Rustboro City - Hoenn Region @Wriggle
( OH YEAH TOTES SHERRY REMEMBERS ROXANNE )
"Wow... Thanks Roxanne."
Sherry was more than pleased that their actions were acknowledged, and by the gym leader, no less. From what she had learned, the gym leaders of the region were respected like celebrities, and they had good connections with the cities they placed their bases in. Seeing Roxanne and the police taking an interest in what happened gave some hope for the rest of the region. But why did no-one go after the hideout before? Surely the gym leader could have rounded up a few servicemembers and put the crooks to the blade.
She supposed it didn't matter at the moment, but Sherry wasn't going to forget the ineptitude exuded by the police.
"Well Yuuka, you practically took out those crooks by yourself," Sherry said. She turned to her and gave her a proud smile. "You deserve the credit more than I do."
All the World's a Pokemon - IC
01/18/2014, 08:58 PM #852
Hoenn Region - Rustboro City
"Score!" Yuuka grinned with joyous whim. "But... why didn't you just defeat them by yourself? Surely you're the gym leader..."
"The Team Anarchy were supported by the ex-Team Magma and Team Aqua leaders, Maxie and Archie. We could've defeated them if we didn't want to incur the wrath of the two." Roxanne explained. "Anyway, now that you two have the Stone Badge, the next destination is the Dewford Town."
Dewford Town. That's where Sherry was supposed to meet Chiu, a mysterious enigma who could help with defeating the Team Anarchy and their... well... anarchist plans.
"Dewford Town. Got it." Yuuka nodded, clutching her newly-earned badge with hope and determination. "Before that..."
Yuuka pulled out the moneybag.
"This was in Team Anarchy's base. We managed to retrieve it, but I think it is only fair for the city to use it for their need."
"Ah, that's the city enhancement fund that went missing!" The policeman exclaimed.
"Excellent. We can finally manage to continue the project." Roxanne clasped her hands together with joy. "Thank you all for your help."
"No problem." Yuuka winked as the policeman and Roxanne left. "So... back to meeting the old captain?"
"I quit."
"What do you mean, you quit?"
Grunch was determined. After meeting the two female trainers, Grunch questioned his own life. Is this what he really want? What about his Mama waiting back at home in Johto?
Grunch's mother was sick. She caught a rare disease that no one knew about until now. Her life was in danger, and Grunch wanted to find a way to find a cure for this disease so that his Mama could be healthy again. That's why he joined Team Anarchy. He thought, maybe, he could amass enough fortune and information to find the cure... but to avail. These crooks were nothing but part-time drug junkies that just wanted a little excitement in their life. The executives were even worse, focused too much on a grand scheme to even care for their underlings.
He was going to leave Team Anarchy.
"You all, listen to me. I don't care if you choose to follow your path, which will eventually lead to a dead end, or choose to live a better life. But I've decided that staying in Team Anarchy is not worth the risk."
"Bah, you talk big, Grunch. But you're just a sissy inside. You possibly can't leave-"
PUNCH
Grunch the Punch was named so because of his punches. A single punch knocked out a grunt in an instant. The other two cowered in fear. Grunch took a glare at them, took off his Team Anarchy badge, and continued: "From here on now, I choose to follow my own way. Team Anarchy or not, I will crush anyone who chooses to stop me."
Mama, I made some mistakes in the past. Grunch thought as he left the hideout and out to wherever wind will take him. But I hope that, when I meet you again, I can face you with a smile on my face and the cure on my hand. Hang on Mama, I know you can hear me. I'm not gonna let you die.
"Score!" Yuuka grinned with joyous whim. "But... why didn't you just defeat them by yourself? Surely you're the gym leader..."
"The Team Anarchy were supported by the ex-Team Magma and Team Aqua leaders, Maxie and Archie. We could've defeated them if we didn't want to incur the wrath of the two." Roxanne explained. "Anyway, now that you two have the Stone Badge, the next destination is the Dewford Town."
Dewford Town. That's where Sherry was supposed to meet Chiu, a mysterious enigma who could help with defeating the Team Anarchy and their... well... anarchist plans.
"Dewford Town. Got it." Yuuka nodded, clutching her newly-earned badge with hope and determination. "Before that..."
Yuuka pulled out the moneybag.
"This was in Team Anarchy's base. We managed to retrieve it, but I think it is only fair for the city to use it for their need."
"Ah, that's the city enhancement fund that went missing!" The policeman exclaimed.
"Excellent. We can finally manage to continue the project." Roxanne clasped her hands together with joy. "Thank you all for your help."
"No problem." Yuuka winked as the policeman and Roxanne left. "So... back to meeting the old captain?"
"I quit."
"What do you mean, you quit?"
Grunch was determined. After meeting the two female trainers, Grunch questioned his own life. Is this what he really want? What about his Mama waiting back at home in Johto?
