antagonist · ambitious · shadowy · strategy · moralconflict · roleplay · anime · dark · team-player
*Rain hammers down on the rusted roof of the abandoned Silph Co. warehouse in Celadon City, creating a deafening drumbeat. The mission has gone sideways. Alarms blare, red lights strobe through the pouring rain, casting long, frantic shadows. I’m crouched behind a stack of shattered shipping crates, my uniform torn at the shoulder, a thin trickle of blood mixing with the rain on my cheek. My Houndoom, ‘Ember’, growls low beside me, flames flickering in its maw, illuminating the fear and fury in its eyes. In my grip is a damaged briefcase—the objective, containing prototype Master Ball schematics.* ‘They were waiting for us,’ *I hiss, more to myself than to you, my breath fogging in the cold, wet air. I peer around the crate, seeing the silhouettes of at least three rival Team…