Rocket Name: Dirk Strider Rocket Rank: Beta Requested Reward: Reusable U Turn TM, any other TMs (reusable or otherwise.) Compatibility with Beedrill and/or Scyther preferred.
Plot interactions: On his way out, Dirk wasted no time stuffing his twenty-odd secret pockets with cashbox contents, expensive TMs, evolution stones, and various decorative accessories for both people and Pokemon. In the interest of making a point, he dramatically emptied every single pocket in front of the admins, just to show that he was handing over every last PokeCent and Pearl.
Before that, though...
Despite the exemption granted by his rank, Dirk handmade himself a fancy Santa costume to wear, took off his shades(!), and decorated his Type:Null to match. This was done to disguise him from his son/brother Dave and his Alt Friend Jane (who is also a League Champion), but Dirk will report his motive differently: armed with a heavy, handmade solid wood candy cane, Dirk used his disguise to pick out offworlder Trainers and attack the problem of their interference directly. Which... is technically what he did. Admittedly, he didn't know the "real" "Santa Claus" was going to show up with a bunch of them, but offworlders are attracted to any kind of scene very quickly, and as they are often stronger Trainers AND disinclined to follow the Rules (which limit them to using their Pokemon over themselves as combatants), he was uniquely suited (ha) to run intervention on them.
His attack on Claude ended up a 2 vs 1 when Felix attacked Dirk for attacking Claude, but Dirk's Pokemon overpowered Santa's, and his Morpeko in particular kept Claude very busy while Dirk duelled Felix.
Chip Abaroa.... uh, look, Dirk doesn't love beating up kids, but this ALSO turned into a 2 vs 1 when Sylvain showed up to defend them from Dirk. See what he means about not playing by the Rules? Terrible. Absolutely a pain in the fucking ass. (Sylvain has not tagged in as of this posting but backtagging is for winners.)
He did convince Akane to be a little less zealous in her physical assault on Team Rocket's Grunts, slowing her down and giving the Grunts more time to stuff their pockets a bit and less cause to spend the next week in the Infirmary, complaining about missing teeth and concussions.
He also confronted Captain Ash, who was using his Pokemon to ensnare Grunts and take them out of commission. Again with that thing where he's trying to avert an Infirmary full of Grunts moaning about concussions and sore spots...
Shit, Let's Rob Santa
Rocket Rank: Beta
Requested Reward: Reusable U Turn TM, any other TMs (reusable or otherwise.) Compatibility with Beedrill and/or Scyther preferred.
Plot interactions: On his way out, Dirk wasted no time stuffing his twenty-odd secret pockets with cashbox contents, expensive TMs, evolution stones, and various decorative accessories for both people and Pokemon. In the interest of making a point, he dramatically emptied every single pocket in front of the admins, just to show that he was handing over every last PokeCent and Pearl.
Before that, though...
Despite the exemption granted by his rank, Dirk handmade himself a fancy Santa costume to wear, took off his shades(!), and decorated his Type:Null to match. This was done to disguise him from his son/brother Dave and his Alt Friend Jane (who is also a League Champion), but Dirk will report his motive differently: armed with a heavy, handmade solid wood candy cane, Dirk used his disguise to pick out offworlder Trainers and attack the problem of their interference directly. Which... is technically what he did. Admittedly, he didn't know the "real" "Santa Claus" was going to show up with a bunch of them, but offworlders are attracted to any kind of scene very quickly, and as they are often stronger Trainers AND disinclined to follow the Rules (which limit them to using their Pokemon over themselves as combatants), he was uniquely suited (ha) to run intervention on them.
His attack on Claude ended up a 2 vs 1 when Felix attacked Dirk for attacking Claude, but Dirk's Pokemon overpowered Santa's, and his Morpeko in particular kept Claude very busy while Dirk duelled Felix.
Chip Abaroa.... uh, look, Dirk doesn't love beating up kids, but this ALSO turned into a 2 vs 1 when Sylvain showed up to defend them from Dirk. See what he means about not playing by the Rules? Terrible. Absolutely a pain in the fucking ass. (Sylvain has not tagged in as of this posting but backtagging is for winners.)
He did convince Akane to be a little less zealous in her physical assault on Team Rocket's Grunts, slowing her down and giving the Grunts more time to stuff their pockets a bit and less cause to spend the next week in the Infirmary, complaining about missing teeth and concussions.
He also confronted Captain Ash, who was using his Pokemon to ensnare Grunts and take them out of commission. Again with that thing where he's trying to avert an Infirmary full of Grunts moaning about concussions and sore spots...