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All else aside today Casi and I did manage to catch the ferry over to Tangelo island to get some more supplies and what Casi insists is proper beachwear for me, hah. Echo managed to catch this moment on the way back, A Lapras pod that followed the ferry for a time just as the sun was beginning to set.

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People say uf there's an arbok you should be scared, you should find out why it's there, you should start worshiping the arbok god, whatever. But if you just walk up and de-fang it, the suggestion is gone. There was a dangerous arbok and now there's not. Sometimes the simplest solution is the best one.

I- Why would anyone do that. Why would anyone take from a pokemon their means of self defense and acquiring food. Arbok don't just use their fangs for eating either, they're important for courtship and communication, they wont be able o digest the food you give them as well either as it's an important part of their digestive process.

Not to mention the pain and distress this would cause, and for what? Arbok regenerate their teeth. Hell, they can regenerate their venom glands if they're removed. They would simply regrow and now you have a dangerous pokemon that may well harbor a grudge against you because you decided to trade good training practices for a temporary fix. Be better.

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#the person who makes you clean her lab the moment you show up#is on the board??

... perhaps we should speak privately.

Feel free to justify your answers in the reblogs and comments. I'm aware not everyone drinks coffee predominantly (including me) but I'm too lazy to make a poll for tea drinkers when I'm mostly doing this to prove a point that some people drink too much.

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My work matters! It does! Someone has to keep this organization running, someone need to make damn sure that the beaches you seem to enjoy so much are still here when we are gone. And who else do you think is going to do it? Ivy and the rest of the board? Do you think I haven't tried to change the way that things are done, that I just do this for fun? No no that must be it, I just enjoy doing goddamn paperwork for days on end because if I don't then our projects loose funding and get shut down. And for some frostdamned reason it has to be me. I'm the overseeing professor. Things need to be overseen. It's just how it is.

Feel free to justify your answers in the reblogs and comments. I'm aware not everyone drinks coffee predominantly (including me) but I'm too lazy to make a poll for tea drinkers when I'm mostly doing this to prove a point that some people drink too much.

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Of course I know how much is too much. That's why i know that for my body to shut down it would take about 70 cups of coffee. 70. Casimir if I figure out how to physically fit that much coffee in my body I'll let you know but I think for now I'm probably fine. I think there are much worse things to be worried about than me drinking a bit of coffee while i work.

Feel free to justify your answers in the reblogs and comments. I'm aware not everyone drinks coffee predominantly (including me) but I'm too lazy to make a poll for tea drinkers when I'm mostly doing this to prove a point that some people drink too much.

[professor-amaryllis]

Casi this seems a bit much to win an argument. Also I can tell I'm far from the only one on this poll that drinks the amount of coffee that I do so I'm not sure what you're proving.

Feel free to justify your answers in the reblogs and comments. I'm aware not everyone drinks coffee predominantly (including me) but I'm too lazy to make a poll for tea drinkers when I'm mostly doing this to prove a point that some people drink too much.

[professor-amaryllis]

Well, at least Rose is enjoying the new books I've brought her. At least when Casi isn't in the room.

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her name is lilac and that is her emotional support sock

[professor-amaryllis]

Ah, i didn't mean so much to shout at her, but more to just. Say what we were trying to say but louder so she might hear? I see how that might come across though... Maybe my instincts aren't quite on point in this case.

I do try to talk to her about you... Sometimes she even lets me get a few minutes in but it doesn't seem that she's really hearing me. She's angry at me for bringing it up, but i think that she's just a bit lost in her emotions and I'm really not sure what to do about that. I barely knew how to deal with my own emotions about this no less hers.

You'd think at this point I'd be better equipped to handle teenage angst but I am in fact still clueless. It's much more difficult when they can teleport

[professor-amaryllis]

She'll come around... eventually. I hope. The teleporting is the issue isn't it,I'm sure if she would just listen a moment she would understand but well. It really is much like a slammed door isn't it, except then you can at least shout from the other side of it, hah.

Maybe we could try that, who knows.

You'd think at this point I'd be better equipped to handle teenage angst but I am in fact still clueless. It's much more difficult when they can teleport

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When pulled out of the ground, Oddish will shriek loudly in an attempt to scare off potential predators. Occasionally, a perfectly safe and secure Oddish will also start to scream while it walks about during the night.

This ability to make such a loud noise is peculiar, as the entire Oddish family is typically quiet and calm. It is hypothesized that some Oddish will shriek when they become very bored or lack enrichment.

Some people believe that when an Oddish starts to scream, it must be communicating with other nearby Oddish. However, Oddish that hear their neighbors' shrieking will rarely react in any way.

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It really is disheartening that Rose just doesn't seem willing to talk to Casi. I've tried to convince her but she just isn't interested, she won't hear of it. She'll teleport away if Casi so much as rounds a corner.

... It's not unlike a teenager slamming shut a door, really. Except that the teenager is a pokemon and the door can be anywhere at any time and you also can't open it afterwards. It's not a perfect analogy.

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It's not exactly me you should be asking really, but honestly I'm impressed that you were able to get her to cooperate enough to be measured as it is. Who knows, maybe you'll get your chance.

@paranormalphrenix asked you:

where are you sleeping? there's no room on that bed...

We're both sleeping in the bed. It's a twin so it's a tight squeeze for sure... I've basically been competing to claim a spot before the Houndoom because otherwise I have to try and either move her and her strange lanky body or I have to sorta just... Form myself around whatever space may be left. Which isn't comfortable.

If I manage to get in bed before her she lays on top of the two of us. Getting smothered is preferable to sleeping like one of those... Crazy straw things. Do kids still use those? The twisty ones. That's what I feel like

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Professor why are you cuddling your paperwork

I'm not cuddling my paperwork. I fell asleep while working. I knew I should have been working somewhere other than the bed, but well Casi seemed insistent that I at least lay down. I suppose now I know why. As it is I need to redo that paperwork and check it over for mistakes, quite a bit of it was crumpled.

Maybe I'll do some work outside today. The weather is nice and well. This working space makes even me feel claustrophobic. Brings up some bad memories.

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My girlfriend and the Houndoom she claims she doesn't like. "Standoffish." I'd sooner believe you could fit a Mamoswine in a coin purse before I'd believe that.

At least she's finally resting... With the lights on and surrounded by paperwork. Wonderful.

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My girlfriend and the Houndoom she claims she doesn't like. "Standoffish." I'd sooner believe you could fit a Mamoswine in a coin purse before I'd believe that.

At least she's finally resting... With the lights on and surrounded by paperwork. Wonderful.