CMO - Sample Gathering

[desirestruth]

A. You secret black and midnight hags

[The forest you have ended up in is dark, save for the underlayer being full of glowing plants. The mushrooms, the veins in plant leaves, even some of the bark on these impossible tall trees glow. It's very pretty.

Unfortunately also you are being Watched. Hope they're friendly!]

B. I wanna be the very Yippiest, Like No One Ever Was

[So, look. Being in a different world is weird. Being suddenly fully alive and human is weird. At least she kept her fangs. But none of this is important.

What is important is Naeva is sitting in a field of flowers in the National Park, weaving flower crowns for the wild pokemon. She's actually attracted a crowd of them. The Absol next to her is wearing three and Abides.

Do you want a crown? She'll make one for you. Or I guess you could try to catch some of the pokemon while they're distracted, but that's not very sporting!]

C. Wildcard
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Comments

B

[philosopherstone]

[Well, Naeva isn't the only one in the same boat. There's a girl there, with... aggressively pink hair, dressed like a punk rocker, and most importantly, she's got a large notebook out, and is... taking notes... on your Absol covered in flowers?]

Wild Pokemon... seem to enjoy flowers and decoration...

[She's mumbling to herself as she writes.]

[desirestruth]

She is not wild.

[Naeva has not stop decorating a Scyther with fresh daisies so maybe the observation still stands, though.]

[philosopherstone]

[Hazel has to look between the Absol and the Scyther.]

... Which one?

[desirestruth]

This one.

[She uses her free hand to boop the Absol, who yawns regally. The Scyther does not seem to like that this makes the daisies cease. Buzzes threateningly. Also gets booped.

Does this woman just not know fear?]

[philosopherstone]

You've got... quite a way with them.

[Hazel's continuing to take notes. Definitely taking notes on potential calming effects of booping a wild Scyther????]

Maybe the flowers have a calming effect... or is it you? I need to remove the variables...

[desirestruth]

[What a strange way of interacting with the world, to just take notes instead of doing anything herself!]

Remove the variables? Why not just try it?

[philosopherstone]

One of them has a scythe on its head and the other has two scythes instead of arms, and I don't have a license or the training for medical magic in case they decide to use them.

[Immediately and deadpan.]

[desirestruth]

[But absol's horn isn't metal...]

...And they are letting me cover them in poppies, so I believe you're probably fine.

[She is indicating to Scyther that it should let someone else have a turn. That Someone Else is, unfortunately for Hazel, a fucking Heracross.]

Oh, goodness, you're handsome. Let's see...what do you think about coneflowers? Or lupin?

[She is...holding up plants for it to pick from. Oh my god.]

[philosopherstone]

... These are insect-type Pokemon... If analogous to the insects of the world I know, then they likely eat flowers...

Are they calm because they think you're feeding them? That doesn't explain the mammalian one...

[more notes. more notes. more notes.]

... Do you perhaps like insects?

[desirestruth]

Most insects don't eat flowers.

[Most insects eat other insects. Let's not think about that too long, because as pokemon what they mostly eat is macaroons.]

I like any animal.

[The Absol is getting kind of irritated by the insinuation it doesn't make sense that she likes her trainer, for the record. Angry tailswish. >:|]

[philosopherstone]

[SORRY ABSOL, SHE'S TRYIN....]

I see...

[She's looking at that Absol again, though this time, she appears to be... sketching it?]

Interesting... Can you do that again?

[she's talking to the Absol now. swish that tail!!]

[desirestruth]

[The absol looks practically offended, but that does mean more tailswishes.]

...You should probably apologize to her first.

[philosopherstone]

[SHE'S TAKING NOTES ON THAT RANGE OF TAIL MOTION.]

... For what?

[desirestruth]

Well, would you enjoy having someone narrate taking notes on you going about your day, or just start drawing you when you're angry?

[THE ANGRY SWISH CONTINUES.]

[philosopherstone]

[That gets her to stop, and look up.]

... My bad. Sorry.

They're that smart?

[desirestruth]

I would have assumed that was implied by the fact they are taking turns getting the flowers, with...varying degrees of patience.

[She has shot some of them trying to shove forward a Look.]

[philosopherstone]

... I've had preconceptions based on their nearest animal analogue from my world, I suppose...

[She's continuing to sketch the Absol now, but she's getting much more detailed on the face and head.

... She is, well. Not an artist. But she's doing her best.]

There's no magical animals or monsters like this left in my world, so the mundane are the only references I have to go off of.

[desirestruth]

I would, then, throw all those references out.

[She has draped a ring of flowers over the horn of the Heracross and is now handing out flowers to caterpie.]

They're not applicable. Interacting with what's in front of you is the only way to learn.

[philosopherstone]

... Ugh. I know you're right, but...

[throwing out your old work is SO DIFFICULT, emotionally.]

[desirestruth]

No buts, only learning.

[NAEVA HAS NO PITY.]

[philosopherstone]

It would help if I wasn't having to start from scratch. All the previous work on the subject of biology I can find is absolute nonsense.

[desirestruth]

Nonsense to you, probably the reality of this world.

[Okay time to pet Absol who has suffered in silence long enough. Pets and scritches and squishing toebeans.]

Shouldn't you treat a new field of study as exciting instead of being bitter?

[philosopherstone]

The laws of physics disagree.

[... god. what a cute absol. Hazel is trying hard to maintain her punk image, but man, that's cute...]

I'm bitter at having to start the work that should have been started a long time ago, that's all.

[desirestruth]

The laws you know, once again, are not applicable here.

[Absol is getting tummy rubs and is, in fact, doing the Leg Kicky.]

By chance, have you been told before that you're quite inflexible?

[philosopherstone]

I kind of have to be.

[ha ha. ha ha ha ha. let's not get into that. She just brushes that off and moves on.]

What is that Pokemon called?