Eden Pokemon Research Center

Pokemon RP Blog (likes/follows from @god-of-identity) I don't fully know the rules here but I'm open to any interactions!

[malus-pokemon-research]

Welcome!

Greetings! My name is Professor Malus, and welcome to the Eden Pokemon Research Center! Here in the city of Alchaea, I research Pokemon from around the world, with an interest in regional variants, new forms, shiny Pokemon, and unique Pokemon of all sorts. I began my research as a Pokemon Trainer in Unova when I was a teenager, and studied the Pokemon unique to the Unova region as Professor Juniper's assistant alongside a nice young lady named Bianca. Once I decided I wanted to become a Professor myself, I left Unova to travel the world and see all types of Pokemon, and learn as much as I could. Now, I've settled here in Alchaea, a city near Unova, to conduct my research from an official facility. Thus, I founded my Research Center.

Visitors are always welcome, whether you want to learn more about regional variants or simply show off your own unique Pokemon, I'm always happy to meet them!

A picture of the team! Doesn't include every Pokemon I'm looking after or holding for research, or old battle partners I still have.

Verne the Shiny Noibat, Buddy the Hisuian Sneasel, "Mega Riolu," Moxie the Shiny Zorua, Laika the Dusk Form Lycanroc, and Ghosty the Shiny Hisuian Zorua! With an appearance from Shiny Ditto of course!

//OOC INFO

same universe as @ace-trainer-jay and @eternal-flower-paradox ! these three are friends and whatever plot i do with them may intersect!

[faithful-dreams]

Honestly bug types are really cool and under appreciated

[wishmaker-astra]

Hello internet. It has been a little bit since I have been on Astra's blog. How is everyone doing?

[completelylusingit]

good in some ways, absolutely abysmal in others, but that's neither here nor there.

how bout you?

[wishmaker-astra]

I am doing quite well. I will be hearing back from my PhD program application soon which has me nervous. They are taking longer than normal to respond this year unfortunately.

[completelylusingit]

sorry got busy- uh I wish ya luck! that's a big thing, I hope it gets accepted. and hey, maybe they're just busy, it Is right at the start of classes gettin back from break so I imagine college staff all around are havin a Time

what are you studying in btw? just outta curiosity.

[wishmaker-astra]

I am a dual zoology and biology major, and I am applying for xenobiology PhD program intending to focus on ultra beasts.

That being said, departments unfortunately can simply be slow. From what I have been told everyone is getting slow responses.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Oho, Ultra Beasts! Now there's a unique type of Pokemon I haven't been able to study myself. Iden's cousin sends me reports sometimes from his own encounters, but it's not quite the same.

[wishmaker-astra]

They are not pokemon, even if to a layman they appear to be one. They are from a completely different biological root, even more so than non-organic pokemon traditionally included in the grouping. Their biological processes are radically different than anything else in the biosphere due to their extradimensional origin.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Fascinating. I suppose we classify them as Pokemon because we aren't sure what else they could be. They can be captured in balls after all, albeit specially made ones.

[wishmaker-astra]

Capture ability is not particularly important for determination of classification. At least scientifically. After all, a net is a net, you would not classify organisms based on if you can capture them in a literal net for purposes of scientific study as a primary attribute.

[malus-pokemon-research]

I suppose not!

I know it's not your focus, but do you consider Paradox Pokemon to be similar? After all, there are theories that they come from a different past or future than that of the world they've been brought to, even if they resemble Pokemon we're familiar with.

[wishmaker-astra]

I am not familiar enough with them to say unfortunately, and from what I do know, that is an open question here.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Fair enough! I'll have to throw the question to Briar next time I see her.

[wishmaker-astra]

Hello internet. It has been a little bit since I have been on Astra's blog. How is everyone doing?

[completelylusingit]

good in some ways, absolutely abysmal in others, but that's neither here nor there.

how bout you?

[wishmaker-astra]

I am doing quite well. I will be hearing back from my PhD program application soon which has me nervous. They are taking longer than normal to respond this year unfortunately.

[completelylusingit]

sorry got busy- uh I wish ya luck! that's a big thing, I hope it gets accepted. and hey, maybe they're just busy, it Is right at the start of classes gettin back from break so I imagine college staff all around are havin a Time

what are you studying in btw? just outta curiosity.

[wishmaker-astra]

I am a dual zoology and biology major, and I am applying for xenobiology PhD program intending to focus on ultra beasts.

That being said, departments unfortunately can simply be slow. From what I have been told everyone is getting slow responses.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Oho, Ultra Beasts! Now there's a unique type of Pokemon I haven't been able to study myself. Iden's cousin sends me reports sometimes from his own encounters, but it's not quite the same.

[wishmaker-astra]

They are not pokemon, even if to a layman they appear to be one. They are from a completely different biological root, even more so than non-organic pokemon traditionally included in the grouping. Their biological processes are radically different than anything else in the biosphere due to their extradimensional origin.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Fascinating. I suppose we classify them as Pokemon because we aren't sure what else they could be. They can be captured in balls after all, albeit specially made ones.

[wishmaker-astra]

Capture ability is not particularly important for determination of classification. At least scientifically. After all, a net is a net, you would not classify organisms based on if you can capture them in a literal net for purposes of scientific study as a primary attribute.

[malus-pokemon-research]

I suppose not!

I know it's not your focus, but do you consider Paradox Pokemon to be similar? After all, there are theories that they come from a different past or future than that of the world they've been brought to, even if they resemble Pokemon we're familiar with.

[wishmaker-astra]

Hello internet. It has been a little bit since I have been on Astra's blog. How is everyone doing?

[completelylusingit]

good in some ways, absolutely abysmal in others, but that's neither here nor there.

how bout you?

[wishmaker-astra]

I am doing quite well. I will be hearing back from my PhD program application soon which has me nervous. They are taking longer than normal to respond this year unfortunately.

[completelylusingit]

sorry got busy- uh I wish ya luck! that's a big thing, I hope it gets accepted. and hey, maybe they're just busy, it Is right at the start of classes gettin back from break so I imagine college staff all around are havin a Time

what are you studying in btw? just outta curiosity.

[wishmaker-astra]

I am a dual zoology and biology major, and I am applying for xenobiology PhD program intending to focus on ultra beasts.

That being said, departments unfortunately can simply be slow. From what I have been told everyone is getting slow responses.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Oho, Ultra Beasts! Now there's a unique type of Pokemon I haven't been able to study myself. Iden's cousin sends me reports sometimes from his own encounters, but it's not quite the same.

[wishmaker-astra]

They are not pokemon, even if to a layman they appear to be one. They are from a completely different biological root, even more so than non-organic pokemon traditionally included in the grouping. Their biological processes are radically different than anything else in the biosphere due to their extradimensional origin.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Fascinating. I suppose we classify them as Pokemon because we aren't sure what else they could be. They can be captured in balls after all, albeit specially made ones.

[wishmaker-astra]

Hello internet. It has been a little bit since I have been on Astra's blog. How is everyone doing?

[completelylusingit]

good in some ways, absolutely abysmal in others, but that's neither here nor there.

how bout you?

[wishmaker-astra]

I am doing quite well. I will be hearing back from my PhD program application soon which has me nervous. They are taking longer than normal to respond this year unfortunately.

[completelylusingit]

sorry got busy- uh I wish ya luck! that's a big thing, I hope it gets accepted. and hey, maybe they're just busy, it Is right at the start of classes gettin back from break so I imagine college staff all around are havin a Time

what are you studying in btw? just outta curiosity.

[wishmaker-astra]

I am a dual zoology and biology major, and I am applying for xenobiology PhD program intending to focus on ultra beasts.

That being said, departments unfortunately can simply be slow. From what I have been told everyone is getting slow responses.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Oho, Ultra Beasts! Now there's a unique type of Pokemon I haven't been able to study myself. Iden's cousin sends me reports sometimes from his own encounters, but it's not quite the same.

