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Tender Actions for Characters Who Are Yearning (But Not Together… Yet)

(aka: I crave you in silence, and if you notice, I’ll die and also be thrilled)

・❥・Letting their hand hover near yours but never quite touching. Every atom screaming: please reach back.

・❥・ Saving the last bite of something, “just in case you wanted it.” (They always do. You always remember.)

・❥・ Fixing their backpack strap, even when it’s not falling.

・❥・ Offering your umbrella wordlessly. Standing a little closer than needed.

・❥・ Sitting beside them at a group thing before your brain catches up. Like it’s instinct.

・❥・ Casually mentioning something they said weeks ago. Something small. Something they didn’t think you’d remember.

・❥・ Carrying an extra pen, just in case they forget.

・❥・ Letting them rant. Letting them ramble. Letting them be.

・❥・ Your eyes finding theirs in a crowd before your brain says, look away.

・❥・ Brushing against them “by accident” and apologizing even though it lit your whole nervous system on fire.

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What is needed.

"Of course, because you're such a swiving -genius-."

The words cut right into her, and she took a step back, the shock apparent on her face. Klynt's eyes flashed, her face harsh and cutting, like she was squaring off against a monster, and thats how Apple felt in the moment, like a monster.

But the expression crumbled in an instance, replaced with shock, fear, and shame. Klynt looked away, her strong arms brushing away Apple's outstretched hand. She swivled around, looking for an exit in the crowd. She didn't belong here, not amongst the Forum and all these academics. Even amongst the enomously large architecture she felt stifled and… frustrated.

Apple reached out again only for Klynt to mumble out an… apology? something incomprehensable and soft, and her muscular form was sprinting out of the crowd to an exit, leaving her gobsmacked and incredibly alone.

It was unexpected, she'd never really seen Klynt shaken from that cocky bravado and warmth that she typically brought into the room. The words were cruel too, almost feeling like resentment or… hatred towards her. It felt out of the blue, was she upset about having to come her? Becoming an Archon certainly had a degree of importance to Apple, but maybe it was too selfish to ask Klynt to come? Apple had always had a bit of resentment of how arogant Sharlayan culture could be, maybe, perhaps she had been cruel or dismissive without knowing it?

It didn't make sense though. Klynt was very direct, she didn't suffer ill behavior, especially amongst people she cared about. She recalled many situation in which she'd been jabbed in the side for speaking to nerdy for a crowd to understand, or watching Reinhardt get a painful reminder with the butt end of a spear when he was getting to big for his britches in training. Hells, even Zoisette had to suffer many reminders to stop being stuffy and relax. Klynt would have told her if she'd been acting cruel.

So why?

The hurt she felt dried up in a moment, replaced with confusion, and the beginning of an understanding. It wasn't about Apple, and like all puzzles that the young summoner had encountered in her life, she began by formulating a solution.

Klynt was hungover and felt like two tonnes of shite in a one tone shite sack. What the hell had she been thinking, it was Apple's big day and she ruined it. She never should have come to something so… stuffy like this. So many arseholes looking at her like… like she didn't belong. And she didn't, she didn't understand half of what people were talking about, and Apple was just… moving right through all of it, keeping up.

But she had never looked at her like they did, not once. So why would she say that? She needed to jet, get out and away and figure out a way to fix this. Needed to be alone for awhile while she cooled off. She heard a tapping at the door, and levin shocked through her veins at the thought of seeing her again. It had to be her too, probably tracked her down after she didn't come to the houseboat last night.

She hesitated for moments, hoping Apple might give up, think she wasn't there, but it was persistant. Sighing, she opened the door, squinting at the sunlight piercing in, fueling the pounding headache.

There she was, looking resolute, and rediculous. She wore a wide brimed hat with fishing lures stuck into the brim in a wide array. She wore large, baggy pants that, as she looked up, turned out to be overalls, bulky gloves, and wide boots. She held out a fishing pole towards her.

"Come with me." she said, firmly. It was unexpected of her. She wasn't one for broad declarations or commands. Klynt did not want to go, best not to risk another outburst until she cooled off, the last thing she needed was to hurt her again.

"Apple, I-"

She was cut off by simple, true words. "Trust me. You need this."

There was something in her voice that made her believe it, and without saying anything else, Klynt reached up and took the pole. Apple turned and headed down the perfect marbled steps of Sharlayan, out from the city along the cold yet vibrant bay, out to where the houseboat was beached, two big chairs already lined up on the back deck.

