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[Evening, people of the Corps. Have a Lightning on your screens tonight, with the howling roar of the blizzard right behind her. She doesn't look too good, hair pinned away from a too-flushed face, but her voice is even and strong.]

As soon as this blizzard's blown over and the holidays have passed, I need everybody in Goldenrod as soon as possible. You've heard by now that the Radio Tower is still being held by Team Rocket, and we're planning to take it back. [a pause as she swallows hard and inhales, then:] But in order for this to work, we need everybody here so we can plan squads to cover our weaknesses instead of leaving holes in our defense. We're only going to get one shot at this before they start preparing for an attack instead of leaving the doors open, so we have to make this count.

[Her eyes narrow slightly now, before she sighs.]

I'm not saying this is going to be easy. Chances are people are going to get hurt, both on our side and theirs, but you were all warned about that when you signed up for the Corps. If you think you won't be able to do this, for whatever reason, say something now and we'll move on without you. We don't have room for sympathy this time.

[End feed. Blunt and to the point, as always.]

[ooc: as always, a list of the Corps Members can be found here. If your character is a member, assume that they received a message directing them here, just in case it was ICly missed.]

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[That's a point. Hard to be civil when someone's giving you a death glare and all you'd want to do is break their nose.]

Ven and Terra have been out of contact for a while, and Riku's dealing with Sora right now. [Granted he couldn't know that, but...] There hasn't been a chance to ask them what they remember, and I doubt we could find any maps for the place. They wouldn't house them at the Centers.

[Especially after the Mutations...Goldenrod's Center took a beating that time. Any paper maps that were there would be gone.]

_{[Wow thanks, Lightning, Coop doesn't want to break your nose :| ...]

[Also there's a bit of a pause. Priorities, wasn't it? But he'll bite that one back, for the time being. And when he does speak it's with a well-worn professionalism.]}

Ask around. There might be records kept of its interior and construction from the time it was first built. When it comes to the others, don't wait too long to ask them.

... did you consider disguises?

Their grunt uniforms wouldn't exactly be the hardest thing in the world to replicate.

I see. I am in Vermillion City on business and companionship, but, I'll be making my way towards Goldenrod as soon as possible.

[ Hmmm... for the first time ever, Lust feels like she has power. She does like working for team rocket, but it is kinda limiting. Working for Cobra is ridiculous too. On the other hand, any decision she makes impact things, significantly. Hopefully she can actually make a decision on this.

ooc: I have... no idea what to do here, admittedly. Want to shoot me a pm/private plurk/aim message to sort this out? I don't want to like, brutally crush other people's fun, of course! ]

[A soft 'hmm' because she has considered them since Twilight brought it up, but...] Don't you need people's measurements to make clothes that won't stand out like a sore thumb? There may not be time to make twenty uniforms that actually fit.

[Besides, she doesn't think they'd do much good in the long run. Not with some people sticking out like sore thumbs.]

[Not yet, anyway. She wouldn't blame him if he thought about it.

And yes. It was priorities. She's just aware of the limitations blocking those priorities. It's hard to talk to a guy dealing with a terribly ill friend, so no. She's not going to try that, and she's continually trying Ven and Terra's gears but they're also not answering. Limitations, not a skewed priority list. She'd say as much if he'd commented, but as it is, she simply nods.]

I'll do what I can. [a shrug, seemingly the picture of nonchalance despite her fever-born flush.] But considering the storms and the holidays, we have time. Doesn't the saying go haste makes waste?

[Though considering her own experience with the Haste spell...she's unsure of that.]

[A moment of surprise because wow she hasn't seen that signal in a long time and she thought Lust had gone, before she nods. Time to see if she can get some information.]

Noted. [headtilt.] Have you been in Vermillion this entire time? I was beginning to think you'd been sent back to your world.

_{[The day Dale Cooper breaks someone's nose for no other reason than malice is the day the sky falls.]

[By the way, he did notice that off colour on her skin, but ... well, there's a certain priority in ignoring that for the time being as well, isn't there?]}

Someone also said that wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. There's quite a balancing act in the compromise between the two.

_{[Still, he doesn't doubt that she'll manage, and so moves on, now frowning slightly.]}

Is that a normal fever or side-effects from poisoning?

[Given that they nearly had an apocalypse...>> the timing might have been right. Maybe. Who knows.

