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

[whos_that]

Like she's going to stand still after that, sorry Micchy, but she's not where you jumped. And her Golbat's got about one good hit left in it, so let's try...

“Astonish!”

Yeah, maybe that'll work. Also:

“Knock it off, kid! I don't know what you're playing at, but this isn't how a Pokemon battle is supposed to go!”

[grapeeater]

Dammit. At least he can recover pretty well.

"Maybe not the ones you'd like to be in. But here you are."

Yoshiro goes for another Psybeam, undeterred by the Astonish. Thankfully the flinch chance isn't too high for that one.

"Is this really all you've got?"

[whos_that]

And Golbat faints!

“Clean out your ears!”

She's apparently regained her composure now that he's stopped trying to do...whatever that was. Seriously, all of you guys need to learn manners. This is not how Pokemon battles are supposed to work.

“I already told you there's more where that came from.”

Case in point, ANOTHER level 41 Golbat.

“Bite!”

And here we go again.

[grapeeater]

"Yes, but you've yet to impress me. Or make any sort of impact, really."

Oh come on. Do you guys just hate using different types? The Bite hits, and Yoshiro wavers a bit. Not an encouraging sign... that took out a good chunk.

"Let's take care of that one, too."

The Kadabra's eyes flash as it uses Disable. No dark-type attacks for you.

[whos_that]

“Who cares if we make an impact on Team Rocket. We've got bigger fish to fry!”

...wait, they're Team Aqua. They're pro fish, so that's bad...right?

“We're going to make an impact on the whole world! That's way more important!”

There, she saved it. Somehow. And speaking of not doing something different...

“Astonish!”

[grapeeater]

"I meant me, personally. But whatever. Shouldn't you be eating something other than fish, given your type preference?"

He tries to send a mental command to Yoshiro to use Psycho Cut again but - nope. Not this turn. The Kadabra flinches back, and he's not going to be that helpful right now.

[whos_that]

“Astonish!”

Yup, she's doing it again. Was Disabling bite really the best choice here?

“And nobody asked you for your opinion!”

Wait, she's got more to say.

“Or to invade our base!”

[grapeeater]

"True, but it's happening anyway."

Oh come on. At least this time Yoshiro can respond with a Psycho Cut. He's looking a little unsteady, but he doesn't have a ton of options. Not yet, at least.

"If you guys weren't so easy to track maybe we wouldn't have invaded your base."

[whos_that]

“You're kidding, right? We've been here forever, and you're just now showing up?”

She'd keep talking but Psycho Cut hits Golbat pretty hard, which distracts her from going on about Team Rocket being slowpokes.

“Golbat! Get some health back with Leech Life!”

Now where, was she?

“You guys probably just lucked out by finding this place!"

[grapeeater]

"Maybe. Or maybe you're just idiots."

This isn't looking great... Yoshiro glows for a few moments while he uses Recover. That should keep him going for a bit.

"I'm betting on the latter."

[whos_that]

“We're not idiots! We're the smartest ones around since we're the only ones capable of figuring out how to make the world a better place for everyone!”

Team Rocket's just clearly too dumb to realize that the world would be a better place if Team Aqua reduced the world's land and replaced that with more oceans.

“But you can worry about that after we kick you out of here! Golbat, Bite!”

And then...

“Can you use Bite?”

Since it's swooping in to do so, it looks like it's no longer disabled!

[grapeeater]

"You do realize just putting more water around isn't going to help people at all, right?"

Not that Team Magma is much better, but whatever.

"Oh come on."

Yoshiro takes the hit and just responds with a Confusion. This Golbat needs to get out of here, now.

[whos_that]

Golbat's confused, and one more hit should be enough to bring it down.

“It'll help the Pokemon! And that's what matters! Now Golbat, finish that Kadabra!”

Whatever Golbat was going to do, it's not doing since it managed to KO itself.

“No way! Ugh! Fine, deal with this instead!”

