He expected time to be of the essence, but he hadn't expected such a flashy entrance. They were fortunate that there was really no one around at the moment, but he expected a bit more discretion. He saw her unmount the hydreigon, seeing the solrock alongside her. He was greeted by that question of hers, he merely passed along a nod in her direction at first. "Vincent." he said, throwing out his name first and foremost. "I don't know how much you were told, but we have to take out some ground-type pokemon and steal the artifacts, in a timely manner if I may add before anyone is the wiser." for someone who he just met, he is a bit demanding... but he had expected her to understand, considering the word "steal" was used.

[break][break] After seeing her throw out her monstrous pokemon, it would do him some good to help as well. He could only think of two pokemon that would do well against ground-types in his arsenal, he could throw out all of his pokemon but that'd make it harder for them to properly organise. The two of them alongside the six of their pokemon combined would be enough to work as a group. He brought out two pokemon balls from his pockets, throwing both of them out at the same time, releasing their pokemon. One was a blue golem, between both light blue and dark blue. The other being a small ghost with a skull mask, glowing red eyes. Golett and Duskull.

[break][break] To her suggestion, he started to walk into the cave. The reason for his choices was for Duskull to scout ahead, to alert them of any upcoming ground-types and with Golett himself being a ground-type pokemon to be on par with them. The help of his partner alongside this mission would be most beneficial as well, as he doesn't believe he could've handled the ground-type pokemon by himself. "I was working on this site before, but the person I was working with decided to try and take all the credit for our hard work, and while I'm mostly interested in what we've discovered together, it feels good to get back at him like this, I must admit." he felt like he made the right choice teaming up with team rocket, he felt like if he was with the league right now, he'd have no way of getting to the artifacts like he is right now.

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As soon as the mention of the lab came along, Lulu would notice Vincent's sharp turn to her, both in surprise and with a smile. "You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention." he said, continuing to walk along. His Golett stayed to his side, usually extending his stone-like arm out to stop Vincent right in his tracks when there is the possibility of a trap or pokemon hiding in corners. When Golett was convinced all was clear, he'd let Vincent progress along normally. "Well... fossils mainly, and a relic tablet that me and Jackson- erm, my former partner, believed belonged to ancient history. The writing is cryptic, but if deciphered it could lead the road to more sites like this being discovered, and we could stumble across something not seen before in the eyes of the world." Vincent wasn't sure if that was completely true, but they could at least agree such discoveries would be better off with them.

[break][break] Before Vincent could continue, Duskull appeared before the entire group, right from the ground. It tried to motion at the ground, in a panicky attitude as to indicate that something is coming. Vincent went right behind Golett and Duskull wasn't too far behind, Vincent gave a sharp look to Duskull, who reluctantly went alongside Golett after seeing the piercing glare. Shortly afterwards, one mole popped right out of the ground. It gave Vincent a raised eyebrow. "Duskull, really?" before he could judge, about eight more holes were made, two complimenting the current mole pokemon, and three not too far from the current one. Three Dugtrios.

[break][break] Golett was too eager and went for the closest one, just before his stone-like punch could connect, the dugtrio instantly went underground, using the move "Dig", a move that Vincent wasn't familiar with. "Duskull, back him up!" Duskull was right behind Golett, but wasn't doing much against the dugtrio they were fighting. The coordination and synergy was clearly appalling, and it was made evident pretty quickly that Vincent isn't a trainer.

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+ Lulu Flint

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It seems Lulu's use of her pokemon were far more refined than Vincent could hope to achieve with his. Duskull was cowardly, Golett was overconfident, traits that did not complement each other at the moment. The attacks did some good against the two dugtrios, but they weren't quite knocked out yet and resorted to that damned sandstorm of theirs. Vincent tried to cover at least his eyes and nose with one hand of his, some sand got through but he was doing his best to work through it. He could see that Lulu was handling the two dugtrios, meanwhile, Vincent had to deal with the dugtrio that went underground.

[break][break] Suddenly, three moles appeared from underground to where Golett is, the moles heads went hard against Golett's body. It knocked him back a bit, but he still held it together. "Duskull, use Confuse Ray!" after the command was given, Duskull let out a rainbow mix of magical orbs that had hit dugtrio, it's eyes becoming a spiral as it clearly couldn't tell what's what. "Golett, use Dynamic Punch!" the stomping feet of the golem rushed straight for the dugtrio, he jumped upwards and came down with a powerful fist. It had sent them right back down to the ground, and from the sounds of the impact, very far down.

[break][break] He was glad that his pokemon could pull it together when the situation arose, he notably saw how Duskull was struggling against the sandstorm and still did his best to follow Vincent's command, delivering in the end. He would have to reward him for a job well done, but at the moment, Vincent turned over to see how Lulu and her pokemon were doing.

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+ Lulu Flint

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After seeing Lulu deal with the two dugtrio, it made him a bit envious that her pokemon have good synergy and follow her commands well, whereas Vincent's own pokemon were... unique, and sometimes difficult to deal with, by the time that the sandstorm was done, Vincent was patting himself all over his clothing, top, pants, even his boots as he tried to shake out sand. "I should've expected that from a ground-type... but at the same time, I really didn't." pokemon were unpredictable and he realised that if he ever needed to make use of pokemon to clear out environments like these, he may have to build up more of a bond with his pokemon, even to train them if he can.

[break][break] But that was for later, the dugtrios were cleared and the path inside the cave was clear. He ran along and his two pokemon followed, leading to a series of well-built pillars and constructions in the mix, with the constructions belonging to the archaeologists. Vincent had a look around, as the site itself was familiar to him. His eyes were first laid upon a wooden table with the combined findings of Vincent and Jackson, only this time, it was littered with the findings Jackson made. A few relics that he'd have to investigate later, but the main object is the tablet. The writing itself is still unknown to Vincent, at least at the moment, when he's back at a place where he can properly reference the writings, he's sure he can make a connection to something, anything.

[break][break] After the finding, Vincent's grin was as clear as day. If it weren't for his rather shifty look, it'd be accepted as a rather genuine smile. It instead made his smile look devious, an evil mastermind. "Thank you for your help on this. I owe you one and team rocket." now that they had what they were looking for, he thought back to his words from before and decided put both duskull and golett back into the poke balls. It was a good time as any to start getting away before someone realises what happened. Vincent had no choice but to go through back through the entrance but if questioned by a do-gooder, he does have the alibi of being an actual archaeologist, Lulu, on the other hand might be a bit more difficult. He had hoped for the best and decided to make his way back through the entrance, getting away from the scene of the crime as soon as possible.

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+ Lulu Flint

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