Uneggpected Complications (Mr. Pokemon)(F)

[Marchbaby]

As Tyler finally completed the long trek back to Cherrygrove City he made his way to the house of the local Pokemon expert Mr. Pokemon so he could steal the egg and claim it for the glory of Team Rocket. Of course the elderly gentleman would never had over the egg if he knew Tyler was a part of the nefarious team so he had to keep up the good boy act a little longer as he and Mania walked towards the lonely house. Once the egg was identified by Professor Elm he did not care if his secret got out.

As he reached the door he paused for a moment wanting Mania to be ready to attack anything that might get in his way. Part of the mission involved getting Professor Elm to identify the egg making it all the more imperative that he not get discovered as the professor would never help him complete the second part of his mission if he were discovered either. As much of a pain as it was Tyler began practicing his sweet talk under his breath as he got ready to knock on the elderly man's door. He felt ill at the very idea of being nice but he reminded himself it would be worth all the trouble once he turned the egg into headquarters.

" I hope this egg is worth me losing my lunch, I despise this whole being nice thing. I should just mug the old man and use you to force Professor Elm to identify the egg for us." He said to Mania though he knew such a careless act would look bad to his superiors and as such quickly abandoned the idea. With no other options other than the nice guy routine he knocked on the door trying to get it over with as soon as he could. As he waited Mania stood on guard just hoping someone would be dumb enough to mess with them.

" If anyone tries their luck with us they will be very sorry. I did not get to battle long enough against that Cloyster and I am itching for another fight." Just as Tyler was about to resort to kicking in the door the elderly gentleman opened the door standing in front of him and Tyler introduced himself. " My name is Tyler and I heard you were studying a particular Pokemon egg. Having bred some Pokemon myself I would love to take your egg to Professor Elm to see if he could identify it for you." He said hoping the old man would fall for his tricks.



OOC: Tyler waits for Mr. Pokemon's reply.

[latani]

With the rise of the misty, damp weather, the old man known simply as 'Mr. Pokemon' was quite content staying inside for today. His joints ached from the weather, so even a leisurely stroll was out of the question. No, today he was happier nursing a nice, warm cup of tea and enjoying the shapes the mist made as it swirled past his window. His gaze wandered over to a basket perched on the table next to him, where an egg, swaddled in soft blankets and cushions, rested comfortably. The old man let out a sigh - he'd so hoped to walk about, perhaps find some kind-hearted young trainer who might just humour him and take the egg to his old friend. It wasn't as if he couldn't wait another day, but the mystery of what dwelled in the egg had seized him and wouldn't let go.

Setting down his nearly empty cup, Mr. Pokemon made to get up when an impatient knock sounded at the door. Surprised, he hurried over as quickly as his old bones would let him just as another knock made the door rattle. This made a brow rise - did the person on the other side of the door not know an old man lived here? He fiddled with the locks before pulling open the door, almost stepping back in shock at the sight of Mania just behind her trainer. Before Mr. Pokemon could react proper, Tyler began to speak, sounding quite earnest. The old man stared at him speculatively, expression pensive. This trainer was exactly the sort he was looking for, and he even had a strong looking Pokemon as an extra layer of protection for the egg.

"Yes, you've heard correctly. Folks around here call me Mr. Pokemon. I'd have taken this egg myself, only I'm not as young as I used to be, and the weather plays havoc on these bones of mine." He spoke in a cheerful voice, studying Tyler carefully. There was something strange about the trainer before him, although he couldn't peg just what it was exactly. Shrugging it off as just an old man's rambling thoughts, Mr. Pokemon retreated inside to his table and retrieved the egg from its basket before returning to his door. "You seem a capable lad, now. I'd be mighty glad to entrust this egg to your care, and that you'll take it to my friend Professor Elm in New Bark Town. What lies inside that shell has kept me up many a night, and I'll be glad to reach the end of it," Mr. Pokemon said, holding the egg out in front of him for Tyler to accept.

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Mr. Pokemon is asking you to take the Mystery Egg to Prof. Elm in New Bark Town!
Will you accept?

