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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 22, 2018 22:12:18 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon It had been five days since she'd gone to the more forested regions of the ruined parts of Faraday and now, finally, Jemma had made some time to take a day trip on Sinclair. It wasn't just a vacation (although she was treating it sort of like that), but a much more important situation was at hand. The blonde was nervous and giddy and concerned and... and... just so much. There were too many feelings in her head and she was in panic mode. Until she felt a nudge on her arm. Buster stood there and gazed at her worriedly. The purple-hued Girafarig was there for a reason. Jemma knew she'd be freaking out by the time she got to the lab -- she was on the right car, at least, but wasn't even within eyesight of the building -- and she'd brought her long-term support system. Buster had been there since Stephen was a young boy and his love for the individual before him had never wavered as that child grew into a fine young woman. Misty was there too, now an envy-triggering shiny Roselia in all her glory as she sat upon Buster's back and wondered if their trainer was all right. Then there was Stephanie, who never really new the male iteration of her human except for the random visits from his sister. The Wigglytuff reached out and took Jemma's hand reassuringly. Another Pokemon who'd been there a long time was Devi. Now a very attention-catching red Ninjask, she was on the blonde's shoulder and chittering her own reassurances as much as possible. Although not technically a long-standing member of the team, Iven was a good testament to Devi's understanding. The deep purple Shedinja hovered along behind, calm as could be and with a slightly-less-darkly-hued Glaceon there with him. Emily hadn't been with Jemma very long, but she was very supportive all the same. Ami would have been there, but it was hard to get a Sealeo around a train except in a Pokeball and that just... wasn't what Jemma needed, exactly. Taking a deep breath and closing her eyes a moment, Jemma refocused herself with the help of her Pokemon all around her. "Thanks, guys," she'd murmur and continue on. She was careful not to walk too fast and cause anyone to get left behind. It was better that way, anyway, because her anxiety was still there despite the support she had. Taking her time seemed a much better option. Eventually, they'd be standing in front of Indigo Labs. With a heart over her chest, the blonde just... stared at the building before biting her lip and walking on in. She'd take a moment to appreciate the display of medicine set out before Buster would call to her, indicating the door toward the back. Walking through there, she'd look around and call a tentative, yet still defined, "Hello?" Walking more into the waiting-area-like room, she and her Pokemon would stick close together... which was kind of saying something for a giraffe, balloon Pokemon, canine, and a large husk with two others riding along. "I... I came to ask some questions about the Chroma Cookie," she'd either call to the air or actually explain to any person that had made themselves obvious. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 24, 2018 16:31:25 GMT -8
“Meow moow ow mrrrowwww mao ow mow.” What was coming to initially greet Jemma and her Pokemon was a rather rotund but charismatic feline of the Purugly species. The designated queen of the lab herself stopped just before Jemma or any of her Pokemon and sat down. “Mrrowwww….” Ah, yes, welcome welcome good human and Pokemon! She was the lady of this prestigious facility. Never mind that her trainer ran it and owned it.
“Ro- what’s with all the noise?” A voice echoed before a young woman with dark brown hair and brownish red eyes came around from a corner. She stopped immediately on seeing Jemma. “Oh? Hello, welcome to the Indigo lab. Did you need something that wasn’t up front?” She shifted her stance some and offered a smile. Speaking of which— where was their shop keeper? Had he stepped out? Ugh, she was going to be mad if this newest one was flakey.
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 24, 2018 17:38:56 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon A smile lit up Jemma's features as she was greeted by the Purugly. "Aren't you a delightful little greeter?" Soon after, she heard a more Common-speaking voice, though, and her attention turned. "Ah! H-hello! Um... W-well, that's a very good question. I d-didn't actally... look, if I'm being honest. I came to... to ask about... um, well..." A nudge from Buster caused her to gulp and push, "A Chroma Cookie."With that out of her mouth, Jemma took a deep breath and just looked toward the other girl with a dark blush upon her cheeks. "More specifically, possibly a way to help pay for the procedure to make it. I'm just a waitress, so... two hundred is quite a lot," she'd grimace. Gripping the bottom hem of her shirt, she just gave an awkward, almost painful-looking smile. Devi chittered, rubbing the woman's head in an effort to calm her a bit. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 24, 2018 17:50:34 GMT -8
The Purugly preened happily at Jemma. Yes, she was delightful thank you for noticing!
