#rocket admin petrel

[trustymikh]

yooo I love Team Rocket's executives fan squad! Do you have any more sketches with them?

I do, actually! It's of Giovanni giving Petrel directions on what to do and say while impersonating him (to throw the police off). Petrel's just running his mouth as usual

[almostdailypokemon]

Nobody asked for Rocket ancestors but honestly I am subjecting you all to rocket ancestors

Yeah I know I was coloring them before but they look better like this

[rarestones-aa]

no but do y’all remember in the beginning when steven was literally like ‘ i won’t sleep with you unless i love you ‘ and now we’re here

[fallershipping]

If Giovanni's (ex?) admins like Archer, Petrel, and so on, are his guard dogs...

Nanu's ex-subordinates Looker and Anabel are the wolves he released into the wild

Both different but similar. Looker and Anabel will always remember Nanu and come by his side if he needs help, but they're off doing their own thing and chasing each other's tails. Bit more distracted, but often underestimated with their ability to kill. Nanu just looks over them to make sure they're doing ok.

Giovanni's admins are loyal to a fault. I think even after Johto Team Rocket is STILL lurking around but... Has greatly reduced its scope and works in the shadows. It's unclear if they ever reunited with Giovanni, but we know that whether it's a different dimension, his entourage will always come bearing their fangs.

[xlxvesxckx]

Promoted. [Yandere!Giovanni]

Synop: You've been a Team Rocket member for a while now, and you've noticed a change in your Boss. Little do you know what he has planned for you.

Character(s): Giovanni (Pokemon) Rating: 16+ Word Count: 1k words Tags: Obsession, kidnapping, stalking, intimidation.

a/n: Hi! Hello! Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening to all! I am back in action with posting! I think I want to shift to writing mostly Yandere themed fanfics (to play more into the name/theme of the blog) so with this post my ask box is officially open again and I look forward to writing for you all again.

You’ve been a part of Team Rocket for many years now, in fact, it’ll be your 5 years in a few days. You were basically an admin, you were above your fellow henchmen but below the main four admins.

You didn’t mind, it meant less talking for you.

But recently you noticed something…off.

You started to see less and less of your fellow peers. Usually grunts that you would hang out with after shifts started to avoid you like the plague. And you began to see more of the admins. 

Ariana would accompany you whenever you had missions, never leaving you alone or allowing you to capture pokemon.

Proton and Petrel were like your personal bodyguards, you couldn’t even breathe without them being near you. 

And Archer…he was the worst.

You could be teaching new grunts about the new routes they would be working and the schemes that they will be working.

“Y/n. The Boss said that would be too dangerous for you..”

“Y/n. I need you to be alongside me for this mission. Boss’s orders.”

“Y/n.  Boss recommends this change in your uniform.”

You wanted to scream. It was always what the boss wanted for you!

You rarely got to see the male, he was always cooped up in his office or galavanting off in that damned gym of his. It was beyond irritating.

Giovanni was your boss, the big scary boss of Team Rocket/Rainbow Rocket. And you only saw him a maximum of three times, and the most recent time was two weeks ago.

You were being briefed on a mission, you were being sent off with Jesse, James and Meowth, a trio you loved working with so much due to their spunk and their energy. While you were walking past him, you felt eyes on you. When you looked up you locked eyes with Giovanni. 

It felt wrong locking eyes with your boss, especially since so many people feared him.

However when you looked into his eyes...you saw something different.

Not only that, you felt like there were eyes on you at all times, even when you were in your most private of settings. You felt like he had someone watching your every mood so he knew everything.

And that day in his office, the way he looked at you solidified the thoughts you were thinking.

He stared at you with emotions you can't describe, one could only describe it as obsession.

So you quickly ran to go join Jesse and James. 

You considered those three to be your only sense of normalcy, as they were the only ones who didn’t run to avoid you. 

Ever since that day of the meeting, the rest of the team seemed to officially separate themselves from you. You would walk up to hold a conversation with some you thought were your friends and they would sneer at you and walk away.

Some who even hold fear in their eyes as they saw you approaching and even averted their gazes.

You were walking with Jesse and James through the team rocket headquarters, expressing your feelings about this whole situation.

“I don’t know Jesse..I feel weird about this..no one else gets treated like this..”

“No you’re valid in your feelings darling…The boss is usually a cold fellow.”

Jesse had a hand on your shoulder as she talked to you. You sighed and ran a hand through your hair. It was stressing you out as you continued to think about it.

Why were you the only one being singled out?

