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Comments

[insidescoop]

Mmmhmm. Do yourself a favor, look up 'gyarados' on your pokegear.

And only some do. Honestly you'd probably have to ask to do it, so now you know not to do that! When a rocket sells these, it normally IS a scam, since you can definitely catch these guys everywhere you look.

[epitaffio]

Can I do that in the middle of a call...?

[Well, he's going to try it, which means he picks up the Pokegear and brings it much closer to his face than it was before. It's a youthful one, for sure, but there's something just a little off about it; skin that seems slightly too worn in places, curves that seem more like angles when he turns his head and the light falls on it differently.]

It just sounds like a bad idea to me, that's all. If these poor guys are so weak, then most people here know that, right? How do you make a profit off of that?

[insidescoop]

Mmmhm~ It'll sort of split the screen, but don't worry!!

[And...Oh. That's a bit odd. She holds her expression, but there's something of a studious gleam in her eyes as she adjusts her glasses. The age of that face... ...it'd certainly fool plenty but...]

Oh! Ehhhh...not that I agree with it, but it's something that only works by tricking kids that just left home honestly... ...there's not a whole lot of people on magikarp duty, suffice to say...

Honestly though, you don't really have to rely on any of the smalltime jobs here. And between you and me, you shouldn't~! This place provides housing, and food. All of the cities from there, have teleports between them. So what I personally recommend, is getting what you need to get some camping gear and tupperware, and start connecting places like a great big grid- the world's your oyster, and with the right words, Team Rocket will cover it all~!

[Ahem.] Nice to meet you by the way! [Word travels through the grapevine fast- Doppio himself can probably take a guess why Carly messaged in private ultimately, and this here would be the reason. She knows he's a rocket, and she's cutting that corner to get right into it.]

[epitaffio]

[Yeah, he figured - and he's NOT impressed when she outright namedrops Team Rocket, please, you never know who's listening!!

Still, this is valuable info. The more he learns about this organization's structure and business, the more he can tell the Boss, and then the Boss can... do what he does best, and start taking over. He doesn't know how yet, but that's not his job, anyway - sure, if the Boss needs his input, he'll provide it, but the Boss is the one with the power and wisdom to topple the status quo. He always has been.]

If you say so. Would you say the higher-ups appreciate, uh, people with a sense of initiative?

[Also he's squinting at the stats on this Gyarados thing. Are those numbers right??]

[insidescoop]

Oh don't be like that I've tested the channel, [she huffs, waving a hand. Evidently she catches very minute responses!]

Definitely though. A few of us really soared through the ranks actually. I made Beta after pulling a heist on a cruise...

...honestly just really let out your inner cartoon villain. That's pretty much what these guys are, I heard they chased a kid out of town for being too good at not cheating in the Game Corner.

[epitaffio]

I-I didn't say anything! [He's got to be more careful! Good thing she didn't catch him on anything compromising - the Boss wouldn't have liked that.]

... Wait, so they're not even serious criminals?

[Because that would explain the useless fish scam, he guesses.]

[insidescoop]

You don't have to~ [She grins. A little too wide.] Don't worry about it though, it was my job back home to catch that kind of stuff heheeee...besides, it's not like I can blame you for being cautious right?

But ah...nope not really. Makes it pretty easy to milk 'm dry between you and me. Get a head start on what you really want to do. But if you ever ah...watched cartoons back home, they're pretty much the cartoon mob.

Doesn't mean they can't be a threat sometimes but hey, what can you expect from a place where you can't even pick up a weapon right?

[epitaffio]

[Her job...? Huh. Might be worth it to ask about that later. Offworlder or not, Carly IS part of Team Rocket as well.

These other news, though? He's not sure how to take them. His next report is going to be... interesting.

(The report will be appreciated, too. Right now, having taken a backseat, Diavolo is only partially aware of what Doppio is seeing - the info Doppio is getting, he can get the gist of, but his senses are not alert enough to catch any of the details. Judging from Carly's perceptiveness, he seems to have made the correct choice. No one in this world can suspect he even exists.)

... What was that about weapons, though?]

There's no weapons here? So... Do enforcers just use Pokemon?

[insidescoop]

It's not that there's no weapons- it's that you can't pick one up.

All of us that arrived here? We can't so much as grab a butterknife if it's with the intent to hurt someone. We could use pokemon sure- and well, they do normally use those, which makes it really easy to just sneak up on someone and knock them out if you ask me- but it's honestly just easier to be sneaky rather than violent.

The point is more that the world itself tends to lean...'PG-13', you could say. I mean we have background music for crying out loud!

[epitaffio]

[... What?]

What do you mean, you can't pick up weapons? How does that even work?

[Also he may or may not have been assuming that everyone here just keeps the radio on 24/7 BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.]

[insidescoop]

I mean you can't! It's...hmm. It's a bit tricky to try and test it, since...well. You have to want to hurt something, right?

But you just. Can't pick it up! It's kinda spooky, not a fun experience. I haven't had it much thankfully...

Aaaaaa-anyway. How are you settling in otherwise, that's important. I'm not really on base much anymore...I've settled into my own place~ With my girlfriend~! But also I just work in the field. But, back when I woke up here, there was only one Rocket from another world, so I kinda feel like it's my responsibility to check in on all these new guys, you know?

I mean, it's a weird place! And the 'native Rockets' are. Uh. Well weird.