Cerulean Bridge

[hurricanescrambles]

"Administrators certainly do have nice privelages" Moria thought, admiring the river from the side of the bridge. The only person with more freedom in Team Rocket was the Boss. Only weeks ago she'd been a lowly rookie, and now she was allowed to administer tasks as she saw fit, and that included to herself.

She had left a notice back at headquarters that she would be in Cerulean today. She looked away from the river, leaning back on the rail and watching passerby on the bridge. She was looking for new bodies for the group, but it wouldn't do to ask anyone. Occassionally she would tap a rougher or intelligent looking person walking by, engaging in conversation with them.

The main problem with recruitong in Cerulean would be of course, avoiding the police forces, but if some arrived, she was confident she could handle them.

[flagella114]

"Hey do you know if there are any rare pokemon under this bridge?" Alfonse asked as he walked up to Moria looking over the rail of the bridge. "Wait, I've seen you before." He said when he looked up at Moria. "Your that girl that rose to admin in a few weeks." he added in a low voice so no one that was passing by would hear him.

[DarkChaos44]

It was Serenas first day on patrol since joining the Police Force and so far, it was going good, even if she may have forgotten her police badge back at the station, but she didn't mind.

But while she was on the bridge, she had noticed that one person had kept on stopping and started talking to some other people every once and while. Serena walked to the person with a smile and said in a polite manner. "Is everything alright? Are you looking for something?"

[hurricanescrambles]

Moria looked toward Alfonse briefly as he stared out across the bridge, looking at the officer, a smile alighting on her features "Oh, good afternoon" she pointed at Alfonse "Everything's alright. My friend here thinks he lost his PokeNav around here somewhere, and I've been asking people if they've seen it."

"You haven't happened to see it, have you?" She added in a inquisitive tone, playing the role smoothly.

[DarkChaos44]

Serena thought for a second and said. "Hm... I've been around here all day and I haven't seen a PokeNav lying around here." Serena turned to the person who was pointed at. "Do you know where you last had it?"

[flagella114]

"Well, I think it was around the bridge." Alfonse said playing along with the lost Pokenav story. "Do you think someone could have found it and turned it in to the lost and found?"

[minagi]

Minagi was on her way back to Cerulean from route 24. She stretched as she walked, not even trying to cover her mouth. Routes with weak bug and grass pokemon were always good places for afternoon naps. She was donned not in her Rocket uniform, but in navy colored jeans, with a dark pink tank top. The pink visor with pokeball insignia's on her head made her look more like a trainer than anything else. 'What better way to hide your profession than to dress like a dumb girl'.

As a rookie, she really didn't have much going for her. No one really barked orders, since she was considered too low for most tasks. Apart from the occasional theft, which she never reported completion of anyways, there wasn't much else on the agenda. What was a girl to do anyways?

When Mina got closer to the bridge, she saw Moria. The woman had watched her first failure as a Rocket, back when she unexpectedly took a challenge. Due to the lack of consequences, added work, and punishment, Mina had decided this person was nice and friendly-or...at least reserved enough to not go blabbing. Either way, it was a plus in Mina's opinion. As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, and Mina was no exception....She quickened her pace to a sort of trot, smiled, and started waving and calling out to her fellow member.

It wasn't until she got close that the trees no longer hid the other two people. Minagi noticed the officer uniform, and assumed the other person there was a trainer with a complaint. There was no doubt in her mind that they had noticed the lazy attempt at running, and the "Moria!!MORIAAA!!" that had been called out. Awkwardly slowing her run, Minagi no longer knew if it was a good idea to finish approaching them, even if she did catch attention. 'Too late now' she thought, as she walked up to them. The laziness caught up, and she had to stifle a yawn. "whatcha guys up to?" she asked, hoping that they weren't in the middle of some heated interrogation.

[hurricanescrambles]

As her voice was called out suddenly, Moria cringed. Someone shouting her name in public definately wasn't good under most circumstances, and in the middle of weaving lies for an officer was even worse. She tried to hide the quick grimace that flashed across her face as she tried to regain composure, turning to face the calls as the other Rocket and the officer looked past her curiously.

She spied Minagi as she walked up, looking somewhat embarressed, but also strangely tired, perhaps relaxed. "O-oh..it's you ... Minagi" She managed to get out after a brief pause to remember the name. She recognized the girl of course, she'd seen her in a battle not too long ago. Unfortunately, this also meant that there were 3 Rocket members on the bridge, and one curious police officer. Keeping this story straight with these two would be difficult, but at the very least, they'd not done anything to arouse suspicion yet.

"How is it that people always show up at the worst of times?" She thought.

[DarkChaos44]

"Hm... if thats the case, then I may have to ask you to come with me to the station to identify the PokeNav. Because if I remember right, two PokeNavs was turned in today." Serena said to the man in a gentle tone.

Before she got an answer, a yell had made her jump and she looked at who had yell and could see another girl running towards them. She couldn't help but turn her head in confusion because of the girl that she had talked to had seemed to have been worried by the sudden appearance of the new girl and slowy said. "Is something wrong?"

[hurricanescrambles]

Glancing at the officer and thinking quickly Moria said "Uhm, no, sorry, this is our other friend Minagi. She was looking for his PokeNav over there, where we were walking earlier." She looked at Minagi, desperately hoping she had a PokeNav with her "What's up? Did you find it?"

[minagi]

(waiting for flagella b4 replying. sorry for butting in on the rp, just thought it'd be a little more interesting than "officer shows up" "rocket lies easily" "officer buys it and leaves" x.x)

[hurricanescrambles]

(I'm debating whether I want this to end in a demonstration of my pokemon and an escape, or, seeing as we already have three members, and one is an admin, I might try to turn this into some kind of "on-the-whim mission)

[flagella114]

(eep sorry i fell asleep still logged on.)

"Oh I hope you found it." Alfonse said hoping Minagi would play along.

(sorry bout the bad post....)

[minagi]

Minagi didn't recognize the person who spoke to her, but by the slight start Moria had given, and the pleading look in the boy's eyes, she assumed they knew each other...and that most likely led to him being a Rocket, or an accomplice as well.

"F-found....it...? Sorry...I kinda...sorta...fell asleep..." Ok, so it wasn't a COMPLETE lie..she did fall asleep, and she hadn't found anything. Still, it was painfully obvious that she didn't know what she should be looking for, and it'd be foolish to say yes and not have it with an officer right there. "Wh-what was it again?" she asked, hoping beyond hope that they would use that as a 'Minagi is a forgetful slacker' and not 'oh f**k, our covers blown'.


(censored b/c I'm not completely familiar with rules on language. Better safe than sorry)

[supermario]

as he was standing around Satan (http://dastardlydeeds-tr.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=approved&thread=82&page=1) overheard talking, as he was listening he started tossing around his old pokenav after a second thinking he started calling " hey alfonse i found your pokenav, well actually zoroark was playing with a pichu and he found it next to some trash cans" so I guess were done here then" he said faking a smile

[flagella114]

"Oh thanks." Alfonse said as he took the PokeNav faking a smile as well. "I don't know what I'd do if i wasn't able to find this." He said while wondering why so many rocket members were around the bridge today.

[DarkChaos44]

"Well at least you got it back but..." Serena had stopped and started to think. 'It seems like their hiding something. I know it may be a rash move but I need to see if I can discover what their doing. Because with all the people appearing up randomly, theres got to be something going on.'

Serena turned to the first girl and calmly said. "I don't want to be rude and get into your business, but whats really going on?"

[hurricanescrambles]

Moria stared blankly, her mind in overtime. Why on earth was every single member of Team Rocket in Cerulean today? Did they all have to get involved..? And now, wonderfully, the kind officer seemed to be turning suspicious.

"No more recruiting on the bridge" she thought "Ever." Why had such a simple lie turned so complex..?

"Going on? I don't understand. I told you we were looking for Alfonse's Pokenav" she motioned to the PokeNav now in his hand and gave a slight smile "We're from Saffron you see, and the group of us decided to come visit Cerulean today, but then he lost it, so we all went around looking for it." she paused and gave Minagi a chiding look "Well, except for Minagi, she's prone to distractions, and Cerulean really is pretty this time of year, so it's no wonder."

She watched the officer, hoping she covered everything, and desperately hoping no more Rockets who may be around would foolishly jump into the situation. She was going to have a serious word with the training instructors on emphasizing stealth in the field to rookies.

[minagi]

As if on cue, Minagi scratched the back of her head and put on a guilty smile. "eheehee sorry about that" she said with a stupid voice. She wondered why so many Rocket members seemed to be showing up, and worried over her increasing chance of getting reprimanded later for her carelessness. 'How do I get myself into these things..' she fussed silently to herself, while keeping a mask of childishness on her face.

"Sooo~ now that we....you found it," she indicated to Satan "whatcha guys wanna do?" Since it seemed to be a 'field trip' now, it wouldn't make sense to just leave the group..even though she so desperately wanted to get away from the 2 admins.

[flagella114]

"Well, I want to go back home, this day has been chaotic so far and I don't want to give it a chance to get worse." Alfonse said deciding he wouldn't come to Cerulean in this disguise again. "Anybody want to go back with me?"