[Marchbaby]

As the oldamn introduced himself and explained a bit about the egg in question Tyler grew a bit antsy. He was taking a bit of a risk by being out in broad daylight given the number of police Cherrygrove had. The sooner he could snatch the egg and be on his way the better. It felt like foreverasMr. Pokemon finally stopped talking long enough for him to try and get another word in to try and hurry things along. " I hear you, the weather has been pretty crazy asof late. Between fog and mist the sun has not been out in some time."

As Mr. Pokemon finally got to the point Tyler more than happily accepted the egg from him and promised him he would let him know what the egg contained assoon as Professor Elm identified it for him. " I can assure you this egg is in good hands, once Professor Elm takes a look at it I will provide you with an update." As Tyler grabbed the egg he felt like amillion bucks as the first part of his plan went off without a hitch. All he had to do now was reach Professor Elm's laband have the egg identified before making his getaway and he was not expecting much trouble on the journey.

" Given the size of the local police force there should not be many people to bother us, anyone dumb enough to stake this place out is just asking to get csught and I have no pity for anyone who is that incompetent." Tyler said as he slowly made his way back to New Bark Town. As he made it about half way to his destination however Mania smelled something funny and alerted Tyler that he might not be alone.

" I can smell a human nearby and I do not recognize the scent, I cannot say if they are friends nd or foe but I have a feeling we are not the only ones afterthis egg. Just give me the order and I will hunt down the intruder." She said asa rustling noise came from behind a nearby bush. Not wanting to waste any time if he was walking into an ambush Tyler gave Mania the order to attack. " Mania use Night Slash on whatever is behind that bush. I do not want you to even consider showing mercy to this intruder." He said as Mania got ready to attack.


OOC: Mania uses Night Slash on whichever Pokemon the Rocket Grunt sends out.

[Lamont]

Mr. Pokémon gave them a nod and a wave, wishing them safe travels along the road then closed his door to the villainous trainer. The route was fairly quiet surprisingly, him and Mania able to travel free and fast with their talk back and forth of dealing with anyone unfortunate to bother them along their way. But it was exactly that talk that drew the attention of one other on route 29. Sadly for that individual they weren't as sneaky as they though they were, getting a bit tangled in some grabby branches and causing a bit of a rustle. There was no hiding now.

Before the intimidating zoroak could step forward and sink her claws into something, a burst of energy brought a blue uniformed individual before them.
"Hold it right there buster!" he commanded confidently, sticking a hand out in front of himself as if Tyler had been moving. It was an officer of the law. Fresh, clean cut, and obviously in over his head but completely ignorant of that fact. The kid couldn't have been out of the academy for more than a couple weeks given the pristine condition of his uniform. "I recognize you from some old files, and you'll be the perfect catch! I'm sure to get a promotion when I bring you in, criminal."

The greenhorn ignored the scoffs and snickers from his targets, drawing a hand back to his belt and snatching up one of his two pokéballs to toss onto the field and engage Tyler. Out came a little green spider. Of who took one look at the towering canine and nearly turned white.
"Alright Spinarak, let's tie these criminals up with a Constrict attack!"

If one thing could be said the kid had balls. His spinarak on the other hand... Quaking in Mania's shadow was the nice way to put it. It couldn't move. Not that, even if it had the mind to, it would have made a difference. The undeniably superior wolf had a bit of fun reveling in the utter terror radiating from the little spider, but Tyler had things to do and she had an itch to scratch. With a simple downward thrust of her nightly clad claws she put an end to the pitiful display and then yawned to emphasize what sort of challenge the officer posed to them.

The policeman trembled at the sight, his legs feeling a bit weak witnessing just how outclassed he was. Mania didn't even look like she had really tried.
"Ehm, uh, I-I... Haha..." he chuckled uncomfortably as he realized the situation he was in. "M-My next pokémon will put you in your p-p-place," the man sputtered with an attempt to sound calm. The spinarak was recalled and in its place a rounded owl came to be.

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Mania wrecked that LV 4 Spinarak and gained a measly 200 XP

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The Police Officer sends out his Hoothoot (LV 6) to fight!

'Long' term Reserve by Lamont.

