Dee Dee trundled along in the loaned Vehicle from the starting area, a simple little punch buggy, and riding with her Were Geist, BombDee, and Ton while Fawn was kept in her friend shaped charm for the boost she would give, this would be Dee Dee's first time driving in a race, and she was a little excited, though she had to remember to get herself a license later since it would be quite handy to have especially if she needed to come back her some time later to do other work they might have, after all she had noticed that there were villages popping up in the area since it was starting to get a lot of people visiting, so she would have to consider that caravans and the like would start coming through, and they would have the advantage of using vehicles there as well so it would be both more dangerous but also means they could potentially supply more people faster.

Regardless she pulled up to the line and made sure her friends were securely in and nodded to them, the funny thing was Dee Dee had to sit in a way that made it hard to notice her driving the vehicle but she could see well enough to drive, she then noticed on her mission info screen that she was placed on a team looking at the name she nodded a bit and looked around as she stopped and spotted Hikari in the car next to her.

Dee Dee gave a wave to the woman as her word bubble popped up "Looks like we are gonna be a team in this race, should be interesting this is my first time driving in one, I was a passenger in the other two I have been in.. Good luck and drive safe okay?" the word bubble read as Dee Dee gave her a thumbs up then a little hand woven basket on a stick slowly extended from Dee Dee's window and into Hikari's, and in the basket was a tomato with a little note that said "Please enjoy this good luck tomato!" and once she took it Dee Dee would pull the stick back and take it apart to pop it back into her inventory.

Hikari

Dee Dee nodded to Hikari as she mentioned watching each others backs giving a Thumbs up to her in reply and with that she got ready to speed off, the light changing and as she heard Hikari revving her engine Dee Dee sat there waiting, and just as the light was holding on yellow Dee Dee suddenly slammed on the pedal to get the vehicle going causing her tires to spin though her breaks were still on... this was not done on purpose.. and then the light changed just as Dee Dee realized she was still on the break and so she stepped off it and off her vehicle shot.

Her friends in the car with her were all buckled in thankfully and Dee Dee raced down the road with them all happily enjoying the ride, This was her first time actually driving in this world, she had driven in the real world before, her parents making sure she learned how, but she never really got many chances to practice, but she was learning quickly even as she over steered when trying to adjust her spot on the track. nearly crashing into someone.

She she waved to them out her window and her Word bubble popped up with "Sorry about that" in a large enough font to be seen she continued racing, unlike anyone else that would have to shout to be heard since her communication was all text it made it much easier for people in a situation like this and surprisingly the other person gave her a thumbs up and seemed to calm down a bit.

Regardless Dee Dee then continued to race down the track, she wasn't the fastest by a long shot, but she was keeping a good speed going, staying in the middle of the pack as she raced through the tunnels But when she realized it was a maze? she activated her ability and as she started to make a turn a voice started to yell at her in her own vehicle "What the hell are you doing? not that way you pillock go LEFT!"

With the direction given she changed her direction nearly spinning out but she managed to change it in time and started to drive that path instead, this kept happening but rather then going full speed she was going just fast enough to be able to turn easily when she picked the wrong way, this helped a lot for her to make up lost ground since she didn't get lost in the maze at all.

Hikari

Dee Dee continued along her skill having helped her easily navigate the maze and despite her speed not being the fastest, her ability to not get lost at all made up for that and allowed her to actually gain in the rankings, and just as she was leaving the labyrinth she got the message from Hikari telling her how to get out, Dee Dee blinked at the message having just driven out of the maze so the message wasn't really useful but she sent a thank you to her regardless "Thank you for the information" she then continued to roll along in the volcano area.

That's when the second message popped up from Hikari and Dee Dee read it then looked back and noticed that Hikari was actually behind her, meaning Dee Dee had actually moved up that much thanks to easily navigating the maze, she waved out of her window at Hikari then she gave a thumbs up as she got the message, she wasn't about to start flying then, but she looked ahead at the few racers in the lead and Dee Dee raised her hand with the meatball ring on it and suddenly a giant meatball fired from it smacking into the side of another lead vehicle and Dee Dee motored past them.

meanwhile Geist fired a Dark Orb out of the other window hitting another vehicle and causing them to spin out allowing Dee Dee to gain further in the ranks, as her vehicle scooted along the race track, it would be easy enough for Hikari to catch up sinc eshe wasn't going to fast, but it was clear that going near Dee Dee was grounds for a good thwacking with all the ranged options she had.

