Youngest Explorer

"Hi~ My name's Hana and I'm not supposed to be here! My family will probably be super mad when I go home, but until then, let's have fun~!" Closed Hugh's sister RP blog for RocketHQ

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"You can trust me."

Hana stared at the man in front of her, craning her neck to look him in the face. He didn’t seem like the kind of doctor that Hugh would take her to back home, but, then again, this wasn’t her home. This wasn’t even Unova. These really did nothing to ease her worries.

She wondered why her friends insisted on her getting a check-up. She felt perfectly fine, after all. Apparently, it was because the ‘weather was changing’ and it was a good idea to make sure she could handle it. So, here was, sitting on a bed in the infirm, legs dangling off the edge as she stared at a man who had introduced himself as Petrel.

"You can trust me."

She wasn’t so sure. Was he a real doctor? Real doctors weren’t bad people, right? So none of them would be working here, with bad people? Then again, Hana didn’t think was a bad person and she was here. Her friends were good people, too. Clearly, there was only one way to test this.

"Do you have lollipops? Because doctors always have lollipops, so if you don’t have them, you’re not a real doctor."

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"This is so much fun!"

"My friends took me to the town and we trick-or-treated! Now, they're letting me stay up late so we can sit around in costume and watch movies! They even promised not to watch anything scary!"

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What's your favorite Pokemon?

"Mary’s not a ‘what’, silly! She’s a ‘who’~!"

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Do you or have you ever had a crush on anyone?

"… No?"

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What's something you wish you could do but can't

"Eat a whole cake."

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Are you going to try and get back home?

"I probably should…"

"But, Big Brother and Grandpa will be really mad and I don’t want to get in trouble…"

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Shrimp and Giraffe | Hana and Lucian

[deceptivepsychic]

Lucian had found that today was rather quiet compared to most days in the HQ, not as many people running around or congregating like usual. Not that he minded this at all, a little piece and quiet was good every once in a while. 

Deciding to take advantage of the peace and quiet he decided to head to the breakroom to read a book. The tranquility would probably be something short-lived after all. However when he walked into the breakroom he saw something he wasn’t really expecting to see, a little girl sitting on the floor with a Liepard by her side. This girl looked beyond way too young to be in Team Rocket, or to even be a trainer, so his curiosity and concerned was peaked.  

"U-Uh t-thank you…um….where are your parents little one…." There was no way this kid could be here all alone without her parents nearby…at least he hoped so.

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Hana grinned at his response. "Purple is one of my favorite colors." It was right up there with pink, green, blue, yellow... oh, right, she'd been asked a question.

"I don't have parents. Just Grandpa and Big Brother. They're home in Unova and they're gonna be really mad when I get back, but I have Mary, so I'm safe. Nobody can hurt me with Mary around." She showed absolutely no sign of being upset about being thousands upon thousands of miles away from the only family she'd ever known.

The Liepard next to her stretched and turned her stare on Lucian. It wasn't outright malicious, but it was obvious that any perceived threat against Hana would result in some nasty scratches.

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Sleeves | Hana and Proton

Clothes were not a simple matter for Hana. The only things that actually fit her were what she arrived in. As for everything else... well, the uniform at it's smallest was too big, so she acquired several uniform shirts that were much too large and wore them as dresses.

The sleeves were too long, though. If she didn't push them up really far, they'd fall and trail behind her. It was kind of fun, but not very good for carrying things. Still, as long as no one was around, she liked making them wave around.

Like today, for example. Hana, like all healthy young children, spent a good deal of time outside. The cool fall air was biting, but it just made it even better, because she didn't get so hot. If she had a rake, she would make a leaf pile and jump in it, but she didn't. Therefore, she was content to run around the yard with her arms behind her, sleeves flapping in the wind.

"Wheeeeee~!" she yelled as she looped around a tree. Mary, who didn't feel like running and instead laid on the sidelines and watched from afar, raised her head at the shrill cry. "This is so much fuuuuuuuuuuun~!"

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Something that annoys you?

"Big Brother getting really angry and overprotective."

[azalea-blossoms]

"I can get you some cake sweetie." 

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"Really? You'll do that?"

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Shrimp and Giraffe | Hana and Lucian

Hana was bored. Very bored. After being told by multiple people to go away, she found herself in a big room with couches and a vending machine. Nobody was in there, so she flopped down on the floor with Mary as a pillow.

