Buckwheat 2026/05/07(Thu)23:03 No. 1126478 ID: ac2578
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>Ask to see it again, slower. It could easily be fake.
>Can i see that badge again?
>How about letting us see that badge at a legible pace?
Kaari: “Okay, instead of shining your badge in my face. Can you just let me read it?”

She pulls it out again, and holds it steady. Still shines in my face a bit, but at least I can make it out.

Kaari: “H.P.N.T: Chief Ranger.”

I have no idea how to tell if her badge is real or not. If I get the chance, I can radio that in to Judith to verify.

>Ask if she has a radio on her.
Kaari: “Do you have a radio on you, Chief Ranger Rosary?”

Rosary: “Yes. Why do you ask?”

Kaari: “Just a few moments ago, we had radioed in for Ranger Judith to come help us here. Lana-”

Rosary: “Now hold up, you radioed for another ranger? Where did you get a park radio to do that?”

Kaari: “She lent it to us. You can go radio her to verify that if you want.”

Rosary: “Yeah, let me just leave two suspicious individuals hanging around an un-permitted area, unsupervised. If I’m walking out of here, the two of you are coming with me.”

Lana: “Shouldn’t you have heard our emergency call to her yourself?”

Rosary: “There have been no alerts in the last hour to switch over to the emergency frequency on the radios. If you contacted her on her personal frequency, no one else would have heard. If that was the case though, she should have put out a request to tune into the emergency frequency.”

She looks the two of us over some more.
Rosary: “Don’t see any blood here, both of you are standing just fine. Please do tell me what your emergency was?”

This pushy attitude of hers is wearing a bit thin on me. She… she sounds like she knows the radio system pretty well though. Ugh, I don’t think I can tell if she’s faking it or just a jerk.

>she's pretty big so I think to prepare for that fight you're gonna want to use what's around you to help.
>Regardless of how she responds, tell her you’d rather wait for Judith or Pitchford to get you out.
If we end up having to fight, I don’t think I should tell her about Lana’s leg injury. Shifting my eyes around the room, I could probably flip the poker table over for cover. There’s a rusty pick-ax hanging up and a hard hat as well.
We could try stalling her for time instead. Keep trying to wait it out for Judith or Pickford to show up.

>>1126478
Show her the injury. Should be blood visible on the bandages.

Going to the entrance to call Judith to confirm your story should be ok, tbh.

OBJECTION!

>Kaari: “Just a few moments ago, we had radioed in for Ranger Judith to come help us here. Lana-”

>Lana: “Shouldn’t you have heard our emergency call to her yourself?”

>Rosary: “There have been no alerts in the last hour to switch over to the emergency frequency on the radios. If you contacted her on her personal frequency, no one else would have heard. If that was the case though, she should have put out a request to tune into the emergency frequency.”

>She looks the two of us over some more.
>Rosary: “Don’t see any blood here, both of you are standing just fine.”

I caught her lying, because Not once did we ever say anything about the emergency being an injury to her. We were about to before she interrupted. And yet she specifically said there was no blood, and that we were standing just fine. If she didn’t hear our conversation with Judith, then how could she have known!? She was specific about blood and us standing too. The only explanation is if she was listening in on our radio conversation. So why didn’t she say anything in our radio chat?! At this point, I’m confident the ranger chief as very untrustworthy, if she even is a chief.

(Just to point out, just because she is a chief doesn’t mean she isn’t working for the bad guys)

>>1126485
Yes! This!

Just want to add, don’t show off Lana’s injury in case we are forced to fight. It’s better for her to believe we are lying about Lana’s injury so she isnt confident to come closer. It is irrelevant because we know she is lying right now about not hearing our conversations with Judith. That is what we need to focus on. We can show the injury as proof when Judith gets here.

>>1126485
Oooh.
Good spotting.
Theres a chance its a mistake on her part but... i dont think so.
Even if it was, a good objection like this will buy the time we need to delay.

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/05/14(Thu)00:12 No. 1126782 ID: ac2578
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>I caught her lying, because Not once did we ever say anything about the emergency being an injury to her.
>she specifically said there was no blood, and that we were standing just fine. If she didn’t hear our conversation with Judith, then how could she have known!?
Think I’ve got a great way to put that theory to the test.
Kaari: “That’s it, I’m putting out a call on Judith’s signal.”

