indigo_league: (Team Rocket)
The Indigo League ([personal profile] indigo_league) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2017-04-08 10:53 am

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.

OOC Notes: The number of characters who must participate in the battle to call it a success is 37! In order to keep track, once you have made your first comment to this post (either a toplevel or a tag to someone else!), please bring it to the CHECK IN THREAD by 10 PM EST tomorrow! YOUR COMMENT MUST BE POSTED TO THIS THREAD IN ORDER FOR IT TO COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL.

GUESS WHAT GUYS?





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!

Anyone who wants to thread anything out in the base or mansion during the time characters are trapped (and who doesn't want to use this log for whatever reason) is free to make their own network/action posts with whatever they like! But mods will not be coming around to those with interaction, and they will not count towards clearing obstacles.

Questions? Ask them HERE!

NOTE FOR ITEM RNG: In order for the mods to give out your item, your character must be actively looking through the loot piles in whatever tag you'd like us to respond to with your item! Items can also be given out in the middle of an existing thread between characters, whenever they get around to searching the piles! The header does not have to be in your toplevel.

Links List

Level One



OBSTACLE - KEY CARD (CLEARED)

OBSTACLE - CONVEYOR BELT HELL (CLEARED)

Level Two



Level Three



ELITE 4 JAIL

OBSTACLE - FREE THE LEGENDARY

yoyoboy: (Angry)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[And painful stars with swirls of fire indeed because once the grunts' Pokemon were hit by them, they screamed in pain as they try to roll around the ground to put out the fire while some of them are quickly knocked out by them.

Which is enough time for Tony to call out two more Pokemon into the mix.]


Shole, Double Slap! Skiddo, Tackle!

[Grunts, prepare for a slapping and tackle of their Pokemon's lives!]
veggie_vamp: (Default)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[And Draculaura's rage hits the pause button, and suddenly she's all smiles and sunshine again.]

Wow, you're really good at this, Tony!
yoyoboy: (Smiling)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[As two of the grunts' Pokemon were completely slapped and tackled, Tony's rage were paused as well just to smile at her compliment.]

Thanks! Who knew those pamphlets and my Pokegear's Pokedex would come in handy someday?

[Now back to his rage moment to the grunts.]

Noise, use Bite again!
veggie_vamp: (Eli)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Like, I totally know, right?

[She beams... oh, and fight time, right?]

Hey, Wolf, can you burn everyone with Will-O-Wisp? And Toraliar, we should get our money back, with some Pay Day!
yoyoboy: (Excited)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[As Noise bites another of the Grunts' Pokemon, the Will-O-Wisp managed to burn some of the Pokemon while Draculaura's Persian threw some gold coins to the others as Tony notices the latter.]

So that's Pay Day?! Wow, that's one perfect attack for those money-grubbin' thugs. I blew my whole allowance for this fake prom.

Shole, team up with Noise and use Take Down.

[His Bunnelby wasted no time to talk as he rushed to Noise's side and tackles the Grunts' Pokemon down to the ground.]
veggie_vamp: (Olumsiz Bey)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aaand she's instantly distracted again.]

I know, right? It totally makes your time here sooo much easier! Now I can shop whenever I want, just like back home - instead of using dad's credit card, I use my kitty cat!
yoyoboy: (Default)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another reason why he is looking forward for that Meowth she promised. But before he can forget...]

Zubat at 10 o'clock! Noise, Tackle!

[His Noibat already knows what his command meant as he quickly tackled down the said Pokemon before it can get to Draculaura's Persian.]
veggie_vamp: (Bunnicula)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[An idea occurs to her, and she unclicks a ball from her belt.]

Say, Tony... Do you wanna see what Noise can do someday?
yoyoboy: (Talking While Sad)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Um... Sure?

[He already saw his evolution with Eren, but he wonders what she meant.]
veggie_vamp: (Bunnicula)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Mister Fancy Pants, show 'em a thing or two!

[Her highest-leveled 'mon, Noivern lets out a loud dragon-like roar. WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME, MAMA?]

Oh, Tony, you might wanna cover your ears for this.

[She calmly puts her hands over her ears.]

Boomburst!

[Noivern leans back, back, back... and then lets out a screeching soundwave so powerful, all of the nearby windows and drinking classes shatter. The remaining grunts definitely have their ears popped, unable to hear anything -if they don't get blown away by the last.]
yoyoboy: (Excited)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course, it's the same Pokemon he saw before. But what he didn't see is a powerful sound attack that she used as he covered his ears as Draculaura asked him to.

Comparing to Noise's Screech and Supersonic, he can't admit that is very powerful as the grunts tried to endure the soundwave without any avail before they were blown along with their Pokemon, knocking them out in the process.]


Wow... Awesome!
veggie_vamp: (Default)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-10 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[She removes her ears, grinning.]

It's the last move he can learn naturally. So if you're patient, Noise here will one day REALLY make some noise!
yoyoboy: (Default)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-10 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool! You hear that, Noise? You're going to use that skill someday!

[His Noibat didn't even hide his awe and excitement as he screeches in agreement with his trainer.

Back to the grunts, once he sees that most of the grunts are down, he knew it's time to escape.]


Well, the grunts are AWOL, why don't we get out of here and figure out why this is all set up?
veggie_vamp: (Horst Cabal)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-11 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, we should probably figure that out, huh?

[it hadn't actually occurred to her.]

But... where do we go?
yoyoboy: (Talking While Serious)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-12 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe we should look around the mansion and see if those Rockets hid something important. Like a secret room or something.
veggie_vamp: (Default)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-12 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, that totally sounds like something bad guys would have!
yoyoboy: (Serious)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-12 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! But, I don't know if we should split up or not.

Usually, the bad guys always get us whenever we do that.
veggie_vamp: (Horst Cabal)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-13 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
But we can still talk over the network, right? Even if we do get split up?
yoyoboy: (Talking While Serious)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-13 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[A small check-up on his Pokegear allows him to find the answer to her question, which he can see the network is still strong despite their current situation.]

Yep, I think so.
veggie_vamp: (Bunnicula)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-13 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Two big thumbs up.]

So no matter what, we'll be together! Those jerks don't stand a chance!
yoyoboy: (Default)

[personal profile] yoyoboy 2017-04-13 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You said it!

I'll try to look by the left side of the mansion. Let's call each other when either of us finds something.
veggie_vamp: (Default)

[personal profile] veggie_vamp 2017-04-13 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it! Catch you later, Tony!