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The Trickster is a very different job from the Grunts.

Grunts are the muscle of Team Sprocket. They take Evomon via Brute Force. Battling, White/Dark Evo Balls, wacky contraptions, Balloons shaped like Evomon, switchblades...

That's all well and good, yes. But there's one thing that makes it difficult. It's obvious, It's cruel to the Evomon (and Evomon caught in such a manner do not warm up well to the new Trainer) and there's a huge chance of being Blasted off. Or worse, Jailed. (Though with Officer Josie as my Jailer I wouldn't mind so much. Oh bby. wink )

No, Tricksters work differently. Tricksters acquire what they need with out anyone even having to know. By the time Twerpy realizes his Corallus (that he never feeds) is gone, it's too late. And he might even just assume it slithered off somewhere. All the better for us.

The number one rule for being a Trickster? Be Subtle!
Tricksters, like spies, have to do their job with out being detected. So obviously there are a few things to avoid while undercover.

1. Don't wear the uniform while on the job.
The Uniform is awesome, yes. But it's sort of a dead giveaway if you're trying to run a scheme, and all the trainers are in black and white.
2. Don't give your real name. Use an Alias while on the job.
3. Don't use Sprocket Tech unless needed. If you're undercover, and you toss your (horribly tormented) Dark Fausto out, people will notice. Scanner or no Scanner, the black ball is a giveaway.
4. Be charismatic. Acting thuggish is a dead giveaway. Be smooth, be friendly. Then GTFO when they catch you. Which they won't.

And now, some Schemes.

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Sprocket Center.
A Sprocket run Evomon Center. This works well for us in several ways.
First, The Center itself could be a refuge for undercover Sprockets, as it could treat Sprocket Evomon, and hold a storage locker.
However, the real profits are in the link clubs.
A Link Club is a center set up for Battling, and Trading Evomon. One is located in every Evomon Center.
By hacking the Trading device, and filling it with dud Evoballs, we can do very interesting things.
Sprockets can trade duds for rare Evomon. The Machine is rigged to send the Sprocket ball to a holding area, and replace it with a dud. The Evoballs both lock while being re registered, and a day later, Voila! New Evomon for nothing, and it all looks like it's a single person working.

Stealing Evomon that are being treated is another thing entirely. An Evomon Center that does that can't stay open very long, and the scam will have to be ditched.

---Sprocket Gyms---
Setting up a Sprocket Gym is a good thing to do as well.
An operation under the cover of a gym. Getting funded by the league and everything.
Not to mention a great place to covertly snag Evomon. Who would suspect a gym?

---Sprocket Shops---
Not for snagging Evomon, but interesting nonetheless. Open a shop, sell Sprocket made goods for competitive prices, and roll in the profits. Complete with the requisite scheming downstairs.

---Legends---
Obviously, Sprockets need to read into Evomon Legends, because they're usually true.
If you find a rare Evomon Artifact, such as a Moon Flute, or an Angelic Evoball, deliver it to scientists immediately. Thank you.

--More Later--

--Sprocket Exec. Cube B.

Hmm... Perhaps we could do something among the lines of adding something to the local evomon food supply, which will cause them to become slightly sick or develop something that makes them look like their sick, have some members "quarantine" the evomon, and than take the evomon back to our headquarters. When people start asking about what happened to their evomons we could always said that A) They died or B) The "nasty and evil" Team Sprocket has stolen their poor "sick" evomosn and have contacted some elite police officers (other tricksters) to get on the case. Of course, such a case would take a few years to solve at the very least, if it can ever be solved.

Ah, I was actually thinking something along the lines of putting some sort of food coloring into batches of food to make it look like some sort of weird, new virus, perhaps one that supposedly had undetectable or very hard to find symptoms, was spreading. After all, if my evomon's tongue suddenly turned a weird color Id be a bit freaked out. Though, if something like this were ever to be tried perhaps it would be better to do it in a area like a forest? We could have some agents tell trainers or groups of trainers walking around that area that some sort of disease was spreading around and we would have to take their evomon to a facility for diagnosis and treatment. If they ask were the facility is, the agents could reply by saying that it's confidential to ensure that unauthorized peoples could not get in and possibly spread the disease elsewhere. The agents that are involved in this should also probably have some sort of fake identification that will make it look like they're genuine health officials.

For the Sprocket Center, would it be better to have only a few of the machines rigged? It would probably be a bit suspicious if most of the trades happening were those involving dud balls. Also, could it be possible to have a dud ball engineered that would cause trade machines to recognize a evomon in it while there's really none? This way the Sprocket run center wouldn't be the only one with the trade scam going on and it might decrease the chances of that center being investigated.