don't be so judgemental Marnette :/// pokesuiting is harmless

maybe I should make you a pokesona sometime to show you how nice it can be ^_^ I'm thinking you would be a fluffy little Skitty

—Prof. Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

Then show them your pokesona. We know you have one.

I don’t have a Pokésona.

Do I look like some sort of chronically online weirdo? I have a life and a job (yes, this is considered a job — don’t look it up)

Genuinely, anyone who dresses up in one of those giant suits and spends actual money on art on themselves as a Pokémon? Yeesh, strange city.

If you drop by the WEATHER INSTITUTE, I'd be HAPPY to DOUBLE BATTLE! It's been a while since CIRRUS and FLOOD have been able to DELIVER a good BEATDOWN. This'll be FUN...

AHAHAHA I'm just messing with you! I'll go EASY on you, NO WORRIES! You might want to bring an UMBRELLA, though!

—ADMIN THRASH

...So hey, is there anyone around Hoenn on here? I think I want to try and learn battling with Chitters. Maybe Lychee, too. I need to build the confidence for it.

hello!!! just updating this post to let everyone know that yes, I made a terrible mistake in accidentally misgendering Marnette. it wasn't intentional, I was suffering from some severe brain fog that day and completely forgot that they/them wasn't in his pronouns list. it doesn't make what I did right, it doesn't negate the harm I've done, but I feel the need to clarify that I never meant him any harm. we all make mistakes!!

I invited him over to my lab for a formal apology last night, and we worked things out peacefully. we have our differences, but he also has a bed in my lab that's always open for him.

again, I apologize for my horrible mistake. I will be sure to do better in the future.

—Professor Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

hey what information can team curiosity give about the mysterious pokémon smormoo? something about a new hoenn pokémon i’ve seen people talk about?

it's a hoax pokemon made up by Marny while he was being mean to the Petalburg Police Department intern. which???? ngl we love a king who's mean to cops but of course he had to do it in a way that made my life harder :/// and Thrash's ngl I just heard them yell into the phone for the fourth time tonight that Smormoo doesn't exist

please stop believing Marny they Lie on the Internet that is their Whole Thing thank youuuuu <3333

—Professor Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

hey what information can team curiosity give about the mysterious pokémon smormoo? something about a new hoenn pokémon i’ve seen people talk about?

it's a hoax pokemon made up by Marny while he was being mean to the Petalburg Police Department intern. which???? ngl we love a king who's mean to cops but of course he had to do it in a way that made my life harder :/// and Thrash's ngl I just heard them yell into the phone for the fourth time tonight that Smormoo doesn't exist

please stop believing Marny they Lie on the Internet that is their Whole Thing thank youuuuu <3333

—Professor Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

9. what is your favorite pokemon that you've met or heard of?

For me to have a favorite would assume that I like any of these creatures in the first place. In terms of tolerability, though, the Psyduck that Prof. Marianne basically just dropped on me is the highest on the list. It doesn't really do anything except eat, sleep, and suffer from perpetual headaches. That woman's sense of humor is a little fucked up sometimes.

I also taught it how to give other people migraines, which is way more effective at the office than trying to tell my colleagues that yes, sometimes a headache can make it physically impossible to get work done. So, the duck gets points for utility. Seeing as most of these creatures just make my life harder in one way or another, the fact that this one has one singular niche use to me basically makes it my favorite. Loosely speaking.

—Dr. Alston

3. are pokemon fictional in your home universe?

Yes. They are. It's the main reason I've had such a hard time adapting, honestly. In my home universe, the entire concept of pokemon and the world that surrounds them was just some game series for children. A wildly popular children's game series, sure—it wasn't something that could be escaped in the 90's and early 2000's despite my personal disinterest—but I still only knew about it as something that existed in playing cards and game cartridges.

So of course I'm the one who winds up here. If God existed, he'd have a sick sense of humor for this.

—Dr. Alston

I'll be taking questions from these. To say I've been dwelling on my reality more often lately would be an understatement.

—Dr. Alston

//OOC

//new ask game for fallers

1: What do you miss most about your universe?

2. do you want to go back or not? and why?

3. are pokemon fictional in your home universe?

4. did you change upon falling? physically or mentally or both?

5. did anything/anyone fall with you?

6. How have you adjusted to this new world?

7. what about this universe is strangest to you?

8. What were you doing before you fell?

9. what is your favorite pokemon that you've met or heard of?

10. Conversely, what is your *least* favorite Pokemon that you've met or heard of?

11. did you make friends with any other fallers? if so can you give us a max of three?