Were you going to be fired? Or worse, were you going to be excuted because you knew too much?

James could sense your stress and wrapped an arm around your shoulder to try and calm you down. It was all becoming too much and you were really thinking about quitting.

"G-guys..I think I should quit."

"I- well I would hate to see you go sweetheart, but if you're uncomfortable you should.

“For once, I agree with Jesse. It’s strange that the admins would show this much attention to-”

“Y/n.”

The three of you freeze and you slowly turn to face Archer, he had opened the door that led to the hallways to Giovanni’s office. You felt a chill go down your spine as you turned to look at Jesse and James who both gave you small waves and smiles as they left.

You went to follow Archer as he led you to the office. 

You had a bad feeling come over you as Archer approached the door, he gave you a small smile before opening the door for you. 

“The Boss is inside waiting for you. He said it was urgent.”

You nodded at him and walked into the room.

"Oh. And I wouldn't think about quitting, Y/n."

You froze in your spot. Turning back to face Archer.

He only gave a dark smirk "You're Special."

Archer left you in the hallway and you were left to walk to the office by yourself.

His office was dark, it was quiet besides the purring of Persian, who greeted you at the door. 

“Good Afternoon, Y/n..please take a seat.”

You walked over to the seat in front of his desk, watching as he slowly turned in his chair, his legs crossed as he stared ahead at you.

Giovanni wasn’t an ugly man, he was very attractive actually. But there was something about him that was just terrifying to you. And not just because he was your boss.

there was something…darker lurking behind his eyes.

"Welcome, Y/n." His voice was the same as usual, cocky as hell. But there was an undertone in his voice, one that you couldn't recognize at all.

“I know you’re wondering why I called you here, darling.” he started, not breaking eye contact with you at all. The pet name was new, he usually only called you grunt or you girl.

Not Darling.

“The truth is, I’ve been keeping an eye on you since you first became a part of Team Rocket. A young woman like yourself…joining a dangerous organization like this is rare.” 

Giovanni stood up and came around his desk. “I feel like you’re destined to be more…” He smirks and walks over to you, stopping a few feet away.

“W-what do you mean?..” You asked and Giovanni chuckled at your question. 

“I want you to be mine. Simply put.” 

You shot up straight in your chair, staring at Giovanni with widened eyes. “What!?”

“Don’t be surprised. You’re perfect. You’re a great worker, you don’t allow anyone to control you, you continue to do amazing things. And I need you permanently beside me.”

Giovanni walks over to you and places a hand under your chin. “You belong beside me. We could be a power couple together.”

You backed away from him, making a beeline towards the door, only to be blocked by Persian. The Pokémon knew how its master felt about you, and therefore was going to help its master keep you around. 

"Don't you run, Y/n. It's not like you can go anywhere. Everyone in team rocket knows of your special promotion~"

You went to go around Persian by reaching for your own Pokémon, you weren't going down without a fight.

But it seems your boss had other plans.

You heard Giovanni sigh and the sound of a Pokeball opening.

“MewTwo. Use Psychic.”

You barely had time to get out the door before you felt your body be lifted in the air and be turned back around to face Giovanni.

He held a smirk on his face as he commanded MewTwo to bring you closer to him. You get brought back directly to him and he pats your cheek.

“I’ll let everyone know you’ve been promoted. They are to refer to you as Admin Y/n. You are to report directly to me, if someone speaks to you out of term, if someone is rude. You. Tell. Me.”

He says sternly, before placing both hands on your cheeks. You stared at him scared out of your mind seeing the sinister grin on his lips. His eyes held pure obsession, greed, like a child who just got their hands on a toy they had been wanting for years now.

And his next words scared your even more.

“Because I hope you know I will Kill for you.” ---------------------------------------------------- I hope you all enjoyed!! <3 Like I said, My Ask box is open for requests, just read my pinned for the fandoms i write for!

[zoruascanbetrainerstoo]

[A video is attached. Watch it?]

[The video begins with Illanero and Silver traveling down the slopes towards the deepest depths of the Whirl Islands.

Aside from the two's footsteps, the sounds of the various Pokemon, and the distant sound of rushing water, it's very quiet. Neither of the two are saying a word.

At least, until they arrive at the bottom of the slopes. Illanero turns to Silver, and asks, "Ready?"

"You don't need to ask," Silver says, and steps into the tunnel to Lugia's area. Illanero follows close behind.

Inside, is a certain purple-haired Rocket admin staring at the waterfall. In one hand, he clutches onto a master ball, in the other hand, he rings the Tidal Bell. "Come on, come out...I know you're there, Lugia!" he says.

