Threats? Really?
"Bring it up with an internal review if you want. They'll be looking at your actions as well as mine, and I've done nothing wrong. Can you say the same?" The trainer countered, slight hint of a smirk coming to her face in response. Her earlier statements stood, and Fernando had sorely miscalculated if he thought
that was her motivation. Elinda didn't give a shit about a career in the League. She was only there because and old friend had asked it of her, and if he wanted to demote her... well, what was lower than cadet? She wasn't getting paid any money for her service, nor did she give a shit about any threat this asshole could throw her way. The only ways he could do
anything to her was by abusing the system and his position within it, and
any such action was going to get him the boot. Hell, she welcomed the prospect.
The rules, the law was currently on her side as far as the current situation went, and while she'd originally been brought on to make sure someone
else didn't go off the rails... they'd said nothing about the other council members, and from where Elinda stood it was
this one that had already plunged far off the deep end. She could see that twitch of his hands, and was well aware that there weren't any Pokeballs visible on his person despite the well recognized desire to reach for one - combined with the girl's earlier trip through the doorway it was probably safe to assume that they were already out somewhere.
Fine. Let 'em come. There were plenty enough witnesses and if he wanted to turn this into a fight it'd be on
his head, not hers, and Elinda would merely shrug in response to the Slateport comment.
And at that moment Elinda's other fears would be quickly confirmed as a fourth individual showed up, Houndoom already out and the sound of his Roar returning all of the other Pokemon present to their Pokeballs. Fernando's, predictably, were sent straight back to his belt, as were the two that Elinda had released. This wasn't the first conflict that Elinda had fought in nor the first time such a thing had happened, though, and rather than plucking the orbs free of her belt again a practiced hand would deftly swipe over one almost of its own accord, clicking the button as it passed over. A second flash of light appearing literally a moment after being sent back to her ball, an annoyed Aggron would immediately roar back at the Houndoom in response, Taunting it to prevent further uses of the move. Beyond that, though, the Steel type made no further attempt to move, no facing the Fire type as Elinda calmly plucked Metagross's ball free of her belt again and stepped forward to get a clear look of the man around the Steel type.
"Friend of yours, Laurie?" Elinda started, glancing the man over. Another Rocket wasn't unexpected after what the girl had said, but the Roar had been a good move. There was no telling how many Pokemon Fernando had let loose, but between the two Magneton at the front gate and the four Pokeballs now on his belt... that appeared to be all of them. While there was no love lost for their employers Elinda had to at least award him a begrudging respect - rather than escalate the conflict he'd defused it rather handily. Not that it was a permanent solution as there was nothing to stop the other trainers from letting their Pokemon back
out, but points for effort all the same.
All the same, Elinda still has her PokeNav in one hand, and given the presence of one previously unseen Rocket... there's plenty chance of shit getting out of hand, the woman raising the device to quickly snap pictures of Laurie and then the man only to have the second one largely obscured by the sudden outbreak of smog to cover their exit.
Smart boy.
As for the other one, though...
"Before you open your mouth, pin this on me if you want but know that anyone with half a brain stem will know different from witness reports. That guy would've sent all of your Pokemon the same as he just did even had I not been here. Only way you were going to hold that girl in custody is starting a larger fight or crossing the line with killing her." Elinda said, almost
hoping Silph would confirm that'd been his intent. Pocketing the Nav, Elinda waved the smog away as she glanced over the railing to the lower floor - plenty of confusion, but no outward signs of violence or panic.
"Besides, not a complete loss. I've got photos of their faces, and I'll be sure they get to the police for circulation. Unless you're going to try and confiscate my personal property out of spite?" The trainer continued, turning an eye back to the Silph heir. There was a lot here that didn't make sense. Why was he alone in a room with a Rocket? More to the point, why had he abandoned his post on the ground floor when that was supposedly his job here tonight? He'd been awfully insistent on being the one to take her into custody, enough that he'd been quite close to starting a battle over it. That wasn't business - that was personal, although exactly how so Elinda could only guess at.
-Aggron sent back out, Taunt used to prevent Roar again
-Aggron kept in a defensive position as Smog is used
-Photos snapped of
evelyn silph and
dominic sinclair faces