53 | Video/Action for Saffron City

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[As if the Pokémon Centers being destroyed yesterday wasn’t enough chaos, Cobra Commander’s decided to launch an attack of his own today. The video feed displays the entrance to the Saffron City Gym, and no, he didn’t ice over someone’s door again. Instead, a Hyper Beam from somewhere behind the camera blasts the doors open. And if the Gear signal wasn’t enough evidence as to the attacker’s identity, Cobra Commander yelling orders probably is.]

Excellent! Now that the entrance is breached, attack! Attack!

[Several of Cobra’s more loyal Pokémon, like Arbok, Abomasnow, and Skarmory can be seen heading through what’s left of the doors before the feed cuts out.]

{OOC: Network responses will be during the attack, and for action, feel free to confront him either inside the Gym where he’s making a mess of things or while he’s trying to make an escape. Just let me know which one!}

Comments

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[Crow just lets out an annoyed snort in response. Like anyone has time to worry about that.]

Yeah, yeah. That's nice. Too bad we're kinda busy with, y'know, several hospitals being wiped off the face of the earth, so we can't really afford to pay attention while you're out there being an idiot!

Do us all a favor and wait until it all dies down a bit before trying to terrorize everyone again, will ya?

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

So then, I should launch another attack once everyone settles down?

[Because he can totally do that, Crow. And that's sounding like a really good idea.]

I was already planning to launch a sssecond attack, but thank you for giving me an idea of when to ssstrike!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Look, that's not what I meant--

[SIGH. Talking to you is like banging one's head against a brick wall, only slightly less effective.]

... Say, don't you have any better things to do with you life?

Just curious.

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I don't care what you meant! That's what I'm going to do! And I do have plenty of better things to do with my life than attacking Gyms! Like conquering Kanto and Johto! And then world! Then going back and finishing conquering my world! But those will have to wait, sssso I'm doing this instead!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

... How the hell are those any 'better'? That makes even less sense!

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Easy! Conquering the world is a better use of my time than doing thisss! That's how!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

... What do you gain from that?

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What do I gain from conquering the world? What a sssstupid question! I gain the world, of course!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

... And? What are you gonna do then?

[Sorry Cobra, but taking over the world for the sake of taking over the world is way over his head.]

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Rule it! What else would I do?

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[... Yeah okay he gives up HE DOESN'T GET YOUR AMBITIOUS PLAN 8(]

Good thing that ain't gonna happen. Knowing your talents, the poor world would be doomed to fall faster than you could say "Synchro Summon".

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It would not be! And why would I sssay that? What does that even mean? What on earth is a Sssynchro Sssssummon?

[video]

[darkenedgales]

It totally would.

[A pause, in which he ponders if Cobra is worthy of being told that... which he isn't really, but since Crow happens to be hopelessly honest, he'll tell him anyway.]

... 'S a way of summoning monsters.

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

So what is it? Some ssssort of magic?

[Because isn’t that how you summon monsters? Get a bunch of people in robes to chant some stuff and then the monster appears?]

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Nah, Magic's used in Ritual Summons. For Synchro, you need to send one Tuner Monster and one or more non-Tuner Monsters to the Graveyard.

[... Why is he even telling you this.]

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[He actually stops in the middle of his attack to try and figure out what all that meant.]

And that's how you...ssssummon monsters in your world? I have to say that's much more complicated than how it's done where I come from!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

C'mon, primary school kids know how to do that!

... Though I guess it'd be complicated for you alright.

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[Wait, hang on a second.]

You let primary school kids summon monsters? Isn't that dangerous?

[Because that is surprisingly more important than the insult to his intelligence right now.]

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[... This coming from a terrorist whose past actions include, but are not limited to: attacking a school, threatening to blow up Game Corner and now attacking a gym.

SORRY IF HE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN HIS WORLD.]

Nah, they know what they're doing.

[Also quite deliberately failing to note said monsters are holograms and are therefore completely harmless. In most cases, anyway.]

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

[He isn’t really concerned, so much as he’s confused. Monsters are well, monsters, and people don’t normally let children summon monsters where he comes from.]

They know what they’re doing? Clearly the monsters in your world musssst be much different from the ones in mine if children can control them!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

[They let children fight gods back where Crow comes from. Don't question the logic of that.]

Maybe they just know better whom to trust!

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

They're monsters! What does trust have to do with anything? Monsters don't trust people!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

Maybe they don't trust you. Wouldn't surprise me, really.

[Or are you implying his beloved dragon and army of birds don't trust him?]

[video]

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Monsters are not capable of trust! They just destroy things! That's all!

[video]

[darkenedgales]

'Course they are! 'S the same as with Pokémon!