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An inferno of explosions and light takes all of Fenelle's sight. Der grip doesn't stand a chance against the violent shaking as the Metagross is hit, but there's one flash brighter - an interference? Dee can't process that thought further until dee is already falling.

An alarmed Orthworm gets rid of the Sandstorm, enabling clear view of the ground below-

And then just the very same beacon of hope, also known as ollie morales, from before. It's ridiculous.

And for one moment, it's comfort as well.

Hope your story isn't a tragedy, too.

A last psychic message from Fenelle to Ollie before the Metagross fully retreats into its own - not fainted, but barely alive by a hair.

Dee doesn't fall on hard ground, possibly breaking more than eighty percent of the bones in der body, but is instead caught. In that brief moment without animosity, dee signs, Thanks.

But being here also means being closer than ever to Penelope's ever-radiating aura of envy, it seeps into der brain more than before. An alien force awakening feelings dee has long since left cold. It doesn't bother dem that kepler brueshaber won the SPECTRA gauntlet, a victory that should've been ders. Dee isn't envious of Ollie having grown up happy and well to have a heart.

Dee shouldn't be.

Der mind a mess of confusion with a source that is clearly there in forms of a red-roaring flame.

Chilling hatred coats der mind with ice flowers.

The reality of der situation makes itself known again. No matter how beautiful a moment, dee won't stay here. There's no telling what will happen to dem after capture.

Dee catches eye contact with Orthworm, signing a quick command. Behind Ollie and dem, this would make itself known as an Orthworm that has sneaked up to the Silvally. And momentarily, a Grimmsnarl would appear by his side, as they tag-team to take out the Silvally with Iron Tail and Spirit Break, aiming for its weak spots. (They're formidable foes and allies - dee knows their weak spots.)

In this moment of chaos, dee uses Ollie's focus on Penny and her pokémon to struggle to get free, jumping onto the ground and simply running as a click recalls the Grimmsnarl again- but for the Orthworm, it might be too late as der finger wanders in a mad dash away.

PENELOPE LIVY ollie morales
MP +10
have your character be consoled by another: ollie morales at it again, for however brief
sacrifice: kicking and destroying any gramm of goodwill ollie still had
MP TOTAL: 925

Fenelle actually hasn't thought about that so far, but the book indeed has some very interesting implications with it. That's ... very interesting to consider, dee signs pensively. Given what we know about the simulations so far, it might very well just be a whimsy ... but it also does ... appear in only a specific scenario. I wonder if the book will come up again ...

But now, the darkness makes room for something else.

They are in a pivotal moment back in time with the Verdanturf invasion, and there's two possible things ... I wonder what the "right" choice might be, dee ponders, before deferring to Lulu's choice in this situation. To dem, it almost feels disrespectful to actually try and defeat Blackwell - or would Walsh see this as a good sign? It's really hard to tell.

Lulu Flint
choice whatever lulu feels like tbh LMAO

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Fenelle holds der breath unconsciously as the battle comes to a standstill. There's mud on Admin Cross' face, and dee sees the Goodra stumble after the attack. The Terastallisation has helped, but now that he's fully conscious again, dee can also tell that he's gone.

But dee only recalls der pokémon as Jayden official signals it's over, and bows slightly in thanks for the battle.

Dee hasn't realised der own heartbeat quickening, and still chasing moments after the battle as the temperature rises again. Almost like waking up from a nightmare. The compliment would normally warrant a pleased feeling, but it's hard to think normally in the aftermath of that icy storm that seems to pierce everything.

Even then, Fenelle's gaze remains unflinching from years of training to keep eye contact, as dee ponders the question.

"Yes. It was ... potent. Powerful in several ways."

While part of dem somehow managed to stay logical - with the Hisuian Goodra possibly soaking the brunt of it - dee has felt that stir of hatred. But it's been an undirected, fleeting feeling as dee could't recall strong enemyship, and those feelings need a target. However, seeing the Goodra be torn apart by the burning chill has been an experience.

"It's a double edged sword, I think. A powerful ally in the right battle."

