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Professor of Botany
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PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Dec 7, 2017 16:15:13 GMT -8
A single gold eye blinked slowly watching Kiran take in the plants— AND TOUCH THEM FFFFFF. “Be careful…” he frowned trying not to be as reprimanding as before and vaguely hoping that if Kiran was the grass Gym leader they’d have some experience with plants not to break them but ???? “A lot of them are very fragile.” And don’t put your grubby hands on his dearest plants you cretin. Was that from Nilly or just his own thoughts being protective? Who knew. His hands shook just a little as he closed in again. His hair swayed a bit more than it probably should have. That threatening aura was becoming unstable again, but here Luke was, with a simple frown on his face.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Dec 12, 2017 23:56:51 GMT -8
Kiran's touches were all very delicate, at least until a particular part proved it could handle a gradual increase in pressure. No cracks or creases or bruises would be caused by these hands. "I'm careful..." they mumbled softly. They didn't look back to Luke, though, or even notice the hair movement. Selena.. sort of wondered if Kiran forgot about her giving the spores but? That had sounded a little scary so she wasn't complaining.
"I've never seen a lot of these. Though I think I just got a cousin of this?" They double-checked the label, but ah yeah, they were pretty sure that was the same genus and different species. "And this one's.. so interesting?" They knelt down to the shelf it was on. "The uh. leaf pattern is.. It looks like an ivy, but it? doesn't seem to be growing like one. Are they just young specimens or...?" bs'ed their writer with minimal knowledge of plants. At any rate, minor stammering aside, their words seemed to be flowing a lot more easily than usual while focused on Luke's plant collection.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Dec 13, 2017 7:34:48 GMT -8
Huh? As much as he wanted to say something about paying attention and about the spores he wanted to collect and maybe even just a general ‘you can leave now’ statement, Luke found himself watching as Kiran mused over his plants. The interested, careful way they took everything in along with their quiet words eased him some. They really did care about plants, didn’t they? “These shelves are almost all Eran species,” he explained slowly setting down the jar and brush on the table to stand by Kiran. “I had many more back home…”
“This one has a Verian cousin, but that one doesn’t produce the same reduction in Poison status in both Pokemon and humans as this one does,” he explained watching Kiran point out others. Almost on some unknown compulsion he’d explain bits and pieces, small facts here and there, about the numerous plants he owned and took care of. It could go on like that for quite some time if left to.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Dec 14, 2017 16:32:51 GMT -8
"Eran?" Ooh... Had... they heard of that? Maybe. They thought so. Was it uh... kinda by Orre, or? Oooh these succulents did suggest some dry climates so maybe.
They would absolutely let Luke go on about the plants for as long as he was willing, occasionally piping in with a small question. Selena... eventually got bored and crawled down, wandering around to see what she could find nearby, but not much really caught her interest, so she'd slowly gravitate back toward Kiran.
"Do you know if uh.. any of the ones with paralysis and poison countering effects can cross-germinate, and ah. If so have you tested if they'd.. keep both properties or...?" ........ They had come here for a reason they were vaguely aware, and now that they'd seen whatever that Aura was around Luke it kind of pervaded in vague silhouette form even with their sight turned down to its most passive setting, but it was special interest time now okay.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Dec 15, 2017 15:05:48 GMT -8
Luke’s lips pressed together, and he reached up to scratch at one temple. “I have tried different kinds of crosses of all kinds, but plants tend to shed the genes for one or the other after a couple generations,” he snorted softly. “Certain things are not useful to them, so why keep them? Why spend the energy? They won’t. They just get rid of them.” His own words had him smiling a bit more than he probably should have been. Plants were ruthless creatures, and he adored them for it.
“There is one, however….” he shifted walking away from the Eran plants in particular and coming over to a different set of plants. Pulling out a tiny sapling, he turned around again. “This one is capable of expressing both Awakening chemicals and Paralysis relieving ones… It’s still in the development phase and is slow growing but…those two chemicals are just similar enough that they might be compatible and the plant may choose to keep both.” He hoped, but it would take a while, several generations worth, to be sure.
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Dec 27, 2017 22:57:19 GMT -8
Kiran appreciated Luke's choice of wording more than they let on, even if it was disappointing to hear. However, their eyes grew wide at the beautiful sapling he produced shortly after, and by beautiful they meant it looked like a sapling but that by default made them internally squeal.
