Disaster by name, Rocket by choice

A peaceful day.... or not... [open]

As they walked, Falkner found himself scanning the pockets of sky he could see though the canopy. He knew it didn’t matter, that this trainer’s Absol and Mightyena would lead them to the birds, but it still was a little relieving to do it. Of course, it wasn’t the best thing to do, as he found he had to keep glancing down to not trip over roots. Eventually the young woman’s question drew his attention away, and he turned his head to look at her.

“ Ah, yes, I am.” Nodding, he replied with a small sigh. Then, with a light chuckle, “ I suppose my birds give it away, don’t they?” He was grateful to have a distraction from his own thoughts, even if it was only for a short time. “May I ask your name?” The sound of the two canine Pokémon ahead of them made him think back to how they interacted with their trainer at the lake. “ Your Pokémon seem very loyal to you.”

Mitena shrugged. "Well, it's a possibility but I actually had a guess because of your hair and eyes. I've heard stories of you, all good of course." She hummed conversationally.

She blinked. "oh! How rude of me... asking for your name and not giving my own." She said with a frown. "It's Mitena." She'd just barely stopped herself from saying her codename of the Disaster Rocket... that wouldn't have been good after all. She then smiled more at that. "Well I'd hope they'd be... we've been friends since before I even started my Pokemon journey." She admitted. "That would have been... almost more then 8 years now that it's just been the three of us looking out for each other."

A peaceful day.... or not... [open]

Falkner was disheartened at first. Perhaps he’d been overoptimistic in asking. After all, this was a large area. What was the chance that his birds had passed by?

He was about to thank her for her consideration and excuse himself to continue searching, when Mightyena started barking. It was enough to make him stop. His expression brightened when the young woman told him that her Pokémon had their scent.

“ Thank you very much.” The gym leader replied, the sincerity in his voice strong despite his mild tone. Nodding in agreement to the need to hurry, he motioned for the others to lead the way.

He admittedly wasn’t afraid of Swellow and Honchkrow getting lost or attacked; both flying-types had excellent navigational skills and could take care of themselves. His greater concern was what would happen if the two attacked each other. Just how serious was the aggression between them? Trying to push the thought from his mind (and largely failing), he focused on following the dark-type trainer and her Pokémon.

Mitena was honestly surprised by how almost bright and cheerful this guy could be at times, however she'd learned early on not to question things like this. Sometimes if you questioned things, you ended up learning things that you didn't want to know. "Lead on guys." She said to them then and immediately the two Dark Type Canines were off and moving through the forest as if they owned the place.

While the two canines were working on tracking the two birds she glanced back. "So, you're Falkner aren't you...? " She questioned, honestly curious and figuring that she may as well start a conversation. After all, she had a feeling he was worried about them in at least some way shape or form so if she could possibly distract him it might be for the best before he started imagining worst case scenario situations.

A peaceful day.... or not... [open]

Oh, good. At least he hadn’t disrupted anything. Falkner relaxed a little when she hushed her Pokémon and explained herself. It was an appropriate enough reason to be defensive, although it made him wonder if there was someone she was trying to avoid. Still, he knew better than to ask and delve into the affairs of a stranger.

“Sort of.” He admitted sheepishly. It was a little humiliating for the gym leader to confess the actions of his normally well-behaved team. What was worse was that, as a gym leader, he should have more control over his team. Even if this other person didn’t know that, he couldn’t help but feel ashamed. “They’ve been bickering all morning. It was manageable, until one stole the other’s food.” He turned back to look at the forest. “They’re too agile for me to keep up with in the forest, so I was hoping they might have come into someplace more open, like this. You wouldn’t happen to have seen a Swellow and a Honchkrow, would you?”

Mitena blinked at that before she nodded in understanding, humming a bit. "A Swellow and a Honchkrow? Those definitely aren't native here..." She mumbled to herself, thinking about it. She was trying to see if she had before she sighed. "I was in my own little world, I don't think I did see anything like that. Maybe I could he-" But before she could finish her sentence her Mightyena was barking again.

"What is it?" She said quickly, listening as Mightyena and her Absol tried to tell her at the same time. "Oh... you saw his Pokemon? Which way?" She asked them then, the other two turning in the direction. She looked over at the other trainer then. "It seems these two saw them... and Mightyena has their scent so he'd be able to track them a bit.... we should go quickly before something happens though."