She hadn't said a word, and still hadn't. It made Klynt nervous, expecting to be rightfully dressed down for her behavior. Apple instead sat right down, picking up the rod she'd left there, already rigged with a shuny silver surface lure, and cast it out beatifully. She looked up at Klynt expectantly, and she sighed, half feeling like she wanted to throw up, instead she took a seat, digging through the tackle box and rigging up a live bait bobber, casting out into calm waves.

The awkwardness was unbearable for both of them, sitting out looking at anything but each other. The moment that broke them out of it was certain when Apple hooked the first fish of the day, a rather sizeable sea bass, at that, the two of them lost all their tention in the fight to land it, taking turns on the rod as they wore it down over a good fifteen minutes, ending in a big laugh as Klynt had to go diving for her rod after the bobber of her own rig started violently pulling. She managed to save the fishing pole at the expense of her line. Had to have been a shark.

The pulled it on deck, all thoughts of the previous night pushed back to talk of their biggest catch stories, the best recipes for a good bass like this, should they change up their lures as the morning shifted to midday? They certainly had settled on the right strategy, as their efforts caught them several small cod, and a rather massive halibut before hunger started to set in.

Of course, Klynt was trying to get an apology out, but with the way Apple was chatting away about nothing and everything, and the flurry of activity between catching and preparing them and working together on a hearty meal… it just didn't feel right breaking the mood. They started telling stories, laughing about fond memories of them and their friends, awkward stories about their childhoods, a rather rousing discussion about tropical fashion and how Limsa really needed to get some more skin and color out in the open just to have something pretty to look out amongst all the limestone.

It was early evening by the time their cooking and dining was complete. They'd found themselves wrapped up on the lounging couch together, Klynt wrapping Apple up in an appreciative embrace.

"You were right." Klynt finally found the words. "I needed this."

Apple laid back against her lover, her entire body relaxing from relief. "Yes you did."

"I'm sorry."

"I know."

"You did?"

Apple smirked, tilting her head to look up at Klynt. "It didn't make sense, is all. I figured it didn't really have anything to do with me."

"Doesn't make it any more right, though."

Apple paused, thinking. "It's alright, I know you'll make it up to me."

A longer pause, ended by the sound of a sharp gasp of surprise, followed by a low moan as she felt lips along the side of her neck, and strong hands wandering up her abdomen to caress her.

Klynt purred a promise into her ear. "Yes. I will." ———————————————————————————————————————-

Starlight poured in brilliantly through the windows of the shored boat, and Apple felt safe and content with her lover curled up against her. She closed her eyes, trying to drift to sleep…

"Trust me. You need this." ugh… if nothing else, her father could lay on the charm, and she had been too guilty to turn him away. Apple begrudgingly took the fishing pole. She couldn't remember what she had been upset about, not after all the laughter at his bad jokes, the flustered embarrassment as he asked about her crushes, the big flounder that she'd managed to reel in all on her own… She remembered the last words she ever spoke to him. "You were right. I needed this."

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Fireflow Volcano Caldera

Good news everyone, we followed the illumina signals to their source, deep in the caldera of the volcano. The intense heat was messing with our readings, but thankfully I was able to get a visual of a -pair- of Illumina pokemon!

Volcarona are typically not nearly this large typically the size of a large dog, but these were truly massive, I would guess in the seven to eight feet tall range. These moth-like pokemon are drawn, like their counterparts to the bright magma in deep volcanic caves, making this the perfect habitat, curiously they seemed to both have an identical spectrum of illumina light, I'm curious if the same phenomenon affected the two specimens at the same time?

These two led me through a merry chase up the hollowed out cavern, making them frustrating to capture in their illumina state, thankfully, my chase appeared to wear them out, enough so that...

They were somehow able to draw in the illumina energy stored by this crystalbloom. I'm curious as to if this is the biological purpose of these unique flora, some sort of light energy able to transmit itself into pokemon using a conduit. Curious as to if there is some evolutionary purpose for this phenomenon or if it is simply a unique property in these specimens... In any case, they were quick to flutter off after recharging, unable to keep up and losing power on the NEO-ONE, I was forced back to camp, and ultimately we decided to pursue a new reading closer to home base. Back to Belusylva Island, we're going to be riding the rivers to a hopefully good spot to climb the mountain.

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On account of my age, I have to pick November Rain for the playlist ask.

