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!]
determinator: (♕ The ones who died without a name)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-07-12 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
I never said that! Of course I can see why! I just thought--!

[Ugh, never mind.]

I was wrong. I apologize.
ortion: (❀ gorgeous)

[Text/private]

[personal profile] ortion 2012-07-12 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
["Special."]

A useful talent, indeed. [Except it reminds him of someone he (sort of) dislikes, so he'll just be like 8| on his end.]

I am Dist the Rose. As for my confidence, it is necessary to be confident in my work and the way I present myself. I like to be taken seriously, you see.
ortion: (❀ ...unsure)

[Text/private]

[personal profile] ortion 2012-07-12 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I'm serious!
impulsives: (Shinn | I'll make you regret this)

[action]

[personal profile] impulsives 2012-07-12 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
--!

[It was a good thing that he is used to the craziness of a battlefield, otherwise that Spark might have knocked him to the ground, and that'd be definitely problematic wouldn't it? In any case, the realization hit when the Spark left a burn mark on the ground.

I'm being targeted.

There was no time to stop, he couldn't stop, for if he stopped, it'd be the end of him.

Judging from the angle and the direction that the attack came from, as well as the pinpoint accuracy of that attack...]


...There!

[He sure hopes that he's not making a huge mistake when he starts running at the direction where the Spark came from...]
Edited 2012-07-12 07:04 (UTC)
ortion: (❀ SO VULGAR)

[Text/private]

[personal profile] ortion 2012-07-12 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[WOW RUDE.

No really he's shocked and appalled, man. And you seemed like a decent Rocket too.]


Did you just insult me? After all I just did for you?

What kind of display of gratitude is that?
soggypastry: (-______-)

[Anonymous Text]

[personal profile] soggypastry 2012-07-12 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
So you're doing this for no reason other than to prove you can. Is that what you're saying?
ortion: (❀ DAMNIT JADE)

[Text/private]

[personal profile] ortion 2012-07-12 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Kimblee you've already set him off. THERE'S NO GOING BACK.]

Many, many do. I am in command of a division of one of my world's greatest armies. I am a member of that same army's leading generals.

I am not one to be trifled with.
nasa_dreams: (Srs business//Srs discussion)

Re: [Anonymous Text]

[personal profile] nasa_dreams 2012-07-12 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
It might not be me that does it, but you will get taken down!
allbend: (fire blazin')

[action]

[personal profile] allbend 2012-07-12 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you're not heading there alone, that's fore sure. Come on!

[ And Korra will lead the charge! As for the entrance, she gives one, long look before signaling her Combusken to get into position. Once done, both Korra and Agni do an impressive display of literally kicking down the doors before motioning for Kayneth to follow. ]
shakespearealien: (Not expecting something overwhelming.)

[Action.]

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-07-12 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
You may be surprised to know that I actually don't care to find out who you are - the knowledge that you're one of us is sufficient.

[One of us Rocket mutants. Speaking of holding one's ground, there is something Gorthan wishes to test, and this is probably absolutely reckless, not to mention it will appear utterly nonsensical in case it doesn't work, but it won't work if he warns the other before doing so.

He starts walking closer to Kimblee then.]


You can tell your Gardevoir to stand down - I mean no harm.

[His forehead jewels glow faintly for a moment, as he tries to get through to the Psychic type Pokémon that he has no intention to hurt his trainer. Just... again, to test something.

What he does is approach Kimblee until he's standing about one step away. At which he uses all his strength to stomp one foot violently against the floor, making it shake a little as a result.]
soggypastry: (she didn't trust me)

[Text]

[personal profile] soggypastry 2012-07-12 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Close...oh, fal'Cie and Etro, let her be wrong...]

You don't actually have a reason, do you? You're just doing this because you can, not because you want something from us.
howamanlives: (dramatic)

Masaru tends to do this sort of thing as well

[personal profile] howamanlives 2012-07-12 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't need to mean anything to you! I'll be engraving it on your heart with my fist!
king_of_flames: (What do you want?)

[Anonymous Text]

[personal profile] king_of_flames 2012-07-12 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine, have it your way. As the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words.
enjoymyatelier: knight honor=dumb, mage honor=awesome (i am so baffled by your actions)

[action]

[personal profile] enjoymyatelier 2012-07-12 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[AW COME ON HE WANTED TO BREAK THE DOOR DOWN!!! HE CAN DO THAT!

oh well he'll go in after her anyway]


...Of course. Be sure to keep your guard up.
usedshooshpap: (XV)

o7

[personal profile] usedshooshpap 2012-07-12 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ fine by Karkat. that Ice Beam is problematic though... ]

Flamethrower!

[ Alex obliges, aiming for that ice. on contact, there's an angry hiss of ice instantly melting and becoming air. an accidental misting or haze, really. so now there's some mild fog in the air and Karkat clicks his tongue against his teeth. he and Will can't really see. the Haxorus draws closer to Karkat, but the once troll isn't done yet. ]

Alex! Odor Sleuth that Absol out! Use Agility and Rock Smash!
ortion: (❀ oh please tell me more)

[Text/private]

[personal profile] ortion 2012-07-13 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I fail to see how it was odd.

[No Dist, no steering this conversation in circles.]
used_fireblast: (poker face (XxAyuNANAxX))

Re: [text]

[personal profile] used_fireblast 2012-07-13 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hell's real enough. And using civilians for target practice is pretty close.

What was this

Wait, don't tell me.

This is the part where you monologue about how things like kindness and justice are all pointless illusions held by sentimental fools, and the only real truth is power or destruction or something, right Doctor Lecter?

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