Spring Cleaning: the log!

[these_balls]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The six urban centers: Goldenrod, Olivine, Ecruteak, Violet, Saffron and Celadon, as well as outlying routes.
When: May 5-8
Summary: It's the Toxicalypse, and the Rockets are out to make a racket! Hide yo kids, hide yo wives, they lootin' errybody out here. The pokemon are between levels 5-95 as required, and include Grimer, Trubbish, Muk and Garbodor. NPC Rockets will probably be packing Skuntank and Weezing for lulz and grossness.
Rating: PG-13 for violence, swearing, the usual.
Log:

At 7:30AM on May 5th...

It can't be heard. It's one of those sounds, far out of range of human hearing; some pokemon might pick it up, if they have sensitive ears, but even to them it probably registers as little more than an unpleasant buzz. In fact, it doesn't even interrupt regular broadcasting; if you're on a route, the likelihood of noticing any sort of danger is slim. The effect in the urban areas, however, is instantaneous.

Letters have been flying to Gym leaders and mayors and other important people about the poor trash collecting job of the last few days; it seems the streets of Johto and Kanto have never seen this much garbage. The heat is stifling, oppressive, the rain of just yesterday pushing down the smog and the smell, trapping it low against the sizzling concrete. For the ecologically-conscious citizens of this world, who sort their trash into six neat piles, a harmful act against the environment like this is unthinkable, horrendous; it never occurs to them that it could be intentional, because honestly, what kind of monster would treat the habitat of pokémon so lightly?

Team Rocket, it seems, picks up quickly on new and different ways of thinking.

The devices whirr to life, beep and flash and pop open very lightly like waking insects. From them, a special radio wave is emitted; around them, the vast swaths of trash begin to move, and warp and dissolve into sludge and organs and joints. One Muk is two Muks, two is suddenly four, and then there is nothing but panic and rushing and the smell, the horrendous toxic smell.

Someone screams, and after that, chaos.

[[ooc notes: each sub-thread involves not only the individual locations, but also directly connected routes. For example, if you're on Route 34, feel free to use the Goldenrod thread.]]

Comments

[conduit]

[ It's about to get a whole lot messier, Hitsugaya. On Rangiku's roof, one can see a bunch of purple sludge cramming itself into the gutter.

I wonder what that could be about?! ]

[freezetheskies]

[One can see it, and he can definitely see it. This...this isn't going to be pretty. Nope. Not at all. He can already tell, even from this distance, and so he stumbles forward, getting her attention and pointing out the gutter. He doesn't try to shout above the roar of the wind and the cacophony of the battles below, but she'll get his meaning for sure this way. She's always been good at seeing things, after all.]

[conduit]

[ Rangiku sees it, and orders Togekiss to go around, only for Muk to follow through the drain. Oddly enough, purple blobs of sludge are still in the drain pipe. It's going to be quite the battle. ]

I can't damage the home. [ SHE'S PAYING FOR THIS THING! ] Crap. I'm going to have to go around, or draw them out somehow. [ Rangiku glares towards the pipe and reflects on her options. She doesn't have any water pokemon on her. ]

[freezetheskies]

Slow down. [Those two words are all she's getting, because while she doesn't have a water type, he does and Mizumaru still has some fight left in him. Once Togekiss has slowed enough that Hitsugaya can stand up without toppling right off the creature's back, he launches the Pokeball into the air and gives the order; sure enough, once Mizumaru's on the roof, he waddles to the gutter and sends a massive Hydro Pump down it. The metal creaks alarmlingly from the amount of liquid and sludge being forced down it, but it clears a moment later and sends a torrent of water and dizzy Muk and Grimber onto the street.

At least for a minute or two, that is. They'll climb back up the thing sooner or later.]

[conduit]

[ Rangiku watches as Toshiro floods and drains the gutter pipes. Rangiku at first beams before she sees them going for the gutter pipes again. ] Togekiss! Air slash the drain pipe! [ Immediately, a brief and powerful gust of wind clashes into the metal, causing a large part of the pipe to fall to the right. ]

[ Now, with the roof secured, Togekiss lands onto the roof without a second thought. Rangiku's usual peppiness is fully back! ] Woo! We did it!

[freezetheskies]

[And back onto the roof he goes. Despite his bankai having wings, Toushiro does genuinely prefer having his feet on the ground...or rooftop.]

So it would seem. [A glance down at the street, where the trash still flows like waves, though they seem to have given up on the idea of this house since it appears to be too much trouble. Maybe they did it after all.] But I wouldn't get too comfortable. Rest while you can, before they attack again.

[conduit]

[ Rangiku prefers standing too. Be it standing on air, somehow, or standing on the roof, she prefers standing. ]

I will Taichou! I hope it's not filthy in there~! [ She opens the door and motions for him to come in.

ooc: It's up to you in regards to the condition of the house. From it looking like a palace to the set of hoarders, take it away ;w; ! ]

[freezetheskies]

[After quickly recalling Mizumaru, he most definitely goes outside. It's a bit of a mess, sure, and there's only so many sake bottles he ever wants to see on a coffee table, but it's inside and it's safer. It's also pretty homey, for being such a mess by his standards, and a quiet sigh is the only sign of just how much tension is in his shoulders.

Because, honestly? He hates having to retreat and hide in here. But he knows when they're outnumbered and outmatched, and so he'll just be checking the windows to be sure nothing can squeeze in through a crack.]

I suppose all we can do is wait for a break in this before leaving. There isn't much chance of getting through all that now.

1/2

[conduit]

[ Rangiku can tell he's tense, but she's still on the stairwell, walking at a more quiet pace. If her taichou isn't panicking or fighting anything, then she should be totally fine too. ]

Yeah. At least I have some medicinal supplies for us and our pokemon. [ And then she looks at her room and realizes there's something ludicrously off with it! ]

[conduit]

Ugh! These damn trashy pokemon! They actually took my recycling and dumped it all over the house! [ Rangiku starts to pick up the bottles and move it back into the bin. There are bits and pieces of trash all along the ground, which is just as upsetting. They're eventually all dumped in their own respective bins. ]

I mean, I like recycling these for the extra funds! [ She pouts as she looks around. Whether or not this is a ruse to convince her taichou that she's not a slob, or if it's a legitimate dirty tactic used by the filthy pokemon remains debatable. ] Can you pick up those bottles?

[freezetheskies]

[If it's a ruse, it's a terrible one because there's no way anything rampaging through here could have left more than one sake bottle standing up in the dead center of the table like that. Still, if she doesn't want to tell him the truth, so be it. He'll just grab them and throw them into their proper bin, like old times from when they were still in the office.]

If you think it was them, you'd best check to be sure none are still in the house. I doubt there's room to actually fight in here.

[conduit]

Of course there's room to fight here if we use teeny-tiny pokemon! [ She giggles while she lets her Lucario out of her pokeball. ] All right! Now, stay close to me, and use your aura sensory to detect if there's anything strange in the house!

[ She's ignoring the fact that her ruse has most likely failed. Keep on swimming, keep on swimming, swimming... ]

[freezetheskies]

Which I doubt either of us has, Rangiku. [He knows he doesn't, that's for sure. Well. Unless he counts the Natu Nanao sent him, but he doubts the birdy would be much help.

Also he'll just be watching her now; the ruse failed but he wouldn't be all that surprised if there was something in here. Not surprised at all, and he doesn't want her getting jumped.]