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Fifi nearly skipped to the place she was supposed to meet her superior. She had a mission! She loved missions! ...not that she really had done that many missions, but she was sure it was true! Arriving at the meeting point, she waited, bouncing on her toes.

Fifi perked up when she saw her superior coming. "Oh yes!" Fifi said, glad to be asked to perform a task she was capable of. "Should I go get a vehicle?"

Fifi bounded off, headed for the garage. Before too long, the rumble of an engine and the squeak of tortured metal was heard. The jeep pulled into view. The back seat was missing, and the rear doors were welded shut. A few metal loops had been welded in various places to tie things down in the empty space where the back seat used to be. Five-point harnesses had been installed to replace the normal seat belts for the driver and passenger seats. The rear bumper was held on with both bailing wire and duct tape, and the stick shift had an old stress ball stuck on it with even more duct tape to replace the gear shift knob that had long since fallen off. Fifi patted the dash fondly as she slammed the gearshift to park.

"I used this jeep on my first mission! She doesn't look like much, but she's a pretty solid little thing, where she isn't falling apart," Fifi said, whipping out a bandana and tying her curls back. "And her shocks are great!" Fifi said, like that should seal the deal.

((Thanks! XD It is sort of a camouflage car, as all the parts that are needed are in good to great condition. Engine, shocks, frame, seats, wheels, all awesome. Backseats? Gone. Bumpers? Eh, still hanging on by a thread. Top? That's long gone. Air conditioning? Roll down the window. Heat? Wear a jacket. Paint? How do you like the color "rust"? Gear shift? Hope you have the gears memorized, because this old beater has a stress ball instead of a handy map. Good luck! The car no one will ever willingly steal. ))

"One of my daddy's friends taught me! I needed blocks to reach the pedals then, and it really is a lot easier when you can see past the dash without a booster seat," Fifi said enthusiastically as she threw the jeep into gear and applied gas.

The shocks were as good as Fifi promised, providing a smooth, swaying ride not unlike a boat despite the rugged terrain. It helped that the seats, despite looking frayed and stained, actually had extremely deep padding and their own individual sets of shocks.

"So....which direction are we headed?" Fifi asked after a moment.

Fifi cranked the wheel, adjusting their course to aim more for the big town. With a grin, her foot applied just that little extra pressure, and she clutched, shifted, and bobbed along at a noticably faster speed, probably close to the fastest that could be called safe given the terrain.

Fifi giggled happily, letting out a whoop when they went over a small rise and experienced a bigger than usual bounce. "So, we're on a pokemon gathering mission, right?" Fifi asked.