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[conniemaheswaran]

[The video turns on and there Connie is, in her full, ridiculous, blue-skinned disguise, lounging on a... black stool on a black background and looking pleased as punch. She raises her palm to her cheek, grins wickedly, and gives a triumphant,]

OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOWAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[before her smile gets more unambiguously gleeful.]

Guess who just got promoted to PRIVATE? After six months as a grunt, it was about time!

I also got my first shiny off that heist. In fact...

[Connie gets up, walks forward, and... emerges from the mouth of a huge shiny Palossand.]

Here she is! She's surprisingly comfy to sleep in; Palossands have incredibly fine control over their own sand particles as it turns out.

We got back just in time for the trip, too. Anybody have plans for Sinnoh?

...not crime plans. I think doing crime plans in a new region would be a pretty bad idea, honestly.

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[conniemaheswaran]

Oh my god, everyone there must've give you the biggest stinkeye. Shinies are pretty rare, you know.

And good on Osomatsu. I'm kinda surprised they handed out such a hefty reward to a grunt, though.

[fingersandteeth]

Yeah, I did get a few dirty looks when I burst in to say that they were dying, please help.

[He shakes his head.]

It was a pretty impressive first heist, really. The two of us disguised ourselves as cleaners and raided every room safe at that one hotel at Ecruteak, you know, the really nice one. It was just a matter of following in the real cleaners' wake and using my klefki and my new rotom to get the safes and rooms open for us.

So I'm sure that the amount we brought in far exceeded what they payed Osomatsu. And it was just two of us.

[conniemaheswaran]

That was definitely a good plan. Certainly less theatrical than what we did, but I can see how it paid off.

Did you get any cash too, or did they just give you the Cacnea?

[fingersandteeth]

Just the Cacnea, but honestly, I didn't press hard for money for myself. I wanted to show them what a good mentor I am.

After all, all the best jobs with the Team are locked behind beta rank.

[He shrugs.]

It's actually an adaption of how Jack and I cleared out the safes at Resort Gorgeous, which in itself is an adaption of how Tyler and I originally planned to get the S.S Anne before we realized that we'd need to actually be passengers on the boat to pull it off.

Yours was great, though--I saw a phone recording someone put on Staryutube. That whole Rocket Excalibur and Rocket Prydwen thing--that was inspired. Everywhere I go, I hear the locals speculating about them.

[conniemaheswaran]

Listen, most people think Rockets are some kind of cartoon villain. Might as well lean into it.

Oooh, actually... would you like to see the speech? We had poses and props and everything, but most of the gear footage didn't catch it.

[fingersandteeth]

No, no, it's definitely true. There's a reason I went full Snidely Whiplash in my Pokemon contest skit where I... played myself, more or less.

And yes, I'd love to see the speech, mija. I couldn't quite make out all the words on the Staryutube vid.

[conniemaheswaran]

CARLY! Get on here, we have to do our encore!