(//OOC will be updated with more questions)

It's because you have been at my apartment for a full day you well-seared dumbass. You keep trying to walk out and, as much as I would love to watch you get sepsis and die, you can't seem to make it out the door without passing out, ripping open a wound, or both at the same time. And stop trying to go through my fridge. Looking in there five times won't make food magically appear in there.

And you must be Colton. I'm assuming you're the leader of this organization. I'll be contacting you privately. We need to discuss some important matters.

—Dr. Alston

hhhoww long has it been.

ugh my head is kiiilllinggg me. and my back. and all of my bones basically omfmm

mmevil has been stopped for the time being again but i’ve been at this guy’s shitty apartment for what feels like a full day now is this hellll

໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིა at least i got him to call someone who deserves it a major biiiiiitch ahdgvehdhhhhh life is lookin up for ya giiiiirl velvet mmm

idkwhy hes asking me so many questions (COLTON MY ROBOT GOT DECAPITATED I NEED A NEW ONE NOW SOWWWYYYYY)

To anyone trying to reach me at my home office space in Castelia City: I apologize for the inconvenience, but due to extenuating circumstances involving two religious fanatics trying to beat each other to death outside of the building, the call box of the apartment has been completely melted into one piece of metal and plastic. The landlord estimates it will be fixed within the week, but until then, I have a grunt posted somewhere near the building who will let you in. Don't look for them, they'll know how to find you.

—Dr. Alston

no worse feeling than writing a whole essay and then only seeing the typos after you post it <| :''''O3

—Professor Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

On "Uncatchable" Pokemon

No matter your views on battle culture, and particularly trainer culture, it would be outright ignorant to say that it hasn't improved vastly over the past couple decades. From wild captures being significantly less common and more regulated overall to the death of the "gotta catch 'em all" mentality in most regions, trainer culture has globally become more and more conscious to the needs of the pokemon over the benefits to the human trainer. However, there is one aspect of trainer culture that, the niche, has remained persistent and problematic throughout years and years of improvement in nearly every other department. This aspect is the concept of "Uncatchable" pokemon.

Now, to clarify, when I refer to "Uncatchable pokemon", I'm not referring to pokemon of legend status, mythic status, extrauniversal pokemon (commonly referred to as Ultra Beasts), or the Paradox pokemon generated by Professor Sada and Professor Turo's experimentation. These pokemon, though extremely powerful with capture heavily regulated by law, do not fall under the trainer-defined category of "Uncatchable". An "Uncatchable" pokemon is one that cannot be captured or otherwise raised independently. More often than not, this is because the Pokemon in question has a parasitic, symbiotic, or parent-child relationship with another Pokemon that would make it unhealthy or even fatal to force independence.

Two pokemon that fall into the latter category, and are often unfairly targeted by poachers and irresponsible trainers, are the infant forms of Kangaskhan and Rellor. Particularly, these pokemon are often targeted by competitive trainers participating in what are known as "little cup" tournaments—often unofficial tournaments where the primary rule is that only very young, low-level, first-stage pokemon may be used. Though these tournaments do have positive aspects, namely their ability to allow beginner trainers to get a foothold in concepts of battle strategy without feeling intimidated, like all aspects of competitive battling, there are a large subset of trainers who are simply in it to win it all costs with no regard to the pokemon that they use.

Baby Kangaskhan is viewed as a potential meta-changer due to the sheer power of its adult form. However, all known instances of separation between mother and child Kangaskhan have led to severe drops in quality of life for the baby that make it impossible for this pokemon to be a viable battler. The only instance in which a baby Kangaskhan can battle healthily is alongside and through the mega evolution of its parent, and ethics of this practice are hotly debated as there are several cases in which the mother Kangaskhan shows the stress at the side of its child fighting. Though these cases may be chalked up to personality differences between different Kangaskhan, the same cannot be said for separation cases.

Nearly 100% of wild separation cases are fatal, with the sparse few survivors living much shorter and unhealthier lives than their properly raised counterparts. With human intervention, the fatality rate goes down, but the baby Kangaskhan still exhibit symptoms of PTSD, as well as severe mental and physical developmental disorders that leave it essentially stuck in a child-like state for its entire life. Even with human intervention, the separated baby will never learn how to battle, and all moves learned will be ineffective. Many separated babies do not even attempt to battle, perpetually expecting their mother to guard them even though she's gone. Physically, even if these babies make it to adulthood, there will be much more frail and susceptible to illness than their parented counterparts. They will also never develop their adult scales, leaving them more prone to accidental injury and infection. The theories on why this occurs range from the baby having a latent psychic connection to the mother to maternal connection simply being a requirement for healthy development in this particular species, but regardless of what the truth is, all separation cases are harmful to the baby, and throughout the rntire history of training as a sport, no progress has been made in changing this. It is hotly debated whether or not it is ethical to raise a separated baby Kangaskhan to adulthood as a result.