The young woman, meanwhile, seemed to be focusing more on their actual customer. Oh? Oh- A small smile curled at the corners of the girl's lips, and a small head nod was given. "You've come to the right place then, Luke's a good- person. Indigo is yeah." He was younger than her, almost vaguely felt like a little brother, and while he was also her boss, she hadn't quite gotten passed that while working there. "He's helped plenty of people finance the cookie." It made her proud to work in the lab, actually.
There was a pause before she smiled. "He's actually up in his office right now if you want to come up?" She stepped back and made a small hand gesture to the elevator. "Oh, I'm Holly, by the way, one of his research assistants."
Meanwhile the Purugly very briefly walked around Jemma and her Pokemon, pushing up against her briefly before wandering off to the front. She'd done her civic duty. Now to sit in the front window for hours on end.
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 24, 2018 18:00:41 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon Oh, thank Arceus. No judging eyes (why did she even expect that?), no scoffing at her lack of money... This let Jemma relax a little bit and as Holly spoke, the blonde seemed to be more at ease. "Oh, are you sure? I don't want to impose on him," she'd express. "Of course I'd like to meet him, though." She gave an awkward little smile again, but didn't tense up as much this time. She figured being nervous was pretty normal, so she didn't try to hide it so much as downplay it. "It's really nice to meet you, Holly. I go by Jemma, though my given name at birth was Stephen." It seemed perfectly understandable to explain this to help explain in as little words that she was changing to feminine. As the Purugly rubbed against her, she'd look down and chuckle softly. "See you later, kitty." Then she'd realize all her Pokemon were out and considered a moment before asking, "Should I... return some to their Pokeballs or... let them wait down here, even?" She wasn't sure how much space there'd be inside the lab, after all. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 24, 2018 18:14:20 GMT -8
"Oh yeah, part of his job is having an open door." Especially since he'd made such a huge splash in the scientific community. A small, almost devious look came and went from her features. As Jemma went on, however, a small nod was given. "Awesome, nice to meet cha Jemma," she answered with a smile.
She'd started patting herself down for her keycard (that was actually hanging around her neck whoops how did she always misplace the damn thing?) only to stop at Jemma's question. "Oh uhm- you should probably return the bigger ones," she eyed the Girafarig and before the others. "But so long as they're chill, you can leave them downstairs too. Actually uh-" She was walking back towards the front and disappeared for a moment before coming back with what appeared to be a folded paper sack. "These are the lab's specialty poke-treats if you wanna give them to them. They've got every kind of flavor for every kind of nature." She grinned lightly.
Leaning forward and cupping the side of her mouth as if she were telling a secret, she spoke quickly. "They're only handed out free to the good customers~! So don't let me down." She giggled only once before leaning back and nodding her head. "Anyways~ Up to you whatcha wanna do." Thereafter, she'd turn towards the elevator and swipe her keycard. The elevator doors opened smoothly thereafter, and Holly stuck a leg in the door keeping them from closing again just yet.
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 24, 2018 18:29:38 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon Well... that was true, she supposed. Professors were meant to help everyone so an open door was the best sort of policy for that. When told she'd have to return or at least leave behind some of her Pokemon, there was a couple expression of disapproval from the Pokemon themselves. "Okay, guys, don't worry now. Buster, just stay down here and wait for me. Emily, you can return. You've done great; thank you," she offered. Next she'd look to her Wigglytuff and request that Stephanie would stay with the Girafarig so he wouldn't get too anxious. She'd explain she was going to return the Shedinja with an apology and then scoop up Misty from Buster's back. Now there were just two coming up with her and they were relatively small -- at least small enough that one was perched on her shoulder/sort of buried in her hair and the other could be carried still. "All right. That's a bit better," she murmured to herself. When Molly came back with the treats, Jemma grinned. "I won't disappoint you, I promise," she'd respond with a giggle. Once each Pokemon had received a treat and were a bit more relaxed, she'd return Iven and the Glaceon. "Thank you for that," she'd say to Holly as she followed after and move into the elevator. There, she took a deep breath to calm her nerves and once they were moving, she'd curiously ask, "What brought you into this sort of career?" MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 24, 2018 18:45:53 GMT -8
As Jemma made it into the elevator, Holly stepped in after and pressed the second-floor button. The elevator seemed to hesitate a moment before closing and pulling them all up. Oh? She wanted to know about her? "It's kind of a long story, actually but… I started out as a trainer, then got an economics degree and then got interested in the production of our foods," she explained. "Berries, fruits, veggies, herbs, all types of roots and leaves have a lot of interesting commercial uses." The elevator pinged before the double-doors opened again, and Holly started out, gesturing for Jemma to follow.
