[Mari]

After spending some time living on Yellow's hip like a glorified Christmas ornament, 'Randy' was starting to come down from his initial shock from what had happened. As much as he wanted to be free from Yellow's belt however, indignant to being reduced to the status of pet, he was not ready for it actually happening however. Seeing the girls, and gravvy for that matter, towering over him caused Randy to promptly panic. He seemed to have learned his lesson from his many, many attempts at running however and instead chose the coward's next best friend: begging. Randy laid his head at Yellow's feet in response to her reaching for him, but did not resist the other's touch. He did however flinch. Typical Randy "W-We keep the prisoners downstairs..." the herdier stammered out.

"Uuugh... You are the worst." a rocket grunt groaned from within the tangled mass, unable to help themselves.

Meanwhile, Yellow would find she was able to read Randy's mind. It felt slightly odd compared to a normal pokemon's mind, but it was remarkably similar given he was technically a human before he was a pokemon. Yellow would be presented with an absolute wealth of information, many of it irrelevant, but ultimately she would come out with a much better understanding of her new ...pokemon.

• Randy is telling the truth about Blue's location.
• The rockets wanted to kill Blue and dispose of her trophy in a remote location. Randy doesn't know where. Apparently they tried to interrogate Blue to find out who she worked for but had no luck.
• Randy was apparently an interrogator. Apparently he also hated his job. He's not very loyal to Team Rocket.
• The other rockets hated Randy almost as much as he hated his job. He was considered useless and could not be trusted around female prisoners, as he has apparently been easily manipulated by them in the past. Even Randy does not understand why he was selected to interrogate blue.
• Randy is absolutely terrified of the girls, Yellow in particular. In spite of this, he has no desire to hurt them. Apparently Randy has a long history of being bullied, physically or otherwise. He is very, very paranoid that Yellow is either going to physically hurt him or rub salt in his wounded ego.
• Apparently Randy joined Team Rocket for protection from a Rocket Loan Shark. He isn't very independent and cannot live on his own or be trusted with much money, as he has a rather shameful manga addiction and poor self-control.
• Randy is oddly comfortable in this form. In fact, he's apparently more comfortable as a herdier than a human. However, he is intensely embarrassed at the notion of being owned by someone--especially a girl. He's pretty sure he read a manga about this once.
• The boss of this particular facility is located upstairs. His name is Proton and Randy is very scared of him too.
• Randy believes that Team Rocket would never accept him in their ranks so long as he belonged to Yellow.
• Oddly enough, Yellow would be able to sense a very strong bond potential in Randy. Apparently his spirit was very much open to Yellow's, more than most pokemon even. It would form a very strong bond if nurtured.
• Lastly, Randall is not aware that his mind is being read.

Meanwhile, the cubone looked up at Brianna curiously and the rattata cuddled up to her feet. They didn't seem to be very strong pokemon. They might fight for Briana however, if she led them into battle. Considering their lack of proper training, however, bringing them into battle was likely to result in them getting badly hurt.

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow listened to his word and just kept her eyes closed as... she felt oddly at ease despite it being a human mind she was reading, but it was very obviously a Pokemon mind. She was mostly expecting the truth from him but there was quite a bit more as a result. The rockets apparently wanted to off Blue which was not the most surprising honestly but it did make it that bit more urgent.

Additionally though he was not part of the rockets out of choice apparently. It appears the loans he owes is the only reason he's here. He was not good at his job, he hated his job, and the other members hated him. There was also a rather strong area for bonds among other things. Which was a bit surprising but she was honestly starting to see him as more a Pokemon. Especially more Pokemon than he was a Rocket. In fact, he was not that different from Rocket taking their Pokemon.

Yellow seemed to stand there holding her hand to him for quite a bit. As soon as she got all she can get however she took her hand back for a moment and handed the key cards to Kitty. "Could you find the door that leads downstairs? I want to talk with Randy for a moment," Yellow requested as she slipped the Transmorgifier away. She could probably figure out how to use it later. "Gravvy, Mega Punch the Rocket that called our new friend the worst," Yellow went on as Gravvy held back a glowing fist to do so.

