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Trigger Warning: Child Neglect

Rose would sleepily grin, seeing Josh Devlin here after she plucked up a big fossil from the ground. She'd wave almost right away, having to drop her pickaxe to do so as her other hand held the fossil, and it fell with a solid thud. "Hey! Oh, this is so nice." She'd mumble softly. "I love having so many friends in one place."

Rose was once again, confused when Kazuki 's words also seemed to silence themselves. “I learned to say ____ when I was five. It’s good character development.” What did they learn to say? This was getting very, very confusing. Luckily, she didn't need to think about it as her worm approached her.

"Bleugh-" Her Orthworm spit up some more gross dirt. "Do you mind if I- uh, ahem. Stop digging for a bit?"

"Of course, Kentucky Tucker!" Rose tilted her head to look at him, gently patting his head with a soft smile. "You take all the breaks you need. You work so hard, worm friend."

The Orthworm genuinely didn't know how to respond to the praise, seeming almost bashful for a minute. "I'll- I'll uh, keep my eyes out for danger."

"Okay! Woah!" Suddenly, the earth vanished beneath them. Luckily, her little ladybug wings fluttered furiously as she slowly floated down to the ground, her little feet touching down on soil again. "That... That was fun, actually!"

"Not for me!" Replied Kentucky Tucker, who had fallen face first into the dirt. "At least, this soil doesn't taste so bad."

With another pat, Rose turned her attention to the sudden popup on her screen, tilting her head a bit. "Presents?" She mumbled quietly, looking almost... forlorn. The young child just stared ahead, unsure what to do. She just picked up her pickaxe again lazily, when Tuesday spoke up, offering a present. Rose's head swiftly turned around to look at them, with big wide eyes. She was silent, but seemed far more awake than she had been just a moment ago, all before her little hands reached up to take the present from Tuesday 's arms. Almost on cue, the waterworks swiftly began to pour, little tears spilling down her cheeks.

"A Christmas present... F-for me?" She sniffled immediately, swiftly moving to wipe away her tears with the blanket wrapped around her neck. She wasn't supposed to cry. People didn't like it when she cried. "T-thank you Auntie! I- I don't, I don't get many presents. D-dad said Santa was busy..."

Rose immediately fumbled with her UI, attempting to hand off a present right back to Tuesday with a shaky smile. Her voice was so shaky and nervous, struggling to form her words. "H-here! It, It's fair! It's yours- a-and-"

And suddenly, Josh Devlin was handing her a present as well for just helping him out the other day. And the waterworks doubled almost immediately, and cue a furious attempt to wipe away her own tears with the blanket again. "J-josh! I- I gotta get you one too! I don't, have any more... I'll find something! I-" Rose quickly picked up her pickaxe again, desperate to find something else to give to him. She could barely hold the pickaxe up above her head, but she managed to strike down regardless.

Kentucky Tucker the Orthworm: 400/500 HP
Loot: Fossilized Dino (1/2 of Arctozolt or Arctovish)

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"Aww, why did Bunya give me the goop box, and not everyone else?" She frowned, just laughing quietly despite that. It continued to drip goop on the ground, and the contact with the grass made this horrific smell that nearly made her gag.

"I'm Rose, and-" She just slowly grew quiet. Her eyes would slowly shift over to Ares, the Charmander. Her frown only deepened, and her little beetle wings suddenly fluttered furiously behind her. "Hey! Those buggies are my friends! Don't go killing them, or I'll cover you in goo! Only bad guys!" Rose threateningly held the box out, more goop slopping down to the ground in a solid thunk.

"Anyways!" Her attention would shift right back to Josh. "I've been playing a long time! I've walked through town so often! It's like, the back of my hand!" She paused, suddenly wiping goo off her hand and then nodding. "Just follow me, Mr. Racer Man, Sir! I looked at my map, and I know where we gotta go!"

Rose would seemingly just casually kick off her shoes and seemingly toss them straight over the fence of the park. She'd step forwards, placing her bare feet against the fence and somehow stick straight to it as she walked right up and over. "Come on!" She'd giggle, suddenly dropping out of sight into the park.

Rose was absolutely not supposed to be awake. She was supposed to be in bed a long, long time ago. It was a school night! The little girl was so tired, her wings flapping ever so slowly behind her, as she struggled to listen to Bunya. She was literally dragging a blanket she had accidentally dragged from Not Mom's house, rubbing her eyes with it.

"M' tired..." She mumbled, almost falling asleep right then and there.

That was, until the idea of fossils sounded too cool to risk sleeping over! She loved learning about fossils in school! She hoped she got to see a massive t-rex! She immediately stiffened up, trying her best to wake. "I'm up, I'm up. I wanna take a dino tooth! Like, twelve of them! I'm gonna like, make them my own teeth!" She chomps down on air, giggling to herself.

As soon as the magic circle transports them, the bright light has her feeling a bit woozy. This place looked so... sad. There were no trees, no shrubs, no grass. The ground black, dark, and uneven. It didn't look like a good place to be.

One eye closed as she rubs it, she glances out across the horizon, slowly spinning as the world just, went up. Not even a single star. It was kind of unsettling.