Sure, Mitena was a grunt, she knew she shouldn't be helping him... hell she knew technically she probably should have told him she had no idea, tracked them down herself and stole them bringing them to her boss... but she was not only off duty but unable to do something like that. Unless she was flat out told to kidnap or steal a Pokemon she wouldn't do it, the only exception of course being if the trainer is just plain hurting them.

A peaceful day.... or not... [open]

Lunch usually wasn’t a hectic time for Falkner and his team. Whenever they had a day off, the ‘flock’ took off early in the morning to fly and train, and overall everyone got along. Today however, there seemed to be some conflict between Swellow and Honchkrow. Tensions had been rising all day; the two birds kept cutting each other off and ‘accidentally’ clipping each other with their attacks. And now, in the middle of lunch, it finally came to a head. Without warning, his Honchkrow stole part of Swellow’s lunch and flew off, resulting in the latter giving chase through the trees and the gym leader struggling to catch up to both of them.

Without his birds’ speed or agility, Falkner quickly lost them. He sighed, running a hand through his hair, when some movement over the nearby lake caught his eye. Could it be them? As he started to make his way over, his foot crunched over a stick, surprising him and catching the attention of someone nearby.

“ Who’s there…??” A voice called, accompanied by growling. Falkner tensed. Whoever they were, they didn’t seem to welcome his presence. Raising both hands to indicate he had nothing to hide and no ill intent, he slowly emerged from among the trees. The voice, he noted, belonged to a young woman, standing beside the lake with her dark-type Pokémon.

“ Ah! I’m…Sorry to disturb you. I was just looking for some of my Pokémon.”

Mitena blinked at the sight of the other before turning to her two Pokemon and hushing them gently. She shook her head at the other then. "No, it's fine.. You didn't disturb me. I just worried that someone was trying to sneak up on me." She admitted before humming. "Some of your Pokemon? They run off or something?"

She was concerned of course. Usually it could be pretty bad if a trainer couldn't find their Pokemon, if they got hurt while the trainer was searching after all anything could happen to them.

A peaceful day.... or not... [open]

For once, Mitena had decided that she wanted a day off. She was wandering around through the forests near a small lake without her uniform on. However, she was still avoiding people for the reason of her Absol's sake. She didn't need them treating her Absol bad like that when he was supposed to be having a break himself.

She sighed and stretched a bit once she was gazing out at the lake as the sun glittered off of it. She smiled then, her eyes glittering as she watched Pokemon flutter along the surface before frowning when she heard the sound of a twig snapping. "Who's there....??" She asked cautiously now, even Absol and Mightyena growling cautiously in the direction of the sound.

#we open

rocketexecutive-proton:

Proton nodded at the girl. “Taking initiative, I like it.” He said calmly.

It wasn’t the type of calm that mostly people would think of. It was a deadly calm. He didn’t say it sweetly or gently, he said it like you know something bad is going to happen. The type of calm to make any little child cry, and Proton was the best at it.

The Mightyena made a whimper whenever Proton spoke. He gave a slight chuckle, and looked at the young girl. He scanned her body, as if deciphering her. He then locked eyes with her, and gave her a twisted smirk.

“Just how old are you anyways?”

Mitena shivered a bit automatically at that but unlike a lot of others might have she returned his gaze when he locked his eyes with hers. She didn't know what to say about that taking initiative comment but decided when he continued after looking her over like that that it really didn't need a response.

She heard Mightyena's whimper and gestured for him to move closer with her hand, petting him comfortingly once he did. The question almost caught her by surprise though. Why would that matter? Why would he want to know how old she was? She was almost half tempted to jokingly tell him that it was rude to ask a ladies' age but she had this feeling that Proton wouldn't be too accepting of that answer... especially from a grunt.

"I'm.. 18 sir." She answered with a calm voice. "Been coming here off and on since I was 12." She added, wondering if maybe that's where he'd be going with that but at the same time almost doubting it.

#rocketexecutiveproton

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The Ruins of Alph [ Open]

“So, you can actually read what it’s saying?” Proton crept up on the Grunt. “Or are you actually just bullshitting everything?” He stood beside her, and removed his hat. He ran his fingers through the green sea of hair, and sighed.

