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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 9, 2018 10:26:54 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD A mixture of nervousness and excitement rolled through Katie as she walked through the large glass doors of the League building in Faraday. It was an annual meeting and showcase for the Gym Leaders and Professors of the Pokemon League and it was her first time attending; which also meant that she was in the line up of the new members to be introduced.
On the plus side she did not have to give a public presentation as she was asked to submit some minor biographical information as well as a sampling of her field of study within the Pokemon League. She was directed to one of the conference auditoriums that seemed to seat between 100-300 people. It was already beginning to fill as people from all over the regions gathered for the conference.
As she took a seat near the end of the row, in…what was this…ah section D-2, she began to take in her surroundings. It was a wide open, domed room with the large ceiling pulled back to allow the members with winged modes of transportation to arrive comfortably. She could see the varied Pokemon such as Salamance and Charizard among the Altaria and other winged pokemon. The room was humming with energy and excitement; it was so thick and palpable to Katie as if she could reach out and touch it.
She was overwhelmed by the noise around her that buzzed in the peripereal of her mind and she felt an almost euphoric high from the general excitement of those around her. She was relieved; being unable to close off her telepathic or empathic connections, that the environment was more than pleasant.
Katie looked at her flyer skimming over the exhbits and the symposium presenters. She recognized a few of the names of a few Professors that were presenting under the Paraphyschological Research panel. Some of the essays to be presented ranged from the clairvoyant to studying the physiological manifestion of Ghost Type Pokemon. There were also panels dedicated to Aura Reading and Channeling as well as one of her more familiar topics that studied the relations of a human psychic in comparison to a Psychic Type Pokemon.
This last topic had yet to have her name on the list but someday, upon completion of her dissertation, she would present the findings of her own research. She hoped that it would be fruitful; her mentoring professor had gifted her with an Elgyem for her research as well as provided a slew of rabbit trails to follow. Pair the Elgyem research with what she was trying to accomplish with her Kirlia upon its evolution and she hoped she would be able to provide some definitive results that would provide other individuals like herself with a solution to buffer against the constant onslaught of the Affective and Psychological.
Sometimes Katie was aware of the affect of peoples emotions on her own emotional processing but even in being able to identify the affect she was unable to separate and process it on its own plane of existence; the same applied to the psychological platform with telepathy. She had yet to discover if there was even a way to “shut off” the constant open window of minds around her. Except in the rare instances she encountered an individual trained to guard their mind. Usually, this was found in the Professors; and while she was able to cloak her own mind to others she was unable to find the barrier of the outside coming in.
This is why she had picked Alto as her home; due to the rural nature of the population she was able to have a natural peace and quiet due to the lack of proximity of other people to her forest home.
After a while of reading through the rest of the phamplet with bios of the presenters and a list of recognitions to accomplishments of current standing members as well as the list of new members (her name was listed), she would look around some more taking in the sights of the people and the general hubbub while people began to settle down for announcements and opening cerimonies.
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Professor of Botany
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 9, 2018 11:13:03 GMT -8
Grumbling a little and rolling his shoulders, Luke started up the steps of the auditorium. As much as he would have preferred to sequester himself in the lab that day, these large open scientific and Pokemon centric meetings were pretty much required if he wanted to keep his League job. At least his biggest accomplishment was still moving in the forward direction. He would have to present on that later, but it was well funded, well studied, and well ready for more public spotlight. What else he'd been doing these last couple of months, not so much. 'Thank you-' Ugh, Nill, sorry, sorry. 'I understand, Luke..' It really did, didn't it? In ways that only Luke himself could otherwise.
Coming up the stairs, he eyeballed those sitting in the various rows, judging if he wanted to elbow his way in those or not. Nah, not right then. Not right that day. He ascended further and came to a row with a woman whose face he didn't quite recognize and stopped short. Ah, hm. Actually, no, she looked vaguely like the profile he'd received an update on, recently. A new professor, was it? What was she studying? 'Psychic powers, I think…' Oh right, thanks Nilly. Such rare and special persons were worth studying, he guessed, though his vaguely exhausted mind couldn't actually come up with any research that might be done with such.
