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[stopinthenameofawe]

Got a brief overview, but nothing specific.

[stopinthenameofawe]

please tell me you're joking

[stopinthenameofawe]

"Beta?" Ranks, she assumes, but they mean nothing to her right now. She huffs out a breath, and then tries very hard not to focus on how weird that feels. "Guess I'll have to work my way up, provided I stick around. What jobs do the newbs get?"

[carbonatedscientist]

I am currently in possession of a rabbit that can breathe fire; a tick doing the same would not surprise me at this point.

[stopinthenameofawe]

well fuck

[fearinahandfulof]

It makes more sense to me when it's wild Pokemon attacking. When that happens, you send a Pokemon out to defend against it, and then when that battle is over you
heal your Pokemon and go on your way again. But sometimes it will be other Trainers waiting for people to pass them by so they can challenge them and their Pokemon. It's mostly considered bad or rude to reject a challenge, from what I've seen.

[No, she doesn't like it.]

There are also very strong trainers who've set up locations where people come to fight them. If you beat them, they reward you with money and other privileges. I haven't done anything with them, so I can't tell you how that works specifically.

[stopinthenameofawe]

[huh. well that explains a little of what she's heard in training, but.]

are there rewards for fighting trainers who aren't them, or do people just challenge each other for practice?

[fearinahandfulof]

Trainers who challenge you and lose will give you money, but it's not very much, so I think they probably do it more for practice.

[stopinthenameofawe]

i mean if they're trying to beat the big guys i guess it makes sense

weird that you can't say no though

[fearinahandfulof]

A lot of things about this place are strange.

[Like coffee shops.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

I'm definitely getting that impression

[fearinahandfulof]

The woman who pretends or thinks she's everyone's mother is very strange.

[Cassandra's still not sure if that was an act or not.]

[stopinthenameofawe]

[melissa hasn't got a clue what cassandra's talking about-- but also yeah that's really strange.]

why would anyone ever do that

[fearinahandfulof]

I don't know.

[It still doesn't make any sense to Cassandra, unless the woman was ill in some way.]

[fighterstar]

[Most people who know Seiya well would also know to take almost everything she says with a grain of salt. Outside of active senshi duty, she tends to run her mouth a lot, and making these sorts of comments has become something of a habit.

But that doesn't make her previous statement any less true, so she can't quite hide the amused smile when she notices the effect her words have had.]

I can be. And I have to admit that I was kind of hoping she'd somehow see this and come looking for me, but it doesn't seem likely.

[It hasn't been that long since she's seen the others, but somehow it's doubtful that they've all ended up in the same place again.]

Let's see... She has green eyes. Her hair's probably a bit more silver than yours, now that I'm thinking about it. She's kind of catty. She'll probably be with our other teammate if they've both ended up here.

[Seiya's hoping they haven't, honestly, because that would leave the princess alone and vulnerable again.]

Pokegear, text

[fighterstar]

I don't think it looks stupid. Determined, maybe. A little odd, sure. But not stupid.

[There's a good chance that Seiya is just here to argue, but she also has to disagree with that assessment.]

[fingersandteeth]

"It goes Grunt-Private-Beta-Alpha-Admin-Boss," Steven explains. "But the highest they ever let people from other worlds get is Alpha. We've got one of those--Handsome Jack, who's more or less in charge of our ad hoc crew. As for the rest of us from other worlds... there's Dirk, who's our Beta. He just got promoted back in May--he's very good at organizing large scale heists. Carly, Tyler, Lydia, Steve Palchuck and I are all Privates now, and the rest of you are still Grunts."

So he's your superior, Melissa, but only by one level.

"Grunts and Privates are allowed the 'easy' jobs and the 'medium' jobs--the 'hard' jobs are the ones that require Beta rank. But for example... I work in the Radio Tower. An 'easy' job there is the receptions desk and the 'medium' job is in the newsroom, which is where I work. Advertising, sound technicians, and radio personalities, however, count as 'hard' jobs. If it's a full time position, you don't have to turn in your quota--but if it's anything less than that, you still do.

"There's a list of the most commonly available jobs for the team by level and location--well, it's labeled 'missions' but it's basically jobs--and I'd be happy to get you a copy. You can also work outside the Team, of course--those of us that do work with, do because we don't have to worry about job-hunting and it allows us bonus wages outside of the weekly stipend. But it's not at all odd to be doing something else and just turning in your quota regularly. Jack, for instance, runs his own company, called the Hyperion Corporation--it sells novelties, mostly, although he's branching out to investing in entertainment."

[stopinthenameofawe]

[why is everyone like this.]

we must have different standards

[fighterstar]

[Nobody can say for sure why she's like this.]

That's probably a safe assumption.

Anyway, you shouldn't be so hard on the little guy.

[stopinthenameofawe]

"...This is the least important question, but you actually have someone whose name is 'Handsome Jack'?" Melissa doesn't know if she's annoyed at the potential arrogance or impressed that people actually agree to call him that. Assuming that it's not literally the name his parents gave him.

The fact that Steven is currently higher ranked doesn't bother her- she knows how this kind of system works, has moved up it in the past and can do again. Even if she doesn't like the company's policies, she's likely to want to advance just because she dislikes being on the bottom. At least she has a goal now?

She nods, taking in what she's being told. "Got it. Sounds like I would enjoy even most of those jobs over the... quota shit." Melissa is many things, but stealing from children is still below her. Probably. Unless she can justify it as being for their own safety, which will take her all of ten minutes once she figures out what all Pokemon can do.

[stopinthenameofawe]

Who says I'm being hard on it?

[it's not mean if it's a fact, right?]

[fingersandteeth]

"We do," Steven says. "Well, Jack's his name. He treats 'Handsome' as more of a title, really. And it's accurate--or, well, I think it is anyway. You'll meet him later--hell, I can invite him to get drinks with us if you'd like. He's best in a more social setting, I've found."

There's a little smile on his face, talking about Jack. It's clear he's fond of the man.

But then he shakes his head. "Most of the easy and medium jobs aren't full time," he admits, before checking quick to make sure that the admin who'd been training Melissa is still out of earshot. He lowers his voice anyway, "Honestly," he says under his breath, "they don't check to see if your pokemon was properly stolen when it comes to turn them in, so a lot of us just catch our quota pokemon instead. Just, you know, make sure it's high enough level first."

[stopinthenameofawe]

Melissa snorts a little. Well now she has to meet him. "Sure. Guess it'll probably be good to meet my coworkers and all that." And admittedly, even though Steven is the only one she's met, she prefers him to the weirdo training her.

"Ooof course not." She sighs, but nods when he shares his tip with her to show she heard him. That's good to know. "...Why the hell are we even here? Do you know?"

[fingersandteeth]

"Nope," he says, popping the p. "None of us do, really. The space llama god of this universe wanted us, he grabbed us, and he dropped us where Team Rocket could find us. That's-- really all anyone knows. Hell, even the people from other worlds who didn't end up with Team Rocket were just sort of... dropped off here out of the blue. Except instead it's at this crazy woman's house in New Bark Town, where she thinks she's literally everybody's mother."

[stopinthenameofawe]

...Melissa will just go ahead and assume 'space llama god' is not a real thing. She hopes. "Why the fuck would someone pretend to be everyone's mother? She sure as hell wouldn't fool anyone." Honestly that introduction almost sounds worse.