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victory_road2018-07-20 10:29 pm
indigo_league) wrote in victory_road2018-07-20 10:29 pm
Rocket Heist Log
Who: Rockets and any Trainer or Breeder in the area
Where: The ocean surrounding Vermilion City
When: July 20th
Summary: ROCKET HEIST LOG
Rating: Let's not make it R rated y'all
Log:
Goal:
The ferries and educational tours running between Vermilion and Sevii are a regular thing, of course, and usually not exactly worth piracy. Usually. Today is different: there's a huge pod of Wailmer and even a few massive Wailord migrating through the nearby seas--Pokemon researchers have been out to observe, but now the pod has mostly moved on and it's been deemed safe to send tour boats closer for people to get an interesting and educational look at the stragglers.
Unfortunately, Team Rocket has also heard about this, and wild Wailord within reach are pretty tempting. So the local admin has placed Rocket plants on several of the tour boats, waiting for the signal to dramatically rip off their yellow ponchos and strike.
Whether the attack is successful or not, getaway motorboats will arrive half an hour on the dot after things begin in order to pick up the Rockets and hightail it. Assuming they haven't been defeated and captured, of course.
Area description:
There are about five tour boats, think your standard whale watching boat with a little extra deck space to accommodate Pokemon battles because of course that's a requirement for all sea vessels. The city itself is a good distance away but still visible, and other than that it's open ocean. As for the straggler wild Pokemon, there are about twenty Wailmer and three Wailord chilling in the sea, not in any particular hurry to be anywhere and somewhat curious about the tours--the fact that this is just the stragglers goes to show just how many there were BEFORE.
Remember that there is a Freaky Friday going on! Soak will very likely come into play given the whales and the ocean--watch out! Further details here
NPCs:
Rockets: There are three to six Rocket plants on each tour boat, INCLUDING PC characters. Feel free to have one boat of all PCs or split your Rockets up throughout the boats, whatever arrangement works best. If there are more than six PC Rockets who want to participate and all be on the same boat, that's fine!
Non-Rockets: There are a few Sailors on each boat, one tour guide per boat, and NPC trainers who just came here to have a good time. All Sailors will be ready to throw down in a battle, with NPC trainers being varied in their willingness to fight criminals, from cowering in fear to 110% ready to GO. The tour guides are not ready for this at all.
Pokemon theft: (stars indicate both difficulty and rarity, three stars being very difficult)
Wild Pokemon: Wailmer*, Wailord***
Sailors: Tentacool, Machop, Wingull, Pelipper*, Seadra**
Tour Guides: Most have one or two low level Pokemon from Vermilion and routes immediately surrounding it. One has a frighteningly high leveled Mr. Mime named Penny. Penny is four stars.
NPC Trainers: See availability lists for Routes 5, 6, 11, and 12, as well as Vermilion, Cerulean, and Saffron for star level
For questions or more details on heist logs, the ooc infopost is here!
Where: The ocean surrounding Vermilion City
When: July 20th
Summary: ROCKET HEIST LOG
Rating: Let's not make it R rated y'all
Log:
Goal:
Unfortunately, Team Rocket has also heard about this, and wild Wailord within reach are pretty tempting. So the local admin has placed Rocket plants on several of the tour boats, waiting for the signal to dramatically rip off their yellow ponchos and strike.
Whether the attack is successful or not, getaway motorboats will arrive half an hour on the dot after things begin in order to pick up the Rockets and hightail it. Assuming they haven't been defeated and captured, of course.
Area description:
There are about five tour boats, think your standard whale watching boat with a little extra deck space to accommodate Pokemon battles because of course that's a requirement for all sea vessels. The city itself is a good distance away but still visible, and other than that it's open ocean. As for the straggler wild Pokemon, there are about twenty Wailmer and three Wailord chilling in the sea, not in any particular hurry to be anywhere and somewhat curious about the tours--the fact that this is just the stragglers goes to show just how many there were BEFORE.