And yet, the other nearby bells, wrapped around the rocks, refuse to ring. The waterfall continues to roar, with no shadow behind it.

"Why isn't it working?!" Petrel yells, stomping a foot into the ground. "I have the Tidal Bell!"

"It's because you're too weak, Petrel," Silver says, causing Petrel to jump in surprise, before turning around.

"You two again," Petrel grumbles. "But I see your Hyper Beam-happy friend isn't here to help you this time."

"We can take you on our own!" Illanero says, taking a step forward.

"Can you now?" Petrel says, a twisted smirk on his face. "Giovanni may have given up, Archer may have given up...but not I."

"We'll take you down, the same as we did the other admins," Silver says. "I challenge you to a battle!"

"To 'prove your strength?'" Petrel asks. "We both know already how weak you are, heir."

Silver trembles a bit, before yelling, "Battle us, and we'll see how true that is!"

"Very well," Petrel says, as he takes a pokeball off his belt. "You'll regret this, heir."

The video ends.]

[gildead]

fun facts for @asklordofthelost:

(( 🗹 🗹 🗹 Yippeee!! Can be about Gold and/or any of his Pokemon pals! ))

Lyra used to paint Gold's nails when he was still alive and had digits. This was the color combo he had the day he died.

Gold's mother used to be a housewife up until his father left them. She ended up becoming an accountant, which is why she's so good with managing the earnings from Gold's Pokémon career. Tragically, she still deposits money into his account post-mortem as a way to keep to a routine.

Noa evolved into Typhlosion at the Radio Tower, shortly after Petrel's team of Weezing took her out and in the midst of the fight against Rocket Admin Ariana.

[insecateur]

All the TR rocket admins are hot but in different ways.

Proton is mean twink

Petrel is the embodiment of 'she let me hit it cuz im silly'

Archer fascinates me, he is so dog coded, loyal to giovanni to a fault, if giovanni asked him to get on all fours and bark he would do so

Ariana is MILF

dsgdhsds you are so right i'm dying @ "she let me hit it cuz i'm silly" this is real. archer is very dog coded i should write about him and giovanni again tbh

[pkmnirl]

Heyo. Not sure if I should ask this here or if there's a better blog to ask but, do you have any tips for beginner Rotomblr blogs? I have two I'm just starting out and I have no experience with this kind of thing. Thank you.

Yeah you can absolutely ask us! We've answered questions similar to this before and offer a link to flowerliker's starting guide along with a starting resources tag to keep track of it all! We'd recommend starting with the guide and then our tag, then asking specific questions from there, but we can give some general tips for now rather than sending you off with a bunch of reading. That said, we are putting this below a read more for the sake of being easy to scroll past!

Getting started is often times the hardest part because its when you are building momentum. It can often be a discouraging time, but its useful to learn what you want to do with your blog and find people you may want to collaborate with more often. Reblog ask games and importantly interact with others! No man is an island in this community, if you want interactions chances are other people do too and will appreciate it. Mind their rules and their canon though, and be mindful of yours too.

If you're comfortable joining Discords that's a great option to meet people and talk with them both ic and ooc, though it should be said this isn't a necessary step and you should not feel pressured to join any groups.

You are allowed to be selective if you choose to be. This applies as much to others as it does yourself. Being selective about who you interact with on blog isn't necessarily a personal judgement, there might be people you enjoy talking to ooc a lot that have canon aspects that conflict with yours. You don't have to stop talking to them and neither of you have to change your worldbuilding if you do not want to.

Rewrites big and small will happen and they aren't the end of the world, adjust as you need and communicate with your rp partners if its things that effect them. Characters and your writing will evolve naturally over time and that's a beautiful thing!

Know community tags and generally how to use them. If you're someone who benefits from a tagging system, try to start it early on so you don't have to retag a bunch of posts later. The use of the unreality tag is also a good one to familiarize yourself with, especially if you dabble in the multiverses aspect of Pokemon's canon. You're welcome to ask for details regarding this and we can answer any questions you may have.

In regards as to what we can do to help as well is we of course are known for postings of events the community can participate in but we actually do all kinds of other stuff! We can post calls for general roles for upcoming arcs or events (i.e. bystanders, food concessions, rocket grunts, etc.) or specific calls for canon characters (i.e. Professor Kukui, Rocket Admin Petrel, etc.). We have a tag for Discord groups that people are able to promote, though mind their rules and the fact that these Discords in most cases are not ours and we do not have control over if the links are dead or the group is deleted. We boost community made and outside ask games, particularly if they are submitted to us. All kinds of stuff! We are a community resource that strives to add whatever functions we can to help others!

