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It was rather late when Jack arrived, but it couldn't be said to be entirely his fault. Agnes had hidden her Pokeball somewhere and Jack had spent quite some time searching before giving up and letting her stay outside. It would probably show up when Agnes got tired of walking around.

For now though, he stood outside the large building that was the Team Rocket Headquarters with Agnes slowly catching up. Without waiting for her, he opened the door and strode inside. It took him some more time to find his guide, partly because he didn't realize the kid lounging against the wall was actually the guide.

Jack sidled up behind the kid and looked him up and down, trying to judge his age. Seriously, how old was he? 14? "So you're supposed to be my guide around this place?" He asked.

Jack waved away the issue, as well as some of the smoke from Agnes that was starting to creep about. "We can go ahead. She'll catch up in due time." Anges reached the two of them as he spoke and started glaring at the kid- Leonard. She was an old Pokemon, but there was nothing wrong with her hearing as far as he could figure, so she probably heard what the kid said and resented that. Not a good first impression.

"So!" Jack tucked his hands in his pockets and slouched, just to piss the kid off. Leonard seemed like the prissy time that would be annoyed by this kind of stuff. "I'm Jack, she's Agnes, she won't slow us down but you might, being so short. Really, how old are you? I'm thinking twelve."

Probably not a good idea to piss off the guy showing him about, but hey. He was bored. And he doubted there'd be any repercussions since the kid was likely another grunt as well.

Jack inwardly bristled but he kept his face blank as he followed the kid around. He eyed the Pokedex while responding, "Oooh, almost 17. And no, the old guy had a walker. Didn't see the need to take it. But hey, Team Rocket is a criminal organization. A Torkoal is still a Pokemon. She may not be as fast as others, but where she came from doesn't really matter as long as she's usable."

He spun around lazily as he took in the detention faculties. "Eh, they don't seem too bad, but they're not my kind of place. I think I won't be here that often, seeing as I don't 'mouth off' superiors." He kept the rest of the statement unsaid as he faced Leonard again, face carefully devoid of any smirk that wanted to appear.

Jack reflexively started to answer but paused. Oh. Heyyy. The kid actually twisted Jack's words around successfully and burned him. Maybe Leonard wasn't so bad. Or maybe Jack's insults weren't really that good. He shrugged inwardly. Even if his insults were weak, it's the act that counts.

Jack stopped with the kid and watched as he pressed the elevator button. "It's nice to see your caring so much about Agnes." He said. "But she can control her smoke, she just doesn't see a reason to do so. And while she can't walk down steps, she's perfectly fine with barreling down them." He paused. "I'd show you, but I wouldn't want people in the way to get injured."

Agnes was still a little far. Jack guessed she'd make it before the elevator came, but if not then Leonard would just have to wait.

Agnes had stopped emitting smoke when they had entered the elevator, thankfully. Now then just had to wait as the elevator descended to the right floor.

Jack began picking at his fingernails. "Just her. I don't really need any others to survive; I do just fine with Agnes." He glanced down at the Torkoal, who was waddling around the elevator. Jack hoped that she's accidentally step on Leonard's toes or something, just to see what'd happen.

Jack sauntered over to one door and opened it a crack. Yup, there was a swimming pool. And some ladies~

He eased the door closed again and rejoined Leonard. "Oh, I don't know. It might be useful if Agnes gets out of line." Agnes looked up at this and snorted, and the smoke that came out was darker, a threat. "Though that doesn't happen often," he amended.

Agnes's smoke lightened and he turned back to the kid. "So what about you yourself? I'm a kinda stealthy person, but by your Pokemon I'm guessing you're a jack of all trades, master of none."

"Mm. In those situations I just run."

Jack followed the kid around, giving the rooms only a cursory glance before moving on. The layout didn't feel that different from the other bases he had been in, but it was definitely bigger. He made certain to keep track of things in his head; it would be a blow to his skillz if he couldn't remember everything on the first go.

"Yeah, Agnes and technology has a hate-hate relationship. I'm betting it's cause of her age, " Jack said in response to what Leonard was saying. His mind was wandering... and then touched on a moment of their conversation a little ways back.

Jack paused and moved to be in front of Leonard. Giving his first obvious smirk, he asked, "So what do you know of the women here?" While he wasn't a really big womanizer or something, he was still interested. And he wondered what a pipsqueak like the kid would say.