Ahskdbs funniest possible reason xD

Apple and Klynt find equilibrium after a number of issues with mismatched expectations and unintended hurts. Apple is relatively new to this 'wanting a relationship' thing, and she immediately chose hard-mode by first falling for Zoissette, who is happily monogamous, then for Klynt, who is adamantly not. Klynt is a ho and will not suffer a jealous partner, but they're friends before they're lovers, and neither wants to give up on making it work, despite these initial issues.

(they also bond bc Klynt -also- fell for Zoissette a long time ago, so they have a time when they're being sad sacks together and moping and watching Zoissette be happy. this is not the healthiest way they can deal with their shared longing but they could be worse :B )

November Rain is a song about coming through the troubles and trials and making a choice to choose each other. Nothing lasts forever, and that includes love, but it also includes the cold November Rains.

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Fireflow Volcano First Expedition

Well, I have to hand it to the science engineering team on this one. Using modifications to the NEO-ONE, we managed to get temperature control to the point of sending me up to the caldera of the volcano, the Illumina signal clearly lead to a fire pokemon of some sort, and it looked like it lived or partially lived within the magma itself. I never could have imagined this project would lead to this, and I want to take some time to thank you all for boosting these findings to the scientific community. For each and every one of you supporting this project... thank you. Now to show you what life is like in one of the hottest and toxic environments on this planet!

The launching point for this expedition was at the edge of the badlands, at a hot springs located a ways away from the caldera itself. Here I came across a flock of Alteria, a unique pokemon that develop buoyant clouds around its body and wings, allowing it to more float than fly, in truth. This flock was agitated by a pack of Luxray, likely the same large group the Shinx we encountered belonged to.

The Alteria eventually made their way back to the springs, happy to rest on the pleasant waters.

The Luxray also wandered back eventually, making a show of how unintimidated they were of me and my machine.

As I made my way down into the caldera, I was shocked to hear a great clatter from behind, as several Graveler curled up to try and take me out! Clearly they viewed me as a threat, but fortunately the evasion boosters kicked me upwards out of their range. Be sure to be careful when bouldering folks, these pokemon have no qualms about barreling right over or through you if necessary.

With a large roar, I was welcomed to the Caldera to see a Tyrantrum in hot pursuit of a panicked Monferno. Monfernos are known for their mischievous nature, and I could only assume it had certainly earned the ire of this gigantic Rock pokemon, which is, itself, named for its rather surly demeanor. Fun fact, given that this island cluster has been uninhabited for centuries at least, it's likely that this fossil pokemon is actually not extinct, as previously thought. While fossil restoration and reintroduction has become a standard practice, it seems ancient pokemon survived to modern times on their own!

With the Monferno evading up into the mountains, the Tyrantrum settled for taking its anger out on another revealed surviving ancient pokemon, Archeops.

Arceops is known as something of missing link between saurian species and modern bird pokemon. It is capable of flight but still retains scales and an elongated tail. They certainly flock like many modern bird species as well, gathering together to scare off even the mighty Tyrantrum.

Slugma was a pokemon I expected to encounter as I proceeded into the volcano, though it truly was difficult to make them out amongst the bright lava flows. Slugma are themselves partially composed of magma, and surprisingly skittish!

Sorry, bud!

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JUNELEZEN 2025 - CHANGING OF THE GUARD

I was surprised to meet Nyx in the caves. I had thought the space long abandoned, well on its way to becoming a lost secret of the age.

Nyx, however, was not surprised to see me. They were expecting me.

I remember... I remember I told them I would not need help with the few poroggos and other forgotten and abandoned familiars.

But it was not them Nyx wished to look after.

I did not argue with them. Truthfully, I found their presence reassuring, during those last few steps.

They were... unusually chatty.

I wonder if they know how much the gesture meant to me.

Thank you, Nyx.

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“She knows just how strong and stubborn she is, and I admire how she is my opposite in both. I don’t think she knows how kind and intelligent she is though. It’s funny how quickly I came to care for her, I’m honestly surprised she noticed me in the first place.”

All in all, I feel fortunate to know her, to see the sides of her she doesn’t see in herself, and above all, to be inspired by her.

I suppose I’m quite fond of her

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How would your wol(oc) describe their partner(s)?

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Badlands Night First Expedition

I feel I could stay in each of these environments for a lifetime and still only scratch the surface, and the nightlife here really is quite amazing!