The lab itself consisted of several rows of benches with numerous lab equipment all sprawled out. The biggest equipment included several centrifuges at the ends of the benchtops. As they walked by, Jemma would see two young men standing at a bench top, one of them telling the other one something to do with a mixture he'd been making. Both would stop and look towards Holly as they registered her. She gave them a wave and grinned at Jemma. "That tall one is Stewart and the other one is Mike." As if Jemma really needed to know their names or any of this specifically.
Coming up to an office door, however, Holly'd raise a hand and knock on it before grabbing the handle. "Yo, Lu, we've got someone interested in the Chroma Cookie are you-" She paused on seeing what Luke was doing. Looking back to Jemma and purposefully keeping her from looking inside, she half smiled. "Ah- hang on a sec actually, ok?" And with that she'd slip into the office. Whatever was said was said low and quiet, and after about a minute, Holly stepped back out again. "Ok, he's cool, you can go in and talk with him now." She thumbed back and grinned. "Just be straightforward with him and everything'll be fine."
As Jemma entered the office, she would find a large desk divided the room, and numerous filing cabinets were in various states of disarray in and around this desk. On one side of it sat Luke looking a little tired and a little perplexed. "Ah uhm…. Welcome." He made a small hand gesture to one of the round chairs in front of his desk.
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 24, 2018 18:57:02 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon As she listened, Jemma found herself both interested and a little surprised. She couldn't really say much. After all, she had been a spy, mostly in the employ of a group of people that really just wanted to overthrow the current government. That wasn't... terribly different than economics, right? Eheh... Whatever the case was, she didn't dig deeper since they didn't have time. As they came onto the lab floor and were greeted with two males looking at them (eventually), Jemma just gave a somewhat uncertain wave to them as they walked. The reaction from Holly had the blond brows furrowing and she just waited patiently, giving a glance back to Stewart and Mike as she stood there. Devi chittered quietly to her trainer and Misty gave an unimpressed look up at Jemma, but both were quieted. Holly emerged and Jemma nodded her head with a smile as she entered the office. Once offered a seat, she'd nod her head and move to sit. She was literally on the edge of her seat, but that was more so she wouldn't accidentally lean on Devi. "Thank you... um, for seeing me. I wondered what I could do to help create a Chroma Cookie so that I might be able to pay a little less," she explained before jumping a little and adding, "My name is Stephen White by birth, but please call me Jemma. Jemma Crawford." Good going, Jemma. Just make a fool of yourself in front of the professor! MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 24, 2018 19:28:53 GMT -8
Luke had… had exactly one minute to gather his bearings from his unexpected office nap crash, and as much as hard as he was trying, he had some mixed results. Slow breaths, Luke. 67% operational. This was- ok, yeah, this was someone looking to get a less expensive Chroma Cookie- or to work for one, rather, right? Right, that made sense especially with the commercialization recently.
A hand reached up and mushed long red locks. "You, uhmhm," he blinked a little and straightened some, rolling both shoulders. "Sorry if I'm a little slow. I was kind of… distracted." Luke shook his head trying in vain to clear it. 75% operational. "Nice to meet you Miss Jemma." Ah, yeah, he got that right after all. Smile, right? Right. 80%, almost there. Just gotta remember standard protocol now. Right.
"I actually have some grants that allow me to produce them so long as it also furthers the research," he explained. A grant that they have thankfully not frozen. Knock on wood. Call down Arceus. "If you'd be willing to help in a recent project, I can most certainly help you get a cookie."
