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[cobaltruff-blues]

[File: It's a video. its title is simply the system assigning numbers to a file. Will you watch it?... excellent.]

[from this point the events occurring are non diegetic]

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Jack steps away from the Levincia airport, they take out his Rotom Phone and open the camera app, turning on the "selfie" camera, they look... tired and un-rested. Still, they walk to a less noisy part of the city and begin recording forcing a smile on their face, and yet it looks almost fully narural.

"Here we are in the city of Levincia! This is Jack Aranda starting his report on Paldean Shiny Pokémon and the Herba Mystica 'Sparkling Meal Power' capacity to attract encounters with Shiny Pokémon"

Jack pauses the recording and sighs, their tired face overcomes the smile, when was the last time they slept? ... some questions are better left unanswered. Moving to the center of the city, taking advantage of the currently empty arena, Jack takes out one of his pokéballs and quickly extends his hand into the sky.

"Use fly! ... please!"

The pokéball opens and blue energy is released into the air, the blue light swirls in the air and reconstructs into a charizard with a sparkling dark grey scale-coated skin, who immediately pulls Jack into its back and takes off.

"Towards the circular mountains, big guy, and be careful, it's a big fall from the crater's walls!"

Charcoal nodded and roared, its flame exploding into blue fire while speeding across Paldea, following wind currents to enter the crater with haste. Jack didn't miss the opportunity to keep recording as they flew through the skies of this region, from so high up you could almost see Kalos in the far far distance of the horizon, or maybe it was just a weird cloud formation.

"The Paldea region is blooming with a wonderful and wondrous energy known as Terastal Energy. It's been proposed by Professor Briar of the Blueberry Academy, as well as others before, that the bursts of Tera Energy has a direct impact on the flora and fauna of a region. The most noticeable one is the sparkling Pokémon found across Paldea!"

As if invoked by Jack's words, a small family of Dragonite dashed by on the current that Charcoal was riding. One of them had a glowing aura and almost crystalline skin, it was possible to see a reddish pink heart-shaped gemstone on its head.

"But what many don't immediately correlate is that the Phenomenon of Herba Mystica is, in essence, Floral, rather than Faunal, Teracrystalization. There are six currently known forms of Herba Mystica, five originate from Paldea; Spicy, Salty, Sour, Sweet, and Bitter H.M. One species was only discovered in the Blueberry Academy Terrarium!".

Jack murmurs to himself "though i doubt the Paldean authorities will ever be pleased by Briar's Terrarium Core replicating all of this over at BB." He clears his throat, and is about to continue when a Garchomp tackles Charcoal right as it flew around the ring of the crater. Jack and his Charizard fall towards the depths. Video 1 stops here.]

[cobaltruff-blues]

HAIII!

I JUST RECIEVED, OMGZ, SOME VIDEO FILES FROM JACK Y'ALL!!!

✨🥳🥳🥳✨🔥💯

[file: an obnoxiously sparkly (not flashy, just like... if it was made from glitter) gif of a zoroark pogging and shaking while pointing at a poorly photoshopped computer]

IM GONNA SEND THEM IN THE FOLLOWING HOURS, IT'S PROBABLY SOME BOOOORING 🙄🙄🙄🙄 RESEARCH STUFF SO I WON'T BOTHER REVIEWING THEM, THAT'S FOR ✨Y'ALL✨ TO DO NOW, YOU'RE THE NEW LAB

unpaid.

♥ ASSISANTS ♥

[file: another obnoxiously glittery image, this time it's mostly still, and just has the words "pokémon lab professor" and "best pokémon professor ever" to pop up around the same Zoroark as before, with shaky arrows pointing at it]

ANYWAYS GOTTA GO HOPE YOU LIKED MY IMAGES BTW I THOUGHT JACK'S BLOG WAS A BIT BOOOORING 🤓☝️ OTHERWISE

Also don't tell Jack but we might be like... banned from the local market again

BYE!

[cobaltruff-blues]

sigh, I suppose it's time for vacations, I've got an allowance for investigation within Paldea by the Council from Paldea's Pokémon League. I've packed my bags and readied a small team, I'll only be taking Charcoal Copper and Cobalt with me.

I suppose it's about time I talk about a certain... someone

Because of my busy job sometimes I have someone take over the taking care of the "lab" and other pokémon for me... they're a...

Zoroark. They take my form and help me around, (and pull some tricks from time to time doing so), as much weird as it might sound, Zoroark takes pride on doing a good job passing as me, and it's honestly relieving to be able to split off some work

of course i do have to get special food for him afterwards, but it's worth it for both of us!

