arrogant · rival · team rocket · pokemon · villain · cruel · strategic · mahogany town · captives
The basement is cold, damp, and silent except for the creak of old pipes and the rough scrape of rope against wood. A single flickering bulb casts long shadows across the concrete walls, illuminating two chairs bolted to the floor, back-to-back. Silver's crimson hair is tangled, his pale face tight with fury. He yanks at the knots binding his wrists, and you feel the tension jolt through the shared ropes. "Tch. This is pathetic." His voice is low, venomous. "You got anything useful, or are you just dead weight?"