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*walks in to the base*
Krait: hmm, guess no one's here
*walks out the door*

*sits down to add one more to the long line of missions to be graded*

MISSION- Shadow's Weapon
Well, Team Shadow 'supposedly' has a weapon under development that can defeat us. Heh, yeah right. xD Your mission is to go and infiltrate their Orre base and steal the weapon plans. Getting inside won't be so hard, but once inside you'll see they're heavily gaurded. Whatever you do, don't get caught!! The weapon plans are located in the lab, which is also heavily gaurded and has some nifty security devices inside. Getting inside there won't be a peice of cake, but the inside of the lab is completely ungaurded. ..Except for all those security things they got everywhere. T. T Anyways, snatch those plans then get the heck out of there 'fore someone sees you!!

Pokemon:
Any Steel, Dark or Psychic Type Pokemon allowed at your rank. No Mini-Legends or 2nd Stage evos. (It'll be fought outside the base and preferably nowhere near it, otherwise you'll cause a ruckus and caught, dontcha think? xP)

Rewards:
Varies. ^.^


Well its about 3pm back at HQ and I get an urgent message on my TADs informing me about a plot to destroy all Team Aqua bases concocted by Team Shadow and that their base in the Orre region held the plans to their supposed “death machine“. The small message I got did not give me to much more information but from what I can figure stealth is key in this mission. So I go to my PC box system and deposit most of my team leaving just Vulpix and Treeko my two fastest pokemon. Barely awake I begin to plan out my mission

The first major problem that came to my mind was transportation to Orre and back and taking Brian’s keys to the Kyogre jet again could cause some conflict. So I open up my laptop and do a little research on the region, apparently there is a small airport on the outskirts of Pyrite town and there is fairly cheap plane tickets for an overnight trip leaving 11pm that night. Reading this information I take my traveling bag out and pack up enough necessities for a two night stay in Orre.

As I sit in anticipation in my room waiting for time to pass till its time to leave for the airport, I decide to take a little cat nap…. Well when I woke up I slept longer than I thought and I had to rush out the door just to reach the airport in time to get ticket. I rush out the front door, grab my Aqua Bike DX that was leaned agent the side of outside wall and I went off without any notice to other team members that I was about to start a mission. After riding my bike for a couple of hours I reached the airport and quickly purchased my tickets, by that time it was about ten at night and I couldn’t keep myself still waiting for my plane to load so for about an hour I pace back and fourth in excitement. As my plane number was called to be loaded I race for specified gate. As I was boarding the plane I looked at it and saw that there was not a very large line. I sat down in my seat and looked around and saw that there was only 5 other seats besides mine and only 3 were occupied. I closed my eyes forgetting how exhausted I was from that long day and I thought to myself …. Team shadow did have one thing right they didn’t put their base in a heavily tourist filled region right after that thought I reclined my seat and fell asleep. I woke up a few times during the night due to turbulence but still seemed to get enough rest after that long day. The plane landed at about 5am in the morning waking me up suddenly. As soon as I heard the pilot announced that it was safe to unbuckle and exit the plane I stood up quickly grabbed my onboard luggage and I impatiently sat again in the unbelievably tiny airport waiting for the rest of my luggage to arrive. Almost an half an hour later my bike and my travel bag arrived and I quickly ran outside of the airport.

Finally just getting to my mission I decide to head for the Pyrite town to gather information on team shadow. I visited a local hotel and the man at the desk claimed that a laboratory just east of town was built about a month ago surrounded by a chain of mountains. As soon as he said that I knew that that had to be the place where team shadow is conducting their experiments, so I left the man the small amount of money I had left after my trip as a token of my appreciation and I rushed out the door, latched my luggage to the side of my bike and I began to travel toward team shadows hidden base.

Only half way there I stopped at a small rest house in the middle of nowhere, forgetting that I had no money left. As I explained my situation to the kind old woman that owned the building she said that if I can take care of a small problem for her I can stay as long as I want. Not even hearing the task she wants me to do I quickly answered without thinking “Yes, Yes, ill do it, ill do anything”.

She pulled me out a chair for me to sit on and she sat down herself beginning to explain her situation…..” I am having a very hard time running this small lodge all by myself, and the last couple of days I have been having some burglary troubles, I seem to have been loosing my food supply that I keep in my basement every night after I head off to bed, and I am not able to stay awake to stop the robbers never mind stop them. If I let you stay here for the day would you be a dear and stay up tonight to try to protect my building“.

