51 | Video

[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.]

Comments

[licentious]

[ It's a shame, but most humans wouldn't put themselves under that header either. ]

I've heard that people gain immortality of sorts while they're here. I suppose this has its obvious downsides, but it has one upside for you. It means you can truly rule everyone. You'll have no shortage of people to make miserable when you become the leader of the world. [ she's being slightly sarcastic, but she feels the need to point this out anyways. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Don't worry; I'm well aware of that! I already have a list of who I plan to ssstart with!

[He has a bunch of lists.]

[licentious]

And I'd love to hear that list! [ That's actually very sweetly coated sarcasm, but it's not very obvious aside from a slightly fake peppy tone. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Another time, perhaps.

[What sarcasm? Cobra didn't notice any sarcasm.]

It's sssstill far from finished.

[licentious]

When it's finished, please do let me know. I'll have a grunt type it in the fanciest typography the standard Team Rocket computer has. [ Oh, the blessings of just getting used to technology! All the fonts you can type with... ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

That sounds like a plan. Sssso long as it's still readable when it's finished, of course.

[licentious]

There's no point in producing something that can't be read. [ In other words: of course! ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

For the most part that's very true. But not always.

[Because he just has to be difficult about things.]

[licentious]

Can you think of a situation that would require typing something unreadable?

[ She's curious, and the tone of her voice implies a big level of disbelief. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Coded messages. Unreadable to most, but readable to the people they're intended for.

[licentious]

That's still readable to someone so I wouldn't consider it but I understand what you're saying.

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Good, because I am not in the mood to get into an argument about this.

[licentious]

I wouldn't expect you to ever be in the mood for arguing about trivial things. [ Actually she would, but that's beside the point. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Good, because I rarely do feel like arguing about those!

[It's not his fault everyone else chooses to argue with him about them.]

[licentious]

Oh, I don't doubt that at all. [ She actually does, but she won't state that explicitly. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Good! Doubting me is never a wise choice! Remember that!

[licentious]

Ah, I'll try to remember that for future reference. I'm sure those that have doubted you in the past have simply been left there. [ except even she knows the truth to this one, commander ): ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Well, not exactly. Even doubters sssometimes have their uses. But it's sssstill an unwise decision to make!

[licentious]

Ah? And just what use do they provide? Manual labor? Cleaning? [ Giving you ideas bb, in case you don't have them already. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

All that and more. Back home, sssome of them were still used as suppliers, and some as cannon fodder too!

[Unfortunately, he can't rid himself of everyone who doubts him back home or here. Otherwise, he'd be working alone and that's not something he wants to do.]

[licentious]

Sending those that doubt you on the front lines to perish? A classic. [ Textbook evil! Current grade of Evil from Lust: A in ideals and effort, D- for execution. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

More or lesss.

[Unfortunately, he can't do that with his second in command back home. Destro's far too useful to lose even if he doesn't agree with Cobra all of the time.]

[licentious]

Hm. Well then, I hope I won't be ending up on those lines any time soon. [ Because it'd suck to reveal herself but Cobra's welcome to interpret it in another way. ]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Continue to do as good a job as you've been doing, and you should have little to worry about.

[licentious]

I'm happy my performance has been satisfactory, Commander.