Infant Rellor is even worse. Though Rellor itself is currently viable by most little cup standards, it is also disqualified in many unofficial tournaments due to the existence of infant Rellor and the insistence that, since it is such a vastly different form, Rellor as an independent pokemon is an evolution and cannot qualify. However, this is an entirely unfair and harmful assessment to make, as this infant form cannot exist separately from the parent Rabsca, or even the dung ball it exists within. If the infant Rellor is broken out of this dung ball too early in development, it will die in 95% of cases. The sparse few recorded survival cases have only occurred as result of two factors: a Rabsca (not necessarily the original parent) quickly forming a new dung ball around the infant, and human intervention. Even with these factors at play, survival is still dependent on the stage of development of the infant, any injuries sustained during the removal from the dung ball, and the speed at which it is transported either back into a dung ball or into an artificial gestation tank. Infants broken out of their done ball early also tend to exhibit higher rates of developmental disorders, physical disabilities, and neurological disorders. Universally, their ability to manipulate psychic energy is severely impaired, and many do not exhibit the ability to evolve into Rabsca.

Shellder is a different story. It is a commonly known fact that Shellder experiences drastic physiological changes after clamping onto a host Slowpoke—changes drastic enough to be considered an evolution by some. In certain trainer circles, this debated evolution is known as "Turban", both in reference to the shells of some non-pokemon mollusks as well as the headwear of the same name. With the form-altering venom produced by these pokemon as well as the sharp teeth and powerful jaws, it's been theorized that this form of Shellder may have a water/poison typing and be able to battle if selectively bred and raised to do so.

Unfortunately for the Shellder and Slowpoke evolutions involved in this debate, separation of a Shellder and Slowpoke after evolution is universally detrimental. The Shellder itself will always die unless it is reattached to another Slowpoke, and will be in severe distress the entire time it is detached. It cannot reattach itself due to its body losing the ability to move, and it will not listen to orders from its trainer, blindly biting the air until a new Slowpoke is found. If it is reattached within a few days, it will more than likely survive, but it will produce higher amounts of venom and exert a notably higher bite force in order to ensure it does not get detached again. This often leads to higher levels of intelligence in the Slowpoke evolution, but also higher levels of aggression and resentment towards other living species, particularly the species that separated it. One case documented a Slowking resulting from a detached Shellder that wiped out an entire seaside town in rage-fueled psychic storm. Though it was eventually captured and sent off to a sanctuary, it never fully regained trust in humans.

Comparatively, the Slowpoke experiencing detachment suffers a much harsher fate. There is a persistent belief that Slowbro will harmlessly devolve back into Slowpoke if separated. Though it will eventually devolve—being the only pokemon known to do so—this process is highly stressful to the Slowbro and may result in death. This is due to withdrawals from the Shellder venom as well as neurological and physiological decay. The symptoms can be as mild as flu-like symptoms such as headaches and nausea to as severe as heart palpitations and seizures. It will also lose the ability to walk in a bipedal manner, and will need to re-learn how to fish using its tail.

Slowking separation is almost always fatal for the Slowking. Unlike Slowbro, it is incapable of devolution due to the Shellder venom being a requirement for proper neurological function, and the Shellder is fused to the skull, causing grievous bodily harm once removed. Galarian Slowking have far higher rates of immediate fatality than Kantonian Slowking, but both pokemon will suffer a drastic drop in quality of life after the separation event. Like separated Kangaskhan, it is widely considered unethical to keep a Slowking alive post-separation as it will be unable to maintain a humane quality of life. It will be unable to communicate its needs, unable to eat or drink without assistance, unable to groom itself, incapable of locomotion beyond a flailing crawl, suffer frequent seizures, and be at a high risk of meningitis among many other complications. Though some pokemon rights activists insist that a separated Slowking can be given a new Shellder or even kept alive without one and still live a happy life, these claims are unfounded in veterinary medicine, and the damage caused by a separation event is largely irreversible.

In conclusion, for the health of these pokemon, we need to demystify the concept of "Uncatchable" pokemon. You may have noticed me using quotation marks around the word "Uncatchable" for the duration of this essay. This is because I firmly believe we should not be using this term, as it generates a sense of challenge for a community notorious for enjoying insurmountable challenges. I propose we push to change the terminology to "unethical pokemon" in order to dispell any sense of challenge or mystique. These pokemon are not physically uncatchable. They are simply doomed to suffer if not kept in their pair bond. For trainer culture to move past this stopping block, this is a fact that must be acknowledged.

