Venti bounces excitedly on their paws, "I do!"

They inhale deeply and focus their mind. They continue to bounce in the air excitedly, but when they land again the land under their feet feels different.

They open their eyes and look down at the ground. A few random assortment of mushrooms have burst from the ground under their feet.

"Mushroom! I made them!" They look at Graves happily, tail flouncing in the air as they run around him, a few mushrooms occasionally popping from the ground under their paws.

Forgraves made a happy lil fox warble, "yay! it work it work!", hopping around with him, smiling and laughing and wagging his tail. he fell into some of them, rolling to look at them. 'pretty! pretty mushroom!" he chirped.

Venti smiles happily at the way Forgraves rolls in the mushrooms surrounding them.

They stop and stare up at the towering mushroom, their smile never fading. "Gonna climb."

Their eyes are bright in the dim lighting, the blue reflecting the little light there is. "Not today, no, one day. Gonna climb big mushroom."

They smile as they look at Graves again, "You come with when I climb?"

He nodded. "big mushroom, climb good!"

he paused to think for a moment. should he go up there with them when they do..? azzy said to never go up there again... but if azzy doesnt... know about it...

"yeah!" he chirped "adventure!"

They smiled at his confirmation, letting them know yes he wanted to try with them when they were ready to climb the big mushroom.

They look to their left and see a large rock, ferns and mosses growing over it and they approached it slowly, carefully, with purpose. When they reached it, they placed their paw on the rock and thought hard of the mushroom towering behind them.

It took a moment, they wondered if they did it wrong, but then little brown mushrooms, mimicking the appearance of the big one sprouted beneath their paw and they stared in awe at them. I did that! I made mushrooms grow!

Venti smiled, in pride and elation, and ran over to Forgraves, missing the trail of tiny brown mushrooms behind them, throwing their paws around him in a tight hug, "Graves, thank you for teach me!"

He spiled, giggling happily. "youre welcome! magic can be scary, but pretty mushroom not scary" he chirped, playing with one.

"proud of venti friend!" he cheered

They smiled and bounced around Forgraves a little more, pride coursing through their veins, they were proud of themself as well! With each excitable bounce the mushrooms cushioned their landing until they were crushed beneath their paws.

But then...A thought occurred to them suddenly. So suddenly they froze in midair, their entire body tensing causing them to land stiffly on the ground. Eyes widening as the realization hit them, they stared at Forgraves intensely when they spoke.

"Visit Graves one day? Visit your home?" They asked, head tilted curiously, "See where Graves live?"

"canis! different cave! big!" he yipped "where friend lives! you come visit, yes yes?" he asked, smiling.

"Yes! Venti visit Graves home! We see big big cave!" Venti agreed enthusiastically, nodding hard and fast enough to make their head spin.

They paused for a moment to let the dizziness pass, before grinning, "Venti make mushroom friends for Graves when visit. Grow mushroom friends for friend!"

"big big!" he giggled "lots of rocks!"

he smiled when venti mentioned more mushrooms "yeah yeah! pretty mushrooms! make things!" he cheered