She then reached out to scritch his ears... He was apparently more comfortable being a Herdier than human. Hopefully that would calm him down. "Don't worry, I will protect you from them. That way you don't have to work for them and do not have to listen to them," Yellow offered quietly. She then stood up and got out Randy's Pokeball. "You can help us rescue Blue or you can rest in here for now," Yellow continued. She would accept either choice he made before following Kitty.

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Kitty would gently pat the Cubone and Rattata on their heads, turning to Yellow as she spoke, taking the keycard. "Got it!" She would respond to Yellow and would turn to the Cubone and Rattata, "Please trust me, you two. Aqua, can you have the Rattata stay with you?" Her rather large Empoleon would nod and would gently pick up the rattata in his fin-arms and placed it on his head, behind his horns, prepared to catch it if it fell. He'd then turn to Kitty, prepared to follow with the small Pokemon now atop his head. Kitty would pick up the Cubone in her arms and would carefully carry it,  smiling at the small Pokemon before starting to move away from where Randal had been running away to, going towards where they had been hiding. She looked at the Cubone and tried to ask it if it knew which way it was to where the downstairs was.

YzM07GLNp_1d20+0 (Kitty's attempt at asking the Cubone for directions)

Although she tried her best, Kitty didn't do too well explaining exactly where she wanted to go; she wanted to know where the downstairs was, but how to phrase it was a bit difficult for her for some reason. She hoped the Cubone would understand. 1d20+0

[Mari]

The sound of a rocket freaking balls before being abruptly punched across the room like a big silk soccerball was heard. Owch. Randall appeared confused as Yellow jumped to his defense, lolling his head at her in a questioning manner only for her to ... offer her protection. "You... You mean that?" he asked, stunned by the sudden change from terrifying to comforting. To him it had been a near 180, as he had no knowledge of Yellow's mind reading powers. After a moment of consideration, Randall reluctantly seemed to accept this possibility. The herdier would move to follow Yellow, nudging her leg with his snout to gather her attention. "...Ok. I'll help you save her. The door's right this way." Randy replied, eyeing Yellow with interest. He seemed to be a bit desperate to believe Yellow, probably because of how much of a mess his life had become. Luckily, that meant Yellow needed to do little convincing at this point.

Meanwhile, the cubone just sort of tilted it's head at Kitty in confusion. It probably didn't understand one or more of the things Brianna had just said. It might not even know where the downstairs was even if it did understand. Luckily for the girls however, Randall was on the job. He promptly bounced his way over to the stairwell the rockets had come from, placing his paw upon the door opposite the one the rockets had emerged from. "This is the door. Ashley is probably on guard duty. If you want, I can try and distract them..." Randy explained and went on to offer. The rattata, skittish as it was, knew better than to jump away and almost seemed to vanish amongst Aqua's horns.

((You may open the door leading downstairs. Randy has offered to distract the rockets. This might put him in danger, but it might also give you a sneak attack. What will you do?))

Blue
75%
Status: Fatigued
Equipment: None


Randall
HP: Probably pathetic.
Status: Transmorgified (Herdier)

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow gave a smile and a nod to the Herdier as he questioned her. "Of course," Yellow reassured. She was honestly a bit hesitant with the response she gave. Though she is seeing him as more Pokemon than ... The talking was something she had to get used to. She has kind of adapted to having to listen to the mind of humana Pokemon rather than their words. An english speaking Pokemon was a bit of a foreign concept for her.

She got up and followed Randy as he led them towards a door... She might of been more reluctant if she did not read his mind honestly. "It's this door, Kitty," Yellow stated... More because reading his mind kind of gave her more reason to believe him than Kitty..

But then Randy suggested being used as a distraction. "We are not using you as a distraction. That would put you in too much danger," the girl strictly objected. She was against Pokemon getting hurt unless absolutely necessary... And Randy honestly fit that quota for her without giving it much thought. "... Kitty, can you provide us a distraction when you open that door? Give me the chocolate and Randy can hopefully lead me through any distraction caused. Do you think you can do that, Randy?" Yellow requested as she returned Gravvy. It may seem odd she would rather have Kitty's team distract them. She kind of had confidence though their team would be better built for it. She did not want to see Randy get hurt like that. Besides, being her escort might be a bit more flattering in putting faith in him...

