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wednesday. ten pm. devon corp.[break][break]

there's no one around you: no random civilian, no pesky league officer; the stars are aligned as if it's the universe that wills for this night to happen.[break][break]

you stand in your group of four. you look around at your team members; some might be familiar faces, some might be complete strangers; but what is clear is that all four of you are here under the same agenda, under the same flag that is rocket.[break][break]

assassinate harold stone.[break][break]

as you near the building, you see through the main entrance two security guards sat by the front desk. they're both looking down, but you aren't sure what they're doing exactly. from the intel you've been given, there is only one way up the building: through the elevator located in the hallway behind the front desk. scaling it from the outside is possible, but you aren't sure which office is the correct one.[break][break]

your mission is right in front of you. what do you do?[break][break][break]

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POSTED ON Feb 9, 2019 11:06:04 GMT

Wednesday. Ten PM. Devon Corp.

She stands still under the cover of darkness. All of Devon Corp’s employees are long gone; quick to punch their cards and depart as soon as the clock struck five. Mick watched them leave then, watches the remaining security personnel now.

Mick is flanked by three others. She knows their faces and the names with which to address them. Aside from this, she is unsure of their mannerisms. This shared experience will surely reveal much about them; that is, if they survive it.

”We need to get inside, take out the guards without alarm. Finding Devon’s location within the offices is imperative.” Mick muses aloud.

Her strategy sits plain before her eyes now. One or two of them go inside, incapacitate the measly security that awaits them and start flipping through the office directory.

Taking the elevator may be risky; they have no inkling as to how many employees still linger within the Corp’s walls. Would scaling the building provide safer means of entry? Mick is unsure of this as well. She lacks a flying type to ferry her up in silence.

The building’s exterior walls are also made up quite entirely of transparent glass. All it would take would be a casual glance out the window to blow their cover. Mick looks back at the three of them, mewling. ”Once the location of the CEO is found and verified, the only obstacle is getting to him unassumingly.”

How were they to do that, she wonders.

priam conrad dorian westcliff @mercy ALEXANDER STONE

tl;dr mick muses on how to begin the assassination attempt, favors the 2 and 2 approach: 2 people disable the security and find the ceo's location, 2 people ascend from the outside

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POSTED ON Feb 9, 2019 16:39:36 GMT

Priam sits in silence amid the veterans that surround him. Everyone exuded experience just from the way they held themselves, or at least, that's how it appeared for Priam. The job was straightforward in paper, but the implications of an assassination attempt of one of the most guarded people in Hoenn suggested the difficulty of the task.

"Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it."

The words left him open to be thrown under the bus, but he supposed failure would have him end up in a same scenario regardless. He probably was the weakest link, both on experience and skills, and was not in a position to suggest anything relevant to any plan they were to make. At best, he'd just agree or disagree. The boy waits for the other's instructions.

tl;dr:

Priam sits pretty as he waits for people to decide
Lets people think of what to do

Espeon ♂ - Magic Bounce - Helping Hand, Quick Attack, Swift, Psychic, Morning Sun, Dazzling Gleam

Zoroark ♀ - Illusion - Night Daze, Foul Play, U-Turn, Pursuit, Agility, Night Slash

Arcanine ♂ - Flash Fire - Reversal, Roar, Flame Burst, Extreme Speed, Thunder Fang, Helping Hand

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POSTED ON Feb 9, 2019 18:54:44 GMT

[attr="class","mercypost"]"we have to take them out before they have a chance to do anything," mercy says. the two security guards aren't looking at their surroundings, which gives her reason to believe that they're either looking at camera screens or have communication at the ready in case something goes awry.

"i want them away from their posts," she says, gears turning. she ignores priam and drops all three of her pokeballs from her belt. her pokemon emerge and she instructs the togetic and clefable to stand by. to her granbull, she smiles and says, "lame dog."

the granbull bares its teeth and with one swift, fluid motion, doubles over on itself and delivers a powerful bite to its right knee. its leg buckles; blood sprays and stains its pink fur. and then it falls onto its front two legs and limps towards the entrance of the building, howling in pain.

"when they leave their posts, dispatch them quickly. lady here can teleport and take care of one of them if they choose to stay behind."

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n o t e s
> releases all 3 of her pkmn
> granbull injures itself and limps to the doors
> clefable stands at the ready to teleport inside and dispatch a guard if he straggles

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POSTED ON Feb 10, 2019 1:46:15 GMT

As soon as he got the message from the boss, the Mad Dog of Rocket practically jumped at the chance to join in on an assassination. Though he was far from being subtle, such a talent going to either Emma or Marie, Dorian was practically an expert at making an example out of those who defied Team Rocket. The CEO of Devon Corporation, Harold Stone, would be his latest victim.

"My Fletchinder can scout the building from the outside discretely. I have nothing in the way of aerial transportation, unfortunately.", Dorian would tell Mick.