Speaking of she leand out once more and threw a couple of Sunflower Daggers at the tires of another lead vehicle causing another spinout, Dee Dee had already learned from the other times she had been here that everyone was likely to start trying to gain the lead in these ways so she was already gaining where she could using the same tricks.

Hikari

Dee Dee continued to go along the track watching as Hikari started to gain on her and eventually pass her as did a few other racers, again she wasn't the fastest so she wasn't to surprised, but she didn't panic as she continued to drive along but as they entered the next section she realized that her speed was dropping as she needed to refuel, she blinked a bit and decided it would be okay as she sacrificed a bit of Her WIL to refuel the vehicle, which caused a greater slow down, a few others were doing much the same as they all began slowing down as they got to the windy peaks.

There she seen someone taking to the air and they were fine here but as she was slower she couldn't make much use of that information as she had no means to make her vehicle fly, but she had an Idea for later in the race, With Hikari as her partner the Idea should work and so she drove along at her new reduced speed, taking great liberties with her weapons to keep other Racers at bay.

She took out her new pointy stick and looked at the racers behind her closing in together and trying to ram each other out of the way as they got closer to the first bridge and they were slowly gaining on her and so Dee Dee waved to them which seemed to cause some to give rude gestures but many others didn't seem to care, so she let them get closer and just before she got on the bridge she pointed the pointy stick at the tight packed group behind her and fired off the cone blast of spikes hitting the tight packed group of racers gaining on her, and thanks to her MAGI stat being so high she took out many of them with just that blast.

Looking back the way she was going Geist let go of the wheel, being the one that was keeping them going in a straight line since she was looking back, she took the wheel back and they continued to trundle along the bridges, Geist occasionally firing off a dark Orb at the racers still trying to catch up.

This was when BombDee got an Idea and leaned out of the door and touched the ground, being held firmly by their friend, he placed a landmine on the exit of the bridge as they sped off. and after a few moment the mine exploded as the vehicles crossed it causing a bit of a wreck at the end of the bridge to buy Dee Dee more time to gain some ground.

Hikari

Dee Dee seen the trade window pop up and sent a reply back as she accepted the trade "Yeah sure I don't mind, just send it over and I will take care of it till it hatches though I will ask for a tiny fee if that's okay?" she then continued to drive along, most of the pack of racers behind her were contemplating passing her but each time one wound try they seemed to think better of it when Dee Dee looked out her window at them with her expressionless gaze and they would fall back into the group of racers.

At one point one started to get braver then the others and Dee Dee had Geist take the wheel again as she stared at the driver of the other car who locked eyes with Dee Dee when they noticed her looking right at them. they seemed to smirk a bit and started to go faster, then as they did so Dee Dee continued to just look at them eyes locked with theirs and then as they started to get closer and closer to her car at the exact same pace from out her window Dee Dee was slowly showing the wand she had to the driver. the other driver started to sweat, first from the unbroken and worryingly unblinking gaze, then as he got closer and seen that as he did so she slowly was pulling out the weapon while still maintaining eye contact, he started to sweat even more, and finally as he got closer Dee Dee wriggled the wand to get his attention on it and when the man looked at it then back to Dee Dee he seen her nod once. With that the man slowed back down and the same motion happened in reverse, as he got farther away Dee Dee slowly put the weapon away.

Seeing her put it away made the man feel more confident again... till he realized that as he got closer the weapon would slowly poke back out the window, after testing this a few times and getting the same result... all while Dee Dee kept eye contact with him, he slowed down and fell back and just as he was about to rejoin the other Racers keeping pace behind Dee Dee she gave a wave and turned back to mind the road again.

