explosivecombat | 038. [ANON TEXT + IMAGES]

[Good afternoon, network! It's a surprisingly nice day today; the sun is out, and while it's not warm per se, it's warm enough to be pleasant.

The last time "Seth"'s device had shown up on the device with this particular sort of message, it'd looked about to snow; he's finding the weather far more favorable this time around.

The first image to hit the network is a view of the streets of Ecruteak, as shot out what looks like a window of some sort; there doesn't seem to be anything on the walls of wherever this was shot from, though the curtains are light and filmy-looking as they billow inward with a light breeze, a bit more elegant than the normal hotel fare. Possibly a private residence of some sort. The leaves are in their full fall colors outside; it's a pretty shot, if not particularly interesting.

The next image is panned down a little – you can still see the window, the curtains having fluttered to a bit more of a standstill, and there's still some of the view of the outdoors; what's new is the table beneath the window, covered in black cases and wires and triggers.

Bombs. Plenty of them.]

I'm not the first one to note that this world isn't safe.

[And there's the text, moments later.]

Aqua and Magma tried to save the world by destroying each other. Some of you try to save the world by destroying me.

Will you succeed this time?

[The next shot is a bit more casual than most of this nature, though as usual, it seems to be set up across a table of some sort. It's his stance that's different; "Seth" has one forearm braced against the wood, and he's leaning forward heavily enough for his stance to look idle, almost bored. As usual, his face isn't in the shot, but if you look you can see the usual Team Rocket insignia emblazoned across his chest; his free hand is holding one of those white cards that he uses to communicate sometimes, pinning it between gloved fingers; the words written out in thick, blocky writing, traced over multiple times to obscure any sort of distinctive handwriting.

LET'S HAVE A WAR.

The second shot is almost identical to the first; only the writing on the card has changed.

ECRUTEAK CITY.

ONE WEEK.

[OOC]

[While the IC timing of this is going to be as he said – the attack will be taking place on the 14th of the month – the log itself will go up on the 10th and will be forward-dated, to circumvent possible continuity issues.

More details about how we're going to run this thing will be forthcoming!]

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It increases the chances of it happening. It doesn't guarantee it.

Don't be ridiculous. This is crazy. You're going to get us arrested. What reason could you possibly have for this?

You don't have to be within the city limits; I can handle the detonations myself. You know that.

You're under no threat.

Even if I'm not, you are. Do you really think I'm just going to sit there and let you get captured?

No, because it isn't going to happen.

I gave advance warning last time as well.

You're still not telling me what the point of this is. We're going to have our hands full as it is, why would you want to bring more people there to deal with?

The point is to see if they can defeat us.

Why? We have everything going against us. There's no point to invite the heroes to mess with us. This would have gone perfectly if you hadn't invited them, now there's no guarantee that we're going to be able to pull this off.

Why are you assuming we'll lose?

We're going up against the police, the trainers in the Gym, and now the heroes. The first two shouldn't be a problem but the heroes - especially those that have been here for awhile - will have powerful Pokémon and they have the advantage in numbers. It's possible that most of them won't be able to get here in time, but you've given them a week's warning. We'll be facing a good number of them. How are we supposed to handle this? How do you expect us to win?

Do you trust me?

That's a stupid question. Of course I trust you.

We've argued about this before.

Do you trust me enough to let me do my job?

[...]

Yes I do.

The next time you decide to announce what we're doing to everyone let me know in advance.

[You're going to give him a heart attack one of these days...]

You understand why it's strategically prudent in the long run for us to call our attacks, don't you?

[Oh, look, maybe he's getting around to actually answering the damn question.]

If I understood what you were doing, I wouldn't be contacting you and complaining now would I?

[...That's a rhetorical question, don't you dare answer it.]

Archer.

This way they won't be prepared for the day we don't.

[................................]

So you inform them of all our attacks, playing it off like Seth believes he can't be defeated no matter how far in advance the heroes know.

Then when we move to take over we don't let them know so everyone panics because this isn't Seth's usual way of attacking.

[................................]

Why didn't you tell me this sooner?

Well, first of all I didn't realize you were quite this angry.

[Kimblee...]

How did you manage to miss that?

[really, Kimblee]

It's a rather unflattering answer to the rhetorical question earlier.

You're such a pain. From now on tell me if you have a good reason for doing this sort of thing

Understood.

If we can defeat them with advance warning, we'll have no problems later, you realize. This is more for me than it is for them.

So you want to stack the odds against us to make sure that we can win. I suppose that's a good way to make sure we're prepared for the worst.

My thoughts exactly.

As I've said, Archer, I can handle the detonation process myself; you won't need to be anywhere near this. I'll be fine no matter what happens.

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