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[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Text to Rockets]
I suggest you all watch what happens next.
[/Text]


[Cobra Commander has his Gear propped up on a table. He’s standing in front of it, and behind him is a homemade banner, a blue sheet with a crude drawing of the insignia on his outfit.]

For those of you who don’t know who I am, I am Cobra Commander! For those of you who do know, I have no doubt you are reacting in your usual manner. Preparing to laugh at me or better yet, ignore me completely. Well that sssstops right now!

If my demands are not met by tomorrow afternoon, I will carry out more attacks like today’s! Those demands are as follows: 1 million in unmarked bills and the HM for Fly left in a brown bag on the roof of the Goldenrod Department Store, the immediate evacuation of Cianwood City and the creation of a legal document declaring me sole owner of ssssaid city, the immediate release of any Team Rocket members currently held in prison, and, I’m forgetting something, what was it? Oh yes, to be declared absolute ruler of Johto!

As I sssaid earlier, if these demands are not met, there will be more attacks like the one currently in progress. For those not in Violet City, allow me to explain. As we sssspeak, the Pokémon Academy is being flooded with deadly poison gas! And there’s nothing any of you can do to sssstop it! I’ll remind you again, if my demands are not met within the next 24 hours, then you all can expect more attacks in the weeks and months to come!

[The remainder of the feed is just Cobra Commander cackling. It’s a seemingly never ending broadcast of AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA until it finally ends.]

Comments

[video]

[papas_bunnydoll]

That's not very nice. What about the poor Pokemon that are in the Academy?

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What about them? They'll get exposed to the gas! Just like the people inside!

[video]

[kingofgamecorner]

...

[So sorry, shock and grizzly flashbacks in progress, please stand by.]

You... You actually expect to get what you want, with a trick like that?!

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Of course! Weren't you listening? If I don't get what I want, there will be more attacks!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[If it was about anything else -- a mart or gym, for example -- Crow would probably ignore the "attack" itself and proceed to mock Cobra's demands, but the way it is...]

Are you outta your mind?! There are kids in the Academy!

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Why do you think I ssselected it as a target?

[Video]

[tinymoonkid]

Dude, why would you do something like that?

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

To show everyone why my demands should be taken ssseriously!

[video]

[chemistryinmotion]

[Wally may not be in the area, but that doesn't mean he can't get righteously angry about it (and various other things like not being in Violet and Johto taking away his superspeed because argh he could beat this guy up so fast, but no, Johto has to "level the playing ground" or whatever). It actually feels kind of good, in a weird way, to be this angry again. HE HASN'T HAD ANY VILLAINS TO GET PISSED OFF AT FOR LIKE EIGHT MONTHS OK THIS IS REFRESHING.]

You won't get away with this. I may not be able to stop you myself, but there are others who will. I'm sure of it. And if you take even a single step into Goldenrod, I'll kick your butt into jail so fast you won't even see it coming.

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You? Put me in jail? Better people than you have tried! And they've all failed!

[Audio]

[meatysoviet]

[Do you hear this Johto?

This is Cobra getting a publicly broadcast round of applause, even if the rhythm is a little too slow to be entirely positive.

He thought targetting women and children was his gig. Oh well~ ]

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Cobra Commander is pleased by the round of applause, but would definitely like to know who it's coming from.]

I assssume you approve. That's good, but if you don't mind, I would like to know who's enjoying my public address.

[video]

[usedsuperpower]

Oo-ooh, attacks! Can Stitch help?

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You want to help?

[He's a little surprised by this, but considering he has no other minions, he's not going to say no.]

What are your skills? Besides weaponizing toys, of course.

[video - private] also i am on hiatus so replies will be sloooowww but i couldn't not, fffff

[best_laid_plans]

[Malik's initial impressions are confirmed. The man lacks subtlety. Which in Malik's book means he's a fool and doomed to failure, but he's also showy and therefore makes for a useful diversion.

So he'll appear on the feed to smile and offer encouragement.]

Yes, I'll be watching this with interest. Your particular target was a nice touch!

[video - private]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It was the only sssensible target. Small enough to be compromised by a ssssingle individual, but prominent enough to get everyone's attention. The fact that it's full of children also helped.

Like I told you, I have plenty of experience when it comes to things like thissss.

audio;

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Violet City. Saber's infuriated, but it doesn't show in her tone. Instead, she's calm and almost cold in her reply. ]

Cobra Commander. Only a fool would boldly announce himself in such a manner.

