victory_road | ROCKET BATTLE LOG

ROCKET BATTLE LOG

As the clock nears 10 PM on Saturday, the manor (or the parts of it that people aren’t blocked off from, anyway) is completely abuzz with speculation and gossip. What could Lance possibly be planning to announce? And why haven’t any of the Elite Four even been around? They’re fairly reclusive, but it’s safe to say that everyone is at least a little curious, if not actively suspicious.

But it’s time for the big reveal, so manor staff are bustling around, reminding everybody to be in the ballroom in a few minutes for Lance’s important unveiling of… well, whatever it is he’s unveiling! The staff all seem pretty excited, so it must be big, right?

There’s been plenty of room to dance and move around in the Ballroom until now, but with everybody packed in there at once, the space is a little tighter. Especially with the small stage and podium set up in the middle. As the last (or seemingly last, assuming there aren’t any carefree stragglers who didn’t bother turning up on time) person is ushered in by staff, complete with whispers of "Psst! Hurry up, it’s almost time!", the door to the ballroom is shut and the lights dim slightly, sending a hush over the audience.

After some fumbling from whoever’s in charge of the lights (... wait, is that Captain Garfield and his Rattata up there? He’s a theater tech too?! That guy must REALLY be a jack of all trades!), a spotlight flips on and centers on the podium, where the head staffer (who might be recognized as the one with the terrible hipster mustache who’s been doing a PARTICULARLY egregious amount of schmoozing and sucking-up to trainers over the course of the party) is stepping up to the podium.

He clears his throat.

"Welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen! On behalf of the Elite Four, we’re all so happy you could join us! We hope you’ve all been having as good a time as we have, because I’ve got to say, I think this is our best party yet!"

He looks around at the assembled trainers eagerly, as though anticipating unanimous agreement.

When there’s an impatient buzz (and a shout of "Get on with it already!" from someone) instead, he laughs awkwardly.

"Oh, yes, well, we’re all here for one reason, right? To see what Lance has brought you all here for! Well, folks, as you can see, he’s not here with us right now… He’s had a bit of a-- how shall we say… an accident! So sad, I know! But fortunately, he’s graciously allowing us to make his announcement for him. Which is…"

On cue, the spotlight turns stark red. If anyone has the presence of mind to look, Captain Garfield's Rattata is holding a bit of red plastic filter in front of it.

But chances are, everyone’s attention is probably going to stay on the stage, because the guy at the podium literally just RIPPED HIS CLOTHING OFF DRAMATICALLY, revealing… yes… a very, very familiar black-and-red uniform underneath.

It’s followed immediately by more ripping sounds as other staff and even some partygoers scattered throughout the audience follow his lead, and the telltale noises and flashing of Pokemon being released from their balls. And many voices, all yelling at once...

"PREPARE FOR TROUBLE! AND MAKE IT DOUBLE!!"

The music shifts.

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OOC notes: Here it is, the part where your characters get to explore the Rocket Base and discover its secrets! Maps of each level will be posted in this top post as they are opened up, with blacked out sections being revealed as obstacles are cleared. Obstacle clearing will be based on total comment count to any mod comment with a count listed, whether those comments are contained in a single thread or spread out over multiple different ones. As many people can comment to an obstacle or base level as wish to, for as long as they want, even after it has been cleared. There are a total of two obstacles (including the first one) which are triggered by character actions we will be watching for!

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Ash had been looking forward to the announcement. He might be new here but it seemed like these Elite 4 members were important, or at least respected, so it was worth getting to know who they were and how they fit into this place.

Then the Reveal came.

Ash knew his team weren't as strong as the other trainer's here, and he only had three of them with him, but he wasn't going to back down from a fight. And he certainly wasn't afraid to fight dirty either. Where were his friends? He needed to find them, just so they could stick together and look out for each other-

In the fight you'll spot him instructing Danny, while fighting alongside him - Danny attacking the Rocket's Pokemon while Ash threw himself at the Rocket's themselves, rugby tackling them and punching them. Thank God he wore underwear under his kilt (he's Irish, not Scottish).

Manaka didn't mind fighting dirty, either. In fact, when the battle came, she was more concerned with sowing confusion than participating in any one-on-one scuffle. And, of course, the Pokémon at her side had been chosen for exactly that strategy.

Which was to say that while Ash was preoccupied with tackling one of the other grunts, a Mismagius practically materialized out of the shadows behind him and his Pokémon, letting out a sparkling pulse of light with a toss of its head.

The pulse of light struck Danny, confusing the poor Lucario. He stopped fighting and looked around, unsure. Once Ash had punched the Rocket he had tackled, he noticed Danny's odd behaviour.

"Danny? Danny, what's wrong?" He called, hurrying back to his starter.

Satisfied that the Confuse Ray had taken, the Mismagius grinned and snickered to itself. By the time Ash turned around and noticed Danny's sudden disorientation, it had already moved on, gliding deeper into the crowd.

...But hey, weren't Lucario kind of rare?