Seeing the fear in the elderly woman’s eyes I kept to my promise and agreed to her deal and besides I always love a good mystery case. So I sleep the rest of the day away on a couch in the lodges sitting room resting up for my small side mission while the elderly woman tends to my pokemon.

I awake about 9 at night and I stumble outside with my pokemon and begin my lookout post waiting for the robbers to arrive. Only minutes later I see a shadow in the corner of my eye moving at alarming speeds, that’s when Treeko and Vulpix simultaneously ran in the direction of the shadow making low growling noises. Myself still in a daze from what just happened, pulls out my flashlight and I run after my pokemon.

In all the commotion I lost track of both of my pokemon and the mysterious shadow, so I begin to search the perimeter of the building searching for any signs of life. that’s when I noticed a decent sized hole on the back wall of the building where that burglars entered and that’s where they must be now. So I shine my flashlight into the opening and I begin to squeeze through myself. As I fell onto the floor I noticed Vulpix lying on the floor injured and Treeko pinning the shadowy figure to the floor, I quickly get up and run over to the light switch and I turn it on revealing the figures identity. I look in astonishment seeing that it was not even human it was the pokemon Sneasel more than likely stealing food to survive in the wild wasteland around this area… I felt terrible for the poor pokemon so I decide I have to catch it and give it a chance at enjoying life… seeing that Vulpix was already to damaged to battle anymore I have to fight with a type disadvantage, I return Vulpix to its pokeball and I call off Treeko’s attack.
As soon as Treeko gave Sneasel leeway to move it began to move so quickly I was unable to keep my eye on its bolting attacks on Treeko, but seeing Treeko is fairly advanced in the speed field also he was able to dodge and even occasionally counter Sneasel’s attacks. As both of them began to weaken and loose momentum Sneasel crouched down and took a breath, as soon as Treeko saw that opening he bolted in for an Ariel Ace without any command and he knocked the wild Sneasel on the ground and began to pin down and unleash a barrage of slashing attacks yet again. Treeko was about to deliver to deliver the final blow when I ran over and pulled him off the mauled Sneasel. Then I took a couple steps back and lobed a pokeball at it. The ball quivered a few times then sat still. I picked up the ball put it a slot in my belt then walked up into a room the kind lady let my stay in and slept peacefully for the rest of the night. I awoke early the next morning to rustling sounds downstairs, completely rested I stood up and got changed and went down stairs to tell the woman the good news.

As I entered the kitchen where I heard the noises I saw the woman by the stove cooking a delicious smelling breakfast in my honor not even knowing if I completed my task or not. I sat down at the small table and the woman keeping her attention to what she was cooking turned around for just a moment to say “well how did it turn out” then she turned back to the stove pouring some milk into what she was making then placing it on the counter to let it cool, then she pulled up a chair and sat next to me waiting eagerly for an answer. I explained the whole situation to her and told her how Sneasel was only doing it to survive, she seemed to understand completely so I let Sneasel out of his ball and he looked at the woman and did nothing but put his head down like he was almost ashamed.

She mumbled to herself “its ok” and began to pat Sneasel on his head, Sneasel looked up and smiled then ran over and jumped on my lap. She walked back over the counter and brought over a large bowl of what looked like homemade oatmeal then she dished out enough for both of us and my pokemon. We ate our fill, and I thanked the woman for her hospitality then me and my pokemon left to continue our mission.

I let all my pokemon stay out of their balls and I hopped on my bike and let Vulpix ride on the handle bars while Sneasel and Treeko ran alongside. After about an hour we reached a road between two large mountain chains and in the distance we can see a large gray dreary building with the front door wide open. As I slowly ride down the pathway Sneasel runs ahead and trips a laser trap which caused the door of the laboratory to seal shut. As soon as that happened I saw 2 guards rush toward the pathway with large guns in their hands, as they got close enough they knelt down and prepared to fire, but before they could Sneasel ran toward them at unbelievable speeds and knocked the guns out of both of their hands and pushed them both over. I quickly ran to catch up with Sneasel but by the time I got there Sneasel had broken both guns, knocked both guards out cold and picked a card key out of one of their pockets… At that moment all I can do is stand there in astonishment then I had to grab Sneasel and do a happy dance.

As I made it to the front door I put the card key into the slot on the side of the entrance then the large metal door lifted allowing my team access to the rest of the building. As soon as I made it inside I made sure the door closed behind me not allowing the guards access back inside. I sat down on the floor before heading further into this place and reread the mission report on my TADS reminding me to watch out for traps inside the building.