Grunch's mother was sick. She caught a rare disease that no one knew about until now. Her life was in danger, and Grunch wanted to find a way to find a cure for this disease so that his Mama could be healthy again. That's why he joined Team Anarchy. He thought, maybe, he could amass enough fortune and information to find the cure... but to avail. These crooks were nothing but part-time drug junkies that just wanted a little excitement in their life. The executives were even worse, focused too much on a grand scheme to even care for their underlings.
He was going to leave Team Anarchy.
"You all, listen to me. I don't care if you choose to follow your path, which will eventually lead to a dead end, or choose to live a better life. But I've decided that staying in Team Anarchy is not worth the risk."
"Bah, you talk big, Grunch. But you're just a sissy inside. You possibly can't leave-"
PUNCH
Grunch the Punch was named so because of his punches. A single punch knocked out a grunt in an instant. The other two cowered in fear. Grunch took a glare at them, took off his Team Anarchy badge, and continued: "From here on now, I choose to follow my own way. Team Anarchy or not, I will crush anyone who chooses to stop me."
Mama, I made some mistakes in the past. Grunch thought as he left the hideout and out to wherever wind will take him. But I hope that, when I meet you again, I can face you with a smile on my face and the cure on my hand. Hang on Mama, I know you can hear me. I'm not gonna let you die.
01/18/2014, 11:34 PM #853
Rustboro City - Hoenn Region @Wriggle
Sherry waved off the gym leader and policeman, happy that they were taking back their city now that a hitch had been taken care of. If she were in their position, she doubted what action she would have taken and decided that Roxanne had made the right choice by choosing to keep her citizens safe by ignoring Team Anarchy. A flea was better to have than a tick, after all. No matter how much the flea bothered the community, they would be kept safe as long as someone in power knew what they were doing.
So, now that Yuuka had the gym badge taken care of (through fame and word of good deeds, no less), the path to Dewford was laid out for the two women and their partners. Sherry outstretched her arm and let Claire land on it before giving her an affectionate neck scratch.
"Yep, we head back to Captain Briney. If we hurry, we'll get back to his cabin at or before sunset." Sherry looked up at the sky. "Maybe we'll even be on the ocean when we get back. It'll be cold at night, but at least we're finally getting somewhere."
Sherry waved off the gym leader and policeman, happy that they were taking back their city now that a hitch had been taken care of. If she were in their position, she doubted what action she would have taken and decided that Roxanne had made the right choice by choosing to keep her citizens safe by ignoring Team Anarchy. A flea was better to have than a tick, after all. No matter how much the flea bothered the community, they would be kept safe as long as someone in power knew what they were doing.
So, now that Yuuka had the gym badge taken care of (through fame and word of good deeds, no less), the path to Dewford was laid out for the two women and their partners. Sherry outstretched her arm and let Claire land on it before giving her an affectionate neck scratch.
"Yep, we head back to Captain Briney. If we hurry, we'll get back to his cabin at or before sunset." Sherry looked up at the sky. "Maybe we'll even be on the ocean when we get back. It'll be cold at night, but at least we're finally getting somewhere."
01/19/2014, 12:17 AM #855
Outside Rustboro City - Hoenn Region @Wriggle
"I hope we don't either," Sherry concurred. "But if we do, we're more than a match for them. I guess going up against Team Anarchy gives you some good experience, and I bet we have some tactics up our sleeves."
It was true, in a way. Even if Sherry wasn't a veteran Pokemon trainer, she could take elements out of the day to day lives of the creatures and attribute them to common life. She could even pluck out her life experiences and use them to train her Pokemon. The importance of falling back to a defendable position, suppressing fire, covering flanks, and stunning enemies may not serve her well enough here in this world, but for her Pokemon, they would benefit tenfold. That is, as long as they understood what suppressing fire was.
"I hope we don't either," Sherry concurred. "But if we do, we're more than a match for them. I guess going up against Team Anarchy gives you some good experience, and I bet we have some tactics up our sleeves."
It was true, in a way. Even if Sherry wasn't a veteran Pokemon trainer, she could take elements out of the day to day lives of the creatures and attribute them to common life. She could even pluck out her life experiences and use them to train her Pokemon. The importance of falling back to a defendable position, suppressing fire, covering flanks, and stunning enemies may not serve her well enough here in this world, but for her Pokemon, they would benefit tenfold. That is, as long as they understood what suppressing fire was.
01/19/2014, 12:49 AM #857
Petalburg Woods - Hoenn Region @Wriggle
Sherry yawned and acknowledged Yuuka's statement with nothing more than a shrug. She hoped that was the case, as getting ambushed by hordes of enemies was such a bother. Good thing it wasn't happening any time soon, though. That would be bad. Still, the agent couldn't help but think something was amiss. Two female trainers had run out towards Rustboro and put an end to the Team Anarchy operations there without so much as a wild goose chase and a brawl. It seemed... too easy.
One should take victories as they come, Sherry thought to herself with another shrug. When a J'avo died to an unexplainable cause, Sherry didn't search for an answer. She just reloaded her magazine and went to work keeping herself and her charge alive. Who cared about the 'hows' and 'whys' when there were more important things to deal with? With that in mind, Sherry felt pretty complacent at that point.
