#echo the porygon

[professor-amaryllis]

:{ [Query:] What is the required amount of hours of sleep for an adult human? I am beginning to suspect this behavior is unusual. ':3 }:

[sneasedtomeetyou]

:{ A Video file is embedded. Canalave City, Sinnoh. 03/07/26 08:29 pm. }:

The video begins with Lissie's absol Gelato nudging Casi where he lays relaxed on the server room couch. At first he tries to swat the pokemon away, but a sharp bark close to his ear has him jolt upright.

"What?" He hisses, annoyed at the interruption. Gelato whines in that way he does when he's warning about something. While trying to get his bearings he turns his head and comes face to face with Echo. "Echo what are you doing in my phone?"

:{ Filming!! }:

"Filming wh—" Casi takes notice of something and freezes, eyes wide as he assesses the damage. As the camera moves back we now see Rose standing over a dismantled computer.

"Rose?! What on earth did you do? Do you have any idea what Lissie is going to do when he sees this mess?!" He keeps his voice at an urgent whisper, trying to not draw attention from Lissie upstairs just yet. Gelato growls at Rose like she's an intruder, the gardevoir ignores him.

"Maybe this is still fixable…" Casi starts to rise to his feet and examine the damage on the computer.

In response Rose picks up the system's memory and crushes it between her hands. Casi looks on mortified. Something must be said between the pair telepathically because Casi raises her voice. "Rose!! What do you mean something about us? Who is us? You can't just crush my husband's things!"

Gelato begins barking in earnest now, fully intending to alert his trainer. In response to the commotion he can hear Lissie and Amy start to make their way downstairs. He swears under his breath and begins to panic. After shifting back and forth on his feet a few times he grabs the blanket off the couch and tosses it over the remains of the computer.

Now that the jig was up Casi makes no effort to be quiet, having a back and forth argument with the telepathic pokemon. "I never should've let you play with that computer if I had known you'd start doing this bullshit. I don't care if you would've just smashed it anyway! It's absolutely not nice! You shouldn't be destroying other people's belongings at all! Especially not ones that belong to the love of my life now will you just get out of here!"

As the pair appear in the remains of the doorway, still dismantled from earlier in the day, Rose immediately teleports away, taking the computer memory with her. Gelato barks one final time and quickly moves to Lissie's side as he leans on his cane.

"Lissie," Casi starts nervously as the video abruptly cuts.

:{ Oops!! Amy said I'm not supposed to film in here!! }:

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[professor-amaryllis]

Addressing these allegations.

:{ A video file is embedded. We find ourselves looking at what must be Amy's office, a heavy desk with various little baubles and a carved wooden Ducklett on it stands in front of a wall adorned with many things including shelves of stones and feathers and various cork boards full of photos and an entire Nidoqueen skull. It's a cozy space and one that seems to say a lot about the sentimentality of the professor.

Amy sits behind the desk, they look somber and tired, dressed in their lab coat and without their so signature silly wardrobe. They adjust a couple things on their desk, sigh and straighten their glasses before taking a deep breath.

"Ok Echo, you can start the recording." :{ Oh, i already did!! :3c }: "You- how long have you been- It doesn't matter. Ok, here we go."

Their voice is tired but soft and they speak with a gentle Johtoian accent. with another breath, they continue.

"So. I wanted to address the video that was... mistakenly taken out of context. I have seen a lot of wild speculation and jumping to conclusions, incorrect conclusions at that- based on something as simple as a private time of mourning. I am generally someone who believes that one does not owe someone their past, but with the misconceptions and accusations towards me I have seen I can not simply leave this subject undressed.

I am not a member of Team Rocket, nor do I condone any of their actions. This accusation hurts me to my core as someone who did live in a place that was heavily affected by this organization and who was affected both personally and through it's influence on the ones that I loved. "

They sigh, and when they continue there is a soft sadness to the words.

"... One can not always choose the people they care about.. Yes, I knew Taylor Morris. We met as children and he was kind to me when very few others had been. I fell in with people that weren't... good for me for a few years and yes I ended up caring for people that many have told me that I should not have. But please remember that everyone, even those that some condemn as evil, have those that care for them.

... The last conversation I ever had with him I was begging him to leave Rocket. It wasn't the first time but it was the last. One can mourn a lost friend without condoning their actions. I would ask that people respect my privacy on this matter going forward. Thank you."

There's a pause, and Amy rubs his eyes, pushing his glasses up on his forehead.

"Ok Echo, play that back for m-" Video ends. }:

[professor-amaryllis]

echo!!!!!! whats your favorite trick?

:{ I can change my type and coloring to mach anything I see!! :3 It's very fun!! I can use it to look like inanimate objects as well, but pokemon are most fun!! }:

:{ My Second favorite trick is finding social security numbers!! I have six from [My Tenshi] already!! >:3c }:

[professor-amaryllis]

:{ A Video file is embedded. Valencia Island, Orange Archipelago. 6/9/24 10:12 am. }:

The sun beats down on a beach somewhere on Valencia island, the light glimmering off the picturesque cerulean waves as they lap gently on the shore. Professor Ginkgo seems to be enjoying the peaceful morning, lounged back on a small beach chair set in the pebbled shore, her feet in the water before her. 

It seems perhaps that he may have gotten a bit too relaxed, however, as faint snores betray the fact that behind his sunglasses he has indeed dozed off. Arlene the alolan meowth lounges a few feet away in the grass, and seems to be enjoying the warm tropical weather. 

