#Foster Island

[ranger-rai]

Hey there, Campers!

Ranger Rai here, and thanks to @adventures-on-foster-island for the opportunity to talk to everyone about some important topics.

If you know me, you know that I speak and advocate for the wellbeing as well as closer relationships between Pokemon and People.

It’s a little hard for me to talk about one topic but I did want to discuss a little bit of life as a ranger and what you can do to help the many pokemon out there. 

I also thought I would give some advice for any new trainers on what you can do to be safe out there on your first journey.

Now every region is a bit different with their trainer assistance, but us here in Sinnoh go out of our way to make sure trainers and pokemon are well taken care of.

We as rangers are always out patrolling for anything unusual and potentially harmful to the environment. Whether it's trash, natural disasters or dangerous people, we are always on the lookout.

When it comes to natural disasters, the Field Rangers like myself are usually some of the first people out there, responding to any destruction that needs to be cleaned up or calls for help. It can be extremely dangerous, even for small emergencies which is why we treat all of them as serious.

Rock Slides, Snowstorms, and occasional floods are our most common threats, so we prepare pretty regularly for them, and we prepare sites and get people ready whenever the seasons come.

We help people a good bit, but we spend just as much time helping pokemon who get displaced and make sure their natural habitats are well preserved as well. After all they're just as vulnerable if not more so than people when danger comes.

Speaking of danger, we need to be on the lookout for Dangerous People when we do our jobs. I know a lot of cartoons and movies have made these “Bad Guys” out to be big and goofy or very easy to spot, but we don't get many people like that who are real bad guys.

The people we need to watch out for are much more sneaky and hidden than you would expect, a lot of them looking like everyday people. Most of these bad guys like to take pokemon and ship them to buyers in other regions where they wouldn't do well, usually as “exotic pets” with many of them using them for their abilities or other things.

While we are good at stopping a good amount of the people who pop up, there are sometimes really difficult to track down groups that we could easily miss, which is where our “Special Ops” rangers come in. 

Unlike Rangers like myself and my team back at my base, Special Ops rangers travel around quite a lot and almost never have pokeballs on them, instead they use incredibly special devices called “Capture Stylers”.

Only a small number of people can use them, but these tools are super impressive, because they can catch most pokemon quickly, but they are released almost immediately after helping.

Special Ops are very cool, and are known for infiltrating nefarious groups often and destroying them from the inside.

Now while we usually will deal with groups like this, you all can be extremely helpful to pokemon by doing some simple things.

One of the best things you can do is to take sure you're picking up trash and recycling whenever you can.

When you're out on your journey, please dispose of candy wrappers and any trash you build up properly. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash get left on the ground every year and it affects many pokemon negatively.

Flying, Water and many forest Pokemon see or smell this trash and try to eat it because of their association with food and can easily make them sick or even kill them.

On top of that, the trash builds up quickly, with some of it having toxic coatings in the glues or inks of the wrappers.

If you did your part to throw away or recycle these products, not only would the numbers decrease, but the lifespan of a lot of species would increase as well.

As trainers you should know this and a lot of the services available to you as well.

During your travels you might see camping or picnic stations between towns, besides being good places to rest, these areas also have a lot of built in emergency services available.

For instance, A lot of the picnic table areas might have roofs over them, in the event of an emergency like a severe storm or even an aggressive wild pokemon hoard, special emergency buttons can be found that bring down protective barriers to keep trainers safe.

The bathroom areas are similar too, with both having an active alert system that lets nearby rangers and emergency services know someone is in danger. 

Not only can these areas be found with a trainer’s Pokedex, but the Pokedex has a really helpful emergency alert system.

if the home button is pressed rapidly at least 5 times, the Pokedex will go into “Emergency Beacon” Mode.

This mode will not only turn the Pokedex into a signal for emergency services, but it will also ping to nearby Pokedex devices and put it into low power mode so the battery isn't used up.

Now listen, being a trainer isn't all rules and safety, there will be so many adventures, battles and friends made along the way, but it’s important to know how to respect nature and the creatures that live there first and to care for them no matter the state they come in.

My strongest and most trusted partner is my Beedrill here named Bliss. She's quite large for her species, but she's very protective of the smaller pokemon in the area, however you might notice the goggles she wears.

Bliss was a timid little Kakuna back in the day, however an unfortunate encounter with some really troublesome trainers and their repels caused major injuries to her left eye.

