Rocket Recruits [Cheryl]

This day was supposed to be a relaxing day. Just once, Cheryl decided, she'd spend a day with her family. She could head on down, pay them a visit, and do her best to keep a low profile. Yet, it hadn't gone exactly as planned. While she originally intended just to hang around the house her parents found themselves low on various materials and asked her to go get them. Partially due to her love and devotion to her family and in part due to her weak-willed nature she agreed. Cherly suspected things would be fine in the Nox city as long as she didn't go around loudly stating Lux's ideals with her every breath anyway.

She'd left the house without incident, walking to the market without earning any unwanted attention and had began shopping simply enough. Against her better judgement she spoke for Lux every here and there in especially hostile conversations but quickly backed out once it was clear her opinions were unwanted. After her shopping she'd began heading back home.

A short time later Cheryl found an arm thrust out in her direction. It held the very last thing she wanted to see. A flier, simple enough in nature. Of course, it alone was not what upset Cheryl, it was the subject of the flier. It was propaganda for a group she had only heard about sparingly. Team Rocket. Without a second thought she took the flier before turning to man handing them out. He was a bit peculiar, with a scowl on his face that just screamed a wish for isolation and a uniform on that spoke very clearly of his alignment. Before she could stop herself she spoke up.

"E-excuse me! You can't r-really support th-this group can you?" She asked, her voice stuttering out of natural anxiety and just a touch of anger, "Th-they did h-horrible things when they w-were around in Kanto and th-then in Johto!" Cheryl stated the obvious with a worried expression. Her voice only grew stern near the end and, while the man wore the uniform, she imagined maybe she could make him change his mind. Though, his demeanor made her think otherwise and she found herself once again questioning whether she was really thinking straight starting this conversation.

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Tags: Thanatos, Kane, Cheryl, tealDIZZY

While the Rocket Boy began to change his stance and adjust his appearance Cheryl steeled herself for his response. She wasn't sure if she was going to be the victim to violence or if hew as just going to tell her off, but she'd be ready. When the boy grinned up at her she had to admit, it threw her off balance a bit.

When he began speaking Cheryl couldn't help but begin growing angry. She prepared herself for being lashed out against, to be yelled at or to have a fist swung her way. It hadn't occurred to her that the boy would bait her like he did. The way he spoke of admiring them really made her blood boil and also made her stomach turn. Memories of Team Galactic and what she'd read on the Rockets made her shudder as he went on.

The way his speech developed and his expression changed got Cheryl to finally crack. Her eyes changed from staring at the pair of golden eyes belonging to the boy to looking off to the side at the air next to his head. He was unsettling to say the least and she felt another shiver go up her spine as he leaned forward into her face and asked a simple question. The question brought back the fire she felt earlier if only for a second.

"N-no I am n-not interested! You and th-that wr-wretched team d-disgust me! I-it's ridiculous f-for y-you to endorse them s-so and I h-hope it all falls a-apart!" Cheryl found herself near shouting at the end, quickly drawing back as she realized what she was doing, "S-sorry I d-didn't mean to y-yell. No, n-not interested. Y-your g-group is horrible. After calming, her eyes drifted away and she found her left hand tracing over her right arm, unsure what to do next.

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Tags: Kane, Thanatos, tealDIZZY, Cheryl

Being looked down upon didn't improve Cheryl's mood. While she was calmer than when she was shouting she still felt a bit irritated, her face a mild red with a mix of anger and embarrassment. As he spoke her eyes narrowed, a sharp exhale escaping her as he finished speaking.

"When L-lux w-wins this war y-you and y-your despicable t-team will be w-wiped out. If nothing e-else I will do m-my best t-to slow your p-progress, even if it j-just by st-stopping you from spreading th-this horrible p-propaganda around this f-fine city." Cheryl spoke in a clipped tone, her stutter strangely contradicting the way she stood taller and spoke with more strength than she suspected she had. It hardly occurred to her that she was being rather defiant towards a person that could possibly cause her harm.

"A-and, just because I-I d-don't like it wh-when I y-yell doesn't mean I-I'm n-not assertive." She finished, returning to her casual stance and her eyes swapping between staring him in the eyes and looking off to his side. Cheryl really hated arguments, no one ever took her seriously.