A person brushed passed him, and Luke stepped sideways. Ugh, guess he was entering this row either way. Wandering into it, he paused a moment. "Is this seat taken?"
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 9, 2018 13:14:21 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie felt him approaching, it hadn’t bothered her any, she was used to the comings and goings of internal conversation. Some people had multiple voices they exchanged with; some were less pleasant than others. She wasn’t really giving this particular trailing conversation any mind as it had been humming around in, what she liked to call, the peripheral of her minds eye; that was till the young man side stepped into her bubble to avoid a passer-by and addressed her.
She shifted suddenly herself grabbing the items in the chair next to her and placing them on the floor somewhat ungracefully as she jammed some pages into a book without setting them to rights. “No, no its not taken,” she said smiling. Her bright red curls where wrapped up in, what would be deemed a messy bun to most people but to her it was as orderly as possible, some of the curls had escaped framing her face as she pushed a pair of glasses up onto her nose.
She didn’t always need glasses, mostly for long distances and with the projection screens and other displays she found them useful.
She would let her eyes scan the crowd as he sat down, in a way of privacy almost and from her own mild awkwardness when a strange person sits next to you and you are trying to not clue into their thoughts that seemed to feel more of a duplicate than one single voice. It felt…alien almost? Pushing it aside against she looked back at the auburn haired man that had sat next to her and she offered a warm smile and her hand to properly introduce herself “I’m Katelyn Cooper…” she left it open for him to respond in turn.
She liked to be sociable in these sorts of situations and it was professionally polite to introduce oneself when someone opted to sit nearby. If she was fortunate maybe he would make for a good partner in introspection to some of the presentations of the conference. If not, at least she was professional and presented herself as such. NOTES: |TAGS: | WORD COUNT: :MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GANGNAM STYLE
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Professor of Botany
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 9, 2018 13:40:37 GMT -8
Luke bit the inside of his mouth, feeling vaguely like he was intruding. He could have chosen to sit anywhere, even a row behind or even further back than that, but here he was. Still, he moved and sat down there anyways. "Thanks," escaped form him as an almost after thought.
A single yellow eye briefly flicked down onto the stage, drawing over the podium and the people walking along it getting last minute prep work done. He recognized quite a few of them for obvious reasons, but there seemed to be some interspersed that he had to question if he'd ever actually met before. 'There's something strange about this one…' Nilly commented. Luke blinked back into reality. Which one. Of course the Nihilego couldn't raise a tentacle hair up and point right then, but as Katelyn spoke, Luke guessed this was what it meant.
"Ah, Luke Indigo," he answered taking her hand and giving a small shake. "I'm the League's Berry and Botany Professor." There was a small pause before he went on. "You're the newest League Professor- studying Psychic power, yeah?" It probably stood to reason that she was a psychic herself, but this only clicked as an afterthought. "A pleasure to meet you."
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 9, 2018 16:42:02 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie flushed lightly as he determined correctly, she hadn’t expected anyone to really pay attention to her induction really. She really shouldn’t have been surprised though but she was certainly humble with her work and accomplishments. “Pleasure to meet you Proffessor Indigo,” she said pleasantly sitting back some with a nod “Yes, I do study the psychic arts and sciences—Berries and Botany? Must be fascinating, I had contemplated botany at one point…but” she shrugged lightly “other opportunities you know?”
She looked back out to survey the crowed, her eyes scanning to locate that odd precense she was picking up on. It wasn’t familiar…it felt like it came from a different place not natural to this world? Her brow furrowed lightly as she investigated scanning lightly over the mind of the people her eyes rested on briefly to identify if they possessed the source of that uncanny presence.
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Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 10, 2018 7:34:53 GMT -8
The woman's cordialness and precision of wording was noted and stored away in the back of Luke's mind. He gave a small nod to her not-quite-rhetorical question before she went on, though his brow did quirk a little as she mentioned having even more than a passing interest in botany. How deep it ran was probably debatable, but it did pique his interest for a moment or two.
"Understandable," he answered allowing his own gaze to flicker forward again. Someone was looking very confused from the stage and had quciky turned and started off of it again. "Do you know what you plan to do as far as research goes?" Half a dozen half-baked ideas on what one could study with such a focus came and went from his mind, but it was hardly his area of expertise. Was she going to train people in psychic powers or was she more doing research to see why some humans had them? Or was it something else entirely? He probably should have given more than a passing glance to the file that had alerted him of a new professor, but as things were, his time was limited.
