Act 2: Lee's Logs 2

Stretching his arms over his head with a jaw-cracking yawn, Nigel Birch settles into his workplace chair and mentally critiques what he must get accomplished at this time. Mister Nelsons Dustox has been trying a bit of underneath the climate, so he most likely must be added to the checkup roster. Want to complete up my article from the Verdanturf Sitrus grove research. The fireplace extinguisher in Examination room B must be changed after the mishap with that Torchic

As he writes his psychological checklist, Nigel jiggles the mouse of his laptop, waking the outdated system. As per regular, he goes to examine for any emails that got here in in the course of the night time. Yawning as soon as extra, he goes down the road. Not vital. Not vital. That one can wait. Spam. Why am I nonetheless getting this one? I must have the IT man regulate the mail checklist. Nothing appears pressing, after which Nigel spots two that got here in just a few hours after he went house the night time prior.

New mail from: [email protected]

Topic: Lhenson New Seize

New mail from: [email protected]

Topic: Logs and Analysis

Nigels eyebrows rise to his hairline. A brand new seize and up to date analysis logs? Lee hasnt despatched in any logs just lately, although with the debacle on the volcano nonetheless contemporary within the thoughts, the professor cant say that he minds a lot. Effectively, lets see who your sixth is, Lee, Nigel murmurs, opening the e-mail.

Acquisition Particulars:

Pokmon Species: #0700 Sylveon

Gender: Feminine

Technique of Acquisition: Adoption

Location: Verdanturf Greener Pastures Breeding and Boarding Providers.

Analysis Worth Index: 0.89

[Attachment #1: Adoption Forms]

Nigel sighs, leaning again in his chair and shutting his eyes. A Sylveon. An adopted Sylveon. Why am I even shocked? I shouldnt be. I mentioned it earlier than, and Unwell say it againfor a person deathly afraid of drama, Lee positive finds himself blended up in quite a lot of it.

Already resigned to the truth that at this time goes to be an extended one, Nigel leans towards the display and continues. Opening the adoption kinds, he scans them with a crucial eye and finds nothing misplaced. Upon ending, his thoughts instantly goes to Lees Ninetales. The professor can solely think about how on this planet Lee goes to handle with not one, however two emotional time bombs on his staff.

Effectively, if there’s anybody who can get a Ninetales and a Sylveon of the identical gender to get alongside, it might be Lee, Nigel muses. He resolves to examine Battlenet after this and to remind the labs PR staff to be vigilant for every week or two. The web goes to have a heyday with this one.

Transferring onto the subsequent electronic mail, there are fewer audio logs than anticipated, however there are just a few analysis papers hooked up. Once more, seemingly a consequence of Lee being so busy after the volcano incident. After standing to shut his workplace door, Nigel opens the primary log and sits again, listening.

“Log twenty-four, day one-hundred-twenty-one.”

It was slender, however we took the win from the Lavaridge Gymnasium yesterday. I had no concept that Chief Moore was going to blindside us like that, however taking a look at silver linings, he was a superb check for me and my staff.

I didnt count on Grovyle to truly take down Moores Rapidash, and I admit I really feel a bit of scummy for doubting him. The plan initially was to have Grovyle primarily be a sacrificial buffer to weaken the primary opponent for Octillery. I cant overstate how regularly Im amazed by him. Grovyle, that’s. Hes one thing else. Taking down a completely advanced, near-elite Fireplace-type as a center stage Grass-type? Its loopy. His air management utilizing Fast Assault can be advancing sooner than ever, and he confirmed that off yesterday with how he regularly outran Rapidashs Flamethrower whereas avoiding the burning floor. This battle additionally highlighted his predisposition for slicing assaults greater than ever. The Sceptile line has little or no pure inclination for Darkish strikes, but Grovyles Evening Slash minimize into Rapidash simply. Leaf Blade, X-Scissor, and now Evening Slash. Not a foul repertoire of slashing assaults, if I say so myself. Im pondering we will lean into this power and see the place it takes us.