"Oh, why don't we pick that one up!" The voice came from yet another Rocket — one that looked fairly young, at that. But it would be hard for Ash to pick up on any identifying features beyond that — or even their gender, between their stature and mostly-covered face — before a Honchkrow swooped in, taking advantage of Danny's confusion to grip him by the shoulders and drag him backward.

At this point, Ash didn't care if it had been a goddamn dragon that had grabbed Danny. As his Lucario flailed to try and free himself from the Honchkrows talons, Ash charged forward; and aimed a fist directly at the bird grabbing onto his Pokemon.

"BACK THE FUCK OFF!" He roared, ready take on any Pokemon that touched Danny.

Well, he did succeed in getting the bird to let go. With a disgruntled caw, it released Danny, circling backward until it could perch on its trainer's shoulder. The Rocket gave it a placating rub beneath its beak, though their eyes never left Ash.

"All you're doing is dragging this out. Get the trainer out of the way with Feint Attack, my Honchkrow!"

Edited (SWITCHING BETWEEN THREADS IN DIFFERENT TENSES IS HARD OK) 2017-04-11 23:11 (UTC)

Ash outright snarled. He didn't care if this was a kid. He quickly recalled Danny to the safety of his Pokeball, grunted as the Honchkrow's attack hit him directly and knocke dhim back. He scrambled to his feet, hunched over like a werewolf to gather himself before charging forward.

At Manaka.

His next punch was aimed directly at her gut.

As Ash charged forward, the Honchkrow cawed again. This time, the sound was angry. It dove after him, but before it could intercept him, he made it to its trainer—

And socked her right in the stomach, sending her little body tumbling back like a rag doll.

It was strange. Manaka had never been punched before, and she had no answer for it. The only other time... The only other time someone had tried, she had torn him apart without even blinking. But she was stripped down to nothing more than her body here, so he struck her and she yelped, clutching her hat over her head as she let her body hit the floor.

Before Ash could follow up, though, a very angry ball of feathers and talons and beak hit him from behind, and this time, it aimed for the more sensitive area of his face.

Having a bird in the face was Unfortunate. Especially when it had talons out.

Ash thrashed, trying to swipe the Honchkrow away from his face and stumbling about - and half trod on, half fell over Manaka. On the ground, he tried to catch the Honchkrow, throwing his body weight over it. Even though it's attack, he shouted at Manaka.

"You want my Pokemon?? Fucking FIGHT ME yourself!"

When he tripped over her, stepping on her in the process, she let out another noise. When he had punched her, it had surprised her more than it had hurt, if she were being perfectly honest—but having all his weight land on her, squeezed into a surface the size of his shoe? She thrashed, picking herself up onto her hands and knees at the same time that he pitched forward onto the floor.

As the immediate pain faded into a dull sting, her jaw clenched. Anger—real anger—was rare for her, and she could only remember feeling it once or twice before. This wasn't anything so important as those times had been, but watching him pin Snickerdoodle to the ground, several little things suddenly converged together into something that seemed much larger than it was.

The only person who was allowed to hurt her was Saber. And what did he think he was doing to her Pokémon? And to top it all off, telling her to fight him as if she weren't handicapped the way she was—

"Klefki, Play Rough!"

This wasn't the kind of anger that made her cold and calculating and full of righteous fury. It was the kind of anger that made her retaliate, without thinking, with something bratty and spiteful.

Ash wasn't aware of Manaka's personal feelings about pain and right now, he wouldn't give a damn either. He didn't care if she was 'handicapped' by a lack of powers - so was he - and he really, really didn't care that he was pinning down her Pokemon that had fucking attacked him. The world had narrowed down to the immediate fight, the simple image of her smug, shitty little smile as she tried to take Danny, his Pokemon and partner, while telling him to lie down and accept it.

Nothing else mattered.

As Ash was hit by the very stabby set of keys, one of his pokeballs cracked open. A Vivillon burst out and gasped in shock at what she was seeing! And she wasn't happy either. Immediately, Étain gave a shrill Supersonic, her compound eyes boosting it's accuracy at the Klefki attacking Ash while ensuring she didn't hit her trainer. And despite her level disadvantage- well, levels don't have a say on how effect status moves were. They either hit or they didn't.

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"Alright Noir get in there!"

An Absol is rushing Danny now trying to slash at him. Meanwhile a Murkrow is trying to snatch pokeballs off Ash's backside while Jinx tries to keep all eyes on Absol and her.

"That a boy!"

Danny took the slash pretty well, his Steel typing protecting him from the hit. And as he and Jynx had arrived in Johto at a similar time, their levels were far more even.

Thankfully, Ash turned wildly when Danny was attacked, foiling the Murkrow's efforts and accidentally smacking it with his arm. But once he saw it, he tried to outright grab it. "Fuck off or I'll rip your beak off! Danny, Force Palm!" The Lucario drew back his paw and shoved it, palm open, into Noir's face, blasting the Absol with aura energy.

Noir let out a yelp being knocked backwards skidding and eventually crashing into a table stunning him for the time being.