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Tags: tealDIZZY, Cheryl, Kane, Thanatos

The way the Rocekt's expression changed just irritated Cheryl. The way he got so smug. He thought he knew his way around everything. It made Cheryl frustrated and suddenly she had the overwhelming urge to prove him wrong. A strange drive she didn't get very often. Huffing slightly, she reached down to her side and pulled out a pokeball.

"I'll sh-show y-you wind. Sm-smug jerk." She mumbled as she let out her Drifloon, Tucker. The balloon floated into the air and looked around curiously. He wasn't summoned very often, still being young and not having a lot of experience in much of anything. However, the look on Cheryl's face told him he was needed. With another huff Cheryl looked up at the Drifloon.

"T-tucker, Gust, please t-try t-to make s-sure the wind d-doesn't c-carry more papers a-away dear." Cheryl ordered with a look at the man in front of her. A slight smile of her own tweaked the sides of her cheeks up, though hers was much less smug and much more just happy. She proved him wrong.

"My ap-pologizing i-is simply p-polite. I apologize s-so often b-because I don't w-wish to offend anyone. E-even R-rocket scum l-like you." Cheryl spoke with a bit more confidence as she replied to the man, going so far as to poke him in the chest, "A-and I'm s-sure I c-can find some w-way to stop y-your p-propaganda spreading. A-almost positive." It was a wonder to Cheryl that she could manage not to apologize after such a show of stubbornness. If it was anyone else she was sure she'd have backed down and instantly began attempting to make amends for showing such bull-headed confidence. Instead she just stood there, glaring up at the man in the black uniform.

Tags: Kane, Thanatos, tealDIZZY, Cheryl
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The sudden feel of a hand grabbing her wrist caught Cheryl off guard. In just a second she found herself releasing a gasp of pain and surprise as she found herself face to face with the Rocket recruiter. As he spoke she felt herself release a bit of a shiver, the tone of his voice and her current position suddenly quelling all that new found confidence in a second. Still, she did her best to keep some back bone as she managed to at least keep eye contact with the man as he taunted her.

"I-I, I w-will do someth-thing." Cheryl responded, lacking her prior confidence or a true idea of what she'd do, to be honest she wasn't as sure as she was just a second ago, "I c-could, I could t-try and chase y-you o-out of this t-town." The threat could barely be called that. Instead of being delivered with the conviction a threat was usually attached to it was mumbled, probably only audible to the man standing only inches from Cheryl's face.

"M-my pokemon a-and I could t-try and g-get y-you out of here..." Cheryl trailed off as she spoke, unsure how well they'd actually do. Her pokemon were tough, and they had seen a fair bit of battling, but this man was probably better than they were. The thought of watching her pokemon get hurt due to her unsure threat. Almost instantly worry flashed across her face.

"I-I'm sorry, I th-think I m-misspoke. J-just m-me, I w-would try a-and get y-you to go aw-way myself." There was a bit of her prior confidence slipped into the statement, her expression only wavering slightly as it attempted to portray the same confidence. Obviously ignoring the fact that if a fight were to start at that moment she'd be at a distinct disadvantage.

Tags: Thanatos, Kane, tealDIZZY, Cheryl
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"I-I said j-just m-me." Cheryl mumbled as the man spoke down to her. It was obvious he didn't buy any of her threats. He still spoke like someone positive about their abilities, one that very clearly believed she was no threat. Not that she could blame him, she really wasn't. The best she figured she could do in this situation was put on the face. Hopefully it didn't cause her pokemon too many issues.

"I m-may n-not be c-confident but my p-pokemon are always in p-peak c-condition. I b-believe if w-we r-really try w-we can chase y-you out." Unlike earlier, all her bravado was for show, deep in her gut she had a horrible feeling she wouldn't be able to do anything. Still she had to try. Using her free hand she reached to her side, after a few seconds she found what she needed. A pokeball. There was no way to be sure which one it was but she needed to send out one of them. With a sigh she tossed it to the ground.

In a burst of light, her Hariyama was released. As soon as she was free, the Hariyama gave a little jump before inspecting the scene in front of her. A very clear anger crossed its face at the sight of Cheryl being manhandled, and it only took a second for the pokemon to reach out a hand to grab the offender's.

"I w-will win." The promise was barely a whisper.

Tags: Kane, Thanatos, tealDIZZY, Cheryl
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