The grunt looked at him. Proton looked over, and smirked. “Sorry, didn’t mean to come out of no where. I was actually examining the Ruins myself, and that’s when I saw you. Why are you here?”

#rocketexecutiveproton #Well that scared her.#Poor girl thought she was alone only to get snuck up on by one of her bosses.#She thinks she might be in trouble XP

Mitena jumped almost right out of her skin as even her Absol and Mightyena, who had been lazily listening to her words jumped and growled a bit in surprise. However, they soon hushed upon seeing who it was, not wanting to get their trainer in trouble.

The grunt looked over at him, blinking a bit before she finally found her voice again. "Yeah, I can actually read it.... well, for the most part. Every now and then I'll find something that's difficult to translate... I've been coming here every now and then for years because it's always intrigued me... that and no-one's really wanted to hang around me with the fact that I've had my partner here." At that she gestured to Absol.

She took a deep breath as she looked over at him again. "I was just enjoying a bit of time off... sir. There hasn't been any missions or anything of the like as of late and I guess I decided it would be alright to have a little 'Me' time... I hope I didn't intrude or possibly go against any orders that I didn't hear... sir." She wondered if perhaps she had done something to deserve punishment of some kind.

The Ruins of Alph [ Open]

Mitena sighed as she wandered around. Honestly, she was kind of curious about this place. She'd always been curious so whenever she had a free moment and she could, she came and wandered around these ancient ruins. She'd heard them be called The Ruins of Alph before and wanted to know why.

Ever since the first time she'd come here she'd examined the hieroglyphs on the side of the walls, running her fingers along them and trying to figure out what they had said. After a couple years however, she was able to read them for the most part. Of course, like anyone she'd stumble now and then and have to actually struggle to read it, but usually she could translate it. This time was no different as she grinned, reading it out loud. "'The Pokemon will bring about the world's great joys.' Well even I could have told them that one." She said to herself, chuckling.

#we open

icyprima

open.

Lorelei carried three large shopping bags in her hands, presents for her fellow Floe Islanders. The woman made it into a tradition, the island consisted of mostly her elders and people she cares deeply for. The items she bought weren’t expensive, mostly just things they really needed.

The woman took her shopping trips seriously, except for a stop to buy a pokedoll or two. She couldn’t resist the cute of a pokedoll. Placing her bags down on the pier she called out her Lapras to take her home. The pokemon splashed in the cool water happily, the icy water made her even more excited to be in the water. “Okay okay, that’s enough, you can take a swim in the lake later.” Lorelei smiled at her beloved pokemon then reached down to grab the bags, which were suddenly gone, in the hands of some shady male running away. “W-wait!” he heard her clearly but kept running. “Return.” She recalled her Lapras and began to chase after the theif. The presents for the islanders, and her precious pokedolls.

When she caught up with the male he was laying face first on the floor. A pokemon and trainer hovering over them. “D-did you do this?” She asked, out of breath from chasing after him. “He took my bags.. the things I bought.” Lorelei huffed as adjusted her posture. “Thank you, I would have have one of my team members take care of them but I wasn’t thinking properly.”

Mitena had been wandering the town, for once because of how chilly it was wearing a bit of a jacket that kind of covered the R on her uniform but not completely. She'd noticed that some people seemed to treat her a little differently, but not by much. Once they either saw a glimpse of the R or Absol beside her they usually grimaced and walked away, no matter how good or enjoyable the conversation might have been before that. She sighed before blinking when she heard a loud cry of 'Wait!' and a man running from an almost odd-looking girl.

Now, Mitena was a member of Team Rocket sure, but especially after talking with Silver she couldn't stand people that stole when they didn't actually look like they needed to, had a reason, or when it just wasn't Pokemon. Sure, she didn't like stealing Pokemon herself but she kind of steeled herself when it came to having to actually do it. She still didn't like it though. So when she saw this scene unfold, she knew she had to intervene. "Mightyena. Absol." She said calmly, and the two Pokemon knew immediately what to do.

Absol jumped in front of him to make him stop running in his tracks while Mightyena got in behind and jumped him. Just as he dropped the bags and they were to hit the ground, Absol with his high speed managed to catch all the bags either in on his horn, on his tail, or on a single raised paw. "Good boys." She praised both of them as Mightyena yipped, still standing on the fallen thief. Absol and beamed as well but quietly.