—Professor Violite Schist (it/they/fae)

It's interesting how this entire website sometimes seems to experience a simultaneous mental health crash. If I were a psychologist or even cared at all beyond mild curiosity I would do a writeup on it. I'm sure someone out there would love to study you all like amoebas under a microscope.

—Dr. Alston

Marnette is obviously doing mentally horrible right now. Why would you make a rally in order to target her instead of genuinely talking it out with him Professor Hazel? Even if that's what you didn't think you're doing, you sure as hell insinuated it by airing all that out onto the public directly in front of him and potentially her CHILD too. Many people and pokemon sure are suffering because of this. You did not at all handle this situation like you were dealing with someone who wants to be better and has done better. You did this as someone who just wants to keep someone else on a short leash.

Now it's time for someone to dig Marny out of the mental hell that you wanted to push her down. Of course it won't be you. Nor will you take responsibility. Public knowledge isn't always needed. But that goes against the team, doesn't it.

Hello,

Marnette Mador is a 41 year old person whose past crimes are open knowledge. Were anyone to just do a cursory search of her name, they would find this information within two search results. I did not air anything to the public that was not already public knowledge, and regardless of my intent, Marnette's mental health is not my or any other member of Team Curiosity's responsibility.

I do not wish to keep him on a short leash. Far from it, we had ceased surveillance on him months ago due to his behavior improving. Not to mention that, as we are not a law enforcement agency, we have no authority to keep Marny under physical restraint. Despite him being banned from Sinnoh, if he enters the region, we generally do not intervene in his affairs unless he is posing a threat to the freedom of information. After all, that is typically the only threat he poses in his current state.

Perhaps this is a harsh assumption to make, but I believe you many not have been in Snowpoint or Lake Acuity during the Team Shard attacks. Marnette threatening to return to Snowpoint is one of the few exceptions that Team Curiosity is willing to make to its rule of non-interference. This is due to potential Team Galactic comparable levels of environmental and human devastation should he be left unchecked. The last time we allowed her to return there, I lost a good friend of mine to a direct hit from a Drapion's poison jab. She died defending that lake. I won't disrespect her memory by allowing Marnette to return to her grave, nor will I disrespect the citizens of Snowpoint who died in that blaze.

To conclude, I ask you this, anon: we have an admin on our team who also suffers from manic episodes. Why is it that they have never gone out of their way to hurt people during these times, yet Marnette has? Is this indicative of a difference in severity, or a difference in personality? What does it imply when you state that someone who hurts others is only doing so because of a mental disorder?

Consider this your homework for the night.

May Uxie guide your sight,

—Professor Marianne Hazel

I AM LITERALLY JUST A WEATHERMAN YOU BLOODY FUCKING WANKER PISS OFF

Team curiosity more like team lie and slander

TH IS GUY GETS IT!!!!!!!!!

Well FUCK YOU too MARNY. I hope you DROWN up there. I NEVER liked YOU either. CUNT.

—ADMIN THRASH

Team curiosity more like team lie and slander

TH IS GUY GETS IT!!!!!!!!!

We were hoping we would be able to relax our surveillance on you, Marnette. This was an error in judgement on our end, and to the people in Sinnoh who are now dealing with the consequences of his role in the Hangman trial, we apologize.

We've noticed that there are several people voting for Sinnoh on this poll. Many are even voting for the highly-specific option of Snowpoint City. Team Curiosity is not a law enforcement agency, and as such, we cannot control what you as an individual do with your vote. However, we are an organization that advocates for the freedom of information above all else, and we feel as though this piece of information has been lost to time. Please consider it before casting your vote for Sinnoh or any city wherein, especially the northern territories:

[An image is attached. It is of an old newspaper clipping from the Snowpoint Herald, dated to 1/1/2013. The headline reads "TEAM SHARD ATTACK LEAVES SNOWPOINT IN RUINS", and the image just below that displays a shot of Snowpoint in the morning light.

Despite the heavy snow cover typical of the northern half of Sinnoh turning the winter, many structures—even family homes—have been completely leveled and gutted by fire. Rescue crews are seen combing through the rubble, looking for any remaining survivors. White sheets are laid over vague lumps nearby. Debris is scattered all around. Wooden beams, chunks of brick, a decades-old wok, a child's doll. They all lay bare and open in the snow.

The news story reads as follows:

"A night of utter devastation has led to a morning of grief and heartache as a sudden assault on Snowpoint from the organization known as Team Shard left many citizens without their homes, their families, and even their lives.

