ROCKET SHENANIGANS AHOY

[vengefulyears]

Who: Clive Dove (vengefulyears), Jean Descole (scientificflair), Solf J. Kimblee (explosivecombat), Frank Archer (determinator), Wheatley (brilliantideas), Dr. Kato (artfuldestruction), and Marceline (stolemyfries)
Where: Goldenrod City - Rocket HQ
When: April 13th - April 18th
Summary: After waking up from his unusually long canon update coma, Clive needs to get away from Layton and Luke for a while, so what better place to go than the Rocket base? Since he'll be having quite a few interactions with fellow Rocket members, I've decided to put it all in one log to spare the comm from spam.
Rating: PG-13 at most
Log:

[Clive suddenly finds himself awakening in his hotel room in Goldenrod, much to his frustration and confusion. He was in London just a moment ago, about to finally exact his revenge against Bill Hawks and the scientists that ruined his life... Had it all just been a dream?

He notices his PokéGear sitting on the night stand, so he picks it up and checks the date. April 13th. Clive doesn't remember exactly what date it was when he was last conscious in Johto, but it was definitely sometime near the end of March, so it's safe to say at this point that he was in a coma. He's heard about people mysteriously falling into comas and returning to their worlds during that time, so it all really was real. Layton seeing through his disguise, revealing the future London to be a fake... And the opportunity had finally come, after years of waiting, to wreak havoc upon London and give them all the "justice" they deserved, but nope, Johto had to go and be a fucking cocktease and pull him back before that could happen. To say he's mad would be an understatement.

There's no way he can face Layton or Luke right now. Just... no, it'd be too much for him to handle. They've been in Johto this whole time, they still don't have any idea about Clive's true identity or any of that. It's just too infuriating to deal with right now.

Fortunately, it seems that neither of them are around right now, so now would be the perfect time to hightail it out of here and to a place where neither of them will ever find him. So Clive grabs his things and makes his way toward the Rocket base.]



(( I'll be making separate threads for each of the characters, so just tag your respective thread! ))

Comments

[scientificflair]

[In all blunt honesty? No. But at this point, it's more a matter of keeping Clive from deciding to do something stupid and blow everyone to kingdom come.

...not like he'll be doing much of that with the explosives he has access to, but Descole doesn't doubt that he'll at least give it the old college try.]

I have time.

[vengefulyears]

[And then Clive tells Descole everything; about the failed time machine experiment ten years ago, how the prime minister used his power to completely cover up the incident, how he got a job as a newspaper reporter to use their resources to figure out what really happened, how he teamed up with Dimitri and constructed a faux future London underneath the real London and kidnapped scientists to help him build a huge weapon of mass destruction (and let Dimitri have some of the scientists for his silly little time machine, of course), how he summoned Layton and Luke to the faux future London to fulfill Dimitri's plan, Clive assuming the role of future Luke while Dimitri was future Layton... all that good stuff. He also explains how he was first brought to Johto while he was waiting for Layton and Luke to arrive at their first meeting place, then sometime last month he fell into a coma and went back to London and the Layton there eventually found him out and he was just about to destroy London and all that.]

But then, right at the crucial moment, I suddenly found myself waking up here. It's just so infuriating! I've waited years to finally get back at the people who ruined my life as well as the lives of countless others, but Johto took it all away from me just like that! It just... it feels like I'll never be able to win.

[Silence. He's done now, really.]

[scientificflair]

[...that's...

Well, to be perfectly frank, that's completely insane, Clive, but Descole knows better than to say that flat-out; he isn't going to be nearly that full-on after being told anything like this.

All right. Let's. Try to deal with this. Sympathy isn't exactly Descole's strong suit, but...]

How many people know about this - have you told anyone else?

[vengefulyears]

You're the only one who knows now. The Layton and Luke here are still completely clueless as to my true identity, so I've been keeping up the charade for everyone else as well so word doesn't get back to them.

[Which begs the following question.]

...You won't tell them, will you?

[Because, needless to say, if Descole intends on telling them everything, this is going to have a very violent ending. Even if he were to promise to keep his mouth shut, then go and tell them everything behind Clive's back, it would be extremely easy for Clive to figure out where they got that information from, since Descole is now the only person in Johto/Kanto who knows any of this.]

[scientificflair]

[That question is greeted with the most dismissive handwave in the world, though Descole's tone is anything but flippant.]

As far as I'm concerned, unless you choose to render it such, this is really none of their business, Clive. They'll find out whenever they go back, assuming they eventually do; if it isn't their time to know, then I'm certainly not going to tell them.

[vengefulyears]

[Clive looks visibly relieved as he says that. He was worried at first that Descole would screw him over, but it seems he's more trustworthy than Clive gave him credit for. Assuming that he's not lying through his teeth, but Clive doesn't have any reason to doubt him at the moment.]

That's good to hear.

[.....what is he supposed to say now... This is the first time Clive has ever opened up to anyone like this before, and Descole is literally the last person he ever thought he'd be opening up to. So this is....

kind of

awkward

He looks around the room for a moment, just so he doesn't have to look at Descole during this moment of awkward. But thankfully, he manages to say something before this silence gets too long.]

...Um... thank you for listening. I didn't mean to take up so much of your time.