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Route 29: mods ([personal profile] these_balls) wrote in [community profile] route_292011-01-22 05:51 pm

MORE ROCKET PLOT THINGS

The day has come.

Secret locations all around Johto were set up several days before, with helicopters discretely (or as discretely as helicopters CAN) arriving to each of them to pick up the scattered Rockets in the dead of night.

Those who came were treated to a swift flight, whizzing over the miles of trees, rocks, and small mountainous areas that would normally take your average trainer weeks to traverse.

Anywhere from an hour to three or four, depending on where they were flying from, each one eventually landed in a little wooden grove just outside of Mahogany Town. From there? It’s on to the HQ. Under the cover of darkness and the watchful eye of some silent, vaguely threatening superiors wielding stun-guns and Grimers, the riders will be hurried into what seems to be a homey little Mom and Pop-style shop.

Needless to say, not everything is what it appears to be.



After layers of booby-trapped hallways guarded by glassy-eyed Persian statues (don’t worry, kids, your superiors will be guiding you through them to make sure you don’t get any Sludge Bombs to the face, but good luck trying to get out again), the crowds of newly-transported Rockets will arrive on the residential floor.

Everyone will receive a room of their very own. Beds? Feathery and soft, with warm blankets galore and really expensive-looking pillows. Money comes easy when your organization rarely actually buys anything.

The rooms are lined up along the hallway dorm-style, but there’s an expansive communal lounge and even a big dining room. The food? Pretty darn nice. At least one talkative guard will boast that it’s up there with the best restaurants in Goldenrod and Olivine—because the cooks were kidnapped from BOTH!

To top it all off, at some point while building this underground fortress of a building, someone tapped into a hotspring. Aw yeah.


Upon arrival, the recruits will first be lined up in the hallways and given a speech—the first part of it is the usual extolling of Team Rocket’s grand purpose and the honor that they should all feel at being part of such a glorious organization. After that, they will be told that they may freely roam the residential floor while they await further instructions and have full use of all the facilities as a thanks for their continuing loyalty. Arianna, it seems, was not lying about them being rewarded!

Oh—but that door marked Admins Only at the end of that one hallway? Restricted.

Don’t even try it, grunts.


~*~

“Ma’am?”

A shadow entered the doorway of the office.

Watching the video screens before her, Arianna did not turn around.

“Yes? What’s your report?”

“The helicopters have all made it back, ma’am. The recruits are being shown to their rooms as we speak.”

“Excellent. What was the turnout?”

“Pretty good, ma’am! But there were a few no-shows.” Stepping inside, the grunt placed a slip of paper down on the admin’s desk, stepping away from it quickly once he did so, just in case Arianna was in one of her moods. “We’ve compiled their names and locations.”

Arianna reached out to pick up the slip of paper, gaze lingering on the screens for just a moment longer before it turned to the list.

“… How disappointing. Oh well, it’s no matter. They’ll be with us soon enough.”

Swiveling her seat around, she gave her subordinate a smirk.

“Get the squads ready. They’ll be leaving in the morning.”



OOC INFO:
Congratulations! If your character went to the helicopters willingly and cooperated with their superiors, they are now awaiting their orders at the Rocket HQ and being treated like royalty! ... For now.

Please feel free to ask questions about the HQ setting or any other points of confusion in the QUESTIONS thread! Also, if your character was NOT taken by helicopter to the HQ and is instead someone who should be added to the compilation list of runaway Rockets that we're making, please let us know that too! (An OOC comment is fine, just mark it accordingly and yadda <3)

Otherwise, this post is an open log!

Let your character enjoy the hot springs, bother each other, and explore their new surroundings!
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[personal profile] reveiller 2011-01-23 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He blinks thoughtfully like two relaxed sunrises and puts down his fork with a hum, tapping the side of his glass with consideration.]

Oh, I don't know. [He looks a little rueful at that.] You could say that I had an interesting tennis match, but it was over before I left.

[identity profile] psychunaut.livejournal.com 2011-01-23 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Tennis? Really? [Raz said, sounding a little... bored of that. What was Team Rocket thinking?] What made it interesting?
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[personal profile] reveiller 2011-01-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Really. [Fuji sounds cheerful at that.] And several things. For one, my opponent was interesting.

[Hum.] Another, I was playing blind.

[identity profile] psychunaut.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
--Were you seeing the ball in other ways? [ARE YOU PSYCHIC?]
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[personal profile] reveiller 2011-01-24 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. Wouldn't it be interesting that way? [DOES FUJI EVER ANSWER QUESTIONS STRAIGHT-FORWARDLY?

protip: no. He sips his drink, and frowns, mournful.]


My tea is getting cold.

What about you? Do you have something interesting to share?

[identity profile] psychunaut.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I was busy saving Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp! Somebody was stealing everybodies brains, and I was off to storm his fortress and save them, without any help from anybody! [Can you hear that showing off in his voice? There it is.]
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[personal profile] reveiller 2011-01-25 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
My, that sounds impressive. [Fuji may tease mercilessly, but he's not one to use sarcasm on children. His tone is genuine.] Could it be that I'm sitting next to a superhero?

[identity profile] psychunaut.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Not just any superhero -- I'm a Psychonaut! [In training.] We're the best -- the Psychonauts use psychic powers to solve mental trauma and save people!
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[personal profile] reveiller 2011-01-25 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? [/rolls with it.] I bet you see a lot of interesting things in that line of work.

Do you have a specific psychic power, or is it just psychic powers in general?

[identity profile] psychunaut.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'm learning them all! But I'm mostly good with telekinesis and levitation at the moment. [he will never shut up about this]