Operation: Express Car; [train plot log]

[these_balls]

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. ]]

Comments

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose that is a relief.

[paladinlost]

...It might also mean that we are due one.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

Don't say that! {Cecil, you are getting an irritated swat to the shoulder.}

[paladinlost]

W-we are also due a snowstorm, and that should take priority!

[He's... mostly sure of it.]

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

{Huff!}

I'd be happy if we could go for longer than two months without any kind of adverse weather event!

[paladinlost]

So would I be, but that might be overly optimistic.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

You may be correct, but that can't stop me from hoping.

[paladinlost]

I can try to hope along with you, if you wish.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

{Sigh.}

Once again, I suppose that is all we can do.

[paladinlost]

...Unless we use weather-changing moves, that is. And Fly for the earthquakes.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

Not all of us have access to those kind of moves, Cecil.

[paladinlost]

The Zephyr badge and someone who has the HM is enough for Fly. Sunny Day and Rain Dance can be bought. It's simple enough to arrange.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

I suppose so...

[paladinlost]

...Besides, even the price of a TM or six is worth avoiding a storm like last year.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

Provided you don't spend all your income on food and presents for friends and family.

[paladinlost]

...That's quite a lot of presents.