Thugs - A Team Rocket RP (Started, accepting sheets)

[dragonswarrior]

They were just standing around. Apparently this commander wasn't one for punctuality. Zane was standing just behind the child, second in line on the left. He didn't mind too much. The various grunts were talking amongst themselves, and it was interesting to listen to the more experienced member's conversations. He was curious though...

Turning to the grunt next to him he asked "Jesse and James?"

"Oh yea!! Haven't you heard of them?" Zane shook his head. "They're the greatest!! Team Rockets rising stars!! It seems they can't do anything wrong sometimes..."

Another grunt chimed in "Yea. I hear they have such style too!! That just watching them announce their presence to Team Rocket's enemies is an inspiration to all those that serve with them!" The grunts all nodded with agreement.

Zane let the discussion continue, listening. It seemed like Jesse and James were people to aspire to, the kind of people he had joined Team Rocket to meet, to even become.

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu was fast to take her position at the front-left of the formation, and though the Orange officer had been really annoying, she wisely kept her mouth silent. He might have been from another team but he was still a much higher rank than she was, so he could likely get her in trouble. She didn't want to get into trouble at all. When he left, she let out a breath of relief and joined in on the conversations. "Even a kid like me has heard of those two. I hope I can one day be as famous..or rather infamous, as them! I'm definitely going to work hard to get there." As a child she naturally reached for the stars in terms of setting goals, but with a bit of effort she just might make it there one day!

 

[Redryhno]

Leela took her place in the formation, though she was....perturbed that she got lumped in next to the freak that had asked her about her hair. He did have a Vulpix though, so that raised her respect of him a bit, though only just above what she thought of the other grunts.

"I think it's only fair that I get an answer after what you did with my hair, dude. Where'd you get your Vulpix? I've been looking for one for years and haven't had any luck except at the corner here. And we all know how hard it is to get enough to buy any prize.Much less a cute, adorable little Vulpix."

 

[dragonswarrior]

It bothered Zane that the child had spoken almost his exact thoughts. She just bothered him period... But he felt curiosity overwhelming his irritation. He wondered how much she realized what she was getting into...

"So, uh, Mayu right?" She turned around, her face bright and eager. "Hey, I'm wondering. You're a kid right? You said you got into the Rockets by stealing some Pokemon. Okay. But you know that isn't all the Rockets do? I mean, you're going to be asked to do some really..." Zane tried to find the right word. "... Some really mean things right? You know?"

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu blinked a little bit in confusion from what the older boy was saying. She didn't really understand all of it, but from what she could gather they must beat people up or something. She thought that she would be able to do at least that much since she had to have her Vulpix attack not only that one trainer's pokemon, but the trainer himself as well.

Giggling, she said. "I think I get it, but I'm still going to do my best! Even if I have to beat up a bunch of people, I'll do it all in the name of Team Rocket!" Her eyes once more sparkled with an eagerness to please and prove herself.

 

[dragonswarrior]

"...all in the name of Team Rocket!"

"Huh." Zane was impressed by her enthusiasm, he'd give her that much. She was such a child though! "Why do you like Team Rocket so much? What is this to you?"

He prayed she wouldn't call it a game. Zane hated children who thought shit like this was a game. He had beaten a number of them in the past, and truly hoped he didn't find himself working with one. The work they would be doing would be deadly serious, challenging and rewarding perhaps, but certainly no "game".

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu was once again confused by his question but after a moment of thinking, she said with a smile. "I like Team Rocket because they are definitely the best! The rules don't matter to them, and with Team Rocket, I can gather as many Pokemon as I want, without having to wait until I'm ten to become a trainer. I'll do everything I'm told to do, since I wanna stay a member no matter what!"

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"Is this the place? It better be worth my time" said Dylan, followed by a sigh. He looks at his watch, and knew he was late. "i mean, why the hell would they set the meeting at this time? Do they listen to the weather forecast? Why do I even bother..."

ditto?

"oh that's right... If I don't do this, i'm going to get in trouble with mom and dad... It sucks when your parents are also your superiors. Well buddy, lets go inside, I don't want to waste any moment here."
Dylan puts on his glasses and puts on his team rocket cap as he dries himself and goes inside the secret base.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

A grunt stepped out into the main gaming room, looking across out of boredom. Noticing the uniform he motioned for Dylan to come closer.

"Well, show me your card."

After receiving the card that identified Dylan as a Yellow Rocket the grunt snorted.

"You're too late to be assembled. Alex will tear a strip off you. Go hang out in the back room and if I were you I'd get my story straight now." The grunt looked down at the pink pile of mush that was the ditto beside Dylan. "Put that thing away too while you're at it. The bosses don't like having Pokemon out before a battle. Let's the police know what to expect."

