Master of Faster
He/Him
25
December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
Straight
Mauville Gym Leader
Champion
"With great speed comes great responsibility."
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Josh Devlin
Barrel Behind the Curve [S][C/Lars]
POSTED ON Oct 21, 2022 22:02:00 GMT
"Oh, thank you!" Josh complimented, though his expectations may have been a bit low. The Head Ranger knew how to throw a party, after all. "No, it's okay! Make yourself comfortable. I can pick this game back up at any time." He looked inside to see what Lars had brought. "Alto Maren! Wow, you didn't have to do that. It's a good thing I usually eat supper late!" As Lars expected, Josh immediately locked the new door, and a heavier one at that; thankfully, the League subsidized much of the cost. Anything to protect their Gym Leaders. "I'll still call you Head Ranger Anderson at meetings, but outside that, Lars is great. Thank you. Must come with rising up the ranks, huh? Now that I've got my eyes on a blue uniform a few months out."
"Welcome to Hoenn?" Josh asked semi-rhetorically, dumbfounded as he dug into the pasta covered in white sauce. Lars was way too calm about this. Less than a month into a new Gym Leader's tenure, and someone already had a bounty on his head. "What's that supposed to mean? Are you saying the reason Hoenn's Gym Leaders shift so rapidly is because..." He trailed off; the words "of a high crime problem" would not come out of his mouth. "The League must be that desperate if they're promoting people like me out of the Minor League. Not like I can turn back now, anyway."
Josh was scared stiff. Lars was inferring that high League positions were the targets of assassination attempts and other high crimes on a routine basis. Had he knew the new position come with so much danger, he would never have agreed to the promotion. Hell, he never would have come back to Hoenn. But it was too late now. Even when the barrier was gone, it was too late. He was committed. "Ironic that for the costume contest this year, I dressed up as Raikou's 'Avatar' and called myself 'The Committed.' Because that's what I feel like now. That I have to see this through to the end, no matter what."
"Good to know my secrets are safe with you. So the investigators are keeping me in the loop with their findings, and they have reason to suspect either a member of the DRK Triad or someone working them is responsible for this." Josh let out a deep sigh before taking another bite of his pasta.
"As you know, they are Avatar hunters, and also of potential Avatars. The reason I shared my dream to befriend Raikou back at Lilycove was every single person in that room was a Ranger and therefore count be trusted. Other than that, only a select few people know, the vast majority of which are other Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, and Council members. People more than familiar with how NDA works." To Josh, his logic was sound. "It could also just be a Team Rocket thing, but the case is going cold fast. It may never be solved. However, I think this isn't a coincidence. Have you considered we might have a mole among our high-ranking Rangers, working undercover for the DRK Triad?"
Laurence Anderson {WC: 528} {PC: 3} NAME SPECIES STATUS Janus Espeon Good
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