyline in-universe

[kariachi]

New fakemon! I've been poking at a new opossum fakemon concept, something to balance out what's normally done with opossum fakemon without hitting on what I've already done with with my previous opossum line.

So, Popil and Apothum!

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Popil

The Helper Pokemon

Grass-type

Base Stage

A small, fluffy bipedal pokemon with a rodent-like appearance; hands, feet, tail, ears, and face are green; body, limbs, and head are brown; fur is scruffy in appearance; green band and attached large spots around middle; green rings around eyes joined with a stripe; round eyes large for the size of the pokemon; long prehensile tail; tail thicker in females; large round orange eyes

Ability- Pick-Up (Hidden Ability- Cheek Pouch)

BST- 250 (HP- 55; Atk- 35; Def- 40; SpAtk- 23; SpDef- 42; Spd- 55)

Evolves via Moon Stone

Example Moves- Charm, Aromatherapy, Branch Poke, Pollen Puff, Sleep Powder

"A popular companion, Popil are commonly employed fetching needed items for everyone from mechanics to the disabled. In the wild this pokemon performs these tasks for it's Apothum parent, gathering berries, leaves, and tree bark to be made into medicines." "This pokemon is intensely curious, watching it's trainer intently and mimicking their actions. An old fairytale tells of a Popil who attempts to mimic it's trainer's magic, to chaotic results."

Apothum

The Salve Pokemon

Grass-type

Final Stage

A mid-sized, fluffy bipedal pokemon vaguely resembling an opossum, limbs, hips, shoulders, head are brown; underbelly, sides, midback, and neck are white; tail, hands, feet, rim of pouch, face, and ears are green; brown stripe down face to brown nose; white bands around wrists and ankles, tip of ears; round orange eyes; short-ish limbs, short muzzle, prominent round ears, long prehensile tail; tail thicker in females; pouch is loaded with berries

Ability- Natural Cure (Hidden Ability- Cheek Pouch)

BST- 450 (HP- 115; Atk- 65; Def- 80; SpAtk- 47; SpDef- 93; Spd- 50)

Example Moves- Moonlight, Power Whip, Matcha Gotcha, Purify, Headbutt, Spicy Extract

Signature Move- Strange Potion (heals the target of status conditions, should the target have no status conditions, recovers 25% of the target's max HP)

"Like their close relatives Kangaskhan, Apothum use their pouches to carry their young. In addition this pokemon can often be found carrying berries, which they use to make medicines." "This pokemon combines plants with their analgesic saliva to make medicines they share freely. For millennia Apothum been popular partners for doctors, and in isolated areas remain vital healers."