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"Are you sure this is going to work?" Ruby spoke to Wattson the Voltorb, who sat in the passenger side seat of her Jeep. "It feels... I don't know. Weird. I've never actually pushed the pedals myself before." She mumbled softly, examing the long blocks of wood that she had tied to her shoes. She certainly couldn't walk in these, they'd be like stilts! Not to mention, the booster seat she was sitting in to actually see over the dashboard and the steering wheel.

"I am absolutely, 100% sure." The Voltorb began, nodding his whole body. Or at least, as much as he could with the seat belt trapping him in place. "You should have much greater control over your position in the vehicle, if you are the one in control."

"If you're sure..." She'd slowly stretch out her foot, pushing the gas pedal and revving the engine. "Oh!" An excited laugh slipped from her lips, as she reached out to press it again, hearing the engine roar.

"That's the way to do it! Just take it slow, yeah? Out here in the crater, you got a lot of terrifying holes all over the place. Move very slowly, and let's put it into first gear."

"So when did you learn how to drive?" Rose raised her eyebrows curiously, glancing over at the Voltorb before slowly shifting the gearstick and moving forwards at a very slow crawl.

"I read the vehicle manual." He explained, as if that answered everything somehow. "You have done that, right?"

"Uh... The jeep came with instructions?" Rose smiled sheepishly, trying to keep her eyes out on the- Well, not road, there was no road. But she was focusing forwards. That is, until a message suddenly appeared on her screen. The car started to drift turning slowly as Rose read, before Wattson spoke up suddenly.

"Focus! We're going slow, but you can still get hurt."

"Sorry! I just got a message! People need help! I gotta reply!" Rose explained, putting the car slowly into park again as she began to respond.

"Well, at least you are not texting and driving." The Electrode rolled his eyes slowly.

Rose Garden said:

Rose Garden: i am coming! i have lots of friedly pokemon who r gud ate fighting and i like explorin. dungoens are fun! !! k. pls b patient i am lrning to drive for realsies this time.

Selecting the coordinates, instead of pulling up on her UI map, they appeared on the little screen within the Jeep, the navigation elements seamlessly integrated. How interesting! That certainly had Wattson's attention, slowly attempting to lean forwards to look at the screen. "Hmm, not far from here. Just follow the arrows, and it'll take you there. Just, slowly, yeah?"

"Okay! Yeah! Slow!" Rose shifted the car into gear, and accidentally pressed down too hard on the gas pedal, having no idea how hard it needed pushed.

"Too fast! Too fast!"

{Party}Character Tag: Rose Garden
Pokémon:
Hisuian Voltorb- Sweeper, TM: Electroweb
Type: Null - Sweeper
Dracozolt - Sweeper
Tropius - Tank
Metapod - Tank, TM: Electroweb, Move Mod: Horn Blast
Bombirdier - Support
(Rose also has access to Chaos Dragon Egg, for 100% random moves.)
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TW: Child Neglect
The little girl sat in the office, her happy expression from earlier replaced with one of notable tension and worry. Even still, she hugged her backpack as her legs swung back and forth. She didn't know what she did wrong! She had even cleaned up her room, even though nobody else ever went in her room!

Across the office, Rose could hear Miss Daniels and the Guidance Counselor talking right around the corner. They did that a lot when she was around them, although she didn't really understand why. It definitely wasn't normal, she knew that much from her friends who actually got in trouble at school.

"Roseanne?" Mrs. Walters, the Guidance Counselor suddenly spoke up, as Miss Daniels walked out of the room. "Can you come in here?"

"Uhuh." Rose mumbled, standing up to her feet and continued carrying her backpack in her arms as she walked. It was, overall, a pretty boring backpack. A hand-me-down she got a few years ago, and used since she started school. Still, her cousins got her a few little charms to attach to the zippers. A little Sprigatito, and a Metapod.

It made her happy. She missed them.

Once in the counselor's room, she hopped up onto the small couch, looking up at her. She was an older woman, and Rose had heard a few rumors from the other students that she was dying any day now, but that seemed rude. No, Rose liked the way they smiled, it was so genuine. They had the cute wrinkles that always made her giggle.

There was no smile on her face today, and that made Rose's heart sink.

"Do you know why your father is picking you up today?" Miss Walters spoke softly, sitting down on a chair nearby to look Rose in the eye.

"Umm... Because I did something bad?" Rose replied on instinct, and she could swear she heard the older woman's heart drop. "I didn't even get in trouble! I-"

"No, no, hon. You're not in trouble, Daniels didn't lie." Walters immediately responded, shaking her head slowly. "Your mother is in the hospital."

