Team Rocket Roleplay [In character ONLY]

"If you have a Pokemon chosen already, then by all means use it for your observational study. This is a personal decision. " The Queen gave a short nod of her head. "It is important for a Trainer to trust their gut feeling."

She seemed quite satisfied with his swift decision and was about to leave when the harried Scientist jabbed her in the arm. "Hey. Creepo. You have to choose a Starter too. It's on the list." She shoved the clipboard in the armored Professor's face.

"I do not understand. I have a full roster. I was under the impression that this was a study to help train those Grunts who passed a higher intelligence score than the others."

"Too bad for you. Boss says that you've gotta make a choice too."

" I see." She huffed, striding towards the softly glowing table. The Pokemon Queen hovered near Drew for a moment, frowning. ".. No. This does not feel right." Pacing up and down the table for a good while, she seemed stuck. It had been several years since she'd been presented with this choice, and did not want to make too swift of a commitment.

Long moments would pass before she made her choice, plucking a Pokeball from its cradle. A grimace crossed her face when a light flashed out from under her corselet. Rules were rules, and a Trainer could only have six. A member of her team had been returned to her PC. " Blasted... I believe we are done here, Finley."

Novick quickly reaches for his pouch and takes all three pokeballs out, sending out his team of Crobat, Weavile and Sableye. Crobat and Weavile act normally while Sableye climbs on top of Novick's head and clings to it. As they all look to their trainer, Novick quickly assesses the situation and starts giving out orders. "Crobat, cover us as we observe the fighting! If you see an attack heading for either one of us deflect it" He reaches for the top of his head and pets Sableye "Keep me covered. I'll tell you when to attack" He looks down at Weavile, who looks up at him with his tongue sticking out. With an annoyed look Novick focuses back on the fight "Weavile. Be ready to intervene at my command. I want you to Icicle Crash anyone who comes at you. If you get swarmed you have my permission to use Avalanche" With the commands issued, each pokemon get into battle ready positions as Novick approaches Rizza. He crouches to her level and offers her hand to help her up "Crobat can handle the incoming fire. While our pokemon handle riot control we need to keep an eye on the targets so we can capture pokemon if needed and report the abnormalities in the mission specs and more. When we have what we need we'll head to somewhere safe" He looks down at Rizza "You ready to get started?"

Rizza watched as each Pokemon followed Novick's swift commands. Her eyes darted between his Pokemon and the angry mass of plants. Her mind tried to think of it's own plan, but she knew these plants were much stronger than her Pokemon. Kiva might stand a chance, if he used ember. Shade could use hypnosis on a few of them, just to keep it contained a bit.

When Novick crouched next to her, offering her his hand, she gave a sheepish smile and took it. "Thanks." This wasn't how she wanted to start off the mission, but she would show him she knew how to battle, at least. With his help, she stood and looked at the formation of his Pokemon and then to he group of battling plants. Crobat was keeping any stray attacks from hitting them. Weavile was at the ready if any Pokemon noticed them and attacked, and Sableye was covering Novick.

'Ok, Kiva can help Crobat or Weavile. Shade....' She glanced at the floating ball of gas, who still awaited directions. “Kiva, give Weavile and Crobat backup, if they need it. Don't let any of the attacks get through. Ember any enemy who tries to get through you guys!” She called out before turning her attention to Shade. The ball of gas smiled at her as she moved closer to him. “You get a special job, Shade. I need you to fly above them, and look for anything that doesn't look normal. Remember that Gloom we saw in camp? That one was normal. Find one here that looks different.” She returned the goofy evil grin that her Pokemon had, knowing he liked it. The Gastly made an almost chuckle sound before floating off higher and over the group of plant Pokemon.

Looking over to Novick, she wished she had another Pokemon to guard her as well. It was a good idea, but she didn't have time to dwell on it. Pulling her hoodie out of her bag, she had it ready for any powder or spore attacks that might stray her way. Swiftly, she walked around the guard Pokemon and closer to where a group of Glooms, who looked in distress, clustered. Glancing up as an odd shadow covered her, she noticed Shade had moved closer to her position. 'Good boy' she smiled before kneeling on one knee to look closer at the Glooms. They were in a circle like group around a few strange looking rocks, each taking a step closer then back. One, however, got too close and touched one of the rocks. Within seconds it was glowing and turned into a Bellossom. Stumbling back and making a crying like noise it slowly turned back into a Gloom. “That's the target!” She yelled and pointed to she Gloom she had been watching, before thinking about it. All the other Glooms turned towards her. “Shit, Shade, Kiva!” She called as she backed up towards the other Pokemon. “Hypnosis on the one we want, Shade!” She called glancing over her shoulder to see Kiva moving her direction.