Spoiler: OOC

Only those who entered the basement with Max will be present for the assembly. You'll have to wait until we proceed up the stairs I'm afraid. Welcome to the RP! I am going to bed now.

 

[zombiekiller1907]

Dylan tried his best to act as if he's feeling sorry.
" I understand. I'll be heading to the backroom now. I apologize for being late.
Back to your ball now ditto."

At the back room, He ponders at how he's going to get any info at the meeting.
"Man, Id I'm not able to give mom and dad a report tonight, I'll get grounded again.."
He lets out ditto from his pokeball.
"Ok ditto, you know the drill. It looks like there aren't any guards for now. Go to the meeting room and get some intel."
Ditto!!!
"Don't worry, this isn't different from last month's meeting"
Ditto morphs into a meowth and Dylan attaches a very small camera at the coin on meowth's(ditto)
forehead.
"There, you're all set. Now go! good luck buddy!"

As ditto goes out of the room, Dylan takes out a small monitor from his backpack, where he can watch and hear the whole meeting.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Spoiler: OOC

Er, did you push the button and send it down the stairs? I'll edit if needed.

Spoiler: Long post

The waiting is always the most dull part of the job. All they ever talked about were those two eccentric thieves who managed to climb up the Rocket ladder to the top. Supposedly they were good at battling and even better at vanishing without a trace.

The elevator made its distinct dinging sound and there were footsteps. He hissed at the grunts idly chattering.

"Shut the hell up, Alex is coming."

Everyone in the room immediately stood rigidly straight. Some of the more drunk grunts in the back staggered to their feet and hastily hid their bottles in the pots of trees near by. There was an ominous striking sound, like something was hitting a wall repeatedly and it was getting closer.

Around the corner swung a blue haired young man. He wore the standard Rocket uniform with a few exceptions: he left his head and spiked hair flow freely and he had a ring of yellow on his left shirt sleeve to indicated he was leader of the Yellow unit. In his right hand he had a baseball bat which he had resting on his shoulder. He snickered, looking at the row of Rockets before him.

"Well then, why are you here?"

Silence.

"Why are you all here?"

Max and the other experienced grunts stayed silent. A new recruit in the front row stuttered under the icy green eyed gaze.

"T-t--to serve Giovan-nni and to-"

SMACK

He hit the goon in the stomach with the bat. When the recruit next to him went to help him Alex swung down on his back, causing him to fall over his comrade.

"2 points. You see we are here to do the bosses will, that's for sure. But the reason you are here is very simple. You are here to become my instruments. I use you to complete my tasks. I am the servant and you are my hands."

He laughed, swinging his bat as the two Rockets he hit got up silently. He pointed the bat to the first thug he attacked.

"You were wrong to answer me. It was a test you see! Tools don't answer questions. Tools respond when I will it, not at any other point." He shifted the bat right at the next goon. "Tools don't act on their own accord either. Tools do not help each other unless it is required. You see?"

He swung the bat in the air and it clattered to the ground behind him.

"You, pick it up." he said, pointing at a random grunt in the back. Immediately the grunt dashed forward out of rank, picked up the bat and stood holding it beside Alex.

"Tools must be finely tuned to be useful. I fulfill the will of the executive and you fulfill my will. You are grunts. You will be allowed to run amok and cause chaos but it will be my will, not yours, guiding your actions." He nodded and the grunt ran back to the ranks.

He strolled along the line. Stopping he took up a batting position. He swung hard and Max ducked.

"Tools need to be quick, alert... I am the master and you are the..." he paused, lost in thought.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter! You know who's in charge and that's that!"

He grinned widely, strutting to a spot where could see everyone.

"So, and this time you can respond my precious yellows, why are you here?"

The response was automatic.

"To steal Pokemon for profit. To exploit Pokemon for profit. All Pokemon exist for the glory of Team Rocket."

He closed his eyes and spun in a circle.

"Sweet, sweet music to my hears. Hahahahahahahaha!"

He tossed the bat on the floor and kicked it to the left.

"Now to inspect my toolbox."

Max relaxed. The bat was gone. Alex almost hit him once when he first joined. Anyone who didn't pay attention was sent away. Even among the gossiping ranks of Team Rocket this was a mystery. It was commonly thought that the boss had a place for those who displeased him... Some Rockets were never heard from again.

Eventually Alex came along to Leela, the first of the new recruits to the left of the two rows behind the two sore grunts. He stared at her with a strange expression.

 

[Redryhno]

The Bat-Man named Alex was now standing in front of Leela, looking at her with an expression she was used to. She was an odd sight she knew, but that was nothing new. She couldn't help but feel slightly intimidated, the guy had just hit two guys with a bat for answering him. And here the man was, not that she didn't want to stand out, but this early on was either a very good sign or a very bad sign.