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 24, 2018 19:38:37 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon Jemma was a little nervous that she'd interrupted something important, not realizing that it wasn't as though their arrival had made him destroy a perfectly good project, just that... well, he was trying to rest. "No apology necessary. If I came at a bad time, I could always come back later," she would offer, but he seemed to be getting more and more focused. As he spoke, she'd nod and show her attention, but at the end, she perked up. "Oh, Arceus, yes, I would love to help out." She expected to miss about a week of work between this and recovery, after all. She figured that waitressing was not altogether dangerous so once she got through the worst of the nausea she'd read about, she'd be decently able to work. Which somehow reminded her! "Oh! U-uhm... I forgot all about these, but... I'm sure they're not the rarest or anything, but I brought you some berries as a preemptive thank you." Out of her bag she pulled a pouch. Inside was a cloth which was wrapped neatly around three Rowap berries. "I... found them and it's what prompted my memory about the Chroma Cookie," she'd explain before taking hold of Misty again and getting up to deliver the pouch onto the desk in front of Luke. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 25, 2018 11:43:26 GMT -8
The way in which the woman perked up pulled the corners of Luke's mouth up a bit. Ah good, he was glad that she took to it so quickly. Sometimes with older individuals, there were trickier situations, or so he'd come to realize. Least that wasn't going to be the case here.
A gold eye blinked a couple of times, however, at the gift of sorts. He might have dismissed such a thing had she not been so forward about them. Instead, Luke found himself slowly unwrapping them and looking them over carefully. Oh- "These are Rowap berries," he commented picking one up and turning it around. Their unique shape and form were easy to distinguish but- "They're rather rare to find in the wild."
Luke actually had a small berry tree of them, but it had been slow growing for some time now. He guessed the move didn't help it. Maybe he could plant and cultivate a new line with one of these. "If you find any more out in the wild- or any other unique ones, I'd love to have them. I can use a lot of their properties to strengthen the medicines I make." He… wouldn't get too much into the details and jargon of the science behind such medicine without prompting, but it was clear that he very much meant his words.
Actually- "Uhmph, do you know much about berries?" he asked a little hesitantly. A hand reached up and twisted a few of his red locks absently.
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 25, 2018 16:01:46 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon Jemma was taken off guard by his statement that those particular breed of berry were rather rare to find in the wild. She sat there, dumbfounded and simply staring at them as he made his observations and thoughts on the matter. Wow... They were even more worth it than she thought. Hopefully the Pokemon that were defending the bush would forgive her. Although she nodded as he requested she bring more berries fi she happened to come across them, his question made her cringe a little before she shook her head. "I know... so very little, honestly. I merely brought the Rowap berries because I figured they were a token of good will even if they weren't rare. I never imagined I'd be so lucky. I found those deep in the words near Faraday, though. Maybe I could help you find the bush so you can study it," she offered. Sure, the blonde wasn't exactly an expert, but she knew there were a large variety of berries, from healing to defending, from curing poison to causing confusion in some cases. What she didn't know were the details. If she ever wanted berries, she'd look for a chart or something in the store she was buying them at... Like apples. Sometimes where were signs that said "this apple has a tart flavor, it's good for pies" or... whatever. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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Post by Luke Indigo on Jan 25, 2018 17:30:52 GMT -8
The way Jemma cringed had Luke's features falling just a little. Oh? Oh, well, still. A small nod was given right after that. "Thank your finding them," he smiled a little. "If… if you're ever interested in learning, I have several good books that I could recommend." Most of them were actually on the bookshelf shoved in the corner there, but he didn't even readily remember this right then. Instead, he was… feeling fidgety now? Maybe just being more awake and aware was doing it to him or… or something else entirely.
"I- I uh….Also, you could also learn a lot just… working in my lab with some of the people. They're very knowledgeable about their specific areas of expertise." How was he both saying things very straightforwardly without stuttering but also tripping over and over again in his mind. "I only ever learned because I had a good teacher." He missed that old berry master, actually???
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Post by Jemma Crawford on Jan 26, 2018 18:24:49 GMT -8
fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a life uncommon Jemma blinked at his offer to help her learn and started to giggle a little, which devolved into full-fledged laughter. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she spluttered before catching her breath and shaking her head between soft half-laughs. "I was just so nervous to come here," she began her explanation, "and of course I should've known that there was no need, but... I am thirty-five years old and only now finally realizing that I didn't just like women's clothes and that I should be a woman. I was just so out-of-sorts about it and... now that I'm here, you and Holly have just been so nice. I don't know what I expected, to be honest! I'm so sorry."With that said, she rubbed the side of her neck a little, but was still definitely smiling. "I will definitely come back to learn more about berries," she promised. As long as she made sure to not let it interfere with work, it was a great idea to educate herself on such a useful tool. Plus, it was a type of food, really. She did well with food. So as to avoid any awkward silence, she'd then ask, "So, about what you'd like me to help with? I mean, in order to help pay for the Chroma Cookie." Like that wasn't obvious. MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0
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