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Rachel switched on the intercom and leaned into the microphone.
"All active rangers please report to the main conference room now. Thank you."
She switched off the intercom.
Main conference room. Heh, what a joke. Rachel thought. It wasn't like they had any other conference rooms, not since they were forced to move to a more affordable building. It wasn't even a real conference room at all, just a large office with some fold-able chairs gathered around a collapse-able table. They'd had to sell all the office furniture, along with the base, when the most recent budget cut hit. Even with all the money they got from selling the majority of the furniture, it still wasn't enough to compensate for what was missing.

Rachel walked out of her broom closet-turned-office and headed towards the conference room to set things up. She fired up the lone projector and pulled up the Straiton City Ranger Base's email account. She opened the most recent one and froze the projector on it, so the other ranger's could read it as they walked in. She didn't think she could bear to read it aloud herself. The email read:

Rangers:
We regret to inform you that due to lack of need we are cutting several hundred Poke from your monthly allowance for paying your employees, and several hundred from your monthly allowance for base rent and upkeep. Unless you are able to prove to us that there is a need for an increase in these allowances, as well as those previously cut, we will continue to make these cuts.
Sincerely, Unova Board of Defense
 
"Tch. Main conference room? Who is she kidding?" Calvin muttered, looking at the nearest speaker with barely-contained malice. He was still sore about the recent budget cuts that they were hit with, and he had a feeling those bastards wouldn't stop there. "Come on Angel, let's see what's up this time." He called to his Togetic, who was across the room nibbling on an apple. She floated over and landed on his shoulder, watching in silence as her Ranger navigated the hallways to the conference room. "This is ridiculous. I shouldn't have to duck to get through some of these corridors." As he said this, he grazed the top of his head on the low doorway to the conference room. "I rest my case." He growled to no one in particular, glaring at the doorway. After a brief moment, he turned his attention to Rachel, allowing his expression to become more neutral in her presence. "So, what's new this time, Boss Lady?" He asked, tentatively sitting in a chair.
 
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Jake and Luke trudged into the "conference room". Luke had to duck through the doorway. "You gotta be kidding me," Jake whispered, barely audible. "You gotta be freakin' kidding me. Budget cuts again? I don't remember what exactly I had in mind in school, but it sure as hell wasn't this." I know, Luke said via telepathy.
 
"Ugh. Why don't they just fire the people who don't even do anything?" Kendyll asked herself. Muddy just gazed at her with sympathy. "How the heck are we supposed to pay for anything? I'm gonna have to go on pokemart stamps and food stamps if this keeps up!" She took a seat and read the email more carefully. When she first started the job, the pay check was pretty good, enough for Kendyll establish a decent life. Now, she was barely making ends meet. Her parents sent her fifty poke every month to help out, but it looked like that would be worth nothing now. She waited for the others to enter the room.
 
"Aw, cruddy kangaroo!" yelped Danny. Due to his aussie parents being dead from a long time from the Cinnibar incident, Danny was geting a bit poor because he did'nt learn much stuff from his adoptive parents. But with his adopted Skourpi Shrak, Danny could go on a lifetime mission for some payment. "Come on Shrak! Let's go to the conference room, mate!" said Danny in a postive voice.
 
"The main conference room is what you would expect drug dealers to use" Charlie told Aura as he got up from his computer- in all, just an overglorified calculator. Charlie remembered that his first assignment was actually finding the chairs and table, having been given about 50 Poke to do so. He had to get them from a police auction where they were seized from REAL drug dealers in a SWAT raid. The table was missing a leg, and most of the chairs had bullet holes in them. He was infuriated how his recruitment officer had deceived him about what he would be doing with his life. He had even left his Deino, Fuzz, whom he loved with all his heart, with his cousin, afraid it might get hurt in a fight. "Good Deino, great friend" Charlie said to Aura. A subtle knod was his response.
 
"Nothing good, that's for sure. Read it yourself. "Rachel said to Calvin, gesturing towards the projected image. She watched as the other Rangers filed in, counting.
Five. she counted. Just a few more to go...
 
"Son of a gun slinging cowboy! So we're just not important anymore?" Calvin growled after reading the message. Angel looked confused, not knowing how to read. All she could do was munch on her apple in silence. "Okay, we can't stand for this. They don't care about us at all. Not kosher!"
 
"Gee. It sure is boring around here...Surely this joke i'm doing won't be followed by somebody telling me that they're not Shirley." said Danny. (everyone stares in dissapointment to Danny.) "DO NOT WANT." (staring happens again.) "(God, when is everyone going to arrive? I'm itching for some missions!)" thought Danny. He sucks at references, like he did earlier with references to CD-i games, that movie called Airplane and foreign Chinese subtitles of Darth Vader saying a big no on Star Wars Episode III. No really. Even the narrator, I, am dissapointed.
 
OOC: Hey so that could be construed as bunnying. K? K.
 
