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

[hitsitoff]

[He knows this is a different world with different rules and expectations and all that, but he still can't help but roll his eyes at this (lack of) security. This is the best they got, huh? He nods briefly at Parker as she goes off. This part's his to play.

...

You know, now he actually does feel a little bad. But only a little.

His steps are quiet, but his approach other than that is very casual as he goes right up to the grunts.]

What's up?

[You know what time it is after that greeting? If you guessed 'let's punch a pirate in the head' time, then congratulations, you win the prize! He's going for the male grunt first, intending a quick knockout. If there's one thing Eliot is good at, it's hitting hard and hitting fast. Here's hoping these two are as slow as they look.]

[whos_that]

When Eliot greets them, both of them turn around. The guy's only real reaction to the punch if a brief thought of “wait, that's not a Pokemon battle” before getting his face punched in. Yeah, he's basically down for the count now. There's no Pokemon battling here.

As far as the other one, she's just confused. Where did this guy come from and does this mean she has to count all these rocks on her own now?

“Hey, what do you think you're doing? You can't just...sneak in here and start punching people!”

There. She managed to form some sort of reaction besides being confused. Also, she seriously means that last part. You're supposed to challenge them to a Pokemon battle, not go all Hitmonchan on them.

Parker's approach is completely unnoticed since one's not in any sort of position to notice that and the other one's still trying to comprehend that Team Rocket apparently just goes around here hitting people in the face.

[nostabbing]

[Speaking of that approach, Parker works fast as she hears Eliot getting into position to confront the Grunts; like a well-oiled machine, she's slipping in behind the female Grunt at just about the same time as Eliot is launching his punch at the male.

Executing an ordinary lift frequently involves having some kind of distraction to act as misdirection — an innocent bump while passing by each other, a friendly poke to cover the abrupt lightness in the mark's pockets.

Parker is far from ordinary, and the fact that the female Grunt has her attention on her partner for at least one second is more than enough time for her to accomplish her ends.

"Her ends" being "relieving the Grunt of her roster and ducking back out of sight", naturally.]