"... Oh." Rose replied blankly, not sure what to make of that as she looked up at her. She looked so lost, emotions in turmoil in her chest as she didn't have any remote clue how to respond to such a fact.

"She was escorted there early today, apparently just after you left for school. The baby is already on its way-"

"What?!?!" Rose immediately shouted out with wide eyes, her loud outburst breaking the otherwise quiet and hesitant mood Rose had been in. Stunned, she leaped up to her feet, dropping her backpack to the floor where it collapsed with a thud. Slightly unzipped, some of her colored pencils scattered out. Once again, her emotions were swiftly in turmoil, a swirling, broiling mess of chaos within her stomach that refused to settle down.

"I know, I know, it must be so excit-" Miss Walters began with a very soft voice, clearly understanding the deeper implications that never went spoken, only for Rose to suddenly interrupt her.

"Mom never told me she was having a baby! I- I-" Come to think of it... Rose didn't even remember the last time she had spent any time with her Mom. It must have been months since Mom even wanted to spend time with her and it was just for the family reunion. She had never even had the chance to see any belly like she knew pregnant women had, when Miss Crocker across the hall from her homeroom had her baby. Any excitement she might have had, was lost swiftly as she finally processed it all.

"I- I-" She stuttered, struggling to speak.

And suddenly, Rose started to cry.

TW: Child Neglect
Rose was impatient. She was bouncing back and forth in her seat at school, staring at the clock. It wasn't even noon yet, and she was already so eager to go home! She had already finished her math work for the moment, and Miss Daniels had told her she had the time to draw or read before recess, but she was too impatient to focus!

She had a Raid to go home to today! It was a massive World Event day! Huge stuff apparently about some giant evil bat? She didn't know, and she didn't care, it was going to be a blast! She was going to take her car right down and have a great time!

She was just staring at the clock, sighing heavily before looking around the room to find something else to distract her. Keightlyn was still working on their math work, she remembered the girl struggled multiplying by 8s, which she always found a little funny. Jason was doodling all over the back of his paper, probably drawing little murder death skulls again, because his older brother taught him how to do so. He had bragged about it for weeks! Sally had her nose in a book, but that wasn't anything new. She was always reading! Even on the bus!

With another quiet sigh, her eyes glimpsed over at the small little plants along the windowsill. They had migrated from little cups to proper small pots by now, and the sight of her own little pot, the small plant blooming brighter and taller than all the others in her class.

Seta was right. It really was waiting for the right cup.

Other people began to finish their work, and recess was approaching soon, but all she could think about was heading home to play! She had to help her friends! She idly wondered if the spooky cat lady, or the not-mom would be there. They were always super funny and nice-

"Alright class!" Miss Daniels suddenly spoke up, gathering the attention of all the students. "Time is up, we can continue our work when we come back inside after recess and lunch. Everyone, line up!"

She stood, but for perhaps the first day, she wasn't rushing to the front of the line. She had other places to be in her mind than playing tag or shark attack today!

Rose couldn't believe they lost! After being so good at it too! She harumphed sadly at the loss of a potential PB&J. She loved those things! Always the best snack at any time of the day. She really loved it when her teacher at school handed out those little wrapped things without crust as a reward for doing good. But alas, it was the winner's prize. They deserved it. She supposed.

But then someone from the winner's team still lost someone, logging off. So sad! And yet, Rose was starting to understand the general idea of the competition. Do a little game to see who fails, "survive" in the mean time, and then vote to see who leaves.

Was that what the idols were for? Being immune to being voted off? She hummed softly as she examined the little tiny doll of herself, only to toss it into her Jeep, spawning another one for good measure and tossing it in the back. Might as well collect a few of them, just in case!

"Okay, so what next, hmm?" She hummed to herself in thought, only to overhear the others talking as if they were conversing to someone else. It was muffled, but she swore she heard her own name. After sneaking up close to listen close to the hollow tree. She listened to Sarah Lee talk, only to slip right inside as soon as they left, looking for who they were speaking to.

Only to find nothing. Was it a hidden camera? She frowned in confusion, only to decide to speak up herself doing the same. Maybe everyone was just playing pretend! She loved that game!

"Um, hey!" She began, giggling right away before continuing. "I liked being on Team N00b. It was fun! But now we're all one team, so I think it is actually just, everyone against everyone now, if we gotta elimimate the others to be the winner. So I can't really trust anyone. Except Seedot! He's a good friend." She'd lean back a bit, humming in thought. What else was there to say if she was on TV?

"Oh, right! I think I stand a good chance at winning. People never expect me to do things good, because I'm just a kid! But I see like, a bagillion movies about the kids beating the adults and winning the day! I just gotta be sneaky! Make them all think I won't vote for them, but then I will! Ooh, like playing Among Us with some friends after school!" She giggled properly at that, smiling ear to ear. "I just gotta be so good, they don't want me to leave either! Gotta win all the challenges!"

