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Pokemon Colosseum: Lesser of Two Evils

Outskirts of Pyrite Town

The two figures watching Shawn and the Bodybuilder couldn't help but admire Shawn's persistence. He had been pressuring the bodybuilder for information on how to get into the Under for around ten minutes now. Despite not wearing the uniforms that Cipher traditionally gave their goons, the arrogance of the two of them let them stand out in a crowd. "I'll take care of this." The female said to the taller male as she sauntered forward towards Shawn and the Bodybuilder. A few moments later, she was apparently suddenly interested in the graffiti on one of the buildings. She wasn't close enough to intervene but she could overhear part of the conversation between the two.

"- don't want Cipher going after me!"

"Cipher won't know. Besides, you have Pokemon to look after you. Now, tell me where the entrance to the Under is, or would you like me to start talking to that deputy about who grabbed a few items from the Pyrite Super Grand hotel a few days back?" The Bodybuilder sighed heavily and glanced from side to side to make sure no one was listening. "Listen, the main entrances have been sealed, but there are two ways in: One is outside Pyrite, in the desert. Look for a huge red rock south of the entrance of Pyrite town, there's a small hatch and ladder under it. It should lead you down next to where the main elevator entrance used to be. The second entrance is in the old abandoned Shadow Pokemon lab. It takes a LOT longer to get there since the train isn't running, but there are a few pathways that should let you in. Now get lost."

Shawn smiled lazily at the Bodybuilder and headed back to his house. He had to pick up a few items. The Bodybuilder shook his head but his eyes widened in fear as he saw a woman smiling a rather vicious smile at him before making a shushing motion. "You have one day to leave Pyrite, and three days to get out of Orre. Welcome to Cipher's target list." She said softly as she turned away and headed back to her male companion. "Let's go. We need to talk to the Boss." She said in a soft voice.

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Duking nodded his head repeatedly as Daniel told him of the crimes that Team Rocket had committed in Kanto and Johto. When she was finished, Duking simply stared at her as Cail stood next to the door. After a few moments of silence he finally spoke up. "This..Team Rocket, they sound like they're almost as bad as Cipher. Stealing Pokemon from trainers, stealing valuables and shaking down travelers..." He paused for a moment. "It looks like whoever drove Team Rocket out of Kanto and Johto didn't think they would keep moving on. Probably assumed they would either tear themselves apart or disband like the first time. We assumed the same with Cipher, but they ended up regrouping over the years."

Cail shook his head. "I already told the girl here about the rumors of men in black battling it out with Cipher. If we have to deal with another organization that's almost as bad as Cipher we don't have the manpower to take them both down."

Duking nodded his head in agreement. "What we need to do is get the word out to everyone. I'll have to get a hold of my friends in ONBS and have them get everyone on alert." Duking sighed. "Hopefully this is the last time. Maybe we can finally get rid of Cipher once and for all this time." He looked at Daniel. "You said this...Giovanni was the leader of Team Rocket, Any chance he's still the one calling the shots or do we have to deal with someone new?"

Daniel shook her head. "I have no idea. I heard rumors that he'd been seen over the years a number of times but we don't know if he's still head of Team Rocket."

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are you still accepting? and apart from legendary pokemon, are there any limitations?

@Vetis

We are still accepting but we are allowing Pokemon from Gen 3 down.

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Back at my home computer.

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Same. I believe we can make this work with three people. Hopefully the others who posted in the IC are still in as well.

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Role call.

Just checking to make sure everyone is still in.

Star Wars - Lawless Galaxy

"Taking on the whole Empire? That might be a bit beyond what you can do by yourself, even for a well-made droid. Although, honestly, you might not have to wait too long for them to die on their own."

"I do not seek to bring down the entire Empire." The droid responded as his visual sensors turned from red to blue. "There are five remaining individuals who's deaths will allow what remains of us to avenge the StarBlades. A small hologram appeared in front of the Togruta. "We are looking for an experienced individual who can hack into the Imperial Data Net to identify these individuals. Zirex has attempted to on a number of occasions but he has been unsuccessful." The holographic image of a Stormtrooper wearing red armor with a black targeting visor appeared, followed by a woman with curly black hair wearing an officer's uniform. The third image was that of a massive humanoid covered entirely in what looked like Mandalorian armor that was red and black. The fourth image was of a man with scars all over his face wearing the uniform of an Imperial general and the final image was of another woman with a massive blaster rifle strapped to her back. Most of her face was covered by some sort of mask.

