explosivecombat: (We'll make it beautiful!)
Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2012-07-10 10:03 pm

014. [Anonymous Text/Video/Action for Goldenrod City] - ROCKET PLOT

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[Unlike the other anonymous messages that this particular 'Gear tends to send out, there are no images attached to this one. Nor are there any particularly threatening messages - in fact, the message attached isn't threatening at all! Really, unless you're keeping very close track of who's sending what, you wouldn't think it was coming from the same source.]

i understand that there are a lot of you who were disappointed last week - something about how there were no fireworks on the fourth??? and there was something else called tanabata that not everyone may have heard of. i'm glad that people are spreading the word about things like that - celebrating culture is important!

and because it's important, a few of my friends and i have arranged a surprise for you! most people seem to be in goldenrod city, so we'll do it there - meet us in the square in front of the department store at sundown tonight. we want to make johto a special place for you, and to make you feel welcome here - i hope the later date isn't too disappointing!

if you can't be there, don't worry! i'll broadcast the fun for you over the network; it'll be great!


[Well. Uh. While it's completely anonymous and therefore less embarrassing than it could have been...Kimblee is typing like a hyperactive teenager. This can't possibly bode well. At all.]


[ACTION/VIDEO - GOLDENROD DEPT. STORE, SUNDOWN]

[And just as promised, after the sun goes down and there are a fair few people in the square - some NPCs, some not - there will be fireworks.

They aren't exactly high-grade, so the display isn't too impressive at first - a few pretty colors, maybe, but nothing terribly elaborate. Clearly whatever hyperactive teenager sent the message to the network will get a YOU TRIED........ Award, but it's nothing to write home about.

...and then other displays begin enhancing the explosions.

It's a bit difficult to pinpoint exactly where they're coming from, as there seems to be at least three Pokémon contributing to them - and the bolts of electricity must be coming from a Pokémon, they're unmistakably attacks like Spark - but the electricity seems timed to enhance the blasts put out by the fireworks, causing far larger explosions, shocks of electrical energy dancing between the trails of embers raining down from the sky.

Rather pretty, all things considered - it's gone from the work of an amateur into something far more advanced. Probably someone who knows what they're doing.

And while everyone's attention is trained skyward, that's when things start to go wrong.

It's a very planned-out sort of wrong; a calculated sort of wrong. A "something is firing Zap Cannon directly into the crowd" sort of wrong.

Whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be aimed properly; Lock-On is clearly not being used. However, it's difficult to say what on earth is being aimed at in the first place; those who are quick enough to not get fried (easier than it sounds, given the lack of aim here) and analytical enough to notice patterns will realize shortly that there is none, though the attacks do seem to be coming from one particular direction - the assailant is situated on the rooftop of the Goldenrod Department Store. Certainly, making your way up there will ensure that you find one of your attackers.

However, there are secondary attacks that seem to be following the Zap Cannons - smaller attacks, Spark and occasionally Thunderbolt, though that latter one seems to be a bit more infrequent - and those seem far more directly-aimed, trying to take out individual targets rather than shooting into the crowd at random. These are coming from another rooftop a short distance away - one of the nondescript, privately-run shops that aren't directly affiliated with the Department Store itself. Entering that shop will find the shopkeepers knocked out, so it's clearly neither of them doing anything - so who else is up there?

Should you be in Goldenrod City and wanting to investigate the electrically-based mayhem, pick your path - either the Department Store, where you'll find the individual with the ridiculously powerful attacks and no sense of aim, or the nondescript shop, with the weaker attacks but some sort of strategy.

And for those not in Goldenrod City? The fireworks were definitely filmed for you. And after a sudden burst of jittercam veering off into the crowd? So was the attack on the civilians, until the feed suddenly snaps off mid-attack. Should you try to respond to this particular signal, responses will come a couple of hours later.

Enjoy.]



[OOC]

[HELLO, ROUTE. Kimblee is one of the Rockets that submitted himself as a human guinea pig for the sake of gaining stupid amounts of elemental powers! Of course, there's no way he's doing this entirely on his own - he has some...help, shall we say - but even so, he's having himself a pretty good time tonight.

