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[attr="class","giada i"]she slips in, a little late and relatively undetected. the speech has only begun moments earlier but she's never been one to show up on time. it's a wonder she even managed to slink in at all. a spot is vacant against the wall, perhaps close enough to hear better but not enough to be noticed. she takes it with ease, settling into the crowd with a neutral face.

marcel maeda is close to her and she offers a slight wave and a wink but nothing further. best to not harass him now... this is business, kind of, sort of?

gifts are given and announcements made and the entire time, she's fighting an eye roll. it's a flashy display and generous, sure, but it strikes her here and now that the lack of women in power is hard to ignore. sorry guys, but the women could step on her any day over ya'll. her interest is piqued at the mention of Katherine Fairburne, however. and when she glances the new gym leader's way, she's letting out of a soft whistle. definitely could step on her, thank you. anyway, she's only half paying attention, gaze shifting across the crowd instead of their new boss. he seems competent enough to pay her so there's no complaints on her part. not really, anyway.

a paycheck is a paycheck and as long as they're giving her work and things to snatch, she's content.

rocket.

When Genesis first got the notification on her phone that team rocket headquarters were trying to get a hold of her, part of her panicked as her heart skipped a beat. She had only been in Hoenn for a month and they are already harassing her about her inactivity in rockets name. Like, really?! WTF?! However upon reading the mass message through sent to all of team rockets members both new and old, she learned she wasn’t in trouble… yet. She was quick to gather her things and meet at rendezvous point.

She remained silent surprisingly as she tried to gather what was going on, being sure to not stick out from the crowd with her being new to the team. Her own gaze shifted to the faces around her, taking note of the faces before returning her attention back to the new boss man. She listened and watched as a legendary pokemon were given out and a new gym leader was announced. Still, Genesis remained silent. It wasn’t her turn to make herself known. She had no reputation or title to hold. If she just a new grunt, nothing more. Should someone call her out, she would acknowledge them. But until the time came, she blended in with the crowd. Her time in shine will come.

Oscar gazed upon the events on stage with a mix of pride and envy. He was ecstatic that Rocket had the resources to provide such powerful boons, but he couldn't help but long to be up there. His ambition was limitless, yet its lack of pay off made him restless. Still, nothing could be done. He had no choice but to bide his time and wait. Soon enough his chance would come.

For now he focused on the new boss, the mysterious Mister Walsh. Oscar didn't care who was in charge, as long as his own plans weren't impeded. Yet his curiosity burned like a bonfire, who was this nobody from Kanto? What had he done to earn this opportunity? Where has he been this whole time? He just showed up and expected everyone to be okay with this. Oscar never met Cadis so he couldn't care less, but he had quite a few friends in this crowd and a lot of them turned on the old Rocket specifically to put Cadis into power. 

Of course that also raised suspicions concerning Cadis's predicament. Was he facing a natural illness? Did this Walsh inflict some horrible plague upon their leader to grab power? Or perhaps Cadis pushed too far into his own research, the possibilities were as endless as they were ridiculous. Oscar sighed, folding his arms in a huff. He was struggling to pretend not to care, he couldn't stand neglecting his concern. 

He was all for having how ever many leaders it took to put Rocket on top, but the nature of this switch was too bizarre. He should have kept quiet, but he really couldn't help himself. "Yeah quick question! Like why should we trust you? I mean I trust you because why shouldn't I, but a lot of these folk are big Cadis fans so um--yeah."

Oscar didn't seem regretful, even if questioning the trustworthiness of his new boss was dangerous. He just wanted to put his curiosity at rest, aaaand maybe reassure those who didn't trust this newcomer. The last thing this guy needed was an uprising.