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[Private Text to: Riku and Xion]
Team Rocket's list of targets changed. You're both on it now, so stay sharp and watch your backs. I don't know when they'll move on any of us.
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[It's been almost three months since he left, with only a letter to say goodbye. To say that Lightning hadn't been thinking about him as the day that would have been thier first anniversary drew nearer would be a lie, and she's taken it with remarkable grace when all things are concerned.
Or maybe she's just used to getting left behind. Who knows. All she knows is there's a house on the beach with too many memories and dreams, and she can barely look at Lucky or Strike without expecting him to be right at her side. She has to put that part of her past to rest if she's going to be able to lead the Corps in the best way she can, and so she's come to the seaside once more. Something a young boy once taught her matters more than she ever thought it would now.
Those passing close to the Radio tower will find her crouched at the railing, a lit sparkler in one hand and a bottle with a letter in the other as her Lucario stands guard nearby, gear in paw. Today would have been special, if he were here. But he isn't and it's just one more anniversary of loss. One more thing that needs to be shaken off.]
Turn it off, Sen.
[The Lucario in question yelps, but it's only in surprise, not fear. Lightning's voice is steady and quiet, and she rises to her feet as the sparkler burns out and leaves ash in the wind. She moves to the railing now, but Sen manages to end the feed just as the bottle that was in her hand drops out of sight and into the ocean.
A few minutes later, however, something else hits the network. The fact that it's an anonymous text may make people wary, but there's nothing untoward about this one. No, this one is the exact opposites of the others that have gone out.]
[Anon Text]
If someone gave you a chance to help protect this world and everyone who lives here from the people who want to harm it, would you do it? Or would you stand by and watch it burn like the Lighthouse?
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Date: 2012-08-31 06:42 am (UTC)They have to decide to come back on their own. All you can do is try to influence that decision and be there if they do. [sigh] Not that it makes waiting any easier.
[private text]
Date: 2012-08-31 07:10 am (UTC)[Action]
Date: 2012-08-31 07:15 am (UTC)Yeah, guess I'm just too used to weird and chaotic things happening all around me.
[The sky's blue today, peppered with clouds here and there. Rain's probably coming in the evening or something, if the weatherman's right.
...But they're always right in this place, aren't they?]
[private text]
Date: 2012-08-31 07:26 am (UTC)I found out because I was told. Someone working for Team Rocket sent me the list. It's changed since I was last told about it in May.
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Date: 2012-08-31 09:07 am (UTC)[Just like how being used to working alone and being reckless doesn't make it the right call to charge headfirst into a mess. Not that she's saying that today. Nope. She's just glancing up at the clouds as a breeze carries the scent of rainwater to them. Storm's coming...]
Like the weather. We're used to it going insane, but that storm back in May still caught us off-guard.
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Date: 2012-08-31 09:11 am (UTC)Besides. Those aren't the only failures I've seen you have. You might want to work on your track record before saying I'll burn with you.
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Date: 2012-08-31 09:12 am (UTC)[other than Sen, but he's...clearly busy with Palum. Having way too much fun.]
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Date: 2012-08-31 09:14 am (UTC)Then train more. You need to be able to fight back without needing backup in case you end up on your own. Otherwise, all you're asking for is trouble.
action;
Date: 2012-08-31 09:36 am (UTC)[Except...] But because Siren already knows Sing, she's another possible starting Pokémon.
[text]
Date: 2012-08-31 09:55 am (UTC)"squad"? "us"? wait a sec, I'm not following you.
when did we ditch casual conversation and enter some sorta job interview?
[text]
Date: 2012-08-31 09:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-31 10:24 am (UTC)What exactly is it that I would be joining?
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Date: 2012-08-31 10:27 am (UTC)A group of trainers that stand against what Team Rocket does. We have a name, but I can't tell you until I'm sure you can be trusted.
[text]
Date: 2012-08-31 10:42 am (UTC)so who's "us" anyway?
[text]
Date: 2012-08-31 10:48 am (UTC)Just a group of trainers trying to keep Team Rocket from doing any more damage. I'm surprised you don't know about us already; last I heard, you were friends with one of our members, and she's not that good at keeping things secret.
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Date: 2012-08-31 10:53 am (UTC)Negatives? Possibility of endangering himself, and more importantly, Olivia (and whatever other Pokemon he may befriend in the future). Possibility of endangering other members of the group, if he fails to meet necessary standards.
...Positives? Direction. Coordination. A better chance of making an impact. Having allies. Being an ally. (And there's nothing Ondorus is better at than that.)
He returns and types out a message.]
I've given it thought. I would like to join you - that is, if you'll have someone who's been in Johto for not much more than a week.
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Date: 2012-08-31 11:07 am (UTC)action;
Date: 2012-08-31 11:12 am (UTC)I plan on practicing outside at route 34 and 35 just to be on the safe side.
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Date: 2012-08-31 11:29 am (UTC)Not that she's complaining, though. If this guy's got the team and will to back up his words, they can use the help.]
Like I said, I'd need to be sure I can trust you first. The length of your stay isn't an issue; a week or a year, so long as I know you're not going to turn around and betray us.
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Date: 2012-08-31 11:38 am (UTC)action;
Date: 2012-08-31 12:57 pm (UTC)Re: text;
Date: 2012-08-31 12:58 pm (UTC)You refer to the police? While it's certainly possible, until there's reason to believe otherwise I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt; it's not unlikely that the local laws here served this world's residents well indeed before we foreigners arrived.
Though I presume from your response that you are indeed disastisfied with their handling of the matter, as I asked in my first comment. In which case one might then presume you have an interesting in either aiding them, or forming a vigilante system of justice of your own?
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Date: 2012-08-31 12:58 pm (UTC)We'd need to meet in person first, before I make any kind of decision about you. What city are you in right now?
[If barely a week in Johto is the truth, then he couldn't have gotten far.]
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Date: 2012-08-31 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-31 01:19 pm (UTC)I just hope nothing that bad happens here.