Nilly had quieted some again, settling as it sometimes did.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 10, 2018 8:14:07 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Eager to answer questions about her research Katie was thrilled by the question. Someone showing interest in such a relatively limited field, and by limited it was because of how rare it was in humans, always gave Katie the opportunity to educate and enlighten those that may not possess such rarities.
“Well, I have at least a half a dozen different avenues that I am working on at any given time and always jotting down more; but presently my major focus is trying to establish some sort of psychological buffer for psychics with empathic and telepathic traits that would allow a relatively normal and separate existence without being drowned in the affective and mental noise associated with both of those traits. So far the strongest leads I have is partnering with certain pokemon, psychic types or similar, that have a natural connection and understanding. Even the strongest human psychic does not posses nearly a fraction of what the most skilled Gardevoir or Alakazam does.”
She paused for a moment realizing she had gone on an excitable tangent for herself and may have overwhelmed him with information. Hopefully she hadn’t made him regret asking the question. She also noticed that whatever that unfamiliar edge was had receded and it had allowed her to engage in her field with more gusto and confidence.
“I also would like to familiarize myself with the regional community and see if there are any other individuals with the psychic talents and hopefully educate them as well as establish think tank, if you will, to conduct research and workshops…maybe even come up with some sort of training for psychic and non-psychic trainers and their pokemon.”
Realizing she had prattled on some more she smiled sheepishly “Sorry if I overwhelmed you with all of that…its just something I am passionate about so when someone asks I just kind of…get swept away,” she chuckled nervously hoping she had not scared him off with her fervor.
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 10, 2018 8:46:12 GMT -8
A thoughtful look drew onto Luke's features as he listened to Katie's words. He had never really considered the extra problems that one might face as such a unique individual, but it made enough sense when she stated it like that. "I see," he answered rolling the possibility around in his mind. Partnering with psychic Pokemon certainly made the most sense, but he had to wonder if maybe there was some kind of potion that could be made to also help. He made a mental note to look into it later.
He might have added on to that very thought had she not gone on. Ah, that made sense too considering her interests. It lined up with a possibility that had come to mind in the short span they had been sitting there, so yeah of course. "That would be good for those struggling with their powers- or even just developing their powers," he nodded a bit to himself.
The apology that came after had him shaking his head a bit. "It's fine, I get that," probably more than most people would expect him to know. "There's a lot of opportunity to develop different systems and research." His Chroma Cookie research, after all, had gotten off the ground due to Veria's resources. "You might also consider studying what causes people to exhibit psychic powers, maybe something about their heritage or certain share experiences. A retrospective cohort or I guess in this case case-control study might be useful." He wasn't really into the whole 'human subjects' studies aside from his own ongoing clinical trials, but it was always a good resource to have.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 10, 2018 9:24:13 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD She nodded reflectively, she had never though about going to the roots of an individual and seeing what caused the traits to occur. It would be more of a survey rather that cracking open a person’s skull. She wasn’t into cadavers and the gory details of the anatomy, some people did though and they offered themselves up to that sort of research. However; it was very rare and not commonly accepted in the field. Some of the fields predecessors had been liberal with human experimentation during some of the wars; like the one between Kanto and Jahoto. Some grizzly but enlightening research had stemmed from those scientists but Katie refused to dabble in the morally questionable and unethical.
“Yes, that would probably be a very good place to start…find out if there are any commonalities. Maybe a trauma of some sort or a certain exposure.” She contemplated this suggestion some her mind traveling back to her own triggering event in her life. It would be interesting to follow up on that; she pulled out a notebook and scribbled a few notes “Thank’s for the suggestion, I will be sure to follow up on it,” a bright smile spread across her face as her glasses slid down the bridge of her nose.