"Fingers crossed!" They may have lifted their hands to cross them with a bit more emphasis than necessary but... heh. Oh no now their hands were up here and they didn't know what to do with them uh.. just kind of pull them in toward their chest a bit yeah they could kind of hold them here... "I'd.. I'd love to.. experiment a bit on my own with that idea. ...Letting you know if I. have any results of course." Perhaps different varieties of paralysis-curing herbs or berries would-- ooh or. ".. I wonder if you could breed something with one uh... property in the berries and another in the leaves? Or if both would even work if... ingested at the same time." They'd be eager to test it though.
"I.. haven't done anything nearly this... useful I guess," they admitted. "But I do have some uh. sub-strains of Pecha berries. Since... y'know my babies are weak to poison, but.. they don't... all like sweets? So I.. have a more bitter strain and a more sour one. I've... been trying spicy but so far it.." They found themself letting out a very small sheepish laugh as they fidgeted with their hair. "It sort of just tastes like a bell pepper." Which was a different sweet than a normal Pecha at least, with a bit of tang but? Hardly a spice, heh.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Dec 28, 2017 9:37:23 GMT -8
A goofy smile pulled at the corners of Luke’s lips as Kiran crossed their fingers. The wish of luck was so nice, actually. Hmmm though, a property of one in the fruit and a property of another in the leaves. Considering they were sectioned off, that might work? He hadn’t considered something quite like that before, but maybe there was some literature about it that he could look into. Compatibility was always an issue, but who knew what genetics could do at the end of the day heh.
As the conversation shifted, however, Luke found himself… intrigued? How had they gotten it to taste more bitter and sour even unless maybe hybridizing? Or … or he guessed maybe constantly rebreeding and hoping for better results, but that took a lot of work and was… really nice to hear? Dedication wise. “You… might consider trying to add the gene for capsaisin straight into the plant,” he thought aloud, setting a hand on his chin.
“I actually have a student who is doing some similar genetic modification for Rawst berries and testing shifts in spiciness among other things. I could probably have him look into it as a side project, maybe?” Never mind that Stewart was kind of overworked as it was heh. That was the price for deciding to be a researcher. That and Luke still wasn’t quite over the eye incident.
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Jan 5, 2018 3:07:09 GMT -8
Inject straight into the...? Kiran blinked a few times. "Ah... You... you mean like, in a lab, or something?" Hm... They had pretty mixed feelings about that if they were being honest. And not in the way of not being sure what to think, but in that part of them was violently repulsed and another was starry-eyed screaming 'fuck yeah science', so that was a thing apparently.
"I've... always tried to keep things pretty natural, when I can?" Though, debatably, they couldn't here, could they? Heh. At least not so far. "Selectively breeding mild undertones in the berries to strengthen them worked for the others but... like uh... Bittersweet is kinda normal and.. sour sweet is just 'tangy', right? But then. Like.... Spicy-sweet isn't so common without blending ingredients. Maybe.. some Hoennite spices? But..." Hm. And cross-breeding hadn't been going well so far.
"I.... guess if your student can figure something out?" ... How long had they been here already? How did a morning walk turn into getting legitimately chatty with someone they'd just met??
"...How many uh... students do you have...?" And yet here they were still talking wow. And their first impression had had them pretty sure they wouldn't like this guy, heh.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 7, 2018 15:47:14 GMT -8
Hmmm. A small nod would be given at Kiran’s words As much of a scientist as he was, Luke was also a botanist first. He could understand the simplicity that sort of just came with selective breeding but in this case he’d already had some science in the works so, heh. Looked like Kiran was falling that way as well. A small smile quirked up on his features at the end result. “I’ll ask him about it. I’m sure he won’t mind too much.”
The second question, however, had him grinning a little. “I have three students and one prospective,” he explained, raising three fingers and then a fourth before folding the fourth down again. “The latter of which is just working to see if he’s comfortable joining the lab or not.” Not that there seemed to be that many labs with Luke’s level of funding backing him but the chemistry of a lab group was something to take into account. “Stewart’s the one who is working on Rawst berries. I also have Holly and Michael who are working on different projects.” He cut himself off from boasting too much about Holly’s progress considering he’d already done that once this week, but yeah.
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Grass-Type Gym Leader
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Jan 26, 2018 14:30:20 GMT -8
"Oh yeah?" Neat. ... Hm. It occurred to Kiran they could potentially know any of Luke's students actually if they'd lived on Sinclair long? Hrm. Ahh, probably not though. If anything, maybe "they used to come into a store where I worked", and it wasn't like Kiran kept up with or cared about such people.