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Kitty would gently kiss the Cubone on the head after she confused it as an apology and quickly turned to follow Yellow and Randy, Aquilan turning and doing the same, being careful not to drop his small passenger. She nodded to Yellow, "Certainly. I have someone who would be more than happy to help me put on a bit of a show." She gently put the Cubone down beside Aquilan, who looked at it and gently pat it with his fin to make sure it knew to stay with him. Kitty would take a pokeball out and her Altaria, Aruane, would appear and sat in her arms proudly, making a few short tweets to make sure everyone knew he was there. "This is Aruane. He helps me perform in Contests. Or, I suppose, he used to. You ready to put on a show, Aruane?" Kitty would introduce the fluffy bird Pokemon before asking him if he was prepared. He'd give a small tweet and Brianna moved to hand Yellow the Chocolate. "I'll quickly give Aruane some instructions, then you can open the door whenever you're ready," Kitty told Yellow and Randy, gently moving Aruane onto her arm. She gently pat his head a bit and said some kind of weird mumbo-jumbo about sparkles and looking fabulous. The two shared a quick moment of pow-wow and looked prepared for whatever was going to come next. "When you open the door, make sure to cover your eyes! I'd hate for anyone to get blinded," Kitty quickly warned. Aquilan simply kept the small rescued Pokemon beside him, not wanting them to get stuck in the fight that would most likely ensue.

[Mari]

Randy glanced betwixt Yellow and Brianna. Did they not realize how serious the situation was right now? It seemed like a bad time to be loitering around to make plans, but eh... They were the girls. Who was he to question their plan? Before Brianna and Yellow could actually get on to opening the door, it opened for them. Oh. And what did the door reveal? It revealed a single rocket, staring at the two rather blankly. What the heck were THEY doing here? ...But then, Yellow would likely notice that this wasn't just any rocket. It was the girl they'd been sent there to rescue, dressed in someone else's mini skirt. Blue trembled a bit as she stood there. She had seen much better days, but she quickly fixed her hair in the presence of a trusted friend.

"...I didn't think the view would be so beautiful up here, after hearing all the noise." she remarked, barely keeping her composure together. She was making direct eye contact with Yellow as she spoke, as opposed to actually viewing the carnage around her. If one were watching her eyes, they'd likely realize she was wasn't talking about the building. If one were looking past her however, they'd see the guard previously stationed at the bottom of the stairs slumped in the corner, knocked unconscious by means unclear. Blue stepped forward, limping slightly, and shut the door behind her. "Who're the new girls~?" she went on to ask, her gaze drifting to the unfamiliar trainer and pokemon present.

Blue
77%
Status: Fatigued
Equipment: None


Randy
0%
Status: Normal

[Coolshaymin]

"... You have the security cards, remember?" Yellow replied to Kitty. They were wasting time not opening that door as soon as possible. Blue could still be in some major trouble and even she did not like standing. She was growing a bit impatient with all the time they were wasting.

Just then the door opened and a Rocket seemed to want to greet them first as she stepped back. Until she realized a second later it was Blue. Yellow was caught off guard by both her appearance and her words. It was a bit obvious who Blue was talking about and her face steadily grew red. Even given Blue's nature she was a bit thrown off by the situation in which she said it. She just scratched her head and gave an awkward laugh in response. She was bit too surprised and flustered to comment on it.

"New girls?" Yellow questioned for a moment before waking up and realizing she meant Kitty. "Oh, this is kitty. She came to help," Yellow said suddenly feeling a bit down she could not do this on her own. She appreciated the help but for some reason it was starting to make her feel self-conscious she could not do this on her own. "O-oh right. Here, take this. We borrowed it from Randy's dropped items. You look like you need it," Yellow stated as she handed the chocolate bar to Blue as she nearly forgot about it. She also forgot to mention who Randy was... Either way, now that they found Blue, they just needed to get out of here.