These Poketools were created by Grey over at Dotaku Island to help secure her eye from sunlight and keep her active, but she will always have some limitations with it.

Bliss couldn't be released back into the wild, and I vowed to keep her safe, but she also decided that she wouldn't sit around and do nothing.

Even though she has some serious damage, some pokemon overcome some major hurdles, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do our best to help whenever we can.

Me and my team help a lot of pokemon on a regular basis, some as simple as a rehome while others need healing and help to give them a second chance at life, even taking them away from dangerous or inexperienced trainers.

It’s one of our least favorite things to do, but I know that you guys are capable of being some amazing trainers!

If you all are ever in Sinnoh, feel free to stop by and we’ll show you around, and we can always use some volunteers to help keep pokemon homes nice and clean.

We always have pokemon in need of new homes as well, maybe adopting a new friend is in your future as well?

I hope you all have taken some important information with you today and thank you all so much for having me. I do have more topics I could discuss if you all want to hear more sometime soon!

#foster island summer camp #ranger rai #pokemon ranger #the ranger base #informative post #foster island

[adventures-on-foster-island]

250 followers???? Wow! Thanks everyone! In minor celebration, have a playlist I've been working on for the island.

#pokemon #pokeblogging #pokemon irl #rotumblr #250 followers #foster island #playlist #Spotify

[freerangeranger]

Apologies for not returning the boops! I recieved them after I woke up this morning and it was too late! Boop boop boop boop boop

Woe, boops be upon ye

In your defense I was very late to the party. I logged on at 12am and thwn realized there were badges and Collector Mode Activated.

(Yes i know there was 3 badges i was too tired and worried abt annoying ppl so i settled for 2)

#irl pokemon #pokeblogging #rl pokemon #asks #pokemon irl #foster island

[cartoonbudartz]

Here’s to a glorious past and an equally glorious future.

#Cartoon Network #cartoon cartoons #Cartoon Network studios #adventure time #Steven universe #regular show #summer camp island #victor and valentino #dexter’s laboratory #the powerpuff girls #Johnny bravo #samurai Jack #uncle grandpa #time squad #my gym partner's a monkey #mao mao heroes of pure heart #craig of the creek #ok ko let's be heroes #fosters home for imaginary friends #the grim adventures of billy and mandy #infinity train #we bare bears #cn studios #Ben 10

[theereina]

Who can you name?

Cartoon Network

#cartoon network #childhood nostalgia #90s cartoons #00s cartoons #scooby doo #powerpuff girls #teen titans #ed edd n eddy #codename kids next door #samurai jack #dexter's laboratory #total drama island #courage the cowardly dog #the grim adventures of billy and mandy #camp lazlo #foster's home for imaginary friends #digital art #art #childhood memories

[masonjarart]

Phil's reaction to killing Bad and Pierre was so sad as well as his reaction to meeting anyone but the team he doesn't trust anyone all of their friends are threats now and when he kills them trying to survive there is no joy in winning

He doesn't want a friendly match with Etoiles because this isn't the island there are no friendly fair fights anymore this place has stripped any joy in it there is just fighting to live for him now

#qsmp #qsmp spoilers #qsmp philza #idk just the way he said i killed *insert name* really stuck with me #also earlier when phil kept mentioning how he'd normally be talking everyone in chat #checking on them when they died and stuff and he cant do that anymore #cause he cant trust anyone but the team now #compared the the community the island fostered it feels so off

[total-drama-brainrot]

So Psycho!Noah would definitely do something like play the Knife Game, right? It was popular enough around the time, and does fulfill his thrill seeking needs.

And hey, he can even use it to prove to others that he's willing to make things fair. He'll threaten his own safety AS WELL as everyone else's!

(He'd most likely just do it for unnerving others as per usual, but I think it's still interesting to think if he'd genuinely think this would work.)

Psycho!Noah would absolutely play the Knife Game!

Something dangerous and 'luck' based, that puts his own (and other's, potentially) wellbeing at risk, AND it involves sharp objects? It's practically designed to pique his interests! His constant quest for excitement/thrill-seeking would make him a very big fan of things like the Knife Game.

As for proving his fairness; Noah, in his infinite wisdom, would think it'd be a display of fairness and goodwill, but everyone around him just sees it as him being unhinged enough to gamble his own safety in his hunger for violence... which isn't exactly untrue, though it's a heavily exacerbated interpretation of just how stab-happy he is (which he intentionally cultivated, so...).

