Operation: Express Car; [train plot log]

[these_balls]

Who: Everyone who wants to participate!
Where: Goldenrod City, the Magnet Train, Saffron City.
When: November 23rd, 11AM-5PM
Summary: Heist on the Magnet Train!
Rating: Might go up to PG-13, possibly R if exceptional violence of swearing occurs.
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[Emily does, in a way, remind Yagyuu of Lady before her evolution, and it comes as a surprising comfort in the face of such adversity. She may not be able to do much unless it's at close range, but there's a psychological battle being waged here as much as there is a physical one, and the longer they're able to keep a level head, the better chance they'll stand.

Meanwhile, throughout the car, Lady herself is picking off Wheezing and Koffing with a vengeance, unmindful of the fact that she's taking them on two and three to one and suffering damage for it. Despite what her name might suggest, she's a vicious fighter in her own right, and her trainer gave her a mission to complete.

Still, there's the problem of those birds outside the car--

He ducks up, using Emily for cover as he shoves at the window another few inches, and when there's room for his hand to clear, he yanks a Pokeball off his belt and activates it, bringing his Pidgeot into play outside the car. It's a bad situation to appear in the midst of, and a cluster of Fearow and Spearow outside nearly get the drop on her, but it's not hard to figure out why she's been called into action, even before Yagyuu gives his order.]

Clear them off, Irene!

[As he gets back to opening the windows, now with slightly greater success.]

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[If Yagyuu takes the time to glance over to Cooper after that, he might catch a thumbs up aimed his way. If not, that hardly matters - the sign of approval was used distractedly, but it's still sincere.]

[Sincere because it's a good plan. He could let his Noctowl out the same way--]

[And then, from somewhere up ahead in what's likely another car, there's a loud sound and a tremour that continues through theirs. Explosion, Cooper thinks. Self destruct.]

[They can consider themselves lucky it was probably a pokémon of lower level. Most people don't think like that. There are cries and calls of panic throughout the train (and, more disturbingly, one or two laughs) and it's a noise that keeps building, but soon enough turns into white noise. Loud white noise, but white noise all the same. It's nothing you can focus on too hard or too long. You'll go crazy.]

[The shake knocks him off balance, but he gets to his feet. The window had slid mostly shut because of the sudden movement, leaving Aidan in a difficult situation, but he opens it again and then climbs over the seats to the next one, ducking another stray Spearow - or if it's the same as before, that's hardly important - to get to work on it.]

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[He does catch a glimpse of that thumbs-up, and as small a gesture as it is, it's still gratifying.

But he doesn't have long to dwell on that, not with the continued assault from outside the car and the sudden explosion from elsewhere on the train, forcing him back into the moment and the reality that their job is far from finished, and this situation is probably going to get worse before it gets better.

Yagyuu may not have extensive training in handling crises, and all things considered, he's probably going to have nightmares about this experience afterward. But if there's one thing he is good at, it's focusing his world down to one single objective, one crucial task to accomplish in the midst of whatever else might be going on around him. So he doesn't think about the possible danger, what those explosions could mean, what might be heading toward them. He only thinks, get the windows open, and for the moment, his world becomes nothing but accomplishing that.

He shoves his current window open further, seeking to lock it into place as best he can, and steals a few quick breaths of fresh air before ducking back down, Emily still on his shoulder as he starts making his way toward the next. He doesn't look to what Lady and Arsène are doing, largely because he doesn't need to; his faith in them is full and complete, and he's trusting them to handle themselves while he takes on his own tasks.]