First up, it looks like the rockruff joined the little gang of young pokemon, these four looked to be gathering for a night of mischief, I was impressed with how unbothered they were by the geyser's blasts, which speaks to how common they must be! If it weren't for the two fire types, this'd make the start of a really fantastic competitive team, i'd say! (dont quote me on that, i'm terrible at battles)

A lovely shot of a roosting Vivillion, this one bearing the savannah pattern!

Fed this Kangaskhan a fluffruit, and I suppose every parent has a bit of childhood left in them. She was quite happy to get a treat!

Gliscor were the only pokemon I found specifically in nighttime compared to day, and as a nocturnal pokemon, it's hardly surprising. Gliscor's tails were quite dynamic, being strong and maneuverable, and also the main source of inflicting poison through the sharp stingers. They actually sleep by stabbing into rock formations like this and hanging above any pokemon that might harass or predate them.

Pretty frightening seeing them up close like this. Like the Lycanrock midnight form, they like to use moves like scary face to intimidate threats and cower their prey!

The crystalblooms continue to have quite incredible properties, in this case activating it lit up the toxic pools, glowing a vibrant green that seemed to invigorate the local Swalot!. They erupted from the depths with gusto! I suspect that the chemicals might have been activated, providing a powerful chemical reaction and the equivalent of a delicious meal for the creatures!

The Scolipede also couldn't resist this phenomenon, rolling around like a Mabostiff on a dead skuntank! It was interesting to see such a joyous reaction from a large a powerful bug pokemon like this!

Well hello to you too!

As I left the area, the Torchic decided to serenade me with a lovely song, which Tepig seemed to particularly love as well! Hard not to get attached to these guys, they really seemed to be living life with aplomb!

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I am enjoying the Pokémon adventure! And I am so happy Apple is finding friends in GA!

Thanks! It's been a fun way to distract myself from... the world!

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You don't have anon on lol

Oops! Lemme fix that…

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Anonymously tell me something you like about my OCs

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Badlands Day First Expedition

Our expedition pressed on past the desert towards Fireflow Volcano, which made for tough going, with its arid, craggy terrain. The canyons here were carved out from rivers flowing off rain from the volcano, and there were several geysers expelling pressure from the underground magma and water flows. This would turn out to be a rather important gathering point for some of the more unique pokemon types, as well!

My first encounter was this rather fearless and friendly Tepig! Tepig are generally found around dry, hot climates like this, the arid temperature able to drop their internal heat without cooling too much. Tepig tend to be a little on the chilly side at room temperature, you see. Characteristic of popular partner pokemon, these specimens are a good choice for any professor to offer for a pokemon journey, as they are naturally curious and tend to befriend other pokemon and people easily.

The Minior shower from yesterday had some strikes here, it seemed. Minior can get stuck in terrain like this, having to accumulate energy to extract themselves with their psychic abilities. There are a few scientists that speculate that the psychic typing is actually something that has permeated from extraterrestrial sources. Several pokemon like Clefairy, Zatu, and Beheeyem are speculated to have arrived here from other worlds or in the upper atmosphere, and brought that cosmic energy with them!

Diglett are everywhere. No, really. Almost every single region has a record of these pokemon in some sort of regional variation at best. Some of my colleagues surmise that they actually live and breed within the crust of the earth, and there could be untold amounts of them living in those strata, thus they pop up just about anywhere! I find them somewhat cute, and can attest that they move through hard rock and soil like a fish swims in water.

The Mandibuzz I saw roosting at the edge of the desert have a very large colony here. Their nests are a bit to far up to get a look at, but the frequent trips I see with carrion indicate that they aren't too far away.

Rockruff are so cute! I had a feeling i'd encounter one with the Lycanroc we've already encountered, and this little guy was all too happy to come bounding up to gobble up a fluffruit. Unfortunately they are not the fluffiest of creatures, as their skin is actually made up of tough minerals and sandshales.

At first I thought I was getting a shot of this Hippowdon overlooking the valley, until this bounder grew legs and claws, and I caught view of a familiar face! In my own pokemon journey I picked up a little Dwebble in the Caskade region where I grew up, and unfortunately I couldn't keep it in my college dorm after it evolved, mom is still taking care of him, thankfully, he's rather happy helping her with landscaping. Crustle evolve when dwebbles get too powerful to contain their hard shells, trading it for a shelf of a plateau. They are incredibly strong, but do tend to get stuck, overestimating their size and the awkwardness of their square shape.

