It wouldn't take long before Jacob would be stopped by someone. But rather than panic, the redhead would simply turn to face the person with a deadpan expression. Even though Jacob wasn't the brightest bulb in the box, he had been around long enough to know that expression on his fellow grunt's face. "What, can't dress down off my shift? This place is hotter than a Darmanitan's turd.", Jacob would quip to him. "In any case, if you're looking for some action, we're bound to run into some wild Pokemon that got in after the siege, or some punks who need to be taught their place.", Jacob would tell his fellow grunt.

Similar to the grunt, Jacob did not know him personally. However, the uniform made it clear that he was one of them, and that he too had seen him in passing. The off duty Grunt would also have his belt of Pokeballs out in the open for his fellow grunt to see. While he wasn't carrying a baton on his person, he did have a switchblade attached to a necklace underneath his shirt.

"Shall we, or you got something better do to?", Jacob would ask Chu-e.

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Chu-e Choi

"Okay, but don't expect me to save your ass if you bite off more than you can chew.", remarked Jacob with a playful grin. As his comrade mentioned bringing out a Pokemon, Jacob would unhook one of the Pokeballs from his belt. A Scraggy was unleashed into the world, looking around for a moment, before snapping to attention.

It wouldn't be long into their trek before they were greeted by a hostile Pinsir, one that immediately came for him. The angry beetle would attempt to clamp down on the Scraggy with an X-Scissor, one that the small reptilian creature would barely manage to dodge.

"Tupac, shoot off a Scary Face!", called out the Grunt.

The Scraggy would do as he was told, giving off a frightful expression to the Pinsir, one that would cause her to recoil in horror, and slow her down. In response, the Pinsir performed a Swords Dance in order to boost her strength.

"Now, Head Smash!", called out Jacob.

The Scraggy recklessly charged at the Pinsir, head lowered to smash right into her. And as the Pinsir would end her Swords Dance, she would be greeted by the brutal Head Smash, one that would send her flying back several feet. In the process, the Scraggy hurt his head, clutching it in pain.

The Pinsir, despite how hurt she was, got back to her feet, and charged the Scraggy. Despite how sluggish she had become, she was able to get in close, while the Scraggy was clutching his head in pain, and go in for an X-Scissor.

"Tupac, look out!", Jacob would call out. It was too late, as the Pinsir clamped down on the reptile, managing to render the creature unconscious. "Shit!", called out Jacob. But before she could kill him, Jacob quickly recalled him, and sent out his Zorua, Morrigan.

"Morrigan, Foul Play!", cried out Jacob desperately.

The Zorua would charge at the Pinsir, who would attempt to grab her for a Storm Throw, only for the Zorua to swiftly leap around her, and smack her in the back. This attack would send the Pinsir face first into the ground, and unlike the last time, she would not be getting up.

After a moment of consideration, Jacob decided to leave the Pinsir where she was, letting someone else find her.

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Scraggy KO'd

Jacob sighed to himself after the battle was done and over with. It was already a great way to kick things off, by having one of his companions go out of commission. Given the current state of Slateport City, with its lack of power, getting Tupac healed was a crapshoot. But at least he made it out alive, and if he managed to pilfer a fallen Revive, he'd be able to get Tupac back into fighting form.

From there, all Jacob and Morrigan could do was watch on as the other Rocket and his Growlithe finished off the Granbull with a little bit of teamwork. In all honesty, it was pretty impressive to watch the two work together like that, though he was a little concerned for the Granbull.

"I dunno. Pokemon are tough little fuckers, and I don't think something like this Granbull would die like this.", he responded to his fellow rocket.

In any case, the capture was successful for his comrade. And it wouldn't take long before Jacob would step in something, finding that he had trouble lifting his foot, causing him to look down to see that he stepped in a Sticky Web. Morrigan, for her part, had even more trouble moving through it.

In the shadows, a Kricketune would spot the two, and try to move in to attack the human. The cricket would stretch out her bladed arms, attempting to attack the human with a Night Slash. Jacob was able to spot the attacker, thanks to Morrigan crying out. In response, Jacob quickly sent out a Pokemon to intercept the attack, a Vullaby, which despite her small wings, was able to glide herself to a spot that wouldn't impede her movements, taking the Night Slash, barely being phased by the attack.

"Johanna, use Air Slash!", called out Jacob.

The Vullaby flapped her small wings, before firing off a blade of wind at the Kricketune. Despite an attempt to dodge the attack, the Kricketune was hit by the blade of air, crying out in pain from the attack. The attack was enough to create a wound that was almost deep enough to be serious. In response, the Kricketune would Taunt the Vullaby about her inability to bring her down. Johanna, falling for the Taunt, squawked angrily at the Kricketune.

"You gonna take that, girl? Give that insect another taste of your Air Slash!", called out the Rocket Grunt.

The Vullaby would create another blade of wind to strike at the Kricketune. The cricket would dodge the attack, only for the Vullaby to create a second one without waiting for her trainer's orders, firing at the Kricketune after it had dodged the first one. This time, the attack would hit, causing her to cry out one last time before dropping unconscious.

After letting the Vullaby calm down for a moment, Jacob finally called out to her. "Could you Defog these webs away?", he asked her.

The Vullaby would flap her wings, creating a wind that would clear away the Sticky Web on the ground, freeing up her trainer and comrade in the process. "Thanks, girl.", he told the Vullaby.

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Skipping Kricketune

After she had been freed from the Sticky Web, Morrigan would dash over and leap onto her trainer's shoulder. Jacob would ruffle the Zorua's head gently, the dark fox letting out an affectionate cry. "Glad you're safe, Morrigan.", he whispered to her. Jacob would ignore Choi's comment about burning the web, before hearing his comment about stomping the now unconscious Kricketune. "Knock yourself out, it's not my problem now.", Jacob would reply with a shrug.

In reality, he didn't want Choi to stomp the insect, but he learned quickly that trying to intervene on his fellow grunt's cruelty not only looked bad for him, but typically came at some sort of price. In his case, it was him getting his ass kicked by another grunt last year. The best thing to do was to act apathetic to such acts, to outwardly write them off as a waste of time and energy to him.

Moments later, Jacob would see something charging at him from the shadows. The reluctant grunt could only stumble back hastily as the Hammer Arm cracked the pavement at his feet, and an Ursaring roared in his face. Immediately, Jacob would scramble back as fast as he could, trying to create some distance between himself and the bear. The Vullaby could only leap at the bear in pursuit as it chased down her master, the bear continuing to try to pound his head into mush.

"Foul Play! Foul Play!", Jacob called out frantically.

First, the Zorua would leap off of Jacob's shoulder, baiting Ursaring into another Hammer Arm, before deftly leaping around to slam right into its back, allowing the Ursaring's momentum to do the rest for her. Johanna would follow up by performing a strike of her own as the Ursaring tried to get up, knocking out the bear.

Jacob fell back to the ground, taking a moment to catch his breath after such an attack. Johanna and Morrigan both went to check on their master, the Zorua leaping onto his chest and nuzzling him affectionately.

"Thank you...", Jacob muttered, petting them both.

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Chu-e Choi