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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 2, 2018 6:32:54 GMT -8
“Well then, allow me to be your tour guide, then~” Grinning as the large glass door at the front of Arcadia smoothly slid open in front of her, after a little bow to let Katie go in before her, Sophie stepped inside and let the young woman take in the impressive looking atrium that their institute had built. Big and bright because of the large glass windows that made up the round reception area, overhead hung the skeleton of an Aerodactyl in mid-flight and behind the reception desk was the recovered bones of a Tyrantrum that had been arranged to look like it was howling at the sun.
“Several of the institute’s benefactors have seen fit to loan us an item or two from their own finds and private collections… The atrium acts as a little museum that anyone can visit in order to look at a little history of the Pokémon World~” Miss Sequoia practically beaming with pride as she moved from the redhead and gestured to the display cases and then the reassembly of a temple wall that was covered in Unown Hieroglyphics, she pulled her hands behind her back as she showed off some of the ‘crown jewels’ that Arcadia could boast.
“But it isn’t just ancient history either, here take a look at this…” Giggling lightly and moving over to one of the glass cases in which something round and rather worn was left sitting upon a short pedestal, what looked to be a very crude looking forerunner to the tool almost every trainer used was contained within this crystal clear confine. “This was one of the very first prototypes for the Pokeballs we use today… Of course I’d guess from where you’re from you’d be familiar with Apricorns but this was one of the very first wholly man-made devices used to house Pokémon…” Looking a little misty eyed as she viewed something that some clever and courageous individual had deigned to create, whilst it looked quite a bit larger and less functional than what they used in the modern era and likely would no longer function, Sophie couldn’t help but wonder what the very first creature to be successfully caught in a device like this was? The lid tightly sealed to this day, Miss Sequoia had occasionally been tempted to toss this antique of the modern age out and see if there was still a monster lurking within it...
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Post by Katie Cooper on Apr 2, 2018 9:07:54 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie walked through doors of Arcadie and allowed her eyes to absorb in the sights of the grand structure and the wonders that it held. The Tryantrum Skeleton was by far the most impressively terrifying item to behold. Katie admired it before she let her eyes trail along the display cases, listening as Sophie spoke.
She admired the temple Hieroglyphs having the urge to reach out and touch the display but refrained herself as that was proper etiquette and handling of such ancient relics. Her curiosity continued to rise as she continued on to where Sophie stood over the case holding the crude prototype of the pokeball.
“It’s quite fascinating, history is an excellent backdrop for a research facility that moves towards what the future holds.”
Katie could appreciate the juxtaposition of presenting the forward thinking progressive institute with the backdrop of history. It effectively showcased where man had progressed from to where man was progressing to. All done in very excellent taste NOTES: |TAGS: | WORD COUNT: :MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GANGNAM STYLE
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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 2, 2018 12:30:41 GMT -8
“I think the intention is that once we start making breakthroughs, they’ll be shown off in some way here as well…” Taking a couple of steps backward and looking around the exhibits that had been collected, like the very first nurses station fitted in a Verian Pokémon Center, Sophie couldn’t help but feel a little bit misty eyed.
“Who knows, maybe one day there’ll be a display to the exciting Pokémon I helped to document or even create somewhere around here? My name on a big, shiny plaque with the name ‘Humbabunga’ or some such, discovered by Sophie Sequoia?” Giggling lightly as she imagined some great success coming her way that might make her a household name, she loved the idea of going back to her parents and Uncle Sheridan to show off something brand new they had never seen before. This had always been her goal, really. The driving force behind her desire to study and search the fields.
“You know, as a little girl I’d always be looking for some super special new species to show off to my Uncle…” The feeling of sentimentality starting to get the better of Miss Sequoia, with her eyes now looking not at the things around her but rather images of her past, she remembered being dashing around patches of grass she was barely taller than.
