Editing Moss

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In gameplay, be it during the prologue when the player controls Captain Olimar, [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], or during a Dandori Battle, Moss functions exactly like [[Oatchi]]. An exception is how she learns new skills: after the prologue her skills improve between Dandori Battles, and in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, instead of exchanging [[Pup Drive]], she gains skills and [[gear]] as rewards for recovered ship parts.

Throughout the story, when she is keeping the player from their mission, she can be fought in various ways like an [[enemy]].

She will seek out Pikmin (both idle ones and ones in the player's squad), and [[whistle]] for them to put them under her [[confusion|control]], much like an [[Antenna Beetle]] in {{p2}}. Upon gathering Pikmin, she will try to run off with them; if she does so, she will toss them on a fan which leads to the bunker. These Pikmin then stay lying on the ground on the bunker's table, and need to be [[whistle]]d. Despite them not reacting to the [[Idler's Alert]], they do react to the [[Homesick Signal]]. The only way to gather Pikmin under Moss's control before she brings them to the bunker is if she takes significant damage, at which point she will let them go and try to escape.

Moss takes damage like any enemy, and can even be damaged by other enemies.{{cite youtube|KpicrzqMoiU|documenting Moss's interactions|published={{date|17|September|2023}}|retrieved={{date|6|October|2023}}|rname=oatchi_vs_moss}}. If she takes a lot of damage, she will run off to a corner of the house in a panic, dropping captured Pikmin along the way. Once she reaches the corner, she will fall asleep so she can heal herself. Waking her up some time after this nap will cause her to become active like normal again. Moss cannot be permanently defeated; when her health is depleted she will be incapacitated and begin regenerating her health over a period of exactly five minutes. [[Collin]] will inform the player when Moss's health is fully restored so they can plan their activities accordingly.

If Oatchi is around, she will periodically stop to bark at him, even if she's busy taking Pikmin away. Oatchi himself will also bark at her at random. If the player approaches her without Pikmin, she will just continue roaming around, with the occasional bark at Oatchi. She ignores [[scrummy bone]]s, and while she will approach and prioritize [[Pikpik Carrot]]s, she will only sniff them and bark at them.{{cite youtube|rname=oatchi_vs_moss}}

In [[Dandori Battle]]s, she can be knocked out, which teleports her to her team's Onion, but she doesn't need to be roused by [[Olimar]] or [[Louie]].

 

=== Olimar's notes ===

{{transcript|As far as I can tell, Moss has been a leafling pup since birth, and some of her DNA resembles that of the Pikmin. This is the one point in which she differs from Oatchi.

 

When Oatchi transformed from a standard space dog into a leafling pup, I started to theorize that the Pikmin are, in some capacity, propagating their DNA in other organisms.

 

 

=== Louie's notes ===

{{transcript|Convenient for procuring ingredients. Compact, with a tight turning radius.|block=y}}

 

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{{image|images of Moss from OST.}}

Moss Whistle.png|Moss using her whistle to steal Pikmin from the player.

Frozen Moss.png|Moss frozen.

Moss barking.jpg|Moss using her whistle in Olimar’s Shipwreck Tale.

Moss shocked.jpg|Moss being shocked in the Piklopedia.

Moss Licks Olimar OST.jpg|Moss licking Olimar after being fed.