Soon after the girl caught up to them and Mitena tensed a bit before relaxing again. Hopefully the stranger wouldn't jump to conclusions right away. Mitena automatically gave an almost mischievous smile. "No problem." She stated. "We just happened to be passing through anyway." Absol was standing still, in a rather odd position that made him almost look like he thought he was delicate because of the raised paw except for the fact that bags littered the different places of his body.

#icyprima

A Little More Relaxed

eolithium

Silver took the hand, a firm handshake sealing their unlikely friendship. Mitena.. he repeated, as if to commit it to memory.

“Disaster Rocket is barely a name, y’know.” he chuckled. “I know Team Rocket has code names but I’d rather not be part of that loop.” Another small chuckle while his thoughts inadvertently drift back to the syndicate. How were the executives.. how was.. everyone who was once something to him? Still, the boy pursed his lips, unwilling to falter for a second and show that despite all, he was still very much (worried?) over the safety of his small, mangled family.

Mitena's grin widened a bit, and if it was possible her eyes almost seemed to light up a bit at that. "You're definitely not like most people.... I enjoy that about you. Most people I even try and tell my name to whether it be real or codename usually go running off once they realize it's me or see Absol." She stated almost coldly before she shook her head again

"I respect that, that you don't want to be part of the loop." He obviously did care... or at least it was obvious to Mitena that he seemed to considering he'd pursed his lips like that... though really it was just a guess so she didn't say anything for the moment. She decided to try and change the subject as she glanced at his Sneasel again. "If you don't mind me asking... how did you and your Sneasel meet...??" She asked him. "Feel free to not answer if you don't want to of course." She quickly added. She didn't want to possibly upset him by making him feel forced or something.

#johtorocket

Trying to Relax || Sigurd & Mitena.

Sigurd literally deadpanned at the woman’s response to his question “Um, I was kidding about making it a response, but hey, whatever tickles your fancy” Sigurd spoke as he facial expression changed to that of a small grin, again, he let his guard down a bit, she really didn’t seem to be aware of the group he belonged to, she he didn’t feel the need to be too defensive, of course, he still would be cautious, no sense in getting caught or arrested due to recklessness “I’m alright… I just wasn’t expecting anyone to show up or to be watching me so intently while I took a short little nap” He responded to her question, but before she could ask another, he took the initiative and asked her something first “So… Mind if I ask who you are? I’m just a little curious and would like to know a bit about the woman who managed to make me nearly jump out of my skin here”

Mitena just shook her head a bit, rather amused by this one. He seemed to have really thought she was serious instead of just joking. Ah well. Didn't matter really right? She blinked at his question and her eyes seemed to almost sparkle at that. She actually looked over to Absol and Mightyena who both seemed just as amused. He really didn't recognize her...? Really didn't know what group she was from even as a grunt...? She was honestly glad for that.

The girl finally turned back to him to answer his question. "My name's Mitena... I've come here visiting from Johto." Well that's where she'd been currently stationed at least. No need to tell him that much though.

#sigurdofplasma

Trying to Relax || Sigurd & Mitena.

Sigurd had at this point, nearly and completely fell asleep now, so he was now painfully and blissfully unaware of the approach of anyone and everyone as he continued to just rest and relax, with all the stresses of his job, it was very, very nice to be able to rest like this, at this point if he could just continue to rest like this, he might not even mind being arrested and thrown in jail, although, it wouldn’t be a very good idea, not a good idea at all.

After a few moments, when he felt a strange presence, like someone or something was watching him, but, what he didn’t realize was, that said presence was right in his face, opening his eyes slowly, he nearly jumped back in surprise, but with the back of the bench keeping him from doing so all he looked as if he was doing was making himself look like an idiot “W-what the heck? Do you watch people in their sleep as a hobby or something?” Sigurd asked the woman, a bit freaked out by her “So… Um, who are you anyways?” Sigurd finally asked, idly wondering who would go out of their way to approach him like this, this woman, whoever she was, she didn’t seem to be an enemy, and it didn’t seem as if the authorities were coming either, so perhaps this woman wasn’t aware of the group he was affiliated with.