Remember that there is a Freaky Friday going on! Soak will very likely come into play given the whales and the ocean--watch out! Further details here
NPCs:
Non-Rockets: There are a few Sailors on each boat, one tour guide per boat, and NPC trainers who just came here to have a good time. All Sailors will be ready to throw down in a battle, with NPC trainers being varied in their willingness to fight criminals, from cowering in fear to 110% ready to GO. The tour guides are not ready for this at all.
Pokemon theft: (stars indicate both difficulty and rarity, three stars being very difficult)
Sailors: Tentacool, Machop, Wingull, Pelipper*, Seadra**
Tour Guides: Most have one or two low level Pokemon from Vermilion and routes immediately surrounding it. One has a frighteningly high leveled Mr. Mime named Penny. Penny is four stars.
NPC Trainers: See availability lists for Routes 5, 6, 11, and 12, as well as Vermilion, Cerulean, and Saffron for star level
For questions or more details on heist logs, the ooc infopost is here!
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[Jack leans against the railing of his designated tour boat, scowling at the ocean. He gets why they're here. Giant rare wild whale pokemon, it's a big deal. This could be a big score for Team Rocket. He just isn't thrilled.]
[One, he's not really in disguise. Which...he realizes he cares a lot less about than he used to. But it'd be pretty friggin obvious if he was wearing his Rocket mask with his poncho. He's banking on a chance to slip it on before things go down, but...whatever. Mostly he just doesn't like the idea of fighting on the friggin ocean. Boats are dangerous. There's a reason Pandora doesn't really have that many of them. They wobble and bounce and things get wet and slippery and it's just...it's not ideal.]
[But he's not gonna get anywhere if he doesn't climb up the ladder the old fashioned way. Promotions, promotions, promotions. It's just like Hyperion, in that sense.]
[So here he is, staring at the water to spot any of the prized alien whales supposedly out there. As soon as they're close enough...]
See anything yet?
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Did you mean to ask if I saw any whales yet?
[AS IS PAR WITH THE COURSE FOR WRATH... the question could either be snotty or literal.]
[Wrath is standing on a box next to Jack, in a little orange life-jacket and a ponytail that Mama had put his hair into to avoid it becoming a giant tangled cloud out on the open sea. He's holding a pair of binoculars, but keeps turning them around the wrong way and staring at other people on the boat like that.]
[:T he's a little bored.]
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[Jack sighs and rolls his eyes. This sucks! He's usually only mildly critical of higher ups plans, but this one...]
You know where you wanna be, when you're trying to nab something out of the open ocean? You wanna be flying above it. Where's our freaking Charizard battalion? Swoop in on a mass of those, this'd be over in five minutes and we'd have all the whales we want.
[What the hell has happened to his life that he's standing on a cheap tourist boat, arguing the best way to steal whales with a little kid that lives in a dumpster?]
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I'm not sure they actually exist.
[He turns the backwards binoculars onto Jack. They kind of make him look like a bug.]
What's a mermaid orgy?
[Do not answer that, Jack.]
[Do not answer that.]
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And way better.
[He knows how to run an organization effectively. He was in charge, they'd own this planet by now.]
It's when a whole bunch of mermaids get together and...play with each other's tails. Just keep an eye out for the whales or the signal, you ask too many damn questions.
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[Then, at last, he shrugs and, as ordered, goes back to peering out at the ocean.]
That sounds boring.
[Crisis averted.]
[(For now.)]
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[Said half under his breath as he leans on the railing. He keeps flicking his eyes from side to side, to see if anyone's paying attention to them. Nothing to see here, just a guy and his...well...a kid, out to see some magic big ass animals.]
Hey...did you see that? I thought...damnit, why don't my eyes work the way they outta here?
[Well he knows why, but he's still going to complain.]
Anyway, I thought I might've seen something, c'mere.
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[Wrath hops down from his crate and trots over.]
What?
What was it?
My eyes are good.
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[Jack points to where he thought he'd seen a splash, one not made by waves. But he can't always trust his vision, it's not so great between his age, his mask, and the fact he technically only has one.]
Want me to lift ya up so you can see over the rail better?