Lana: “Kaari, the mine’s interfering with sending anything out.”

Rosary: “Exactly, return that radio to me now.”

I push down on the button and start speaking.
Kaari: “Who said I was trying to reach Judith?”

Rosary’s Radio: “Who said I was trying to reach Judith?”

Kaari: “You lied to us about not hearing our call to Judith, you’re tuned into her frequency. You heard we called for help with Lana’s leg. Why else would you have pointed out seeing us still standing-”

2/2 Buckwheat 2026/05/14(Thu)00:14 No. 1126784 ID: ac2578
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She pulls out a small axe from the back of her belt.
Rosary: “Alright game’s over then you smartass rabbit. Either of you move and this axe is going through your skulls.”

Lana: “Alright, what do you want from us then?”

Rosary: “First, you’re going to call off the rangers, then you’re going to tell me where that damn fox is hiding. If I like your answer, you get to sit tight in our hideout. If I don’t, one of you gets to be target practice.”

Okay…this is. We’re not dead, and still have a chance to turn this around. Question is, how?
We could try to stall some more for Judith or even Pickford to show up.

I-I could probably swing the table at her, or use it as protection from the axe. There’s a pick on the wall I could grab, and Lana’s got that knife she found.

There’s…there’s Dente as well. Not sure if we can call out for her to do anything but it seems like the bear doesn't realize she's here.

Stall or fight, I’m going to need a solid plan to get out of this.

She doesn't know about the knife. A sneak attack is on the table.

Anyway, tell her there's no way she can kill you here and get away with it, so that means her axe is useless unless she wants to spend the rest of her life behind bars.
She'll probably respond to this by attacking you non-lethally, and well, the knife will even the scales.

...or you could just fucking scream for Pickford. He's gotta be nearby at least, right? Sound should carry pretty well through the mines.

How are you supposed to call off the rangers? You aren't their boss so what are you supposed to say, that you're being kidnapped? Won't that just get the police involved?

as for the fox tell her you came in the mines to ditch her, she's a trouble magnet you'd rather avoid.

>>1126784
Ok.
Im goingbto suggest using a jedi mind trick to get an advantage on what were doing.
Lock eyes with her.
Be light on your feet like youre ready to fight or dodge.
You hold that stare.
Then, you glance to her left quickly and then back to her eyes.
She is alone.
In a escalating fight situation.
There are at least three additional threats she does not know the location of.
The possibility you glanced at someone sneaking to hit her is high.
Shes alert.
Ready to react.
She'll react to the imagined threat.
At that point, you have a mijiscule advantage on whatever it is youre going to do.

Grabbing knife? Running away?
Hurling tools at the scary bear?
I dont know which.
But try the eye thing and it might give you an extra second of action when it all starts.

Lana is a skilled fighter as a former bouncer. You're more skilled in diplomacy thanks to experience dealing with drunk angry unruly customers at the bar.

Take out your phone, and have Lana take out hers and pretend you are recording this. Yes, we're aware the phone doesn't actually record videos, but she doesn't know that. The key here is bluff.

Let her know that if she attacks, it'll be on camera. If she attacks one of us, the other will take that opportunity to escape with evidence, and then she'll have both the rangers, And the police to worry about. Not to mention she'll by that point have blood on her hands with the rangers still on their way. Suggest that right now, it will be for her best interest to cut her losses, and just leave while she still can, let us two enjoy the rest of the date, and we can all forget this ever happened.

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/06/04(Thu)01:08 No. 1127608 ID: ac2578
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>How are you supposed to call off the rangers?
Kaari: “How do you expect us to call off the rangers? The cave blocks the radio signals. You plan on holding us hostage, threaten me with your axe to call Judith. You realize if she’s out there and sees us, you’re done for.”

She gives me a nasty look.

>just leave while she still can, let us two enjoy the rest of the date, and we can all forget this ever happened.
>as for the fox tell her you came in the mines to ditch her, she's a trouble magnet you'd rather avoid.
Kaari: “Look, we ran into the mine to ditch the fox. She’s been nothing but trouble for us tonight and we just want to enjoy the rest of our date. Is that too much to ask for?”

