islandshore | Voicemail/IC and OOC contact;

"This is Riku. Looks like you just missed me, so leave a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

If you're here for Training Center business, press 0, and I'll redirect you to our info."

[Should characters press 0, they'll be presented with a list of options:

1. Purchase pass.
2. Arrange battle.
3. Arrange private training.
4. Rental services.
5. Job opportunities.
6. Pokémon roster.

If your character presses 6, the following list will appear:]

[A second list pops up labeled "All-Out Only:"]

[A third and final list pops up labeled "Special Requests:"]

[If a character clicks on a Pokémon, a menu will pop up listing their stats, moves, whether they're available for rent, and their current status. See here for details.]

PGC contact;

[However, that's not all. Riku's set up a secure line, with its own automated message.]

"You've reached the Pokemon Guardian Corps. If you're here to report an emergency, press 1. If you're here to join the cause, press 2. For all other purposes, stay on the line."

[ooc: Please head your comments appropriately with video, text, and voice and note if you're calling for Training Center Arrangements.

For OOC Training Center business, please note which service you'd like to arrange. For rentals, list the Pokémon your character is requesting, what they'll be used for, and the total cost if your char is after more than one. I'm more than happy to handwave pass purchases, since I realize that repeatedly noting purchases could get a little time consuming.

For a job, I'm cool with an IC interview or OOC coordination. Whatever works best.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I wanted to make sure he was going to stick around past the weird weekend, but my newest coworker is *not* happy about being press-ganged. A second inside man might seem superfluous, but given how often people disappear, it's probably good to have him as well. I'll be in Celadon in June, so I can bring him to the training center then.

Hey, I'll take what I can get. Appreciate the heads up, too.

I'll make sure we got some space to chat in private. Maybe close shop early for the day, so there aren't random civilians luring around.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Steven types out his next words and erases them and then retypes them a couple times before pressing send.]

You should probably keep on keeping my status as true inside man a secret. That open post you made about the PGC you made after Sento Kiryuu caught me made it, well, easy for people to join under false pretenses. So it's probably a good idea with the PGC itself to stick with the lie that I never worked for the company myself, just for the Radio Tower. My coworkers know that's a lie but they also assume you're still thoroughly fooled.

(You'll likely have to do the same with my new coworker too eventually, I think. Make it look like he's got you fooled, I mean.)

Yeah, that's a problem I'm still trying to figure out how to rectify. Part of why I haven't made a big PGC post since. Just not sure how to do it right without attracting unwanted attention, honestly.

I'm cool with keeping up appearances, though. I know how cutthroat Team Rocket can be, and I'd hate to endanger either one of you.

I don't know what to do about it, honestly. Like I said at prom, there's no one left at the company who's been here longer than about two years, so if you made a separate sub-group of the PGC for people who've been here long term, you might be able to get away with some planning that shouldn't be overheard by company plants—and I suppose the investment one makes after being a longer term resident of this world is excuse enough to have that separate secret subgroup. I'm... not entirely sure how much you ought to tell them about me, if you do that, however. It might be best to establish a consistent code name for me and and for the coworker I'm going to be bringing to meet you.

I'm sorry. I know this would be easier if I just went through your list of recruits and told you straight out if they were my coworkers or not—or if they aren't, but they're people who are keeping our secrets for us— but I... well. I can't. It's too much of a betrayal of people who never asked to be in our position.

But I am sorry.

I could always look into getting a second PokeGear and making a pseudonym. I'm pretty sure that's what 'Seth' did back in the day, whenever he'd make his bombing announcements. Easy way to cover up an alter ego, since our IDs are traced to our accounts.

We could probably all benefit from some kinda codenames, at least when we're on the field. Some kinda disguises, too. The more we can cover our tracks, the better, when it comes to stuff like this.

But I get it. I'm not gonna ask you to rat out your friends. I'm not really here to compromise innocent people who just got a bad hand.

I'm fairly sure one of my younger coworkers did that for a time and it's a good plan. Honestly, I should ask Thace what he does to mod his pokegear. I've seen him trigger programs that immediately encrypt whole conversations at one shot--I think he and Chloe used them to help plan my Christmas present.

Code names and disguises though... that does sound appealing. Of course, that's entirely because I'm a comic book nerd at heart and I want to be the mundane sidekick to a whole passel of superheroes... but it really could work. And it would give me a good excuse not to name names within the PGC, if everyone's wearing costumes and using code names. And it's not like we haven't had mysterious vigilantes pop up during, ah, company outings before. There was the Black Persian at Christmas, after all.

And while I don't know how many of us are truly innocent anymore... thank you, Riku. I do appreciate that you aren't pressing.

Might not be a bad idea in the longterm, then. But anything you can get- intel wise- on how to pull this off sounds good. Never been much of a tech wiz. My skillset's pretty bogstandard there, heh.

We could get codenames. Maybe wear masks when we're on active duty. My main concern's just... identifiable Pokemon. Like me. I've got a talking Weavile and Lucario, and I'm always seen with a specific Charizard. My hair's kind of a giveaway, too.

And hey, no problem. Was never a Rocket, but I did some pretty awful stuff when I was a teen. Plus, I've been in touch with former Rockets before and inside agents. I know it gets rough and you're putting a lot on the line.

Oh yeah, identifiable Pokemon are definitely a problem. They're a problem *when* you're a Rocket too. I had to be really careful when I plan my gym teams--I can't actually bring any pokemon I use for Rocket business to gym battles, because they film them. And I still haven't taken advantage of the megastone I got for clearing one region's gyms, because I'd want to use it for my Gengar and *she's* one of the ones I used a lot on Rocket business.

But code names and masks are a pretty good idea. Something to hide your hair. Honestly, I have this full rig for when I'm going on a Rocket mission where I have to show my face. Color contacts, padding, false facial hair to cover up the real stuff... I even do an accent.

(I'm unfortunately pretty mediocre when it comes to tech myself, so that's definitely something I'll have to ask Thace about.)

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