Before Dorian could ask if anyone had a Pokemon that was good for a diversion, the pink-haired woman would have her Granbull injure herself to get the attention of the guards. Dorian would wait for them to come to investigate, before he'd send his Incineroar out to attack him.

"I'd suggest trying to keep one alive, at least just long enough to interrogate.", Dorian told the others quietly.

tags: @mik priam conrad @mercy
notes: -Dorian offers to have his Fletchinder discretely scout the upper levels of the building to locate Harold's office.
-Dorian hides and waits for a guard to get close, before deploying his Incineroar near him to try to take him out

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POSTED ON Feb 10, 2019 16:06:49 GMT

"what the fuck?" is the first reaction one of the security guards give when he sees an approaching granbull, injured and bleeding all over the smooth concrete outside the building.

he stands from behind the desk and approaches with caution, hand drawing his firearm before aiming it behind the pokemon. he looks out into the distance, into the darkness that surrounds the building despite the various street lights.

a voice calls out behind him from the other guard, asking if things are all clear. he's not sure how to respond.

"t-there's a bleeding granbull outside. call it in."

he doesn't leave the building. instead he stands and watches as the granbull crawls towards the glass doors that refuse to slide open.

the other guard reaches for the phone on the desk, ready to key in the appropriate numbers.

what will the group do?

» one guard approaches the granbull with a weapon drawn but doesn't leave the building.
» the other guard remains seated by the desk and is about to call in for help.
» the glass doors remain shut.

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POSTED ON Feb 14, 2019 22:10:24 GMT

Both of them were still inside the building. Barging in through the doors would generate noise and attract attention, that much he knew.

"I can provide cover," he'd tell everyone. "Just in case, you know, security cameras."

He releases two of his Pokemon: his Espeon and his Zoroark. Priam would wait until everyone else gets a grasp of what he said before ordering his Pokemon. "Open the doors, Espeon." The Psychic-type's eyes would glow as he concentrated on the doors, forcing it open with his Psychic. They remained hidden from sight as they did, unwilling to risk their identity early in the game.

"And you. Night Daze."

The Zoroark releases a wave of dark energy, enough to swallow the building with darkness and drown the light from its sources. He hoped some of them had Pokemon capable of maneuvering in the dark. Priam has them, and while he can trust his Pokemon enough to not make a ruckus while dispatching the target, he'd rather stay safe amid the mission.

tl;dr:

Releases Espeon and Zoroark
Espeon pries the door open with Psychic
Zoroark uses Night Daze as a smokescreen

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POSTED ON Feb 16, 2019 19:11:07 GMT

[attr="class","mercypost"]beau, ever the eloquent, becomes infuriated when the human refuses to open its doors. he whines pitifully, though mercy can detect a stubborn growl rising in his throat. she looks at her clefable and nods; the fairy-type TELEPORTS behind the guard and aims to knock the phone from his hand with a swift ICE PUNCH.

she blinks through the sudden darkness, just barely making out the shape of her granbull leaping through pried open doors to lunge at the guard's throat.

"we don't need to interrogate them," she snaps at dorian. "we're here to assassinate the target that we know is in this location and get out. now let's move." she leaps from her cover in the bushes, togetic at her heels.

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> clefable teleports inside and ice punches the guard by the phone
> granbull leaps through the pried open doors and goes in for the kill
> mercy runs w/ togetic towards the now-open doors

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POSTED ON Feb 16, 2019 21:40:12 GMT

How annoying.

The wounded Granbull fails to convince the security guards to open the door. If anything, it merely puts them on alert, as one of them calls it in, while the man at the monitors was no doubt looking closer to the entrances. It looked like they would have to do this the old fashioned way. Suited him fine.

"Good call, boy!", Dorian praised Priam as he took initiative.

Instead of sending out his Incineroar, like he originally intended, Dorian ended up switching to his newest addition, his Fletchinder. "Burny Birdy, give them some Tailwind support.", Dorian told the Fletchinder. The Fletchinder began to flap its wings, calling in a Tailwind that would quicken the movements of not only its own, but those of his allies as well. This would hopefully aid Priam and his Pokemon in breaching the gates, so to speak.

"Excuse me!?", Dorian asked the pink-haired woman. "Does that intel include the finer details on their security systems!?", he'd ask her rhetorically, already knowing the answer. "I suggest you mind your manners, grunt, and know your place!", he snapped back. As much as he wanted to lop off Harold Stone's head, and leave his body a congealed, smoldering mass for any other potential interlopers to find and take note of, the Mad Dog of Rocket was going to make sure this mission was a rousing success, refusing to let some stupid security system ruin their day.

