Uchiha Itachi (age 13) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
forthevillage) wrote2013-11-17 09:55 pm
forthevillage) wrote2013-11-17 09:55 pm
first step -- action / rocket frequency voice
[Out of uniform and into new clothing, Itachi is finally setting foot outside of the base unmasked. With his Rocket training complete, he has new tasks he's set out for himself. This world still feels ridiculous to him, but it's what he has to work with so he'd best work with it.
Even if he's not wearing the obvious red R on his chest, he's still keeping a hood over his head for reasons that have nothing to do with the organization. There are those here from his own world that he'd rather not know he existed.
He leaves by way of the south road, Route 34. The longer travel time from there to Violet City should provide him with more of a chance to prepare his small team for their first gym battle - a questionable goal that nevertheless seems important as far as opening up further opportunities. He follows the main road, but he doesn't travel straight down it. As he's near such a big city, he couldn't be sure who me might come across along the way.
A lightly worn footpath leads from the road to an open field not too far out of town. This is no doubt due to trainers commonly making their way to the tall grass there in the hopes of catching whatever wanders within it. He begins to take that path himself, but something else nearby distracts him. There's an opening that might have otherwise led into a small patch of trees on his right, but it is being blocked by what appears to be a rather large pokemon. Two children are wandering around its feet, poking at it with sticks, but it seems oblivious.
Quietly, he releases his zubat from its pokeball, sending it to dive at the kids and send them scattering. He wants to see this one for himself.
The creature is sleeping, completely unaware of anything that's happening. To get a better look, Itachi climbs up it, sitting on it's rotund belly as it rises and falls with its breathing. His pokedex is flipped open and he gets a name - snorlax. He also gets its level - slightly higher than both of his. He regrets now that he was lax with his lunatone in order to strengthen the little bat creature (a task that seemed nearly impossible). As lazy as it appears, it also seems potentially useful, and it can't hurt to have a pokemon that actually has a size advantage.
Hopping back down, he attempts to first take the easy method of capture. After all, it's already asleep. Tossing a pokeball at it in this state has no effect, however. That means he'll still have to wake it and weaken it. One would think that these devices would be made stronger in order to make such a thing unnecessary.
Waking it proves more difficult than expected. Not even a booted foot to the creature's head gets it to stir, which leaves him to begin flipping through radio stations, playing them at full blast. This also does nothing until he finally comes across one that seems more like a lullaby than anything. Ironically, this is what causes the pokemon to yawn and blink its eyes open. Taking no chances, Itachi immediately sends his zubat at it.
Despite all recent training, this particular fight is... rather embarrassing. The zubat is about the size of the snorlax's ear, and does about as much damage as you'd think a being that size would do. He does put up a valiant effort, all things considered. He might have even managed to poison the larger beast, but it's hard to tell. The snorlax doesn't react much to it. Before the zubat can be knocked out completely, the ninja returns it to its ball. The lunatone is really what he's counting on, as it has the ability to put the other pokemon to sleep again. The only problem is making sure that it lasts long enough to do so.
Thankfully it's body is mostly stone, so it's able to take a good many of the attacks before Itachi is forced to use one of his few potions to heal it. At the very least, he was right about the snorlax's usefulness. The amount of health it has is incredible when compared to the pokemon he's been training so far.
Considering how sound asleep it was before, one would think that using hypnosis to return it to that state would be fairly easy, but this isn't the case. It takes two failed attempts before it finally takes hold. At this point, Itachi has been tempted to jump in and land a few blows himself, but that seems to be against the rules of this world and he's probably drawing enough attention to himself with this battle as is.
At last he's able to throw a pokeball and have it hold. When the snorlax is safely captured, he sits on the ground with the ball in his hand and just sort of stares at it curiously. He had stopped questioning the physics involved with keeping the animals in containers this small, but with something that size...
He then realizes that he's now going to have to turn around and go right back into town if he wants the free healing provided in one of the centers. It will certainly save him trouble in the long run, especially if he intends to train this new catch as well.
When did his life turn into this?]
[Locked to Team Rocket members]
Those of you who have been in the organization for some time - what do you do to keep your pokemon from being recognized when you're fighting as a civilian?
Has that ever even become necessary?
Even if he's not wearing the obvious red R on his chest, he's still keeping a hood over his head for reasons that have nothing to do with the organization. There are those here from his own world that he'd rather not know he existed.
He leaves by way of the south road, Route 34. The longer travel time from there to Violet City should provide him with more of a chance to prepare his small team for their first gym battle - a questionable goal that nevertheless seems important as far as opening up further opportunities. He follows the main road, but he doesn't travel straight down it. As he's near such a big city, he couldn't be sure who me might come across along the way.