We could add more but we don't want to get too lost in the weeds of details here, if you require any follow-ups please let us know!

[admin-red-rocket]

// I ramble about Red and his relationships with others.

This is somewhat spoilery to the plot of this AU, so if you care about that, don't look under the cut. Another thing is that while this is based on the AU, there is a lot of stuff that is just generally applicable to my interpretation of these characters, especially when it comes to Blue.

This is kind of really long, by the by.

Giovanni was the one who wanted Red in the team. He is fascinated by this boy, so strong but so young. Red is an investment and an experiment of sorts. Red is Giovanni's final weapon.

Silver and Red have a sort of adoptive-sibling relationship. It's strained simply due to their circumstances, but they're closer to each other than anyone else in the team. Silver is about 3-4 years younger than Red. When Red first joined, he wasn't assigned to many missions (Both because he was only eleven, and because he had recently gone missing). Instead, he was given the task of being Silver's friend, basically.

Archer is Red's direct boss. Red is an admin in Archer's personal division, with his own team of grunts. Archer is envious of Red for garnering Giovanni's attention as much as he has.

Both Archer and Silver struggle with the way that Giovanni is obviously far more interested in Red than in them. Archer is incredibly jealous, because at one point he was in Red's position, and now he has been replaced. Silver mostly struggles with the way that his Father is more interested in this random boy that showed up than his own son, but he handles it far better than Archer, simply because Red has stepped into Silver's life as well. Red tries his best to play the "older-brother" role for Silver.

Ariana is Giovanni's wife and Silver's mother. She's affectionate of Red, viewing him more like a son than anything else. She tries to make life in Rocket easier for him when she can, but this isn't always possible, considering she is usually busy running her own division. That being said, she is aware of both of their ranks, and keeps that in mind.

Proton and Petrel don't have as much of a relationship with Red as the others. They're both a bit freaked out by him and his presence in Rocket, but for different reasons.

Now, for the Crown Jewel...

Blue. Childhood friend-turned-rival-turned-stranger.

They were friends when they were younger. However, as they got older, the key thing that began to ruin their relationship was how Blue's grandfather, Prof. Oak began to ignore Blue in favor of Red. Red showed promise when it came to Pokemon, and while Blue did as well, Prof. Oak was just in general far more interested in Red than his grandson. Blue, of course, was a young child. He didn't respond well to this, but he didn't know how to voice exactly what he was upset about. And so, as young boys do, he took it out on Red. Red, meanwhile, didn't understand the situation at all. He still thought of Blue as his friend. He didn't get why Blue was upset at him, and he didn't get why Prof. Oak was so interested in him, either. It just didn't make sense to him.

So, they started to drift apart. Though, since Pallette is about as close to the definition of "Small town" as it gets, they really didn't. They didn't have the chance too. So, everything just kept boiling over. And then, when they went on their Journey, Blue made it his mission to prove to Prof. Oak that he was just as good as Red. That he was better than Red. And what did Oak do?

He saw it as cockiness and narcissism. And he wasn't entirely wrong, Blue was definitely acting far more self-assured than he had any right to be, but instead of Oak trying to find out why his Grandson was acting like this and solve the problem at the root, he just punished the boy. And all that did was make the problem worse, because Oak would go from "You're being a jerk and you should be ashamed of yourself, Blue," to "Wow, Red, you're doing so well! I'm so proud of you!"

The worst was when Oak told Blue to be more like Red.

Not only was Oak showing obvious preference to someone other than his own Grandson, but he was doing it for no apparent reason. Because, to Blue (and a lot of the other people in Pallette, though they likely wouldn't admit it), Red was broken. He had odd mannerisms, he hardly ever spoke (When he did it would come out in broken fragments of sentences, like a toddler), he would freak out about tiny things that didn't bother anyone else. He was unusual, and different, and he didn't act like he was supposed too.

A lot of the issues Red ran into as a child were founded in the simple fact that he lived in a small, older town. The biggest thing was that they simply did not know what autism was. They didn't know why Red was different, just that he was. Oak had a better understanding of it simply due to working in a scientific field, but even he didn't really get why Red was like that. He just was more willing to succeed to Red's needs than others.

Moving on from that point, Red was simply a better trainer than Blue. And this pissed him off. Sure, he was always one step ahead, he beat the gyms faster, he got through things before Red did, but it didn't matter. Red would eventually catch up, and when he did, he always beat Blue. Even though he had the type advantage. Even though Blue did everything he could to be the strongest.

