"Mmm...I like it." he said to wren rourke , his smile placid. He was content where he was. Gods knew he kept busy regardless. "I've not been to Evergrande for work yet but sounds tougher than Lilycove." Any city was a cake walk compared to having to deal with Victory Road nonstop. The event organizers began to move and Paxton fell silent, politely waiting. He clapped along with the rest, turning to look at annalise henderson and Guillermo Marceliño and joining in on the chorus of congratulations before settling down. [break][break]

As Laurence Anderson began to mention of Sénon Game 's paternity leave he's quick to offer another 'Congrats!' out of politeness. He remembered them from work with the Crystlablooms. He nodded along to the explanation, pausing only at the slip into another language. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the man isn't being polite though. And a quick google search later would reveal the Lars' audacity later. He ate another sandwich, letting the Head Ranger finish. [break][break]

His eyes move over to Kaida Adachi at her outburst. And then back to LANCE VOLLANS , as the captain spoke up as well. He snorted when dahlia goode 's name was brought up. Guillermo Marceliño mentions a punishment and he tilted his head curiously. He waited for SACHA ROSIER to speak before then looking over at ollie morales when he followed up. Paxton raised his hand and nodded. "I don't think the precincts will care but I also don't speak for them either. Tha's on the Head Ranger to coordinate." he said with a small shrug before looking back at the more emotional rangers present. "It's not just individual cities at stake, it's the entirety of Hoenn. The staff from Fortree and even Head Ranger showing his own bias, while Petalburg is pulling double duty is unprofessional at best." he added. boruta maher was shouldering both with a lack of staff. Had to blow. "It comes off as self obsessed when you only care about your own city during a crisis that spans beyond you." Not caring for a response he picked up another little pinwheel, his last one, and ate it.

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+ lmao im not listing these tags [break][break]
- talking with wren [break]
- congrats @ anna and memo [break]
- lmao rangers triple duty damn that sucks [break]
- lmao the dahlia slander [break]
- lmao its wild out for fortree pour one out [break]
- tl;dr #dealwithit [break]
- obsessed with these lavaridge pinwheel sammies [break]

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paxton concordas ’s question was met with a shake of his head as he finally set his fork down. did he know what Laurence Anderson had called them here for? ”nope. not a clue.” he kind of hoped there was money involved, but realistically, he figured this was much more likely to be about their impending doom.

it had played a part in why he hadn’t been very social coming in. he had been a ranger for too long to know there was nothing good coming out of this meeting.

he opened the envelope immediately. unsurprisingly, it did not contain a check, but a map. bo set it aside and waited for an explanation, not looking disappointed, because he’d known better.

he clapped for Guillermo Marceliño and annalise henderson and smiled at ollie morales ’s presentation of the shortcake. ”congrats!” he called out.

then, Laurence Anderson took the floor. to hear about Sénon Game gave him mixed feelings. on one hand, he could hardly blame him for being with his family—especially when not being there for his own had been bo’s single greatest regret—but still, with the region under constant attack by outside forces and alien monsters, the loss of head ranger game felt terribly critical.

by the end of the announcement, captains began discussing aid on the opposite side of the region from his own, which would need his full attention. criticisms and the beginnings of an argument ensued. it seemed many of them believed they were there to air their grievances, but from what he could read, decisions had been made.

while he agreed with Guillermo Marceliño that his responsibilities were to his home and his station first and foremost (he was captain of fortree, after all), he was left wondering: petalburg was still inhabited, so why was fortree’s threat greater in terms of the entire region?

it was a question which would likely only throw gas on a steadily growing fire, so he kept it to himself, and waited patiently to confirm his own city’s responsibilities.

to ollie morales ’s offer of ever grande’s help, he finally responded, ”i appreciate that morales, but ever grande city is all the way on the other side of the region, and you guys have league headquarters to protect. if you really think you have the excess manpower, though, we may take you up on that—that is, if i'm correct in assuming rustboro would be largely responsible for the petalburg area...” his eyes passed to Laurence Anderson , as if to hear his opinion, but there was little break in the chaos yet.

when Tam Fawley broke away to address him, he raised his hands in uncertainty but nodded anyways. ”same to you and slateport—but i’m guessing we’ll have our hands pretty full.”

Calliope Marks had the right idea. his eyebrows raised, and he almost nodded, but he stopped himself in the name of being professional.

ranger meeting / + green shard

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