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 Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:56 pm
"Down here," a voice called from the bottom of the steps.
A glint of light reflecting off a black visor as a man with light red hair looked up at Panther and Nyx.
"Don't worry, the stairs are safe. They're meant to discourage curious visitors."
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:28 pm
"Ahh, good!" Panther gave a wave in recognition of the other rocket and then turned to Nxy. "Ladies first then?"
Nika grinned and grabbed onto the strings. She liked what the Drifloon had in mind. Not giving him much chance to situated himself she took a running leap down the hole, holding onto his strings.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:37 pm
Newton's air-buoyant body acted like a parachute; He and Nika floated gently down the steps, the Drifloon shouted gleefully.
"What? Huh." Nyx watched the pair float down the steps and giggled. Newton would make a good hot-air balloon.
Even though the steps were actually safe, Nyx was still careful walking down them. Once down she smiled at the visor-clad man.
"Hello! We heard you have a package for us!" She couldn't wait! This was so exciting!
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:56 pm
Even though the steps were claimed to be safe, the rusty metal creaked and groaned under their weight, and even shifted a little bit.
The man chuckled lightly at the pair of Pokemon as they floated downward. An easy going smile on his face as Nyx soon joined then with her exuberance.
"That I do. If you will follow me."
The visored Rocket then turned and proceeded to lead them further into the terminal once Panther was down.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:56 pm
Giving one last glance around he fallowed Nyx down the stairs. The other grunt was too excited, already asking for the package. She should have at least waited till they were inside, he thought. For this, he didn't bother to take off his glasses, even though it was darker down here. He fallowed them inside without a word.
Nika grinned her legs wiggling in the air, and then she landed on the ground running in a circle and then to snag on to Panther's leg, holding tight.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:07 pm
"Ooo yay!" Nyx squeaked and clapped her hands together excitedly before following after their guide Rocket.
Newton decided he would rather be pulled than to float forward, so he wrapped one of his strings around the little Charmander's arm and went along for the ride.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:54 pm
The red haired man led the two toward the train shaft and jumped down into it, landing on the tracks. He then led them a little waits down the shaft and to a hidden door.
"After you." He motioned for Panther and Nyx to go in first.
Once they were through, he closed the door behind them.
"The name is Will, by the way."
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:25 pm
"Panther." He gave his code name. In his mind it dueled over as his real name anyway. He walked in making sure Nyx didn't wander off. There was a frown on his face as the door closed behind them, he wasn't sure he liked the secret base.
The charmander ran in to be sure she wasn't left behind, still toting the balloon pokemon. At the moment she would far rather be carried, but that was beyond hope. the look on her human's face crushed every thought of it.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:44 pm
"I'm Nyx." She replied "The Drifloon is Newton." She kept following, there weren't really any places to wander off too, anyway.
"So... What do you do here, Will?"
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:55 pm
"Mostly I'm a guard. But since the staffing here is so sparse, I'm often given other assignments that need to be done. Like this one."
Leading them down a cold concrete hall, they passed through another door that went into the actual interior of the base. It had a similar feel to the HQ... just smaller.
"You're the scientist right?" This said to Nyx as she seemed to fit that description a lot better than Panther.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:04 pm
Once in the actual base he relaxed a little, this was familiar territory. He nodded at Will's comments, it seemed that they were very similar. He'd probably come to like him, later.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:27 pm
"That's me, yes." Nyx looked around this base. Apparently there were specific standards in decoration in Team Rocket, like a chain store.
"I'm curious why it is that I was selected for this. Not that I am under-qualified or undeserving. I'd pick me too, but I'm fairly new." Nyx shrugged. One of the higher-ups must be smarter than she thought.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:36 pm
Although unseen behind his visor, Will raised his brows. He cast Nyx a glance over his shoulder.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to transport a tube, right?"
He smirked at his own little pun.
"Besides, agents are elites are higher profile and would draw more attention than grunts. That's my guess, anyway."
A glance was then given to Panther, who was being rather quiet.
"You're a guard too, right? How's the HQ?"
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:51 pm
"Boring for the most part. Mostly I just stare at sand all day and do little runs like this one, though I haven't transported DNA before." he shrugged a little. "We did have something interesting happen though, a Galactic member attacked the HQ a while back. It was taken care of of course."
All information any grunt at HQ would know, but he didn't know how often information got to this outpost.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:57 pm
Nyx frowned. Bah, what would a guard know? She crossed her arms and continued following. Transporting DNA was important business, and potentially delicate. Besides, if it DIDN'T take a scientist, why didn't they JUST send Panther?
She grumbled.
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