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PGC filer;

Lightning and Hope are gone, which leaves us without leaders. That also cuts our numbers down to ten.

So, my question for your guys is "what next?" I don't think we should disband; just a quick look at the network will show that goons like Cobra are still at large. Still, we're gonna need some structural changes. New leaders, possibly new squads, and, more importantly, new members.

I guess I just want to know what you think. I don't know every one of you personally, but the PGC is supposed to be a team, so everyone should have a chance at giving feedback. I think if we sort out our strengths and weaknesses, that could help us with restructuring. It might be better to have multiple leaders so that if anyone disappears, there's people to fall back on. Maybe each squad can have one, beats me.

I'm gonna throw up an anonymous message in a sec to see about gathering newbies, though. If you've got friends you'd like to recommend, might as well bring them up now.

[Shortly after the PGC message pops up, a second message appears:]

Anonymous;

What does this world mean to you? Do you think it's something worth protecting, or would you rather sit on the sidelines and watch it burn? This place is more than sunshine and Pokémon battles. If given the choice to make a difference, would you take it?

[He remembers Lightning doing something like this before. He'll just have to keep his fingers crossed that it works.]

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Great. Teleport's not that expensive, so if people have the proper Pokémon, they can pick it up for cheap. I have five myself who can use Teleport

Is there some kind of organized training set up? If we're going to have squads, they'll have to work together as a team.

Maybe the most important question is what's the pay? If you want people to stick around and dedicate that much time to staying in a particular area, they'll have to be compensated somehow.

I don't think there's been organized training in the past, but I definitely think we should start planning training sessions or at least some kinda regimens for squads to work on together.

Never thought of pay before, but you do raise a good point. What do you think would make for good incentives? Money's always an option, I guess, but I wonder what else we could use.

By the way, do you know Maka by any chance? She's one of our potentials, and she said she's good with hand to hand, weapons, and research.

That's definitely a must. You can't just throw rookies into combat and hope they'll just be lucky enough to figure out how to be a team.

Money is a good incentive. TMs or Pokémon themselves could be another option. It depends on what your end goal is. Rockets steal Pokémon, don't they? What if we stole them back? [Finders-keepers.]

Maka? Never heard of her. No, wait --

[A few minutes later, she texts an addition:] She bought a Ponyta off me last April. That's all I know.

Booster packs with TMs could work. We could have a few different packets-- offense, defense, support, stuff like that.

As far as getting stolen Pokémon back, it might be better to hand them into the police. Seems kind of unfair to keep them to ourselves, you know? I think it'd be better to just hand out eggs if they need to bolster their team.

Anyway, I'd get in touch with her sometime soon. It'd help when we start reworking the squads, right?

It's your call. Just don't expect people to work for free, especially if we're figuring on them being stationed in particular areas for extended periods of time.

I'll give you some time to get new folks in, then I can send out a message over the filter to get more information. Once they've had a chance to settle into the idea.

Assuming you're looking for that kind of help. I don't want to just barge in here and start taking control of a group I just joined.

Nah, that's fine. We've got different skill sets, and while I can handle strategies in a fight, all this organizational stuff's still kind of new to me.

I'm no Lightning, so I appreciate the extra hand.

You got it. I'll send something out in about a week. Keep me posted.

And Riku? Thanks.

[For what, she won't elaborate on, but it's for giving her something to do.]

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