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[fingersandteeth]

Right. I have a few questions about all of this:

1. From what I can tell, we seem to be the Pokemon Mafia. At the very least, we're organized criminals. That said, why on earth are we calling ourselves *Team Rocket* of all things? It's not exactly a name engineered to strike fear in the hearts of many.

2. I realize that it's not likely a criminal organization would have vision or dental coverage, however: would it be possible to request prescription contacts for use when wearing my uniform?

3. Who should I talk to in order to maximize my chances of gaining employment in the radio tower after training is over? I understand that there's no way to check my references, but I can provide a resume, once I get a chance to retype it.

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[fingersandteeth]

The person upthread did, yes.

1. Wonderful. I'm so glad.

2. I came with my glasses, actually. I just need the contacts because they'd be easier to wear the mask with and make me slightly less recognizable while on the job.

(At least the organized criminals are reasonable about these things.)

3. I do have prior experience in television, if that helps me get a foot in the door.

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[insidescoop]

mine were broken admittedly...

Oh, you can probably get that covered though, the contacts! I mean...the uniform is kind of a requirement so having glasses with it defeats the point.

I'd think it would? I was a reporter back home but I also never got this kind of chance to travel, so I aha. I haven't actually asked?

It makes the most sense though... (Good luck?)

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[fingersandteeth]

Is that a local thing, organized criminals having official uniforms? Because again, it really does seem like a strange choice.

[Seriously. He's the furthest thing from a criminal type and even he can see how Team Rocket's entire... thing seems amazingly counterproductive in every way.]

I was an anchor for the local CBS evening news back home. I guess that makes us colleagues twice over.

[insidescoop]

I mean we've got actual background music, so I'm not gonna question it at this point.

And hey~! Neat! I was one of the headliner reporters for the city paper on my end! Did my own photos too, I'm pretty proud of it~

If you get into the radio position, definitely tell us what it's like, I might eventually join in.

[fingersandteeth]

My god. We really *are* living in a video game.

[insidescoop]

It's pretty isekai-style yeah.

...

whatever you do don't let Dirk EVER see or hear you say that though, he has some reaaaaaaally specific thoughts about it that I'm trying not to encourage,

(He's one of our coworkers, by the way)

[fingersandteeth]

What kind of thoughts?

[What? He's curious.]

[insidescoop]

We went into a cave once and he obsessively checked every nook and cranny to test the limits of the game and honestly whenever something HAPPENS here, he'll probably try to do the opposite of the thing that makes sense.

Which, doesn't work, as you can guess!

It's definitely gotten him arrested (off job at least, so).

[fingersandteeth]

If he does think we're in a game, I suppose that would make sense that he'd be checking everywhere. He wouldn't want to miss some loot, after all.

[insidescoop]

Somehow I feel like he was looking for more literal breaks in reality.

[Can't Imagine Why.]

I honestly wish it was loot at this point! People get stuff for helping out here, so he'd probably do that instead of fighting cops!

[fingersandteeth]

I mean, that's actually a reasonable reaction to being supernaturally kidnapped. I wonder if he's been through it before too.

[insidescoop]

At the levels he's taking, it's REALLY NOT!

Please don't encourage him :[

[fingersandteeth]

Have *you* ever been abducted to another world before this?

[insidescoop]

Look, I'm not saying there's no reason to try and look for a way out. If I wasn't dead, I'd probably do the same thing!

But I am going to say that putting your health aside, deliberately going against helping the people you're stuck with, and harming the things around you in the process is the wrong way to do it!

I'm not going to stop him from spending two weeks scouring a cave. He'll figure himself out.

But I'd appreciate it if people didn't tell him that deliberately causing problems for everyone was the greatest idea!

[fingersandteeth]

I see. *That* is what you mean by the 'levels he's taking.'

[insidescoop]

I was trying to be subtle about it, but it's really hard to grasp the levels without saying it outright huh...

[fingersandteeth]

[He's quiet for a very long moment before he types:]

It probably doesn't help that when I was supernaturally abducted before, the only way anyone got back *was* finding those cracks in reality.

[insidescoop]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmthat wouldn't help no

[fingersandteeth]

Honestly, I still haven't decided whether or not I think I'm back yet, just in a different part of it.

[insidescoop]

Hopefully it's...better regardless?

I mean to be honest, there's stuff that's better than my home here in spades. I haven't been this financially stable since...

well

I'm financially stable now~

[fingersandteeth]

Given that I'm no longer trapped underground for 95% of the time? And there's actually artificial lights down here? And I actually know what I'm eating most of the time?

Yes. It's better than where I was taken before.

[insidescoop]

wow

Just wait until you're out of training, you're in for a treat then.

[fingersandteeth]

It's just this one week, right?

[insidescoop]

Yep!

It was still two when I joined, man...

Oh, I guess you'll be out before then though, since there's a lot of practical training out in the city proper? So there's that too.

[fingersandteeth]

Yeah. Maybe I can catch myself something else while I'm at it. If we're meant to use Pokemon for everything in this world, I might as well build up a strong team.