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Fenelle pauses for a moment at Lulu's words, then nods with decisiveness, I think then we'll have to prepare for it. Well, or it'll happen then. Simply the tech to traverse Ultra Space is enormous and even though these areas are wild and strange, it doesn't mean that there's no power to be gained. And eventually, with more and more to know ...

And it's interesting that there's variants of Legendaries, too. Interesting ... I wonder if it wants to see it gone. Which would be a pity once there's still undiscovered ruins left, technology to be deciphered.

They move on along and ahead, with the Porygon taking the lead. Metagross also puts its sensors out, and gives Fenelle a ping around the time when Porygon would probably also notice. There's ... remnants of a spaceship ahead? Fenelle signs, before the structure would also come into actual sight. It's towering and massive, and while mostly destroyed, there are parts of it that might actually be usable still, to figure out more about how it's been before.

Where to start?

Lulu Flint

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Ollie's words are a ringing of consciousness in Fenelle's mind. Something dee has rarely ever possessed after leaving the orphanage - or maybe even before. After all, one would have need to ask why parents might abandon their child. Even if living in the orphanage isn't bad, looking at other families there's always been an empty hole that dee stopped questioning a long time ago. And then, a new family. The best sibling in the entire world, with parents that make dem almost okay with none - only their child, der sibling, gives them a saving grace.

A person who grew up in a golden cage. But golden it still was, nonetheless, with everything one could ask for.

NO

An immediate, resolute answer to Ollie's last question carried by telepathy, as magma covers the streets that quietens the sounds in der head. A word also directed at demself as der expression contorts with horror, eyes squinting at PENELOPE LIVY in particular- Envy radiates from her, envy that takes root in this moment, closing around her heart. But not for them who is the most important person in der life.

The Bulldoze shakes the Earth, and even hits the floating Metagross as it couldn't gain more height fast enough. The new shakings throw Fenelle around some more again, and a stone edge manages to cut der arm open, leaving a mark of redhot blood that sinks into der clothing.

A Blastoise trains its cannon on dem, but almost simultaneously, several Genesect start raising their cannonry as well. But the Metagross is slow. Orthworm knows that, too, and starts a Sandstorm to obstruct Fenelle from view, but he, too, is out of his depths at what to do as the sand rises.

And Techno Blasts are fired.

PENELOPE LIVY ollie morales
MP +10
be injured indirectly by another's pokémon
MP TOTAL: 815

It doesn't immediately work out, but hey, now that Fenelle managed to do it one time, it shouldn't be too hard to do it a second time, right? Dee and der Mantine prepare themselves, before it would be time for another ...

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Fenelle takes the pokéball and stores it in this baggie dee has brought, before they would continue onwards. It's truly only with combined efforts that the braincell doesn't lose one sixth today, as the Fuecoco's bubble movements prove to be very unpredictable.

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COLLECTED august 4

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1x pokéball
1x clamperl
2x form change

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POKEBALL - 1-25
LEVEL TUTOR - 26-30
TM/TR - 31-35
MOVE TUTOR - 36-40
EGG TUTOR - 41-45
ABILITY CAPSULE - 46-49
CLAMPERL (100 PD) - 50-55
BLUE SHARD - 56-60
GACHAPON TICKET - 61-65
INCENSE - 66-70
FORM CHANGE - 71-75
SALAC BERRY - 76-80
DEVOLUTION STONE - 81-85
TERA SHARD OF CHOICE - 86-90
BIG PEARL (150 PD) - 91-94
DYNAMAX CANDY - 95-99 can only be won ONCE.
MEGA STONE - 100 can only be won ONCE.

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At long last, Fenelle would have the honour to have met all the three ruinous avatars. It's something dee would rather not, actually. Coming actually face to face with them, dee wonders what the hell dee has thought, constructing this whole play. Dee must have been truly arrogant to think dee could get away with it fully ...

As dee manages to steady demself enough on der Metagross, who now takes over the job of letting Fenelle know what's been spoken. But it trembles still even as the flight stabilises as Fenelle's vision fills with red and Penny's words.

A scarlet shade that stabs dem with Ls and Vs that tilt and get mixed up with one another. Different, yet both just lines with a knack in them.

