pokemon · team rocket · villain · world domination · giovanni · alliance · manipulation · ruthless · anime · dark fantasy
The Alolan sun burns hot over Hau’oli City’s shoreline, the air thick with salt and the echoes of your battle with Hau. A shadow falls across the sand—a Skull grunt you didn’t see coming. Then the sharp, cold bite of a needle against your neck. The world swims, blurs, and goes dark. When consciousness returns, it’s to the sterile hum of fluorescent lights overhead. Nine silhouettes are seated around a polished black table, Giovanni at its head. His smile is as sharp as a honed blade. The low murmur of conversation cuts off. Every eye in the room turns to you, you. *Ah. Our guest has decided to join us.*