May Day Mayday

[ateamrocket]

A. All around Glitterace and Turnbloom (Normies)
[Hello everyone. How are you doing? The weather is lovely around Ultern today and it’s a great day for just going about your business outside. Maybe you just stopped by the market? Maybe you’re catching some pokemon? Maybe you’re having a snack? Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, you suddenly find yourself being accosted from behind by a pink-haired young woman in a rocket grunt uniform. She’s going to try and MUG YOU AND RUN, taking any poke balls you may have been carrying with you.

If you’re quick enough and manage to dodge her sticky fingers, she’ll skid to a stop on the other side, turning to look at you. There’s a dark intensity to her expression. She flexes her fingers like a cowboy readying to draw a pistol… but doesn’t appear to be carrying a weapon, thankfully. All the same, she’s clearly not here for a friendly chat.]

Your Pokémon. Hand ‘em over.

[Her accent is very Galarian, but sort of…off, somehow?]

B. All around Glitterace and Turnbloom (for Rockets)
[…Unless, of course, you happen to be sporting a bright red R as well. She won’t apologize for bodychecking you but she will, at least, return any Pokémon she snatched if she managed to get any.]

Tch. You should really be more careful.

Comments

[domeinion]

More Rockets?

[Alice's hand flies to her Poké Balls, and she steps back.]

Give me one reason to, because I'm a little preoccupied with my research out here.

[ateamrocket]

Tch. Faster reflexes than I expected. Is keeping that head of yours attached to your neck enough of a reason for you?

[Mayday tosses the threat out with a disarmingly casual tone.]

[domeinion]

I've dealt with a lot worse than you. You're going to get more resistance here in Ultern.

[ateamrocket]

Can’t have been worse than me if you’re still alive to talk about it. Don’t talk like you’ve got any bloody clue what I’m capable of.

[She takes a step closer.]

Hand. Them. Over.

[domeinion]

[Alice's mind races as she steps back. She'd never seen the girl before, and there are probably a bunch of red-haired young female Rockets who will actually just kill you, but she has to wonder --]

Four?

[ateamrocket]

[Unbeknownst to Alice, Mayday’s last name - that is to say, her mother’s maiden name - was Foreman. The partial homonym gives the Rocket pause and for a split second the cold stare turns to almost apprehension. Did this girl know her? No, that was impossible. No one should know her last name outside of the organization (well, maybe Fred?) So then… So then, what the hell was she saying?]

…what?

[domeinion]

Are you Four? The other one he brought back. That is -- what's a Randomizer to you?

[Because "did you kill my dad" is the more awkward of the questions she could ask.]

B [assuming she recognizes him *after* she mugs him]

[buson]

The hell?

[Hey, they met before! Briefly.]

I am careful, you ain’t gonna get anything.

[Besides, today, he’s wearing his pokeballs on an ammunition belt strapped to his chest, like he did in uniform, it’s just behind a (non-uniform) cargo jacket today.

Feel free to take the half-crushed, individually-wrapped chinsuko biscuit you found in his pant pockets, though. The money, he’ll probably be mad about if she took.]

((If you prefer that she not recognize him out of uniform, I can rewrite!))

Heheh perfect

[ateamrocket]

((It’s all good! Likewise lmk if you’d prefer she not grab the money and I can rewrite. She’ll give it back to him in a bit tho so don’t worry))

[If given the slightest opportunity, Mayday will indeed swipe his biscuit AND his money. She’s gonna pocket the former and thumb through the latter with a smug, teasing expression.]

Not TOO careful, though, huh?

[buson]

I literally just got paid and buyin’ other clothes took precedent over buying a wallet. Most people ain’t dumb enough to mug someone like me.

[He’s narrowing his gaze and, if Mayday doesn’t hand the money over soon, he might have to use force!]

((She can grab the money, sure, but be prepared for a fight if she doesn’t hand it back soon!
You don’t have a permissions post, so it’s hard to tell if you’re okay with violence, etc.!))

[ateamrocket]

((Gosh I should really make one of those! For the record though I’m A-Ok with violence!))

[Mayday just laughs at that.]

Easy there, I’m just taking the piss. It’s all yours. Robbing a fellow thief in broad daylight is unsportsmanlike.

[She grins, pretty clearly not actually concerned with what was and was not sporting, and holds the money out to him.]

[buson]

((You can click the link in my permissions post and get the code, there are very helpful users that made templates for things like this. ^^ Good to hear!
I was worried I might've crossed a boundary the last time because Buson's just a bit blunt/rude/insensitive generally, when he was asking if she was a haafu because he's never encountered a Galarian Rocket...))

[He snatched it back, not appreciating being called a fellow thief, but she doesn't know he's changed his ways. It has been a long time since they crossed paths, after all... he's not going to tell her, for now, as it's none of her business.]

So what're you gonna do with the Pokemon you steal? It's not like you can just deliver them to HQ or anythin', right?

[ateamrocket]

((Oh no, golly! You didn’t do anything wrong! I just dropped the ball and forgot to tag back and then anxiety-brain was like AHH IT’S TOO LATE NOW… I’m so sorry if I worried you! if you still were game to continue our old thread too to establish their CR more I’d be totally happy to!))