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Pokémon League
Professor of Botany
Any trainer that can't afford medicine can come to me. |
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 10, 2018 10:02:41 GMT -8
Luke gave a small nod to Katie's words watching as she fished out her notebook and scribbled out a couple of things. "Welcome," he answered smiling a bit. After that, however, the opening ceremonies were finally underway, and Luke's attention shifted forward again. The first up was the chair of the League describing all the numerous seminars that were going on today before reminding everyone again to please remain focused and not distract others needlessly. Luke snorted briefly at that, his singular eye rolling before refocusing again.
The first lecture consisted of some engineering work with quite a lot of technical jargon. Luke blinked slowly through most of it but would fish out his phone and google a couple of words now and again. Dad would be more interested in this than me… And yet Indiana Indigo was not seated there today but was back at the lab doing whatever he damn well pleased. Luke bit the inside of his mouth trying not to be too jaded by the entire thing. At least it was good to know that people were up to date on their centrifuge machines and the like. A small break was given thereafter for the next set of presentations. Luke sat back looking thoughtfully. "Has there been any research into studying brain patterns when psychics use their powers?" he asked looking back to Katie again.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 10, 2018 10:43:47 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD Katie listened intently during the lecture; though occasionally she would fidget with her pen, maybe write an interesting thought down, or scan the room again if there was a particularly annoying thought. Her fidgets where due to the emotional influxes ranging from boredom to interest and she found herself hyper focusing at times to stifling a yawn. When they were given a short recess she stood and stretched before sitting back down.
When he spoke to her she looked at him thoughtfully; her brain doing a mental flip through of her knowledge and previous research. “hmmm there is some outdated studies back during the war between Kanto and Jahoto…but its ethics are questionable and back then the technology was not as humane as some of today’s scanners. I’ve seen more theory and speculation rather than medical examination…a neurologist and a psychologist could probably come up with some interesting results…or even if there was access to the equipment I could just analyse my own tests to see what sort of activity goes on…” she scribbled some more notes and looked at him quizzically.
“You have some excellent concepts…any particular quality about the psychic field interest you specifically?”
She wanted to ask about his own research but that could be a little later…maybe in light of some of the Botany panelists. It was a topic that interested her and honestly, she was curious if there was any sort of homeopathic and botanical research that would coincide with or pair with her field. Goodness, there was so many possibilities and so little time in a day.
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Professor of Botany
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 10, 2018 10:57:40 GMT -8
Luke's eyebrows kitted together as he listened to Katie. He was hardly an ethicist by training but had a rather strict moral code at the end of the day. Harm should be minimized at all costs. As the question was directed to him, however, he chewed the inside of his mouth playing with the idea that had come to mind. 'Me, huh…' Nilly assessed accurately. Luke felt his stomach tighten, but there was no denying that Nill was the first one to come to mind in these types of scenarios.
A hand reached up and twisted a couple of locks of hair into a small curl. "I guess more than anything it's connotations for humans and Pokemon," he answered glancing back towards her. "How the dynamic of individuals is shaped by their experiences, when this seems like such a unique experience." He had never heard a Pokemon's thoughts before until Nilly had become a part of him. Sure, he understood Spidey and Static, his Leavanny and Pikachu respectively, very well in terms of basic things, but some of Nilly's thoughts and interests were mind boggling to him.
A slightly different thought occurred to him right then. "Actually… also… the Payapa berry is known to reduce the effectiveness of Psychic attacks on a Pokemon," he commented aloud. "I wonder if there's something similar to amplify psychic power or if there is a variety of it that can affect humans."
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 10, 2018 11:29:01 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD A smile spread across her face; empathizing with that curiosity. It was what most of her study was birthed from, or at least what inspired her to seek the partnership with her Pokémon to help her learn how to expand her own psychic understanding. She found it essential to be able to separate herself from the melding of identities that swirled around her when she was not in her home out in the middle of the woods. It hadn’t been until she moved to Alto that she had finally found the serenity of her own mind and her own emotions.
Her eyes flickered for a moment as she picked up on that small voice that floated through Luke’s mind. She had made a point to avoid peering inside that window, shoving it back into the recess of her peripheral mind but that early presence spoke up and it grabbed her attention. Out of respect though she didn’t say anything or investigate further having found the person she had been looking for earlier.