[Marchbaby]

Tyler was filled with joy as he watched the Spinarak get absolutely pummeled by Mania. For all the cops big words he sure was not living up to his words at all. " So about bringing me in, how exactly were you planning on doing that when your Pokémon with a type advantage might I add, fell in a single hit? Unless your next Pokémon is way more powerful you won't even get the chance to launch an attack before I mop the floor with you." He said as he watched the cop still shaking from the results of the first round. Even if the cop knew he was in Team Rocket he did not seem to be much of a threat at all as Mania started to grow bored waiting to put an end to this battle.


" Pathetic human, what do you think you can do to stop me? You are not even worth my time or energy it will take to put you down but if I must I shall not hold back as I knock you out of the way so we can complete our mission." Just as she finished speaking Tyler cracked his knuckles and popped his neck just waiting for fear to reach it's maximum potency in the cop before he gave the order to attack. The Hoothoot sent out to replace the Spinarak did not look tough but Tyler was not about to take chances no matter how brutal the next attack would be. With a smile across his face he pointed at the cop and gave Mania the orders she was so anxiously awaiting.


" Mania it is time, I want you to use Night Slash on that wimpy owl, show it your true power." Mania extended her claws and slowly walked towards the owl Pokémon trying to put the fear of Arceus into it as she played the roll of the Grim Reaper ready to claim another victim. " Little owl you are about to learn the hard way just how foolish your trainer is, his arrogance shall be a very costly error for you. Once you and your pest of a trainer are out of the way we can finally get back on the road. I just hope this egg ends up being worth all the time your interference has wasted. Now suffer by my claws!" She said as he claws started to come straight for the owl Pokémon's face.




OOC: Mania stays out and uses Night Slash.

[Lamont]

This was bad. Definitely bad. All that hot blood coming from his great scores in the academy was very quickly proven to be near worthless out in the field. The officer was undoubtedly outclassed. A toothpick not even worthy of cleaning this guy's teeth. Ooooh, if only he hadn't gone out on his own. He should have stayed with his partner. Maybe together they would have had a chance against this monster.

But it was all too late for that. The officer couldn't even manage to say anything in reply to Tyler's and Mania's mockery. The lump in his throat was too big. He didn't even get a command out to his frightened Hoothoot before Mania was upon her. The night owl was accustomed to the dark, preferred it even, but the darkness radiating from the she-wolf was a whole'nother level that the inexperienced avian could even bare looking at. Feathers poofed, eyes closed, the hoothoot could only quiver and wheeze pitiful hooos when the claw came down upon her.

The Police Officer shrieked and began madly pleading for his life. "P-Please! I-I-I didn't know... Spare me!" He desperately dug through all his pockets to scrounge up whatever he had and dropped to his knees. The pitiful man laid out the bills in front of him in offering to Tyler before putting his face to the dirt and clapping his hands together in prayer to the superior trainer.
"You can just go, I won't even report a sighting," he continued, too scared to look up from the ground as he pleaded to be left alone.

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Mania put Hoothoot to sleep and gained 300 XP

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The Police Officer was soundly defeated!
He left a bribe of £570 to remain unharmed

Unreserved

[Marchbaby]

The absolutely horrendous display the police officer put forward was utterly painful for Tyler to stomach. It would not even be worth the energy needed to do anymore damage than he already had but the officer offering him a bribe to let him go was something Tyler could not turn down. He had no idea if he was being honest or not but he could always track him down later if he did rat him out while on the other hand by letting him live the cop would owe him a favor later on. " Ok you little pipsqueak I am going to let you go but sometime in the future I will come to you for assistance and I fully expect you to repay the favor. Do not make me regret letting you go this time." He said as he grabbed the money and the officer ran off.


Mania was not a huge fan of letting him go but understood how useful a pig under their control could be when the time was right. " I sure hope he does not bring more trouble upon us but he might be useful to us later. Either way at least that mess is over with. Are we actually going to keep our word to the old man and deliver that egg to Professor Elm or keep it for ourselves?" As they did not know what Pokémon was in the egg yet he had to stick to the mission long enough to find out. " We are still taking it back long enough to find out what is inside. As soon as we know what it is we are going to make a break for it and deliver the egg to Headquarters and collect our reward." 


