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Fen's eyes widen as a gigantic Orthworm appears out of nowhere. This ... definitely has not been something dee considered, paying more attention to the physical laws of potential and acceleration, but ...

You never act isolated; you never move in an ideal world with no friction and point-shaped objects.

Does this Orthworm exist in real life? dee signs to Theo, but- his attention, and then ders is elsewhere. There's no enemies to worry about - in fact, they might want to seek distance from the Orthworm themself. Or ... What's that? dee asks, pointing upwards at the shadow, then signing What?

THEO BECKETT

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Fenelle appears genuinely quite surprised at the offer, but then an expression of understanding settles - yeah, that actually checks out from what dee has heard about the Master of Faster.

Oh, that is very kind of you! Thank you, we'll be in your care.

Dee is about to type a message that dee'd pick the Sawsbuck, but. Der pokémon and der opinion, for once, actually differed. All six of der current team has walked up to the Meganium and their Sweet Scent, definitely being drawn to it. Dee crinkles der nose a little bit, before sighing.

As you can see ... we'll ride Medli.
👍👍👍

Dee would then also go to greet the Meganium, smiling faintly (that's good and normal right?), before patting them, a bit awkwardly, on the shoulder and working on getting into the saddle. This, too, is a group effort because of Fen's still not-great strength and der "short king" size.

However, once seated, dee gives Josh another thumbs-up, and points towards the street where they'd have to head to first.

First off to Carlise's Carpentry.

Josh Devlin

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Fenelle sees something move in der peripheral vision - a Flygon, interesting ... May I try for this one? dee asks Amor, before dee would actually go for it. However, instead of calling forth Morgrem as before, dee tells him to stand back, and instead calls for Marowak.

Defeat.

The pokémon is confused, but Fenelle's signs are clear - attack the Flygon. It wouldn't hurt to test der new pokémon a little bit ... First, she uses Focus Energy, gathering power for a devastating blow. Indeed, not a bad move ... ... now, if Fenelle would only have read some more about Flygon.

Instead of a trial, it turns out to be utterly futile as Levitate makes every single one of Marowak's attacks useless. Every single one was ground-type, against which the dragon-ground type is immune ...

...

Actually, please disregard, dee signs to Amor, as dee recalls Marowak again. Der expression is neutral, but also obviously embarrassed. I might have ... forgotten. Embarrassing. So embarrassing.

Amor Rose

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Fenelle squints and grimaces as dee compares two goods with one another - but frankly, it's also just two copies of the same item. However, in der eyes, there's something distinctly different ... so it was really hard to figure out which one dee should end up buying.

The braincell, in fact, actually split now - the Fuecoco, the Porygon and the Milcery all stayed fixed, while the Ralts, the Magnemite and the Vanillite went off on their own adventure. They ended up briefly engaging with a wild Aron, which, to everyone's shock, suddenly got zapped by a red beam. It doesn't seem like the shock for the Aron itself lasted too long, however, as it stayed in the ball, much to the vague shock of the half-braincell, watching their new friend just be taken like that ... before hurrying back quickly back to Fenelle, seeing as the new-trainer of the Aron now actually tried to come for them, too.

skipping aron

There's always this slight itch, almost like a physical itch, that Fenelle has when playing Visual Novels. It's all fun and games until you couldn't reply to every message, and couldn't poke whatever you wanted. Infuriating, but that's not the point! Right now, dee is trying to find out more information, see how much exactly this odd video game knows ...

And while the text isn't exactly Fenelle's style, the action is of more interest ... After all, she just has been washing cups, so there might as well not be a trace left, but maybe ... dee knows that it's got something to do with poison and tea.

"Don't be so stressed. Have tea with me so we can talk about what's going on." + ACTION: look at the cups on display. new!*

Dee wonders if there even might be one of those assassin teapots that dee has read about ... one compartment tea, the other, smaller part, a little bit of death.

MARILYN HASEGAWA

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Fenelle's mood could barely be any worse (but it can always be worse). The mission last time failed, and they barely managed to escape successfully even after securing a useful pokémon generally. So the next time, they'd have to approach more carefully ... and they've gotta do it quick.

So what better place to figure out a new plan than surrounded by all sorts of trinkets and things that people sell at the Night Market? Normally, dee would lowkey die at the overstimulation, but right now, it's actually kind of pleasant, a stim for der mind to keep it occupied while the actual calculations run undisturbed-disturbed.

PURCHASING/REDEEMING

welcome to the poké mart!

1X tera orb (500 PD) + applying ground type to HISUIAN GOODRA
1X tm/tr (from PC) > Hisuian Goodra learns Mud Shot

HARVESTING

be sure to visit the pretty petal flower shop near rustboro!

8X grepa (80 PD to Lutgarde Dijkstra )
4X tamato (8 pokéballs to Fenelle Miller )

TOTAL

do come again!