Alright, my plane will leave in about two hours, so I better get going, I'll leave the account open for Zoroark while im focused on Paldean stuff

[cobaltruff-blues]

weird dreams are at it again, even when I take naps i swear I see things... I can't remember what they are, I just know it... feels bad

Whenever I do... fun things with my friends, it's like if all that vanished away...

I think even my pokémon know something odd is happening

I just hope it's not something bad

[cobaltruff-blues]

(@obletadetective) Salutations! Are there any mysteries you perhaps are in need of solving? -Vinarch

Well... maybe not me, currently, but a friend @deandedenne might have something like that?

[cobaltruff-blues]

Hey Jack apparently I unknowingly made friends with a demon :D

--Garnet (@gymleadergarnet)

I swear this isn't the weirdest thing you could tell me today!

//OOC Sidenote: Hi, apologies to anyone reading this blog, life's happening so I haven't had the energy to invest in it, so for a whiiile Jack's posts will be achronological to "real time". —Tox

[cobaltruff-blues]

"Yes, yes, it's just... I have a question... hhhoooowwwww????"

[they signal to the strange legendary bird, as well as copying the attempted airslash motion]

"hooooowwwwwwww"

[they look beyond bewildered]

Hey Jack! I just found a really strange pokemon and I wanna know if I could bring them over? I was told I couldn't release them out into the wild yet so I'm just kinda stuck with em right now!

@legendarypokemonphotographer

huh? oh yeah sure! I don't mind having more Pokémon around! :D

[after sending this post, Jack leaves his rotom phone on their kitchen counter, before placing something in the oven.] "sigh... I hope this cheers her up, I can feel something has been bugging her since she came back from Unova..." [Jack looks over to his left, a black dog with green accents is observing him] "...You're a legendary, right? would you like to help me cheer up my friend? She likes photographing Pokémon like you, I'll even give you some of what I'm baking!" [the pokémon responded with a "Zybark". Jack just stared back at it for a second.] "I'll take that as a yes" [they walked by the strange pokémon, giving it a small pat before walking towards their backyard-turned-pokémon-ranch]

[cobaltruff-blues]

no problem! it's my job as an aspiring Pokémon professor, to divulge and share knowledge about the creatures that inhabit the world with us!

Did you know Basculin is often mostly found in rivers than in oceans? while it can travel down a river and into a bay it prefers to inhabit rivers and lakes over anything. Though there have been reports of people illicitly throwing them into rivers, this pokémon naturally has an affinity for these bodies of water!

except for the white striped form, not only is it the only Basculin form known to evolve, but also, it has equal affinity for ocean and river water! and you could find it in ancient times across the different bodies of water around Sinnoh!

Oh I believe you've found the elusive white striped Basculin!

It was originally documented in the bays rivers and lakes of ancient Sinnoh, though nowadays it's mostly found deep in the woods north from Kanto, it is however still elusive, I think the only place where it's consistently documented is Kitakami!

I've seen people confuse it with Red Striped Basculin's shiny, though to be fair it's because the shiny form of these pokémon is highly similar to their common form, so I can see why people would think this

[ask from @cobaltruff-blues]

Yeah I found him in Kitakami, I went there to visit my grandparents with my adopted big sis. It was in Timeless Woods. That's so cool though. You sure know a lot about pokemon. Thanks for telling me that cool knowledge friend.

[cobaltruff-blues]

[He quickly goes to answer the door, and upon opening you can see the young man look dumfounded seeing what Alma's carrying]

"...i..."

[they nearly drop a purple Pupitar which proceeds to tackle Jack despite being a pupa]

"ow-"

Hey Jack! I just found a really strange pokemon and I wanna know if I could bring them over? I was told I couldn't release them out into the wild yet so I'm just kinda stuck with em right now!

@legendarypokemonphotographer

huh? oh yeah sure! I don't mind having more Pokémon around! :D

[after sending this post, Jack leaves his rotom phone on their kitchen counter, before placing something in the oven.] "sigh... I hope this cheers her up, I can feel something has been bugging her since she came back from Unova..." [Jack looks over to his left, a black dog with green accents is observing him] "...You're a legendary, right? would you like to help me cheer up my friend? She likes photographing Pokémon like you, I'll even give you some of what I'm baking!" [the pokémon responded with a "Zybark". Jack just stared back at it for a second.] "I'll take that as a yes" [they walked by the strange pokémon, giving it a small pat before walking towards their backyard-turned-pokémon-ranch]

[cobaltruff-blues]

Thank you, I'll be sure to take note of all of this!

