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For the last couple of weeks, Rocket's regular shipment of God knows what - no one tells him shit - had been delayed or MIA. Turns out, some punks wearing homemade black and red outfits sporting the name 'Team Rocket' had been confiscating the goods for themselves. Either they had the firepower at their cosplay belts or the people Rocket hired to handle the smuggling affairs were a bunch of pansies.[break][break]

Regardless, River had been asked - ordered - to take care of the situation. It seemed like a bad idea given his low standing in the organization. He himself was basically just a stupid punk kid sporting a cosplay outfit with a red 'R' logo. Except he just wore his regular clothing, and he stole stuff because he could, not because it was for Rocket.[break][break]

He was the wannabeist of wannabes, really.[break][break]

But he was here with some other punk kid - or maybe he wasn't a punk kid and he was actually a for reals Rocket kid. Whatever. They were the same age give or take and River had never met him before. Hopefully Rocket wasn't making a big mistake sending two teenagers to do a mans clean up job.[break][break]

"So, Conrad, was it? What's in those containers, you think?"

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POSTED ON Jul 11, 2020 16:44:34 GMT

priam's shoulders give way to a shrug following river's question. "i'unno. pokemon maybe? i just know it's some good shit," he answers.

truth be told, priam wasn't taking notes when this was briefed to him. he gets the gist of it, but the specifics weren't focused upon on since he thought it shouldn't matter. they were just supposed to beat people up in his understanding, after all.

he doesn't know much about river, but he seems like a good kid. maybe they'll get along, priam wasn't quite sure, but he's optimistic about getting acquainted with the other grunt by the end of this.

"so, how'd you wanna do this thing? just go in guns blazing?" he asks, tone excited.

priam was itching to go out of hiding, fists ready to just deck someone. he can't really have their pokemon do much damage in case they destroy the goods after all.

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"Hm."[break][break]

Unimpressed with the answer but not interested enough to think on it further, River drops the topic. Chances were it was something special he'd get fired for - and he needed the money more than he needed some shiny new whatsit.[break][break]

He wasn't the type to risk his neck for baubles, after all. Not unless those baubles belonged to a pretty face.[break][break]

Along the way, River opts to take a glance at Priam - or maybe two or three. The kid looks around the same age as him, and has one of those faces you've probably seen in a crowd once or twice and been like 'nice.' But he can't say he's ever actually had a conversation with the guy.[break][break]

It's a plus that he seems so laidback.[break][break]

Or - he was until he turned into an excited puppy at the prospect of burying his knuckles in somebody's face. River blinks, the bored and flat expression on his face slowly morphing into surprise.[break][break]

"Sure, yeah. As long as we don't fuck up our pretty faces, I'm in."[break][break]

He smirks but releases his Luxio regardless. She had a knack for being ruthless without doing much damage. That, and River was a coward and wouldn't likely get down and dirty for the sake of getting blood on his shirt. He only had so many, after all, and he didn't need them needlessly ruined.

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the enthusiasm gets priam riled up as he immediately steps out, revealing himself to the false grunts. the agreement for river was the only thing he needed.

"hi, boys!" he speaks out.

the people in their makeshift rocket uniform all turn their attention towards him, and priam responds to them with a wave of his hand. a mixture of emotions could be seen in their faces, though the most prominent ones seemed to be nervousness and anger.

they did not fear him though, so there's that.

"come on! we just wanna ask a few questions," he tells them as he releases a pokemon from a ball attached to his waist. "gravity."

they all fall into the ground. a crate one of them was carrying crashes as well with the increased pull, but the crate's construction seemed to still be holding on. he wasn't quite sure about the goods inside however.

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River is genuinely amused and invigorated by Priam's enthusiasm. It gets his blood pumping as he steps out alongside the guy to get up close and personal with these wannabes. Of course, he quickly realizes how much shit they could be in if these punks decided they wanted to--[break][break]

Fuck. They definitely wanted to put up a fight.[break][break]

With a strained smile, River has half a mind to bail right then. He definitely doesn't have the Pokemon on him to handle a rough and tumble fight, and his pipsqueak lanky frame is not cut out for hand-to-hand combat. He wasn't actually super fit and lean under all that pale skin. He was a weakling pickpocket - and he wasn't even particularly good at that.[break][break]

Really, he was useless.[break][break]

But then Priam comes through with the bizarre and exotic beauty of a Pokemon, if one could call it beautiful. To each their own, really. It lays down a GRAVITY field, dropping all of them to the ground and their cargo. He can hear someone cry out with pain. The crate must have crushed his hands or his toes. That's too bad.[break][break]

"Yeah, yeah, a few questions. Like where'd you'd get the shitty get up? Your seamstress sucks, bro. We don't even wear costumes - that shit's... just shit."

