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[Gold will get the first of many undoubtedly frustrating notes.

"Not here~♥"

But surely there's another clue...?]

[surely there's another clue

if there isn't gold has noooo problem not a single problem at all with just searching all around the damn base for her

... but surely there's another clue

so what's the riddle tweedledum?]

[If you pay attention, you have three options. There's the air vents, which have been unscrewed and left available to climb through - they have some venonat dust at the edge.

Another option, of course, is to enter the base regardless. There may be a secret passage.

And the third option presents itself in her venonat, staring at Gold from further down the hallway.

Which route do you take, Gold? There is undoubtedly not a single safe path...]

[the air vents he knows probably have something in them

they're cramped and not a place he wants to get trapped in

the obvious choice would be storming the base but that venonat

venonat don't just wander around, and gold knows that video was a big enough "fuck you" to warrant something like this, so he's gonna take the third one

show him where your despicable trainer is, venny]

[Alrighty, then! Enjoy chasing Venny, because he high-tails it down the hallways! Good thing this place is like a maze, right? Can't even stay that far behind or else you'll lose sight of the Pokémon.

Oops, watch those trip wires!]

[and what pray tell do these trip wires have

because gold's broken one of them just now]

[Enjoy that first collection of darts that are shot out of the wall! You'll undoubtedly get hit by at least one. But Lucky you, it's not poison.

Just pure Capsaicin enjoy that horrible burning pain wherever a dart punctures your skin.]

[gold wishes it was poison he's pretty sure he'd take that over the burning in his arms but is thankful it's just his arms

what a bitch you are yellow

gold hides behind the corner he'd just come from for a moment, gritting his teeth and deciding that it'd be best if he just

yes he'll just run and hop over the wires when he catches sight of them, the faster he keeps up with the venonat the better he can deal with this burning thing when he's in the clear

and hoping it doesn't last that long]

[Well enjoy that, because the next corner rounded has no wires, but a switch that activates when Gold inevitably steps on one.

Enjoy having a panel drop from the ceiling and a whole ton of itching powder dropping on you! And as venonat runs into a room, the door closes behind it. And of course, there's a note.]

Dear Fool,

The further you run, the more you'll suffer. Did you really think it'd be easy?

Sincerely,
Yellow

PS. thanks for the cuestick, the splinters actually make really good toothpicks.

[this is such a step down from the burning but oh man itching powder, seriously??? how third grade can you get yellow?

it all just start to annoy him further and he tears the note off, ripping it to shreds

burning and itching hurts because he doesn't want to move his arms but itching he's not in the right state of mind to think of letting polibro wash him off, too angry to even start caring, and he'll open that door pretty damn hard

the louder the better]

[Good, because what else should be at the top of a door but an Abra levitating itself and a bucket of vinegar? Which, of course, it drops on cue when Gold steps through, and teleports before it can receive retribution for the prank.

Yellow's not allowed to actually harm you, but she is going to make you slog through to get to her!]

[vinegar?!

he's actually starting to get gleeful because he's been wantin' to get at yellow for a while now here - once she's out of the way there ain't no reason for team rocket to be so dangerous - and her destroying one of his prized possessions is a perfectly good reason

so don't mind if he has a skip in his step, humming one of DJ Mary's songs as he looks around and continues forward with every miserable step. he's gonna look forward to their meeting]

[You probably won't be singing such a happy tune when you trip the next trap.

Which, of course, takes wonderful advantage of the fact that you're soaked with vinegar to electrocute you.

When the charge ends, a little notecard with a flower glued to it drops from the ceiling.]

From Chuchu, with Love~♥

[ouch

ouch ouch ouch

okay no he's gotta look presentable when facin' down his enemy he's gonna step awaaaay from the trap so he can let out a very confused polibro and take a quick water gun to get anything he can off

sure he's soaked but this gets rid of the itching powder and strong smelling vinegar

fix up his hair a little and he's returning his partner and going, looking carefully for any other electric traps from that demon rat of hers]

[It seems mostly clear until the hallway leads into another room, Venny long out of sight. Gee I hope you don't have any valuable electronics because that is most definitely a magnetic field. Where is that coming from...?

...Maggie. The magnemite lets out a shrill mechanical screech, looking far too pleased with itself to have filled the room with a huge electrical magnetic field.

It also is quite good because if you've made it to this point, you might consider calling for help. It'd be simply awful if we allowed the survival of your PokéGear or even PokéDex in that case, wouldn't it?]

[gold doesn't want to get crys and silver involved, so no back up for him

but it'd be bad for him to fry his shit (that's a pretty strong field, considering his hair's standing up on end and he's starting to feel nausea not even being in the room) so he picks through his belt for sudobro]

Where's your trainer, huh? Can't be too far, am I right? [the sudowoodo, being made of rock, isn't affected by the field as much as any of his other pals would be and does as gold commands next] Rock Tomb!

[The rocks clang loudly against Maggie's metallic shell, and it spins around angrily. It drops the electrical field, but fires a Flash Cannon at Sudowoodo.

DON'T YOU SASS OFF TO ME, ROCK BOY]

[exactly what he'd been hoping for

gold'll just take this time to slip in with exbro and, while sudobro's trying to shake off his daze at what amounts to a somewhat painful and super powerful flashlight laser, get some heat in with flamethrower]

[Yowza! Maggie floats away from the blast, and floats for the door that Gold's in, intending to run away.

And maybe mess with Gold's electronics with its Magnet Pull ability on the way out.]

[well you mess with his electronics, sure, but he's not planning on letting it get away

steelbro should be more than enough metal for maggie to stick to am i right]

You goin' someplace, darlin'? Can't you stick around a little longer and point me in the right direction?

[Possibly, but all it's doing now is letting out a shrill and horrible Screech...]

[hdgudbgskh YEOWCH

rock tomb rock tomb to block that shit up it's muffled now but hrrrg that hurt]

You're as annoying as Yellow, that's for sure... [his ears are ringing] Stop your screechin' and give me a direction and I'll letcha go free.

[It Screeches for a while more, before it stops. Alright, it will. But you'll have to make it or your Steelix faint to stop the Magnet Pull...]

[he wishes he would pry maggie off but he ain't got nothin to do that with

... and it'd be pretty impossible]

If you try and run, Exbro'll make sure you're nothin' but a pile of melted scrap metal. Got it?

[steelbro's ready to take one for the team too, especially since gold'll hopefully have time to use a revive on the big guy. if not he's still got another ace but his sleeve]

[Ah yes, go ahead and KO one of your teammates, splendid.

Maggie waits patiently and spins excitedly when its free, letting off a pulse of electricity and electromagnetism in happiness. It pauses, before floating towards the door at the other end of the room that Gold did not enter, floating next to the door.

You were going the right way all along.]