[RAID] Final Frontier

[caffeinecraving]

Kailee sat up in the snow fluffing her curls out to rid them of snow. And then she laughed softly brushing the little bit on sissy's head off too. She was laughing softly. Her face red with embarrassment but laughing anyway. And then she wasnt... Faleen had given her an order. She bit her lip looking to Sissy. "No she will be fine... it was just a surprise." She let her second pokemon out. A strong looking emboar. "Help me up Brim?" The pokemon snorted sparks and lifted her up.She swung her booted feet a bit and was set back down standing.

She heard Faleen say the H word to Aulus and she waited for him to say something snide. Although deep down she knew that he wouldnt out of respect... damn grunt status... She had to work harder.

She stood waiting not going to get into the arguments about what to do... Afterall a grunt followed orders... and until there were orders she wasnt doing much.

Sissy moved to huddle by Kailee, pouting pointedly at Faleen. But she was behaving.

 

[TawnyAngel]

Aulus shrugged to Faleen, aiming to keep his voice and body language actually neutral now rather than the aggressive neutral he'd aimed at Tama. Disagree but do not argue, there was a very important differenceand he damn well wasn't going to let anyone think he had forgotten that. "Just an example, extreme I'll give you but regardless; as Tam says it's big in there," huge, "and if we're to get around it in good time we might very well have to split up. We might as well talk about potentials out here by the safety of our craft rather than in there."

In there.

In there!

They already knew the basics of how they'd break down anyway; Faleen, Hayes, and Tam apart and the rest of the grouping up to the techies in some way that made sense; probably Lex with Tam for a start.... Tama with them too? Then Kailee with Faleen - she'd just showed she was prepared to handle the girl as needed - and him with Hayes... now what a surprise he had come to that conclusion! He couldn't help being biased. He couldn't help wanting to make up for last time. He just-

He wanted it to be over, and successful, and to all be okay with nobody hurt especially not Alex or Tam. He wanted to be home, now, not looking at that great hulking nightmarish cell.

Feeling he'd said enough for now Aulus glanced to Claire, waiting for her call on the matter as the senior field agent present. For now at least he wasn't really paying attention to what Kailee was up to; he had far too many other things on his mind, and trying to prey on it too.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

While the team talked amongst themselves, Claire loosed her Arcanine and gestured towards the jet with a firm "guard", to which the large fire-type acknowledged the order with a gruff noise. "All right then," Claire interrupted any conversations still going on, adjusting her coat a little before motioning meaningfully towards the ship, "let's go. You can figure out how to split up when you need to, if you need to, once inside." With that said, she gestured to the group to move out, and started heading towards the ship herself.

As the group drew nearer to the gaping entrance to the Galactic airship, they would hear nor see any movement from within. All was still and silent, with the only hints of anything inside being the large, shadowy forms that looked, as the team reached the bottom of the ramp, like aircrafts. Claire held up her hand there to signal the group to stop, and she pulled two pokeballs from her belt to let out a Pikachu and a Typhlosion, then clipped the balls back to her belt and waited for the rest of the assembled team to do the same, if they hadn't already done so.

Once satisfied with the number of pokemon out, and the preparedness of the group, she silently gestured them onward as she turned, first testing the ramp to make sure it wasn't coated in ice or would be too slippery to traverse - it wasn't either of those things - before quickly making her way up it with her pokemon at her side, ready to defend or attack if necessary.  

[TawnyAngel]

Aulus shrugged and nodded to Claire, heading for the ship with Tortie and Char following him silently.

The closer they got the faster his heart seemed to beat, the more his nerves twanged and the more he longed for home; any place he had ever called home just not here!

Yet here he was.

It was quiet.

He followed Claire up the ramp, glancing around to make sure Alex and Tam were still okay.

They were going in.

They were going back in, they-

Damnit they were going back in on their terms, they were going to take Galactic's knowledge for their own and if they found and operatives they were going to crush them!

If they found her....

Aulus' hands flexed and he walked on in stony silence.  

[Rocket Agent Faleen]

As they made their way closer to the ship, Faleen couldn't help but allow herself a moment to look up at its towering massive form. glistening with the layers of snow over it smooth form.
Each time she couldn't help but be impressed with it, even as a shadow of what it used to be, crippled and dying on the earth.

It was game time though, and as the Elite lead the mission team to the ramp that lead into a hanger, Faleen released two more of her team.
Her Absol, and Zoroark flanking a little behind their trainer as they worked their way up the ejected lamp.
Listening for any movement inside the dark interior.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Tambrey nodded once and followed across to the ship, with Gauntlet, oddly quiet, as though he understood the tension, floating along above.

She offered a smile when Aulus looked back, and then they were walking up the ramp.
She pushed her goggles up onto her forehead.  

[Rocket Agent Tama]

When they finally got the orders to move ahead, Tama followed the group, Pokemon in tow. He debated releasing Hexus, knowing the Spiritomb could navigate ahead through the darkness without being seen if there was anything in there, but decided to wait and see if he was needed.

He cautiously made his way up the ramp, picking up his Lopunny when she had troubled maintaining traction. As he looked up to the massive aircraft, he had to wonder what was waiting for them inside.  