We see this peaceful scene before us for a few moments before a slight disruption of the film and fast forward symbol on the corner of the screen indicates that the recording is being sped up. The following happen in what, to the viewer, appear to be rapid succession.

Miairu the Gengar detaches and rises up out of a shadow beneath Casi’s chair, and appears to stare at Casi curiously for a couple moments. She reaches out and seems to want to touch or startle Casi, but thinks better of it, disappearing back through the ground.

A few minutes pass and the ghost type returns carrying a stuffed teddiursa which she ever so gently sets on the sleeping professor’s stomach, before leaving once again. 

That pattern repeats about every ten minutes, the small tower of objects growing until A pokeball, a mug (empty), a glass (full of seawater we see the gengar scoop from the ocean), an overly large pair of glasses, a small microscope (set gently in the water beside him), three books and a briefcase join the precarious stack of items. Miairu seems pleased with herself.

A Shiny Gardevoir, Rose, teleports in front of this… spectacle, and Miairu proudly shows off her work to her sister. Rose seems to stare daggers at Casi, Serious even for her species, and yet for what must be a few minutes she simply watches him. 

Miairu after those few minutes of searching brings a few choice seashells to Rose, as if seeking approval, and after some consideration, the Gardevour points out four of them and Miairu balances them delicately on Casi’s arms. Rose nods her head in approval, to Miairu’s delight, retrieves her glasses from the pile, and the two float out of shot together.

Nothing much happens for some time, aside from the sped-up slight shifting of the sleeping professor. We can see the sun move across the sky and the shadows shorten and then begin to elongate once more as hours pass. The film returns to normal speed just as Casi awakes with a start, shooting forward to a sitting position and dumping all of the accumulated items directly into the ocean. Disoriented and confused, Casi stares at the items now soaking in the sea and then to the stark shapes where they had protected his skin from the sun's light, leaving him looking a little bit like a well baked I spy puzzle. 

“Shittō”

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[professor-amaryllis]

echo i have a question: why are you such a snitch?

:{ What did I do?? ':3 I'm programmed to record memories and that's what i do!! :3c }:

[professor-amaryllis]

:{ A Video file is embedded. Valencia Island, Orange Archipelago. 4/16/24 6:30 pm. }:

It should be peaceful today, a cooling breeze dancing over the courtyard, the sunlight glimmering off of the playful waves of the endless sea below, the sounds of birdsong and leaves on the air... It should be peaceful. However, the heated conversation being had by two professors, a houndoom sitting between them and watching attentively, takes up just about all of the air in the space.

"What do you mean she's yours but also not yours? She can't be both. And no name? Come on, that's not like you, it never was. You had Miairu for like ten minutes before we decided on her name, it's been over a decade she's been with you-"

"That she's been here. And she never had a name- even if she was hers before. I knew the names for the others, Maxx and Slinky and Rose, all of them but that one.. It doesn't feel the same. I don't even know if it likes me it just sort of stares."

"She's been following you around like a shadow from the moment we've gotten here. She slept in your fucking bed. We both know you know better than that."

"Look I- Ok fine I just..."

Echo is getting bored of this particular argument, it's been going on far too long and honestly she doesn't care. The camera turns around and floats off, leaving the two to continue their conversation while she finds something a bit more interesting to look at.

It's simple enough to sneak back into the lab. Yes, the doors may be closed and the handles may be something a phone-bound porygon cant exactly operate, but even the small openings in the windows just to let the spring breeze in are wide enough to slip right through. It takes a moment for the camera to adjust to the relative dimness of the new space, but soon enough a new place to explore opens before us.

It is... messy would probably be the kindest way to describe this space. It's large and open but everywhere there is equipment and boxes and crates and various other oddities scattered around. As we move through this space it's hard to believe that any kind of science can be done by people this disorganized- but i suppose results are what matter.

Echo moves around, looking at various things in this space. A microscope, slides scattered about from a tipped over box beside it. A box of dry goods, there probably aren't any grocery stores on this island... A small kitchen area, dirty dishes stacked up, unwashed. A closet- wait. Wasn't that closet closed before?

The lab is eerily silent now, and somehow it feels even darker than before as the camera freezes, staring warily at the open door and the inky blackness within. She moves closer, silent and slowly, trying to see what might be hiding in that space... probably just cleaning supplies, or brooms, or or or

There's a sound of clattering coming from behind and the camera swings to follow it, the shakiness of the video showing the fear behind the movement- but all that's there is a fallen... broom?? That wasn't there before. But it still rocks ever so slightly from its fall.

A low reverberating sound seems to freeze the camera in place for a moment, once again behind us, and slowly we look back at that closet. Why does it feel closer now, darker? Why does it feel like the darkness is seeping out of it, stealing the light, making it harder and harder to do anything but look into the nothingness that takes up more and more of our view...

Everything stops. There's dead silence, no humming, no breathing, no movement for what feels like forever. Just a frozen, long look into the darkness...

Red eyes open.

It takes no time at all for the camera the scramble back, the shakiness of the video making it hard to make out anything at all until the video abruptly ends.

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[professor-amaryllis]

:{ A video is embedded. A delivery person pursued by a large Perugly throws an ice cream cone in the general direction of Professor Amaryllis, who yelps in surprise. What happens next is unclear because the camera gets very close to the ice cream, watching the sprinkles bleed rainbow colors into the dirt. It seems to be strawberry flavored. }:

:{ My friend [NURBS] bought me an iced cream!! :3 I am watching it melt!! :3c }: