Dr. Codon of Cellularis Labs

Pokémon trainer and scientist. Currently performing research into the Alleliform Phenomenon found in my home region. Posting from Cellularis Laboratory, north of Vacucent City. He/Him.

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Hello. I am Dr. Codon, head researcher at Cellularis Laboratory, located within the Danaai region. Though my main focus at the moment is researching the Alleliform Phenomenon, I’m in no way opposed to other questions, be it about science, Pokémon, or any other topic you may be curious about.

Research tag is #notes from the lab. Pokémon tag is #lab assistants.

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Character uses He/Him, mod uses He/They/It, character reference and lab logo below. Ooc tag is #ooc. This is just a silly funny cool account so don’t be weird ok? And uhhhh yeah :] have fun :]

Pelipper mail is currently on!!

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Hello. I apologize for my absence from the blog. I have not yet read the posts he had written, so I hope Odonata has been… responsible, as much as he can be. As for where I have been, I have been, aheh, pursuing “alternative” forms of research. Speaking of that, I return with good news, for once. I have finally achieved a breakthrough in my research, and believe I may have found an important factor, if not the source itself, of the Alleliform phenomenon. Alas, I cannot reveal anything yet. But I do have things planned. Big things.

Other than that, not much to report. Here’s hoping all goes well going forward. Once again, apologies for my absence. Science comes first, after all.

and I won’t let anyone come between me and it any longer.

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odonata again! Sorry for the long wait, everyone, got caught up with some…. Science-y business! Yeah! Definitely that, and not me forgetting! Yeahhhhhhh. Anyways, jasper keeps pushing me to talk about the work we do on the lab, but i think that’s a stupid idea, so I’m not gonna do that! Plus, codon probably bores you all with the work talk anyways, so why not switch it up a little? So, us here at cellularis labs are located in the Danaai region, yeah? And it has come to my attention that hey, maybe not everyone has heard of danaai! So amaryllis suggested I talk about it, a much much better suggestion than jasper’s. So!! Let’s talk about danaai! so danaai’s a pretty small region, yeah. We don’t really have many pokemon unique to here, and those that are are pretty damn rare. We have a pokemon league, technically? It’s not very popular though, we haven’t had a proper challenge in years! It’s not bad by any means, just… overlooked, yeah? I actually attempted a challenge a few years before I started working here, though I didn’t reaaaaally get too far. It was still pretty fun, though!! I keep telling codon he should try it, he’s got some crazy strong pokemon and knows how to use them! It’s wild, man, I don’t see him battle often, but he, like, gets into this zone, yknow? I’m sure he could make it all the way to champion if he tried! Ooother than that, though, we. Uh. Don’t really have much. Our whole contest scene died out years ago, and danaai based media tends to be pretty overlooked. That on top of our colder climate makes us faaaar from a tourist hot spot, we’re really no alola, yeah?

thoughhhhh, just between you and me, if any of you ever find yourself in vacuent city, I know a ton of great local spots I’d love to share!! Pay us a visit if you’re ever close, yeah?

not really much more to talk about, to be honest. I’ve heard danaai has some crazy mythology, buuut I don’t really know much. That’s more codon’s thing, he’s been getting real into that lately. So!! There’s my post for today, and a much better topic than jasper suggested. Take that, jasper!!! >:D

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odonata here again!! So I figure that since I’m gonna try to post about what goes on here at the lab like codon was sorta doing (I think? the man uses so many big boring words it’s hard to stay awake, lol), I think I should start by taking about the actual people who make this old place a lab!! By that I mean the researchers here! That makes sense, right? Anyways, from the looks of it codon hasn’t really mentioned much about any of us, so I’ll get to do the honours!!

first of all, we have codon!! technically he’s our boss or whatever, but you really wouldn’t know it looking at him! Sometimes I get the feeling he doesn’t really like us, but honestly I think that’s just the vibes he gives to everyone. Well, everyone except for that one ghosty trainer who used to come around, he has a real soft spot for them!! Wonder why… Anyways, you’re probably pretty familiar with him by now seeing as he’s the one running this thing, so not gonna linger on him too long.

now uhh. I’ll admit I don’t know amaryllis that well. I’m still pretty new here, and she mostly keeps to itself, yeah? Anyways, she’s a poison type specialist, and our resident toxicologist! Apparently it’s been here since the lab’s ’glory days’, whatever those were. Though she’s been here longer than even codon, did you know? She’s helpful to have around when working with poison type pokemon, anyways, so I really can’t make any complaints!

I can’t say the same for jasper though!! Suuure, he’s an “expert geologist” and “has experience with things like terastallization and mega evolution” or whatever, he’s super annoying!!!! I don’t care how useful he is to the project, he is seriously no fun!!! I pull one little prank, a tiny little joke, and he just goes ballistic on me!! Like come on, nobody got hurt that time!! He is seriously the worst!! I don’t get why he’s payed more than me…

aaaand finally, me!!! I’m the newest here, but I like to think I’m the resident cool guy of the lab!! I mean, I guess I’m technically the bug guy or whatever, but I like to think of that as a cool guy thing, yeah? jasper says he ‘doesn’t get why I was hired on, what do bugs have to do with this phenomenon?’, but jasper doesn’t know anything! so I say ‘well, the first case of the thing being induced was in a bug type, so I think that’s reason enough for me to be here!’, a really cool and valid argument! And then I add on ‘plus, what do rocks have to do with this, huh?’, and he goes ‘all similar phenomenon in the past have been linked to a stone or crystal in some way’ which is a stupid argument, but whatever. At least codon backed me up, so take that, jasper! Aaaanyways, that’s pretty much all I wanna be writing right now, and I’m sure you’ll get to know me better soon!! In the meantime, I think I might go check in on codon…

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Hey!! Odonata here!! Codon’s decided to give me control of the lab’s blog for the time being, as he’s got some ‘…things to take care of.’ Ominous, but not too out of character for him, yeah? Aaaaanyways, i was thinkin that while I’m here and he’s out, i could do some actual blogging about the lab here, seeing as looking here at Codon’s posts it’s mostly just been about the negatives! I mean, i get things haven’t been the best recently, but… jeez, i really didn’t know he sees things as this bad… really hope the guy’s ok after all this… Ah, getting back on topic!! i guess that since i likely won’t have control here forever, I’ll try to make the most of this! Show all of you that life here at the lab really isn’t all bad? So, yeah!! I’ll be here for a little, hope I can live up to your usual moody scientist, ehe!

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Ah, I return from my region-mandated break to some good and bad news from the lab. The good news, we have had success in artificially triggering the Alleliform phenomenon in lab, and managed to successfully keep the state stabilized for a few minutes. Which is… not long, admittedly, but longer than anything we have managed before. The bad news is this experiment seems to have completely wrecked a good amount of our equipment, meaning we will have to dip into our funding to properly repair what we can, and replace what we must. I’m hoping we have enough saved that it won’t impact pay too much, though I should look into picking up some gig work for the time being, just in case…

Rrgh, it’s all so frustrating. It seems that despite how deeply the tourism board is relying on the Alleliform phenomenon to bring in foreign trainers, they seem to forget that the research requires proper funding in order to reach the level of success they want. I… understand we are far from a rich region, but… do they really have to give us so little?

I question why I put up with this still…

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Pelipper mail: a marble

I suppose this means the mail system is a success, then. Definitely not a bad thing to be sent, I suppose. Though I should find a secure place to keep it, lest we have a repeat of the first [and last] time Dr. Odonata attempted to pull a prank on the rest of us here… Either way, thank you, anon.

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Unfortunately, my coworkers have decided to set up pelipper mail for the lab. They have insisted that I announce this here. Also unfortunately, this means that I will have to deal with whatever comes from this decision. Wonderful.

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Anguilla believes he is subtle when he wants something. He is not.

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Once again, we get more work dumped on us by the tourism board. And once again, the task falls to me to figure out. I don’t blame my coworkers, they do more than enough to keep our facility running, but… I can’t help but feel that the board is taking advantage of us. I understand that our region is fairly small, we don’t have any large battle leagues or contest scenes, and our myths and legends have mostly faded from the public’s consciousness, only really cared about by a few. The one thing that sets us apart from other regions is the Alleliform phenomenon, so I can understand why they would want to take advantage of this, but…

It still seems unfair all the work should fall to our team. I don’t see why we should be the ones to solve this mystery, it isn’t like we’ll be getting much credit… It’s likely we’ll still end up understaffed and underfunded, even if the region gets the ‘revitalization’ they’ve been pushing for. Grh.

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Woah, ive never seen a blog that was for a research facility, this is so cool

Ah, thank you. I really should do a better job at posting about actual lab work, really… I still have no idea why I was selected to run this blog, as my coworkers would probably do much better with the whole ‘public image’ thing. Annoying that I’m forced to do this in the first place, really, I don’t see how this could ‘draw tourism’ into Danaai... Still, I’m glad you’re enjoying it, anon. Thank you.

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Research has been… frustrating, lately. I understand progress is slow, but with no new discoveries in months… I can’t help but feel like we’re going in circles. It seems as if no matter what we try, everything always comes back the same.

The Alleliform phenomenon is still new, only around a year since the first observed occurrence, and barely half since it was able to be artificially induced in a controlled environment. Still, we’re being pushed to develop a way to fully utilize its potential more and more, and if we… if I can’t even fully understand it, how can I possibly succeed?

Perhaps I should return to this later… I’ve been told not to overwork, after all.

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Ah, apologies for the delayed update. Mito had stolen my phone while I was out, and once I had managed to retrieve it, we were shortly struck with a series of power outages from a passing storm.

Both the beldum and Myria are safe and healthy, and we have confirmed that the former is, in fact, a released pokemon. Unfortunate, as it also seems to be egg-hatched, as the nurse noted signs of malnutrition as it would be unable to hunt and, by extension, survive in the wild. Taking this into account, my coworkers have enthusiastically accepted it into the lab as a sort of ‘mascot’, it seems. I suppose I can’t complain, Myria seems happy her friend is sticking around, and my coworkers have been thrilled at the idea.

So in short, the beldum is safe and healthy, and is going to be staying in the lab for the foreseeable future, as it cannot return to the wild. Once again, apologies for the delay.

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H. Hey doc

Hey

(Steals your awesome labcoat)

-@pokemon-trainer-dayne

Dayne, you say this as a joke, but the amount of times you have actually stolen my coat has gotten me to consider buying extras. You would’ve definitely gotten banned from the lab by now if you weren’t annoyingly fun to have around, to say the least.

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Hey doc!! For the pokeball ask game: how about moonball?

(Also netball!!)

Hm… I admit, I don’t draw as much as I used to. I don’t do much more than scientifically drawings or little doodles, really. Perhaps I’ll show a few sometime…

Ah, I will get around to drinking water, yes.

…eventually.

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quick ball pretty please i need to update my list of bizarre phrases

Ah, there have been a number of annoying people I have had to restrain myself from calling a number of… colourful things. My personal favourite is to tell someone they’re ‘denser than a cosmoem and saltier than a nacli.’ Though, I surmise I’d be fired if I ever said it to the person I intended it for… Ah, well.