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Marcus stood as silent as he could once he reached the woods, shield still ready and a hand over the hilt of his sheated sword.

Dusk Advanced Base #1 - Eterna City It has been three days since the fall of Gardenia and the subsequent conquest of Eterna by Team Dusk. Although there was to be expected a comemoration for such a victory, it didn't happen: the dead count was just too high for that, in both sides. Thus the first week of liberation had always the shadow of grief and the sound of people crying in the background. Team Dusk's work hadn't stopped however... News of the team's victory were spreading throughout Sinnoh, and the operatives passed that time preparing the city's defenses for when challenges from the Church started appearing. The members of the squadrons involved in the battle - Unit Sylveon and the Covert Ops Squad - were given a well deserved time to rest and tend to their pokémon. And so, three days and nights later, a group of fifteen people found themselves assembled in the very same Gym were the battle against Gardenia took place. The place was still being repaired, but where once was a huge sign in the shape of the Forest Badge now stood the black moon of Team Dusk. In front of it stood Lucas in his usual outfit, looking with serious eyes to each and every trainer in the room as if studying them. "Welcome all of you. For those who are new, I am Lucas, and I will be the commanding officer in this team - Unit Sylveon, or Unit S for short. You were all called here to discuss your next mission, which will be started as soon as we end here. I hope you are ready. Now that Eterna is under our control we can't just sit idly here. No doubt the Church will send strong trainers to claim the city back, and we must act before they block us completely. Our next target then lies to the north: Snowpoint City." When he finished saying this, a loud screech of static was heard echoing in the Gym, followed by a female voice. "Test, test... Is this working? Oh, good. Hi everyone, White speaking here! Sorry for the noise, we're still fixing the sound systems. Anyway, let's go for the mission's details shall we?" They all heard the sound of pages flipping through the speakers. "O-K. Well, it seems that the main road to Snowpoint has already been blocked, so you'll have to take an alternate path through the woods... It is a tough climb, specially at this time of year, but lucky for us we have an agent from the city who knows the way. She's called Fria, and will meet you tonight right out of the town. Once you get to the city itself, the drill will be the same: Defeat the Conclaves and the Gym and the city will be yours. Most of their Acolytes are being employed on the blockade, so it should be easier than Eterna." Lucas took over from there, serious as ever. "During the walk to Snowpoint try to avoid combat as much as possible. You'll be in a very wild region with Church members ahead and behind you, so the last thing you'll want is to grab their attention. And also..." his eyes narrowed in anger. "Please, refrain from needless butchery. You have no idea how much trouble we are having with the citizens here, parents and relatives from the Acolytes, after the mess we've made in some of the Conclaves. We are the resistence, not a bunch of mindless killers." He then sighed, and changed his tone to a less harsh one. "We're going out at dusk. I take most of you don't know each other, so work on that, grab your warm clothes and meet me at east exit of town by then." As Lucas walked off, the group still heard White's voice one last time. "Have a good trip everyone! Good luck!"

Yup, I´ll post the new thread very soon! Just to notice again, there will be no more Covert Ops squad (at first). Everyone will be assigned to the main team - Unit Sylveon. Other things to remember: -This RP is a Dystopia, and as such it may be pretty dark... And dangerous. Trust me, I won´t have many moral issues with killing characters in this one. [insert evil laugh here] -Try to check on the IC and OOC as much as you can. As there are many people in this dialogues between characters tend to be very frequent. Always check to see if you´re not unknowingly ignoring someone. -Most important of all: have FUN! Now, without further ado, welcome once again to Pokémon: Aftermath!

After a moment of static, a voice answered the call, presumably Agent Volcano. "Eh, you guys are finished already? Nice work. Just hang in there a sec, I'll send your coordinates to the HQ and they'll get you out of there." After that, static again... and the sound of Pokémon digging through the rubble in the corridor, closer and closer. A minute later, the acolytes managed to break through the rocks, see a flash of purple light and, dumbfounded, rush straight into the mess that was the destroyed and now empty generator room.

Jon listened to Flux and Miki with half his attention, ther rest being concentrated on Kyte and the corridor. Judging by the roars starting on the other side of the rubble, it seemed like they would have to fight in little time. "Didn't we have an intercomm? That little black radio like thing? Sarcus, do you have it yet?"

The Bank Gang "Hehe, nice trick girl. If you lot can pull stuff like that then you might be even more usefull than I thought." Gestas said, with an eyebrow lifted, after understanding what Rose had done. "Right then, let's make this short and sweet, I've got more important things to do." "The bank will open in about one hour and a half. Your first duties are to patrol the corridors and look for any abnormal attitude from the workers. If you see anything suspicious you can call me using these." He waved his hand and suddenly 6 handheld radios appeared floating in the air in front of the group, waiting for being picked. " Get familiarized to the place, you'll need it for future operations. Careful for not getting lost too, it is huge in here. If you need you can use lethal force. It's not like that's a big deal around here, if you get what I'm saying. Any doubts?"

