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Bane | Harley Quinn (YouTube)

[splosionreckoning]

For those of you lucky people who happen to be wandering around Olivine City today, pay no attention to the extremely large man near the Pokemon center. He's very busy at the moment, crouched down so he's face to face with a Machop, deep in a serious discussion with the Pokemon.

"So you are my goon, yes?"

(Please read that in exactly the voice you're probably thinking of, the Tom Hardy one, complete with the weird accent.)

"Where is the Legion?"

The Machop is confused, but trying to be helpful. Unfortunately, the big guy here doesn't seem to understand Pokemon language, or that the Pokemon is trying to answer him.

"As a goon, you have been subpar so far. I am very disappointed in you."

[forsaintcecilia]

Kazuki is watching from a distance, slurping noisily at a cup of boba tea. He's never seen a Rocket (total assumption) that big, just standing out in the open like nothing was the matter. Was he new, or just really confident? Kazuki wouldn't put it past him, he had shoulders wider than a refrigerator.

His Raboot and Yamper were with him-- Pele had his own cup of Berry Juice, and Wiggles had a Pokeball shaped squeaky toy in his mouth. He squeaked on it relentlessly, but Kazuki was so used to that he didn't even register it anymore. Pele glanced up at Kazuki as if to say, What in the world do they feed that guy?

[splosionreckoning]

How uncouth, to simply assume Bane is a Rocket! It's not wrong, but definitely uncouth. Giant dudes with tubes in the back of their heads and luchador masks can be heroes too, you know!

The slurping just so happens to fall between Bane's serious discussion with his Machop, and catches his attention. He turns his head--and most of his upper body, look, being super buff sometimes means sacrificing neck mobility--and spots Kazuki. His eyes light up when he spots the bubble tea, and he straightens to his full, looming height and starts swaggering over. Goon the Machop follows in his wake.

"Is that a bubble tea?" Of course it is, even Bane knows that, and while he's not a bubble tea fan, exactly, he knows that places which make bubble tea often make smoothies as well. "Where can I find one for myself?"

[forsaintcecilia]

Both Kazuki and his Pokemon take a startled half-jump as the hulking man suddenly targets them, and Kazuki looks frantically for some kind of escape route... Even though he's in the middle of a rather open street. But he can't find any excuse to flee, so he comes to a terrified halt, his fingers itching to grab one of this Pokeballs and throw out one of this level 100s.

What Bane actually approached him for is so unexpected that it doesn't even register at first. His mouth hangs open for a moment, and Pele stomps on his foot to get him to snap out of it.

"O-oh! They, uh, sell it right over there--" he points a shaking finger at a building with a Bouncesweet on the sign over the door. "They've got all kinds of drinks."

[splosionreckoning]

Bane waits patiently for Kazuki to snap out of it; he's gotten this reaction before, and some of the Legion of Doom are prone to just zoning out for awhile before interacting, so it's fine. Maybe Kazuki is assessing his power levels or something.

"Excellent!" Bane reaches over to take Kazuki's arm, hopefully not jostling him too badly. "We shall go! I demand razzmatazz!"

And the barista better spell his name right on the cup, or there will be a reckoning to deal with!

[forsaintcecilia]

While Kazuki is a fairly athletic young man, he can't compete with biceps the size of tree trunks. He lets out an undignified yelp as Bane manhandles him in the direction of the drink shop, but his Pokemon don't seem particularly concerned. Pele looked at Goon for direction, and the Machop wasn't being hostile, so he wasn't about to make a fight out of it. As for Wiggles, he was still obliviously squeaking on his toy. Not the best definition of a guard dog, that Yamper.

[splosionreckoning]

Goon has no idea what's going on, but he's not getting interrogated anymore, so it's all good. He shrugs at the other Pokemon, although he does spare a longing glance at that squeaky toy. He wouldn't mind one of those...

Meanwhile, Bane has sauntered right up to the counter and slapped his hands on it, making the whole thing shake and the poor barista behind it jump. "Razzmatazz smoothies, please! One for me, Bane, B-A-N-E, and one for..." He glances down at Kazuki. "And what is your name?"

Kazuki is already an honorary goon, in Bane's mind.

[forsaintcecilia]

Eventually, Wiggles realizes that Goon is a Pokemon with hands, which means that he can play fetch! He drops the toy and noses it towards the Machop, with those big wibbly eyes that no one can resist. Pele very pointedly ignores the two of them, because since once Wiggles gets started, the fetch never ends.