And then, Red disappears. Nobody knows where he's gone. Blue is free.

Blue completes the gym challenge, taking on the E4 and becoming champion. But it doesn't mean as much, now, does it? The thing that was pushing him to get better and better is gone. This was just a way for him to prove himself. And he does! He wins! But nobody cares. Sure, he's the youngest recorded champion, but everyone is preoccupied with the fact that Red's gone missing. His Grandpa doesn't care. The person he was trying to impress this entire time hardly notices what he's accomplished, because someone he isn't even related to is gone.

Blue is upset, because someone he used to be friends with is gone now. He's upset because nobody can find him. He's upset because somebody like him is missing. But mostly he's mad. He's mad at Red for going missing. He's mad at Red for always stealing everyone's attention.

Of course, the media are more interested in Blue than Red. The youngest recorded champion. It's something incredible! And kids go missing all the time. He'll probably be found soon enough. So, Blue drifts apart from his family even more. He's still just a kid, so he can't escape them, and all of the attention is overwhelming, but at least they're giving him any attention. So Blue leans into that.

But he's still mad at Red.

And this doesn't get better with time. It's been around five years since Red's gone missing. And Blue is still pissed. But, he's also older now. He understands things better. He's sad that Red is gone, of course, but most of all he's still just mad. Mad that, above anything else, Red left him. Red left and didn't say a word. They were friends. Sure, Blue bullied him almost constantly, and he feels guilty for that, but how could he just leave? And that guilt is there too, weighing on him. What if it was his fault?

And Red doesn't know this. Red hasn't spoken with anyone he knew before Rocket since he joined. He misses everyone, of course, but it's for the best. He can't reveal himself.

And when they inevitably run into each other again? All hell is going to break loose.

[thekuraning]

Saturn and petrel 🔫

PLEASE NO I HAVE A CAT

anyways this one was SO SO SO SO HARD VRIPEUHQGHRUEQIGH

this is another one i have to explain because THEY ARE SUCH FUCKING NERDS OK and there's a VERY IMPORTANT BACKSTORY

the PREMISE is that sometime POST-DPPt, Giovanni and Cyrus have gotten into a relationship, which means Rocket and Galactic are now ALLIED. For Gio and Cyrus, this is a Beneficial Thing.

For their admins, not so much.

Something you gotta understand is that in this universe @tieflingfangs and i built together, there are NO PROTAGONISTS. None. Zilch. They DO NOT EXIST. So who stops the evil teams? Well, it's basically a chain of them all catching wind of each other at some point and going to put a stop to that bullshit before it can interfere with their own plans. In the case of Rocket and Galactic, the former did not know the latter existed. Galactic was, as far as they knew, just the premiere energy company of Sinnoh. And seeing a power vacuum (and an opportunity to search for Cyrus, in Giovanni's case) Rocket moves in and establishes an outpost to begin operations up there.

Well.

Cyrus isn't happy Giovanni is there. He does not want Giovanni to know where he is, and he wants Rocket out. So he does what team Galactic do. He bombs the Rocket outpost. But he makes Saturn handle everything. So until the DPPt plot finishes unfolding, as far as the admins know, Saturn is the leader of Galactic.

The thing you have to know about my Petrel is that he is a zealot. In his head, Rocket comes first before pretty much anything else, and the boy can hold a grudge. So when Gio and Cyrus have kissed and made up, and Giovanni hires Galactic as contractors to come and improve the Rocket HQ, Petrel is 1000% prepared to hide Saturn's body in a trunk and help people look for him. The best part is Saturn is placed in Petrel's dorm to bunk while all this happening.

The problem is Saturn is a BULLY!!! And as the lead admin of Galactic, any time Petrel starts misbehaving he goes straight to Cyrus, who goes to Giovanni, who makes Petrel BEHAVE, and the worst part is SATURN LIKES TO GLOAT!!! HE RUBS IT IN!!!! THE CHEEKY LITTLE BASTARD!!!

