-The Dragon King-
-Arc Start: Call to Arms-
-Call to Arms: Ch 1-
Mark starred out at the path of destruction that carved its way through the landscape, all the way to the distant foot of Mount Coronet.
The heat. The way the ground shook. The air being pulled out of his lungs by the vacuum.
He couldn’t get it out of his head- the only time that he could block it out completely was when he let himself slip into that dark place he mind went when it was quiet, where the ringing in his ears never stopped and the booming of artillery downed out everything else.
That Garchomp, that thing… How in the world was anyone supposed to deal with that? And if he assumed that Cyrus was anywhere even close to that level in power, then- then-
“I’m going to need a lot more than six Pokemon and a pipe dream.” Mark scowled, crushing the empty beer can in his hand and hurling it into the treeline. “I need money, I need guns, I need manpower, and I need a metric fuck ton of angry Pokemon to point at my problems.”
Mark stood still for a bit, watching the peaceful wildlife frolic in the woods, with contempt. If he was going to go anywhere he needed to play this game by his own rules.
“...I need an army.”
He’d been thinking about it for a while now, and as crazy as the idea seemed, it wasn’t as far-fetched as the rational part of his brain said.
Grunts were kind of just everywhere in every branch of Pokemon media. Hell, even Team Aqua managed to get hundreds of rando grunts to sign up, and they wanted to end the world! He could totally get some suckers to sign up for his half baked idea to accrue power.
He didn’t have the want or know-how to make a near-cult-like following, like some of the bad guy teams seemed to have in the Pokemon canon, but he did have experience in his old world’s military industrial ecosystem.
There were plenty of private military companies back home (some that he even wound up working with while in the Army), and those guys were kept loyal enough to risk their lives with the simple hooks of A) a stable high paying job, mostly immune to economic shocks, and B) a work culture with a strong sense of brotherhood.
And let’s not forget old Uncle Sam himself, who got off paying his killers less than Blackwater did, because he had a mandate and a message as to why some people needed to be shot.
So just promise some money, the possibility of career advancement, and wrap it in some good ol propaganda to make it shine. And if he was struggling, just regurgitate some of the constant propaganda he was fed while in the Army. It shouldn’t be that hard.
. . .But it wouldn’t be called team anything! That was how you got plot armored Main Characters breaking down your door with a perfect IV and EV Charizard. It was going to be a completely legal, front-facing, Private Military Company that was going to make him lots of money (in a way yet to be decided, but those Teddiursa cubs had been worth a pretty penny), and know how to pull the trigger without questions when he told them to shoot.
His phone buzzed in the front pocket of his jacket, and he pulled it out to see a message from Hellena on his lock screen.
The device was a smooth dull black, with no company logos or distinguishable features. He’d bought it from Rocket for a fair price, it ran on a custom OS that wasn’t under the League's data collection thumb, supposedly had a bunch of privacy protection shit that he didn’t understand, and could do some spy-shit if he needed to set that up for whatever reason. For example, the phone would open normally to a standard home screen that was fully operational, but if he opened and closed a certain set of apps in a specific order, it would boot to a second home screen where any dubiously-legal notes or documents or calls would be much better hidden.
[GhostGirl: Packed and ready to leave for Eterna, with full supplies for camping and hunting down that cave you want to find. Hopefully a bear doesn’t delay us a second time.
[King: I need to do something first before I forget, I’ll be there in 20mins.
[GhostGirl: Okay!
Mark sent a thumbs up in response, before moving over to the default social media app that most people seemed to use, and started typing out a recruitment message.
-The Dragon King-
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?Anonymoney (Original Poster):
Investabros! U guys gotta sell! If u have anything in Oreburgh, sell NOW! Roark is retiring, and without a gym the value of every company in the city is gonna plummet! SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL!
?Anonymous83872395:
OP is the least schitzo Pokechan user
?Sphealacle:
I BELIEVE! SELL! SELL!
?Anonymous83872395:
As I said, the least schitzo user.
?Anonymous83899458:
He’s not going to retire after one loss to a rookie, dumbass. The attack was bad, but there have been worse. Maybe if someone died, I’d say there was a chance.
Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.
?Anonymoney
He was useless in the attack because he got Steelix full KO’d trying to stomp a no-badgie. CYNTHIA had to swoop into the rescue. He’s cooked, trust me, I know people on the inside.
?Anonymous8548423:
>Knows a janitor.
>“I kNoW PEopLe On tHE InsIdE”
?Febastard (Verified Trainer):
Wait, hold on guys, PNBC just dropped the story. Check it out.
[LINK]
?Anonymous83872395:
WHAT!?
?Anonymous83872452:
Holy shit OP is literally in the sauce
?Anonymous8548423:
THE PROPHECY!
?Gumpomo
ALL RRATS ARE REAL! ALL RRATS ARE REAL! ALL RRATS ARE REAL!
?Anonymous83872395:
“Taking a break from duties to reevaluate the responsibilities of a Gym Leader, and to become a better trainer for my team.”
LMAO! Did goetting pwnd by the dragon newbie really kick him in the balls that hard????
?Febastard (Verified Trainer):
Calm down guys, we don’t know for sure that he’s retiring. Officially this is just a training break, but it is not a good look.
?DragonFucker6969:
Marcus Cross is my new favorite to win the Lily Tournament this year! He is… THE BREAKER!
?Febastard (Verified Trainer):
Yeah, it was the “Dragon Master” with a single Dragon, not the massive attack on the city that Roark had to phone Daddy to help with. (Though Cross’ Gym battle WAS really impressive and had to be humiliating.)