She raises her axe,
Rosary “Then where is she?!”

>Lock eyes with her. Be light on your feet like youre ready to fight or dodge. You hold that stare. Then, you glance to her left quickly and then back to her eyes.
>There are at least three additional threats she does not know the location of. The possibility you glanced at someone sneaking to hit her is high.
I lock eyes with her and prepare to dodge.

2/2 Buckwheat 2026/06/04(Thu)01:08 No. 1127609 ID: ac2578
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Then I glance over her and look surprised. The bear falls for it and looks behind her.

I flip the poker table over and take cover. I hear the loud splintering of wood and look up-

Kaari: “Lana! I wanna go home now!”

The bear is snarling, Lana’s pulling out her knife.

I can’t stop nervously thumping my paw! What in the world do I do?

Push table! Call Lana to help. bear can't pull out the axe if she's dealing with that. And Lana can, I guess, stab her in the face. more psychological trauma but she can deal with that later.

Grab the chair, help Lana pin the fucker in. Remember, you don't have to somehow beat this guy in a fight, all you need to do is make it not worth it to keep trying to attack you and the best way to do that is to make trying to fight you miserable. Close call, but he doesn't have the axe anymore. You have a chair, lana's knife, and potentially that pickaxe above you if things get REALLY awful somehow and you still need another weapon.

>>1127610
Yeah. I like it.
Pull push or slide the table with the axe in it.
Disarm bear or at least make retrieval difficult.

Youve gotta be mad too.
This was a date.
Somewhere calming to get over trauma, and it was.
Then these ASSholes...
So, loud angry noises
Fill the air with profanity, yelling and insults about that bears parentage.

And hope the noise brings in help.

1/4 Buckwheat 2026/06/11(Thu)02:12 No. 1127926 ID: ac2578
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>Push table!
>Grab the chair, help Lana pin the fucker in.
>Call Lana to help.

Kaari: “Lana! Help!”

I get up and charge at the bear with the table.
I feel the impact, and hear the heavy thud. Snarls of pain and anger reach their way into my ears. She’s pissed and so am I!

>This was a date. Somewhere calming to get over trauma, and it was.
>So, loud angry noises. Fill the air with profanity.

Kaari: “This was supposed to be a nice relaxing date for us you rotten shit head sap poacher! Fuck you for making me re-live through everything I’ve been trying to get over!”

Claws scrape against the table and I hear the axe being tugged on.

Kaari: “Lana! She’s grabbing the axe! Do something!”

2/4 (CW: Blood) Buckwheat 2026/06/11(Thu)02:12 No. 1127927 ID: ac2578
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Knife towards the bear, Lana hisses as she charges in to strike. I peek over the table and watch as the knife goes deep into the poacher’s arm. Another loud roar of pain booms through the mine. Lana tugs and tries to pull out the knife, but she’s struggling.

3/4 (CW:Blood) Buckwheat 2026/06/11(Thu)02:13 No. 1127928 ID: ac2578
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A fist retaliates and sends Lana crashing down. There’s… blood on the ground.

Something’s in my paw. Then…

4/4 (CW: Blood) Buckwheat 2026/06/11(Thu)02:53 No. 1127932 ID: ac2578
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Now it’s her blood on the ground…

Don't think about it. tear it out
She won't have time to think when she's staring at the kind of injury no one expects to get.
don't think about it. hit her again

>>1127934
Yeah
Swing low.
Take her knee.
Youre short, perfe t height.
Resist urge to yell timber

don’t want to kill, it’ll complicate things.
I think at this moment, she understands, or will understand the life threatening situation she is in now.
Let her know that right now, the knife and pickaxe is acting as a plug to keep her blood in, and you suggest she doesn’t pull this out, sit down and wait for the ranger to get here to get her to a hospital to treat her internal injuries.

Rapid foot thumping to show how serious you are.

Welp
Dig the pickaxe into her ribcage and pull it off like a crowbar until she surrenders.