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there were only grunts of defiance from the false rocket they caught. obviously, they didn't want to give up the names of any accomplices they may have. that, or this was their handiwork.

he turns around to face river, a finger lazily pointing at the grunts. "you think they made it on their own?" priam muses out loud, amused.

"do you wanna rough them up?" he asks his partner before turning his attention back to the grunts. he snaps his finger, signalling the sigilyph to let go of the gravity. "oh, and if you guys try to escape or use your pokemon, the gravity turns back on."

looking at both of them, neither seemed to be proficient in fist fights, which wasn't surprising given that most people having been reliant on pokemon to do their battles for them. the two looked at each other and gave a nod before sprinting for different targets.

the shorter of the two lunges for river, which priam promptly trips with his leg. the larger of the one manages to land a hit on him straight on his jaw, however. priam recoils, and the grunt that hit him flinches with surprise. priam then surprises the one facing him with a sucker punch right at his gut.

"woo! never felt so alive."

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Oh, shit. This was totally happening. [break][break]

Priam gestures to the dudes on the ground and River is nonchalant about it, shrugging his comment off.[break][break]

"Dunno, they look like a couple of punks, s'all I know."[break][break]

But the same could almost certainly be said for the two of them. They were literally a pair of teenagers out looking for a fight. Well, Priam was, apparently. All of a sudden there's a guy in his face and then said guy is on the ground with a bloody nose. [break][break]

"Thanks, man."[break][break]

He steps back to kick the dropped fake-grunt in the face. He yells, holding his face and rolling off to the side to avoid getting the boot a second time. River advances too eagerly, however, and the other guy manages to sweep his legs out from under him.[break][break]

Fortunately, River is a nimble ferret-man and he rolls out of the way before he gets stomped on, and he comes up to mimick Priam's sucker punch to the guys jaw. Of course, his own fist is not as capable of dishing out pain as it is at receiving it, and he gasps in shock at how much that fucking hurt. He holds his hand and frowns, stepping back to avoid getting decked a second time.[break][break]

"Me too, I think."

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the phone on his pocket rings. he immediately knees the man to the gut before running away from where they were towards to the boxes that they have left.

"fuck! we gotta wrap it up soon. gotta go somewhere soon." it was movie night at elijah gardner 's house, except elijah doesn't know it yet. priam can't be late.

priam turns back to the siglyph with a command. "gravity!" and before long, the two false rockets were back to being glued to the ground.

he goes straight to the boxes that they were trying to transport and takes one of them in his hands. he then turns to his partner for the mission before gesturing at the grunts.

"so, whaddya wanna do with them, river?"

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River glances up at the sound of a phone buzzing - a habit, he's a popular guy. [break][break]

It grants him a punch to the face that immediately splits his lip. With a hiss, his hand reaches up to touch the cut and wince as blood stains his fingertips.[break][break]

"Fuck."[break][break]

Thankfully, Priam's Sigilyph sucker punches them back into the ground where they groan and complain, leaving River to follow Priam to the boxes.[break][break]

The dark haired boy reaches down to grab one and River is left standing there, dumbfounded. Were they supposed to take them? Or just chase off the dumbasses looting? Were they now the dumbass looters? What the fuck was happening?[break][break]

"Dunno, man. What do you wanna do with them? Steal shit?"[break][break]

He opts to try cracking open the very box Priam is carrying, regardless of if it's heavy or rude.

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POSTED ON Jul 23, 2020 17:10:53 GMT

when river finds interest in the box, priam hands it to him without thinking much and leaves him to carry the box. he quickly turns to the people they incapacitated, tapping his chin as he thinks.

"they said to 'take care of it', but that instruction's too vague." there's more disdain and annoyance in his stare than anything, which he allows the false rockets to take in. "i'm not really in a mood to do a janitor's job, so maybe..."

he turns to his pokemon. "sigilyph?"

the call of her trainer gets the pokemon to release the gravity field. "yeah! you guys run away! and, don't show yourself ever again if you value your lives!"

priam picks up a different crate and then returns to river. "you got that and i got this. that's a fifty-fifty! imma be late for an appointment though, so see ya!"

holding a crate of unidentified goods, priam bolts away from the scene and goes to his destination back at slateport. maybe someone will bring barbecue so elijah can finally stop being a vegetarian.