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broceanic
2019-03-05 08:19 pm (UTC)
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I think you're better than this. I think you and your friends are better than Team Rocket.
That's why.
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rocketman
2019-03-05 08:32 pm (UTC)
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[This isn't the answer James expected. Nobody has ever called him or his friends "better" than
anything
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That's sweet.
[He sighs.]
I wish
you
were the boss of Team Rocket. That would make things so much less complicated.
[Not an opinion Meowth would share, he knows. James almost feels like he's offending his companion from a dimension away by saying it.]
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broceanic
2019-03-05 08:49 pm (UTC)
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I literally am the boss of my own team, y'know. If you wanted to join up, we don't take Pokémon off our members and let 'em use whatever they want.
[he sighs.]
You'd probably get on well with Shelly. She's very science minded as well...
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rocketman
2019-03-05 08:59 pm (UTC)
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You know I can't do that.
[He stands up and wrings water from his shirt.]
I can't leave the Team. At Team Rocket I'm
somebody.
Besides, what would my chums think?
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broceanic
2019-03-05 09:02 pm (UTC)
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Is it really worth being somebody if it comes at this cost?
[he shrugs, staying in the water. it's nice, even if it's really cold now.]
I wouldn't stop them joining up either.
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rocketman
2019-03-05 09:05 pm (UTC)
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Team Rocket has resources. We're all over the world to boot!
[He looks down at Archie.]
I can be important
and
stay with Jess and Meowth
and
stay hidden.
Team Aqua can't provide that...can it?
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broceanic
2019-03-05 09:12 pm (UTC)
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...No. You could stay together but we're in the spotlight more than ever now.
[he sighs, flicking a bit of ice in the water, watching it bob along.]
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rocketman
2019-03-05 09:19 pm (UTC)
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That's no good.
Jess enjoys a stage but this thief thrives in shadows.
[James walks back to the shore as Inkay floats out and hovers over the bit of ice.
He trills happily and starts batting it around in the water with his tentacles.]
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broceanic
2019-03-06 12:12 am (UTC)
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[he reaches out a hand gently towards inkay when it floats over.]
Did you hurt any of the other legendaries you encountered?
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rocketman
2019-03-06 12:58 am (UTC)
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I don't hurt legendaries, they hurt me!
[His voice turns slightly shrill.]
Do you have any idea how many times I've been stepped on, knocked through time, set on fire, frozen solid or buried under rocks?
'Cause I don't, I've lost track.
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broceanic
2019-03-06 02:55 pm (UTC)
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I hope you understand that if that happened because you were attempting to capture them, then I have absolutely no sympathy for your plight.
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rocketman
2019-03-06 04:16 pm (UTC)
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...Thinking about it, I'm as surprised as you are how rarely that's actually the case.
[He rubs the back of his neck.]
I told you already, I have a knack for being in the wrong places at the wrong time.
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broceanic
2019-03-06 04:18 pm (UTC)
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Then I don't have any sympathy for Rockets.
[he huffs, pulling his legs closer to his chest, watching inkay.]
Like I expect you don't have any sympathy for Aquas.
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rocketman
2019-03-06 04:37 pm (UTC)
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I wouldn't say I don't have
any
...
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broceanic
2019-03-06 04:59 pm (UTC)
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Well--! I don't have any for you! So! Think about that!
[mature]
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rocketman
2019-03-06 05:11 pm (UTC)
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Pshaw.
[He waves a dismissive hand.]
If I went around ignoring everybody who didn't have sympathy for me I'd hardly talk to anyone.
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broceanic
2019-03-06 05:48 pm (UTC)
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Did you never go through all that and think... maybe... maybe the universe is telling you to stop what you're doing?!
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rocketman
2019-03-06 06:25 pm (UTC)
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Well...maybe sometimes.
But maybe the universe also just needs a fall guy. Especially if it's one who falls a lot.
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broceanic
2019-03-07 02:49 pm (UTC)
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There's no reason why it should be you. Not when it drags you down to such criminal depths at the same time.
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rocketman
2019-03-12 07:26 pm (UTC)
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Some of us do well in the depths.
You can get that, can't you?
[Ocean puns!]
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broceanic
2019-03-12 07:37 pm (UTC)
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You gotta stop being so charming and relatable. I'm tryin' to be mad with you!
sorry for the wait!
rocketman
2019-03-31 03:51 pm (UTC)
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Well, then, maybe....
[Nervous giggle.]
It would be less work to just...not be mad?
np my dude
broceanic
2019-03-31 04:36 pm (UTC)
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[flatly, then with a splash directed at james:]
No.
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2019-03-31 16:36 (UTC)
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rocketman
2019-04-07 04:33 am (UTC)
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Oh, come on!
[He waves a hand in a gesture with no real meaning.]
So many people are
already
mad at me! I don't need any more!
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broceanic
2019-04-07 02:28 pm (UTC)
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Then maybe don't be a Rocket, James! Maybe don't take part in the system that enables the torture and abuse of Pokémon!
Just!
[he makes a strangling motion.]
Be better! The way you
can be
! Team Rocket is just holding you and your friends
back
!
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That's why.
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That's sweet.
[He sighs.]
I wish you were the boss of Team Rocket. That would make things so much less complicated.
[Not an opinion Meowth would share, he knows. James almost feels like he's offending his companion from a dimension away by saying it.]
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[he sighs.]
You'd probably get on well with Shelly. She's very science minded as well...
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[He stands up and wrings water from his shirt.]
I can't leave the Team. At Team Rocket I'm somebody.
Besides, what would my chums think?
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[he shrugs, staying in the water. it's nice, even if it's really cold now.]
I wouldn't stop them joining up either.
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[He looks down at Archie.]
I can be important and stay with Jess and Meowth and stay hidden.
Team Aqua can't provide that...can it?
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[he sighs, flicking a bit of ice in the water, watching it bob along.]
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Jess enjoys a stage but this thief thrives in shadows.
[James walks back to the shore as Inkay floats out and hovers over the bit of ice.
He trills happily and starts batting it around in the water with his tentacles.]
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Did you hurt any of the other legendaries you encountered?
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[His voice turns slightly shrill.]
Do you have any idea how many times I've been stepped on, knocked through time, set on fire, frozen solid or buried under rocks?
'Cause I don't, I've lost track.
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[He rubs the back of his neck.]
I told you already, I have a knack for being in the wrong places at the wrong time.
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[he huffs, pulling his legs closer to his chest, watching inkay.]
Like I expect you don't have any sympathy for Aquas.
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[mature]
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[He waves a dismissive hand.]
If I went around ignoring everybody who didn't have sympathy for me I'd hardly talk to anyone.
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But maybe the universe also just needs a fall guy. Especially if it's one who falls a lot.
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You can get that, can't you?
[Ocean puns!]
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sorry for the wait!
[Nervous giggle.]
It would be less work to just...not be mad?
np my dude
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[He waves a hand in a gesture with no real meaning.]
So many people are already mad at me! I don't need any more!
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Just! [he makes a strangling motion.] Be better! The way you can be! Team Rocket is just holding you and your friends back!