Gardenia Thornblossom

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**Gardenia Thornblossom** is a Tier B fusion discovered by a search party organized by Maria Rossi of the Underground Fusion Facility. This party consisted of Hunter, Sypher, Rerem, and Teresa.

She is a fusion of two guild workers employed in Redpetal's guild, La Casa Monstro, by the names of Gardenia (a Bayleef) and Iris (a Mawile).

Gardenia and Iris are inseparable, sharing a body that Gardenia dominates most motor functions of. Iris maintains control of the giant maw atop her head that has replaced her leaf, which can act even while Gardenia is stunned. It can act in self-preservation and, in the case of **Blind Scolipede,** the preservation of others.

Due to the conditions of her fusion, it is impossible for her to reproduce.

## History

Gardenia, as a Bayleef, knew Iris before they were fused, as a fellow co-worker. Due to Master S's intense distaste for guilds, it was not uncommon for her to fulfill her boss's research quotas by having mercenaries retrieve guild workers and fuse them together, just to see what would happen, with no regard for the result, often leaving them to fend for themselves in the facility.

Gardenia was commonly investigating the political affairs of Astrea, and the hypothesized existence of an underground organization that kept all the guilds of the world in check was theorized to exist. She came to this conclusion due to the perpetrator of the Justice incident 25 years ago never being brought to justice. When she was on her way to Lightpoint to make a boat trip to Silver City and investigate, she and Iris were captured via tranquilizer dart, and brought to a dropoff point, where they were then delivered to the **Underground Fusion Facility**.

It was here that Gardenia recollected the event of being fused with Iris, becoming emotional as she watched her response, confused as to the implications of what was about to unfold, surrounded by unfamiliar technology. In a painful flash, the two became one, and used their new abilities to explore the facility and try to find an escape.

Multiple weeks passed before Gardenia stumbled her way through the dark enough to find the search party, subsisting almost entirely on resident fusions just to survive. There, she was rescued by the crew and encouraged to work for **Maria** due to the terms of the investigation.

## Abilities

### Type

Her fusion makes her a **Grass / Steel** type Pokemon. She is especially weak to Fire, but no longer has a weakness to Poison.

### Ability

Gardenia's ability is **Hyper Cutter.** Comforted by always having Iris by her side, she is never intimidated by any foe, and cannot have her Attack stat lowered.

### Moves

* **Iron Head** (Gardenia stands up on her hind legs and swings her head in a circle, before slamming Iris down like a blade onto the target.)
* **Crunch** (Iris lunges forward and snaps her massive jaws onto the opponent, inflicting enough damage to bend steel.)
* **Razor Leaf** (Gardenia stands her ground and a barrage of sharp leaves carried by gale wind, cutting everything in a cone radius in front of her.)
* **Body Slam** (Gardenia rushes the target and slams her body into them.)