Rocket Introductions

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Who: Jack and Carly

Where: Rocket HQ

When: Carly's Arrival

Summary: Rocket 101

Rating: PG-13 for language

Log:



Jack's on one of his semi-regular visits to HQ anyway. He's been a busy guy, stealing all over Johto for the glory of the organization. And scouting out locations for a proper personal base, but that's not proving as easy as he'd thought. Whatever, it's not like he's on some time crunch.

And hey, as it turns out...there's a new recruit that's just joined the ranks, and it sounds like it's someone like him. Not native. Maybe he'll be lucky. Maybe he'll finally have someone around here with a couple of brain cells to rub together. Or that he can easily bribe and charm into following him directly. It's worked out pretty okay so far...

But he's quick to volunteer to show the newbie around, show'em the ropes. Look at what a helpful, eager Rocket he is! Good old Jack, always reliable, just looking out for what's best for all of Team Rocket....

"Yo! You the fresh meat?"

He assumes the young woman hanging around after orientation is who he's looking for. She looks...fine? It's hard to tell just by looking at a person.

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"Wow...." She'll just. Continue to be in awe for a bit until the gym stuff sinks in.

"Heh- wait, don't people here have...cars? Boats? ...Planes, for that matter?" The answer is it's complicated, but-

"Why would someone cross the ocean on an animal?" Not that she doesn't love the two in her pokeballs already, they just. Don't seem like travel material. And for that matter- "And what on earth does that have to do with a gym prize..?"

(She is, quietly, noting the fact that she could possibly get some dough out of this admittedly)

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"Okay, time for some cold hard facts, kiddo."

Jack stops, turns, and folds his arms across his broad chest.

"This world? Is really stupid. How it all functions? Really stupid. Everything revolves around Pokemon. Everything. And they're everywhere. Catching'em, raising'em, training'em, breeding'em, battling'em...that's what people do. All the people. Literally every person has Pokemon. You wanna do anything or get anywhere? Ya gotta catch, train, and battle Pokemon. Because no, you can't get a car, and there's ferries but they only go so many places. You get a bike, you get whatever Pokemon you can ride. I favor my giant dragon or one of my fire unicorns, personally..."

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Oh no. This sounds....Very bad. Very game-like, but also bad.

And worse.

And then....

A complete 180, as proven by how her expression goes from rather shocked and concerned to Absolutely Gobsmacked.

"...You know, I think I can see why people take giant dragon over a car..." Yikes though, she doesn't. Well. "...Which I don't have...hnn. ...Well, I...guess if I'm working here I don't really need to go anywhere far?" Except, she realizes in the same statement, that isn't very likely, is it.

"...I am definitely going to have to find a way around the travel problem to work here properly...aren't I." Bugger.

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"You can get a bike till ya get something to ride, most people do. You're gonna be here for your training, but once you're out in the field..."

Who knows? There's shit to do all over the regions. Stupid shit, a lot of it, but hey. Whatever gets him up the ranks, and it's been working so far.

"Bikes aren't that expensive, and you get an allowance on top of whatever ya get battling and picking pockets."

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There is nodding, nodding, and more nodding- obviously it's like he said, she'll be here for training. Out in the field though? Well that's important.

"Oh, is that so?" she remarks about the bikes. "That's good then..." She's not going to address pick-pocketing right now. It's easier on her mind. "Right- For now, I should keep my focus on what I have to learn!" Carly declares, re-centering that 'focus'. "What sorts of things do I need to know first?"

...

"...Other than the tour we're on, I guess..." she coughs, remembering where they are. But hey, walking and talking isn't exactly Hard.

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"Okay, okay, reel it in. You got two weeks, and I'm not exactly Professor Jack over here, okay? We're not gonna do the thing where I just tell you a bunch of shit and expect you to remember it all. That's stupid, people don't learn that way."

People get bored and annoyed that way.

"Plus, we're starting from scratch here. The only context you've got is what I've dropped on ya so far. There's a lot to know about the world and Pokemon to understand what it is we do. Or...understand as best as you can, gonna be honest, I do not know what the end goal is here."

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"I get two weeks..?"

Apparently, this is spectacular news. Spectacular news that has her nodding furiously. "Well...a start is a start then! And if I've got two weeks then that's a pretty good one, for picking up the basics!" She rubs the back of her head. "....For now at least, getting my footing seems more important than knowing an end-goal right away... ...Until a few hours ago, I was pretty sure I was already at the 'end'..!" she laughs, only to cut herself short on that. "Erm. That's not really important either though."

Touring, pokemon lessons, and...pickpocketing...is better a conversation topic.