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Hardly.

A fool would get caught! And I am no fool!

[Audio]

[eatsyouout]

BOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIING~!!

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What? That was not boring! Who dares call my scheme boring?

[video]

[tapestodiane]

You must be aware people can't die here.

_{[Which he throws out to see the response. He's not 100% certain of the fact, but he's certain enough to look it.]}

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I've been told as much. But even if it's not lethal, exposure to poison gassss can still be extremely hazardous to one's health! Who knows what sort of toxic effects it could cause?

[Text]

[soggypastry]

[Violet City...Etro dammit. Stay calm, Farron.]

Lofty goals for someone who's going to get toppled over soon. Do you honestly think you'll get what you want after doing that?

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

The only thing getting toppled over is the next place I choose to attack! And yessss, I do think that I'll get what I want. I've found that repeated attacks can be a wonderful way to make sssure my demands are eventually met!

[Anonymous Text]

[explosivecombat]

[Well, Cobra Commander, you are going to be receiving a text in response - it's anonymous, though not filtered solely to the Rockets; either way, the first line or so should be enough to make it clear enough that this is your...ah, little friend from last week.]

Well, I can certainly see why you wanted to keep this as a surprise.

Going after children? Impressive.

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Who-

[Oh wait, he mentioned something to that anonymous Rocket. Maybe it's them.]

Yesss. If I had made my intentions clear, sssome idiot would've have interfered! I've found that children are an excellent way to get someone's attention, sssso I figured it was worth trying here. And what do you know? It appears to have worked.

[Absolutely no remorse here at all.]

[Text, private.]

[shakespearealien]

[There are two sides to Branch Chief Gorthan.

His Evronian side, also known as his former self, is the one who mastered the power of fear and created fear's very embodiment, Trauma.

That side is usually the dominant one, and today is no exception, really. Upon watching the video, a smile appears on the scientist's mouth, where a long beak used to be before he arrived in Johto.

But then that other side of him kicks right in. His human side. Those children and Pokémon...! Somebody must help! Who will save them?

... Then again, he has no way to tell if Cobra Commander is telling the truth. It could just be an empty threat. So he will make sure of that first.]

Two things, Commander.

One. *Cianwood City*? Why that, of all places?

Two. It is quite a shame that I should content myself with simply hearing your summary account of your no doubt masterful attack. Do you have any footage you can share?

[Video, private.]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

For a number of reasons. Cianwood City is only approachable from one side, making it incredibly easy to defend. The few buildings there can easily be bulldozed and paved over to create an air base for Team Rocket's helicopters. Furthermore, the ocean between the city and the rest of Johto makes it ridiculoussssly simple to spot incoming attacks or spies.

Unfortunately there's no footage. Broadcasting during the attack sssimply wasn't possible. Ssssneaking the tanks into the building took long enough. Rigging a camera would've taken additional time, which could've allowed someone to stumble upon the canisters and alert the authorities.

[video]

[manlymanly]

*SOMEONE sounds more than a little raspy in the throat which isn't helped by the fact he's gonna be doing a lot of yelling here.*

--oi! You're the bastard who did that?! What kind of twisted villain are you, focusing on a place with tons of kids?!

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I am! And what kind of person am I? The kind that doesn't care who my target is! That's what kind!

Video

[nasa_dreams]

...You do know that Falkner will probably just use whirlwind all over the place, right?

Video

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You do know that in order to blow the gas out a window or a door will require moving it throughout the building and exposing more people? Not to mention any unfortunate individuals who may be in the immediate area.

[ video ]

[redeyesforpride]

And here I was wondering when would you planned to do some terrorism around here.

[ video ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I've always been planning to attack! It was just a matter of finding the appropriate target and the perfect weapon to use on it!

Text.

[thesuit]

[Oh, boy, Cobra, you just caught the attention of a certain ex-CIA agent who is not very happy with what he is hearing. And now he's inwardly cursing the fact that a) he is way too far away from this Academy, and b) this place has no weapons as far as he know of. But either way, something tells him that he should check how true this "threat" is.]

You boast a lot for a man who, as far as I can tell, has done nothing. Where's the evidence?

[Video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I don't claim credit for things I did not do! But, if you really need proof, I sssuggest you keep an eye on future broadcasts. Sssome idiot will probably broadcast video of the incident!