?Anonymous83872395:
Doubly humiliating since Cross was one of the guys who helped stall that Ursaring long enough for help to arrive. Have you guys seen the picture of him punching it? It was badass af, but I have no idea how he didn’t lose his arm.
?DragonFucker6969:
BREAK-ER! BREAK-ER!
?Anonymous8387298:
I dunno why you guys are simping over the dragon guy, he’s gonna get snapped in half at the conference- all my money’s on Dawn, that chick’s sponsored by the regional profession, and blowing through both the Gym and Contest circuits like they’re nothing.
?Anonymous86473648:
GUYS! Veilstone put up a new pot, lmao. Who wants to bet if a second Gym Leader “takes a break” during this year’s circuit? They have the odds listed as 95 to 5 in favor of “no”, and there’s a minimum $50 buy-in, but if it happens…
?Anonymoney
Bought in. $5000. Pic for proof.
*Capture.png* (click to expand)
?Anonymous83872395:
No way! Hahaha!
?Sphealacle:
I BELIEVE! BUY! BUY! BUY! BUY!
?:CoffeeCocker:
>Anonymoney
Good bet, I have it on good authority that my wife Gardena will be too busy having HOT STEAMY LESBIAN S3X with me to fulfil her Gym Leader obligations.
?Anonymous8566435:
I think you mean MY WIFE Gardena!
?Anonymous8568631:
OUR Wife!
?Anonymous8548423:
>Febastard
I wonder how they’re going to deal with badges. I know there’s not an official order to the Gyms, but Roark always just kind of defaulted to being the first or second Gym that people did, given that he’s the weakest and doesn’t even have different teams for different trainers depending on how many badges they have.
?Febastard (Verified Trainer):
The article says that the league is looking into options, but that all 8 badges will be obtainable for this year’s gym circuit.
?Urupa (Verified Trainer):
wtf, this cross guy has some balls on him. i looked him up and check out what I found: this was on a new BattleNet account verified with his trainer ID.
-i dont know how to line space-
ATTENTION PATRIOTS!
This country was built by those who refused to sit back and settle for less. By men and women who fought for freedom, for prosperity, for the right to carve their own path. That spirit isn’t dead- it’s alive in those willing to stand up and take what they deserve. And I’m looking for people like that! People like you!
I am assembling an organization of like minded individuals who are hungry for more in life. If you’re tired of being overlooked, tired of just barely scraping by, tired of being held back, tired of watching others control your future, then it’s time you take control of your life!
We’re looking for fighters, patriots, and true Americans who believe in hard work, personal freedom, and the right to succeed. Here, your effort determines your worth. You get a flat percentage of every contract you contribute to. The harder you work, the more you earn- no limits.
-Real Money.
-Real Training.
-Real Missions.
-Real Brotherhood.
-Real Purpose.
History doesn’t write itself, Men like us make it happen. The only question is- how bad do you want it?
ENLIST TODAY! [Link]
?Anonymous83872395:
B-B-B-BASED??? o_O
?Anonymous86473648:
Bro, the enlistment link says he made over 2k in a single day from ONE of these contracts, wtf? And you’re telling me you get a percentage of each one you do for him? Bruh, there’s gotta be a catch somewhere in the fine print. He doesn't say how he made it, but ain’t no way this shit is legal.
?LoupuzzySniffer:
Could be lying, or just cherry-picking the top percent of the data.
?CitrusFlora:
SIGN ME UP!
?SonOfSinnoh (Verified Trainer):
Damn, the meet up is in Eterna? Gonna have to pass on this one.
?Anonymous83872395:
Your a trainer? Just fly?
?SonOfSinnoh (Verified Trainer):
Like all true Sinnoh Nationalists, I’m a native born Unovan and have never left my home country. I couldn’t fly there if I wanted to, because I don’t have the license for cross-regional air travel.
(Also I have an account on Pokechan. Do you think I ever leave my house?)
?KingExplosionMurder:
This is clearly the start of another Team, and you’re all falling for it. Fucking dumbasses, I hope you all die.
?Anonymous864736:
Take yo sensitive ass back to the Unovan board, this is the Sinnoh thread, we CLOWN in this mofo!
?Anonymous86473648:
Yeah, every non-Leauge private group is the next Team Rocket in the making, just like the Aether Foundation, the multi-regional environmentalist nerds that have won the ShellBell Prize for the last five years in a row. They’re totally evil.
*Clueless.png* (click to expand)
?LagBeGone:
If it IS a Team, it won’t last for long. Large scale criminal groups don’t like other groups making money on their territory, and Sinnoh already has Team Galactic.
?Anonymous865555:
Conspiracy Alert! This guy drank the koolaid. The Galactic Corporation has not been found guilty for any wrongdoings in the court of law. Just because some employees decide to be pieces of crap while off company time, doesn’t mean that the Galactic Corporation is at all connected to it. They don’t have full control over their employees’ lives.
?LeaugeRRAT:
“Oh nooee, peoplol are saying mena things about the multi Billion dollar corporation, nooeee ur being sooo mean! Have mercy on the multi Billion dollar corporation! I hav to defend them!”
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?Anonymous864736:
>Urupa
What tf is an “American”?
?ShadowWalker (Verified Trainer):
Sounds like a Fire type, probrably from Kalos.
?Aquisha:
Ewww! Cross is a KaloCuck? BIG F! Now I have to hate him!
?Anonymous83872395:
Aquisha, what race do you identify with? I wish to call you a slur.
-Chapter End-