She'd eventually leave the stump, only to find her Seedot staring at her from atop the car. He was busy looking out for any additional threats, as well as wondering where in the Everworld Rose went. When she finally made herself known again, he let out an exhausted sigh, or at least, the sound of one? He had no mouth, and Rose still didn't know how he spoke. "Well, there you f___ing are lass, you had me worried! No jokes, we're up sh__'s creek without a paddle in Mistra here. What are you planning to do?"

"... I am gonna make friends!" She spoke with a slight smirk on her face, a look that caused the Seedot to turn quizically.

"Riiiiiight. Well, I'll keep my eyes out. This place seems to be burning my shell f___ing fierce, and I don't like it. Make sure to get at least some shut eye once they finish that shelter. Yeah?"

"Alright, alright!" Rose rolled her eyes, keeping her eyes peeled as well as she walked over towards where Wolf was. It was a random choice, going eenie-meenie-minie-mo! But she trusted the process.

"Hey!" She called out, grinning ear to ear. "You got wolf ears! That's really cool! Do you want to be friends?"

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"Yeah! Run away birdies!" Rose would pick up a rock, tossing it as well as if that would help scare them off. With the brief moment of peace, Rose would grin with excitement as she recalled Kentucky Tucker back into the Pokeball. "Birds can be kind of scary!" She admitted, looking over at Torino. "There's this realy mean pigeon outside my school! They try and break inside the building and steal people's lunches!"

As if hearing about food, the birds returned in a new flock. Rose would grab hold of her Pokeball again, tossing out her Pokemon. This time, a small Seedot. "Go! Leave us be birds!"

The Seedot seemed visibly confused for a second, before opening his... metaphorical mouth, and speaking. "Yeah! Go home you F____ng A___ole birds. I'm gonna rip you apart until you S__t yourself!"

Some of the birds stalled at the horrific swearing and threats, but others just saw a juicy acorn right for the eating. As one dived close, talons gripping onto the Seedot, a sudden Absorb sapped the energy from the bird and healed whatever measly wounds were inflicted upon them. The bird flopped over, attempting to limp away.

"Any more f___ers wanna try me?"

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Team N00b! It was a very silly name, but she loved the flag. It had a Piplup on it! Rose would happily carry the flag, grinning with absolute glee. Or rather, her Jeep did. She had tied the flag to the side of the Jeep as soon as she could, and watching it flutter in the wind as she drove it over to the Mistra side of the road was very satisfying.

"I'm gonna look around!" Rose called out, climbing out the driver's seat. "See if I can't find one of them idols! ... Wait." The young girl paused, remembering how Bergamot Gristleborg said she made the idols. A glitch about clicking and dragging the player icon into the world? She fumbled with her UI for a second, curiously attempting the very same.

Pop.

Suddenly, a little tiny [tangent=]figurine[/tangent] appeared before her, it was a spitting image of herself. "Woo! I found an immunity idol!" Rose shouted with excitement, not having any clue in the world how the immunity idols actually worked. Or even how Survivor worked, for that matter. She knew it was a TV show, about living in the wilderness! Sometimes the people in the wilderness shows were naked, but she didn't think this was one of them.

Suddenly, a battle commenced, some shadowy flames in the distance that had her stumbling backwards.

"Well, don't just stand there!" Cried out her Seedot, finally tumbling out of the footwell of the Jeep. "I hate this F____ng place, but if you're gonna make a winner out of us over all those Sh__heads, you gotta go find food."

"But the fight!" Rose frowned, still never understanding why her friend's voice cut out half the time.

"I got that. Get f___ing food, or you'll starve!" The Seedot suddenly rolled off towards the confrontation, attempting to Absorb the energy from the shadowy beast.

"... Okay!" Rose flopped down beside the Jeep, cradling her "Idol" in one hand as she thought. "Food, food... Where is food?" She mumbled to herself, slowly scanning her eyes around when an idea immediately struck her. "Ahh! Aha! I know where food is!"

Rose reached into the back of the Jeep, pulling out a large paint-stained canvas bag, her Art Supplies. After a few moments of tossing out brushes, spray paint, chalk, fabric dyes and even a few sponges, Rose finally found what she was looking for.

A huge box of Macaroni, specifically for Macaroni Art. It was probably a bit stale, technically it could be eaten! The others probably would know how to actually cook it. "I got 'roni!" Rose called out with a huge grin, waving the box above her head like it was a maraca, making music.

Find food, Fake finding an immunity idol.

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