Mitena blinked at that. "I apologize for scaring you.... but I thought you would have been paying more attention then that~" She said playfully as her Mightyena let out a bark of laughter and returned to her side again. Absol stood on her other side. She blinked when he asked her who she was and allowed a small smile. So it seemed she was right... at least this man didn't recognize her uniform. Perhaps she could actually almost be a normal trainer here!

She didn't let her hopes get up too high though. "The name is Mitena... and no, not really. It's not much of a hobby but I did find your reaction entertaining. Perhaps I'll make it a hobby.... though you seem rather jumpy.. you alright?" She questioned as she raised an eyebrow. He honestly did seem jumpier then a Buneary however and she wondered if he was on the run or something. She didn't ask though, at least not yet.

#sigurdofplasma

Trying to Relax || (Open Starter)

It had been some time since Sigurd had a chance to even remotely relax, of course, still dressed in his uniform, and being out in the middle of an overly populated city where he could possibly run into a member of the police force and end up being arrested was far from relaxing, but it was nice to be off of the Plasma Frigate for a little while (considering how easily he got seasick), wandering around the alleyways of Castelia City when he felt it safe to do so Sigurd looked around for a safe place to just sit down and relax for a little while, although, again, relaxing would likely be something that would be quite impossible to obtain.

Reaching the Central Park in Castelia, he continued to move around in a fashion to avoid being seen or detected he managed to find a rather secluded part of the park where there was very few people and at least one park bench for him to sit down and rest on, taking a seat he sighed to himself lightly and took his hat off leaving at his side as he gazed off at nothing in particular, letting his guard completely drop as he closed his eyes to rest and relax a bit.

Mitena happened to be wandering in the Unova region during this time. Sure, she knew that Team Rocket wasn't here yet.... but it was actually for that reason she was hoping that maybe... just maybe, even wearing her uniform she'd get treated like a regular person.

She was hoping that maybe she wouldn't be judged automatically as a member of Team Rocket because maybe people here in Unova wouldn't know who Team Rocket was.... it was a possibility right...? She just hoped that she wasn't just making a huge mistake or something as she walked beside her Mightyena and her Absol.

As she wandered she saw something that caught her eye. It seemed someone was trying to wander around undetected.... but why were they doing that...? Were they a criminal or something...? She hummed and glanced at Mightyena who nodded. Mightyena made his way over, jumping up on a nearby roof to look at him curiously before hopping down and walking over, staring at the uniform for a moment before seeing the other seemed to be close to sleep. "Yena?" He questioned as he got close, ready to jump away if the other seemed hostile. He was right beside the other's face at the moment but didn't seem too concerned by this.

#sigurdofplasma

A Little More Relaxed

eolithium

The Rocket smirked at the turn of events, allowing the two hounds to nuzzle into his extended palm. Reaching between their ears, Silver allowed each of them a good scratch, seeming to elicit positive reactions from them. “There now,” a wry smile tugged at the corners of his lips while she spoke of her new business plan.

“Heh, selling Rocket information.. isn’t that a double-agent then?” he suppressed a laugh at the ludicrousity of the situation. Here he was, the heir of Team Rocket, making friends with someone who is now part of his empire.. “What is your name, anyway. Grunt is hardly a fitting name to address you as.” He extended his hand once again, clearing his throat as he did so.

“Let’s try this again.. then. Silver, Silver Rocket. Pleased to make your acquaintance.”

Mitena chuckled. "Guess it could be considered that... who knows?" She said as she shrugged a bit. It was obvious she was far more relaxed with the other now that she was suggesting something like this with him. After all... he'd treated her with kindness.... shouldn't she repay it with the same in return...?

She blinked in surprise at this before putting her hand in his and shaking it. "Mitena, though as I've said before a lot of people just call me the Disaster Rocket." Silver was a rather nice sounding name and she found herself wondering if it had been his mom, dad, or someone else that had given it to him.

#johtorocket

A Little More Relaxed

eolithium

Silver retracted his hand from her shoulder, the same cool eyes replacing the ones that had seemed to smile for just a moment. “Your Pokemon are not a hindrance to you and that’s all that matters isn’t it. Somebody had once told me that even in the darkness, they are your faithful lights.”

He paused to make sure she was following his intent.

“Don’t take someone else’s light just because you can, Grunt.” Would she understand his intent? She probably would, but that didn’t mean she would adhere to it. Nonetheless, he tried, and there was nothing more to say to her. Each has their own path, and what is decided is their own.