“I’d catch all sorts of Pokémon? Common things like Caterpie’s and Pidgeys then run to his library and hope I didn’t find a picture of them in one of his reference books? I thought I was onto a winner when I got ahold of a shiny Hoothoot… Thought that I’d found a whole new subspecies of them?” Remembering times long ago where her stature measured up to her ambition even less than it did now, Sophie titled her head and gave a distant smile as her heart filled with a remnant of the excitement and warmth she could felt back then. Much of the drive and enthusiasm she showed for Pokémon born from the wonder that she held as a child, without the memories and experiences she had gained as Sheridan’s ‘Junior Assistant’, who knows where should would have ended up now?
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Post by Katie Cooper on Apr 3, 2018 15:00:23 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie found herself watching Sophie more than looking at the exhibits as she spoke about her aspirations. Katie could feel the waves of sentiment fondness coming from the young woman and the gleam in her eyes as she stared blankly off into her memories, Katie couldn’t help but watch the scene of the little Sophie running to her uncle and thumbing through books. “Aspirations built on childhood dreams always seem to have the most promise and potential, I am sure with everything you have worked for here that you are well on your way to realizing your dream.” Katie said this with a kind and encourage demeanor and she was very pleased to have found herself in the company of Sophie.
She was an inspiring young woman who had a head for business and a passion for her field. If Katie didn’t get the chance to see it she would still count on the fact that Sophie would succeed wherever her passions carried her.
“So,” she said after a moment “what next is on your itinerary?” she asked with a cheery curiosity.
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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 3, 2018 16:16:37 GMT -8
“Heeheehee, I’m glad you don’t think it’s childish to still be chasing after ideas I had as a little girl~” Smirking and giving a small nod of thanks to the approval that Katie showed, even though they were strangers not a short time ago, Sophie found the gesture of her new friend meaning more than she expected. Running her fingers through her fringe and grinning a little giddily, she found the small crush she had started to develop for this girl deepen a little further and for a second wondered what the girl’s answer might be if she asked her for a drink or something after their business was done? There was definitely something about this girl that made Miss Sequoia wanna know her that little bit better.
“W-Well, that’s really up to you! I could show you around one or two of our labs or we could pop out the back and see the enclosures where the samples we’ve caught are housed?” Flustered for a moment as once again her thoughts had drifted a little way beyond ‘professional interest’, after a slight stammer and tiny blush, Miss Sequoia swept her arm across the foyer and let the Arcadia Institute be the oyster of her companion.
“I suppose I probably won’t be able to take you too deep into the operations department, they’ll get their feathers ruffled if I let someone they haven’t vetted into their inner sanctum, no matter how ‘cool’ I say you are~” Unsure of what the girl was most interested in about the site and willing to bend as far as she could manage for Miss Cooper, Sophie giggled lightly as she pictured the grumpy guardsmen that kept an eye on the building and the rangers who were usually far happier outdoors. Tact and tolerance not always the priority when looking for people to secure a site or subdue an outbreak of angry monsters, Katie might have been disappointed to discover that not everyone at Arcadia shared the head of research’s sunny disposition.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Apr 6, 2018 15:11:35 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Though, admittedly, Katie was nearly bursting with eagerness to arrive at the ruins she tempered herself preaching patience in her inner dialogue. Everything before her was immensely engaging and fascinating. Being presented with the possibilities of the labs and the enclosures Katie certainly agreed that going back into the labs could be seen as infringing on private work.
“That is quite understandable, I wouldn’t want to encroach my welcome on anyone that might not wish it.” Nodding understandingly at Sophie’s explanation Katie agreed “The enclosures would be a curiosity of mine, only because care and keeping for such vital pieces of research pique my interest.”
She had another point of curiosity though that she volunteered to her vibrant companion “From what you have said you study the ecological relations on pokemon…what are some of the other areas of study at Arcadia?” NOTES: |TAGS: | WORD COUNT: :MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GANGNAM STYLE
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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 6, 2018 16:16:45 GMT -8
“Well, as an ecologist I’ve tried to make sure that our enclosures mimic what Pokémon might find in their natural environments as closely as I can?” Smiling at the enthusiasm of the amber haired girl, Sophie nodded gently and began to guide the pair toward the ‘back door’ to the building.
