A Pact Forged in Gold

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The Galarian
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Rustboro City
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The future will tempt you, the present will indulge you, but the past will shackle you.
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howard slayte
A Pact Forged in Gold
POSTED ON Dec 4, 2023 9:50:30 GMT
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Slateport was a big city.

That was a good thing. Big cities had a lot of empty buildings.

Admittedly, there were a lot of eyes, too. Yet the eyes in cities were constantly looking in directions that didn't matter. Everyone was in a rush to get where they wanted to go. Nobody looked up at the sky of Slateport. Nobody looked away from what was straight ahead of them. Nobody looked beyond their immediate destination.

That made it the perfect city to hide. The League couldn't watch everything.

In the same way, Rocket could not steal everything. That's why they needed help.

In one of Slateport's many abandoned warehouses, several Rocket members ran around. The place was essentially a fortress. How many grunts were needed to close one simple business deal?

"The job is complete?" A masked grunt asked, eyes staring beadily at the woman in front of him. The two were inside the warehouse, with various artifacts and other rare items stacked to the ceiling. Several people were rushing back and forth, checking items against checklists. It was remarkably organized. "You've gotten the jewels we've asked for?"



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Nessa
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August 4th
Driftveil City, Unova
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Troupe Ringmaster
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All eyes on me in the center of the ring, just like a circus
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Vanessa Kingsley
A Pact Forged in Gold
POSTED ON Dec 14, 2023 18:57:20 GMT
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Ever since arriving in the region Vanessa has been ever the busy little bee. She wasn't complaining though, it was good to have her hands full with stuff to do. After all, she had a lot of people to look after and if she wasn't doing anything, she often felt like she was a failure.[break][break]

Call it confessions of a workaholic, but she just had to be doing something. With that in mind, when she had suggested that they relocate to Hoenn most of her people agreed and stood behind her. It was no easy feat to uproot their life in Unova and come here. Especially when they were at the height of popularity over there, just to start over here. [break][break]

But Vanessa wanted better opportunities for her and her team. What they were doing was fine, but they could do so much more. She was ambitious to a fault but that just meant that her heart was in the right place. After all, she'd do whatever she had to, to ensure that those she was looking after were properly cared for.[break][break]

With that being said, it was no surprise that she found herself aligning with Hoenn's Team Rocket. The Troupe were criminals after all. If they were going to continue their work, she'd prefer to having the backing of a big organization like Rocket. So she handled all the nitty gritty details. [break][break]

And when they asked her to retrieve the jewels for them, she agreed to handled it on her own. No need to get the Troupe involved in this just yet. Vanessa was more than capable of doing such jobs on her own. A bright grin formed on her lips as her heels clicked across the floor. The blonde placed the briefcase on the table with a satisfied huff. [break][break]

"See for yourselves," She practically purred as she snapped the case open and twirled it around for them to see. She wasn't dealing with any higher ups just yet. This was just a trial and easy introductions. But they'd be able to tell that she was capable. After all, she'd secured these gems in record time. "So, what do you think?" she asked with a confident smirk and hand on her hip.



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𓆩.⛧.𓆪 mission: recruitment: act i[break]
𓆩.⛧.𓆪 outfit[break]
𓆩.⛧.𓆪 uwu ^.^



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The Galarian
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howard slayte
A Pact Forged in Gold
POSTED ON Dec 15, 2023 7:59:16 GMT
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Wordlessly, the grunt looked at the briefcase, then at Vanessa. With a gloved hand, he plucked out a deep blue sapphire, before peering at it. Dull brown eyes inspected the richly colored gem, before placing it down. He whistled over another grunt, who held a clipboard.

"These look authentic to you?" The first grunt asked the second, whirling the briefcase for them to see. The second walked over to inspect the gemstones. They did the exact same song and dance, plucking a gemstone out from the case, peering at it, before putting it down.

"Looks good to me, but you'll have to wait for one of our appraisers to finish. They're working on that silver statue the boss brought back right now."

"Damn. How long?"

"About..." The second grunt checked his clipboard. "An hour. It's a formality. If the boss brought it back, it's authentic."

The first grunt looked slumped his head, before looking towards Vanessa. "Give us a sec." The two grunts stepped away from the briefcase and Vanessa, and began to speak in heated tones that the Troupe leader could barely make out. Whatever it was, it was giving the duo a headache.

"Too quick..."

"Appraisal... trap?"

"Galarian will want to see it..."

"Inspecting... sarcophagi right now..."

"Bring the girl..."

The second grunt walked off, and the first walked over to Vanessa. He seemed slightly bemused and exasperated. "Follow me. We'll take you to the boss. He's probably off admiring a new piece, but he'll make time for this." The grunt stepped away from the table, and gestured for Vanessa to follow. "Bring the briefcase. Come."