Out of the next Pokeball comes...a level 41 Golbat? Oh no, wait. It's actually a level 47 Sharpedo. Huh, that's different.

[grapeeater]

So it is. And it's a bad type matchup, so he calls Yoshiro back and tosses out a Drapion.

Unfortunately that gives the Sharpedo a free hit, but he can deal with it. Mamoru is tough, and he's pretty confident that the huge Pokemon can keep going for a while.

[whos_that]

Yep, that sure does give her a free shot, and she's going to try and take advantage of it, by ordering Sharpedo to use...

“Ice Fang!”

No need to spam Aqua Jet for priority here, so she'll opt for trying to freeze, flinch, or somehow inflict both on that Drapion.

[grapeeater]

Unfortunately for her, that's a no on both counts. Mamoru doesn't seem to be very affected by the attack.

"Thunder Fang."

He can play that game, too. The Pokemon dashes forward at a... somewhat reasonable pace... to bite down on the Sharpedo with crackling fangs. He knows Mamoru is going to take some minor damage in the process, but he wants to finish this fast.

[whos_that]

Thunder Fang hits and wow, that really sucks for Sharpedo. It fails the Paralysis check and the flinch one, but still, that's super effective and they aren't exactly tanks. She doesn't want it to get hit that hard again, so she's got a pretty good idea of what to do here.

“Skull Bash! Get ready to ram that Drapion!”

The good news is that Sharpedo's defense is up. The bad news is there's zero offense from it this turn. This might've been a mistake.

[grapeeater]

That probably is a mistake, because upon seeing how effective it was the first time...

"Thunder Fang. Don't give it a chance to do that."

Hopefully it'll flinch, and even if it doesn't... that sure will be a whole lot of damage coming its way.

[whos_that]

Well, for Micchy the bad news is probably that it failed both checks again. The good news? It won't even take a strong hit to KO Sharpedo at this point. Maybe more like a light tap.

Of course, the really bad news is that since Drapion got in close for Thunder Fang, Sharpedo doesn't have very far to travel in its attempt to headbutt its foe to death. So that's about to happen.

[grapeeater]

Well that sure is a lot of damage. Mamoru's hurting and Micchy doesn't have a great lineup left in terms of type matchups, but he'll deal with it.

"Pin Missile."

Two sharp pins get fired off at the Sharpedo, one after the other. Hopefully she doesn't have too much after this...

[whos_that]

The pins impact Sharpedo and it's down for the count! Only one Pokemon left on her end and it's...a Golbat! A level 49 one, she's out of level 41 Golbats.

“All right, Golbat! Take out that Drapion and then clean up his Kadabra when it comes back out! Acrobatics!”

Yup, she may still be under the misguided impression that she's got this.

[grapeeater]

Oh goodie. Mamoru tries to defend against the Acrobatics but it's already taken a lot of damage, and it flops over with a cry.

He runs through his team lineup again and - aha. He knows just what to do. He releases Rin, his Absol, who stands in front of the Golbat proudly. Finally, she can conduct some Team Rocket business.

"Psycho Cut."

Yep, they're back to this again, but why mess around with something not as effective?

[whos_that]

AND HERE WE GO AGAIN.

“Stop doing that! Jeez, did you teach every Pokemon you have that stupid move?”

Like she has any room to talk given her army of Golbats, and her clearly never before seen tactic for this next turn.

“Confuse Ray!”

[grapeeater]

"It's not my fault they all ended up learning it naturally."

... So no, it totally wasn't planned, but it works out like it was. But speaking of things that aren't planned...

"Psycho C -"

Aaand Rin the Absol just slashes herself in the face by accident. Dammit.

[whos_that]

“Did it learn that naturally too?”

Finally, things are going Team Aqua's way for once! Yup, everything's coming up Team Aqua!

“Golbat, use Wing Attack!”

Let's see if she can keep things going for Team Aqua, or if the tide turns back to Team Rocket.