Swalot is a highly toxic pokemon, attracted to this area of volcanic superheated chemical geysers. While stepping outside of the NEO-ONE would see me dead in seconds due to these volatile fumes, these pokemon actually feed off of the stuff, happy to roll around in the superheated pools to draw in the chemicals through its skin! Life finds a way, as they say, and it's so fascinating to see rare poison type pokemon here!

Koffing are also in this area, syphoning off the fumes from the geysers, and from the Swalot as well! These guys use toxic clouds not only to use as poisonous moves, but to float around the environment, allowing them to escape predation and to hover up to the source of polluted air! Interesting to see these guys outside of industrial city areas!

Scoliopedes are also poisonous bug type pokemon, though these are highly evolved and thus reach rather enormous sizes, especially for bug types. They act similar to Buffalant or Tauros, in that they tend to charge their foes with their impressive horns, and show off domination displays by rutting! Careful to keep you distance though, they are quite poisonous and people are very tiny!

Interesting to see a Salazzle here! These pokemon are known for their salacious poses, only females evolve to get this big, and they tend to distract potential threats with fairy type charm effects by dancing!

There were several large holes driven through this area of the canyon, which perpleced me until I felt the rumbling and caught the originator of them! Onix clearly lived here in a massive colony, almost like gigantic termites in a mound, burrowing from cliffside to cliffside, not sure if it was for migration or play?

One more to pull at your heartstrings. Pokemon can have a tendency to form friendships with other species, especially younger, unevolved species. While we've seen Tepig and Torchic in the region already, I was surprised to see a Shinx leading them in a merry run! I found myself cheering them on their edventure!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Desert Night First Expedition

Hello everyone! After a rather sweltering day surveying the desert, we're bracing for a chilly night. I have to say, this may be the most gorgeous night sky i've ever seen, so far from the light pollution of the civilized world, and with the sparse cloud coverage. I found myself admiring the sky as much as the Pokemon running about!

Cacnea are surprisingly quite active during the night, likely using the daylight hours to absorb the sunlight they need, these little guys were running and rolling around the dunes. While many pokemon burn their energy in hunting, these guys tend to expend it in play and socializing, getting most of their sustenance from sunlight and water.

Mandibuzz, on the other hand, seemed to be resting in the evening, enjoying a nice roost in their cliffside nests, hiding away their vulnerable Vullaby offspring and delivering the days carrion to them. This particular individual seemed to be on sentry duty for the evening, keeping its eyes on me as I moved through the area.

Found two Skorupi having a bit of a standoff. While these pokemon are highly poisonous, they rarely resort to attacking other pokemon or people, relying on these intimidation tactics to encourage threats to back off, or to run off competition.

What a sight! Sandshrew can curl up into their armor-like carapaces to roll quickly, leveraging the height of the sand dunes to quickly travel or escape those that would do them harm. These two were moving so fast I barely got this shot in time!

Seems this is a night for face offs! Lycanroc in the midnight evolutionary forms are fairly territorial, relying on their frightening presence to intimidate other pokemon to flee. This younger one was out of his depth, it seemed, as he took off in fear.

Kangaskhan! These dutiful pokemon are dedicated to the care of their children, carrying them in specialized pouches to keep them safe! These two were enjoying a rest at the Oasis pond, likely getting some rest after a long day trekking through the desert. I imagine sleep wasn't far from these two.

Its hard to capture the feeling of majesty when encountering Onix. Their size is so impressively large, but seeing them sleeping curled up like this made them feel somehow so tiny? There was a whole colony of them, nestled in a valley nestled at the foot of a large canyon.

A bit of noise and a flare of light brought my attention skyward, suddenly

What looked like a far off meteor shower turned out to be much closer than I had assumed. With Miniors pelting the dunes in great numbers! Scientists are not sure if these brightly colored rock pokemon actually come from space or if they simply float to the lower stratosphere and crash to the ground. It was nonetheless frightening, as I dont think even the neo-ONE would withstand a hit from these guys making landfall.

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Voluca Island Desert Day First Expedition

Greetings, intrepid explorers! Our research is following a new reading on our spectrometer, this time extended all the way across the archipelago to the massive and appropriately named Voluca Island! This is a very arid region of mountainous crags, canyons, and a rather large volcano. The Voluca desert is the only area of the island accessible by boat, a small beach leads out to the vast dunes, cut off by the region's rainstorms by the mountainous cliffsides it is nestled between. While our quarry seems to rest around the Volcano, this environment was teeming with pokemon, and we wasted no time setting up a survey expedition!

