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[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[The feed displays one Cobra Commander. One Cobra Commander who apparently doesn’t care about hiding his location today. He’s in an office, and it’s the same one the Rockets have seen on his last video, but it may be a somewhat hard to figure out since the camera’s shaking back and forth. Also, he’s yelling. Really loudly. If this office wasn’t part of Team Rocket, there’d probably be an officer en route to issue citations for disturbing the peace.]

Look at thissss! Look at it!

[The camera swings around to show an open crate. It’s rather large, but doesn’t seem to have much in it. There are some scraps of colored paper on the bottom of it, and that’s about it.]

Thisss crate was carrying very important cargo and one of you had the audacity to sssteal it! And not just ssteal it, but leave me thisss…this garbage in its place!

[Yet another camera turn to a desk, clearly Cobra Commander does not care if anyone gets motion sickness from his rage fueled camerawork. On top of the desk are several items, and he takes the time to focus on each one of them. The first is an overturned sack and an assortment of play money, some of it shredded into confetti. The second is a plastic disc, similar to HM02. The third is an obviously fake deed for Cianwood City. Now that everyone’s gotten a good look at this stuff, the Commander finally turns the camera to his face, and he's definitely not done yelling yet.]

One of you decided to steal my property and replace it with thisss junk! And I have a very good idea of who it was sssince they were stupid enough to leave a note! And you will pay! You will pay dearly! I will recover my property and make sure you ssssuffer for your little joke! On earth I’ve held the world hostage and brought nations to their knees! I’ve committed numerous criminal acts here in Johto, and all of that will pale in comparison to what I’m going to do when I find you! All of them! I’ll use every connection I have in Johto and Kanto to have you found and destroyed! And if anyone tries to help you or get in my way, then they’ll suffer the sssame fate! Or worse!

And to that brat who thought he could assault me and get away with it, I haven’t forgotten about that! I’ll get you too! Remember that! No one attacks Cobra Commander and gets away with it! Especially not you!

[He could go on and on, but he'll cut the feed there. Being attacked and robbed in the same week has done wonders for his temper.]

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[private video]

[explosivecombat]

[Oh. Oh, this is not good, not good at all; Leto take the entire goddamn garage, this is not good.

The speed with which Kimblee's mind switches over to Damage Control mode is unable to be clocked, it kicks in so quickly; when the commanding officers are not happy, no one is happy and he's fully aware of this. Of course, he also hasn't exactly managed anything in the last month outside of managing to poison Lightning, and Cobra has already acknowledged him for that so he has nothing to use to defuse the situation and ohgodohmanohgodohman fretfretfretfret -

He manages to compose himself by the time he turns on the feed; he's not pleased, but at the very least he's calm, and it reflects in his voice, his tone even when he speaks. He's not sure if that's going to calm the rage somewhat or just going to fuel it, but at least it's keeping himself centered for the time being.

And yet he cannot shake a very specific, incredibly rare feeling that crops up from time to time - the distinct feeling that this is gonna suck.]

Commander.

I've no doubt that you want this dealt with as soon as possible; I'm awaiting orders regarding how to proceed.

[private video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Sorry, Kimblee. No orders here. Only rage.]

Orders? I don’t have any orders right now! I want the person who did this found and shot! Or used to test Kato’s device! Or any number of things! But I’m not about to order anything! Not yet! First I need to recover what was stolen and find out how they did this!

[Though in retrospect putting the name Cobra Commander on the invoice and signing it as Cobra Commander might not have been the smartest idea.]

And then I'll give orders! Like I ssssaid, I'm going to utilize every connection I've made in thisss place to have the thief hunted down! And I meant that! Every sssingle one!

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Now that he's calmed down the Pokémon in the Azalea PokéCenter who were startled when several PokéGears came on at once to Cobra's raging, he can turn to the source of the problem.]

You're too loud. Be quiet.

[Because that's going to go over so well.]

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Well, he's not going to take that well at all.]

Be quiet? You dare tell me to be quiet? I don't think you understand! Ssssomeone has committed a capital offense against me and they are going to pay for it! They are going to pay dearly! And everyone should know about it! Everyone! It's that important!

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[doitrockapella]

Lost something, did you?

[Video] 1/I don't even know

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[What is that? Is that a text? Who on earth is texting him? Can't they see that he doesn't have time for this nonsense?]

[Video] 2/?

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Wait.

Wait.

What? That Gear signal. That's the same one as...]

[Video] 3/4

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Oh, they have some nerve texting him after stealing his property and leaving this stupid riddle note.]

DONE!

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You! You did thisss! Didn't you? Don't even try to lie!

[Video]

[tearsofademon]

Ahh, looks like they gave you everything you asked for.

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

This isn't what I asked for! This isn't what I asked for at all! I asked for real money! A real HM! And a real city! And not at the cost of my own property!

video;

[positivelynormal]

[ Yeah she's not really sure what to take of this. ]

Umm, I'm not sure what you lost, but I hope you find it again?

video;

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It's none of your business what I've lost, but I will find it again! That's for sssure!

[video]

[saltwaterwounds]

Oh, it sounds like you've been very busy.

[Haha! She's finally seen you, Cobra! And she uses her "Wow, you drew a picture? How nice!" tone.]

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What do you want? Go away! I don't have time for your nonsense! I've been robbed!

Video

[nasa_dreams]

[Brb, lolling forever.]

Video

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Ssstop that! This is no laughing matter!

[Video]

[francia]

[Ah, Cobra Commander, you have probably never seem France quite so happy as right now.]

Finally: justice has come to this world!

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Oh look. Just who he didn't want to see when he's foaming at the mouth with rage.]

Justice? You dare call thiss justice? This is not justice!

[Video] /so late orz

[thetruehistorian]

[After a good, long laugh, Robin opens up a video channel.]

Have you found the perpetrator?

[Because Robin wants to shake their hand.]

[Video] Don't worry about it!

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Not yet! But I will! Mark my words, I will find them, and then I will destroy them!

Action.

[licentious]

[ Lust opens the door after hearing that spiel from outside. She looks business. There's a small menacing glare upon her face, but it's not clear who it's directed towards. ]

Letting them know that you know isn't a course of action I'd recommend. It's much better to blindside them. [ #villainlessons ] Any course of action you'd recommend, sir? [ And just how does he know that he wasn't tricked in the first place. ] And how did you know that this cargo was legitimate in the first place? [ ....Yeah. She has to ask that. ]

Action.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Unfortunately, Cobra Commander’s too busy screaming at his Pokegear to notice the entrance. Once he’s done with that, he’ll direct that screaming towards his assistant.]

I’m still going to blindssside them! But I want them to sspend every moment between now and then in fear of when that might be!

[And of all the ridiculous questions he’s been asked about this…]

How did I know it was legitimate? What kind of question is that? I know the cargo was legitimate because I’m the one who packaged it, invoiced it, and sent it to Olivine City for shipping! That’s how!

[video]

[usedsuperpower]

What was stolen?

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

My chair!

[He doesn't remember if Stitch has seen it or not, but still, it's one of a kind in Johto. And more importantly, it's his.]

Ssssomeone broke into the crate I shipped it in and stole it!