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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2024 6:25:11 GMT

"Ha... Ha..."

Howard wiped his mouth from exertion as the sun beat down on the duo standing amidst shifting sands. They had both agreed that it was the optimal place for their Pokemon to fight, though as Howard had quickly realized, it had not been. His Nosepass had sunk into the sand and had been quickly dispatched, and his Anorith had been picked off with similar impunity.

It was absurd how easy it had been for the gangster to get ahead, despite them both using three Pokémon. Howard's team consisted of academic specimens, meant to serve a purpose rather than sit and collect dust on a shelf and be used in battle. His Nosepass was a compass, his Anorith an excavator.

The only exception to that rule was the Aerodactyl that snarled in disdain at the Claydol that stared her down.

"I've got you on the ropes, bastard." The admin said from his hat's shade. "Dodge this!"

Shirley flew forward, fangs glimmering with frost as they closed in on the Claydol.

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POSTED ON Oct 6, 2024 23:00:59 GMT

[attr="class","monty"]Montgomery had an advantage in the sanded area: his claydol could levitate, his palossand was made of the same substance, and krookodile itself was a ground type. It didn't take long to render two thirds of Howard's team useless.

All that stood before him now was the aerodactyl, his apparent prize possession.

"Are ya sure 'bout that?" he asked, his voice oozing self confidence.

palossand stirred a sandstorm, the vision on the field becoming more difficult to see through. krookodile threatened an attack by foul playing. And, claydol...

Well, it was a ticking time bomb. On his cue, it would explode in the area, rendering him down to two Pokemon but damaging the aerodactyl regardless.

"Be willing to sacrifice! These are yer tools!"

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 19:18:50 GMT

Three on one. Frustrating. Maybe Crumble would've been better than his other two Pokemon that had fallen. The Baltoy had a few good utility moves that could've kept the pressure up, but it was an Aerodactyl against the world. He felt bad for his poor girl.

"What the... they're not tools! They're my friends and coworkers!" Howard protested. Half of his digs were thanks to the Pokémon that Montgomery had just knocked out. "You call them tools and they still follow you?"

That was unhinged. It was insane. Then again, Montgomery held himself like a man who viewed lives as nothing more than blank checks to be signed at a whim.

"Find that Claydol! Stop it!" Howard ordered, his Aerodactyl flying into the sand despite the suspicion that it was a trap. She followed her trainer, a beast taken off of her chain. "Iron Head!"

The dinosaur's cranium gained a silver sheen as it lunged forward into parts unknown.

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 22:11:45 GMT

[attr="class","monty"]"Friends? Coworkers?" Montgomery's laugh was nothing more than a taunt.

How stupid. How naive.

He hoped he lived to see the day that howard slayte would realize the truth: these Pokemon were nothing more than tools to be used over and over and over and over...

"And they do the work for you. Sounds like yer usin' 'em ta me."

Another taunt, before the Rocket vanished amongst the sandstorm. As he expected, Howard and his aerodactyl charged in, head first. Montgomery shielded his eyes from the harsh sand with his sunglasses and hat.

"It's a bold move ta charge in the dark like that. But..."

Like a monster rising from the shadows, claydol appeared.

Beep. Beep.

BEEPBEEPBEEP

KABOOM.

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 22:25:20 GMT

Area of effect.

That was the term used to describe an attack that encompassed a wide area. When creating a sandstorm to hide behind, it was impossible for a scalpel to perform any precise strike. Any attack would come down to luck. There was nothing to it, other than luck. Howard thought himself lucky, but found himself the fool.

Shirley's head snapped towards the ticking doll, her fangs glimmering with ice crystals as she lunged forward with an Ice Fang.

Too slow.

Detonate.

"SHIRLEY!" Howard shouted as the sand was dispersed by the detonation, the prehistoric Pokémon being blasted backwards and rolling into a dune. Instinctively, he ran after her and caught her before sand could collapse onto her form. "You..."

Anger. He turned to the gangster.

"You'd blow up your Pokémon just like that!? It was three against one! You had me either way!"

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 22:56:58 GMT

[attr="class","monty"]"I would, and I'd do it again." Montgomery snapped his fingers, and without pause, the sandstorm disappeared.

Beside him were his palosand and krookodile, the latter of which seemed to be smirking sharp fangs at the grunt. He retrieved the pieces of claydol that exploded, putting it back into its ball.

"I may have won with the odds stacked against ya. But, I used the explosion to ensure my victory. There was no need ta drag the fight out longer. 'Sides..."

He tossed the Poke ball up, catching it one handed.

"Better to solidify yer victory than give yer opponent a chance to beat ya. Don't ya think?"

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 23:12:02 GMT

"To ensure your victory?" Howard's voice was a whisper. "You blew up your own Pokémon just to make sure you won? Even if everything was already going your way?"

It was baffling. It made no sense. Montgomery had done it with all the grace and care of tossing a piece of trash into a bin. There had been no grandeur to his Claydol's sacrifice. It made no sense. He had simply did it because it had been convenient, and he had wrecked a piece of history for his own ends.

Even if it recovered, Montgomery had still destroyed it.

"What the hell are you, Montgomery?" He looked up at the man in utter confusion. "Why're you like this? Don't you care about anything? Don't you love anything?"

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2024 23:55:46 GMT

[attr="class","monty"]The ever present smirk on Montgomery's lips slowly faded, his sharky grin transforming into a line of neutrality. And, with his gray eyes hidden behind his shades, it'd make his expression unreadable.

However, there was a dangerous aura emitting from him.

How dare a lowly grunt question him? He was his superior, in more ways than one. And Howard fucking Slayte had the gall to question his values and humanity?

What a fucking joke.

If Howard only knew why he did what he did, he'd think maybe, deep down, Montgomery James did have a heart.

With his aerodactyl incapacitated for the time being, he had no qualms with becoming a bit more physical with the grunt. Montgomery took only a stride forward, thanks to the excessive length of leg he boasted, and smacked Howard in an open palm slap.

The noise was resounding, even in the desert.

"Don't you fuckin' question me, Slayte. You joined Rocket. You were wallowin' and mewlin' like a pathetic espurr. I'm showin' you the ropes, and you say 'yes sir.' You don't get to question my methods of trainin'."

Pathetic. Weak. Disgusting.

"Are we clear?"

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POSTED ON Oct 9, 2024 0:02:33 GMT

His head reeled back, and stars appeared in his vision as he collapsed backwards into the sand. If it weren't for the red haze of a Pokeball returning Shirley to her domain, the gangster would've lost the hand he wounded the archaeologist with.

"I'm not one of you. I'm just... an interested party." He didn't meet Montgomery's eyes. "I'm not part of your family. I'm different."

He was just here for money. He was just here to preserve history and use Team Rocket to coast on easy streak for the rest of his life. He wasn't a criminal, and he wasn't a hypocrite. He just wanted to survive. Fuck Montgomery James. Fuck Team Rocket. Fuck everything.

Yet he didn't say any of that.

"Clear." He staggered to his feet. When Howard spoke, it was like a child afraid of his father's belt. "Am I dismissed?"

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