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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☆ HELICOPTER RIDE THREAD ☆ TEAM AQUA BASE THREAD ☆ TEAM MAGMA BASE THREAD ☆ AFTERMATH THREAD

Comments

[whos_that]

So as some observers might have noticed, a lot of the Grunts here don't really have the Pokemon capable of repelling the intruders. And this Grunt's not an exception. So her eyes widen when she sees that Garchomp, because wow, no. She's not in any position to deal with the rampaging crab tank or Garchomp and it's sharp scary...like everything basically. And the turbine head things. Comparing Garchomp to something is hard.

So she's going to turn and start running yelling for backup or someone or something. Seriously, where's the boss with his Kyogre when you need him?

Odds are nobody's going to come help out since right now everyone else is busy, but it might be a good idea to cut off her attempts to draw attention to what's going on.

[dressofheaven]

Unfortunately for the poor girl, the giant dragon jet-plane is much faster than she is. As she tries to flee, Typhon zips in front of her, blocking off her path of retreat and snarling down at her. Talos takes another couple of steps forward, boxing her in between a Garchomp and a Metagross.

"I don't know if I should mock you for trying to flee or praise your wisdom in knowing you don't have a chance." Ilya stares down at her, completely unimpressed. "Unfortunately, I'm in a hurry, and I don't have any time for a game of Meowth and Rattata. Talos. Attack her mentally."

With a disturbing lack of hesitation, the Metagross's eyes begin to glow a bright, piercing red. Whatever it's charging up, the Grunt probably isn't going to have much time to counter it.

[whos_that]

Why is this happening?

She's not even sure what Metagross is doing, and her only Pokemon is a level 2 Carvanha because someone had eggs recently and she wanted to focus on that, and just why.

Why does everything suck today?

Oh, what the heck, she'll at least try and go for the Pokeball. She's pretty much doomed, but it'll look better if she at least tries, right?

[dressofheaven]

Now if she had thrown out her Pokemon as soon as Ilya gave her command, she might at least have been able to prevent what happened next.

Unfortunately, she's taken too long, and now Talos lets loose with a Psychic attack... aimed directly at her. The strike can basically be compared with a sledgehammer being taken to the mind.

Ilya really isn't in any mood to mess around, and the Rocket philosophy of breaking the rules when it's convenient is very much on her side this time.

[whos_that]

The Grunt doesn't even have time to let out a surprised huh before that Psychic attack hits and wow, that's going to hurt whenever she comes to. Sudden mental shutdown's not fun, so she proceeds to faceplant into the ground.

Looks like there's not going to be any backup today, nor will anyone find out if that level 2 Carvanha can take on that Metagross and Garchomp.

[dressofheaven]

Well, that was disappointing. She can't help but feel like she's being mocked. Still, she did come charging in full force and she can't complain about getting the job done quickly.

"Return, Typhon." She recalls the Garchomp and gives the Grunt lying on the floor a once-over, eventually deciding she'll just leave her there. She didn't bring along any rope or anything, and she's not sure what effect tying her up with Escape Rope would have. But either way she's hardly a threat no matter who she runs into.

With a shrug, Ilya reclines against her Metagross and just lets her loyal Pokemon continue their rounds of the enemy base. Her job, at least, is more or less done now. Bored, she closes her eyes and just waits for Talos to bring her out.

[whos_that]

Have fun exploring the base, Ilya! And whenever that Grunt comes to, she'll probably be pretty glad she wasn't tied up with an Escape Rope and teleported to...whereever the last Pokemon Center they've been to is. Who knows?

{OOC: And thanks for playing along! I wasn't...really sure how that was going to go when I rolled the team she was up against, but I'm glad you managed to get..basically a horrifying display of force out of it. Hope you had fun taking out that poor Grunt before she could use her level 2 Pokemon!}

[dressofheaven]

[OOC: I was torn between laughing and wincing through that whole encounter, I have to tell you. That poor Grunt did not deserve to wander into this little hellion. I did have fun with it though, so thank you!]