It was really quiet and she considered taking a nap, except she couldn't fall asleep. She was too wide awake and wanted to explore, but people would just get mad at her again. So, she stared at the ceiling, while her Liepard dozed underneath her.

It was only about fifteen minutes later, though it felt like hours, that someone else came in. Hana sat up and stared at him, her face curious as she looked at the new person.

"You're really tall..." She stared a bit more before adding, "I like your hair."

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"Hana wants cake."

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The two people closest to you are hanging off of a cliff and you can only save one. Who are they, and who do you save?

"B-but… Big Brother and Nate wouldn’t be that stupid, would they? They’d be fine. They wouldn’t be hanging off a cliff…"

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Lost and Confused | Hana and Roark

[roarkontherocks-blog]

Roark was Roarking as usual on this fine autumn day, except he didn’t know it was a fine autumn day because he was stuck in the storage rooms doing inventory things. Not that he minded being indoors—Roark was not a creature of the sunlight. What he minded was being forced to do this sort of work. He had no idea why someone in the Assassinations Department would be taking stock of Team Rocket’s supply of (presumably) stolen Pokeballs.

Next to his doodle of a unipig (Tepig with a unicorn horn), Roark jots down a few numbers. Roark is good at math. Roark likes math. Roark does not like service-industry level jobs.

He scratches behind his ear with his foot and hums a jaunty tune. “On a sidewalk one Sunday mornin’,” he croons beneath his breath, “lies a body oozin’ life. Someone’s sneakin’ ‘round the corner, could that be—?”

Roark’s “happy” song is cut off by the sound of a whimper and the growl of a Pokemon. Great, is another one loose on base? Roark’s hand instinctively shoots toward his own Pokemon, when he catches sight of a Liepard’s tail swishing behind a crate.

His slight fear gives way to confusion as he hears a voice behind the crates. With one hand on the release hatch of a Pokeball in case things get messy, he peers behind it, cocking his head at the sight of a small child huddled behind the crates.

"It appears Roark has unwittingly stumbled across a small, impressionable child," he states aloud, as though that will alleviate the surreality of it all. "What is she doing in base?" Roark is very worried now. Not so much for her sake—but because he was unsure if there was a proper protocol for dealing with pint-sized intruders.

Shit, was she one of those ten-year-olds who went around dismantling evil Teams? It had happened to Team Rocket twice already. Did he have to send out a Zubat and/or Rattata then wonder why he lost when he, a humble grunt, was inevitably pummeled?

Is that what he should do?

"Roark interrogates you now."

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Hana stared at the man in front of her. He seemed so big... of course, when you're four feet tall, everyone seems big, but they always seem bigger when you're scared of them. Therefore, from her point of view, this guy seemed like a giant.

"I-I was wandering around and I found these people in uniforms and I was scared so I hid in a crate! Only they moved the crate, so I ended up going with them and now I'm lost and hungry and confused!" Her eyes were filling with tears. "PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!"

Mary stood in front of her charge, glaring the human down. The hairless, two-legged beasts were never to be trusted, especially when they agitated Hana. Therefore, this man was an enemy of hers.

The girl, meanwhile, continued to ramble. "I swear, I don't mean to hurt anyone. I'm not even old enough for a trainer's license yet! Not even in Kanto! I'm just really, really scared!"

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Lost and Confused | Open

Hana wasn't sure where she was. It was scary, definitely. She peeked out from around the crates where she was hiding and, not seeing anyone, carefully stepped out, Mary at her heels. She was in a really big room, which she guessed was storage for whatever was in those crates.

"Where do you think we are, Mary?" she asked. The Liepard didn't respond. Shrugging, Hana made her way through the room, looking for an exit of some kind. "How long do you think we've been gone? I know it's been a few days. Hugh must be going crazy."

She trailed off and walked in silence. If they could just find an exit, they could figure out where they were and maybe find some way to get home. Except, she couldn't go home. There was no way. If they found out what happened, she'd never be let out of the house again.

It took a long time for Hana to find the door. She was a little nervous, because she had no idea what was on the other side. As she made her way towards it, it creaked open and she jumped to hide behind a crate, before poking her head out.

"Ah! I-I swear I'm leaving! Please don't hurt me!" Her statement was punctuated by a growling stomach from her and a plain growl from Mary, who had her hackles raised.

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WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

"Uh… I don’t know… getting Purrloin?"