030. [Anon Text + Images.]

[explosivecombat]

[Well, good afternoon, network - it's been a few months since this particular device has been active. There's an ID assigned to it, of course; those familiar with Team Rocket's activities in the past may recognize it as belonging to the individual calling himself Seth.

He's been inactive lately, as far as crime goes; that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy.

Today's message comes with a few lines of text and an attachment; the text is definitely deliberate, to say the least.]

What does this world mean to you? Do you think it's something worth protecting, or would you rather sit on the sidelines and watch it burn? This place is more than sunshine and Pokémon battles. If given the choice to make a difference, would you take it?

[As usual, there's a set of photos attached to the message; the first few show a desk in a nondescript room, covered in various mechanical things - those who are familiar with incendiary devices and triggers in your world will likely recognize them. The rest?

Those are bombs. A lot of bombs.

The last two are the usual shot of the Rocket member in question, in full Team uniform and shot from about chest-level, keeping his face and other defining features out of the shot. He's not holding anything stolen this time around; rather, it's one of those white cards that he's used to deliver messages before, the words written on it scrawled out in thick, blocky lettering as though someone had gone over the words repeatedly, obscuring any sort of distinctive handwriting for the sake of making it far less identifiable.

LET'S HAVE A WAR.

The final shot is similar to the first; only the card has changed.

OLIVINE CITY.

YOU HAVE THREE DAYS.]

Comments

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[gardentrainer]

[Jade recognizes the incendiary devices and triggers. She's also been savvy with mechanical things.]

you cant do that!!!
those are homes to people and you cant just go destroying them because you want to start something
theres a lot of people who dont want a war to happen and theyll stop all of those before it can cause damage >:(
why are you doing this?

[anonymous text forever]

[explosivecombat]

I never said that people aren't welcome to try to stop me; there are several who have said they'll put in an attempt, and I believe them wholeheartedly.

If they stop me, then they do and that's my own fault; my motives are largely irrelevant at this point, I think.

[gardentrainer]

im gonna stop you
destroying places and potentially hurting people is bad >:(

whats the point of doing things if you dont have a reason to?

[explosivecombat]

I never said I don't have a reason, just that the reason doesn't matter.

What sort of reason would justify this, in your opinion? Would anything?

[gardentrainer]

not really!!!!!!
but a motive is still a motive
i dont get why youd want to do something like this :/

[explosivecombat]

Sometimes people are just terrible at being sympathetic, understandable human beings.

[gardentrainer]

that just sounds like a really shitty excuse to do something

[explosivecombat]

And why does that matter to you? You said yourself that motives wouldn't make it acceptable. So if any reason you're given is going to be a bad one, why bother?

Why this is happening doesn't matter; I can't be dissuaded from it. What matters is what you're doing to do about it.

[gardentrainer]

motives are still pretty important!
it also just seems like a lot of work to do something just for the hell of it :/
and maybe it might make more sense than just leaving shitty cards saying you want a war because having a war is a thing you just want suddenly!!!!!

i know i can disarm those if i find them >:(