Hope everyone likes my arid field gear, its nice and breathable, while still being tough enough to bear off the chill of the night. I recommend anyone venturing into this sort of climate keep versatility in mind! Anyway, right, pokemon.

Heliolisks are well adapted to the dunes, their feet and body designed to maximize surface tension, allowing them to run across the sand at great speeds without their feet sinking in the loose soil. Their large frills also can absorb sunlight for use in powerful moves that can stun predators!

Small, localized dust devils like this are a frequent occurrence, one that swept up this poor Skorupi. Thankfully this one landed off in a soft patch of sand, and the impact was lessoned, leaving a confused pokemon frantically digging a burrow to hide.

Mandibuzz fly close in with no fear, certainly sizing me up for survivability, never having encountered humans before. These massive birds are carrion eaters, primarily, searching the vast dunes for dead prey to consume. As a social aspect, they tend to use the bones of their meals to adorn their feathers, helping each other weave them into the tufts of down. Whether this is purely aesthetic, or showing off how adept they are at finding meals is unknown.

Managed to find an Oasis high on the dunes, near the start of what seemed to be a cutout to a canyon system leading into the mountains. Likely a runoff of what used to be a canyon river that drained into an underground river, the small pond served as a gathering spot for many pokemon, such as a herd of Hippowdon. This particular specimen is male, as they maintain some of the yellow coloration through their evolution, whereas females take on the darker black coloration. He was very content to wallow in the water, Hippowdon like this tend to store water for their long journeys, digging through the ground as they herd from water source to water source.

Managed to find, and feed, this little torchic! Like the emolga in Florio, she seemed happier with a hot meal, likely to fuel this fire pokemon's intense internal body heat. Deserts are prime locations to find wild Combuskin, with the intense heat and vast distances allowing them to burn hot as they train. Looks like this little one was enjoying a break by the water though!

Managed to spot a view a few desert patter Vivillions flittering about this massive sinkholes, though they knew well enough to keep their distance from them, as ...

Trapinch were waiting within the center of these depressions, having dug them out themselves. Trapinch are ambush predators, relying on prey falling into their well, traps, unable to climb out due to the fragile, sandy walls. With a pounce and a bite from those powerful jaws, the trap really does this pokemon's work for them!

Next up, nightime!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: The Silverberg Research Center

Sorry its been a bit since my last update, have big, big news! Grant funding has come in and the scientific community is really banding together to work on this project. I think this blog got some eyes on this and all the nerds are traveling up to work with me. Seeing as we needed a place for everyone, I present...

So here's the overall grounds, the main lab is on the left, has our computer servers and a high tech spectrometer scanner to track the Illumina pings we get. There's also a garage for tinkering with the NEO-ONE, some basic laboratory setups for any tests we need to conduct, and one of the nicest kitchens i've had access to!

All the staff are homed in these very lovely tiny homes, we actually had a lovely construction crew come in with a team of Bidoof to whip these up in no time flat! I.. honestly might just move in here when the project is concluded, the lifestyle suites me!

So, with that said, there are a few local pokemon, as well as our team's partner pokemon that have taken up residence here, so I figured i'd show off the pictures i've taken on my walks around the area!

This is my Meowth, Fiddle Fig. She's enjoying herself a nap in the midday sun. Figgy was never much of an outdoor cat, a bit skittish, so it's nice to see her branching out and getting acquainted with nature! We actually needed to tune up the NEO-ONE, but no one wanted to wake her up (including me!)

This Stoutland is a big boy, and loves to get tummy rubs and scritches behind the ears. His partner spends about as much time grooming him as they do working on the NEO-ONE, but I think half the leaves and twigs in the forest would get caught in his fur otherwise.

One of the members of the comm team brought an Audino with them! She likes to help herself to the kitchen, and is quite the friendly addition to our crew. She's big into dancing, my understanding is she is big into Contests back in their home region, so I think she really likes to show off as a result. The crew are all pretty fond of her.

This Dedenne is an escape artist! It keeps getting out of its enclosure and draining our equipment! I'm not really sure how this guy ended up partnered to our network specialist, as we've had three fried motherboards due to him draining electricity!

