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[This RP is reserved for those with slots in this month's raid.]

It had started out as an average day at Team Rocket Headquarters. Nothing particularly big or exciting had been planned.. certainly not any noteworthy missions. This all changed some time around 2pm.

Lore had been called off to Lucere's office and arrived back downstairs with important news. Oddly enough, rather than report this news to any of the Elites, he grabbed the first higher-ranked Rocket he found (who happened to be Hayes, on his way back to his room from grabbing a soda) and asked him to help assemble a team. Not ten minutes later, he and Hayes had Tony, Mau, Demyx, Repo, Frost, Saleen, Tambrey, Sorano, Alexander and Panther assembled in one of the currently-unoccupied training rooms. The group was basically comprised of whoever happened to be easy to find and otherwise unoccupied at the moment.

"Thanks for joining us at the last second, guys. Sorry for the quick notice but I just got back from the Big Man's office with some exciting news." Lore looked to be in good spirits as he addressed the group. His pair of Whimsicott stood beside him, looking at the gathered Rockets. "About 40 minutes ago some Rockets south of here reported sighting a giant metal ariados heading into Cypress Forest. I've been briefed on recent missions and I think we all have a pretty good idea of who's driving that thing."

Saleen had been walking through the halls when she had heard the chatter about needing people for a mission. Though she was a little skeptical, she decided to drop in and see what was up. She hadn’t had much of a chance to change, but luckily she wasn’t dressed in her favorite dress today, but rather a plainer skirt and black top, and she still had her lab coat on. Her hair was already braided and tied up, as she did so while in the lab, and she had removed her glasses and placed them in her coat pocket. Hovering on her left was Ciara, listing as if she understood what was going on, and on her right was Esther.

She watched as people gathered in the room, then listened when Lore began to speak. But she widened her eyes a bit at what he mentioned. Giant metal ariados? What the heck? Hoping for more of an explanation, Saleen decided to sit and wait, to see what other information they would be given. She just hoped she would have time to head up to her room and change into her rocket uniform before they leave!

Demyx had just finished up a meal in the cafeteria when he'd seen an Agent walk in - blonde, glasses, easy on the eyes but he gave no indication that he went in any direction but straight - and ask the various assembled Rockets about who was up for a mission. That particular day, he had no prior commitments or work that needed to be done for the rest of the evening, and had only been planning to kick back in the Rec Room or maybe head to the swimming pool.

And when an Agent comes knocking, you don't argue if you're free.

It was quite the happy coincidence that resulted in him in the training room with ten others before the recently-transferred Executive Agent Loreven, his easy posture giving no indication to just how intently he was listening to the others. He knew enough to make an educated guess about just who was behind the wheel of the mentioned giant metal Ariados, and he couldn't help but feel just the tiniest bit eager about it.

An impromptu mission that would likely involve beating the snot out of Team Galactic? Having nothing to do for the rest of the day had never had such pleasant results before.

Mau had been quite content with working in the labs today. He'd grabbed a late lunch, but before making it back to his work, he was ambushed by some other rockets. Now, he was roped into pest control it seemed. Not that it mattered, it was still work, one way or another.

He'd heard about robots on other missions. Not that he'd been on any of them personally, and not that that was a problem with him. But luck rarely held out. So, Team Galactic had brought attention to themselves, hm? They sure were a thorn in Team Rocket's side...

Having just been finishing up some coffee and was ready to go back to fixing up his new room, Agent Panther was very surprised when agent Hayes walked into the cafeteria and shouted. A mission was far more interesting then what his previous plans were, and it didn't take long get himself into the group. The Agent had grabbed him, and dragged him with a handful of other rockets to a training room.

He fallowed along, noticing that it was an executive assembling the group. A giant robot sounded familiar. Likely team Galactic.

Tambrey had been actually planning on some training and thus the pokeballs of Lasi and Palu were readily clipped to her belt. She'd been accosted in the corridor and hadn't actually needed to go and prepare; she'd simply followed along until they were all assembled in the training room.

The dark-haired woman stayed quiet as she listened to the reason for the impromptu gathering of... whoever could be found.
It was nice to be in the right place at the right time, she decided; this Lore person was very interesting and she felt a a twinge of excitement about the idea of seeing a Team Galactic robot.
Giant mechanical Ariados- that sounded like something worth just seeing, let alone whatever was planned.

She noted Alexander and Panther and reflected that it was lucky; she knew some people and trusted both for the most part.

Lore nodded at Frost and then the rest of the Rockets, "S'gotta be. Nobody else'd be cruising around in something that ostentatious. Boss wants a team dispatched pronto. That's where you lovely folks come in. We don't know what Galactic's after, but we know they have a track record of hunting down Legendaries. Whatever it is they're up to, it's our job to get it first or take it from them. S'no secret Lucere's pissed about them swooping in on Team Rocket's business and stealing that Ho-Oh. He figures we ought to return the favor. So I'll tell you what.. you've got ten minutes to head to your rooms and grab pokémon, uniforms.. whatever you need. Then meet at the garage. We'll grab a couple of SUVs and get this thing done."

Tony listened with interest. He nodded his head. Stealing pokemon was, ironically, both a pleasure and pain for the man. He was not innocent of it himself, even before he had become a Rocket. In fact, it was the act that started his career.

But when someone else did it to him and his? That wasn't going to fly with him.

He nodded his head, hand moving down to his belt. He had one pokemon with him at the moment, the same one he always had. Bruce, the Bulbasaur. He had a few others, but he imagined the most useful would be his strongest. The grass type was certainly that. Maybe he'd grab Random, his Wartortle, but other than that he imagined he was already pretty set. Ready to go.

His own excitement for this mission was surprising, a grin curling at the corner of his mouth as he thought about it. To the garage, then.