Im nonetheless somewhat annoyed with my poor synergy with Octillery. Im so used to having the quickest pokemon on the sphere that attempting to transition into Octillerys most popular preventing type is a ache. He has energy in spades, and the accuracy to nail a bouncing Joltik at 100 yards, however none of that issues if I cant successfully work with him. His efficiency within the health club match was stellar regardless of me choking with our defensive measures. Gunk Shot is a really heinous method, and if not for touchdown it proper in Arcanines mouth, Im pondering that the battle wouldve been an entire blowout. Octillery is one clever mon, so Im positive between each of us, we are able to determine one thing out.

Ninetales Effectively, Im positive that you just noticed the battle. Ninetales and I are as in-tune as we are able to probably be, so I dont have a lot to touch upon there. This did present me how increased stage pokemon can resist extra esoteric types of assault, like Confuse Ray, Child-Doll Eyes, or being held aloft with telekinesis. I can say with no exaggeration that Ninetales Confuse Ray is formally too harmful to make use of on weaker pokemon at full energy. We havent examined it a lot contemplating the disagreeable results it has on targets, however Nines Confuse Ray has gone from being discombobulating to sending weaker targets into full-blown seizures. Sources and analysis papers I learn say Confuse Ray cant trigger everlasting hurt, however I believe its higher to err on the facet of warning right here. Till I can research the results to verify that its not inflicting irregularities to the autonomic nervous system of targets, have been saving full energy Confuse Rays for emergencies.

Like with Ty. Arceus rattling, what a monster. He barely even flinched.

Child-Doll Eyes is a very bizarre one. I assumed that the assault induced muscle weak spot through involuntary leisure, however Im getting inconsistent outcomes with assessments. Generally the targets chill out towards their will, different instances their muscle tissues keep tensed, however they merely arent in a position to convey all of their power to bear for a purpose I dont readily perceive. Ugh. Fairy-type. Its instances like these that Im glad Ninetales is a Kantonese Ninetales, and never an Alolan one. A fox that doubles as a conveyable air conditioner can be nice, however not if it means coping with Fairy nonsense on a regular basis.

Alolan Ninetales, huh? Nigel blinks and pauses the recording. Turning to his different monitor he varieties the species identify right into a search engine and digs for a number of minutes. Huh

Alola does have its personal species of Ninetales! Lee talked about it in one other log, however Nigel didnt have time to look. There’s even much less about them than the already mysterious Kantonese Ninetales, and solely a handful of Alolan Vulpix have been confirmed to be owned by trainers. There are even fewer confirmed Ninetales captures. If Nigel is studying proper, then the white fox species is much more elusive and temperamental than their Kanto cousins.

Generally I neglect that Lee is crammed to the brim with secrets and techniques and trivia youd by no means discover anyplace else. Nigel shakes his head. Oh, how hed love to review Alolan pokemon habitats to see what causes so many regional mutations. I must go to Alola sooner or later, Nigel resolves to himself. Possibly Unwell drag Lee alongside. He already has a knack for troublesome foxes, so perhaps he can nab an Alolan Vulpix to review, he says, resuming the playback.

Brendan and Zinnia have been sticking near me, apparently frightened since all three of my energetic battlers are recuperating within the Pokemon Heart. I by no means actually thought of the cultural angle of getting no battle-ready pokemon available. I suppose its form of like conceal-carrying a gun again house. Some individuals do it for therefore lengthy that they really feel a bit nervous after they do with out, questioning about what if situations. I personally owned a pistol, however I not often took it with me anyplace, and fortunately by no means wanted to make use of it in self-defense, so I suppose I dont actually know what that feeling is like. Additionally, Ive nonetheless obtained Shinx, and though she is nowhere close to the extent of the remainder of the staff, I dont really feel unsafe having simply her. Her Thundershock has to harm like hell.

Not an excessive amount of extra to say for this one. Lee, out.

Nigel performs the subsequent one.

“Log twenty-five, day one-hundred-thirty-four.”