However, the clearness of a Metagross cry bellowing from underneath dem makes them remember - and electricity crackles with an Electrify in an attempt to save the Hisuian Goodra from the attack, a move that, in fact, is also tied to connection for the Metagross. It could communicate computer language from its own psychic steel body to an actual computer, use it to speak to Rotom beyond the psychic connection.

But the Wyrdeer wouldn't be able to make any sense of the crackling electricity.

And it's too late, as the Shadow Ball hits the Hisuian Goodra, making the dragon crackle with bright light. Fenelle quickly recalls it before he would become target of attacks that would actually kill him - now's not the time. Seeing Ollie and the Pikachu's unconscious body, dee forces demself not to pause for this moment.

Dee calls for an Orthworm now, hands lingering on the Grimmsnarl ball but not yet ... dee can't risk losing der ace now, even if it's hard to figure out how to escape from this situation at all. At least the Orthworm specialises in survival - and it's to his advantage that Shrapnerl and Debris starts falling down from the sky, interrupting the battle for a moment that the steel worm uses to use Harden to up its defense.

A moment for Fenelle to switch into focus battle mode. A moment for the Metagross to soak in the emotions dee briefly touches again, as dee sees der way back home from the playground light up in flames. The orphanage isn't too far from here. A belated sentiment of flowing destructive lava that will cool down to hardened resolve. But right now, there's only an incoherent cry.

And then, the buzzing and whirring of machines fills the air.

Just as Penelope does something a squadron of Genesect arrives - a number enough to fill the narrow street. But instead of facing their enemies, they all, slowly, turn to Fenelle upon landing.

The Metagross realises quicker what's happening, and its eyes turn to Ollie - still grieving over the fainted Pikachu. A desperate attempt in a whirlwind of unusual emotion, it taps the connection from earlier. A plea.

PENELOPE LIVY ollie morales
MP +10
self-doubt: did dee fly too close to the sun by being "god"?
K.O. another's pokémon: tofu (pepehands) +25
K.O. Hisuian Goodra: +50
MP TOTAL: 755

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Fenelle frowns slightly as Fletcher repeats Orthworm two times, but it seems that there's been an epiphany moment between the first and the second time, so there probably isn't the need to ask any further- probably?

"Something of the sort," dee replies with a self-content smile, actually liking the idea of that. The Rotom voice lacks the additional tone, but it's clearly visible on der face. "I'm also looking for big ones."

After all, these two and a half meters are. Kinda. Pathetic.

However, something interesting does enter der field of vision - a Glalie that seeks to ambush the group. However, Orthworm got it, using a swift Iron Tail, and- Fenelle has thrown a ball without thinking too much. That's a shiny, isn't it?

Fletcher Hyland
capture attempt shiny glalie

Fenelle looks endlessly smug upon having landed that trick flawlessly. It seems like all that training really did put dem in a better shape than before. And hey, who's not to say one could land two in a row ... The Mantine seems to be really hyped, too, so off they go for another-

MAGIKARP SPLASH august 3
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It's weird to sign and force Fenelle's mouth shut, so dee is really careful and slow when asking the Magnemite what's up. However, the question also proves unnecessary since it's hard to miss the little thing its electricity has attracted ...

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COLLECTED august 3

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1x pokéball
1x clamperl
1x form change

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POKEBALL - 1-25
LEVEL TUTOR - 26-30
TM/TR - 31-35
MOVE TUTOR - 36-40
EGG TUTOR - 41-45
ABILITY CAPSULE - 46-49
CLAMPERL (100 PD) - 50-55
BLUE SHARD - 56-60
GACHAPON TICKET - 61-65
INCENSE - 66-70
FORM CHANGE - 71-75
SALAC BERRY - 76-80
DEVOLUTION STONE - 81-85
TERA SHARD OF CHOICE - 86-90
BIG PEARL (150 PD) - 91-94
DYNAMAX CANDY - 95-99 can only be won ONCE.
MEGA STONE - 100 can only be won ONCE.

Unfortunately, the Magikarp Splash hadn't worked that first time - but who is Fenelle to give up that quickly. Dee and der Mantine see another big wave coming up, and it's time for another try! Der stubborness would truly be tested with this trick here. Ride the wave and ... go!

MAGIKARP SPLASH
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