You have no chance to survive

[these_balls]

Who: Rocket Grunts, Magma Grunts, and Aqua Grunts! Basically all the Grunts!
Where: The Whirl Islands and Cinnabar Island
When: February 1st
Summary: Pretty much this
Rating: PG-13? It doesn't need to higher than that? Right, guys?
Log:

The orders are pretty simple. Go in. Wipe out the Team Aqua and Magma Grunts. That's it. So there's not going to be any farewell speeches or anything like that from the Admins because they're of the opinion that you guys have totally got this.

And if you don't...

Well, don't worry about that for now.

Instead, just worry about getting to the nearest base and boarding a helicopter. After that, you've got a short (or long, depending on which base you're heading to) ride ahead of you to some islands in the middle of the ocean, inhabited by a bunch of Aqua and Magma Grunts who have no idea this surprise is on the way. So just do what you do best, Rockets!

And as far as the Admins are concerned what you do best should be to win at all costs. Anything less and well, that would just be an embarrassing return to the region for them. And nobody wants that.


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Comments

[divinitea]

...okay, so it's becoming increasingly clear that this grunt isn't going to be much of a challenge for her...Sand Attack, really?

"Is that the best you can do? Use Thunderbolt."

Angrily clawing at her eyes, Isabella tries her best to shake all the sand from her face; at least this attack doesn't require too much accuracy, however. Balling her paws into fists, she throws her head back and screams, electricity starting to crackle around her body and shooting towards that Mightyena once it's gathered enough charge.

[katostrophic]

[...okay, Kato is really glad that he followed Dist's advice and got a tighter grip on that chair, because that jolt would probably have knocked him right off it. As it stands, he's holding on for dear life as they zoom out over Cinnabar, but to his credit he's managing to keep any apprehension from showing on his face.

...his smirk may be a little tight, but if you happen to notice that, it's your imagination!]

This is certainly one way to make an entrance!

[Ranpu is also managing to keep up with the speed of the chair, happily floating along behind the pair as they make their way down to the entrance of the base.

...the laptop is floating behind him, which might make for an amusing sight. Shifting ever-so-slightly as they get closer to the ground, Kato gives Dist a thumbs-up.]

Just drop me down there; I'll head inside as soon we land!

[ajustcaws]

[jumping from the copter

jumping from the copter oh man this is so awesome she's just got to just do the best pose when she lands

MAYBE SHE'LL DO A SWEET BACKFLIoh no. Points for trying, Cynthia!! Anyway, it's weird to be wearing a uniform on an actual mission, but since she's going into battle she's put her armor on over it because it looks cool and it's good to be defensively oriented! ...maybe. Anyway, she's... not actively trying to steal anything because that's not terribly heroic, though she might... snag a Rare Candy if she finds one... don't judge her

...MOSTLY, THOUGH, SHE'S GOING TO SEE IF SHE CAN FIGHT A GRUNT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE'S HERE TO DO RIGHT

KICK SOME BUTTS AND CHEW BUBBLEGUM?]

[unkinder]

My Xatu doesn't give me any problems.

[Yogen is...a bit odd, but he's never actually tried to disobey Nagi or anything before. It's why he brought him on this trip to begin with.]

If your Kadabra follows directions as well as you say, what is so frustrating about him?

[grapeeater]

He's just... his personality is difficult. I have to be very exact about what I want him to do, or he does something that follows the letter of what I say rather than the meaning.

[unkinder]

[...]

He does things literally?

[grapeeater]

Very much so. He does it to annoy me, and we both know it.

[unkinder]

[....ah. So it's on purpose, then.]

Sometimes I wonder if that isn't a species trait.

[He mumbles, more to himself than to Micchy directly.]

[grapeeater]

Do you have problems with that, too?

[unkinder]

[For a moment he doesn't answer, looking toward the window with his lips forming a hard line.]

Mine is stubborn. He has reached the highest level, all while refusing to evolve.

Now he never will.

[grapeeater]

Irritating. And it's only got one move... you can't just get another one? But you've spent so much time on that one, I suppose it wouldn't make sense...

[unkinder]

He was bred with other moves, which was enough to make him valuable to me. I assumed he would evolve just like any other Pokemon, but apparently that wasn't the case.

And if I had the money to spend on TMs, I wouldn't care.

[His only job is Team Rocketing and stealing lunch money from other trainers. You do the math.]

[grapeeater]

I see. The financial problems are... frustrating here.

[He just shakes his head. He's not used to dealing with financial constraints.]

[unkinder]

[He didn't really have to worry about it back home, and he probably could get some money from Schuldig if he really wanted to, but you know.]

Getting another Abra would be the easiest option, but it would require starting all over again.

[Which he really doesn't have the spoons for right now.]

[grapeeater]

Hmph. Maybe focus on another Pokemon for the moment, then. I suppose. I haven't been here long enough for mine to reach their highest levels.