She returned the expression as well as she could, and awaited the man's reply.

 

[dragonswarrior]

Zane was freaked and trying really hard not to show it. The casual way Alex had downed two grunts with the bat had been terrifying. Zane was young, he had no control here. If Alex wanted to hit him, he would, and there was nothing Zane could do about it. Zane wanted challenge and excitement, not pain and torment. He had gotten more than enough of that when he was younger, and had spent his entire life trying to escape from it.

Zane's hands started trembling against his will. He watched as Alex stood before Leels, inspecting her, and Zane tried desperately to calm himself.

"He said he would use us." He thought. "He promised the chaos and destruction that I want. He will give me the challenges I crave. But he won't give me anything if he thinks I'm a coward!" Zane felt his trembling slow. "I have fought wild Pokemon with my bare hands and won! I defeated my Mankey and claimed it's loyalty. I have power. I have strength! He felt the warm, familiar heat of rage wash over his terror, and still his trembling. How dare he frighten me like that? If I have to wait years I will get him for this. He will suffer. I will let him use me for now, but Zane will be no one's tool!"

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu had known that Team Rocket was responsible for hurting people every now and then but she didn't know that it included their own people! Gulping silently, she remained in position and tried not to show her nervousness. She would become a great Rocket, even if she had to be a tool in the beginning! She would listen to Alex's orders and rise up in the ranks, eventually making it to more than just a tool!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Long Post

Alex grinned a little, snickering after studying the girls face. He walked across over to Weitz and stared into his eyes. He knocked off his hat but not getting a reaction he simply went on. Spotting one of the more drunk grunts in the back row he turned around. Swinging around he landed an uppercut, knocking the swaying grunt off his feet.

"Do you think this is a game? Well, maybe it is a kind of game. Game is a matter of perception but you aren't allowed to have perceptions! You're allowed nothing here! My tools can't be dirty, they must be clean. Yes, clean..."

The grunt got up hurriedly but fell over again. Alex started giggling and traveled through the rows up to Zane.

"I saw you had the jitters there for a moment there pal. I sometimes get the jitters too although it usually ends up with someone bleeding." He smiled freakishly for a moment and patted the younger Rocket on the head.

"We'll have fun together soon. Some tools are needed for special occasions!"

He stomped forward and spun around. He stared at Mayu as if he had noticed her for the first time.

"Well aren't you just adorable? Oh, so cute. Sometimes its the cute ones that get to you, eh guys?"

Silence.

"EH GUYS?"

"SURE THING ALEX"

He smiled and turned to the petite Rocket.

"Yes, cute little thing." He slapped the little girl in the face although he didn't use his full force.

"Cute things do not belong in Team Rocket. Only those of us with the privileged to lose the hat gain the right to be gloriously cute. Lose the cute."

Mayu just stared at him.

"I SAID LOSE THE CUTE!" said Alex, picking her up and shaking her. Max watched impassively. Alex was a piece of work but he had also been in charge of the Rocket raid that freed him from his prison cell. He still respected a man who could battle four officers, win, then beat two of them with his bare hands. The man loved violence, probably too much. Max certainly understood the appeal of letting the animal part of oneself take over. But he wasn't going to be like Alex. Alex was a mad dog on a chain. Max wanted to be more than such an obvious puppet. The only way up was to endure...

Alex set Mayu down, apparently getting bored.

"Now then, tell me who you are and why you're here you little brat. Cute little girls prancing into our HQ. It's an embarrassment! ISN'T IT AN EMBARRASSMENT?"

"SURE THING ALEX"

He then immediately smiled, waiting for her response. Max wondered if the twerp could survive of this and was considering setting up a wager on the side.

 

[Kuroneko Aisha]

Mayu had been surprised by the slap in her face, and it had really HURT! She had tears welling in her eyes, but she did her best to hold them back. A Rocket didn't cry! When he stood in front of her and told her to lose the cute she really didn't understand what he had meant by that, but her confusion only seemed to set him off as he picked the young child up and shook her. She had only let out an initial squeak of surprise from that, but once she was let down and asked who she was, she gathered up all the courage in her little body and said. "My name is Mayu and I'm here to serve you as your bestest tool Alex!" She hoped that she would be able to live up to that claim, but she really did want to make this scary person see her as someone who he could count on.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Alex seemed placated by the little girl's response.

"Work on losing the cute or I'll be forced to do it for you." he said. He turned and stopped in his tracks.

"What is that?" he said, pointing at a glimmer behind a potted plant. The other grunts didn't react but Max glanced spotting what appeared to be a Pokemon. Alex jumped over and picked it up. Holding the cat thing in a way that it couldn't claw at him, he hoisted it above his face and examined it.

