“Tang Tang La La” “Lick Lick Li” two voices said right outside my door. It must be sometime around 6AM from how it feels, the only clock in lab is in the main area so there’s no way to check in my room. (I wish I had a clock or a watch to check the time) I said to myself. (There is two Pokèmon out there, and one of them is my new pink friend from yesterday. I wonder who he brought with him?) I thought while starting to grin. Quietly I got dressed and put my shoes back on, and pressed my ear to the door to see what I could hear. Suddenly, the door handle started to slowly turn. In panic, I hid behind the door and waited for the two intruders. After 10 seconds of the door slowly opening two Pokèmon entered the room and walked over to the bed. One I could tell was Lickitung, but the other just looked like a blob of plant matter. (Must be a Tangela or something similar) I thought to myself. I got tired of waiting so I turned on the lights and closed the door, revealing myself. “Hello friends, is there a reason you two snuck into the lab and came to my room?” I asked the two Pokèmon. “TANG TANG LA LA LAAAAA” Tangla yelled and ran to the door and threw it open. It bolted for the side door and headed back outside. Lickitung just stood there looking at me with a blank stare. After waiting 30 seconds for a reaction, Lickitung finally said “Lick Lick Li Li Li” proceeded to lick my face and then slowly walk back to the side door of the lab.
After using the bathroom and washing my face, I decided to go ahead and feed the Pokèmon and begin taking notes about my initial observations. Once I filled all the troughs I began to walk around and take notes. “First things first, we need to reorganize the Pokèmon so all Pokèmon who share the same diet are together. Next, we need to remove groups who are aggressive and place them by themselves” I wrote down while observing a group of Golduck and Psyduck fighting with a Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff over some dry food. “Also, I think we need to start ordering small amounts of natural food from the Pokèmon’s habitat to help promote growth and provide stimulation. Some of the carnivores show evidence of their canine teeth dulling from eating too much dry food. Also, some Pokèmon seem to be carrying water weight from how the food causes them to bloat” I said while jotting everything down. “To start research we are going to need to get a baseline on certain Pokèmon within each corral after we rearrange them. Note: ask Professor Oak what traits and features should be measured. If everything works out, we can measure what the Professor recommends and also include common measurements I have used in past research” I wrote while watching a Machoke and Kadabra sit next to a waterfall and begin meditating. “One last note for initial organization of Pokèmon, is asking Pokèmon if they have friends or preferences of who they stay with. Unlike regular animals, Pokèmon seem to have enough intelligence to communicate basic information. Also, will need to ask Professor which system we use to catagorize the Pokèmon and log their information. Maybe trainer’s Pokèmon who are all caught and belong to the same trainer might get along better than Pokèmon of the same species?” I wrote down thinking about how I am going to have to organize my thoughts and set up several experiments.
After what seemed like an hour or two, I headed back into the lab to ask the Professor some questions. When I got back inside, I finally was able to confirm the time and it was about 8AM. Professor Oak was seated at the computer and typing away. “Good Morning Professor Oak!” I said cheerily. “Good Morning Austin, did you sleep well?” Professor Oak asked in response. “I slept very well until about 6AM when a Tangela and Lickitung snuck into the lab and came into my room” I told the Professor. “Huh, those two don’t usually get up to trouble, but maybe there is something going on with them” the Professor said with a confused expression. “Do they act that way with their trainer?” I asked. “Actually, those two don’t have a trainer at all. They were abandoned here after being caught in the Safari Zone. I have been caring for them for about 2 months now, but usually they just keep to themselves and hang out near the trees in their corral” Professor Oak explained. “Very odd indeed…” I said quietly. “Anyway, Professor do you mind showing me where and how we log which Pokèmon belongs to which trainer, and what notes you keep about them, Please?” I asked politely. “Of course, why don’t we go over what you noticed today, and any concerns you have as well” Professor Oak said.
