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Route 29: mods ([personal profile] these_balls) wrote in [community profile] route_10652011-11-24 01:53 am
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Operation: Express Car; [train plot log]

Who: Everyone who wants to participate!
Where: Goldenrod City, the Magnet Train, Saffron City.
When: November 23rd, 11AM-5PM
Summary: Heist on the Magnet Train!
Rating: Might go up to PG-13, possibly R if exceptional violence of swearing occurs.
Log:

They've spent the last few days preparing. He wasn't sure at first, how this was going to turn out, but the Team is confident. They are confident and now he, Archer, is also confident. He has no reason to expect failure; he tells himself, even if they fail, this will cement them back in the public eye. A threat again. It makes his collar hot to think.

He reviews the plans again, Petrel's notes and schematics, engineering details. Phase 2 will be the most delicate, but he's confident in the abilities of the recruits. The aliens, the outsiders, are strange, but useful. They have skills no other Grunt would possess. Archer recognizes he has been given a tool, and only a fool would fail to use it.

At 9:30AM on November 23rd, Archer sends a message through the Rocket Network. It is short, and simple, and jubilant.

Operation: Express Car START


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It's a nice day out, considering. Cold, yes, but the kind of cold that buries itself deep in the lungs and blows the mind into crisp clarity. Cheeks are red, movements brisk to retain heat, and around Goldenrod's white-dusted Magnet Train station, the energy is thick enough to taste. People in their thick winter coats press together, some alone, some with families and friends, most with their trusted pokémon. The larger creatures are returned to their balls, tragically fated to miss the voyage, while smaller breeds are held in their trainers' arms or scurrying around their ankles.

The station attendants are supervising while customers pass through, touching the microchipped Rail Pass to the card readers and moving in slow, sluggish trails through the gates. There is no shoving; the atmosphere seems too cheery for it, excitement manifesting in the form of loud, vigorous conversation. The train itself is gloriously slick, smooth and polished as a new bullet or a freshly-minted coin, humming with power. We ask our passengers to please mind their electric-types, reminds the stationmaster over the PA, as we seek to avoid any trouble or inconvenience during the ride.

Once you've passed the gate, find a seat and stow away your luggage. Relax, unwind; it's a long six hours ahead.

[[ ooc: I kindly ask that players please DO NOT POST until all the subthreads have been made. Thank you!

GO FOR IT! Remeber to tag yourselves in!

NOTE: YOU CAN NPC ROCKETS IF YOU CAN'T NAB A PC ROCKET FOR PLOTTY FUNTIEMS.
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[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You, too! How've you been?

[ Just. Holding her pack. With the arm she shouldn't be holding it with. Herp. ]

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been just fine.

[... wait a minute.]

... Is your arm trembling?

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It, um. A bit. It's nothing, really.

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
... What happened to your arm?

[Mama doesn't buy it.]

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lets go of her pack with a sharp exhale before switching arms. Sigh. ]

I just got hurt a few weeks ago.

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
What?! What are you doing carrying things? You go have a seat right now!

[She'll be trying to take those bags away now, tsk tsk.]

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vainly tries to reach for them back. ]

It's not like both of my arms can't be used, and I didn't want to trouble anyone...

[ Bahamut just looks between the two, confused. ]

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It's no trouble for me. Now, you go sit and relax, this is not going to be an argument.

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... w-when was this an argument. Sighs, defeated. ]

Okay.

[ Goes to obediently take a seat somewhere down the aisle. ]

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[She stows the luggage away, then returns to Xion's side.]

Now, for this entire trip, if you need anything at all, you just tell me.

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
--The entire trip?

[ Oh, man, Minnie. ;w; Tries to crack a smile. ]

I'm fine, thank you, though.

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The entire trip.

[She smiles back.]

We're friends, Xion, I'll always do my best to help you.

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... always the friend thing that could stop Xion short. She glances off to the side for a moment. ]

But do you need any help yourself, then?

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, I'm just fine.

... Is something else wrong?

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? [ Not that she's aware... ] No?

[identity profile] her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
... All right.

[She smiles, and pats Xion on the head.]

We'll all have a wonderful time in Saffron.

[identity profile] ordalias.livejournal.com 2011-11-23 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles. ]

Yeah, I believe that.

[ And then Xion breaks her arm. 83 ]