And here they are ... after a short moment of rest that has been filled with Porygon excitedly telling Vespa all about its collection. At least it makes Fenelle aware that the collection indeed has grown since the last time dee's seen it - but gladly, der own funds haven't really been touched, so most of the funding must've come from somewhere else. And frankly, dee doesn't really care for anything else.

Eventually, however, dee taps the back of der Poryphone to get its attention so it could start translating again. "Shall we continue onward? I think we can slowly see if we can find a way out ... I feel well-rested, at least."

However, a look on the ground seems to confirm the opposite. Dee blinks rapidly. Did der shadow just ... move? And without dee having moved? It even seems to communicate using sign, but unfortunately, all the intelligibleness goes lost in shadow.

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18 lose your shadow, or encounter your shadow moving independently of you.

The Porygon seems to confirm Vess' words with some bit sounds, to which Fenelle can only shake der head. But at least, with that topic done, Porygon would be more than happy to provide some more translation services for Fenelle, so that's good. They would also be needed in form of describing what exactly has been going on in their environment. A waterfall again ... interesting.

"I wonder if it's connected to the seal and the water fall we saw a while ago. Guess we can only see and find out ..." Fenelle says as they continue their journey, and sure enough, they are following a river again that seems to either have originated or leads to a waterfall. "Are the sounds getting louder or quieter?" dee asks the other, as der Porygon is fairly bad to report on that.

Still, there's also ... something that makes Fenelle frown. A sensation almost like ... a full body chill that travels further, into the ground seemingly, and ... "Oh."

There's a whole march of souls now - a mix of pokémon and humans alike that wander just a few meters from them, almost holding a parade that seems desperate. Running water ... in stories there to keep vampires at bay, sometimes. Dee wonders if the same applies to ghosts.

Are they trapped on, possibly, an island?

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21 encounter soulmarchers, marching parades of warrior spirits (pokemon or human) with feet that do not grace the ground.

"Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some warping shit happening and we're walking in circles," Fenelle scoffs a bit, maybe a bit too close to der real persona compared to the friendly civilian dee has so carefully crafted over the years. Still, that situation is growing more and more eerie, and it's not made better by that teen just- walking away?!

"Where are you going?" dee signs, and the Porygon speaking in der stead actually sounds a bit worried about its new Gacha addict friend. And the worry also seems to be rightfully placed, as- a ghost?! Posseses?! Her?!

There is no sound, no word as Fenelle's expression grows horrified, confused and indignant at ghost!Vespa's words, and dee simply steps forward and slaps the kid, as if that would exorcis the ghost out of her body.

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How does one strangle someone without actually strangling someone and while also appearing like your normal civilian? If dee would just be demself entirely, the rage would've been easy, as this whole situation is ridiculous and dee frankly has lost der cool. It shouldn't have happened in the first place, but maybe, just maybe, dee is a bit spooked by ghosts here.

Even if der sibling does favour this typing.

"THE LIVING CAN'T MOVE LIKE THAT THOUGH, IDIOT," a booming voice sounds from the Poryphone as it translates Fenelle's sign into speech, hoping that, if the physical contact is futile, mere roasting and burning on a mental level might do the trick. What does this ghost think, that it'll live again by making a living body more ghastly?!

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Fenelle has hoped that this would be enough to fully let that ghost leave the body, but unfortunately, it's not. Gladly, Fenelle did go to the gym in the past few weeks in preparation of war and everything, so dee is not as physically frail as a couple of months before. So, dee simply sighs and calls for der Ralts as well as der Fuecoco. The waters would be icy ... but the river is still nearby, and the waterfall is, according to Porygon, still audible. Now that it's distracted by throwing a tantrum, Fenelle walks over to it, and grabs it. Der Ralts also assists with his psychic powers, counteracting should the ghost think about teleporting again after having been told that this is a bad place.

Alright, there has been something said about water, right?

It's a bit of a ridiculous picture as the smaller but older one wrestles with the taller but younger one towards the water - the idea has first been to dip completely and apologise later with a warm Fuecoco, but ... maybe one limb would be enough, actually, dee thinks in the struggle. Just to spook that ghost out and be on their merry way again-

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