“It’s part of what has been ‘distracting’ me from more advanced work, but not without bearing some modest 'fruit', so to speak? Sometimes simply watching how Pokémon adapt to new surroundings and new neighbours can be something of an insight!” Nodding at the receptionist with whom she had long been familiar and taking out her ID card more to get through one of the doors toward the rear of the foyer than because she was worried about being challenged by this woman or one of the guards, after pressing it to one of the pads a pleasingly soft voice chirped up with the words “Welcome, Professor Sequoia” before swinging the door she chose open and letting the girls through.
“Honestly, while I’m the ‘Head’ of research, we don’t really have many other specialists driving other projects? A fair few interns and assistants but we do need to find a few more ‘chiefs’ as it were?” Miss Sequoia lifting her arm across herself and holding her other elbow, as she strolled toward the enclosures, she lightly tapped her chin as she thought of some of the wider scope that Arcadia dealt with, which wasn’t hard at the moment.
“Aside from my own focuses, we’ve largely been looking at problems and occurrences in Veria? For instance, the institute would like to find a way to recover the area known as the waste from the barren state it has been left in?” This very much in its infancy group largely acting on some of the goals that the board of directors that Sophie had a seat upon decided, most of what they looked into so far had been difficulties that might have been a benefit to the reason to solve, or things they might be able to take advantage of.
“There’s also some interest in examining the ruins we will later visit, with a hope to fully comprehend their strange self-levitation, with the view toward being able to purposefully reproduce it? Imagine if we could alleviate possible future population crisis by simply creating islands in the sky? Our scouts were actually looking into that when they found the Psychic field today?” Arcadia focusing first and foremost on making a name for themselves with some big development or act of assistance to the region in order to attract interest from both investors and potential talent, though perhaps it made them seem a bit like they were chasing glory for the moment, it was largely a step toward building something that could endure and grow in future…
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Post by Katie Cooper on Apr 12, 2018 9:33:48 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD
Katie listened with immense interest to her companion as they walked. Her eyes scanned over the pristine walls of the establishment and she read the miscellaneous name plates on some of the staffing pictures, nodding in time with Sophie’s words and her own observations. Though Arcadia was in its youth she had the sense to feel that she was walking in an organization that would grow to be significant. “Ah, yes I have heard some discourse about “The Waste” though I don’t know much about its origins or really what all is involved. I have only been in Veria for about a month or so now…” she mused softly making sure to keep as closely in stride as she could with Sophie.
Her interest piqued again at the mention of the ruins and floating sky islands “That is very interesting…if there is such a high volume of Psionic energy perhaps there is a large telekentic field that might be involved…though to accomplish such a feat would have to take an immense amount of effort on the subject that is creating the field…it could be possible to try and replicate a telekentic event but translating the mental capacity into a mechanical or technological conveyance would be the challenge…”she scrunched her face thinking “if you had a team of engineers and some sort of programmer…” she shrugged “All of the implications could be achievable with the right composition of working parts and it would be groundbreaking if the phenomena was created by a telekentic field…”
Katie’s mind boggled as she broke down what Sophie had said and paired it with her working knowledge and understanding. The possibilities were there but she would have to see it and study it more to confirm her suspicions.
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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 12, 2018 16:35:45 GMT -8
“I’m not sure it is an act of psychic energy, really?” Looking upward with a slight frown as she continued on her path toward the enclosures out back, Sophie wrinkled her nose slightly as the redhead gave a speculator suggestion. “I’d imagine that if it was, all the ruins would give off a heavy psychic field, rather than the response being exemplified in the one we’re studying? Others don’t seem to quite have the same kind or level of projection in our readings?” The island they were studying at the moment not the first one, the pink haired girl had her curiosity piqued because of the unusual readings this particular one had given off, contrasting the more mundane results of the other lands.
