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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] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-25 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's my line! What happened to your leg?

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. A Grunt shoved me into a chair, and the hard edge cut into an old war wound. {She massages the back of her leg and winces a little.} It's partially paralyzed, but I'm still able to move around.

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
What?! You shouldn't be moving on it at all!

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
I don't exactly have a choice, Rise. {Dropping the honorific = serious business.} I have military training, I have a duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Then can't you protect them from a certain spot? I can still move, you know, so at least I can get rid of the later stuff.

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I never said I was not mobile - besides, it is far safer to move in a pair than alone.

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Still, you should at least treat it...

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
I have treated it. More substantial healing can come when we arrive in Saffron.

{She pauses, and her face softens.}

Rise-san, I know what I'm doing. I have over a century of experience in these matters. Trust me.

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she's definitely worried, but there's not much she can do about it, so she's stuck frowning reluctantly. ]

Fine...

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
We seem to have cleared this car. Shall we move on to the next?

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ SHE WILL BE WATCHING YOU, NANAO. ]

We've got a few more to go, so let's keep moving!

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-12-01 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. {Watch away, Rise. She nods, and calls behind her.}

Ikka! Bonita! We're moving.

{She starts forward again, moving fairly lightly for an injured person, as a Gallade and a Meowth come trotting up through the car.}

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-12-01 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanzeo-- hey!

[ Furret, YOU COULD AT LEAST WAIT BEFORE YOU TOOK OFF. ]

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hana, don't - {Did someone say racing murderweasels? Because that is totally happening right now.}

...race ahead.

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
And Hana's usually such a good Furret, too! {Despairingly, she hobbles after her wayward Pokemon.}

Slow down!

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, Kanzeon's kind of a bad influence...

[identity profile] used-glare.livejournal.com 2011-12-14 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay - I think some of my Pokemon are just as bad.

[identity profile] restardom.livejournal.com 2011-12-14 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
One in every team!