SquadalaGuy said:
"Gee. It sure is boring around here...Surely this joke i'm doing won't be followed by somebody telling me that they're not Shirley." said Danny. (everyone stares in dissapointment to Danny.) "DO NOT WANT." (staring happens again.) "(God, when is everyone going to arrive? I'm itching for some missions!)" thought Danny. He sucks at references, like he did earlier with references to CD-i games, that movie called Airplane and foreign Chinese subtitles of Darth Vader saying a big no on Star Wars Episode III. No really. Even the narrator, I, am dissapointed.
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Aura-kun is right [mention @SquadalaGuy[/mention] I bolded the portions that would be violating that. Plus, the post was a bit random and didn't contribute to the plot must. Really it was mostly OOC-worthy stuff. You can leave it for now, since it's harmless and doesn't have to be acknowledged by the other participants, but next time I'll have to ask you to remove it.

And since I'm cluttering the thread with OOC stuff anyway I might as well mention that we're waiting for our last couple participants to post, so that they don't have much to catch up on when they do manage to find their way here. If they haven't posted by tomorrow at 2pm CST I'll be forced to move to the first plot point without them.
 
Rachel was impatient and decided just to continue on with the meeting, figuring she could just debrief everyone later.
"No, it seems as if they don't care about us at all." she said loudly, trying to focus everyone's attention. "It seems the only solution is to prove to them that we really are doing some good, and making a difference. Which I suppose means looking extra hard for some trouble. We need to slow down on the simple task and try to focus our attention on something bigger, something significant. What we need is a real mission." she said the last part with triumph.
"Calvin, will you hop on the computer for a second and see if you can find us anything?"
 
"Will do, Boss." Calvin said with a salute, getting up and going to the computer. Angel hopped off of his shoulder and floated over to Rachel, alighting on her shoulder. After a moment of fast typing and scrolling, Calvin looked up at Rachel. "I think I found one." He announced. "There's a seismic disturbance in the Relic Castle area, and they think it's due to some Pokémon. Should we check that out?"
 
"Crickey!" said Danny. "What's a Relic Castle? Is it a castle full of relics?" Danny has been living in Castelia City ever since he was adopted by a couple, who were the Top Rangers around the city. He knew about everything about Castelia City, but nothing else. He was'nt allowed to explore anything else in Unova. In fact, he had a butler who acted as a babysitter when his adoptive parents were at a mission! "So, is it in a far away dessert, or something like that?" said Danny. He was puzzled. Very.
 
Calvin's eye twitched, and he leveled an implied facepalm stare at Danny. "How the heck did you even pass entrance exams if you don't even know the geography of Unova?" He hissed. "The Relic Castle is the ruins of a city built by one of the twin heroes and his corresponding dragon and are said to have been the heart of a civilization for people and Pokémon in the Unova region. The civilization dates back to at least 2,500 years ago, at which point it was at its peak. It's located just north of Route 4, which is just north of Castelia. Everyone should know at least the latter part of my explanation. Common knowledge, people, come on! And we wonder why the Board thinks we're useless." He turned to Rachel, making an effort to calm down. "So, we going or not?"
 
"A bit ironic, don't you think? I mean, the second we start looking for work rather than sitting on our asses, we find some. Why not look for work earlier?" Charlie messaged Aura. Aura responded "Yes. Work beats no work." Charlie surveyed the board. Rumbling, supposedly pokemon. A groudon, mabye? This seems to be something more though. Groudon aren't native here, and have been known to be docile. Heatran? Who freaking knows. "You two", Charlie said, looking at Danny and Calvin, "Get a room".
 
"Well, that refreshed my memory! At least I read the Pokenet (internet in Pkmn) about these for our training programes" said Danny. "But my passion and knowledge of ranger skills is so stoked and ready! Let's GO! D-D-D-DAN DAN POSE!" Danny flicks his Ranger Styler in the air while Danny backflipped. In perfect timing, Danny finished his backflip and caught the Ranger Styler in time. "Now THAT'S a Dan Dan Pose!" Well, according to this, each Ranger has a special pose.*

OOC: *Well, that is true. I heard it from Rangers of Alima on the DS.
 
"I don't get paid enough to put up with this." Calvin growled, facepalming at Danny's insanity and Charlie's rude intrusion. "Who am I kidding? I never did get paid enough to tolerate this hocum."
 
I feel his pain... said Luke. "What? Who?" Jake answered. Oh, nothing...
 
"Alright, we'll mark that as 'pending'." Calvin huffed, saving that page and looking for another. "How about this? There's a shiny Dodrio running rampant around Pinwheel Forest. Any Trainers that have dared to try and catch it have been violently beaten. The people of Nacrene City are looking for someone who might be able to capture or otherwise neutralize the Dodrio, because it's wreaking havoc amongst the forest Pokemon. How's that sound?"
 
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