Hex the Murkkrow did better at her escape biting at Ash's hand indigently before flapping out of arms reach.

"Geeze why you gotta take it to such a dark place?" she taunted pulling the table off Noir and helping him back onto his paws. She whispered something in his ear and the Absol darted forward using another double team so he was able to race circles around them.

"I mean you gotta admit, this was a fun night." This time it was Jinx moving in, cartwheeling towards Ash trying to catch him off guard.

Ash however, did probably something very stupid, or very smart - he recalled Danny, taking his pokeball and stowing it (and his other Pokeballs) in the zipped pouch attatched to the front of his kilt.

He'd already been attacked by Manaka and her pokemon; he wasn't afraid of more pokemon hitting him. He backed up, calmly waiting for Jinx to come into range. "I can think of fifty better ways to spend my fucking time. Including fucking."

And the moment she came too close, he threw a punch for the centre of her body.

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Well aren't you lewd.

[She was about to laugh it off but when he threw that punch she fell to the ground to avoid it, rolling in a somewhat clumsy dodge and scrambling to her feet.]

Damn...that one almost got me. I must be getting rusty.

[But her eyes blazed with excitement. She had spent years training to fight superheroes and this place had forced her to step back and let the pokemon do the fighting. Something in her was excited to get a little rough housing in.]

Nice to know you're the kind of guy who would hit a girl!

[Meanwhile the Absol came in hard and fast attempting a quick attack trying to use it's increased speed to chip away at his opponent. It might be a reasonable plan if types weren't a concern.]

Like the cryptid he was back home, Maurice appeared again as suddenly as he'd disappeared earlier in the night--ruffled, still drunk, and out of breath. It was almost time for the announcement.

"ASH! Ash there you are! Shit man, I'm sorry for bailing! I had a-- I had to do a thing."

"Maurice! Where'd you get off to mate?" Ash asked, Danny close on hand. He smiled to him, now curious about where his buddy had slipped off to earlier. He would've said something before going off to find his other friends.

Sparky bounded up to meet Maurice as well. He was covered in bits of frosting and crumbs and basically a huge mess but Maurice didn't even notice as the little lion put his paws on the knees of his dress slacks.

Maurice patted the Shinx absently and his eyes refused to find Ash's. "Uh-- yeah. Sorry. I had...I just remembered, like, a thing? And had to take care of it--but it's okay now! I think. I hope."

That doesn't answer Ash's question, Maurice.

"I know I haven't been around a whole lot tonight but I wanted t' tell ya that I've really had a good time hanging out lately."

He wondered if Draculaura was watching. He hoped she was. The tiny war general was giving him strength.

Danny gave Sparky a big grin. He hadn't gotten frosting all over himself but it sure looked like Sparky had one hell of a good time! And they had made up for the Vending Machine Encounter.

Ash nodded. Sure, if Maurice had something private to do, then he had something to do. "Glad ya got it sorted. And yeah same! It's so much better having a friend to get the hang of all this stuff with." And truthfully, Ash always wanted some company. He didn't do so well by himself but having his Pokemon around helped ease that a little. And having Maurice around eased it a lot!

A wobbly less terrified grin crossed Maurice's face. "Yeah. Like. I've made so many friends since coming here but it's different having somebody to hang out with on the regular. Uhm. Oh, yeah, there was another--another thing that--AOWH!"

He patted Sparky's head a little too hard and received a small warning shock.

"Sparky Mc Thundercrunch, you little turd." He pushed the Shinx off his knees and looked back to Ash. "I wanted to ask if you maybe wanted to do something like this again? But without the five million people? Just us?"

It took a moment for Ash to try and figure out what he was being asked to. Didn't a big party need a bunch of other people around? Or did he mean: "Dya mean like, going dancing together?"

At his side, Danny was keeping an eye on the stage. And had decided to ignore how thick his trainer was.

Maurice could feel his ears turning red. Curse his having a pulse in this world!

"Yeah. Just me and you. Or--we could do other stuff! Together." He coughed. "Lunch or...the arcade or...karaoke? It'd be...fun? You're fun. And you're a--"

The lights dropped and the Rocket bullshit began.

Shockingly enough, being suddenly attacked by a slew of arseholes who have conned you into attending a 'fake' party so they could steal your friends - not even your shit, just outright kidnap your friends - had pushed Maurice's question out of Ash's head.

He tried to stay by Maurice, Danny growling like a true jackal at the Grunts that immediately advanced on them. "Fuck...fuck! You ready for a fight, Maurice?" It's not fun but it's doing stuff together at least?

Maurice clenched his teeth and turned to face the grunts coming in on their other side. This, he decided, was going to be his first big thing to show off for Ash. If he fought good, maybe he'd say yes!

"You know it." Confidence crept back into his voice as he called forth Sparky to meet the first grunt's unfortunate Zubat. "Fry 'em!"

With a squeaky roar, Sparky unleashed an electric attack that downed the Zubat in a single hit.

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