A lightly worn footpath leads from the road to an open field not too far out of town. This is no doubt due to trainers commonly making their way to the tall grass there in the hopes of catching whatever wanders within it. He begins to take that path himself, but something else nearby distracts him. There's an opening that might have otherwise led into a small patch of trees on his right, but it is being blocked by what appears to be a rather large pokemon. Two children are wandering around its feet, poking at it with sticks, but it seems oblivious.
Quietly, he releases his zubat from its pokeball, sending it to dive at the kids and send them scattering. He wants to see this one for himself.
The creature is sleeping, completely unaware of anything that's happening. To get a better look, Itachi climbs up it, sitting on it's rotund belly as it rises and falls with its breathing. His pokedex is flipped open and he gets a name - snorlax. He also gets its level - slightly higher than both of his. He regrets now that he was lax with his lunatone in order to strengthen the little bat creature (a task that seemed nearly impossible). As lazy as it appears, it also seems potentially useful, and it can't hurt to have a pokemon that actually has a size advantage.
Hopping back down, he attempts to first take the easy method of capture. After all, it's already asleep. Tossing a pokeball at it in this state has no effect, however. That means he'll still have to wake it and weaken it. One would think that these devices would be made stronger in order to make such a thing unnecessary.
Waking it proves more difficult than expected. Not even a booted foot to the creature's head gets it to stir, which leaves him to begin flipping through radio stations, playing them at full blast. This also does nothing until he finally comes across one that seems more like a lullaby than anything. Ironically, this is what causes the pokemon to yawn and blink its eyes open. Taking no chances, Itachi immediately sends his zubat at it.
Despite all recent training, this particular fight is... rather embarrassing. The zubat is about the size of the snorlax's ear, and does about as much damage as you'd think a being that size would do. He does put up a valiant effort, all things considered. He might have even managed to poison the larger beast, but it's hard to tell. The snorlax doesn't react much to it. Before the zubat can be knocked out completely, the ninja returns it to its ball. The lunatone is really what he's counting on, as it has the ability to put the other pokemon to sleep again. The only problem is making sure that it lasts long enough to do so.
Thankfully it's body is mostly stone, so it's able to take a good many of the attacks before Itachi is forced to use one of his few potions to heal it. At the very least, he was right about the snorlax's usefulness. The amount of health it has is incredible when compared to the pokemon he's been training so far.
Considering how sound asleep it was before, one would think that using hypnosis to return it to that state would be fairly easy, but this isn't the case. It takes two failed attempts before it finally takes hold. At this point, Itachi has been tempted to jump in and land a few blows himself, but that seems to be against the rules of this world and he's probably drawing enough attention to himself with this battle as is.
At last he's able to throw a pokeball and have it hold. When the snorlax is safely captured, he sits on the ground with the ball in his hand and just sort of stares at it curiously. He had stopped questioning the physics involved with keeping the animals in containers this small, but with something that size...
He then realizes that he's now going to have to turn around and go right back into town if he wants the free healing provided in one of the centers. It will certainly save him trouble in the long run, especially if he intends to train this new catch as well.
When did his life turn into this?]
[Locked to Team Rocket members]
Those of you who have been in the organization for some time - what do you do to keep your pokemon from being recognized when you're fighting as a civilian?
Has that ever even become necessary?
[locked audio]
The other time it may become an issue is if the person you're facing knows you, has a Psychic-type on hand, and is willing to use them to read minds, but at that point you have bigger problems than just your Pokémon, I think.
Really, I just raise separate teams; it keeps everything far simpler.
[locked audio]
I would not feel productive enough simply remaining within headquarters or in uniform.
[locked audio]
What interests you, if I may?
[locked audio]
I specialize in combat, but not using animals.
[locked audio]
[locked audio]
[Perhaps less so without his abilities, but he would still consider himself fairly competent on an equal playing field.]
[locked audio]
So give us a world full of magical animals that are capable of maiming people, and it won't be long before someone's going to use those animals to do exactly that; it's a logical progression, as people go.
[locked audio]
The fact that no one considers them a threat makes this world appear to be pulled from a child's picture book.
[locked audio]
However, there are humans who will train them into attacking other people, if you know where to look; those would be the ones who know that the fastest way to cripple an army is to take down the commanding officer. There are exceptions to that, of course, but it tends to be more efficient overall.
[locked audio]
I will need to look more into this world's history. That should help when it comes to understanding the overall mindset of the native populace and why things function as they do. There are enough books on the animals, so there's sure to be some of that mixed among them.
[locked audio]
Good luck in your research.
[locked audio]
...And thank you for your helpful response.
[Seeing as he didn't immediately poke fun at him.]