So basically the ship starts with Petrel being as menacing as he can and Saturn quickly learning how to put him in his place and sit on him. Saturn is the bratty power bottom. Petrel is the service top. They are a whirlwind of chaos and mayhem and if they could learn to work together they could use the powers for evil, but alas, they are too busy bullying each other until petrel snaps and they have a sloppy makeout session

anyways the designated driver depends on the region, bc they both have their own cars but not a license for each other's region. petrel drives like a demon and saturn follows the Laws of the Road, and they both hate it.

anyways saturn is a bully and petrels never done anything wrong in his life

[exec-proton]

// Autism took over for a minute so here's a thing about the internal ranking of Rocket

Hi. Sooo, while it won't match up 100%, for both my own creative freedom and also because I definitely do not understand it all the way, I based this mostly off of the ranking within the Yakuza. Since. Y'know. Yeahhh. This post is mostly a simple-ish thing for me to explain what exactly it is that the Executives DO and also sort of how the other ranks function. And also a bit of rambling about Archer and Ariana. oops

Everything I got about the ACTUAL Yakuza ranking is from this article, since it was the easiest one for me to understand. Don't know if it's totally accurate, but. Oh well. rgfohjuki

Japanese Yakuza Ranks: Names Of Yakuza Member Ranks In Order (history18.com)

Going into more detail under the cut!

The boss, or the Oyabun, is obviously Giovanni. Don't feel the need to explain that one a whole lot. Giovanni runs the whole operation. He makes the decisions. He's at the top. He's the one making money.

Archer and Ariana both fit the Saiko-Komon and Wakagashira roles, but for the most part I think it would sit like this, with Ariana as Saiko-Komon, and Archer as Wakagashira.

Archer deals with many of the business aspects, especially after Giovanni left. Before that, however, he fit the role of Wakagashira more. He was, forgive the pun, Giovanni's dog. He went everywhere that Giovanni did. His main purpose is to organize the different operations of Rocket, especially higher-risk ones. He also manages the business and financial side of Rocket, though he shares those responsibilities with Ariana.

Ariana functions as a public face of sorts. While Archer deals with most of the technical aspects of the different businesses that run under Rocket, Ariana is the one who forms the relationships. The different science branches of Rocket are under her jurisdiction as well.

Petrel and Proton both fit the Shateigashira. They're the ones in charge of the different admins and grunts. While Archer organizes the missions, they're in charge of actually getting it done.

Proton is in charge of Security, and much of the bloodier side of the fieldwork. If there's a dispatch mission, he'll be the one running it. Proton's personal team is the Inquisition. Their purpose within Rocket is, very basically, to punish and/or acquire information. They are feared internally for being ruthless, and having very little internal repercussions for their actions. The worst of Rocket usually end up as Inquisitors, or other people under Proton's management.

Petrel runs Rocket's medical services, and the stealth side of fieldwork. He gets the missions that require infiltration. If a Rocket manages to get inside the police system, Petrel put them there. When he's at headquarters, he's usually either organizing teams or running the infirmary. Typically, the only time he ever actually performs medical services is if it's a high-ranking member.

The admins of Rocket form the Kyodai and Shatei. High-Ranking admins organize teams of low-ranking admins, who are in charge of their own teams of grunts. Each reports to the next, who then report to either Proton or Petrel. These are the people who make up the majority of Rocket.

In terms of the Executives, there isn't an official difference in rank between the white uniforms and the black. That only signifies where they work. Archer and Ariana work in business and organization. Petrel and Proton work in the field. That being said, there's an informal hierarchy amongst the Executives. Street smarts Vs. Book smarts. It doesn't help that Archer and Ariana are/were the ones with direct relationships to Giovanni. Petrel and Proton report to Archer, as he's the one making decisions over which missions are important or not.

For a while after Giovanni disappears, there is very much a power struggle between Archer and Ariana. They both fight to hold Giovanni's position. This is a continuation of the more personal struggle they had between each other, though that was more one-sided. Archer was very jealous of Ariana's relationship with Giovanni. The two were married, and while Giovanni wasn't necessarily the most loyal husband (Cough cough he cheats on Ari with Archer. She is well aware of this) the precedent remained, and he doesn't like it. Ariana does not have any particular problem with Archer, though she doesn't like how Giovanni takes advantage of him. There are several times that she tries to subtly warn him away from Giovanni. Archer willfully ignores this, and instead decides that her going up to him and saying "Giovanni is using you" is her trying to be sneaky and get him off her man, since CLEARLY she's jealous that her husband prefers his company to hers.

Eventually he figures out that, no, Giovanni did NOT in fact care about him more, and the tension between Archer and Ariana settles.

[plagues02]

Admin Proton

Summary: Grunt Proton feels like she must come clean before accepting the position of admin. Characters: Proton, Arianna, Giovanni Word Count: 1038 Note: This was written back in 2021 and originally posted on Ao3.