She didn't pay much heed to her Taillow's spastic head movements, as if Claire was anticipating an attack. But an attack or ambush would be silly, not to mention unfortunate and bothersome at that point.
Sherry yawned and acknowledged Yuuka's statement with nothing more than a shrug. She hoped that was the case, as getting ambushed by hordes of enemies was such a bother. Good thing it wasn't happening any time soon, though. That would be bad. Still, the agent couldn't help but think something was amiss. Two female trainers had run out towards Rustboro and put an end to the Team Anarchy operations there without so much as a wild goose chase and a brawl. It seemed... too easy.
One should take victories as they come, Sherry thought to herself with another shrug. When a J'avo died to an unexplainable cause, Sherry didn't search for an answer. She just reloaded her magazine and went to work keeping herself and her charge alive. Who cared about the 'hows' and 'whys' when there were more important things to deal with? With that in mind, Sherry felt pretty complacent at that point.
She didn't pay much heed to her Taillow's spastic head movements, as if Claire was anticipating an attack. But an attack or ambush would be silly, not to mention unfortunate and bothersome at that point.
01/19/2014, 12:53 AM #858
Petalburg Woods
A small rustle could be heard in the trees. Probably some insect Pokemon. Nothing too harming... They can easily be escaped away from...
Not when a tiny yellow spider dropped on top of Sherry's head.
"Joltik!" The tiny Joltik cried happily on top of Sherry's head, its' beady eyes smiling contently.
A small rustle could be heard in the trees. Probably some insect Pokemon. Nothing too harming... They can easily be escaped away from...
Not when a tiny yellow spider dropped on top of Sherry's head.
"Joltik!" The tiny Joltik cried happily on top of Sherry's head, its' beady eyes smiling contently.
01/19/2014, 02:14 AM #859
Petalburg Woods - Hoenn Region @Wriggle
Sherry, uncertain of the intentions of this new creature, reacted as calmly as any other person would have done in this situation. Her eyes bulged, she flinched back, and she screamed in shock. To make matters worse, her Taillow was not prepared for an intruder to land on her trainer's head, so she was not taking the situation like a champ either. Both trainer and bird bobbed and weaved, freaked out by the new face. For Sherry, she had a bad image of some kind of forest dwelling, head-hugging plaga that somehow managed to get into this world. It was not something she wanted to have!
"Plaga! Get it off, get it off!"
In her flailing, the trainer managed to get the creature off of her head and into her vicegrip. She held it securely in one hand and brought her other up to curl into a fist for the pounding. Just as she was about to crush it with the power of the Sher, she noticed the tiny body, yellow fur, and beady little eyes that couldn't kill a fly even if they tried. And to make matters worse, the little nutter looked like it was scared half to death! But it had landed on Sherry's head like a maniac, and for Sherry Birkin, the agent who could never get used to getting jumped by aberrations, she couldn't take this lightly.
"Yuuka?" Sherry asked, hesitating as she locked eyes with the yellow creature. "What is this thing? A Pokemon? Is it bad? Should I kill it?"
Claire flailed nearby, eyes narrowed for the kill in case something went wrong.
Sherry, uncertain of the intentions of this new creature, reacted as calmly as any other person would have done in this situation. Her eyes bulged, she flinched back, and she screamed in shock. To make matters worse, her Taillow was not prepared for an intruder to land on her trainer's head, so she was not taking the situation like a champ either. Both trainer and bird bobbed and weaved, freaked out by the new face. For Sherry, she had a bad image of some kind of forest dwelling, head-hugging plaga that somehow managed to get into this world. It was not something she wanted to have!
"Plaga! Get it off, get it off!"
In her flailing, the trainer managed to get the creature off of her head and into her vicegrip. She held it securely in one hand and brought her other up to curl into a fist for the pounding. Just as she was about to crush it with the power of the Sher, she noticed the tiny body, yellow fur, and beady little eyes that couldn't kill a fly even if they tried. And to make matters worse, the little nutter looked like it was scared half to death! But it had landed on Sherry's head like a maniac, and for Sherry Birkin, the agent who could never get used to getting jumped by aberrations, she couldn't take this lightly.
"Yuuka?" Sherry asked, hesitating as she locked eyes with the yellow creature. "What is this thing? A Pokemon? Is it bad? Should I kill it?"
Claire flailed nearby, eyes narrowed for the kill in case something went wrong.
01/19/2014, 02:27 AM #860
Hoenn Region - Petalburg Forest
"What are you talking about?" Yuuka asked, holding the scared Joltik up. The Joltik was barely 4 inches wide. "It's freaking adorable!"
Last edited by WriggleRid3r; 02/20/2014, 09:34 AM. "What are you talking about?" Yuuka asked, holding the scared Joltik up. The Joltik was barely 4 inches wide. "It's freaking adorable!"