"Umm, Miss Bunya cat-lady Ma'am? Are we in a crater? Like, from a meteor that killed them dino friends?" She seemed uneasy, constantly glancing up like another rock was going to fall from space at any moment. Rose didn't really like doing this alone, without any of her Pokemon friends for guidance. She was quick to toss out her Orthworm, wings fluttering to keep her off the gross ground for now.

"Wot'n tar are we up to, oh?" The worm spoke up, looking around. He seemed to sniff the dirt, only to make an unpleasant face. "Bleugh, this place smalls like death, and I bet the dirt tastes grosser than a can of coffee grounds found behind an outhouse."

As always, Rose had no idea what they were talking about. "Uh, we're looking for bones! Dinosaur bones! It's kind of, scary though. And I know you like digging. Can you-"

"Can I help? 'Course I can! What d'ya take me for, eh? I'm far more useful than a steering wheel on a mule. Jus' hold your nose girlie, this ground's gonna taste disgustin'. Might gag a bit." His arms popped out, slowly scanning the ground trying to find a good place to dig as Rose nodded and held her nose as ordered.

She floated about a bit, also looking around before stumbling upon Tuesday rather quickly. To be fair, she was fully armored and covered in weapons! Hard to miss. "Auntie Tuesday!" She shouted with glee, clearly muffled from holding her nose, only to immediately let out a loud sleepy yawn. "I missed you!"

Rose has a pickaxe dangling from one hand, a blanket wrapped around her neck like an awkward scarf, and her other hand plugging her nose. Her litle ladybug wings still fluttered like crazy, her feet just dragging across the ground like a lazy girl. "I'm kinda scared though." She let that hang awkwardly for a moment, before just pointing upwards to the sky. "A meteor could fall at like- yaaaawn- any moment!"

Orthworm: 500/500 HP

Rose immediately jumps in surprise seeing the egg quiver in her friends arms. That was so cool! She watched excitedly as Torino began to clear a space for their egg to hatch. That made sense! Plants needed water and soil and sunlight! she learned that in school!Why the plant was hatching from an egg, however, she still didn't really understand.

"Ooh, your first egg! Exciting!" Rose spoke, completely unaware if it was her first egg or not. It was just the first one she had seen Torino with, anyways. "Hmm, I wonder how Scyther hatches," she mused to herself, humming in thought. Her cute little beetle wings unfolded as she fluttered in place, hovering just barely off the ground a few feet away form Torino. "Normally, all my bug friends seem to come in big groups! Or can call on them! I don't think one egg holds a swarm of buggies! Do you?"

With the egg stuck to her hand, she'd hold her other hand up to brush through her hair in thought, gently twirling it.

"... Maybe they come, when they sense the egg hatched?" Moab spoke, awfully curious himself. The Type: Null was beyond curious staring at the two eggs with wide eyes, slowly turning its head and looking at the two.

"Maybe!" She grinned excitedly, cradling her egg close to her chest as well. "Maybe they just know! Like magic! Oooh, wizard bugs." A giggle escaped her lips at the thought, slowly floating back down to the ground where she'd gently scoop a small handful of dirt, and tuck it up against Torino's egg.

"Do you think, you need to water the plant egg? I don't got any water! But, ooh, ooh, maybe a Grass-Type Pokemon could share some! Grookey!" She'd immediately turn to Torino's Grookey with incredibly wide eyes, like she came up with the most perfect idea ever. "Share your energy with the egg! Actually-"

Rose would immediately pause, blinking. "Are you a plant? Or are you a monkey? Are you a monkey plant? You got leaves on your head..."

Sprigatito tangled with the electric wires, biting and gnawing as leaves shredded around them. However, as resistant to Electric moves as they were, they were still not a dedicated fighter. The cat huffed, barely escaping from the wild tangling grasp of the beast.

"Rose," They called out. "Keep going!"

"I'm trying!" The car slowed without anyone on the pedals, and she fumbled with the stick shift wildly for a few seconds, accidentally putting in neutral. No matter how hard she slammed on the gas dropping off the seat, it wouldn't go!

The sudden reveal of Torino's Houndour, however, had an idea quickly pop into her head. Right! They had other Pokémon! She didn't know how the Wire Beast felt pain, quite confused as her fellow trainer brought up the question, but even she knew Ground beat Electric every day. 

Turning her head around, she crawled shamelessly into the back of the car before tossing another Pokeball. Her Orthworm suddenly formed, twisting about as its arms popped out of its metallic wormy shell. "The wires! Cut the wires!" Rose shouted.

"Well now," the Orthworm twisting about, its open jaw like a mocking smile as it saw the confrontation. "I reckon he's slicker than pig snot on a radiator."

"What?!"

"No time, sweetheart. Leave it to me." The worm's arms tucked back in, only to suddenly dive into the road itself, mouth agape, eating asphalt like stone as it charged forwards with a powerful Bulldoze!

Sprigatito leaped out of the way, breathing heavily and exhausted, fur singed, trying to take the opportunity to get back to Rose all while dodging flames and broken earth.