[gotta-pet-em-all]

Shout out to that one Sinnohan researcher who posted “glameow have a unique relationship to space in that they can take up the entirety of a couch simply by assuming the least efficient possible position, or conversely curl up into an orb that makes them seem incredibly small and holdable. it is my hypothesis that they are by nature inclined towards the worship of Palkia through their everyday lives.”

I’m 90% sure he meant to post it to his shitpost account. there are now quantum physicists out there intently studying the behaviors of glameow in hopes of gaining new insight into the nature of space itself. 

[gotta-pet-em-all]

PROPHETIC FUCKING DODGEBALL APPARENTLY. GLAMEOW HAVE A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE RATE OF SPACIAL DISTORTION AND THEY ARE STUDYING IT WITH IMMENSE FASCINATION.

[gotta-pet-em-all]

it’s been so long since the original shitpost was made that the scientist who made it is now a woman.

[research-rewrite]

Oh this is an important addition

[malus-pokemon-research]

// ooc: I feel like I'm not being creative enough with my pokemon irl characters XD like I never would've thought of a faller or an eebie before seeing everyone's blogs. I really like the stories I'm making with my current three blogs and the fourth set in the future, but I keep thinking "what if I made another one and got weirder about it" LOL

[malus-pokemon-research]

Hi there! I saw that you're doing an ask game? I'd love to hear about 🗝️ - a story about a special place to you?

- Tea ( @pokemon-teacology )

A special place...

Well, everyone knows Aspertia City for the lovely scenic view you get up on the hill, but the place I remember is a little clearing in the woods, not far from the neighborhood I lived in. My friends and I used to sneak out into the woods when we were kids- 7, 8 years old, before any of us were allowed Pokemon. It was a pretty safe area as long as we didn't go at night, and I think our parents must've known, because one of their Pokemon was always lurking around after us.

We'd spend hours there in the summer when we didn't have school, playing games and having tea parties around a flat stone we used as a table, with tree bark as plates and sticks as silverware, making mud pies and picking berries to eat. I have so many happy memories of time spent there, it always makes me nostalgic to think about. I make sure to visit the clearing every time I go back there to see my parents, and sometimes I even see that other kids have been playing there too.

It's weird though, I know there were four of us who played there- Jay, Iden, Iden's cousin, and myself. But I only remember us ever making three place settings at that rock.

Anyway, that's what came to mind! Thanks for the ask!

[haunting-hari]

//ooc post- askgame!

I’ve been wanting to write for my muse, but don’t really know where to start. People are of course, welcome to reblog this for themself!

🚨- a story of disaster ‼️- a story of what goes through their mind when overstimulated/overwhelmed 🤝- a story with another featured mutual/second muse; (asker must name the second party or the writer will choose one at random!) 🕯️- a story of something they did up late at night ⚓️- a story of first/memorable time out at sea 🗝️- a story of a special place to them 🪞- a story of a stranger that unsettled them ❤️‍🩹- a story of healing; physical or mental 💢- a story of them losing their temper 💭- a story of what they had thought about on an occasion they zoned out 🪦- a story of a sensitive topic surfacing

when you reblog, it’s nice to send an ask to the one you reblogged it from :)

[pkmnherpetology]

the “ears” on the venusaur line are actually fleshy protrusions sometimes called “horns” (although this is also a bit of a misnomer). their purpose is probably to provide some degree of camouflage in the forested areas where these pokémon naturally occur. all of venusaur’s life stages have a tendency to carve out big holes in the ground, which they lay in to hide from predators and prey. the plant growing out of their backs and the “horns” on their head make them look like foliage to passing pokémon.

a similar feature is found in maturing frogadier and adult greninja. this suggests an evolutionary relationship between the basal amphibian venusaur and the modern frog pokémon. while venusaur itself isn’t a frog, its extinct relatives, which themselves likely had these protrusions, probably gave rise to the frog pokémon we see today. thus, while venusaur itself has no particularly close extant relatives, it is more closely related to frog pokémon than it is to any other living taxa.

[shiloh-the-pokemon]

fellas im gonna do it. im gonna make an ask game.

What do you think of your name? Did you choose it yourself?

Where did you grow up? Do you have fond memories of it?

What's something small that makes you happy?

What's a neat little trick you can do?

What's your favorite piece of clothing? Favorite outfit?

What's something you've seen that you still can't explain?

What's your favorite type of silly hat?

What did you have for breakfast?

What do you love most about yourself? And don't say "nothing" you gotta be nice to yourself.

If someone handed you a kid's menu with activities on it right now, would that entertain you and for how long?

What's your favorite square thing?

How many pockets is the perfect number of pockets for an outfit?

Just based off of aesthetics, what's your favorite pride flag?

What would you do if you had seven dollars right now?

Imagine you're on a boat.

What's your favorite fairy tale?

What's the first item you see on your left?

What's the first item you see on your right?

Have you ever won any competitions? Which ones?

What would you put in a microwave out of morbid curiousity, if no harm would come to you or others?

What's the strangest conversation you've overheard?

What's your favorite souvenir you own?

What's the stupidest thing you believed as a kid?

If someone made a sitcom about your life, what would be the theme song?

What would you rename the days of the week to?

make sure to send a question to whomever you reblog it from and also have an awesome day

[pokemonwearingsportsmerch]

[g-zmania]

Jmmkiknbnm

[malus-pokemon-research]

Hey, you got your bug! Have fun!

[bea-r-trap]

Hello! I'm a Pokemon Professor who studies rare and unique Pokemon and Pokemon variations! I'm curious about these mystery Pokemon you mentioned in your pinned post- I'm based in Unova so I doubt I've seen anything similar if they're a regional thing, but I'm curious all the same, how much do you have to go on? Just appearances? ( @malus-pokemon-research )

Unfortunately I do not have any hard evidence, just my own eye witness accounts and doodles I made when I was a child.

My family traveled a lot for work back then and I’ve found them all over. It seems I just have a weird knack for finding elusive Pokémon. It also seems like I also have this weird knack for remembering them, as any other person I witnessed one of these pokemon with seems to have forgotten about it. It is really weird.

The only things that seem to back up what I saw are folktales and sightings on cryptid forums.

It’s like these Pokémon were erased from reality, but they still left some residue behind… that or these Pokémon are just very elusive and people don’t care enough about them to remember or go find them.

The strangest one I remember is also the last one I saw. It was big, shaped like a liepard or pyroar, it had a big mustache and large wings, and six legs. As I approached it, it shined brightly, so brightly the light began to break down into its components. And then… it disappeared.

Here’s a drawing. The file kinda goes to shit every time I try to upload it, tho.

[malus-pokemon-research]

Fascinating! Well I'll be excited to follow your blog and see if you find out anything more!

[parasect-center]

I need to follow more Rotomblrs. Spice up my dash with some more variety. RB THIS POST IF IT REACHES YOU and i'll send some asks and traction etc your way, investigate your blorbos.

[completelylusingit]

up at half past midnight readin a library book about the intersection of natural selection and the changes in an environment

if ya ever wonder the riveting things I do with my free time it's that

[malus-pokemon-research]

What are your thoughts so far? If you want a chance to infodump that is.

[completelylusingit]

it's interesting! it's largely about the push and pull between how the environment affects life and how life affects its environment right back

it's actually really cool in ways I hadn't thought about before, like a single patrat can den in the side of a river and end up drastically altering its flow down the line, which in turn shapes the entire ecosystem around that river!

[malus-pokemon-research]

I've heard of Bibarel dams changing whole ecosystems because of how the river's flow changed so I'm not surprised! Environmental studies was never my forte but learning about Pokemon means learning how they interact with the world, so I know a thing or two.

[completelylusingit]

they can! the bidoof line are ecosystem engineers, that's the term, it's really cool and they're super important!

the book has less obvious examples than that, like how even a tiny bug type in the leaf litter is important cuz of how it moves around nutrients as part of the carbon cycle, and what that means for plant growth and thus the whole ecosystem around it!

and hey I do alotta those, that's what ecology's all about, baby! learnin about the whole ecosystem and how the pokemon within interact with it

[malus-pokemon-research]

It really is a fascinating subject.