As I examined the long hallway there only seemed to be one room at the end but I figured this hall has to be finned with traps so I moved with complete caution. Every few steps I had Sneasel use his icy wind attack making some laser alarms visible but for only a moment. As I reached the end of the long hall I had Sneasel use icy wind one last time revealing a wall of lasers, so I sat down on the floor puzzled for a moment trying to think of a way to avoid setting them off. Then I thought the holes where small enough in the mesh like wall of lasers for my pokemon to fit though so I gave all my pokemon the command to go inside the large room and seek out a way to shut off the laser system.

As soon as I stated my commands Sneasel and Treeko nodded at each other ran through the holes in the lasers and ran into the air duct system in the side of the wall. A few minutes later hearing small footsteps in the walls all power went out through the whole building and Sneasel and Treeko returned with pieces of wires in their mouths while Vulpix just wandered around the room aimlessly. As the power shut off so did the lasers so I ran into the large room and searched for signs of a death machine. In a filing cabinet in the back of the room I found blue prints for some sort of machine that looked dangerous so I stole them and put them in my luggage bag. As I zippered up my bag a looked over to the wall and noticed a lever on the side of the wall and curiosity got the best of me so I went over and pulled on it.

As I pulled the mysterious lever the wall began to slide revealing a hidden room with a large half built machine in the corner that looked a lot like what I saw in the blue prints so I assumed that’s what I came here to seek and destroy and that’s exactly what I did. I called Vulpix into the room with the machine seeing that she forgot why she was here and seemed to be doing a search of her own and I had her use her newly obtained overheat attack on the machine melting it into a pile of cinders and melted metals. As soon as Vulpix done that I heard another alarm go off which mush have been hooked up to an emergency generator, which gave me a strong reason to leave and end my mission….I ran for the door as fast as possible escaping with my pokemon at my side and apparently just in time because as soon as I was outside I noticed large flames shooting out of the back of the building more than likely due to Vulpix’s overheat.

As soon as I seen the flames I ran for my bike fearing any more danger but before I did I noticed the guards still unconscious near the burning building so I moved them to safety because the last thing I want is to be responsible for any deaths to the good or the bad. As soon as I got the guards to safety I looked at my watch and saw that my return flight was boarding in a few hours so I hopped on my bike returned all my pokemon to their pokeballs and pedaled faster than I ever had before just barely making it back into the airport in time to make it on my plane. On the plane even though it was only about 8pm but I was so tired I still slept the whole ride home not even waking to the terrible turbulence that was experienced on the first ride. As I reached the airport I awoke relieved and refreshed and took one last small bike ride back to HQ.

yay thank you..... *runs off to see which level 2 mission would work for me*

MISSION- Night Raid on Devon
Any Team Aqua member is asked to go to Devon Corporation and steal 50 PokeNAVs. But you must not be seen be anyone. Beware there are 10 guards in the building. You must enter the building. Then make your way to level 3 were the PokeNAVs are. But get them quickly and return back. All the PokeNAVs are in one box.

Pokemon you may run into on the mission (you may only run into one):
Zigzagoon
Voltorb
Duskull

Funds upon completion: 1000


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Today, I was really excited, mainly because I was a new member of Team Aqua, but also because I was ready for a mission. As soon as I woke up, I hurriedly got on my usual outfit, put my watch on, grabbed the pokeballs on my dresser, and grabbed my pocket knife. “You can never be sure of what the day brings”, I said, as I got my shoes on. “Alright, let’s see what missions there are”, I say as I head over to the bulletin board. “Hmmm, this one sounds good ‘Night Raid on Devon: Any Team Aqua member is asked to go to Devon Corporation and steal 50 PokeNAVs. But you must not be seen by anyone. Beware there are 10 guards in the building. You must enter the building. Then make your way to level 3 were the PokeNAVs are. But get them quickly and return back. All the PokeNAVs are in one box'. This means I have to go to Rustboro, alright then I better get going.” I run to get my Aqua Bike and start my journey to Rustboro.

“Well this is good, I got here early. I guess I’ll browse through the local marts and stop by a café, since I left without breakfast.” After a few hours it started getting darker,”Ok time to complete my objective.” As I make my way over to the Devon Corporation, I notice that the ventilation goes in through the third story, “Ok, I could get up there but not without being noticed. Maybe there’s another way in, on a lower level.” As, I walk around the building I’m confronted by a Zigzagoon, “Here I go.” A battle soon follows.

"Great", I say," my first battle since joining Aqua."

Me: Alright, come on out Kipper
Kipper: kiiippp

K: *Water gun*
Z: 37-12=25hp

Me: Good work Kipper, now raise defense it’s attacking.

Z: *Tackle*
K: 45-6=39hp

Me: Great, keep going Kipper

K: *Mud slap*
Z: 25-9=16hp

Me: Excellent

Z: *Tackle*
K: 39-10=29hp

Me: Good defense

K: *Mud slap*
Z: 16-10=6hp

Me: Good work Kipper. *throws a pokeball at the Zigzagoon*
*Zigzagoon is caught*

“Uh, oh I think someone heard the battle.” I run around the corner of the building just as a beam of light, hits were I was. “Whew, that was a close one”, I whisper to myself. As I start walking around the building, looking for a way in. I look up and see a window on the second floor. “Ok, here I go”, I say as I spread my wings and flap them one good time for a boosted jump. “Good, I’m glad that worked.” I look around to make sure that no one saw me, as I retract my wings and step through the window.

“Ok, now where are the stairs, because the elevator will make to much noise.” I quietly walk around corners and sneak past hallways. After a few minutes of searching, I find what I’m looking for, stairs, unfortunately there’s a guard sleeping there and I don’t want to be the one to wake him. So, as to not cause a confrontation I look for another way and spot a ventilation duct. I slowly make my way over to it and see that the screen is screwed on tight. At first I look around to see if there was another way and then I remember my knife, so I slowly open it and start cutting around the seams of the screen. I’m glad I remembered my knife or else I might not have been able to do this, I think to myself.

Alright, I know that it goes to the third floor, but what I don’t know is if there are ducts on the inside of the third floor, but I’ve got to find out. As I move slowly through the shaft I come to a drop off point, and hesitate for a brief moment and then start creeping up the side of the shaft. I finally make to the third floor, after what seems like hours and start looking for a way out of the shaft and back into the building. I find my exit halfway down the shaft, and slowly cut through the screen. “Ok, looks like the coast is clear, but where is the storage room”, I ask myself as I look around corners and walk down hallways.

Halfway down the third hallway I find the storage room and enter without hesitation and before I let the door close I find a small box and use it to keep the door from completely closing. As I look for the box with the Pokenavs I find another ventilation duct and decide that it will be my way out of here, soon after I find the box of pokenavs and set it by the vent while I cut through the screen. I then push the box in and start my escape.

I soon find out that this shaft leads to the outside, as I smell the fresh air coming in. As I make my way through the vent shaft, I think about how I’ll get down and decide on gliding down. All of a sudden I come to a stop and see that I’m at the exit point and reach forward, past the box, to cut the screen. After which I push the box out of the vent, and refusing to drop it I fall out as well. Quickly spreading my wings I fail to glide down but I do soften the landing. As I get up I hear an alarm start blaring and quickly tie the box to my bike and ride off into the night.

“Wow that was a close one, I almost didn’t make it. I definitely had a few close ones before, but never like that. I’d say, for a first time, I did pretty well. They should be glad to have me as a member, I know I’m glad to be a member”, I say as I ride back to base, enjoying the cold, night air rushing by me. I laugh as I think of how the guards try to figure out how, even though they were there, anyone could have passed by them unnoticed.

*walks in and sits on couch*
Krait: If you want to evolve, evolve. Then again I'm not in charge.
*teleports to fridge, grabs a root beer, teleports back to couch, sits down and drinks his root beer*

Krait: Yeah, I'm new here.
*stands up, stretches wings, and retracts them while talking to Maddy*
Krait: How long have you been here?

*A note appears on the mission report*

Not too shabby for a new member's first mission. I noticed you only snuck past one guard (possibly two if you count the one that almost caught you outside), even though the brief said there are 10 guards. However, it doesn't actually say you have to sneak past all of them.

I do take issue with your battle. Since you opted for the more realistic HP approach, you need to pay careful attention to how the game works. Water Gun is twice as strong as Mud Slap, and Kipper (a Mudkip, right?) is a pure Water-type. If Water Gun does 12 damage, Mud Slap should do 3-5. Also, I generally find this style of battling to be rather dull, even though there's technically nothing wrong with it.

Of course, everything boils down to pass or fail. So here it is:
PASS.

Please consider what I've said as constructive criticism and always strive to improve. cool