“From what I’ve found out of the history of Faraday, whatever caused this was an experiment or endeavour in order to mimic what had been done in Liggs? Expanding the town by exploiting underground areas and such things? At a guess, I’d say there was some strange physical reaction in the ore or something under these lands that created this result? I’m largely speculating though…” Putting on a little bit more of her ‘serious business’ hat for a moment, though the event that led to the strange ruins being created was not many decades ago, the records of led to it were spotty at best. Having glanced over them but largely been focused on other issues, whatever acts of geology or gravity that had caused the situation were a little beyond the depth of understanding that Miss Sequoia possessed, and she was left stabbing in the dark more than anything.
“We might need to take on a hot shot in earth science or something to crack that particular nut, I’d say?” Smiling gently as she stepped up to the door toward which she had been strolling, with another flash of her badge and greeting from a computerized voice, Sophie opened up the door to the back lot of Arcadia and said nothing for the moment. A vast stretch of manufactured wild land the size of several sports pitches opening up in front of the pair, all sorts of simulated terrains and enclosures had been set up, and separated off to make sure harmful mingling was kept to a minimum. Immediately in front of them a large pen meant to simulate a grassy plain but a jungle and even a rockier, less verdant area beyond that, Miss Sequoia held her tongue for a moment as she wondered what Katie might make of what she had come to consider the ‘jewel’ of Arcadia’s crown.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Apr 20, 2018 20:37:20 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie listened to Sophie’s conjecture with an open mind and nodded, “yes, until we get out there and allow you to run tests it is merely speculation at this point…riveting speculation however.” She pointed out with a reassuring smile. As an intellectual, Katie was a glutton for the academic speculations as it fostered so many creative and unique possibilities that someone, with the right wherewithal, could potentially replicate. Before the entered the doors to the enclosures Katie considered Sophie’s suggestion “yes...that might be of some use to consider.”
Katie would have gone on to ask her stunning companion if she had any people to reference for the job, but when Sophie opened the doors Katie’s eyes widened as she absorbed the sites before her. She hadn’t seen an enclosure habitat like this…ever. There were so many environments, usually she had only seen the generic fields for the pokemon to mingle indiscriminately but here…there seemed no risk of the Tyrunt grabbing a minccino for a snack. Katie was swept away by the scientific compilation of engineering and ecology and the wonders they had made. “Wow,” she breathed softly “this is impressive Sophie.”
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Post by Sophie Sequoia on Apr 22, 2018 6:26:08 GMT -8
“Welcome… To Arcadia Park!” Quiet whilst the redhead took in the grand sight which she considered her biggest accomplishment so far with the institute, with a grin Sophie stepped in front of her companion and spread her arms wide, doing a vocal impression of a character from an old movie she had once seen before breaking into a light giggle.
“Managed to grab that one last summer in Aleal of all places? That snow-scape becomes a field of green when the sun is warm enough to melt the whiteness away? I found Deerling and Litleo, some Cherrim and even a Castform as well, all enjoying the warmth…” Shaking her head as her chuckling died down and moving toward the array of paddocks, Miss Sequoia found herself glad that it was such a nice day since there were a pair of her Tropius idly absorbing the sunshine right in front of the duo, the nearest of them yawning toward the pink haired professor as she drew a little closer and told Katie a little about her summer discoveries.
“We’ve got all sorts in here, plenty of rares; helps to be so close to the Safari Zone in that regard! If there’s anything you’re interested in seeing, I can probably guide you to whatever we have? At Arcadia we try and make sure as many of our monsters as possible are kept outside their Pokéballs, seems a shame to have them locked up?” Giving a little wave to the summer Tropius she had trapped and being given a gruff call in return, Sophie pulled her hands behind her back and hummed gently as she strolled into the mingling, almost maze-like paddock, wondering just what might tickle the fancy of her friend? Boasting an impressive selection, a large percentage of these creatures were caught by her own fair hand and Miss Sequoia hoped to have the chance to show off both her finds and the skills she had shown in securing them…
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