Proton sat in front of the mirror of the empty room. She tugged at her slowly growing hair before her eyes trailed down to her body. Sure, her size was small, but nothing about her body screamed female. The Team Rocket grunt didn’t feel safe enough to express herself. She was most likely scared of nothing, but that fear was still in the back of her head. 

All the members of the executive board of Team Rocket were LGBT in some way. Archer and Petrel were gay, and Ariana was pansexual. Petrel and Giovanni were on the aromantic spectrum, and Giovanni was also on the asexual spectrum. They accepted her as bisexual. But why? Why was she so scared to come out as trans?

"Growing your hair out? It looks good on you," a feminine voice echoed throughout the room, where Proton thought she could be alone for a while. Proton looked over to see the red headed Ariana walking over. "So this is where you've been hiding? Giovanni's been looking for you, kid."

A pit fell in Proton’s stomach as she heard this. Playing this off, she raised an eyebrow. "Did… I do something wrong?" She asked, running her fingers through her growing hair before placing her hat back on her head.

"I'm not sure. All he told me and Archer was 'Where is that Proton boy? I need to speak to him'," The executive mimicked her husband's voice with a small laugh before noticing the grunt's discomfort. "Proton? Did I say something wrong?"

Yes, I’m not a boy, Proton thought, but those words won’t leave her mouth. Instead, Proton simply shook her head. "No," she said in a small voice. "Boss is in his office, right?" And without waiting for an answer, she left the room. 

Ariana watched as the grunt walked out. "I worry for that kid. He seems to have his head in the clouds," she mumbled to herself. "But only relating to himself."

While walking, Proton rubbed her face to calm herself down. She didn’t need Giovanni seeing her like this. Cloudy minded and lost in thought. Before she knew it, she was in front of Giovanni’s office. With a sigh, she walked in.

"Sir, you were looking for me?" Proton asked, making her presence known to Giovanni.

Giovanni looked up from his computer before motioning for her to sit in the chair across from him. Proton was tense as she sat. A million questions were on her mind.

Did I do something wrong? Am I in trouble? Is this about the last mission? I thought it went well. Does he know?

The final question scared her the most. Proton had not grown up in the most accepting environment. It took forever to talk her family into Proton as a nickname over her deadname, without calling it her deadname. She felt as if that was all she could do in her current situation. Any other part of her transition was off limits for her own safety. Even in the safety of Team Rocket, Proton was terrified to live how she wanted to. No, how she needed to.

“No need to be tense, boy,” Giovanni started before noticing the slight flinch. He paused, looking at her before continuing. “This is about your last mission.”

Proton shifted in her seat. “Is something wrong?” She finally asked before shaking her head a little. “I mean, did something go wrong, sir?”

Giovanni shook his head, silently watching the grunt in front of him. The silence was unsettling to Proton, but she did her best to hide it.

“Everything went extremely well,” Giovanni told her. “One of the best mission results I’ve seen a in a while, in fact.” He explained, moving some papers on his desk.

Proton’s eyes followed Giovanni’s hands before looking back at Giovanni’s face. “Then, what is this about?” she asked.

Giovanni leaned against his desk before standing up. He walked around his desk with Proton’s eyes following him, her head never moving. The boss left her vision, and she felt his hand on her shoulders.

“Proton, I would like to promote you,” Giovanni finally told her. Proton’s eyes widened as the information came to her ears. “You have proven time and time again that you are one of my best grunts, and I believe you have proven yourself of the title, admin. Same as Petrel.”

Giovanni moved his hands away, allowing Proton to stand up. She turned around, looking Giovanni in the eyes. Despite Proton trying to stay neutral during this own thing, her expression for shock gave away her true feelings. This causes a chuckle to leave Giovanni’s mouth.

“Me? An admin?” Proton asked, staring at Giovanni with wide eyes.

A small smile came to Giovanni’s lips as he gave a small nod. “That’s correct,” he said, holding a hand out to her. “What do you say?”

Proton stared at his hand, slowly raising her own to shake his, but she pulled away before she did. Giovanni raised an eyebrow at her, silently questioning her.

The grunts sighed softly, crossing her arms. “Before I agree… before I become an admin, can I come clean on something? I don’t believe you would want… a lair on your executive board.”

The boss raised an eyebrow before his eyes narrowed. “What is it, boy?” He asked with a stern voice, causing a chill to run down her back.

Proton looked down at her feet, trying to hide her words. “I… am not a boy,” she finally said. “I knew since I was young, but… I never could…”

“Come out and say it?” Giovanni finished the sentence for her. He knew of her background. He knew of a lot of grunt’s backgrounds. It never bothered him. As long as they were loyal to him, he could care less. Proton nodded.

