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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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10yen_idol: (The World Is All One!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-11-30 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Like guinea pigs!

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-11-30 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
...And that's where we got off-track.
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-01 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
... ah...

S-Sorry, I just got kind of caught up in it, and...

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-01 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay. It happens to the best of us.
10yen_idol: (Eheheh.)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-01 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Anyway! Um, it IS really strange that everyone's gotten used to the music, huh? And the, um... everything else, too...

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-01 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
No, not really. It would have been much stranger if no one had gotten used to the music -- and our new environment.
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-01 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
I almost thought I wasn't going to get used to it! I mean, it's like... like having a song stuck in your head, except weirder, you know?

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-01 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean. After I got to Cherrygrove City, I had to rely on ear plugs just to get a good night's sleep.
10yen_idol: (Aaaaaa I-I'm sorry for not being smart)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-02 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Y-Yeah... uuu~, we would've gone insane if we hadn't gotten used to it!

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-02 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
And it was thanks to devices to cope while we adapted that we could get used to it.
10yen_idol: (Wink!)

[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... like earplugs!
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ah- speaking of which, I wonder what kind of music they'll have there!

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
There's only one way to find out. And we're taking advantage of it.
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Uu-uuu~! It's like we're traveling for the sake of music!

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, there's more to it than that, at least for me. I want to see this new region for myself. There may be a quicker way to reach the Pokémon League from Saffron City than from New Bark Town.
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... that's right, the Pokemon League...

Um, will you be going for the new badges, too?
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah!

... um, I mean, it'd be really weird if people there had to go all the way to Johto to get badges...

[identity profile] shieldofjustice.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
...You have a point. I guess we'll see when we get there.
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[personal profile] 10yen_idol 2011-12-03 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Eheheh~... I can't wait!