It's no surprise for Fenelle that the other chooses CHALLENGE, and it's a relief that it won't impact der own baby steps in this game. Still, having a CHALLENGE run next to dem also means that possibly, distraction could be afoot ... however, the game does make a good job of keeping dem occupied enough that dee doesn't actually peek at the other screen.

It takes every little bit of focus for Fenelle to learn the coordination of der feet, and dee would still miss the occasional note even as the notes appear at a fairly slow pace. Dee really needs to start getting more of that workout, huh ... But it's also surprisingly fun, not only moving der fingers like dee would with mobile rhythm games that require dem to only tap the screen.

As the track ends, dee only briefly looks at der own score before noticing the gold grandeur of Shalin's full combo. Dee joins the clapping without clapping - der expression is visibly, maybe a bit exaggeratedly impressed and dee has both der hands raised into the air and "shakes" them to applaud silently.

However, dee would also point at the track again with a pleading expression, and pointing at the REPEAT? option if Shalin would be down for it. While repetition sucks sometimes, in this instance, dee at least wanted to give it one more try (which sounds like a very probable lie).

Shalin Nariya

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With the oncoming war, Fenelle can't help but wonder momentarily what might happen to Sootopolis. Or in Sootopolis - and when they'd get to crash Evergrande. But for now, they'll need to make sure that Rocket's defenses are up to date.

Fenelle's sitting atop der Metagross in an unconventional manner that should be uncomfortable, but dee doesn't seem to have a problem with it. One of the Rotom-tablets that float beside dem catches Kenjiro's words and translates them to text for Fenelle, and dee points at the security equipment decisively.

"I'm better with tech if that works for you," der signs would be translated by the same Rotom into text and robotic speech alike.

Kenjiro Yamada
choice security

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That Amaura went completely over Fenelle's head, but the other already seems to take care of it, too, and dee nods. Dee can't really figure out what the other has said, but it's probably some soothing words - the Amaura's body language hasn't really spoken of a very comfortable state.

"Let me see ..." dee types after figuring out what Fletcher has said, roaming through der bag that has, in fact, various tablets and phones. However, most of them appear fairly normal, except ... "It's not perfect yet, but this Rotom should be able to transcribe some sign language." Dee wakes the slumbering Rotom, but doesn't get to the set-up part as dee sees something in the corner of der eyes, turning around irritated-

But ah, it's not Vanillite. Still, a pokéball's sent flying at the Vanilluxe, having another, bigger ice cream cone definitely wouldn't hurt ...

The Rotom blinks awake now, and without further ado, dee starts signing, I thought that Vanill... was one of mine, and was surprised. Blinking, the Rotom-phone floats unmoving for a few moments, as if just processing what to do now, until finally, it started speaking.

"Aha! Brzt. I thought that Vanill-something was one of mine, and was surprised." The text also shows on the screen for cross-referencing, in case it would (ill-advisedly) decide to be mischievous.

Fletcher Hyland
capture attempt vanilluxe

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Frankly, Fenelle has never had much interactions with the active use of weapons. Dee knows the general gist of their functionality, but using one is an entirely different story. But, it's very much needed in the upcoming war efforts, even if they may not prove deadly to pokémon ... humans are oh so fragile.

A Rotom in a tablet is floating next to Fenelle, having already displayed the explanatory I'm deaf, and my Rotom here will translate speech-to-text and sign-to-text. If it's wrong, do let me know. However, the Rotom knows that there better not be any mistakes. Dee nods at Jill asking if Fenelle's correct, and then ponders for a moment, before starting to sign.

I think I'll take a lightweight gun ... I might need to move quickly on foot if I'm deployed to server rooms and the like.
What type of weapon is your pick?

@jill
choice weapons

REDEEMING FROM PC
level: swagger for the grimmsnarl (forgets fake out)
tm/tr: foul play for the grimmsnarl (forgets false surrender)

TOTAL: 1x level, 1x tm/tr

BATTLE OF MOSSDEEP SIGN-UP

THE FIRST WAVE PRELUDE

OOC NAME: ema[break]
CHARACTER: Fenelle Miller[break]
FACTION: rocket[break]
SCENARIO: B[break]
PREFERRED PARTNERS, INCLUDING OPPONENTS IF PVP?: open![break]
POKEMON PARTY (MAX 6) grimmsnarl (grimmsnarlite, steel tera), hisuian goodra (ground tera), metagross, orthworm (2,5m), rotom, dondozo[break]
NOTES/COMMENTS: most interesting might be a battle in the now-bloodied streets that a bright orphan once used to call home. dee could've been interrupted on der way to the space center or dispatched to do disruption missions of programmed missiles and all elsewhere.
else a fight could happen in the server rooms of the space center after an already successful infiltration, or anywhere between the city streets (or even the beach) and the server rooms!

personal narrative beats: oddly placed and shaped nostalgia about an origin you're kinda actively destroying right now, just the weirdest trip down memory lane; mentally adjusting to the future wartimes.

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...

Did you- Fenelle starts signing, but gives up before coming to the where. It doesn't really matter where the Froakie comes from, really, as it's now here, and close to being chased away- except. Except. Why is Magnemite not as effective as usual? Dee can't recall the abilities of a Froakie right away, but this does sound like an interesting addition to the team.