Corvi got here again.

There’s a quick pause damaged up by a joyful, disbelieving chortle.

Corvi really got here again. On his personal. I cant I can hardly imagine it. The fear over him has lessened over the previous few weeks, however by no means completely gone away. I got here again to our resort room to seek out him and Ninetales speaking. Hes like a modified pokemon! He really let me contact him, one thing he by no means allowed earlier than. Oh man. After letting him inside and getting him some dinner, I had Ninetales act as a translator so I may perceive him word-for-word as he defined what he was as much as.

Its Effectively, Corvis story is a private one, and probably not mine to inform. Unwell simply say that my theories about him having a coach earlier than me have been right and go away it at that. His story does clarify why he acted the way in which he did, although. It was sufficient to fulfill Ninetales, so I believe nearly anybody would perceive why he did what he did. Hoooo Okay, Im getting a bit of too excited right here. Let me again up and do this once more, or Im simply going to finish up rambling What was I saying once more?

A scratchy caw! fills the lull within the recording.

Proper, proper. Anyway, I gave Corvisquire a examine over, and Im pleased to say that he’s nonetheless in nice well being. Hes roughly on the identical stage of fight skill he was earlier than he left, so he most likely has a little bit of catching as much as do with Grovyle and Ninetales, however thats nothing he cant deal with. I admit, Im a bit shocked that he didnt evolve whereas he was away. He was on the cusp again in Mauville, and he nonetheless is at this time. Curious. Regardless, Unwell be revising his eating regimen and including him again into our coaching routines quickly.

Relating to the remainder of the staff, Im at present brainstorming a brand new method for Grovyle. Grass is a sort of considerably poor defensive capabilities, so to counteract that, Ive been eager to create an energy-draining method much like Take up or Drain Punch for Grovyle, one which he can use along with his Leaf Blade. I determine that somewhat than attempt to bulk-up a pokemon not identified for being cumbersome, it might be higher to play to Grovyles strengths, specifically his pace and proficiency with slicing assaults. With this hypothetical Drain Blade in his repertoire, Grovyle ought to be capable to endlessly dance round his opponents as he cuts them to ribbons. Our preliminary assessments have produced some outcomes, however its going to wish quite a lot of refinement earlier than its prepared for stay fight. Im hoping that we are able to use Grovyles understanding of Take up as a place to begin for this method, and to facilitate that, Ive been having him drive a Leaf Blade into newly felled lumber, then utilizing Take up on the identical piece of lumber. My hope is that he can start associating the 2 assaults collectively, and the focus of Take up will migrate to the sting of the Leaf Blade.

Not a lot to report with Shinx. Shes steadily outputting extra voltage every day, and shes definitely cemented herself because the chief of the teams younglings, regardless of being the youngest of all of them. Shes making use of various cries for various situations and situations, so if youre evaluating her to a human child, shes within the toddler stage the place speech begins rising. I is likely to be mother-henning a bit of, however I nonetheless wish to maintain off for an additional week or two earlier than I start to actively search for battles for her. Shes accomplished effectively in spars with Grovyle, who can shrug off her electrical energy and safely divert her bodily assaults, however I nonetheless need her to agency up a bit extra earlier than throwing her into an actual battle. I shouldve taken an image of her face after I pulled her apart one afternoon and informed her she doesnt have to be a fighter if she doesnt wish to. Ive by no means seen her look insulted earlier than. I suppose that additionally confirms that her grasp of human speech is maturing as effectively.

Octillery, Im nonetheless attempting to make plans for. He has such a big selection of strategies with the capability to study extra, however I’m nonetheless not adequate to command slower pokemon successfully towards trainers of equal or better ability than myself. I initially thought, ‘Effectively why even trouble? Lets get him a way to facilitate sooner motion, like Aqua Jet,’ then dismissed the thought. I dont know if a shortcut like that can do us any favors in the long term. In any other case, its enterprise as regular for Octillery. He’s nonetheless as voracious an mental as ever, and hungers for stimulation. I will admit, I broke Battlenets guidelines on pokemon sock puppet accounts and let Octillery make his personal so he can peruse the location with out utilizing mine. Fortunately, hes very opsec aware and tends to maintain to himself. He realized fairly rapidly that its ineffective to argue with morons on-line, even when hes proper about no matter hes speaking about. He definitely realized sooner than I did as a teen.