And yes, there is a priority in ignoring it. She's definitely trying her level best to ignore it and push on, no matter what her friends may be saying to her.]

There's a balancing act with just about everything in this place. You get used to it.

[Training and rest, work and play, movement and staying in one city. Getting close to others and having your heart ripped out when they leave. Balance is key so you don't tip over. She's still learning a few of the finer points.

At least she's gotten better at it then when she arrived, because she's still nonchalant when she answers his question.]

Side effects. If you got any cookies from a stall in Goldenrod or from an anonymous sender, don't eat them. [disgusted sound.] We don't need more people getting sick.

[ She notices how stilted the response is at first. Lust just continues to roll on the conversation, casually. ]

I decided to buy some property in Vermillon and started to study pokémon and their habits, and this world, of course. I'm trying to find a way to discover our origin. However, since Vermillon is a busy port, I also have the advantage of keeping an eye on this city in case anything suspicious starts to take place.

[Casual. Casual is good...except when it puts Lightning on edge which is does all the time these days.]

And has anything suspicious started to happen? I know that Cobra Commander was planning something during the Tournament last month, but it looks like nothing came of it.

[ Oops. Lust will just continue on with her usual chilliness. ]

Most of the time, no. The shippings appear to be rather mundane. They do sometimes spike at suspicious times, like during the tournament, but I assume it's because so many people were just shipping their items home. After these large spikes, they're usually sent to various large cities in Kanto, like Celadon and Saffron.

For the most part, it's quiet. [ Ignoring the fact that her boss oversees shipping. ] I believe I might have seen a rocket member once or twice, but, they only came out in large crowds. By the time I got there, they vanished entirely. I believe I might have heard something about a Commander in Kanto, but I'm not quite sure if they mean Lt. Surge, or someone else.

Looks like most people who're still here are willing to help out, that's good. There anything I can do to prepare while we wait for the others?

[Not that he's terribly surprised, these are good people, but it's still very nice to know]

And...are you feeling okay? You seem a bit pink.

[Not that her hair isn't always but her face? Hmm]

Make sure you have your supplies ready. There's not much else anyone can do in this weather.

[As for his question, she sighs and shakes her head faintly. At least she can do that without regretting it later now.]

I'm not sure if you heard, but someone in Goldenrod was selling poisoned cookies. I fell into that.

[Third time she's been poisoned. It's not fun, Venbro. Not fun at all.]

Right... I'll keep working on that then. Been trying to keep things to separate purchases just in case.

[At the notion of tainting one of the best of all things, Ven looks mortified. Worse that such a thing hit Pinksis]

Poisoned cookies?

[Nod.] Good call. The more we can we throw them off, the better.

[Ven is mortified, but Lightning just closes her eyes and rubs the bridge of her nose. She's not 100% just yet.]

Yeah. They got others, too. Sora was one of them.

[And man, does that get under her skin. She doesn't care what happens to her, at least on this level, but the kids? Pinksis is not happy.]

Geez, I'd wondered why I hadn't heard from him lately.

People sure like using poison out here.

[And he highly dislikes that, himself]

Riku's taking care of him. He should be alright soon.

[And if he's not, there will be hell raining down on whoever did this. Pinksis guarantees it.]

Considering how well it works, I'm not surprised they use it so much. You could knock a person down for weeks if the dose was high enough.

[And it certainly felt like hers was. Three days ago was not fun. Probably scared the daylights out of Hope, too.]

Is there anything we could do so people don't get harmed by that stuff so often?

[It's troubling that people get poisoned like spam mail]

Not that I know of. I've heard that some people can build immunity to some poisons, but I'm not sure it would work the same way with this.

[Because poisoning is poisoning, but the source of it? That would be harder to pinpoint, she thinks.]

Wish this place let us have healing spells at least.

[Sigh, and no antidote items either]

I know what you mean. [a sigh. There have been times when she would have killed for her l'Cie abilities back, but really..] But it would probably give everything back to everyone, and considering the way some people act...it wouldn't be worth it then.

Edited (whoops wrong icon) 2013-01-05 20:22 (UTC)

Good point. There are some people that'd be way too much trouble if they had that kind of power at their disposal. Especially since not everyone'd be equipped to do something about them.

I don't know either. I was going to suggest something similar myself.

[sigh.] We'll just have to see if the others have any better ideas when they get to Goldenrod, then. Can't do much about it now.

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