"Thank goodness he backed off.. I don't think I have enough equipment to actually stop all of them" Dee Dee thought to herself as she blinked a few times, the reason she had forced her eyes to stay open was a small bit of worry that she would get rushed if her bluff was called, at the moment she had quite a few things on cooldown after all, not that she didn't have things she couldn't do, but with that many behind her if they all rushed at once she likely couldn't keep her placing and would lose it rather quickly.

And so they continued to race as they crossed into the next area and Dee Dee took the wheel back as the pack started to spread out now that they could get around her with wider paths, or at least use the trees for cover from any attacks she launched but Dee Dee had bought a fair bit of time with that bluff and some distance at least, and she would soon be back to full speed as she rolled Through the forest.

Hikari

Dee Dee continued driving through the forest, and as she did so she got the message about the mushrooms, at the moment she was being passed by quite a number of people and as they got near a hard corner Dee Dee looked around and seen that the corner was actually a switch back along the path and she seen a mushroom near the turn, an Idea popped into her head at this and she raced towards the mushroom rather then take the turn, and as she got closer she turned the car hard so she was sliding with the front of her cart starting to point towards the switch back road out of the turn, and then she hit the mushroom sending her skyward. She and her Summons braced themselves as they flew and then as they landed Dee Dee had to struggle for control for a moment but she thankfully managed to cut the whole Switch back out of her way making her over take quite a few people, and many without even the slightest idea how she did that with how slow she had been before.

And so she continued racing getting another message from Hikari about a bridge and looking ahead Dee Dee could see people were driving the bridge but going slow as it was wobbling badly with all the heavy vehicles, but once more she looked around and spotted yet another large mushroom, it worked once right... wait.. that was to easy... after a moment more of looking she spotted an even larger mushroom farther off to the side, she had to wonder why it was semi hidden off to the side like that when she was suddenly passed by another racer who was far faster then her, and they hit the first mushroom Dee Dee had seen, and they flew, they were going to clear the... nope... they dropped very short and Dee Dee nodded to herself and changed course going for the more out of the way and slightly hidden mushroom and lining up with it so she would, hopefully land on the far road.

Then she floored it and as she did so she suddenly grew very fluffy and wooly as she activated her beast tail skill, as well as activating the Fuzzy pants speed boost, as they got closer she unsummoned Ton and summoned Jimmy before activating her queens scepter giving them all Ant antenna, and she used Jimmy's Explosive growth to give her even more speed With that all done she hit the mushroom and was sent flying over the massive gap the flames coming out of her mini-coops windows making her look like a falling star as she flew threw the air to land quite far from the bridge, and as she did so she cut off the ability as the Pixies showed up.

Dee Dee waved to them even as they started to pick up her vehicle but before they could get her up to high Dee Dee started to hand them all Cherry tomatoes, the Pixies looked quite puzzled by this as usually people yelled, screamed or threatened them till they got them to a good enough height that they worried, even the last lady had done the same, but Dee Dee instead greeted them with a wave.. and then gave them gifts? The Pixies started to giggle as one flew over to her and blinked a moment "umm.. I think she is a big Pixie? she doesn't look like a human... to small" she called to the other Pixie who after putting Down Dee Dee's vehicle came to see as well, and they all seemed to meet the same consencus that she was likely a Pixie, just a big one then one spoke up "Or she is a brownie.. or a gnome...or a Dwarf? Oh Maybe she is a Fairy?!" Dee Dee Drove along with them for a bit.

Now Dee Dee had gotten the heads up from Hikari but truth be told Dee Dee likely would have greeted the pixies the exact same way she had already done, this was Dee Dee after all. but as they got farther from the location the Pixies were meant to be they realized this "Oh we are going to far away... good luck large Pixie take care of yourself!" the smaller creatures flew off though as they Did Dee Dee heard one of them say "Ohhhhh maybe she was a strange Waddle-dee?". THAT Made Dee Dee whip her head around to see which Pixie said it, but they were already gone, and so Dee Dee crossed the finish line now wondering where she could find Waddle-dee's in this world as she didn't even realize her two shortcuts had garnered her second place right behind Hikari.

Hikari