Kazuki's mouth opens to politely refuse-- he just had his own boba, after all-- but he immediately had second thoughts. It would probably be best to go along with things for now, lest he garner Bane's ire and have his skull crushed in-between his passive pecs.

"It's Kazuki," he answers with his voice a pitch higher than it normally is. He and the barista exchange a look as they both wonder if this is a hostage situation.

[splosionreckoning]

Goon's eyes widen at the offering of the toy, and he makes a pleased little sound in his throat as he bends to pick it up. He bounces it from hand to hand, then tentatively tosses it away. That seems like it's what the other Pokemon wants, and he's happy to oblige.

Bane notices the Pokemon playing, but he doesn't give it much thought. Goons like to hang out with other goons, after all, so if they're getting to know each other, they'll be better acquainted when it's time for a heist!

"Kazuki." Bane repeats it to the barista, although he doesn't bother trying to spell it. He fishes his wallet out of his belt and randomly tosses some money on the counter.

"Come with me now, Kazuki." Bane heads for a booth in the back of the shop. "Tell me about this place."

[forsaintcecilia]

Wiggles romps after the ball with a joyous bark, his cute corgi butt jiggling like a jello mold. His namesake is rather clear. He returns to Goon and squeaks on the toy tauntingly, daring the Machop to try and take it from him.

"Uh... You're new?" Kazuki is genuinely surprised this time. Bane looks like someone that could be Rocket top brass-- Not your average troublemaker. "To the whole Pokemon thing, not just the drink shop?"

Re: Bane | Harley Quinn (YouTube)

[fingersandteeth]

Oh good, something to distract Steven from glaring daggers at the Olivine Gym, site of his ignominious defeat by Jasmine hardly more than a week ago. He's actually in town to get wine--there's some very good vintages easily available that are much easier to get here than back home in Goldenrod.

"I suppose he could be your goon," Steven says with a shrug, looking at the man who's either in cosplay or is a very confused otherworld transplant. He suspects it's the second. "I think the common title is pokemon partner, though. What Legion?"

[splosionreckoning]

Had Bane noticed that glare, he would have given Steven a little nod of understanding; yeah, bro, he gets it. Sometimes you've just got to brood and be sullen at your nemesis. It's all part of a healthy villain-nemesis relationship!

He glances up at the man talking to him, then straightens to his full height. The part about Pokemon partner he's just going to ignore, since he didn't understand it; he's got confirmation that this is a goon, and he'll take it. What's surprising is that this guy doesn't know about the Legion.

"The Legion of Dooooooooom!" Bane pronounces it with all appropriate gravitas. "You know, with Lex Luther and Scarecrow and the Penguin and Joshua?"

Joshua Cobblepot isn't a super villain, he's the Penguin's nephew, but he hangs around the Legion offices all the time and so Bane has accepted him as an honorary member.

[fingersandteeth]

Steven's eyes flare wide for a moment at the naming of said Legion members and he makes a note to mention them to Dirk later--yet another data point in determining what genre everyone's worlds were. And it was all too obvious what this man's genre of origin.

"Ah, they don't exist in this world," Steven says. "At least, not currently. They sound like they might be supervillains, yes? I'm afraid that if you're looking for villainy in this world, your main bet is Team Rocket."

[splosionreckoning]

Bane's face falls when Steven tells him the Legion doesn't exist here. "They're not here? There's no Legion?"

Well, shit. What is he supposed to do with his free time now?

Fortunately, Bane's pain is short-lived, as Steven offers an alternative almost immediately. "Tell me more about this Team Rocket. What kind of villainy do they do?"

And do they need someone who likes blowing things up?

[fingersandteeth]

They probably do, actually.

"Ah, they're the local organized crime?" Steven says after a long moment. "They're-- basically the pokemon mob. They steal pokemon and also whatever else they can get their hands on. They destroyed baseball in Goldenrod City?"

[splosionreckoning]

"They steal goons?" Bane glances down at his Machop. This goon is okay, but if there are better goons around, and he could get them by stealing...

"Baseball is a fool's sport." Bane says it decisively, nodding when he hears of its destruction. "Football is much better."

Says the guy built like a refrigerator.

"Is Team Rocket taking applications?"

did i forget to mention you were tagging with an actual member of team rocket???

[fingersandteeth]

"They do," Steven confirms. "And-- I believe they are. And I'm more of a wrestling man myself, but actually..." He looks this man over, weighing the likelihood that he really is exactly what he seems to be. Which is a somewhat goofy supervillain.

There's definitely room for those on the Team.

"Come with me," he says. "I'll take you to a recruiter."