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Kitty paused, looking at Yellow a moment before realizing her rather fatal mistake. She'd quickly pull out the keycard, to Aruane's confusion, and would begin towards the door, only taking a step before it opened to reveal a very injured Blue. She saw her friendly manner towards Yellow and Yellow's reaction and gently pat Aruane on the head, making sure he knew they weren't going through the plan. Kitty didn't know what to say, feeling badly for not taking more action to get them to Blue faster. She'd have to remember that for next time. She'd stroke Aruane's back while the two spoke, looking up as she was mentioned, waving sheepishly. "N-Nice to meet you, Miss," She spoke softly, not sure what to say. None of her Pokemon had any healing abilities, so she didn't have anything that could really help Blue's condition. She turned to look behind them, seeing if there was anything coming to get them while Yellow gave Blue the chocolate. Based on Blue's condition, a sneak attack would be horrendous. Better to be safe than sorry, right? 

[Mari]

Blue accepted the candy and gratefully scarfed it down. That bit of sustenance would halt the rapid deterioration of her health--at least for a little bit. As it was junk food, it would likely not hold her over for too long. "I don't look that bad, do I~?" Blue asked, pouting a bit at Yellow's assertion. Admittedly, she was in a very bad place. However, she was doing her best to look like her normal self in spite of this. Her gaze turned to Brianna. She was skeptical at first, but she supposed there was little point in anyone joining this rescue mission to trick them. She shrugged the thought off. "The pleasure's mine. Thanks for protecting Yellow during all of this. Now... Who wants to help me get some revenge~?" Blue asked, moving to the opposite door leading to the second floor and producing a stolen keycard. Escape? Nah, nah. This was clearly the best time to put herself in even more danger.

"Hey, so is this an all-girls team or something..?" Randall wound up asking. It might occur to Yellow that he was still operating under the premise that Blue had been working for someone, and thus she and Kitty must also be a part of that gang. Blue just sort of snapped her attention to Randy, pondering what she'd just heard. ". . . Talking herdier?" Blue asked, pointing at Randy. She figured someone would explain this oddity. A talking pokemon was extremely rare, or at least it was supposed to be. POKEMON MOVIES, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID but not unheard of. Randy seemed scared of Blue, probably because he didn't want her to know he'd been on his way to interrogate her not long ago.

Blue
73%
Status: Normal
Equipment: None


Randy
0%
Status: Normal

[Coolshaymin]

"N-no. Of course not! Just thought you might be hungry..." Yellow explained herself rather hastily in reply to Blue's pouting. She did not intend any kind of insult from her statement... Which was clear in her face steadily getting redder. It fortunately stopped getting redder as Yellow was snapped to reality at Blue's suggestion. "Revenge?! Shouldn't we get you someplace to rest? Maybe we could put that off?" Yellow suggested. She obviously was not too into the idea of getting revenge. She was not really the type that liked getting into fights.

Then Randy spoke up and Yellow remembered he was there.... And how odd it was for there to be a talking Herdier for Blue. Her mind reading was not as strong when she wasn't making direct contact but she could still feel the fact he did not want Blue to know the interrogation thing... Which she would prefer as well... And Yellow felt it safe to assume this might of been his first time interrogating her... Given how well that probably would of went. Yellow kind of helped him dodge a bullet there...

"Oh, this is our new friend Randy. He was a human a few seconds ago... But then this thing happened," Yellow started as she pulled out the transmorgifier for a second. "Then I caught him. We can trust him though. He's much better than these other Rockets," Yellow finished. She left out the whole interrogation part. She figured Blue would trust her on the believing part given she knew her powers.

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Kitty turned back to the two of them as Blue spoke, smiling. "I-It's no trouble. Yellow did most of the work, really..." She attempted to inform Blue. She grew surprised when Blue spoke about getting revenge and would nod when Yellow spoke in agreement. She turned to Blue, "W-We should really get you somewhere safe so you can get some rest... Maybe later we could come back here, but for now, retreat is probably our best plan." She would return Aruane and step over to Aquilan and the Cubone, carrying the smaller Pokemon once again. 