1/3 (CW: Blood) Buckwheat 2026/06/27(Sat)04:11 No. 1128630 ID: ac2578
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>don't think about it. hit her again
>Take her knee. You’re short, perfect height.
I AM NOT SHORT! I pull out the pick and-

>don’t want to kill, it’ll complicate things.
-slam the blunt end into her knee and knock her down.

Kaari: “Get back up and I’ll dig into your legs next!”

I…try not to look at her, there’s too much blood for me to stomach. I feel... queasy.

2/3 (CW:Blood) Buckwheat 2026/06/27(Sat)04:11 No. 1128632 ID: ac2578
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I rush over to Lana’s side
Kaari: “Are you okay? Here, let me help you up.”

She doesn’t answer, only groaning in pain. I grab her by the arms and struggle to lift her.

Kaari: “Come on Laaaanaaa, you need to get up! Help me out here.”

Ugh! She’s not saying or doing anything! I try shouting for help again,

Kaari: “Judith! Pickford! Come on we need some help here!”

3/3 Buckwheat 2026/06/27(Sat)04:12 No. 1128633 ID: ac2578
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The clunking and smashing of footsteps echo. A tall figure stands in the entryway of the room. Eyes darting across the scene, then focusing on me.

Pickford: “Thought I told you’s to stay safe and stick to the trails.”

His gaze shifts over to the snarly, bleeding bear. Then back at me.

Pickford: “Gotta a lot of questions for you missy, lets focus on the most pressin one for now. How we going to haul an injured bear out of my mine.”

>>1128633
Tell him it's probably a bad idea to do that anyway. Someone call EMS, they can take her out on a stretcher or something. Right now we need to stop the bleeding. Get that medkit. If there's any sedatives in there, we can use them to knock her out, which will allow you to smuggle Dente out without the poachers knowing for sure that you did it.

It will take a while for EMS to get here, after she's stable. In that time Lana will probably wake up and then we can go find somewhere to hide. Pickford's advice will help there. If Pickford insists on taking Rosary out of the caves, then... maybe he can put her on the table and drag her out on that.

>"How we going to haul an injured bear out of my mine.”

Tell him that Judith is already on her way with a wheelchair, but it seems we might need a second one....

Her friends are no doubt watching the entrance. Going out doesn't seem like a good idea.

and while we're at it maybe Pickford could explain why he told us to "stay safe" and not "the forest is infested with vermin. You need to leave."

Buckwheat 2026/06/28(Sun)16:37 No. 1128682 ID: ac2578
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>maybe Pickford could explain why he told us to "stay safe" and not "the forest is infested with vermin. You need to leave."
Kaari: “Why didn’t you warn us it’d be a good idea to leave instead of just, stay safe."

Pickford: “Didn’t know things were this bad ‘round here. Bum rangers…

>Right now we need to stop the bleeding. Get that medkit.
>Her friends are no doubt watching the entrance. Going out doesn't seem like a good idea.
Kaari: “Ugh, moving her probably isn’t a good idea. She’s probably got others watching the entrance to the mine. Anything useful in the medkit hanging up there? Should try to wrap her up and get her stable.”

He rushes over and pulls a roll of gauze out from the kit.
Pickford: “Don’t make me regret showing ya some mercy now.”

She snarls out in pain, but allows him to dress up the wound.

>Tell him that Judith is already on her way with a wheelchair, but it seems we might need a second one...
Kaari: “Judith’s suppose to be heading our way with a wheelchair for Lana, we might need a second one now.”

He points at the bear,
Pickford: “Probably crush the darn thing putting her into one. Gonna need a stretcher… maybe even a forklift to haul this one out.”

Rosary: “I AM NOT THAT FUCKING HEAVY!”

Pickford: “Mmm, maybe fer a bear you ain’t. Now pipe down ‘fore I get tempted to leave ya to bleed out here.”

>Someone call EMS
Kaari: “We’ll have to get emergency services in here.”

Pickford: “All’s I got is my radio, don’t work so good in here though. Have to head out and radio in fer it.”

Kaari: “I have is my cell phone, but if she’s got others watching the entrance to this place I’m not taking any chances.”

Pickford: “I’ll make the call then, if you don’t mind letting me borrow it.”

He looks over at the bear,
Pickford: “Course, that leaves you alone with her… Shoot.”