Our little eevee is actual wild! I'm taking care of him for now, as he is rather sociable. He's getting along well with the other pokemon, and I think I might have myself a new partner! He can be a little standoffish, i'm trying to teach him to stay off the table, as the cleaning crew's Trubbish was eating our rubbish from lunch, and he got so snippy with me!

Trubbish got impatient. I guess thats one way to teach poor Eevee!

Now for the wild pokemon checking out our Center! The water trough is a popular roosting spot for the local Starly, they are extremely skittish, and typically will fly off at the sound of my camera click! Hard to get pics of them, unless distracted.

Believe it or not, but this is a wild Pikachu! This guy (you can tell he's a male by the angular tail, females have a little heart shape at the end of their tails), lives in the ideal habitat for pikachu, they enjoy living in wooded areas where it can scamper up into trees to get at fruit! I think the electicity our compund generates attracted him here, he's drained a bit of our reserves by rubing his cheeks against our generator.

There are quite a few Flutterby flitting about the area. These little guys love to eat the nectar from flowers, and have a rather sweet smell about them as a result. There are likely a lot of these specimens on the island, what with the Shaymin's flower field, but it is a bit hard to see these, they are some of the smallest pokemon species in existance, a far cry from the Wailords we recently encounted!

We noticed a few burrows in the area, and soon enough the culprit showed up, this Bunnelby is uniquely adapted, in that it actually digs with its ears, adapted to be strong shovel-like appendages, flinging excavated dirt of its shoulders! Seems it's settling in here, sharing in what veggies it can pilfer from our stock room.

Sudowoodo! This merry fellow hid from us for like, a week before we noticed him, kept creeping up closer and closer until it was obviously exposed. These pokemon seem to revel in their mimicry of trees and shrubs. Their bodies are made up of rock, actually, and I think they actually have adapted to enjoying tricking other pokemon and people. This one came in with a friend, actually, the Rattata has also become a staple of the center, aggravating Figgy to no end

Yep Fig, you'll get that Rattata, sure you will. Big fearsome Huntress!

Couldn't help but finish off with this, gotta love a naptime! I might need help with a name for Eevee, not sure what i'm gonna go with!

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Professor Apple's Pokemon Snap: Lental Sea Floor Illumina Spot

After today's exciting discovery, I certainly needed to relax in the bay near the research base. The submersible dove almost to the limit it could operate, and we managed to track down some rather baffling readings. The Illumina energy was pulsing between one powerful source, so hundreds of weaker ones. As we found our quarry, this mystery was easily answered.

Wishiwashi are an interesting species of pokemon, in which hundreds of unique individuals engage in synchronized schooling behavior. By schooling together these pokemon mimic one large organism, and by working together actually gain the advantages of -being- a larger organism. Soon after finding me, the skittish school soon schooled together to scare me off.

Each limb, tooth, even the false eyes and nostrils, are formed by several individual wishiwashi, the various dots are individual eyes of individual fish, and the illumina veins that these specimens have absorbed over many years suggest that this may be as ancient as the Meganium observed in Floria. Given that fish pokemon are not typically long lived like a plant pokemon, there might be something unique about the illumina phenomenon that increases lifespan? Or perhaps these particular pokemon are long lived enough to absorb illumina particals like this over time? Interesting to think there is something else in play here...

Another attempt to scare me off, the Wishiwashi swam about, forming a powerful underater whirlpool, thankfully the submersible was powerful enough to push through the currents. I was able to capture this as a good example of how working together like this enables these fish to push water with such forse to gain extra power and speed!

Failing to run me off, I was treated to a rather terrifying display, as the school rushed me unexpectedly, and actually engulfed the entire submersible!

Terrifying to be sure, but empty, the inside of the school's false mouth is hollow, and by remaining calm, I was able to match its speed, limiting the school's maneuverability. It was forced to disband to get me out of their way!

Straight into the sight of a hungry Wailord! Whild Wailord typically feast on plankton, they can consume smaller fish as well by widening its mouth past the filter teeth. But with a bit of work...

Wishiwashi aren't limited in size in any capacity other than the number of individuals in the school. Functionally, this school was large enough to form into a large enough collective organism to scare off this juvenile Wailord! I believe this may be one of the only examples of a fear response for these behemoth pokemon, I guess there really is always a bigger fish in the sea! We'll be heading back to the research station to look for more readings and compile my photodex up to now. Stay tuned, Whether to new islands or more research expeditions, we're only getting started!