Holly's name did amuse them briefly, but not enough to comment on. They just sort of nodded at all Luke's explanations. Selene flopped across Kiran's shoulder a bit, bored, but when she sensed a break in the conversation she poked their neck a bit. "Mm? Oh ah, do you want my number?"
Wh--?? No, not that! She poked them a bit harder, and Kiran flinched and blinked a few times. ".... Oh. Spores?"
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 27, 2018 18:47:07 GMT -8
Hmm, yeah he probably could swap numbers with Kiran. It would make things a lot easier and- From the corner of his eye, Luke processed the motion of the Morelull, but he wouldn't process it until Kiran changed subjects. O-oh right. That was… why they had come into the greenhouse. Right. How had… they gotten so side tracked anyways?
Actually….. Where had that jar that he had been going to collect it gone? Looking around for a few moments, Luke would find that he'd set it on one of the tables and rather quickly fished it back up again. Now what had he done with the brush too? Uhm…. Oh wait no here it was just a little further away. "R-right if- you still don't mind," his attention had shifted to the Morelull specifically.
Baring she was willing, he'd ask to have her reposition a little before sweeping a little up under one of her mushrooms that would probably feel something akin to a tickle before catching some of the shiny dust in the jar. This would be repeated a couple more times before Luke finally moved back and checked the jar. Yeah that was… plenty for all that he planned to do with it immediately. "Ah- thank you," he finally smiled a little.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Mar 22, 2018 23:58:22 GMT -8
Selena would do as requested, happy enough to help if it meant Kiran would finally come on; she was getting bored, after all. But as the brush sweeped against her, she tensed tightly and squirmed subtly. As soon as he pulled away for a moment she shuddered all over, but then straightened up and prepared herself for the next brushing.
... Kiran slowly had to try harder and harder to hold back a smile. When Luke was finally done, Selena breathed out in relief, only to have Kiran reach up and lightly brush their finger under her cap when she wasn't reading, making her fall over squeaking and squirming. Kiran snickered lightly. "Ticklish?" Clearly, a lot more than they'd expected.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 28, 2018 4:53:07 GMT -8
Luke shifted a bit capping the jar before anything could arbitrarily fall in and contaminate. Even as his gaze was briefly distracted, however his ears did detect the squeaking sounds. Mwah? Oh the— the Morelull was ticklish? Well, duh Luke that was just what Kiran had noted.
Ticklish? reverberated in the deeper reaches of Luke’s mind, and he became vaguely aware that Nilly had no concept of that. Oh-uh…. Huh… Luke was… vaguely aware and vaguely grateful that Nilly hadn’t known up to that point considering their arrangement but… Uh…??? How did he explain this?
The hand that wasn’t holding the jar ran a couple fingers over the knuckles of his other one. That sensation, kinda… A low, uncertain hum was his only answer. Nilly couldn’t understand why it made the small creature fall over so dramatically if that was the feeling. It was strange but not…. Hmmm. Odd…
Before Luke realized it, however, a tentacle of hair had shifted and prodded him in the shoulder. Luke flinched on reflex and reached up to grab the lock immediately after. Like that? Nilly why.
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Pokémon League
Grass-Type Gym Leader
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PLAYED BY 🌸 SG 🌸
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Post by Kiran Chandra on Apr 2, 2018 10:50:00 GMT -8
Kiran's focus remained on Selena for a moment, amused by her at first and then making sure she got up okay, so they missed Luke's brushing his knuckles. But when his hair raised up, the movement did catch Kiran's eye a bit, and they turned in time to see it prod him and Luke grab it in response.
..... Uh....
Kiran stared quietly for a few moments, and Selena caught onto this, looking back and forth between them wondering what she missed. "....Is uh.......... there any chance you wanna..." They gestured toward Luke's hair in a few varying motions. That, that whole thing. Words convey.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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PLAYED BY OOC NAME
PLAYED BY Jayspurr
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Post by Luke Indigo on Apr 3, 2018 14:53:15 GMT -8
Luke bit his lip hard enough to color it. Kiran had… seen that or at least…. Registered it and… was now asking him about it and… Internally Luke Indigo was flailing. Fuck, shit, but no— but??? Ugh. “I….” Luke tucked the lock of hair behind his ear as if that would somehow help things at all. “It’s… complicated… Long story…. Ish….” Yeah. That was the truth of it, wasn’t it?
He… he guessed Kiran was technically a League member and could just as potentially have this information anyways should they look into it further but…. Uh… “I’ve… I’m… kind of playing host to an interdimensional beast…” That tasted like science finction, but here he was being completely truthful. “Until I can get it home.” Why did that sound so awkward heh hah… hah.
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