[unkinder]

[Nagi just shrugs, turning his attention from the window back to the pokeball again.]

Mm. I guess.

[whos_that]

For what it's worth, the Grunt finds this hilarious. So she's just going to point and laugh. Oh and attempt to make things worse with her next turn.

“All right, Golbat! Use Mean Look!”

And after making a really angry face, Golbat's going to attempt to keep that faceplanting Pachirisu from switching out.

[grapeeater]

Good, he wasn't planning on switching her out anyway. He takes a deep breath to try to keep his cool.

"Get. Up. And try it again."

Aki squeaks a bit at her trainer's tone of voice, and gets up, shaking her head. Okay. Okay. Thunder Wave. She can do this. She gathers the electricity around her again and shoots it towards the Golbat.

Hooray! No faceplanting!

[whos_that]

On the other side of the storeroom, there's just this speechless Magma Grunt because what the hell are you doing, bro? Never mind the fact that Team Rocket is here for some reason and they'll need to report that to Maxie, but that this guy just wanders in here with his Pokemon and starts going through their stuff like he owns the place. Seriously. Even for a villain team, where are you manners?

“Hey!” He says, finally finding some words to direct at the intruder. “Get out of those! That's Team Magma property!”

He's hoping to sound authoritative, but that probably came across as a lame declaration instead.

[aufsassig]

He's not precisely surprised when the Grunt ultimately shows up, not least of which because he's been making a fair amount of noise in the hopes that he'd attract one to his position anyway, but he's certainly willing to feign it as the admonition rings out through the room. His hands immediately go up in the universal sign of surrender (or at least, of HOLD UP BRO JUST CALM DOWN WILL YOU), and he straightens up to turn and face his would-be assailant with all the deference that an actually credible threat would warrant.

This'll be more fun if it doesn't immediately devolve into fisticuffs (Poke'cuffs?), anyway.

"Hey, hey, take it easy!" he offers back, aiming to sound legitimately startled. "Where the hell did you come from? Jesus, I thought for sure I swept this room like I was supposed to; what, are you a ninja or something?"

[explosivecombat]

[You know, there are definitely some upsides to having Archer deployed to a different base; while they almost always work together, it's...interesting to do this more or less on his own, for one thing.

For another, it keeps Archer from having a heart attack because Kimblee is seriously pumped about jumping out of a helicopter more or less into a volcano. Adventure!

That said, however, Kimblee isn't terribly interested in screwing around with theft and he isn't adept enough with technology to get anything valuable off the computers; however, since this is a base run by nerds for nerds and Amestris is a country where the nerds reign supreme, the various displays and mechanical...things lying around manage to interest him anyway.

...and let's be honest with ourselves, they weird him out way less than the warp panels. Those warp panels are giving him a serious case of The Wig. So the less he touches those, the better.]

[whos_that]

“You haven't seen the best Team Magma can do!”

If only Maxie was here with his Primal Groudon. Then she'd be on the losing end. Probably, anyway. And despite his Pokemon's Sand Attack, Thunderbolt hits which is just his luck. At least it's not paralyzed though. That would be really bad. Mightyena's health being almost gone already is already bad, but it could be a lot worse.

“Use Roar again!”

Maybe this time, he'll get something he can actually handle? Probably not though.

[ardent]

[Well, at the...very least the Team Aqua grunts aren't the only ones really not wanting the Rocket intruders to be here?

No, really, Ishimaru isn't entirely sure why he's here; he'd come because it was a good idea at the time, because promotions were probably something he should want to seek if he wanted to be at all useful in working against Team Rocket eventually, be...cause....

He's really not comfortable with this, and he'll be trying to re-affirm himself as he goes because man.

That said, though, several of the storage cases have his attention; he isn't going to loot them, but it might be worthwhile to see what-

...wow, that's a lot of Escape Ropes. Okay then. Um. Sure.

...

It's going to be a long invasion.]

[twinsanity]

[Alfred is actually more on board with this than he'd thought he would be; really, showing those upstarts from October who's boss sounds like a lovely prospect, as far as he's concerned.

So he's going to not even bother with the stealth route, though old habits die hard as hell and he's still trying to clear rooms as best he can before entering them; this is aided by his...Remoraid, which is being a good gunfish like he wanted.

...No, really, he's carrying her propped up against his shoulder like a goddamn rifle because of course he is.]

[divinitea]

Again with the Roar-ing? Resisting the urge to tell the grunt just what she thinks of him, Celes instead watches as her Milotic appears on the field, looking rather surprised to be there. Her trainer, however, just smirks.

"You can keep switching between my Pokemon all you like, you fool. You'll never find one you can actually beat. I'm going to extinguish you."

Apparently she means that rather literally; after a nod from her trainer, Charlotte immediately zips forward, her tail glowing bright blue.

"Let's see how your stupid dog does against my Milotic's Aqua Tail."

...hmm. You know, she could really get used to this 'villainy' thing...