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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.
]]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-25 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Why? Because you’re going to stop me?

[He cackles a bit. Stopped by a child again? That’ll be they day!]

Go ahead and try! You’ll only fail!
10yen_idol: (Breakfast IS the most important meal!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-25 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's not sending her Kingler out to attack just yet.]

I WILL stop you if you try to attack these people! So p-please don't make me do this!!

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-26 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The only thing you’ll be doing is handing over that overgrown seafood dinner! Right! Now!
10yen_idol: (Bow before your froggy overlord!)

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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-27 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Don't call her that!! Iori isn't going anywh-
10yen_idol: (Iori: Seriously psychopathic!)

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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-27 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey, do you know what's awesome]

[AN OVERSIZED KINGLER CHARGING RIGHT AT YOU, PINCER RAISED FOR A FROTHING MAD CRABHAMMER FUELED BY 100% UNFILTERED RAGE]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-27 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[IT’S A ONE HIT KO!

Not really, but it does send a screaming Cobra Commander falling backward into Seviper, creating a tangled heap on the floor.]

You’ll pay for that! I’ll have my Pokemon crack that thing open and eat it for dinner!

[But not Seviper since it’s sort of incapacitated at the moment. Instead, the Commander grabs a ball and sends out Skull Buster, the Machoke to deal with Kingler while he untangles himself from H.I.S.S.S.

Instead of doing anything though, Machoke simply glares at Kingler and Yayoi.]
10yen_idol: (Destroying property isn't very nice!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-27 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
I-Iori! I thought I told you not to attack people when they're- are you okay!?

[Yayoi isn't approaching, of course, but she's just kind of... peering over at him worriedly. That is, until the Machoke comes out.]

You're not cracking Iori open for ANYTHING! Iori, use-

[CRABHAMMER II: THE CRABHAMMER STRIKES BACK]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-28 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Machoke stumbles back from the hit, which only prompts the Commander to yell more.]

No Pokémon of mine is going to lose to that thing! Strike back! Use Cross Chop! Now! Failure will not be tolerated!

[Skull Buster steadies itself and strikes at Iori.]

Let’s sssee how your Pokémon fares when the target hits back!
10yen_idol: (M-My family hasn't eaten in 72 days!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-29 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Iori's smacked so hard that she actually rebounds off the ground, skidding backwards with a hiss]

No!! I-Iori, hold on! Please!!

[The Kingler's made of sterner stuff than that, though, and her frothing mouth suddenly fires a barrage of exploding bubbles- a Bubblebeam that hurtles right at Skull Buster, aiming to slow it down]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-29 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[And Skull Buster gets blasted back once again much to his owner’s dismay.]

Ssstop failing! Crack that crab! Now! Do it now! DynamicPunch!

[Machoke moves forward, a bit slower and swings at Iori, hoping to confuse it before it can do more damage.]
10yen_idol: (Determinator!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-29 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Iori! Watch out! U... use another Crabhammer!!

[Murphy's Law was pretty much made with low-accuracy attacks in mind: the more important it is for an attack to hit, the less likely it is to do so.]

[Iori scuttles backward, narrowly avoiding the flashy DynamicPunch, and ducks in to swing a Crabhammer, hopefully before the Machoke can recover.]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Crabhammer sends Skull Buster flying back into the seats. One more hit like that and it’s done.]

Unacceptable! Punch it again! Punch it! I will not lose to a crab!

[Shakily Skull Buster stands up and attacks again. Same move as before, just with more screaming from the Commander.]
10yen_idol: (AWAWAWAWAWAWAWA)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-30 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[This time, there's not nearly enough room for Iori to back up in- the blow smashes right into Iori, powerful enough to almost send her flying back into Yayoi herself.]

IORI!! Are- are you okay!?

[The Kingler gets to her feet, hissing and shaking her- head? body?- in confusion as she desperately tries to recover. There's an opening-!]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ssstrike now! Seismic Toss!

[Skull Buster runs forward, trying to grab Iori and slam it into the train’s floor.]
10yen_idol: (Destroying property isn't very nice!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-01 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
No--!!

[Iori is slammed quite nicely... but even when she's crumpled to the floor between the Machoke's arms, her eyes snap open, and a big evil grin crosses her face before she unleashes a point-blank Bubblebeam.

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Skull Buster flies back, landing backfirst on the train’s floor with a thud. After a few attempts to stand, it just lies there knocked out.]

What? How did you-

[The Commander just starts screaming incoherently and shaking his fist at Yayoi and Iori.]

I won’t forget this! You’ll pay! You’ll both pay!
10yen_idol: (Bow before your froggy overlord!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yayoi kneels by her Kingler's side, helping her get back onto her feet- and then she gives the Commander an angry look]

I-I... I won't pay you even one 10 yen coin!!

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
You’ll pay a much higher price than that!

[But not today, because Cobra’s going to retreat spare your lives for now. The Commander returns Skull Buster to its Pokeball and heads for the door.]

You and your stupid crab will pay with your lives!

[He’ll get you Yayoi. You and your giant crab too!]
10yen_idol: (BIG SIS IS DISAPPOINT)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-04 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
N-No way!!

[... that's not actually a retort, but she's new at this sort of thing and it's all she can think of. ;u; Still, she makes sure that Cobra's really retreating before she starts healing her Kingler with whatever potions she has on hand]

[identity profile] serpensrex.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[And he's off to terrorize someone else who hopefully doesn't have a giant crab. Enjoy your victory, Yayoi.]