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[saxsongs]

[Video; PGC filter]

[It's an evening and Ren makes a filtered video post. He's currently in a room at the inn.]

The security at the museum really is something. It may have opened again, but you really can't look around too much without looking suspicious.

[He sighs and shakes his head.]

Though from what I heard from the NPC's, it sounds like a normal burglary. Though Team Rocket isn't as stupid as to make it look like anything else, so that doesn't rule out anything.

[If only he could take a look at the security cameras- if there even is any of those available.] There's isn't really anything suspicious here right now, but I'll keep you updated since I haven't been here that long...

[With that, he's out.]


[Action; Pewter City]

[Anyone in Pewter may notice a guy with a hat and sunglasses wandering around the town. Sometimes he stops to ask a question or two from the NPC's about the museum and things related to that. He's almost acting like he's a tourist who's interested in the museum.

No, that's not Renji Jinguji it's- Renji Nanami. If you were at the concert or saw it on tv, you might recognize the outfit as that.]


[Public text; Anonymous]

[On a completely unrelated note, there's a text message posted around midnight. It's from an anonymous source.]

Team Rocket has been a pretty popular subject lately.

Did you know that there's a way to leave the team and the punishment for that is only a week of community service? Well, from the police, at least.

[Ren has been thinking of saying this out loud for quite a long time. Now was the time.]

Comments

[video; filtered]

[soggypastry]

Where was that security when they got robbed? [rhetorical question. she shakes her head before continuing.] Be careful, alright? You're a long way from back-up if they stuck around up there.

[video; filtered]

[saxsongs]

I know. I've used a disguise so far, just in case...

[Even though he should probably think of a better one at some point, but... so far so good.] I haven't seen anyone familiar, at least. Then again, there are probably a lot of new members I don't know of.

[video; filtered]

[soggypastry]

That's no reason to not keep your head down. Hair dye and a hat can only get you so far.

[She guesses that's what he's done. It's what she considered doing, once upon a time. But still. She sighs quietly.]

It has been a few months since you had to run. It wouldn't surprise me if their roster doubled in size since then. There's no way to know for sure at this point.

[video; filtered]

[saxsongs]

I'm being as careful as I can, Miss Farron. I've learned something from my previous mistakes.

[He hopes at least.]

They do get new members almost as often as this place gets new citizen... so yeah, they might be getting bigger all the time.

[video; filtered]

[soggypastry]

[A nod. She'll hope along with him and move off the topic for now. If he gets chased again, however...well. All bets would be off, then.]

They're definitely getting bigger than we are. Even if half the people they get quit, they're still getting people. [They don't have to go out there and actively recruit in downtimes. She still needs to figure that out.]

voice; filtered

[eagletalons]

[Ugh pointless, pointless security when they managed to get robbed. Hope just thinks they actually put in security there after the incident, which could explain how such important artefacts would be taken.]

So there are no additional details that the news left out?

voice; filtered

[saxsongs]

[There's always been something wrong with the law enforcement here.]

Not really. One of the security guards was still complaining about that kid who made a scene... but I didn't get anything useful out of him.

voice; filtered

[eagletalons]

Of course you didn't. [Now he really cant keep the disgust out of his voice, but it's not directed at Ren.] It was a long shot to expect anything from them, I suppose.

voice; filtered

[saxsongs]

Yeah.

I'll keep trying for a few days though, since I came this far. After that I'll meet up with Hikari-chan.

[Anonymous Text]

[explosivecombat]

[Mm, well. He has no intention of asking, exactly, though it isn't as though many have left their ranks.]

"From the police" being the operative clause.

[Anonymous Text]

[saxsongs]

I think it's pretty obvious that the other side won't be as gentle if they catch the ones leaving. Though the solution for that is to not get caught.

[Anonymous Text]

[explosivecombat]

Your optimism regarding the competence level of those you're talking to is almost cute, you know.

[Anonymous Text]

[saxsongs]

Oh, I may be optimistic, but I'm also planning to stay on alert. I would be stupid if I didn't, after making something like this.

[anonymous text]

[artfuldestruction]

If you abandoned the team, chances are the police will be the least of your worries.

[Not that he's speaking from experience, of course. Why would he want to leave Team Rocket? They give him art supplies!]

You might want to add that as a footnote before you get some idiot killed. Not that it would be any great loss, of course. Trimming our ranks of the weak and disloyal can only be a good thing, but could you have that on your conscience?

[anonymous text]

[saxsongs]

You need not to worry about that. If someone asks how it's possible to leave the team, I'll make sure they know how dangerous it is. It is up to them if they take the risk or not.

[anonymous text]

[artfuldestruction]

Don't take my warning for concern - I find the whole thing quite amusing. How long do you think you have before the Team catches up to you? You've already drawn attention to yourself by alerting us to the fact that we have a runaway trying to cause disruption in our ranks - I somewhat doubt that will be tolerated.

You may have just made yourself a priority.

[anonymous text]

[saxsongs]

I'm not really worried. I have survived for this long so why wouldn't I be able to continue this way?

I'm sure you have plenty of other things to do. Fossils are rather interesting, aren't they?

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[sadisticwarfare]

How long ago did you leave Team Rocket? You should make sure your information is up to date before you go announcing something to the entire network. I can assure you, I do not let traitors go lightly. Perhaps you left before my time.

[It's more likely that Archer just hasn't been paying enough attention to the team's comings and goings because of research, whoops.]

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[saxsongs]

It has been a while, but not long enough for something like that to change. I'm pretty sure some things in the organization will not change.

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[sadisticwarfare]

I can assure you, that will change. You should watch your back.

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[saxsongs]

I already am.

[PGC Filter, Audio]

[chosen_light_child]

So... you haven't found out anything where you are either then.

[ She sighs. ]

You'd think that these guys would want all the stuff found and would be looking into ways to make that happen. But no, they just say they need to get them back. And apparently the natives still think the police actually do a good job.

[PGC Filter, Audio]

[saxsongs]

You'd think they would have learned by now that the police here can only do so much. It's almost like they have no kind of trust for non-native people.

[He shakes his head quietly at his end.]

What do they keep saying over there?

[PGC Filter, Audio]

[chosen_light_child]

Yeah, you'd think...

[ But nope. Still full faith in the police and thinking that nothing was going to go wrong ever and that Team Rocket would be dealt with without any trouble at all. ]

All they kept telling me was that what was stolen was "really old" and that they needed to get it back.

[PGC Filter, Audio]

[saxsongs]

[This is a facepalm worthy note.]

... it would help to tell people what it looked like so we could try to give hints or something.