Clapping loudly, dee signals for the gang to stop fighting, and swiftly throws a ball before the Froakie could realise what's happening.

capture attemtp froakie

Fenelle sniffs the air with an irritated look on der face as something enters der proximity that isn't the soft vanille scent of der ice type and neither the undefinable sweetness of der Milcery ... the culprit is quickly found, and even disposed of, if by accident.

Fuecoco's been super enthusiastic about being outside in the heat, and his energy seems to be manifold today. He's running around carelessly, tackling the Aromatisse with a vengeance she didn't intend to, which sends them both tumbling and tumbling and tumbling ... ... Dee nods at Ralts, who already disappeared in a Teleport blink to go fetch the fire type.

skipping aromatisse

It feels unreal.

The beach is unreal.

The heat is unreal.

Irrationally, some part of Fenelle has thought maybe going to the beach in the middle of summer with its glorious heat would be a good idea, but the only thing that keeps them sane is the constant flow of cold, chilly air from Vanillite. At least the others might seem like they had fun while the ice type is essentially chained to Fenelle and Milcery's side.

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Fenelle nods as Cal takes charge, and swiftly follows along - being quick on the move definitely is a sound plan, given that the Voltorbs and Electrodes are anything but static. ... or well, they are static. Just not ... stationary.

There's too many puns in that.

Dee turns on text-to-speech for Cal, before nodding at her message. "I need help up," the robotic voice sounds, as dee looks at the wall with some skepticism. Dee would try, however, before- goddamn, they did ban pokémon from this ... or well, they couldn't use them that obviously. Dee would still try to climb up on der own, but would need to be dragged up the last parts by Cal - too small, too unathletic.

However, once up, dee would start looking around, seeing if there's maybe anything ... and also type something unrelated to the central computer goal.

If we can manage ... I have an Electrode that we could maybe use as undercover agent. Since we can't use our pokémon generally. We need to distract the examiner for this, though

Calliope Alvara

Fenelle is not entirely sure how dee has managed to survive being stomped on, but it's barely by a hair. There might be one pixel of health left as dee just boost speed, boost speed, boost speed, foregoing any other action by simply running away. It's the best decision at the moment, seeing as the colossal pokémon is large and slow. Still, the largeness mostly makes up for it.

It's hard to game while typing, but dee has mastered this art over the years.

eta?

still alive

somehow

The seconds feel like minutes, and with any other player dee might have started cursing - but dee trusts ahpletuni to move fingers over their keyboard as swiftly and quickly as possible. They got to, given their field of work.

However, dee has no idea either as they ask.

q

And this turned out to be their last message ... as their health bar is finally depleted at long last by random debris, and they both have to respawn.

new try...

hang on

Dee frowns as dee sees other player names pop up on the horizon. Forget about the raid boss, what the hell are other players doing here? Playing the game?! Rude. Without thinking, dee already loosened a quiver of arrows towards their way, resulting in puzzled global chat messages.

adele veronesi

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Mille nods affirmatively at Yuan's question, pointing at the Rotom screen that reads Intruder alert. With the help of Metagross' and Bronzong's psychic abilities, they are able to get a read on ... and dee signs for the Rotom to translate, They set up an ambush right now. Let's continue and pretend we don't see it coming - how good are your pokémon in a fight?

Der hand rests on der ball for der Hisuian Goodra, the only one right now that hasn't been called to the battlefield, as well as a ghostly Shedinja that's perhaps able to at least run a bit of interference. If the typing works out ... but that's more of a gimmick.

There seem to be six of them, dee continues to sign to inform Yuan with the help of Metagross, before vaguely pointing in the directions ... We need an escape plan.

Grimmsnarl flexes, preparing for battle as he also continues to appear like they're still harvesting the pearls - well, he actually does grab some pearls from the pig pokémon that have been hit by Goldy's Thunderbolt.

Ettie Yuan Wright

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Fenelle nods at Lulu's reply - the words true allies echoing in der head with a glance at der Metagross, the Hisuian Goodra in der ball, the Bronzong, the Orthworm and the Grimmsnarl ... Dee has moved on from the first initial thoughts of tools, but still, what makes an ally? Guess we will only see in the future if this will be another warfront ... or not.

It's not like the air isn't already crackling with anticipation. A hidden roar, somewhere in the back of the minds.

Necrozma and Zekrom are here? dee then signs, surprised - dee hasn't heard that about the Wilds yet, that there might also be versions, variants of legendary pokémon roaming ... just like the giant cubes in the far distance, not having noticed the miniscule intrusion yet.

Stakataka ... I believe it's something similiar to a hivemind situation, I think? Fenelle tries to recall what dee knows about them, but isn't entirely sure. However, it's probably best if they stay rather farther away from them for the moment, as dee looks around and squints to see what's their immediate surroundings like.

Did it work yet to bring a piece of Megalopolan technology simply to our Hoenn? Dee wonders what kind of programming, of coding might be involved with this foreign tech ... and dee would be excited to figure out more about it.

Lulu Flint