Hes not the one one who has been performing some studying. After our win on the Lavaridge Gymnasium, various teams reached out to us, and one in every of them was a cabal of trainers who personal their very own Ninetales. I obtained the invitation from Kabu, a health club Chief all the way in which over in Galar, and the place is run by a Pokemon Grasp referred to as Lokoko. I swear Ive heard that identify someplace earlier than, however for the lifetime of me, I cant bear in mind it.

There’s the sound of an exasperated sigh over the recording.

Anyway, Ninetales mood has been particularly quick right here just lately, so I reached out to Lokoko for recommendation. We had a really enlightening dialogue, and I can definitely see why Lokoko is known as a Pokemon Grasp, as she had some distinctive perception on the Ghost, Psychic, Fairy, and Darkish varieties. A big a part of our dialogue revolved across the psychology of Ninetales as a species, nevertheless. She had just a few fascinating issues to say.

Nigel leans in barely, listening rigorously.

In line with Lokoko, coach fixation is simply one thing that Ninetales goes to expertise, and fixed telepathy is simply making issues worse. She suggested that we dont use our telepathy any greater than wanted, or we face a critical danger of changing into a gestalt entity.

Pausing the recording for a second, Nigel narrows his eyes in thought. A gestalt? he wonders to himself. Like a Dugtrio or an Exeggutor?

The idea of a gestalt entity isn’t one thing utterly unknown to pokemon lecturers, however neither is it effectively understood. The hows and whys of issues akin to identification or consciousness are nonetheless purely theoretical. For all of the sources and developments within the fields of medication and science, the inside workings of the aware thoughts for each man and pokemon alike stay largely a thriller. Even with assistance from professional psychics, all of it quickly hits a dead-end that conventional science merely isnt outfitted to deal with. After a sure level, issues merely grow to be indescribable to any who havent skilled it firsthand.

Feeling a contact uneasy, Nigel resumes the recording, hoping that Lee gives his personal insights.

I The considered breaking what 9 and I’ve is unthinkable, Nigel. Even when we dont converse a single phrase to one another, simply figuring out that shes there’s reassuring in a approach I cant put into phrases. Its an affirmation that Im not alone, that another person out there’s actual. There are nonetheless some days the place I believe Im again on Earth, and that is all only a great hallucination earlier than I die, after which I really feel Ninetales and I do know that is the actual world.

An extended pause, then Lee begins talking once more.

Im not a thinker, or psychologist, or something like that, so take the next with a grain of salt. You realize, we depend on our palms, our eyes, and our ears to understand the world round us, and we merely need to belief that they’re right. What in the event that they arent? What if what we see and what we hear isn’t the identical factor different individuals see and listen to? What if have been lacking one thing fully? What if have been lacking every part? In a approach, the one factor we are able to ever know is true is our personal existence. The telepathy between Ninetales and I, although, is proof that extra exists past the sanctity of my thoughts. It takes away a weight, figuring out for sure and on all ranges that Im not alone. Its a form of weight I dont suppose individuals even understand theyre carrying, not less than till its identified to them.

Neither of us can return to dwelling with out thatwithout every otherNigel. Im actually hoping that your psychic professional can provide some form of various, in any other case Ninetales and I may need to determine this out on our personal.