Randy's question made her confused. Team? As far as she knew, she hadn't joined any organizations. "I-I just came to help, I'm not apart of any team, Randy..." She informed him. Kitty wasn't exactly sure how to convince Blue that they'd need to retreat, and hoped both her and Yellow's statements against revenge would go through to Blue.

[Mari]

Blue seemed to consider Yellow and Brianna's words for a moment. Well, in her current state she supposed revenge was risky... Even if she really did want to trophy someone over the abuse she'd been subjected to. She pouted at Yellow in response but would ultimately relent. After hearing Yellow's explanation of Randy Blue's expression briefly became perturbed. This almost immediately vanished however, being replaced with an expression of intense amusement. "Wow Yellow. You're 'capturing' criminals and reforming them into your own pokemon now~? I didn't know you had it in you~" she replied light-heartedly, snickering. Perhaps to Yellow's surprise, Blue seemed to be into the idea. It wasn't clear whether she was teasing or praising the other, however. Probably a little of both. "...And you--You better treat Yellow with all the kindness she treats her pokemon. You must be something special if she's decided to keep you." the trainer went on, eyeing Randall suspiciously.

Randy seemed to become very nervous in response. It was hard for him to deal with such a pretty girl giving him such an intimidating look. He simply lowered his head in response, unable to make eye contact. Blue lolled her head at Randy's apparent shyness, but decided to accept this gesture. Yellow probably knew what she was doing anyway--right? ...She hoped so. "Anyway, do you at least have some proof that these goons are in line with Team Rocket so we can get them shut down? I don't want them coming after me while I'm recovering." Blue would go on, abandoning the idea of revenge at both of the girl's suggestion. She wouldn't drag them, especially Yellow, into danger just because she was angry.

Blue was, of course, failing to consider that Yellow had successfully 'recruited' a valuable witness.

[Coolshaymin]

Fortunately it seemed Kitty agreed with her on the part about leaving. Hopefully she would agree since they both are concerned for her well being... And Yellow was not exactly looking forward to getting into a fight. Especially when it may involve more than her own Pokemon getting hurt... And Randy did not really seem ready to fight. Fortunately, it did seem she was going to relent.

Though she did not seem comfortable with Yellow's explanation at first... She did seem to warm up to it quite a bit to Yellow's surprise. She was being praised for that? Well, it could be teasing... But she did want to consider it praise. "I wouldn't call him a criminal exactly..." Yellow stated as she messed with the back of her hair... It seemed like that would make her doing that even worst...

Then Blue went on to warn Randy and she could feel his nervousness. She did know he was not very good when it came to enduring girls... For some reason she was not entirely sure of. Yellow knelt and petted Randy comfortingly... As if he really was a dog Pokemon to comfort him. "Please try not to be hard on him. He is kind of timid," Yellow requested in Randy's defense.

Finally Blue brought up something Yellow honestly kind of forgotten... Oh yeah, proof was probably something helpful to have right now. No telling what could happen if they just left them secretive while they were helping Blue recover. Yellow looked to the Rocket Grunts and thinking if they had something before she remembered Randy. "Actually, we do have some. Randy was roped into Rockets due to some loans. Their treatment wasn't exactly the best... He could be our witness, right Randy?" Yellow suggested as she continued to pet Randy unless he gave some sign he didn't want the petting.

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Kitty would nod to Yellow and Blue. "Evidence..? U-Um, I could try to take one of the whips from Randy's things, but I don't know if that'd be good enough evidence," She offered softly. Kitty didn't want to, given it'd scare the smaller Pokemon, but if she needed to carry it then she would. Plus, it'd give her something to defend herself with if some crazy rocket member got the wrong idea and deserved a smack. It didn't appeal to her much, but it was certainly an option. She'd gently pat the Cubone's head and turned to get the Rattata from Aquilan, putting it on her head. The penguin Pokemon seemed relieved to not have to focus on staying exactly up straight and relaxed a small bit.