He could probably rope Duncan into playing with him, by poking at his pride as a "fellow knife haver" by claiming that, for someone who's constantly threatening to stab people, Noah's never seen him actually use a knife for anything but woodcarving. Saying that, he could potentially rope about half of the remaining cast into playing with him just by insulting their egos; Heather, Courtney and Alejandro would never take a challenge to their capabilities sitting down, so they'd join in just to prove how 'skilled' they are.

Now, I want you to imagine the following scenario with me: Noah's hoped the above competitors into playing the Knife Game with him. They all started out trepidly, but as the game continued their respective competitiveness won out over their rational thinking, an they're all pretty invested in the game.

Then Noah kicks it up a notch by speeding up his stabbing tempo.

Slice!

A finger comes straight off, followed immediately by a gushing fountain of blood. Everyone starts screaming, panicking like headless (and in one case fingerless) chickens, whilst Noah's laughing manically to himself as his hand continues to pour litres of blood onto the floor and table, dying everything around him a sticky crimson.

Thanks to her CIT training, Courtney's the most clear-headed in the situation and barks out for someone to retrieve Noah's discarded finger, intending to preserve it for an emergency reattachment. She rushes over to Noah's side, momentarily forgetting her misgivings about getting so close to him, and tries to stop the bleeding by putting pressure on his finger stub.

But. His hand. It's... rubber?

Noah pulls his real arm out of the fake, rubber prosthetic he'd worn over it, waggling his perfectly fine fingers (coated in that same viscous scarlet) to his competitors with a grin.

A beat of silence. Then, outrage.

#remember when i mentioned that noah and izzy used to plan pranks in island? yeah. #owen helped him set up the fake finger amputation prank. the fake blood is actually chef's spaghetti sauce. #as for where he got the rubber prosthetic? uhh... it's total drama. weirder things are probably lying about. #obviously his attempt at fostering good will between himself and everyone else sort of backfires. #because THEY were in actual danger of cutting themselves whilst noah was setting up his prank. #oops! #total drama #psycho!noah au #tw blood #tw amputation mention #tw knife #replies

[freak-accident419]

DETENTION (2011) SPOILERS!!!

I think one of my favorite things about this movie is how ione was never a bitch. Like hell yea she was always riley’s best friend!! All that shit happened just because she switched bodies with her mom. Like i was so happy seeing them reunite in 1992 because it was so cute!!

#josh hutcherson #detention 2011 #clapton davis #clapton #ione #ione foster #Riley jones #Detention #sean anderson #mike schmidt #josh futturman #fnaf #future man #future man 2017 #journey 2 #journey 2 the mysterious island

[arinewman7]

Untitled (Providence, Rhode Island)

Photography by Francesca Woodman

Gelatin silver print, 1975-78

Beautiful Dreamer

Stephen Foster

*

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me

Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee

#Francesca Woodman #art #artist #photography #Untitled Providence Rhode Island #Photography by Francesca Woodman #Stephen Foster #Beautiful Dreamer #Youtube

[willkimurashat]

TELL ME WHY AM I CRYING AFTER THE LITTLE PRIVATE CHAT WITH ANDY ON THE ROOF TERRACE???🥹🥹🥹🥹

#i wish i was lying but there’s LITERALLY tears in my eyes😭😭😭 #he is so cute!!! #and he fostered a turtle named Stu!!! #and he’s bringing ten puppies for a night in!!! #and then- and then we- we SLOW DANCED and- #waterfalls are happening right now😭😭😭 #i am normal about him #(I’m not normal about him) #(​actually what the fuck is wrong with me???) #litg #love island the game #litg s6 #litg double trouble #litg andy

[aquabreezy]

So while I love to imagine percabeth’s bio kids and what qualities they’d inherit from their parents and grandparents, I also really love the idea of Percy and Annabeth adopting other halfbloods in need.

A trans daughter of Hermes, kicked out as a teen by her parent and using stolen identities and pit pocketing to get by, also a world class hacker: they give her a safe place to stay, asks if she wants to stay for dinner, then asks if she wants to stay forever.

A 5yo physically disabled son of Hephaestus, who’s parent didn’t want to put in the work. He bounces around foster homes until Annabeth and Percy welcome him to their home. Annabeth and Tyson build him mobility aids fit for the gods. Annabeth redesigns their home so everything is accessible. He loves to tinker with his aids and when he gets older, starts adding robotic attachments, mostly for fun.