“So really the interpersonal relationship both on the psychological level as well as the affective…analyze the data…try to come to an understanding of what it means to connect even so much as a simple emotion.” She nodded understandingly
“Those bonds can be analyzed on a psychological level, which is partly why my research focuses on that bond. I strongly believe that mankind could learn to function solely on one’s own without exterior assistance but if we want to be our best we need a helping hand…finding the right Pokémon, and in some cases the right person allows for that growth.”
Her interest peeked as she processed his last bit of information to address “I think I have seen some studies on the Payapa berry…there was one theorist who speculated that it might even work to dull a person’s psychic tendencies…however he was anti these individuals. Said it was unnatural. Wanted to find a way to suppress. I think the military may have gotten involved…for good or ill." She paused for a moment gathering her thoughts "It would be curious to see if there was a way to amplify it…maybe it would help a user be able to grasp a better understanding and develop an advanced technique at a coping method with the noise…” she mused this resting her chin on her hand as her elbow was supported by her knee; her legs crossed.
A loose cascade of curls spilled over her blue eyes as they swam with thoughts and ideas. She should probably pick up the research on the Payapa Berry again. Being able to minimize the effect of her psychic traits could also be beneficial for trying to cope with the overwhelming amount of information she processed daily. All was not lost though, she had a great many possibilities to pursue. Looking back to him it was like a light bulb had turned on in her mind "perhaps you might be interested in a collaborative study?" She could already tell she liked his disposition and his knowledge as well as fresh perspective could be highly beneficial for her studies; especially since some of what he had just told her aligned so closely with her own.
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Professor of Botany
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Post by Luke Indigo on Mar 10, 2018 11:46:54 GMT -8
Luke could not read Katie's thoughts and couldn't always read people's expressions. From the way she spoke to him to the way in which it trailed along, he had no indication of her extra sense picking up on what lay in his mind. Nilly, however, had become ever so vaguely aware that something was 'different' about this human. What exactly, however, it could not pin down in the slightest just yet.
He nodded a bit at her words, taking in each one and folding it carefully into various compartments of his mind. His interest too reverberated when she mentioned having knowledge of such berries. His lips pursed a little as she went on to explain the backdrop that such studies were set to. He knew little of the outside world's military, only his kingdom's knights, but they were enough to give an idea of what military powers could do. Hmmm but if there hadn't been any major research on it just yet, then perhaps it was still something to look into eventually.
The offer for a collaboration piqued his interest. "It would be interesting." For sure. "I should actually have a couple of Payapa trees in my gardens," he thought aloud. "They may take some time to mature, though. Their seasons are a little off the normal berry track." If he remembered right, anyways. He'd have to go check with Holly to be sure since she'd been one of the major caretakers up there. "My lab is in Sinclair," he went on. "Mostly so that I can pick up any extra plants around the region that may have come to light or otherwise." That and dispersing medicines was more effective this way on the whole.
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Post by Katie Cooper on Mar 10, 2018 12:22:47 GMT -8
you'vegotabigheart THAT'S THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD She grinned brightly attempting to contain her excitement. If someone had a window into her own mind an image of Katie jumping with glee bounced along within her mind along with so many other curiosities. She knew she had been coming to this both as an obligation to her position as well as to feed her mind and research but she hadn’t expected encountering someone that would show interest in the small field.
“That will give us plenty of time to establish parameters for the study, also by then my Kirlia should have evolved and she, along with my Elgyem could give some thoughtful insights.”
Gardevoir was rumored to be the strongest empathic Pokémon which meant that she would serve as a great asset in testing her theory on having a strong psychic Pokémon be able to help buffer the constant noise.
“Mine is in Alto…deeper woods. Nice and quiet. Plenty of room and no surrounding noise to interfere too much so it could be relatively sterile of the psychic noise. Save for yours and mine but given the proper identification and training with the subject we could probably get as close to silent as possible. Also, Gardevoir could probably act as a buffering agent until we were ready to test it out in a populated environment.”
Katie was aware of the curiosity of unfamiliar mind but it wasn’t pushing or prodding so she didn’t give it much attention; however, if it did pry or makes itself more apparent to her she wouldn’t be resistance to allowing it to explore. It didn’t seem…like a negative entity and Luke wasn’t exuding in unordinary emotions aside from interest so no red flags where going up on her telepathic radar.
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