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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.
[/private texts]

[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?

[private text]

Date: 2012-08-31 07:10 am (UTC)
ordalias: (that I never knew)
From: [personal profile] ordalias
"Both" of us? How did you find out?

[Action]

Date: 2012-08-31 07:15 am (UTC)
impulsives: (Shinn | Thinking)
From: [personal profile] impulsives
[There's a sigh from him.]

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?]

action;

Date: 2012-08-31 09:36 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] eagletalons
If I remember correctly, Seismic Toss is available as a TM, which Bismarck and Alexander are able to learn. Meanwhile, Atomos already knows Rollout, which is one thing in my favor, so he may go first.

[Except...] But because Siren already knows Sing, she's another possible starting Pokémon.

[text]

Date: 2012-08-31 09:55 am (UTC)
darkenedgales: ((unsure))
From: [personal profile] darkenedgales
[He was pretty natural back there, so who knows...]

"squad"? "us"? wait a sec, I'm not following you.

when did we ditch casual conversation and enter some sorta job interview?

Date: 2012-08-31 10:24 am (UTC)
grapecape: (..?...?...)
From: [personal profile] grapecape
[Whoa. What did he just get offered?]

What exactly is it that I would be joining?

[text]

Date: 2012-08-31 10:42 am (UTC)
darkenedgales: (so how can we make this show more gay?)
From: [personal profile] darkenedgales
[Well, that's not suspicious at all... but also intriguing. Because from what he's gathered so far, there's some unspecified "they" who would be willing to protect this world and he's somehow managed to ignore their existence up until now. Knowing more would be nice, and it's not like he "doesn't feel like helping out", so...]

so who's "us" anyway?

Date: 2012-08-31 10:53 am (UTC)
grapecape: (proud remnants of the univir)
From: [personal profile] grapecape
[Ondorus steps away from the 'Gear for a few minutes to consider the choice. Allies. A group with a motive.

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.

action;

Date: 2012-08-31 11:12 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] eagletalons
We will just have to work on that, wont we? Siren is competent enough even if Sing fails.

I plan on practicing outside at route 34 and 35 just to be on the safe side.

Date: 2012-08-31 11:38 am (UTC)
grapecape: (insert irrelevant factoid here)
From: [personal profile] grapecape
That's more than understandable. Is there anything you would like to know, or have me do, to confirm my intention?

Re: text;

Date: 2012-08-31 12:58 pm (UTC)
dreamsofahero: (glancing up)
From: [personal profile] dreamsofahero
*he's already given her as much of an answer as he cares to in public; whether she reads between the lines for it (not to mention acting on it) is up to her*

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?

Date: 2012-08-31 01:02 pm (UTC)
grapecape: (insert irrelevant factoid here)
From: [personal profile] grapecape
Cherrygrove. I've been working at the Pokemon Center since I reached the city, and planned to set out for Violet this Friday afternoon.

Date: 2012-08-31 01:19 pm (UTC)
infinitejustice: (Melancholy)
From: [personal profile] infinitejustice
Indeed.

I just hope nothing that bad happens here.

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