Giovanni watched her for a while in silence before raising a hand out to her again. “Thank you for being honest with me, Proton. Boy or girl, you have proven yourself worthy for the title admin,” he told her. “Will you take it?”

Proton looked back at Giovanni, staring for a while before nodding. She uncrossed her arms and took Giovanni’s hand, shaking it. “I will.”

[teamrocketarcher]

Have any of you considered making something for yourselves outside of team rocket? It seemed to have gone well with the alternate radio tower. Also seems less likely to result in an early end for all of you

Archer got fucking eaten by a closet, it did NOT fucking go well.

And whatever that weird fantasy was, it can't happen. Who's gonna hire a bunch of high-level criminals? Nevermind an actual GOOD job. NEVERMIND living an actual life. We ain't Executives and Admins cause we're good citizens. We're what we are cause we ended up in a hole we couldn't escape and decided to keep going down.

Let's be real for a second here. Me and Archer, who've been here all of our adult lives, what's going on our resume? "Cut off Slowpoke Tails"? "Staged multiple hostile takeovers"? "Murder", "theft", anything else you can think of? When your life is crime, your criminal record IS your resume. And the skills we develop aren't exactly transferable. And let's take Ari, okay, ex-wife of Giovanni. Enough said and we haven't even gotten into torturing people. She's not climbing out of this hole. Or Petrel, dyspraxic dyslexic guy who got in trouble for selling Oddish leaves cause he ALREADY couldn't get a job. And that's BEFORE Team Rocket.

None of us are getting out of this business alive. So three cheers to hell. Cause we're already on our fucking way.

[tenaciousdecapitator]

Oh, absolutely, she’s just here for the steady paycheck and would probably want to get out of grunt work and into the Admin circle as soon as possible, by any means necessary.

Giovanni would respect the new hire’s proactive attempt to climb the evil corporate ladder through a mixture of guile and brute force (that’s how the current Admins got the job, after all). He’s heard good things about Hunter J’s work experience, and if she starts angling for Proton or Petrel’s Executive role, then let the best trainer win.

Ghetsis, I’m not so sure. Considering his dipshit bishop brigade and the ninja squad, he doesn’t really have much tolerance for people trying to get a seat at the table without being a staunchly loyal brainwashed yes-man. Although depending on when this happens, she could take the job formerly occupied by Colress. She’s got a similar knack for tech and even less qualms about unethical methods.

Not sure if she’d go as far as fully taking over a Team, though. They’re usually run by particularly charismatic schemers who know how to win a crowd to follow their ideals or vision or whatever, and she doesn’t have the people skills or administrative experience to aim that high. I figure she’d get to Admin rank as soon as possible, boss around her own little squadron of Grunts while hunting down valuable Pokémon or raiding power plants, then once she’s saved up a decent amount of money, leave without a trace and never look back. Ghetsis probably wouldn’t even notice if she left. Team Rocket would keep an eye on her.

i think a fun thing to play with would be j, having been at the top of her game and highly successful, finding herself at the bottom and with nothing left at all. most of her crew likely died at lake valor, and those who didnt? i think would be extremely unlikely to stick with her. there was probably some feeling of invincibility in being with her. i am sure it was clear to anyone who worked with her that she was ruthless and cutthroat, but at the end of the day, she always won, and for many that would be enough to stick around.

and then, she didnt win, and a lot of people died, and she almost died. if anything, it probably would make her look like a blundering idiot in the eyes of many in the criminal world. and i really really really dont think her ego would be able to handle that.

also i dont see her coming away from lake valor unscathed physically. you dont come away from an underwater explosion without some sort of disability, traumatic brain injury, or at the very least a lot of ptsd.

and furthermore, i dont see her being the type to handle everything that has happened to her very well (meaning. this woman needs therapy big time but she'd sooner die than go) and just . i dunno. becoming a no-name mess for a while.

but in j fashion, at the end of the day she is resilient and she is really, really fucking smart. and i dont at all see her being the type to sit in a pity party for herself. as is the nature with major traumatic events, she wouldnt be handling much of anything very well for a while after lake valor, but i do think she would make a concerted effort to regain some of her former glory. and perhaps even surpass it in some ways?

[insecateur]

Archer is my favorite team rocket admin when I'm not feeling silly. Particularly in the adventures manga because he seems to have a fetish for Petrel struggling and choking him out and somehow my brain wanted more of them. But also because he'd grind himself against Giovanni's shoe until he came if he was asked to.

i'm taking notes jsyk