Should you choose [action], regardless of which path is taken - the larger threat overall or the one that's actually strategizing - I'll be engaging you; feel free to mingle among yourselves as well, if you see fit to do so!]
snapandscoot: (LE GASP)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[[Emmy only has one more badge to get and the incomplete collection in her case is starting to bug her, so she's currently prepping for the trip out to Blackthorn City. Having gone through her supplies, she finds she's missing a few vital things - strong potions and the like, now that her team is at full power - so she gathers up her Pokemon and trots off to the Department Store. Maybe there'll be a sale on.

It's as she walks towards the doors that she senses something coming at her, a bright sort of light. When she looks up-]]


...ah!

[[-it's too late to avoid the glittering ball of energy heading right for her, and she braces herself for the impact-]]
determinator: (♛ You've got money you get in for free)

[ACTION]

[personal profile] determinator 2012-07-11 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Archer lets him go. He still has another tactic to try, after all.]

You're done here. That's an order, Kimblee.

[He doesn't usually order Kimblee around. He suggests and he uses The Tone, but he rarely gives Kimblee direct orders like this. He's been trying to avoid that since the Masquerade back in February.]

Now come on. Someone is going to find you at this rate.
snapandscoot: (well that wasn't the right answer)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[[-only to find herself a good ten feet away from her original position, Abbie the Alakazam clutching her tightly around her waist as she stares up at the rooftop, snarling.]]

Woah, I say...that was a well-timed Teleport, Abbie!

[[Especially since the place she was just standing is now a blackened mess, the paving torn to shreds. It makes her shudder; if it hadn't been for Abbie, she could be....oh, it doesn't bear thinking about!]]

What sort of fool is firing attacks from the roof?
shadowdive: (draw your weapon)

Action

[personal profile] shadowdive 2012-07-11 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Dog the Mightyena (beautiful name, isn't it) is darting into the building to dodge that attack, and racing it's way up the stairs; it'll take the canine a few minutes to reach the top, but once it gets there, she's barking loudly to be an alerting call.

With the warning, Vanitas only now releases the third pokemon; a Charizard. Not the average sized one either, and as soon as this one is out, he's belching fire and snarling, whipping his tail about. Vanitas waits for only a moment before he's reaching to catch part of the tail whipping his direction.
]

Dartanian. See the guy up there? Go play.

[It's really rare for Dart to get that sort of an order, especially after the last time he and his trainer got into a uh.. scuffle. Gnashing his jaws and letting out a rather pleased roar, the Charizard opened his wings and took off.

Kimblee would probably like this Pokemon, if it were his; Dartanian is the type to love destroying everything with fire, and he doesn't hesitate in belching a flamethrower up the side of the building, letting flames lick the corners of the roof.
]
enchantingly: (♒ Are you done?)

[TEXT - PRIVATE]

[personal profile] enchantingly 2012-07-11 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Goodness, you certainly are eager to test your skills aren't you~?

[Sorry about your eyes, Kimblee. Abalon has decided to use the most ridiculous bright green font in the world.]

You should learn to control your power instead of blasting everyone to smithereens. As amusing as it is to watch, I'd rather see you use your powers for Team Rocket's benefit.
determinator: (♛ The city is at war)

[ACTION]

[personal profile] determinator 2012-07-11 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Are you trying to give him a heart attack, Kimblee?]

What are you doing!? Don't be stupid! They're just identifying marks here, you said so yourself! Come on, we're not staying up here!

[There's a note of something - pleading almost - in Archer's voice. He's not used to seeing Kimblee quite like this. He's never disobeyed orders before. He's the best soldier. The perfect soldier. What the hell is he doing?]

[Archer's Psychic abilities don't include mind-reading, but he can definitely sense that something is wrong here. It isn't the way Kimblee's reacting - that's enough of a clue as it is - but it's something Kimblee is thinking or feeling.]


Come on, Kimblee. You can continue practicing later.

[The Tone is gone, replaced by something softer; Archer's not sure what's going on in Kimblee's head, but it can't be anything good.]
snapandscoot: (tarnation!!)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[[Since all of Emmy's attention is focused on the assailant on top of the Department store, she's lucky that her Alakazam is actually keeping an eye on the surroundings; the Thunderbolt misses her by less than a second.]]

What on earth is going on here?!

[[Abbie has shifted herself and her trainer well out of range of the attacks (with any luck), and is scanning the rooftops, eventually pointing in the direction the second attack came from.]]