>>1128682
I don't think Rosary's moving around like that. You have the pickaxe and the axe, too. I guess if needed you could tie her up a bit.
Lana, though, is she coming around?

Leave something heavy on her legs, like that box of dynamite. It won't exacerbate her injuries since her legs are fine, and if she tries to move it, Kaari can stab her before she has time to get loose.

>Pickford: “Course, that leaves you alone with her… Shoot.”
We can probably use a minecart to wheel her out of here with him. Is there one nearby? Meanwhile you'll stay with Lana and wait for the wheelchair, you'd rather not have to sit with that scary bear after what she put you through.

This will give us time to get that jinx of a fox out of the crates without the donkey knowing.

>>1128735
Mine cart. Maybe a wheel barrow.

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/07/18(Sat)13:56 No. 1129456 ID: ac2578
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>Mine cart. Maybe a wheel barrow.
Kaari: “Think we could hold her down with a mine cart?”

Pickford: “No. Take too long to run an grab one. Might crush’er even.”

>Leave something heavy on her legs, like that box of dynamite.
We’re using those boxes to hide Dente. We could flip the table over and put that on her though.

>I don't think Rosary's moving around like that. You have the pickaxe and the axe, too.
You know what, yeah screw it! I can chop her down again.
Kaari: “Okay, I’ll stand watch and you can radio in for more help then Pickford.”

Pickford: “Okay.”

He turns to the bear on his way out,
Pickford: “Mess with’em two anymore. Make you wish you bled out.”

> Lana, though, is she coming around?
I glance back over at Lana, she’s still on the ground. I can hear her groaning a bit.

2/2 Buckwheat 2026/07/18(Sat)13:58 No. 1129457 ID: ac2578
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It gets tense waiting for him to come back. Stupid bear goes and breaks the silence.

Rosary: “Hope I gave your girlfriend a concussion.”

Kaari: “Hope you get life without parole for what you did.”

She groans out in pain,
Rosary: “I-I’ve…got cash and resources to bail and run, rabbit. Wh-what do you have?”

Kaari: “I have my loving girlfriend Lana, and she’s all I’ll ever need!”
Rosary: “Enough to-”

She starts breaking out into a coughing fit.
Rosary: “-protect you from what’s next? Word gets out you did this to me. It’s rabbit season.”

There’s a long pause of silence, broken up by her shallow breathing.
Rosary: “You want to go through that? You…do you want her to go through that?”

I clench onto the pickax.
Kaari: “No. I’m not going to let that happen either.”

Rosary: “Wh-what do you plan on doing about that then?”

My mind starts racing all over the place.
I could finish her right here, right now. Maybe get Pickford and Judith to tell a cover up story for things, throw Dente under the bus even. Could say she did it. Yeah!

Ugh, maybe that’s jumping the gun though. Could try bargaining with her. Could I even trust her word though?

I need to think of something, I am not letting myself dragged into this mess any further!

Okay, what benefit does she get from telling us this? The fact that she is saying these things to you means she fears prison more than death for some reason and wants you to finish her off... if she's not the gang leader, could the actual leader be scary enough to punish her in prison and make her suffer a fate worse than death? I can't think of any other reason why she would want us to kill her other than not wanting to talk in trial.

In any case, I don't think this is a petty enough crime for her to simply help her bail out of prison. And if for some reason it is, there's always witness protection services, which would suck, but it is what it is. She is just trying to scare you into acting.

For now, just ask why in the world she would even be telling you this stuff, other than to scare you into murdering her? What does she have to gain? What's she scared about?

>>1129457
Shes trying to get you to finish her.
Dont buy it.

Everything she said reinforces a position that her surviving this is bad for you.
If she wanted to survive she wouldnt share any of this.
Therefore;
Shes either trying to get you close enough so she can try to overpower you.
Or
She actually fears the consequences of being taken alive.

its gotta be bait. She's important, she's got connections. yeah? Whys she down in a hole then? Nobody lower down the totem pole you could have sent to intimidate two nobodies? You bluff as well as you threaten.