Big opened yet another smile at the sight of the transporter, and walked in relieved not having to walk all that way back. Of course he noticed the tense situation, but he was confident that the higher ups would understand them - and most of all, glad that everyone was all right.

Well, he could be a double wielder using a... hammer and... a rapier? XD Whatever, I really want to see him fighting with one of these at least once!

Marcus raised his shoulders when Jupiter told them about the fleeing patrol. Welp, at least that solves the problem. Afterwards, he waited with his shield in hand. It would be more useful in the rear of the group in case of an attack, so he gestured for everyone to go before him, and after the last of the group passed he would follow. ((In case I'm not here when this happens assume he is running along))

Tonight is the deadline for covert ops. If it doesn't work out until then don't worry, I'll bunnie everybody and close it. Now, note I'm only doing that this time, next I'll do what Acquie specified - trigger a bad end.

" Right, let's go." Marcus started, before an idea came to his mind. "Wait a bit..." He looked to the archers, and then to the easily flamable rooftops of the town. "Hey girls, why don't we try putting a distraction for them? I can light some arrows for you, and if we start a fire we may get some extra time for the run."

That's why I made Marcus talk to Dru. XD Anyway, invisibility is out of the question so... Jeez, I'm tempted to say grab the chance and run. Though... Maybe we can start a fire a little away from us like this? That would distract the guards.

Ok, tactics session: We have a window were we might be able to run off, buut it's not sure. We can't kill anyone else, so defending ourselves would be hard in this case... And if we wait too much the guards may realize one of them is missing. What you guys think we should do?

Not dead, you can count on this. Well, can't stop you guys anyway, but don't underestimate the Vermillionaires!

Jon nooded, completely focused on getting out of there alive. "Right, I'll have Kyte block the door then. He won't be affected by the Discharge and will avoid the Acolytes coming in. The Swampert growled in agreement and directed himself to the door. A moment later, the Mud-Fish Pokémon saw the enemy: four girls, two coming from each side of the corridor, pokéballs in hand. It stood up in it's legs, let out a mighty Roar (which made the young Acolytes stop for a moment, afraid), and smashed it's strong arms on the wall, causing part of the roof to crumble in a Rock Slide and block their path. That would buy them some time. ((Jon is not the strategist kind, he focus more in surviving the present situations... So it would be off character for him to think of the Teleport plan. Anyone can do it?))

Well, as Huk said I think when this Covert Ops chapter ends everyone will be assigned to Unit S then. It will be a lot simpler... Butdangitwegottafinishthatfirst

Marcus saw the Gnoll fall to the ground and turned back to Jupiter to thank her with a thumbs up. A moment later, however, he noticed Dru was not looking well. "Ey, are you allright Dru?" he asked the sorcerer, before also noticing the Gnoll being... Eaten by the Earth, it seemed. The templar made a disgusted face and whispered to everyone. "Holy hell. Let's get out of here quick." He then considered their options: Heading south in the clear was obviously impossible, so they either needed a distraction or to get closer sneaking between the houses first. Either way, they needed a better idea of the field, so he decided to sneak quietly to the corner and look in the direction the Gnoll had come from. (Carefully, veeery carefully) ((Edited. Jeez, I was so sure I've read Goblin XP)

... Maybe we should add a shipping thread for characters in there, since the harm is already done. XD

Jesus Christ, 8 people reading this at the same time =O

"Ok everyone, let's move!" Said Marcus, opening the door and leaving first, looking forward to check for enemies and back to see if his companions were keeping up.

Actually you didn't, I thought those were to be made on the fly XD.

Weeeeell, this one surely doesn't need to be warned 'bout sanity. XD Welcome Jelly! (Also, seeing PWB's giff with the song playing is hipnotizing... o_O)

Yup, that was the number I had on my head as well. So, 1 spot left people! I would like to know everyone's preference on wether to be on Unit S or Covert Ops, in order to sort things out. Oldersign ups will have priority of choice (since C.Ops was originally made for people who were waiting to enter Unit S).

Marcus raised an eyebrow when Jupiter got down. Everybody up to now was serious and angry with the situation, but he didn't expect anyone - specially her - to be this shaken after all they had passed. "Yeah, better for us right? Anyway, we have Blue distracting them and Nero and Dru to help us here, so it will be easy work." he said, trying to sound confident. At this moment, Oarloff and Abraham appeared. "Ok, we're all here now. So, if I get it right, Nero and Dru will make us sneak out unnoticed. Helze and Jupiter, you better keep your bows ready to pick off anyone who happens to spot us. Warriors would be better positioned guarding the van and rear, and the rest goes in the middle. Sounds good?" The young templar asked everyone, haste clear in his voice. "Then if you all agree, let's get going, we must escape this place quickly" This last part was mentally directed to Blue too.

Ok M_Cowher, Thoron looks all right to me. Welcome aboard! And it's ok, I had this kind of formatting problem once too, it is really a pain. Generally it's best to write all without jumping lines in your text tool and format in the Forum's. Also, Covert Ops members our deadline is this Friday.