[22] [Video/Action for Goldenrod] - "I Know a Lot About the Law and Various Other Lawyerings"

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Though Blake is standing in front of a blank wall, the height of the roof and his distance from the camera hints that he's in a large building. He clears his throat and begins his address.]

Listen up, all of you. I'll make this quick.

[He clasps his hands behind his back and starts moving. He can never stay still while giving a speech like this.]

United States of Monster Island, it is time to get your shit together.

[As he walks, the Croagunk-held Gear revolves to track him, revealing that the wall has a large patch in a different color, and that something further back and to his right appears to be bowling lanes. A few feathers are scattered on the floor.]

First off, as you can see here, we got us a headquarters here in Goldenrod now. You got a problem, you come here.

The second thing we have is a problem.

See, there's an asshole out there trying to commit acts of terrorism and take shit over, and I for one am not planning on letting him.

[He shoots a hard look at the camera. A feather drifts against his foot.]

If you're over eighteen, consider yourself drafted. Man or woman, it doesn't matter when it's a magic animal doing the work. Stand ready to get called up.

[He notices something stuck to him. He scowls, grabs the feather off his pant leg, and brandishes it at the camera.]

In the meantime, somebody clean up these goddamn things.



I've been doing some calling around. It turns out a Center in the Sevii Islands went incommunicado at just about that time that moron was swaggering around bragging about taking one over.

Your assignment is to take your flying and swimming monsters and scout out the area. I'll be sending my bat, too. We find this idiot, then we make him regret who he screwed with.

Comments

[private video]

[conquersworlds]

You really have no idea what you're doing, do you?

[Well, then.]

[private video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake's glower darkens to lethal real fast.]

I'm locating the enemy and getting a strike team together. I don't see you getting anything fucking done.

[conquersworlds]

That's not what I'm talking about - this 'draft' nonsense is going to have the exact opposite effect of what you want.

[private video]

[captainash]

You know, I haven't listened to that kind of order in years. No matter who they came from.

[He's a pirate. He does as he pleases.]

Where are those Sevii Islands of yours, anyway?

[private text]

[ladywithnovoice]

[Hello, sir, hope you don't mind someone else jumping into this conversation.]

It's in Kanto. Quite a ways south, if I've done my reading correctly.

[private video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake chimes in after Red provides the geography.]

[His lip quirks wryly.] Then it's past time to try something new.

Don't you want to see this asshole get what's coming to him?

[private video]

[enjoymyatelier]

[..............what has he gotten himself into]

You... expect this to work, then.

[private video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake crosses his arms and stands proud.]

I expect somebody to get their ass kicked.

[private video]

[ajustcaws]

Yes, sir! Absolutely! ...uh... just, which way is it to Sevii Islands? Is there a boat there or something...?

[private video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[The words yes sir go straight to his ego. God, he'd missed hearing that.]

They're out in the boonies, south of Kanto. Nobody much gives a damn, so it wasn't easy to figure out they'd dropped off the radar.

[private video]

[presentyourbadge]

I suppose any comments about "coming on too strong" are going to be ignored, lieutenant?

[sIGH. Blake really wasn't good with the public relations aspect of the law, was he?]

Where exactly is this headquarters, anyway? I'll stop by.

[private video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

I don't have time to make anybody a bubble bath. I have a war to fight.

[He doesn't seem too put out by that, though. His eyes and gestures are crackling with energy.]

It's a big old building on the east side. 142 Snover Boulevard.

Come on down and be ready to fight.

private text;

[ladywithnovoice]

I see I'm going to have to get onto my job right away.

I'm afraid I can't help you with the feathers.

private text (WHOOPS forgot to say the private video part is to her too, edited it in)

[lieutenantantichrist]

That's fine. You have more important things to do. Get people ready. They're going to have to move out at any minute.

[Private] [Video]

[wing_attack]

[Dammit Blake he was going to go to Cianwood. But this does sound like a problem, even if he's incredibly uneasy with Blake ordering people around.]

... Fine. Where's the Sevii Islands?

[Also please be a boat. He doesn't have Surf...]

[Private] [Text]

[ladywithnovoice]

[Hey, she promised herself as someone who'd help... So Red figures she can answer this sort of question.]

It's south, in Kanto's neighborhood of things. I'm pretty sure quite a few people aren't exactly close.

text; | private

[aufsassig]

[So this is what it's like to date Catwoman. Or have Catwoman constantly trying to get into your Batsuit while Selina Kyle won't give uncaped-you the time of day. Or...

Actually, that's a shit metaphor, what the fuck is he doing.

tl;dr this is one of those moments where playing both sides of the field suddenly means both armies are trying to draft you as reinforcements at once, and hoo boy okay it's time to do some fast-talking.

This poor sap has no idea Cobra's got a hit out on him, does he. Well, it's nice to see that nobody's gotten to him yet, at least.]

Declaring war already, Mr. President?

text; | private

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Nobody's tried to kill him more than usual lately.

Blake texts back as he whistles to himself.

Mr. President. Yeah, he likes the sound of that.]

Yep. It's time to stomp that pissant into the ground.

Should be fun.

video;

[heartdive]

I think you could have asked nicely and have gotten people ready to help, you know.

[ like him. but he'd help anyway we all know that. ]

video;

[lieutenantantichrist]

I'd love to ask nicely [no he wouldn't] but that's not how you get results. You don't tell somebody, "If you happen to feel like it, pretty please put the gun on the ground."

Leaders give orders, not suggestions.

Video

[the_pilgrim]

But...couldn't you use your resources to find a way out of here instead?

Video

[lieutenantantichrist]

[That's a protest, but not the kind he was expecting. Blake's brows knit.]

A way out of what now?

private video

[islandshore]

[In hindsight, he feels kinda silly for not investigating this himself. As the PGC's leader, he's kinda dropped the ball, but it's great that someone's willing to put forth the effort and get to the bottom of things.

So, rather than ridicule Blake, Riku responds with a firm expression, raising a clenched fist.]

Works for me, but do we keep it subtle or barge right in? There's probably enough of us to overpower the place, but sometimes it pays to keep things on the down low.

private video

[lieutenantantichrist]

[That's what Blake is here for: picking up balls.

That's the expression he likes to see, the kind that says somebody's ready to kick some ass.]

Keep it on the down low for now. [Besides announcing it all over the network.] We want to scout it out and see what we're dealing with first.

Then we go all in.

private video - backdated like whoa

[capitald]

[Sevii Islands, eh? Before responding, Ringabel sifts through the Town Map, and... goodness, that's quite a trip.]

I'd love to assist you, though I'm not sure how I'll make it there. Seems quite a distance from Goldenrod City, though I'm more than willing to try.