A baby daughter of Ares, who’s cries drove her parent to near madness, abandoned at a fire station. Only powerful demigods, familiar with Ares wrath, have the will power to stay calm and soothe the baby. Percy is wrapped around her little finger. When she’s older, she loves playing any game of strategy and almost always wins. Very competitive. Flips the board whether she wins or loses.

I like to imaging they have a family battle bots teams. She writes the code, he builds the bot, and then they hand over the controls to their little sister to crush the competition. Percy and Annabeth are at every match, cheering with signs and foam fingers.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #annabeth chase #adoption #island of misfit halfbloods #fosters home for demigods

[alexanders-pokemon-adventure]

A little rain in every life must fall

****Trigger warning, themes of depression, suicide and death****

-Derek Dagda

Alex was dead…their best friend … their love.The humming sound of the electronic heart monitor was all Derek could hear. Even the sound of their own voice didn’t register. They failed their mission. Alex’s heart had stopped ,they stopped breathing and some distant part of Derek understood that the hospital would not be resuscitating them. Time seamed to freeze for him. A thought bubbled in Derek’s mind. seven minutes , a bit of trivia. Seven minutes was how long a human being could go without a pules without breathing before catastrophic brain damage. If he started CPR right now, would it matter, if the hospital refused to resuscitate Alexander? ,Derek thought. They had used the power of friendship ,of love .Derek had felt Alex’s family and friends pour themselves in him to bring Alex back and it hadn’t worked. If love didn’t work how about spite Derek though defiantly. If Alex could not rage against the dying of the light, Derek would do it for them. He didn’t have a plan not really, and moved and act purely from instinct. Cortana his Aegislash acted in concert. Derek is a Spirit Harmonizer, a person whose life-force is powerful enough and controlled enough to bond with a Ghost pokemon and unlock their greatest potential. Cortana was forged by Wayland the Smith. Ancient and powerful like its sibling blades, each a work of art by a master craftsman. Each unique unlike any other. Cortana was said to be able to cut through anything. Derek did not know if that was true ,Part of him wondered if he could cut away Alexander’s death. However, Cortana was made they were different. Tied to more power then just cold steel and frightening, phantasmic force … green growth and warmth was part of them too. So as one Derek and Cortana began to melted together. life in exchange for power overflowing filled the room with green and orange and violet light. Like charged neon bleeding into open air. Sera had joined him. Derek saw her standing beside Alexander bed ,skin glowing luminous white, speaking words that hurt Derek to listen to. Her Unown Mystery, and X beside her, in a broiling aura of blue light. Was it magic? Was it Psionics ? Was it both? he didn’t care. Alexandria ( @alex-ishvan ) appeared on the other side of Alex’s bed. Her body had become the space between the stars, fire raging from her form. Derek could hear the distinct sound of stones cracking. Derek didn’t care what they did so long as they didn’t get in his way. Hopefully no one would be curious enough to interfere. He didn’t know what would happen if someone got in the way of the power they were going to unleash into Alex.

Derek poured growth and death and fire and steel into Alexander. Understood that Alexandria and Sera did the same with their own Tidal waves of power. A Near deafening roar filled the the room as light near blinded him. was somebody on top of Alex? was somebody singing? why had no one from the hospital come into the room yet? Derek didn’t care. Together they had seven minutes to pour power into the void Alexander had became and hoped it would make a difference.

-Alexander Esparza

Darkness , hollow, and eternal. An ending. The shadow was gone and Alexander was tired. They had went somewhere ,been brought back somewhere and it was over. They had become only the part of themselves that have been unmoored that day all those years ago. So young and empty, and Alexander only yearned for it to be over. People had come. Alexander distantly recognized… thought someone had come before as well. That this story had been different before but it was over. Alex wanted only to be darkness hollow and Eternal. But the fragment Alexander had became wondered ,if this place was darkness, hollow and eternal why did they hear cracking? Like crunching glass. Were their voice here? We’re other coming? Coming to this nowhere place. Darkness shattered splintering apart and in doing so pulling what was left of Alexander’s towards it.

A familiar presence filled the nowhere place that Alexander had come to inhabit. Six to be precise ,each a beauty that seam to accentuate why Alexander only wanted an ending. It made the shattered bit left of Alexander recoil. They would prefer the shadow be back anything then their final moment be this visage of dead friends. Why were they here ?wasn’t Alexander’s failure enough to go out with.

The brown haired man , whose scared face smiled spoke with a mature, honeyed voice “Oh sweetness, you’ve had such a bad time haven’t you?”

Alex couldn’t respond they only wanted oblivion. But the six that came from the darkness surrounded them. They want Alexander’s attention , the six were speaking . Alex tried not to listen, tried to fall deeper into darkness, but their voices still laced through them in bits and pieces. The hate ,the vitriol, the disappointment they had expected to hear … didn’t come. The voices only asked how Alexander was, if they were ok. TheyHeard Destiny, Hessa , Andromeda ,Emmanuel ,Margaret and drawing closer Antonio… if Alexander hadn’t known better thought they sounded concerned.

“ hey you why don’t you coming back” Andromeda spoke

“ come on man, I haven’t seen you in how long and you can’t be bothered to talk back” Emmanuel jabbed

“ Honey why don’t you speak to us we’ve missed you?” Margaret asked

Each voice seamed to bring forth more of Alexander a bleeding shard at a time.

“ heeeeey yooou” Hessa said playfully

“Will you hurry up we don’t have all day Alex” Destiny demanded.

“ Destiny!” Antonio said trying to sound reproachful but Alexander could hear his barely held back chuckle. More shard of themself were racing towards them know. More awareness. Antonio was so close now Alexander though “ oh, Sweetness, how sad you have been but Destiny is right, we don’t have much time” as he spoke he brought a broad hand to Alexander’s young face. “ this isn’t you anymore.” Antonio spoke with some thing like contentment in his voice. With that touch with those words the last piece of Alexander that had been missing since they fell to nothing seem to fall into place.

Alexander was whole. “ there you are Sweetness!” Antonio said joy filling his voice. “ hi everyone “ Alexander responded voice, cracking with joy and grief and surprise. They all rushed to Alexander crying and hugging and asking questions about their life and family and new look. “ I always told you you had a lovely hair.” Antonio sad” it looks so nice grown out”.

“ I finally started listening to Andromeda’s hair advice.” She slapped Alexander’s back as they all laughed. “It’s so great to see all of you. I’ve miss you all so much, but…oh” they stoped talking ,awareness flooding Alexander. “Your… all…Dead” Alexander searched their faces, then seem to frantically search for anything. They were nowhere. “ I’m dead aren’t I ?” Alexander asked.

Destiny was the first to speak. “Not sure my bet is yes” she said, shrugging her shoulders.

“Destiny” Margaret scolded at her “ but the invitation we got, I don’t think we would’ve been able to come to this” Margaret gestured around her” place if you weren’t”

“ invitation? I didn’t invite anyone here I’m still not 100% what here is.” Alexander said.

“Sera invited us” Andromeda answered “ and your friends, Topside tried to bring you back”

“ back , back from” Alexander pause “oooooooooooooo” Alexander could not keep the grimace from their face at the realization that their own rash actions have led to this. Alexander never regretted more having such an expressive face, all six of them stare daggers at them. “ what about Nimbus!?” They asked alarmed.

“Well they’re not here so I would take that as a good sign” Destiny said. There was a pause from Alexander “ i mean… as long as Nimbus is ok I guess this wasn’t the worst why to go, if means I’ll get to be with all of you guys” Alex sighed “ it weird… I’ve been tired for so long now “ Alex sighed again more resigned “I’m ready , I know all of them” Alex gesture vaguely upward “ they’ll be fine”

“ no Alex they won’t” Antonio said.

Alex stared at Antonio for what seamed like long moments. “What do you mean?” Alexander asked with more intensity than the six had been used to. “Alex, things … thing are coming , forces in the world are shifting and their are battles yet to come” Antonio said “ you need to be there , your freinds will need you to be there when what come reaches them”

“ how do you know any of this?” Alexander asked “ things aren’t” Antonio paused searching for the word “linear where we were Sweetness but we know that it’s true. I may not know exactly what’s comeing or if it’s the only threat but we do know that you are needed. there are still fights to be had ,battles to be won.”

“ I’m tired Antonio, haven’t I fought enough. even if I had the strength to do so. I don’t know how to leave this place I’m not the only person who can fight these battles. There are other people like me.”

“Like your siblings, Jordan, Ariadne, and Mika and their kids ,that’s who you want to fight these battles?” Antonio asked.

“ Never!” Alexander retorted “ then you want Sara or Derek to face what’s coming” Antonio confronted ”or your new friends .Alex, Sweetness I know you’re tired and I know you’ve been brave for so long but you still need to be brave, there are things still to be done” Antonio was holding Alexander’s face now wiping away the tears that traced their cheekbones “ besides sweetness there are good things to go back to your Pokémon, your friends, your family and Derek” Alexander almost flinched at that last one Antonio spoke. Antonio only smiled. “ it’s not such a bad thing to want to go back for him.”

Alexander gestured around them. “There’s nowhere for me to go and even if there was… I’m so tired Antonio, I don’t have the strength to go anywhere” Alex spoke through voice breaking.

Antonio smiled “Sweetness. Why do you think we’re here? Why do you think your friends came here?” he held out a ball of light that wasn’t there before iridescent and lovely.” your friends dropped this when they got yanked out when your heart stopped. It is strength Alexander and it’s yours now.”

Alexander held the light in their hands. Felt and watched that lovely light drain into them , they had never experienced this kind of energy before. It was dense , and warm and alive. Alexander wondered how long they could hold this power , it wanted to be used and soon.

The six smiled at Alexander “ will be helping you to” Antonio said . a little exasperated but no longer tired. Alexander asked.” how what am I supposed to go? What am I supposed to do?”

Destiny was the one to answer “ well if I had to guess” she pointed somewhere far behind Alexander and for the first time since becoming aware of this place noticed the light in the distance.

“ in a reversal of clichés Alex, I think in this situation it would be appropriate for you to head towards the light and soon” destiny finished

“What even is that?” Alexander wondered aloud .They thought it looked as though someone had dropped a star in the distance. To illuminate the nowhere place, they now resided. “ it’s your friend Sweetness, and Destiny is right you need to go now” Alexander for the first time noticed the alarm and all the voices. “ what do you mean? Can’t I talk to you guys for a little longer? It’s been so long I know I would love to bring Messages back if I’m going. What does it matter if I leave now or later can it wait a little?” There was something like pain in all of their expressions. “ Alex, you’re dead you’ve been dead for five minutes now , we all would love to talk to you and give you messages for our family but you need to go right now the window of opportunity for you to go back is closing” Alexander looked at the star on the horizon, measure the distance in their mind “ I’ll never make that! I’m not fast enough I will I’ll never make it!” Panic filled them.

“ Not unless you start running right now Alex NOW RUN!! , we’re right behind you!” shoving Alexander forward. Alexander began to run they didn’t know if the strength of friends had given them would be enough. even with the unnatural speed at which they ran, it did not seem like they would reach the sun quick enough.

“ hurry up slow poke!” destiny yelled, shoving Alexander forward and rocketing them closer to the light.

“ lightspeed dude” Emmanuel said, right behind them as Alexander was again rocketed forward.

“ faster, Alexander” Andromeda yelled and Alexander found themself again blasting forward towards the light.

“ don’t stop honey run harder” Margaret yelled to them and again they were launched forward drawing closer and closer to the horizon. Alexander felt them self wheezing in their unreal body and thought Seriously I’m getting out of breath while being dead.

“ don’t you dare slow down”Hessa roared at them. Alexander almost tripped when she shoved them forward towards the light. it was growing so close now, but something told Alexander that they were running out of time. Then Antonio spoke. “goodbye Sweetness I love you” with one final earth shattering shove Alexander reached the light.

-Derek Dagda

Derek had been thrown across the room. Making a roughly him shaped hole in the drywall. Rousing from where he slumped on the floor he saw that Alexandria and Sera had experienced something similar. Sera at least appear to have been caught by Elisa and Lynn ( @adventures-on-foster-island ) before slamming into the adjacent wall. Alexandria was being helped back up by Rai ( @ranger-rai ) after leaving a similar hole in the other adjacent wall. What happened? He had been pouring power into the void that was Alexander. Into the abyss hoping for it to do anything in the seven minutes they had left. And then… he felt something. Something ,someone grasping at the end of that power.. and he didn’t know. He thought he felt something as best as he could discerned devour it before shoving the rest back at him. Derek looked at Alexander lying in the bed ,the monitor still hummed unchanging, but some thing else was wrong. was Alexander glowing? Their features had paled in the past weeks but Derek knew that Alexander was glowing and growing brighter. what was happening Derek could see you light beginning to shine through Alexander’s hospital gown and blankets. They were growing so blight it was hard to see. There wasn’t time to question anything as Alexander turned wholly incandescent in the hospital room. As quickly as that started, the light vanished, and as Derek struggled to clear the dark spots they had formed in their vision …they heard a sound. A electronic rhythmic beeping. And his vision cleared. He heard something beautiful.

“Hi everybody” Alexander said

#A little rain in every life must fall #pokemon #pkmn #pokemon art #pkmnart #pokeart #pokegraphic #pokemon rangers #adventures on foster island #ask ranger Rai #alexander’s pokémon adventure #alex ishvan #ranger sera #ranger derek

[adventures-on-foster-island]

Campers and relevant staff, please make your way to the welcome center for a talk panel featuring the rangers who are here visiting us, @ranger-rai @freerangeranger @alexanders-pokemon-adventure!

#pokemon #pokeblogging #pokemon irl #rotumblr #foster island summer camp #ranger talk

[filmnoirfoundation]

TCMFF Day 2

Two neo-noirs today at Grauman’s Chinese, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS with special guest Jodie Foster, 2:15 PM and SE7EN with Eddie Muller and David Fincher in conversation, 9:45 PM. Eddie will also introduce REAR WINDOW, 6:15 PM at @am_cinematheque Egyptian as well as THE BELLBOY with star Jerry Lewis’ son Chris Lewis at the @chinesetheatres Multiplex, House 6, 8:45 PM.

REAR WINDOW

(1954):  A wheelchair-bound photographer passes the time of his disability by spying on his neighbors. One day he witnesses a murder. Or does he? This iconic mystery was adapted from a story by Cornell Woolrich and earned a Best Writing, Screenplay Oscar nomination for screenwriter John Michael Hayes. The film earned three more Oscar nods for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Color and Best Sound, Recording. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

PLUS

The criminally minded may also enjoy the three prison films playing today, all at TCL Multiplex, House 4, Raoul Walsh’s THE BIG HOUSE, 3 PM; John Ford’s THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND, intro by Keith Carradine, 6 PM;  JAILHOUSE ROCK starring Elvis, 9 PM, intro by Allison Anders.

#eddie muller #neo noir #film noir #tcmff #tcmff 2024 #tcl #grauman’s chinese theatre #david fincher #the big house #the prisoner of shark island #jailhouse rock #se&ven #elvis #jodie foster #silence of the lambs #rear window

[freerangeranger]

<As students are filing into the lecture hall, Honoria Sorrel can be see fiddling with a projector. The first slide of the powerpoint reads: 'So You Don't Want to be a Ranger?'

Honey straightens up as the slide finally comes into focus, before glancing put at the sea of children still settling into their seats. She purses her lips slightly and wanders across the stage to a podium that had been moved aside - reconvening with Lamp the Sizzlipede who was watching her from atop the wooden stand.

No one can hear her as she speaks to the little fire-bug, although she does hand Lamp the projector control after a few moment.

As the crowd slowly settles - with much hushing from the other adult supervisors - Honoria takes a deep breath, and begins.>

"Hello Campers, welcome! My name is Honoria, and I am a Ranger stationed in Castalia city. Some of you might know me from the Shadow Sky Incident; I was one of many who assisted with relief efforts. I have been afforded the opportunity today to teach you about the Ranger Union and what it can do for you, even if you do not want to become an offical pokemon ranger."

<Honey waves her hand in the direction of Lamp, and the little bug uses his entire body weight to click the control, switching the powerpoint to the next slide. While this would have probably been easier for Honey to do herself, it was probably a bid to keep Lamp off her person, but still engaged with the lecture - probably to avoid Bug-Related Arson.>

"The Ranger Union is best known for its Area and Field Rangers... but you know, not everyone is cut out for that sort of job.

It's true! When you get older - don't give me that look, you will get older - Your life isn't always going to turn out the way you planned it. Sometimes we hurt ourselves. Maybe you will have a family! Or find that your passion is in engineering or marketing or security. Maybe you just hate being outside or in the field.

And that's okay! Just because you aren't a Ranger doesn't mean the Union is a dead end for you. There are tons of opportunities that people don't know about and most Ranger schools have programs for these jobs as well."

<The slide turns again, displaying the internal communications office for the Almia Ranger Union - a room of screens, computers and one massive monitor detailing the location of every styler in Almia.>

"Let's talk Operators. You all got your phones - yea? Did Miss Ellisa ask you to put them away? Well - not all of you are listening. I see you in the back. Yea, you! Hot tip: If you want to hide your phone, don't turn it on in a dark room. But you my friend might be a perfect fit for an Operator.

