Brows knit in frustration as he weighed the pros and cons of sending those who seemed to figurehead Club Olympus. Was it a gamble they wanted to take? It wasn't a risk they wanted to jump into with eagerness. The only thing that seemed to shift his thoughts was the fact a presence slightly shifted its weight onto the couch beside him. Speak of the devil, Leilani Reinhardt finally meandered into the meeting. Better late than never. The food smelled good but maybe he was a bit too focused on business to consider eating. A sip of beer was enough to give him a boost in confidence to speak up once more.

"While League would be the better option of the two, I feel ultimately Rocket should be the one you gun for first, if you can find the right person to schmooze over. We want to go for the more volatile of the two first if we really want to make a move. The League has their hands tied in keeping their own in line, do you really think they'll be so quick to cooperate with outsiders?"

His eyes focused solely on Jack Magnus as the words trailed off of his tongue. Not too many ideas had been tossed around so he figured he'd take the floor to better extrapolate his own thoughts on the matter. But like vee loxley said, their best bet was to have a failsafe. While it would be ideal to send both Leilani Reinhardt and Jasmine Blair into the fire in regards to negotiations, perhaps their work would be better geared towards forming cooperation with League figureheads. That way they would work their magic while keeping out of harm's way. Team Rocket was the area they wanted to start off with, but they were more volatile, more exacting than League could be -- they kept losing pieces of the chessboard that were supposed to be loyal to their cause. Who knew that so many criminals were prone to switching sides to the winning one? (Ha.)

"They're like a wolf caught in a bear trap, trying to gnaw its foot off. If we move too quickly, we'll be subject to harm," he reasoned. "My suggestion is to offer our help to Rocket first. They'll be able to look past the gang detail far quicker than the league will. However since the representatives of Club Olympus were so cordial to offer their help, I feel they should be the ones to persuade the league's help. As Jasmine stated, for all outsiders know, you're simply a man they entertain."

If truth be told, Virgil was just talking out his ass at this point. He hoped that the more he spoke and tried to smooth out his own idea, the less it seemed like he chose to ramble on and divert any sort of danger from both Jazz and Lani, and Raju Mystic himself fell into that aspect. He knew well that the higher echelons of the league were likely prudent on those who immigrated to the region. If they saw any sort of discrepancies on certain records such as gang violence or criminal activity, the person or people in question would have a target on their backs. The groups within Hoenn were a lot more meticulous than Orthrus wanted to give them credit for.

Besides, Virgil didn't simply graze over the fact certain people had "gang member" or "gang leader" written in their social media profiles. (His eyes squinted a bit more at Magnus at this thought.)

"In short, my ideas are that we should leave the negotiations with the more dangerous group to Magnus and another who wishes to accompany him, the League details to Club Olympus. The rest of us can pool in for a exit strategy should one or both options fall through. Besides, I'm curious to know what ideas you might have for something the two don't have that we can offer."

His attention turned to @deimos at the latter statement.

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