With his decision final they made their way back to New Bark Town and reached the lab in almost no time at all. Tyler knocked on the door with one hand with the egg in his other hand. He started to speak hoping the professor would hear him after the knock got no response. " Professor Elm, I am here with the egg Mr. Pokémon wanted me to deliver to you. Even I am very curious as to which Pokémon it will hatch into." As they waited Mania extended her claws and stood on the other side of the wall just in case things went south. She was not going to lose this egg no matter what.




OOC: Tyler procedes to Prof Elm's lab with the egg.

[Lamont]

It didn't take long for the professor to be at the door, a brimming smile on his face when he greeted Tyler. Tyler even! The scary demeanor of the man didn't appear to bother him this time, unlike previous visits to the lab. "Come in! Mr. Pokémon gave me a call as a heads up."

Having waved his guest inside the professor closed the door, completely oblivious to the presence of Mania as he led Tyler to a machine settled not that far away from the front door. It was set on a busy table, the furniture burdened with a messy array of papers and books.
"Let me just take that egg for a moment here..." he reached out but caught himself from just snatching it from Tyler's hands. He knew better. Once the egg was passed along the professor excitedly nestled it in a padded compartment and closed the lid of the capsule-like device. Pressing a few buttons into the keypad the machine came to life with a soft hum.

"This little baby isn't used much, but should do all the work for us. Just a few moments and we'll know just what kind of species this little guy is from." Though he spoke to Tyler Elm's eyes never left the device as he eagerly awaited the verdict. It wasn't too long before the hum died down and their was a beep, a green light coming on as a buzz of tape spit out of the dispenser. Elm opened up the device and carefully lifted the egg out to give back to Tyler. He then ripped free the slip of paper and held it at eye level while facing the rocket member; oblivious to his intentions.

"Hmmm, well yes this would make sense for the area. Looks like what we have here is a Zigzagoon. Hah! Well, thank you so much for helping out my colleague. As a reward Mr. Pokémon asked me to tell you that you can keep the egg as your own if you'd like."

Zigzagoon Egg
Egg Move: Tickle^EM
Status: 0/2000 words
[img src="https://pokefarm.wiki/images/2/28/Egg_Zigzagoon.png"]
Zigzagoon Egg
Egg Move: Tickle[sup]EM[/sup]
Status: 0/2000 words

QUEST COMPLETE

[Marchbaby]

The rather welcoming greeting Tyler received caused him to relax a bit as he did not feel he had been made yet. With Mania outside Tyler hoped she could stop anyone from entering while the professor took the egg from him to examine it. Tyler watched the machine the professor used carefully as he did not want him to pull any tricks after the trouble he went through to secure the egg. As the machine finished the test the results were a bit disappointing as it was nothing more than a Zigzagoon. Not a very rare Pokemon at all but he still had to contact headquarters to see what they wanted him to do with it.

When the professor handed him back the egg Tyler took a deep breath and acted like he really cared for it so he did not raise any suspicions. " Thank you very much professor Elm, I am sure I can take good care of the egg. It was a castle bringing it here but I do not think I will run into anymore trouble. Have a good day." He then stepped outside to rejoin Mania who had not noticed anything suspicious while he was in the lab. He quietly whispered in her ear so no one else could hear it. " It is nothing more than a Zigzagoon egg. Headquarters will surely be disappointed in this news. I am going to find a phone and tell them." He then walked around town until he found a pay phone and dialed up headquarters.

As he explained the situation headquarters was indeed disappointed in the news but as he had secured the egg they decided to allow him to keep it as a reward nonetheless. It was far from a great payout but it was better than nothing. He placed the bag in his backpack and then had to decide what he wanted to do next. His battle with the police officer might draw some heat his way if he did not play it cool for a while and he had heard rumors of a rare Pokemon living in the dark cave. Given how poorly this mission turned out he figured it could not hurt to go looking for a rare Pokemon to pass some time until another mission came up. " Ok it is settled, we are going to the dark cave next. I sure hope things go better for us this time since this mission was just short of a complete failure."