The Fletchinder, upon getting an opening, would fire off a Razor Wind at the guard at the door, aiming to blast the gun out of his hands.

tags: @mik @mercy priam conrad ALEXANDER STONE
notes: >Dorian sends out Fletchinder
>Fletchinder used Tailwind to boost the speed of all allies
>Fletchinder attempted to disarm the guard at the door with Razor Wind

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POSTED ON Feb 19, 2019 4:43:32 GMT

suddenly, the doors swing open with an unpredictable force, surprising both guards. "w-wha!" before he can dial in for help, he feels the phone leaving his grasps after a precise ICE PUNCH. he practically gasps for air as he slides back in his chair, swinging to try and find the source of the attack.

but the darkness is overwhelming.

the guard by the door draws his gun in desperation. he doesn't even see the granbull coming for his throat. the dog rips into his throat. he screams but nothing escapes him but blood. it pours to the ground as he trembles, shakes, and finally, stops moving.

the other guard, not knowing what to do, attempts a punch at the unknown clefable.

» guard by the back gets the phone knocked out of his hands.
» guard by the door dies to mercy's granbull.
» guard by the back attempts to punch mercy's clefable.

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POSTED ON Feb 19, 2019 21:29:41 GMT

He would have tried to say something about discord in between their squad, but Priam knew his place, and so he held his tongue.

The initial assault seems to be a success so far. He could tell since his Espeon did not react to anything from within the cloud of darkness that his Zoroark spewed. Everything would be under control eventually, he hoped. They left a mess that needed to be cleaned, but it was minimal inconvenience compared to the risk of getting the scene seen by those outside. Failure wasn't an option under Rocket, and even then, Priam never considered it as a choice he can make.

"I'm going."

He moves in and dives through the darkness, perching his Espeon on his shoulders and getting his Zoroark to follow after him. He'd have his Espeon guide him through the front lobby and his Zoroark, completely used to the dark, was to be used for his defense. They needed to do this quick, before anyone else can notice.

Priam drags the dead body of one of the guards, assuming that the others would take care of the other soon. He takes it out of the open and all the way to the corner of a room, where it won't be noticed by passersby should there be any. A trail of blood would be left, to which he tasks his Espeon to clean up with Psychic, moving any blood with the body, as well as keeping any from further going out, before they dried and stained on the floors.

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Goes in the building
Drags the dead body off plain view, along with any sign of gore

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POSTED ON Mar 4, 2019 2:28:16 GMT

As the guard nearest to them has his throat torn out, Dorian grabs the Pokeball containing his Incineroar. Though the room is darkened, thanks to the Zoroark, Dorian at least has a feel for the room, in terms of where to throw his Pokeball. "Mister Bigglesworth, try to grab the guard, and restrain him!", Dorian told the Incineroar through his Pokeball.

After this, the Beast would toss his Pokeball into the dark. Once it would land, the Incineroar would hopefully come out. The Fire-type would then attempt to grab for the guard through the darkness. All Dorian could hope for was that after the cover of darkness subsided, that the Clefable didn't end up killing the second guard. After all, they probably needed whatever intel he could offer into getting up to the top floor of the building.

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notes: -Dorian attempts to send out Incineroar, throwing the Pokeball towards the back of the room, where the second guard was.
-Incineroar attempts to grab for the guard to restrain him

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2019 4:09:10 GMT

Alison moved through the street under the cover of a thick mist, courtesy of the seven-foot-tall Empoleon by her side. She was unrecognizable from the pictures featuring her in the news. From head to toe, the gym leader wore what resembled riot gear.

She casually walked through the front doors, her Empoleon ducked as it followed behind. Tendrils of mist entered the room, curling around the smokescreen that still hung in the air. Smoke shifted around their bodies as they strode through the room. The water type's eyes dart around. For a moment there's an opening in the smoke, which its attention immediately turned to. It's able to see priam conrad , which it looks at with a single cold, dead eye.

"Patience," she hissed.

The word came out sounding natural and like a man's, augmented by the mask the woman wore. A moment later a guard came into view for the briefest moment.

"Ice beam."

Alison's position is illuminated by the attack emanating from Empoleon. It cut cleanly through the mist.

tldr >>
Came in under the cover of Empoleon's mist
Looks like this and sounds like a dude
Empoleon shot an ice beam in a guard's direction
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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2019 5:43:08 GMT

It had seemed even with all the stars aligned none of these Team Rocket associates could accomplish anything without the help of their upper echelon. Annoyed at the rate of this operation he would begin to make his own moves along side Alison. He dawned a similar type of riot gear as Alison and began making his way towards the building.

Making his way through the front door he gripped tightly onto his silenced pistol, his Zoroark was besides him copying his appearance. He allowed Alison to walk in front of him with her behemoth of a penguin, just in case there were any guards prepared to fire at them.

"Keep an eye out for me." He whispered to his partner allowing the Illusion Fox to disappear into the mist for silent take downs. He raised his voice to command all the rocket in the room.

"Make haste, time is of the essence."

「TLDR: Comes in behind Alison
Dressed in similar Riot Suit
Sends his Zoroark into the Mist」
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