So that's it, is it. Right! Abbie, take Bug and Teppi and go after the first one; Machi, Nida and I will go for the second!

[[In the blink of an eye, her three Pokemon have disappeared, leaving her with her Machamp, who is flexing angrily, and her Nidoqueen, who looks pensive. The weaker attacks were coming from the second direction, so she feels more confident sending her three towards the first, and having her two go with her. She can send orders to Abbie, anyway.

Especially with the help of...]]


Let's go, AJ.
snapandscoot: (LE GASP)

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[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[[And in a flash, she's on top of the roof, the wind whistling through her hair. Machi and Nida flank her, while AJ the Kadabra stands at the back, ready to activate Teleport at a moment's notice.

At the sight of the man standing before her, Emmy feels a cold shiver running down her spine.]]


You're....

[[She's not sure if her mind is playing tricks on her, but...it's him. The man from Ecruteak.

It has to be.]]
enjoymyatelier: it is the person who is your weakness. (i am an... karma now)

[action]

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2012-07-11 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[oh

yeah it... is... and also quite a level gap...

...yeah Quagsire drops like a fucking stone there. A grass type? He wasn't exactly counting on that, given the, you know, electricity. Honestly, how annoying...

Well, the best thing he can do for now is send out his Ampharos and hope his opponent doesn't have any moves that can drop it in one hit. His pace is, at the very least, less in the ballpark of "casually strolling towards danger because look at all the fucks he gives."]
allbend: (hotter than a volcano)

[action]

[personal profile] allbend 2012-07-11 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Kayneth!

[ A wild Avatar has appeared! After spotting Kayneth through the chaos, she had followed him out of concern for a familiar face and to figure out just what the heck was going on here. Agni the Combusken and Taring the Gible are at her side. ]

Looks like you need some help!
snapandscoot: looking 12 jfc (definitely not kawaii)

[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[[So she was right, then. Not an overly fun puzzle to solve, but the answer is...well, it's not pleasing, but it is satisfying.]]

I've finally...found you then.

[[She's breathing heavily, as if she'd just climbed the side of the building to get to the top. It must be the wind. Surely...surely the situation wouldn't be....no! She's fine!]]

Do you have anything to say, or shall we get straight to it?

[[The presence of the Gardevoir is unfortunate; both her Pokemon are weak to that type. Dammit. Oh well, she can always get Abby to bring over Bug if she's overwhelmed. Regardless, two against one shouldn't be that much of a problem.

So why is she so nervous?]]
nasa_dreams: (Ow//Abuse//Injury)

Video

[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2012-07-11 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
What the heck?! Dude! Stop it! [He turns his attention to the crowd, hoping to be heard here.]

EVERYONE GET OUT OF THERE FAST!
howamanlives: (pissed)

[VIDEO]

[personal profile] howamanlives 2012-07-11 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
HOLY-!

...! WHOEVER THE HELL'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, YOU'RE GOING DOWN! YOU HEAR ME?!
snapandscoot: (NO U)

[personal profile] snapandscoot 2012-07-11 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[[The feeling of the 'voice' flowing into her head is uncomfortable and makes her gasp slightly; it wasn't what she expected. But then again, she would have been surprised if he'd whipped out his gear and started texting her.

Frowning slightly, looking towards AJ (who is...looking oddly panicked, what on earth), Emmy replies.]]


I....

[[There are plenty of questions flooding through her head, but it's almost hard to get one out. She eventually manages, her hands clenching into fists.]]

What on earth do you think you're doing? You could...you could kill someone with this sort of reckless behaviour!

[[She's trying to stay calm but her emotions get the better of her, and she stamps her foot angrily to punctuate her words.]]

Action

[personal profile] papshooshing 2012-07-11 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Karkat names his for movies, mostly. SO HA!

he tsks at the arrival of the Absol. thankfully... Karkat loads most of his up with TMs as well. Will and Alex? they're both armed with Rock Smash. right about now he really wishes his Scraggy was leveled up enough for this, but the little girl probably won't be able to handle a battle like this. he whistles again, a different tune, and Will steps up to the plate once more, ready to attack. ]


Alex... Agility.

[ yeah... only Will is trained on whistles. an idea that came from a conversation with Link. Growlithe is maxed out so Karkat really isn't worried about the pup not being able to take a hit. ]

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