As the city prepared for a night of celebration to ring in the new year, all joy was stopped short when an army of uniformed grunts began to roll into the city from the south. Despite attempts to reason with them, they would not hear out any pleas for a peaceful resolution and utilized a wide array of fire types to lay waste to every structure in the city. One survivor of the attack recalled the leader of Team Shard, Marnette Mador, giving a sort of mission statement as the town.

"I remember her saying she was gonna ring in the new year with a new world in her image," said the resident, who has chosen to stay anonymous. "I don't know what she meant by that, but she was making it sound like she was the second coming of Giratina. She burnt down my family's home, my bakery... There's nothing left for me to go home to."

Snowpoint's Gym Leader, Candice, was badly injured while trying to defend the city, and is now in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital. Her and many others who survived the frontlines reported that the grunts were not above turning their pokemon directly on humans, and would often go that route first even in a battle situation. Many who attempted to defend the city lost their lives to severe burns, not from being caught in structural fires, but from being directly hit with attacks such as flamethrower, fire blast, and one survivor even reports being directly attacked by an eruption from a mega evolved Camerupt.

Interestingly enough, there are no solid reports of Shard Leader Mador herself using any pokemon during this assault, leading many to speculate on why this is the case. There are no solid answers yet, but the reigning theory is that she may be keeping a mythical pokemon as a trump card. However, other reports suggest that she was clearing the city to use as a return base after an upcoming assault on Lake Acuity, supported by her and her team continuing to the west after the city was left gutted by flames. Sinnoh's own Team Curiosity has reported that they have deployed forces to Lake Acuity in anticipation of an attack.

"We do not consider ourselves a military force," said Prof. Theodore Hazel, co-leader of Team Curiosity. "But we have a duty as Sinnohans to protect our region from senseless terror and destruction."

No matter the motive, one thing is certain: the citizens of Snowpoint are rallying from the devastation. Many have expressed the need to hold strong despite all that was lost, and not to lose hope.

"We are North Sinnohans," said one resident as she combed through the wreckage of her family home. "We were born through tragedy, war, and destruction. We have lived through these terrors for generations. We will not let one selfish woman bring an end to all we have built."

Rescue teams are still clearing the rubble and searching for remaining survivors. As of this article's publication, there are a reported 6 fatalities and 87 injuries. The pokemon death toll is still being calculated. This number is expected to climb as search efforts are ongoing."]

Marnette, as I've said, I am not a member of law enforcement. I cannot prevent you from entering our region as it is not within my authority. You are an adult with your own autonomy, and I am in no place to repress that so long as you are not posing a threat as large as the one you did in the past.

However, you are not a hero. You are hardly even good. You are not, and will never be, welcome in this region. Therefore, it is in your best interest to stay out.

I know you don't tend to do so, but consider listening to me when I tell you to stay out.

—Professor Marianne Hazel

GOODBYE HOENN — HELLO NEW REGION OF OPPORTUNITY!

That’s right folks, we’re hitting the bricks and finally sailing out of this dump again! Don’t worry your wallets, we’ll be back eventually!

But, as always — we need your help deciding which region we’ll be hitting shores with soon! One of the best functions on this website is the polls, allowing us to see what kind of nnndhbbbbb bbbbnn. nnhhbb n 7!$$. d

((CW PREDATORY BEHAVIOR))

((yeah sorry I have to be the one to make this post but I saw some shit a minute ago that I need to fucking address))

((to all the minors reading this post, let me make something 1000% clear:

If an adult wants to do even mildly sexual roleplay with you and insists that they'll "stop if they go too far", that is predatory behavior. "Too far" is an adult knowingly roleplaying sexual content with a minor full fucking stop. You, as a minor, cannot give consent to an adult, and any adult that insists you can is a predator.

@ask-uwu-girl has nuked all of the sexual RPs with Devi from her blog since being called out for this shit by other community members so I really don't have anything more than this to show you but let me be clear: this is not a safe person for minors to be interacting with. This is what a predator looks like.

To all the adults in the community: please keep an eye out for this stuff. This was happening in public and it took all day for anyone to catch on. If you want to RP suggestive content between other adults in the community, that's fine. Keep it properly tagged, don't let minors engage with it. Basic courtesies. But it's our responsibility as community members to make sure this shit stays between adults. Check ages before engaging in sexual content with another blog, and if you see an adult engaging in sexual content with a minor, call that shit out immediately. Do not let it go unseen or unnoticed. Do not be a bystander to a predator in broad daylight.

sincerely, I am so goddamn tired.))