[caffeinecraving]

Kailee pat Brimstone's arm softly and then looked to sissy. "Ready?" She nodded and so they followed brim cutting a path for her to walk easier. She looked to the others. She could see how tensed Aulus was. She wished something she could say could help but knew that in his mind she would just be a pest right now. So she kept her mouth shut and contemplated switching Brim for Anura but decided until a smaller poke was needed she would stick with brim. She gently pet sissy's ear. She would be helpful too. They would prove how valuable they could be.

 

[Shaddaling]

Lex kept his remaining team in their pokeballs and motioned to Howlback to follow him in when all the others had made it inside. Glit would be a hazard going down the ramp by size alone though Spins could and would likely manage. Flatline kept close, the Porygon-Z hovering anxiety seeping about. He did not like, he did not like. He did not like at all. It was quiet.  

[Rocket Agent Hayes]

And that was it. Time to go.

Stepping to the door of the jet, Hayes looked doubtfully down at the Wigglytuff-shaped hole in the snow. His Umbreon crept up beside him, nose low. "Brrr-" "Don't jump." "-ee." The elite exited - and promptly sank into snow up to his thighs. Welp. He recalled his Pokemon for now and waded toward the Galactic ship. It was slow going, like one of those dreams where you were trying to run but could barely move, just in reverse. He stuck to the middle of the group, grouping with Kurt out of habit.

The ramp, though perfectly solid, felt precarious under his feet, his body strangely light after that trekking through deep snow. He hadn't done that in some time, that'd be why his heart was going a bit. Releasing Binary and, thinking better of the Pikachu's ability to sense electricity, Switch, he exhaled slowly once inside, his breath ghosting out in the cold air as his gaze traveled over the sleeping ships in the hangar.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

The sight that met their eyes when they reached the interior of the vehicle bay was, either fortunately or unfortunately depending on the person, almost completely empty and devoid of any life that was immediately visible. A portion of the floor near the entrance was, like the ramp, covered in a light layer of snow that lessened the further inside it extended. A few different footprints could be seen there, both entering and departing, but none of them looked fresh and none could be seen on the ramp or around the exterior of the ship, likely due to recent flurries or snowstorms. None of the lights in the cavernous room were lit, and the further back one looked, the darker the area was and the harder it would be to see. While it looked as though the bay could have easily fit a number of various sized aircrafts, only three remained - two nondescript, small black jets, and one slightly larger aircraft that vaguely resembled a Wingull, which may or may not have looked familiar to some of those on the mission team.

All three crafts, either due to the impact or the now-slanted floor on which they stood, had tipped over to one side, and their exteriors each looked damaged to varying degrees. A quick scan of the room, especially if one used a flashlight to see the darkest corners of the bay, would reveal no one, Galactic or otherwise, hiding or lying in wait for intruders. It would reveal, however, a single large doorway, a shutter pulled halfway down over it in lieu of a door.

Once assured that they were alone, Claire visibly relaxed and turned to the group, gesturing at the spacious room and speaking in low tones, "Let's begin our search here. Everyone, spread out and see what we can find. I'll help here, but I won't go further into the ship."  

[Suudonym]

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This map depicts the explorable areas of the Galactic airship (though it does not accurately depict size and shape of all rooms). Please indicate at the top of each post which room your Rocket is in, and if your Rocket is changing locations, state the room that they're currently in AND the room they're going into. You cannot skip through unexplored areas; when moving through a section of the map that hasn't been visited yet, you cannot advance to a further room until the current room has been described. For example, the first Rocket who goes upstairs must stop in the stairwell, and no one may pass through to the second floor until the stairwell has been described. After the stairwell and upstairs area have been described, though, anyone may freely go from the downstairs area directly to the upstairs area.

The descriptions given for each area will be cursory, and you are welcome and encouraged to inspect elements more closely to get more thorough information.

The key will be expanded as the Rockets explore the ship. ]]  

[Shaddaling]

[Room A, Area around Wingul.]

After everyone had followed, Howlback swooped in, bringing in a flair of cool air and a slight bit of snow. The crobat shook herself and settled by Lex, using echolocation to guide her. Lex looked around, shining his flashlight around, letting it play over the planes. An air craft hanger. His flashlight lingered slightly at the wingull shape plane.

“Anyone care to explore the wingul with me?” He questioned and slowly started towards the craft, shining his flashlight low to make sure he didn’t trip over anything.  

[TawnyAngel]

[Room A, exploring behind the Wingull jet!]

He had his staff in his hand.

He wasn't sure when he'd taken it off his belt but apparently he had, though he hadn't gone so far as to extend it luckily. Right then. Right. They were- they had been here, he'd been in here before, in this hanger with all the skin burned off his back by that damned moth. It had been here right? Must have been here.

Aulus took a breath in and out and looked around properly. "Alright, let's see what we have," he muttered. "Tortie, Char, Lex, come with me." Without a pause Aulus prowled off around the large novelty shaped jet, just in case there was anything lurking behind it.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Room A - Room B

Well this was a semi-familiar room... Vehicle shaped like a Wingull... Tambrey was somewhat glad Neph was in her ball; giant bird 'mon? She'd want to fight it...

Tambrey ventured toward the door not far away, intent on poking her head in, at least, while Gauntlet hovered quietly.