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Near Rizza:
3 (normal) Glooms (lvls 19, 19, 20) ; 1 Abnormal Gloom (lvl 24)

Battling Each other:
4 Bellossom (lvl. 21-32) v.s. 3 Vileplume (lvl. 21- 34) [HP will be down on all these since they have been fighting]

The Queen considered the ball in her hand, tossing it a little while she considered their options. " I believe that if we wished to gain the best observational point to watch our chosen partners, the Lake of Rage would be an excellent starting point with wide open banks and still water. Magikarp are plentiful and make good targets for young Pokemon to test their abilities. If a Gyarados should approach, I still have the rest of my team to protect us."

She clipped the new ball onto her corselet, taking care to keep it separate from her other Pokemon. " We should avoid as much danger as possible. Keep out of the tall grass until we reach the Lake. If you have some sort of fishing tackle, I would bring it. Otherwise, I think there is a small stall there that allows the rental of fishing equipment." Beckoning to her new protege, she tromped out of the Lab.

The Pokemon Queen nodded, quietly wandering through the grass, and then continuing on the bare patches of shorter grass that allowed safe passage to the Lake of Rage. She even nodded to the Team Rocket member that was happily scalping those who passed out of hard earned money--he let them pass without fuss, though. Within a fairly short amount of time they would find themselves at the glistening shores of the Lake of Rage.

She would wordlessly make her way to the small, wooden fishing hut, directing a finger at the sign 'Fishing Poles For Rent' . The Professor stood to the side of the house, looking over the gorgeous lakeside view. Her new Pokeball was nagging at her, pulling at her curiosity. Now was as good a time as ever. Without unclipping it from her armor, she simply pressed the button of the ball and released her newest acquisition to the air.

The blast of red light deposited a dark brown shell onto the grass. The coloration reminded the Pokemon Queen of hematite. A black stone that shone like chrome in light, but when scratched left brown-red traces. Bloodstone, some geologists affectionately called it. A branch with two small twigs emerged from inside the shell, and the shy Turtwig poked out its head, blinking sleepily in the sunlight.

The specimen was easily twice the size as a regular Turtwig... she wasn't entirely certain what the scientists had done, but the size and abnormal shell coloring were certainly two strikingly obvious indications that whatever their experiments were, they were changing their test subjects. Foolish lab rats. They would have noticed the irregularities immediately if they'd only leave the sterile confines of the laboratory and breathe fresh air for once . She knelt near the shy thing, scanning it with her Rocket Dex.

Shade launched his hypnosis attack, but it didn't seem to have an effect on the Gloom. Taking a few more steps back, Rizza realized Novick had the Gloom problem under control. Within minutes, he had defeated the whole group of them.



"Just to be safe, lets take care of this group before collecting the rocks. You can even catch one to give your team a little edge if you want"



She nodded in agreeance, glancing over to Shade and Kiva, who were still on standby. With Novick focused on the Bellossom, for the most part, she decided to take on a Vileplume. “Kiva ember. Shade use hypnosis afterwards.” She ordered as a Vileplume charged towards her. The Houndour let out a small bark before blowing large red flames at the plant. The flames engulfed the Vileplume for a moment before slowly fading. When the flames had subsided a bit, Shade used hypnosis again, this time putting the Pokemon to sleep. Rizza smiled as she moved her bag and got a Greatball out and tossed it at the sleeping and injured Pokemon. The ball rolled twice then went still. Running over, Rizza grabbed it and moved her attention on the other Vileplume. “Kiva, keep using ember. Shade, use night shade on them. Focus both your attacks on one” She finished, watching as the two went to battle. Kiva blew embers on one, then moved his attention to another that was charging him.

With the situation under control for the most part, Rizza looked over at Novick. “Sir, maybe would should call the scientist or someone to come look at the stones.” She stated, though since she was new, she didn't know who to call.