-500 PD for Fenelle Miller
+80 PD for Lutgarde Dijkstra

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Similiar to Amor, Fenelle only glances at the two pokémon, but doesn't pay them much mind. There's other pokémon to be caught, and right now, those definitely do not seem quite as interesting. And if Amor doesn't give a further comment on them, they seem extra uninteresting, too.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer? Fenelle volunteers an idiom, and nods. Yeah ... I will train hard. And with the chimes and murmurs of war on der doorstep, indeed, it would probably only be a matter of time until dee would actually need to prove and test der conviction in an actual, hard battle. Or well, maybe dee could stay apart, but there's always this slight feeling. Supporting Sailor, supporting the cause and growth of Team Rocket that dee believes in ...

Earning the actual recognition of people who see you as a collection of skills, pros and cons.

Dee then nods as Amor asks about being interested in his research, then dee smiles a bit as he signs the part about having to adjust and adapt frequently. I understand that well. Computer Science is sort of my expert field, and it's constantly changing a lot, with new programming languages and possibilities coming out. After all, growth here is exponential - half, half, double, double. Dee wonders sometimes why it's exactly that ... except it's the easiest to fill in. No calculations needed to fill the same space - just halve it, and double your cells.

It's kind of like biology, dee signs before realising that there's missing context. Ah, just thought about the growth of data storage. It's always doubling, and reminded me of biological cells.

But, back to the question of Amor's actual research, dee nods eagerly. I would very much appreciate that. I am not entirely up to speed, I'm afraid. I do think Terastallisation might be the phenomen I've looked into the most right now - since it's generally applicable to all pokémon.

Dee looks at der Morgrem, who seems a bit relieved not to have to battle for a hot second, and uses the time to rest up. He does have the potential to use Mega Evolution, and there also seems to be something involving this form and Dynamax from what dee has read ...

Amor Rose
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The duo of Grimmsnarl and Bronzong is quick to move to eliminate another threat that popped up, but Fenelle quickly moves to intervene, dragging their attention elsewhere with der laser pointer as if dealing with cat pokémon.

We'll capture it, dee signs, before letting the pokémon charge the Magneton to weaken it enough so that the capture would be easy enough. From experience with der own Magnemite, chances are that it's got an ability that would be quite useful indeed ...

capturing magneton

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Fenelle is 84.9% sure that this is some sort of test, but that concern is quickly overthrown by seeing Iron Treads "in the flesh". That curiosity is then quickly put in order again by Theo's question, forcing them to focus on the task at hand.

Both options have advantages, dee starts signing while contemplating. Here, with Iron Treads being especially sturdy, I vote wait. Dee also looks across, from the top of the sandbank. We're also higher up. We can wait until they're close, then ... Dee uses der hands to symbolise a spiky wheel, which topples down, rolling and gaining speed while impaling their enemies, with facial expressions to match.

(Dee wonders if the "scorched earth trails" would become glass in this desert environment.)

THEO BECKETT

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As Fenelle gets the photo with the adresses, dee immediately gets to work to punch them into the app. For a moment, dee becomes entirely focused on that task, only registering Josh's message afterwards as dee sends Josh the finished map - a map of Slateport, with the adresses marked and the quickest pathing done and marked as well.

Fen hopes that dee hasn't stood there for too long, unresponsive to the world - that's definitely not something an Ordinary Person Does.

Dee shakes that thought for now, dee would need to do any adjustments to the normal-person.exe later (which. may or may not actually exist, somewhere in der brain), and finally starts reading Josh's messages.

Oh, one sec.

Before elaborating, dee changes the starting location to the nearest pokémon center and resends their current route. It's the tiniest adjustment that really doesn't do anything but please der brain's occasional, most inopportune needs for perfectionism.

Now it's good! Yeah, let's go, I want to get Olusola checked up, too, just in case.
🧊🧊

Dee points at Fuecoco, who honestly seems like he's in the best shape ever. Nonetheless, while Josh's sorting out his pokémon, Fenelle walks up to Nurse Joy and presents The Boi. Who is indeed healthy despite walking on ice floats for a long time, which isn't surprising to dem. The actual goal of that little interaction is clear, as Nurse Joy hands him a treat for being so adorable, which he claims with success.

As they reunite with Josh, dee sends:

🧊🍬🧊🍬
We're ready!
... oh we don't have a ride right now.

Dee should have considered that while Fuecoco's been fooling around to get his treats. (Which are also the only reason he ever goes to the doctor, since he seems to be immune to any kind of physical ailment.)

Josh Devlin

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Fenelle looks at the speech-to-text with a pensive look. "So, you mean muck?" the robotic voice sounds out. Then, dee suddenly jumps forward, frowning- quickly examining the many little things on the floor. Nothing has ended up covered in grime or something, right?! Relieved as dee doesn't find anything concerning, dee leans back. "There's nothing wrong with my parts. ... but some are broken." Turns out, tinkering too much isn't too good for the hardware life.

However, the question about reading is met with a shake of the head, and dee nods, noticing the slight motion that isn't put into the motion of rolling eyes. "How? It's hard to imagine in any city ... or did you grow up elsewhere?" dee ponders, genuinely baffled and curious and also very forward with der questions. It's ... Interesting, dee signs, pensive.

"Do you want to learn?" dee then asks after overcoming the first curiosity. After all, it's not like people keep underestimating dem because of der lack of hearing - while dee is still taking spoken words with a grain of salt. How the hell do you communicate with so limited means?

Alphonse Zoram