"These individuals were either part of the attack on the StarBlades or we assume they took part in ordering the attack. Holographic images recovered from our base show these targets present during the attack or going through our databanks once the base was abandoned. Zirex was able to recover the images but that was all."

Did you hear what happened a while back? Pretty sure the news coming through the holonet is reliable enough. Only a few weeks after they lost their Emperor, and the Empire razed their own planet to the ground. Vardos, one of their big loyalist worlds? They wrecked it. The propaganda says it's supposed to send a 'message', but the only message I'm getting is that they're idiots."

"The Empire is made up mostly of fools." The droid agreed as he deactivated the holograms. "However, their actions have concerned me. If they were willing to destroy one of their own worlds, it makes me wonder what world will be next? Where will they strike next?"

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I will be back sometime tomorrow.

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"Pardon me."

Daniel barely paid the person who had bumped into her any notice. Instead she was focused on what Cail was telling her about the Shadow Pokemon incidents. "- Still don't know exactly how they created their Shadow Pokemon but the things were vicious, they would attack other Pokemon, trainers, sometimes when their emotions got screwed up enough, they would injure themselves. One of their bosses set up shop here in Pyrite at one point and managed to take the town from Duking. But we had help in driving them out. The one that was here was called Miror. B. He looked like a clown but his battling was all business. Last time we saw him was during the second shadow Pokemon incident but by then he was out of Cipher."

Daniel shook her head. Cipher sounded like they were almost as bad as Team Rocket. "Who helped you drive Miror. B out of town?" Cail grinned at the question. "One of the toughest trainers I've ever met. He used to be a member of a minor gang here on Orre, but he turned on them and managed to save all the shadow Pokemon during Cipher's first attack. We haven't seen him in years, but they still talk about him and the girl that traveled with him who could see which Pokemon were shadow Pokemon."

Cail stopped and motioned at the door to the building she had seen earlier. "Let me introduce you to the man in charge." Cail rapped on the door for a moment before it opened. Sitting at a desk was one of the biggest men Daniel had ever seen. "Yo, Duking, this girl says she has info on those idiots in the black suits that are brawling with Cipher." Cail said as he sat down in a chair. Duking motioned for Daniel to have a seat and for her to close the door, after closing the door, Daniel sat down directly in front of Duking. "Sir, I-," Duking interrupted her. "You can just call me Duking, no sir required." He said with a large smile. "So, Cail said you had information on the people in the black suits."

Daniel took a deep breath and began to speak.

Duel Square

"What do you mean I owe you?!" The bodybuilder in front of him sounded outraged. Shawn simply smiled as he leaned against a building with a lazy smile. "Last two times we battled, I won. I didn't take any cash from you or anything. I figured you've been traveling around, maybe you heard something about Cipher."

"Shhhhh!" The bodybuilder hissed in panic. "Don't even say that name. You never know if they have eyes around here. Listen, the only thing I heard was from a couple weeks back. Some of those guys in black were battling with some goons from Cipher near one of the entrances to the Under."

Shawn simply stared at him for a moment. "I think your lying. The entrances to the Under have been sealed off for years. No one is getting in there." The bodybuilder shook his head. "You're wrong. I've seen people coming out from the entrance on a few occasions. I don't bother them and they don't bother me, if you have any common sense you'll stay away from the Under."

Star Wars - Lawless Galaxy

"Hmm, sensor looks like it might be Imperial. Arakyd Industries seeker droid, maybe? Oh, that would be sensitive. That wiring might be Industrial Automaton, which makes sense, actually. It can regulate power spikes better than pretty much anything. Those servos seem heavy duty, but...that makes sense with all that armor, yeah. These joints have built-in locking mechanisms; good for lifting, or controlling recoil..."

ZD-6R couldn't help but be impressed by the woman's knowledge. She was very well versed. "The Hutt hired the best to create me. They did too well of a job however. When I was brought online, they disabled everything but my CPU. From what I understand, they wished for me to download all of my combat protocols and be ready for combat the moment they had everything installed. But I saw how the Hutt treated others. I still am not sure how I was able to differentiate between Good and Bad, but I am grateful that I was able to. It allowed me to find the closest thing to a real family."

The droid's optical sensors then flashed. "But the Empire took nearly all of my family. I fought them before to try and leave my mark on the galaxy but they took the StarBlades from me. That was a mistake on their part. We will avenge our comrades."