"Who's Pokemon is this? What is it even?"

A few of the grunts in the back muttered.

"Isn't that the boss's cat thing? What was it called again?"

"Hell if I know. All I know is I ain't getting near it."

"SHUT UP!" shouted Alex, holding the cat Pokemon by the neck. "If no one claims this Pokemon right now I'm going to take it downstairs."

 

[zombiekiller1907]

"I have an idea. Ditto, turn up the volume of the radio, I'll talk to them."
Ditto did what Dylan told him.
"Showtime." Dylan coughed once while checking his voice.
He attached his voice changer to the mic, setting it to a deep husky voice.
"Testing testing, can anyone hear me?"
Back in the room, everyone was shocked at the talking meowth.
"A cat that can talk? Its a miracle" Exclaimed one of the grunts.
"Fool! This is me talking, not the meowth! Now Alex, put my meowth down"
Alex was surprised that someone would order him just like that.
"What makes you think I will put your cat down?"
"Well one thing is because... I have direct orders from Giovanni to secretly record this meeting to check for rocket members that stand out from the rest. Now put me down."
"Meowth!"
Inside his room, Dylan was just smiling. At least he's being entertained for a while.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

"That's funny, I don't recall making such orders." said a voice from around the corner. The entire room was instantly filled with an icy silence. Grunts were visibly shaken by the sound of his voice and Max adjusted his cap yet again. A bead of sweat traveled down the back of his neck.

Giovanni walked around the corner in the hall of the hideout slowly and purposely. Donned in his infamous orange suit and carrying a briefcase he stopped a few feet away from Alex. Alex dropped the Pokemon and swung into a salute.

"Boss!"

"Who's Meowth is that?"

"That was what I was finding out sir!"

Giovanni shrugged. "It seems even common Rockets are using my pet Pokemon now. I think I'll have to get something more powerful..." Giovanni's eyes swept past Alex as if he was nothing and he turned to look at the assembled Rockets. Pitiful though they are, they are mine...

Every single Rocket Grunt felt the icy gaze examine them one by one, the sharp brown eyes betraying a brutal intelligence and burning ambition. No word was ever said but Max already knew he was disappointed. The Boss never betrayed emotions to the lower ranks but you could almost feel the disgust radiating from his face. If only he could some day become an executive...

His eyes halted at Mayu. Turning to Alex he pointed at the girl.

"Who made this girl a Rocket?"

Alex jumped and turned to Max.

"You heard him, who made her a Rocket?"

Max felt the eyes turn to him and his legs felt like Jello with the Boss looking into him.

"Rocket Terry of Blue Team, I think sir..." said Max, trying to meet the gaze.

"I see." said Giovanni, turning back to Alex. "I am leaving for the Sevii Islands. You know your mission. Do not fail me commander."

A Rocket in the back suddenly vomited loudly into one of the potted plants. Giovanni stared at the man. Without a word the grunts beside the drunken Rocket began kicking him. His face was that of utter terror when they brought him to the front. Giovanni merely nodded and Alex pointed at the stairs to the lower levels. The grunt was silently taken away from the Boss's sight. Nobody moved.

Giovanni gestured at a grunt around the corner. The grunt walked forward calmly and everyone could tell she was a beautiful woman. She had red hair hanging from behind her cap. A male grunt with blue hair followed her. Then, without a word, Giovanni climbed the stairs to the main floor with the two grunts following. When he emerged from the passage he completely ignored the Grunt standing at attention by the top of the stairs. The blue haired grunt hissed at him as he passed.

"Shouldn't you be down there, boy?"

Alex stood at attention for about thirty more seconds after the leader had left. Then, turning, he shouted to the Rockets.

"HAIL GIOVANNI!"

All the grunts rang out to the call, each one relieved that he wasn't the one to make a mess in front of the boss.

Spoiler: OOC

No, they are not Jessie and James. Goodnight!

 

[zombiekiller1907]

Dylan looks back at the blue haired grunt.
"Shouldn't you be minding your own business?"
"Why you little punk..."
The two of them exchanged sharp stares before the grunt was called back by Giovanni.
"I have a feeling that this won't be the last time that I'll see him.... Now where was I?"
Dylan turned on the mic and and talked
"If you don't believe me because he doesn't recognize the meowth, its because my pokemon is actually a ditto."
The meowth that Alex was holding suddenly turned into a pink goo which he throws to the ground.
"Thank you. I'll be on my way now." The ditto crawled out the door and nobody stopped it.
"You there." Alex pinted to a grunt beside.
"Yes sir?"
"After this meeting, give me a list of all grunts who have dittos."
"Sir yes sir!" said the grunt nervously.