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After running through the questions I had and talking about my initial experiment concepts, we had developed a list of food we wanted to try feeding select Pokèmon. We decided, in case of any negative effects, that we would start with Pokèmon who had no trainers and were living at the lab for research purposes. Now that I had a list of every Pokèmon, their trainer, how long they had been at the lab, and basic notes about them I was finally ready to go begin sorting and moving Pokèmon. Professor Oak went back to typing on the computer while I headed back outside to get to work.
Right when I got back outside, I immediately pulled all the most aggressive Pokèmon out of their corrals by returning them to their Pokèballs. Primeape, Tauros, Gyrados, Gengar, Haunter, Ghastly, Beedrill, Kingler, Rhydon, Rhyhorn, Charizard, Charmeleon, Charmander, Drangonite, and some other species that I had already noted as being aggressive and or territorial. Next, I caught individuals who were problems and removed them from their corrals. Some major offenders were a Hitmonlee who would practice kicking trees where other Pokèmon lived, a Fearow that kept dive-bombing any Pidgey-line members, and a Jolteon who kept shocking other electric types for fun. Next, I corralled all the Pokèmon in the first corral together and removed all carnivores leaving only omnivores and herbivores. In the first corral, I left only Pokèmon who enjoyed being in herds and large groups. After talking to the various herds, I was able to get basic head shakes saying that they were good and no one was missing. They also nodded when I asked if they promised to get along. Corral two I decided would be all insectivores so I moved any herbivores left into corral one and took the carnivores and omnivores with me. Lickitung was in corral two and he was rolling on the grass next to a group of Pidgey.
Finally I arranged Corrals 3 and 4 with groups of carnivores and omnivores who weren’t overly aggressive. I saw Tangela in Corral 4 with other omnivores like Pinsir and Raichu. Corral 5 was up against a hillside with exposed rock and clay, so I moved all Pokèmon who eat rocks, soil, and minerals into this one such as Onix and Geodude. Corral 6, 7, & 8 all were split into sub sections where I put all of the troublemakers. In these areas, I got Professor Oak’s permission to set up additional fencing and barriers such as electrical fencing to keep them contained. To help encourage the Ghost Pokèmon to stay put, I made sure they were in a dense shaded area where sunlight was weak. Hopefully these new areas and removal of troublemakers will help ease tensions.
By the time I was finished, it was already time for dinner. When I put out all the food there were immediate shifts in behavior. Most Pokèmon ate happily and very little aggressive behavior was displayed in any corral except for the Primeapes and Makeys. Overall, I think this might be a winning setup, but of course we will need to collect a lot of data before we can celebrate. When I headed back inside, I heard Professor Oak on the phone with someone. “Professor, are you sure you don’t need another aide to help out at the lab?” Asked a female voice. “No, not anymore. My new aide Austin has been extremely helpful and is very knowledgeable about Pokèmon. I think everything will be fine going forward” Professor Oak said to the giant screen. “All right Professor, but please keep me in the loop if anything goes wrong. I will fly back straight away and help” the female voice said. “Thank you my dear, you take care now!” Professor Oak said hanging up the call. “Hey Professor, I just finished rearranging everyone and getting them dinner. Would you like to grab some food as well?” I asked while walking into the room finally. “Ah, splendid timing! Yes, let’s go have dinner at my house again” Professor Oak said while standing up.
After we had dinner with the kids, and I answered too many questions to keep track of about too many topics, I headed back to the lab to turn in for the evening. “Those kids sure are curious, but I guess it’s better than being ignorant or over confident” I said to myself while walking. Finally, I got back to the lab and locked everything up and turned in for the evening. As I laid in bed, I thought about everything I had seen and couldn’t believe how amazing and exciting everything has been so far. Beautiful Pokèmon all around, and relaxing nature as far as the eye can see. The most amazing thing though is that I get to work with Pokèmon in this beautiful setting. When I started to close my eyes though, I couldn’t help but think of Tangela and Lickitung though. They were so far from their home, and they didn’t even have a trainer to take care of them. I hope what I am doing can help them even if it is just a little bit.
What would you do in the world of Pokèmon?