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[Then, after a moment's consideration, nods.]
If I'm closer I can see better.
[AND THIS, PRESUMABLY, IS WHERE THEIR DAY EITHER GOES FROM GOOD TO GREAT OR GOOD TO A CHILD IS DROWNING.]
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[He is a dad. Jack does have plenty of experience hoisting up youngsters. Though his back was in a lot better shape when Angel was eight or whatever.]
[He grabs Wrath around the waist and lifts him up...to settle him with his feet on the railing, because that's the safest place to perch a child on the side of the boat. Whatever, Jack's holding him, it'll be fiiiiiiine.]
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[Once his feet (shoed, for ONCE-- they wouldn't let him on the boat barefoot, so he's got spare Rocket boots) are on the rail, he leans out with his binoculars to his face.]
Hmmmmmm.
[He's quiet for a LONG time, staring intently.]
[And then:]
What do the whales look like, again?
I've never seen one.
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[Jack resists the urge to chuck Wrath off the side of the boat.]
[Barely.]
They look like friggin whales! Giant...and the flippers...the...thing on top...big ass...WHALES!
Everybody knows what a freaking whale looks like!
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You mean, like that?
[He points at the massive blue shape RISING QUICKLY TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOAT.]
[Mere seconds before a geyser of cold seawater comes erupting from the creature's blowhole and directly into the duo's faces.]
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[Jack has just enough time to peer around Wrath and behold the rapidly advancing creature before he finds himself entirely drenched in the sudden spray.]
[His hair falls, the neatly coiffed pompadour melting into a soggy, straggly mess around his face. He sputters and coughs and curses as it gets in his mouth. He forgets he's holding a small child steady on the railing of a boat and promptly lets go of Wrath to wipe at his dripping face and hair.]
[Without warning.]
[Whoops.]
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[Wrath barely has time to let out a cry before he drops-- quite literally-- onto the breaching blue back of a Wailmer.]
[Which he then has to hang onto for dear life as it dives.]
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[That's....that's not good. He hadn't meant to drop him! But yeah, no, that kid's gone. Probably. Crap, crap, crap, he's gonna get pay docked for this. Jack glances around quickly to see if anyone noticed his accidental infanticide. Or whatever it was called when you off a kid. Maybe nobody noticed.... It's not like people around here paid that much attention to child safety.]
[It's cool, it's cool, he can fix this. Kids are tough, right? It's not like the whale ate him - holy shit, what if it did?!?! - maybe...maybe it's cool?]
Uh...hey kid? You...you down there...anywhere?
[One of them's already gone overboard, Jack's not jumping in. Not before making a half assed attempt to see if Wrath even survived or not.]
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[For a moment there's only the foamy wake of the ship as it plunges onwards through the water...]
[But then, a good solid fifty feet AWAY from the boat, a blue shape breaches and a massive geyser of white spray erupts into the air.]
[It's the Wailmer, and a very soggy Wrath is visible still clinging to the Pokemon's back! ... Barely!]
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Hey!
[He cups his hands around his mouth and leans over the railing, hoping the kid can hear him.]
Steer it away! Ride it away from the pod!
[How Wrath is supposed to do that, Jack doesn't bother to elaborate on. This is the best he can do, the whole damn plan has already fallen apart. If they can at least get one or two whales...]
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[From afar, some part of him hears Jack's shout, and he looks around, a little bit dazed.]
[And then it occurs to him where he is.]
[The ocean is a lot bigger and scarier than any other body of water he's been submerged in.]
.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
[What's that? STEER?]
[Did u mean: SCREAM?]
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[Alright. Alright, Jack's already committed to this. This whole thing is awful, this was a stupid idea and now he's locked in to his even stupider idea. But that's Handsome Jack. When the chips are down, he'll do anything to try and grab a win. No matter how reckless or bad idea it is.]
Just hang the hell on, I'm coming!
[So he takes a deep breath, pops a couple of over the counter pain killers i advance, and climbs up the railing to leap off the side of the boat and join Wrath.]
[He really, really hopes he lands on a friggin whale.]