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003 ♝ Text | Action for Goldenrod

It's been a bit quiet as of late, hasn't it?

I wonder how long it'll be this way.

[It's short, simple and to the point. A good way to gauge reactions from people -- who likes the quiet, who misses excitement, who is skeptical it'll last much longer. In any case, it's time for him to get on with his business.]

[For those in Goldenrod, you may see him hopping rather merrily along. He may be empty handed, or you may see him carrying four very different eggs! Or maybe you see him in that in-between, while he's at the Breeding Centre picking up his order.]

[Whatever it is... he wants to talk to you. He wants to see what you think of all these things! Flag him down, trip over his feet, ask him on a date... Izaya won't mind.]

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Very well then.

[Since they’re in private and he trusts Izaya for the time being, he won’t bother denying his involvement or anything like that. ]

As you may or may not know, Rockets arrive in Mahogany Town instead of New Bark Town. Upon arrival, their packs contain an introductory letter and a handbook.

[The Commander reaches into his bag and produces several pages containing selected passages from the handbook and a copy of the letter with his name blacked out. None of this can be traced back to him, and none of it is particularly interesting. It’s mostly generic Rocket statements about using Pokémon for nefarious purposes and obeying every order issued by the commanding officers.]

I’ll let you look these over before we continue.

Of course, of course.

[He takes the paperwork, looking it over carefully. He's making mental notes of all the information; he definitely wants to have multiple copies of this for reference. And blackmail. A lot of the latter, if need be. Of course, he doesn't say that - even though the information is generic, it's helpful as an "outsider."]

This is informative, Commander-sama! This is difficult to obtain, after all.

Very difficult! You have no idea how few people have access to this information!

[He has no idea either.]

Now then, upon arriving, if no orders are given, they’re typically allowed to wander off on their own. As you can see in those papers, orders are expected to be followed to the letter. No exceptions. However, aside from one incident, they seem rather lax about checking to see if anyone actually follows them. If I were to ssssssum up the leader’s personality, it would be as short-tempered, incompetent, inefficient, and idiotic!

It’s a shame, really. All the necessary resources to conquer Johto are there, but the horrible leadership is what truly handicaps the organization.

It sounds like it's more of a formality than a legitimate desire to have outsiders entering their ranks.

[Only pointing that out as a basic observation.]

Do you know how long it's been since anyone has directly heard from their leaders? It's been... quiet for a while now from the outside.

[The Commander stays quiet for a few moments trying to think of when the last contact was.]

Things have been quiet for months. Sssssince May. During that horrible storm. Which ended in another failure, of course.

Of course. [He's quiet for a moment, mentally cataloging all this information.] Perhaps their failures are giving them reason to reassess their approach.

Perhaps. But, sssspeaking from experience, people that incompetent usually don’t change. They can’t see what doesn’t work, let alone know how to start fixing it!

[He sounds like he knows what he’s talking about. After all, he sees people like this on a daily basis.]

I wouldn't argue that point in the slightest -- that doesn't mean they wouldn't make an attempt to reassess, though.

I sssstill don't think that's what they're doing. After all, these long stretches of nothing are rather common. If they were using them to reassessss the situation, something would have been done by now!

Having such minimal experience with them, I could only take guesses. For all we know, they've given up entirely, after all!

That would certainly explain a few things.

[And provide the opportunity for Cobra to try seize power.]

I should have sssssomeone look into that possibility.

You do have plenty of Rocket-related intel, don't you, Commander-sama?

Of course I do. What sort of person would I be if I didn't?

The sort who has no interest in their dealings, perhaps!

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