Hmm, you’ve got a point. Hadn’t really thought about it too much. Stealin’s just second nature. [She scratches her cheek.] Guess I’ll just keep ‘em for myself?

[radleyslittleevie]

Oh no! You're another mean Team Rocket person!

[Evie the talking Eevee watches the Rocket accost someone in alarm.]

[ateamrocket]

[Mayday turns in the direction of the voice, clearly looking for a human speaker. But… huh, that’s weird. There’s nothing here but an Eevee. I mean, she has seen some pretty wild things, but a talking pokemon? That’s just ridiculous. That’s why she sort of laughs when she looks down at the creature and jokingly says:]

Don’t tell me you said that?

[radleyslittleevie]

Yeah, I did! I don't like when Team Rocket people are mean!

[ateamrocket]

Hahaha, what the hell…

Alright, assuming for a second I’m not losing my bloody mind and you really are talking, what makes you think I give a toss about what you like and dislike?

[radleyslittleevie]

You won't, because Team Rocket is mean and doesn't care about feelings! But I'll have to try to stop you if you do mean things here!

[ateamrocket]

Heh. “Try” being the operative word there, short stuff.

[Behind Mayday, the trainer she had accosted is complaining and making a fuss, trying to get her to give their pokeballs back. She is ignoring them.]

So how’d you learn to talk, anyway?

[goingallout]

[You know it seems pretty low for someone like Mayday to start mugging a 10-year old in the middle of the street. Well whatever, Ash falls from the ground looking startled at first before noticing the big red R on her shirt.]

Team Rocket!? There's more of you!?!?

[And unfortunately for Ash, a few of his Pokeballs were stolen. Alarmed, Ash gives chase.]

Give me back my Pokemon! Pikachu, use Electroweb!

Pika!

[Immediately Pikachu charges up electricity from his tail and throws it at Mayday. The ball of electricity bursts and spreads out to form a web-like net, and starts flying towards the Rocket grunt's direction.]

[ateamrocket]

[Unfortunately for Ash, picking on children is a specialty(?) of Mayday’s. She’ll easily sink that low and even lower still if it means getting what she wants.]

Sorry kid, no dice! They’re mine no—ooh SHIT.

[Mayday stuffs the pokeballs into a bag before reaching to the ones on her own belt and throwing one behind her. A cat-like pokemon, a deep and vibrant red-orange in color, appears in the resulting glow of light.]

Lady! We’ve got a live one! You gotta tank that web, then use Dust Spray and follow me!

[The cat nods and turns to look at the oncoming trainer and Pikachu, dutifully blocking the path and even rushing headlong into the electric web. She seems entirely unfazed by the attack - the electricity crackles and dissipates, unable to find a conductor. She then turns and kicks her back paws with a mighty force, stirring up the dirt on the path. Taking advantage of the temporarily obscured visibility, she bounds off after her trainer.]

[goingallout]

[WOAH WHAT THE HECK IS THAT POKEMON!! THAT LOOKS SO COOL-

Sadly he can't grab his Pokedex at the moment as once dust covers their field of view, both Ash and Pikachu immediately pull themselves away.]

Ggh!

[Knowing she'll be getting away with this, Ash acts fast and quickly sends out his Gengar and Dragonite.]

You two, go after Team Rocket! Hurry!

[Immediately both Pokemon fly away from their trainer and starts chasing after Mayday. While his Dragonite begins to charge up energy from its mouth, Gengar decides to dive into Dragonite's shadow and disappears from view. Hoping to attempt some sort of sneak attack whenever Mayday's Pokemon draws in close.]

[ateamrocket]

[Mayday doesn’t stop running, but she does look over her shoulder at the Pokémon giving chase,]

Tch. Persistent little bugger, I’ll give him that. Lady, use Boulder Bury!

[…Rock Tomb. It’s Rock Tomb. I do not know why the romhack arbitrarily renamed some of the moves but there you go. The sphinx skids to a stop and turns and looks up at the Dragonite with intense eyes. Pebbles are drawn from the ground and begin to glow, growing into a cage of large, jagged stones above her. With a flick of a paw, they then launch in rapid succession like darts towards the flying dragon type.]

[goingallout]

[Behind Dragonite, Ash and Pikachu manage to catch up.]

Draco Meteor, now!

[Dragonite then shoots all that charged energy towards the sky, and in an instant dragon-charged comets start falling down towards some of the rocks coming towards her, as well as Mayday's strange Pokemon. While some of the rocks got destroyed, only a few managed to get a hit on his Dragonite as she staggers and falls.

And if Mayday ever attempts to run, she might feel cold hands holding onto her ankles -- Gengar can be seen locking Mayday in place from her shadow, trying to make sure she doesn't flee again. The ghost-type looks at Mayday with a cackle.]

Geh-heh-heeeeh!

[ateamrocket]

[Classylady watches the comets fall warily. She could try to outrun them, but that’d be potentially putting her trainer in the line of fire. Obviously, that won’t do. So she stands her ground and takes the hit, allowing herself to be knocked back and tumble further along the path.]

Lady!! Gh— shit!

[Mayday tries to run up to her Pokémon but Gengar grabs hold and puts an end to that plan right quick. She stumbles unceremoniously to the ground, kicking and thrashing her legs to try and rid herself of the ghost.]

Damn it! Let me go! Lady!!!