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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.

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tapestodiane: all of these are mine unless otherwise noted! (lookaway)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He definitely notices that little offness in his laugh, but decides not to comment. They all have a reason or several to sound like that every once in a while.]

[He breathes in slowly before he answers, somewhat tonelessly.]


I suppose. [He can't deny that even back home, he also liked things to happen.] But I'm still looking forward to a dead quiet night, assuming I'm allowed to have one.

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I guess one can only hope. Until I got here I never had a quiet night in my life. Or not many, at least.
tapestodiane: (blankdefault)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, I know the feeling. The difference definitely took a while to get used to.

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Tell me about it. It's taken me forever to get used to the fact that humans these days don't just beat the hell out of each other to solve problems.
tapestodiane: all of these are mine unless otherwise noted! (interesting)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Hm. Eyebrow.]

Some still do, you know.

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
The ones that still know how to have fun. [Sigh.] That tournament a while back was a good break, at least.
tapestodiane: (audrey)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[You're talking to a cop, Lancer. Which is why he frowns slightly, but decides not to comment on THAT particular thing.]

You entered?

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Human law enforcement, how does it work.]

Fighting's what I do, so of course I entered. Hell of a lot of fun, too.
tapestodiane: (calhoun memorial)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Got in a good place?

[Hands in his pockets as he keeps walking, tone neutral.]

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
....yyyyyeah, not really. I'm not exactly up to par with what I used to be able to do. Shame, really.

[Knights totally outrank police, Coop. >:C]
tapestodiane: (funeral1)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Well in Coop's time, police outrank knights. Because there are no knights. So ha. :|]

I take it you had quite a few powers.

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Your face.]

Fair amount, yeah. It's probably safe to say I've always been a little different.
tapestodiane: (audrey)

[personal profile] tapestodiane 2011-11-24 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Your mom.]

I recall you telling me.

I should consider myself lucky to be human. I didn't lose anything like that on coming here.

[..just, you know, his ability to have really weird dreams.]

[identity profile] solas-ion.livejournal.com 2011-11-24 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it isn't awful, being human. Still rather I was back to normal, but I can live with this.