Leaping backwards a bit of bit, I needed to sit and suppose on the gestalt bit Lokoko talked about. I do know the definition, {that a} gestalt is one thing that’s in some way extra or completely different from the sum of its elements. Its a unfastened definition with quite a lot of room for interpretation, and thats most likely why Ive seen so many individuals attribute the phrase to so many alternative issues, and even use it mistaken throughout some unbiased analysis. By some definitions, Ninetales and I are already a gestalt, in the event you depend the telepathic bond as an integral a part of our beings. I get the sensation that Lokoko was referring to one thing completely different when she used the phrase, nevertheless. It appeared to have a extra dire that means. I do know that fanciful fictional tales of the Lovecraftian type Wait, Lovecraftian isnt a style right here, is it? Tales about cosmic and existential horror typically take care of the idea of fusions and gestalts. They usually depict it within the worst approach attainable, the place the parts that make up the ensuing entity are depressing and devoid of individuality. That cant probably be what Lokoko was speaking about, was it?

This turned form of grim and gloomy, didnt it? Effectively, Lokoko additionally talked about {that a} passion is an efficient method to ease a Ninetales out of a fixation, so we went out and located a bookstore that piqued Nines curiosity. Shes obtained the thoughts for historical past and political intrigue, so a e-book retelling the autumn of the Johto shogunate caught her eye. Im already saving up for a home with a full library in it, as a result of I do know Im going to wish it. Shes changed into a bibliophile in a single day.

I believe thats every part related for this one, so Lee, out.The supply of this content material nov(el)bi((n))

Because the recording ends, Nigel cant assist being left disturbed, the speak of recent pokemon strategies overshadowed by Lees musing concerning the thoughts. There’s a slight crawling to his pores and skin as he thinks over Lees phrases and admissions, questioning about how anybody may be sure of the world round them. Such a line of thought by no means occurred to Nigel, and after having it thrust upon him, he finds that he doesnt look after it. One thing about Lee and Ninetales relationship nonetheless appears unhealthy, however now doubts gnaw on the professor. He notes down the recording, resolving to get the related elements to his loaned psychic, Anabel.

Nigels ideas then flip to Anabel: grasp of the Battle Tower, natural-born empath, and the younger girl who’s going to be assembly Lee and Ninetales in only one extra week. The teenager lady is legendary the world over not just for her staff of Elite pokemon, however for the empathic powers she possesses. Along with her wonderful psychic present, she will telepathically talk with all of her pokemon, making battling her a frightening prospect to say the least. If anybody can perceive what Lee and Ninetales are experiencing and provide them applicable assist, it might be her.

Took her lengthy sufficient to prepare However I suppose I cant complain, contemplating Scott is letting me borrow Anabel free of charge. Nigel sighs as he thinks of his outdated frenemy. Not eager to dwell upon Scott or Lees disquieting phrases anymore, he strikes to the subsequent recording.

“Log twenty-six, day one-hundred-sixty-five.”

Its been two weeks because the volcano. Im sorry for not recording just lately, Nigel, however I simply havent had my head on straight for what looks like weeks now. Unwell attempt to maintain this one transient and related. I do know you most likely dont need any additional shit.

We left Lavaridge every week in the past, and we’re stopping at a small border city to relaxation for a day or two earlier than we proceed on to Fallarbor. Had been planning on assembly Zinnias tribe close to there, then taking a little bit of a sabbatical to coach for some time. By the point we get there, all of our pokemon must be again in respectable form. Octillery is usually recovered from the confrontation with Magma, however Ninetales and Grovyle are completely different tales.

Poor Grovyle Camerupts Flamethrower burned away giant patches of his pores and skin throughout elements of his physique, and the ensuing scar tissue and misshapen scales are leaving him stiff. The scars are fading with time and therapy, however they wont totally clear up till he evolves. This has left him with diminished maneuverability, and by Arceus, its irritating him one thing fierce. Im working with him day-after-day and offering bodily remedy to hurry up the restoration, however I do know that hes not going to be glad with the tempo. He must be again to one hundred percent in just a few weeks.

Ninetales She took a fully-powered Eruption from Camerupt, lodging a spear of superheated rock into her chest. If I ever meet who created the trendy pokeball, I must thank them, as a result of with out the stasis-like impact pokeballs have on a pokemons bodily physique, she would have died inside minutes.

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