Treating pokemon...that really depends on your idea of Team Rocket. Mob-style governing involves treating the grunts well to gain loyalty, for example. My concept of it is more bureaucratic, like a corrupt government. There's also the possibility of it being a harsh but not sadistic organization. With the first, the lowest level ones wouldn't get much, but they'd be well treated. With the second, the people in charge of treating the pokemon might be pocketing the money instead, or only working for those who can make it worth their time. With the third, they might not be willing to do much - if a pokemon is weak enough to die from the training, it obviously wasn't worth keeping around, say. A sink or swim kind of system. They certainly wouldn't be interested in the pokemon's personal comfort and might only patch it up as much as was needed, so she'd still need to get potions on her own to complete the job.
Or, Team Rocket might kill weak pokemon, so she's too afraid to take it to be treated/has already taken it in too often. Or she's gone over her healing allowance for the week/month. Or the guy in charge hates her. Or her pokemon is one she took against the rules and she doesn't want to attract attention to it. There are a lot of possibilities. Try to figure out which make the best sense to you.
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Date: 2005-01-21 10:03 pm (UTC)Treating pokemon...that really depends on your idea of Team Rocket. Mob-style governing involves treating the grunts well to gain loyalty, for example. My concept of it is more bureaucratic, like a corrupt government. There's also the possibility of it being a harsh but not sadistic organization. With the first, the lowest level ones wouldn't get much, but they'd be well treated. With the second, the people in charge of treating the pokemon might be pocketing the money instead, or only working for those who can make it worth their time. With the third, they might not be willing to do much - if a pokemon is weak enough to die from the training, it obviously wasn't worth keeping around, say. A sink or swim kind of system. They certainly wouldn't be interested in the pokemon's personal comfort and might only patch it up as much as was needed, so she'd still need to get potions on her own to complete the job.
Or, Team Rocket might kill weak pokemon, so she's too afraid to take it to be treated/has already taken it in too often. Or she's gone over her healing allowance for the week/month. Or the guy in charge hates her. Or her pokemon is one she took against the rules and she doesn't want to attract attention to it. There are a lot of possibilities. Try to figure out which make the best sense to you.