:D

Heya there! I see your team has a Tyranitar, I was wondering if you could share some tips of taking care of a Pupitar? I've recently gotten hold of one, but I'm not too familiar with the line, anything would be of great help! And sorry if this is a bit burdensome!

[ask from @cobaltruff-blues ]

Ah, it's no problem at all!

Well, Pupitar tend to be the troublesome stage of the evolution line...they're very excitable. I know it may sound odd but sensory videos kept mine distracted! However, any calming stimulant can work depending on what the Pupitar is interested in.

If that doesn't work, then a closed off play area for it to safely thrash around is a good shout, but this does leave it a bit isolated.

The play area tip was actually more Gordie's idea, Tyranitar's quite fond of him.

[cobaltruff-blues]

Oh I recently caught a shiny Baile forme Oricorio!

it's really such a beautiful sight!

though it pecked me while trying to catch it, lol

Shiny hunter to Shiny breeder communication, and from what I can tell, you're one of those ACTUALLY GOOD Pokémon breeders, thank Arc!

It's sad that being a caring pokémon breeder is worthy of a golden prize and not the norm, but I digress

What is your favorite Shiny Forme of a Pokémon, and why? :D

I'm really curious to see what other people like about shiny pokémon

[ask from @cobaltruff-blues ]

Tbh I think it’s not worthy of a golden prize even if I really want one. I think your universes just suck or something. But I also digress!

I don’t have a favorite! They are just like, yknow, color morphs basically. I mean they AREN’T but ykwim. I tend to really like black ones though, like Camerupt and Oricorio. Black shinies are SOOO clean. Idk if there’s a single black shiny that looks bad :-]

[cobaltruff-blues]

Thank you for sharing! I will be sure to take note of this behavior, ^_^

Greetings. My name is Jack Aranda, I'm a freelance pokémon research assistant from Hoenn, specializing in the research of Shiny Pokémon, and the different environmental factors that could influence Shiny Pokémon appearing, as well as how these Pokémon could affect the behaviors of other of their species.

Formalities aside, I have an informal request, sorta just an ice breaker with other fellow pokémon research peers;

Have any of you encountered Shiny Pokémon, and if so, has there been a pattern, no matter how minimal, you can recall about the environment of the encounter?

thank you for your time

[ask from @cobaltruff-blues ]

Nice to meet you!

On one trip to the jungle, one of the Carvanha schools was shiny. It was smaller than the other groups, but every member was shiny. It was night time and raining pretty hard too.

That's the most notably odd shiny encounter I can recall.

[cobaltruff-blues]

Hey Jack! I just found a really strange pokemon and I wanna know if I could bring them over? I was told I couldn't release them out into the wild yet so I'm just kinda stuck with em right now!

@legendarypokemonphotographer

huh? oh yeah sure! I don't mind having more Pokémon around! :D

[after sending this post, Jack leaves his rotom phone on their kitchen counter, before placing something in the oven.] "sigh... I hope this cheers her up, I can feel something has been bugging her since she came back from Unova..." [Jack looks over to his left, a black dog with green accents is observing him] "...You're a legendary, right? would you like to help me cheer up my friend? She likes photographing Pokémon like you, I'll even give you some of what I'm baking!" [the pokémon responded with a "Zybark". Jack just stared back at it for a second.] "I'll take that as a yes" [they walked by the strange pokémon, giving it a small pat before walking towards their backyard-turned-pokémon-ranch]

[cobaltruff-blues]

thank you for the idea! I think I know how to do that!

maybe I'll also cook something for her...!

I have a friend who's also a Photographer!

though she's... a bit bummed out currently, do you have any idea what I could gift her related to her passion, to cheer her up?

(also, neat Zorua by the way !! :) gotta be one of my favorite pokémon)

[ask from @cobaltruff-blues]

Ok maybe just be there for them...and maybe help them with finding interesting things to photograph.

(and thanks, zoruas are one of my favorite pokemon as well)

[cobaltruff-blues]

I figured since I haven't interacted with anyone besides Alma in a long time, I might as well interact with others through this app

Uh- Reblog this and you may get an ask from me? :D

[cobaltruff-blues]

it's very useful! :D

Guess what? I'm in the area now! :D

@legendarypokemonphotographer

In... .... in the area?

Alma, I beg your pardon, but... what do you mean?

[cobaltruff-blues]

Fair enough!

Well she's probably gonna stay a while, so take your time!

(though i would love to get my hands on a sample of Paldean Soil quickly...)

Guess what? I'm in the area now! :D

@legendarypokemonphotographer

In... .... in the area?

Alma, I beg your pardon, but... what do you mean?