1/2 Buckwheat 2026/08/12(Wed)22:35 No. 1130903 ID: ac2578
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>Everything she said reinforces a position that her surviving this is bad for you. If she wanted to survive she wouldn’t share any of this.
>Shes either trying to get you close enough so she can try to overpower you. Or, she actually fears the consequences of being taken alive.
Kaari: “I’m not playing these games or falling for your tricks. Whatever happens…

>there's always witness protection services, which would suck, but it is what it is. She is just trying to scare you into acting.
Kaari: “We have resources of our own stay safe.”

Rosary: “A nobody fleabag who can’t even handle bartending has resources?”

How does she know I bartend, or about my fleas even?

Rosary: “You’re out in open fields rabbit. When we-”

I snap and cut here off!

Kaari: “Would you just shut up! I don’t care what care happens to you, or what your stupid sap poachers or drug dealer friends want to do! At this point, I’m more worried about what’s going to happen to Lana!”

2/2 Buckwheat 2026/08/12(Wed)22:35 No. 1130904 ID: ac2578
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I turn back over to Lana, she’s still on the ground.
Kaari: “Lana, please get up. You’ve got me worried sick here.”
She’s still out of it, making the occasional groan. I almost debate lifting her head up to check for blood, but help finally rushes into the cave.

Judith: “Get the panther on the stretcher and move her to the back of the ranger! Pickford, work with first responders to keep that bear stable till the ambulance arrives. Kaari, follow along and fill me in!”
I start following but look back at the crates where Dente’s hiding. Should I…say anything about her?

hmmm, yeah she might be running out of air. But not here, once you're out of earshot of the bear let Judith know there's someone hiding from the poachers in the box.

The only other person who knew about your fleas is Luanne. You only really told Lana about it, but she showed up at Lana’s place when you were there with fleas. If anyone told her about you, it’s probably Luanne.

Oh yeah, you have to let her know when the bear is out of earshot. tell her to stop/slowdown and let her know now.

A few things stick put about the criminals.
- The weird gargling water noise from the sink coincided with that happening to Lana's sink. In the bar the water was suspicious. In Lana's house, the water bubbled and she passed out - was there gas or poison in it?

- Kaari had her water turned off and it lead to her flea troubles.

Do the criminals have access to the water piping somehow?

- SOMEONE at the bar spiked the champaigne, either the whole bottle or the drinks. Not to mention sabotaged the bar in general, probably to get the band to quit early or something.

While Luanne does know about the fleas issue and her bartending, its not a stretch that Kaari was watched by the criminals at some point.

Dente wouldn't know about the fleas unless he heard it from the talk with Judith. And Judith seems too legit in general. Luanne seems to know both but why would she help Lana then?

I think the bear bugged Judiths office. That would let her keep tabs on the rangers to evade them. And would explain how she knows about bartending/fleas as it was talked about with Judith.

Another note with the criminals, they were entirely too willing to get civvies to kill them or finish them. Either they're spiteful enough to get civvies in trouble for murder in non-self defense (implying a cop is in on this) or they fear getting caught and 'bailed out'.

When you get back home, probably best to double check your sink and check if there's any sign of intrusion or theft (or surveilance bugs).

First priority, tell Judith poachers are pretending to be Rangers, have badges, and were listening in on the frequency you were using.

The wolverine you chased away earlier also had a radio, so its clear the poachers were spying on the rangers or have someone on the inside who knows how things work. Make sure anyone using the radio can properly ID themselves as an actual ranger (ID number, full name, etc) or switches to another frequency.

And if you catch the Wolverine or other poachers, check their frequency, it might be the one used by their criminal group to spy on THEM.

First off, tell her that these aren't just random poachers that she's dealing with. This is an organized crime syndicate with ties to a drug cartel. They also know way too much about how the rangers operate; enough to impersonate them and spy on them at least, and possibly to infiltrate them at worst. Some of her coworkers might be compromised; they're clearly not above blackmail after all. This is probably something that is going to require a coordinated law enforcement response.

Before you say anything about Dente, pause for a moment. Mention that Rosary knew that you had fleas for seemingly no reason. Then bring up the fact that Judith also knew you had fleas without you having said anything to her about them, all the way back at the ranger station. Play it off as a fit of paranoia — "first the water pipes, now this" — but ask her how she knew.

>>1130907
Yeah. This.