Operators are our IT management team for the Union. Prior to the invention of phones they were people who coordinated local Rangers, organized job boards and sent messages between Bases to facilitate smooth operations.

Now that we have satellite radio and modern communications integrated into our stylers, Operators work as a hub of all incoming reports and updates from Rangers in the field. Being knowedgable of software - both new and old - is crucial because if something goes wrong you are able to help with repairs, suggestions and even call emergency services. Not only that! Operators can reassign missions, give constant updates and are often the people who begin and end missions for Rangers. You get to boss us around over the phone - it's great."

<Lamp switches to the next slide, which shows a few images of strange, clunky looking stylers alongside modern, watch-like stylers. There are also a few photos of people wearing matching coveralls standing around a stange red machine. Historically astute members of the audience would recognize these as a Gigaremo Unit. It seems to have been dismantled.>

"Mechanics! The sister-field of IT. Where operators know what to do when software is on the fritz, Mechanics are responsible for building, maintaining and repairing all of the computers, stylers and other wacky gadgets that rangers use."

<The next slide contains a photo of a strange, vibrant green leaf affixed to a post. It seems almost normal - except for the mesh along the bottom and metallic components to the stem.>

"Look at this. Not quite a clunky old styler, huh? My friends, this is the first artifical pokemom leaf ever conceived. It works too! With some grafting you can attach this prosthetic to any grass pokemon that has lost a major body segment and it will provide them with a method of creating their own food. This is what I mean when I say 'mechanics'. Tools and Tech that go beyond your average smartphone.

... although it does help to know how to remove a SIM card from a phone.

If you love the idea of keeping a well oiled machine running or even inventing your own machines on someone else's dime, the Union offers scholarships for high school students - encouraging your to pursure higher education and create something that you can share with the world."

<This slide has a giant image of the Goldenrod Ecological Society's logo on it, alongside various photos of research labs, equiptment and a few remarkable members of the scientific community, including Professor Oak and Professor Sycamore. There is a noticable blank spot on the upper corner of the slide - as if a photo has been deleated hastily and not replaced in time.>

"Not many people know this, but a lot of the research that the Union supports doesn't actually relate to the field of pokemon conservation. True - creating better medical systems and styler technology is benefical to the Union as well as the medical industry. But there is a lot more to it than that. Which leads us to..."

<Honey provides a little bit of entertainment by jazz hand-ing her way through the next segway of her presentation. Although no one can see him, Lamp the Sizzlipede is also doing jazz hands. or jazz-nubbins.>

"Acedemia!

Now, this job isn't strictly 'working for the Union'. Your paycheck doesn't solely come from us. However. I don't know how many of you know this - but research is expensive! Last year the pokemon medical industry put 3.5 million dollars into new technology. Thats insane! I could buy the Union for that amount. But it gets used by people who want to know more about the world.

Now this doesn't really get explained to you so I'm going to lay it out here.

<Honey leans into the microphone, like she is about to share a deep dark secret in a hushed tone, and not through high end speakers capable of putting a Exploud to shame.>

"No one knows anything. The smartest, most well known scientist in the world can't tell you everything - heck they can't tell you anything with certainty. And thats how they like it.

The world is wide and vast and so crazy complicated. There are still arguments about photosynthesis, whether or not Flygon is a Bug or Dragon, and how bones heal. And the Union wants to support people who are trying to answer these questions - to create things like the prosthetic leaf and to inform policies to protect and manage pokemon-human interactions."

<This slide shows people hiking though thick underbrush, tagging 'mon and testing soil and water samples. While the focus of the images are clearly on the non-ranger personnel, a glimpse of @paldean-ranger-brandy can be seen in the background. Both her and her pokemon are staring up at a flock of murkrow in the tree above them.>

"Okay. So you don't wanna sit in a stuffy office looking through a microscope all day. But being a Ranger seems very stressful and you don't really want to deal with the people-side of the job.

May I present 'Survey Corps'. These are the enviromental sciences part of the Union. They are the ones responsible for long term monitoring and management of specific at-risk habitat and populations.

Their job is similar to Area Rangers, only if they see signs of human interruption they call the Area Rangers and get the heck out of dodge. Their job is strictly tagging pokemon, taking soil samples, checking water temperature and quality, monitoring construction sites for pokemon nests and even handing out hunting tickets for overpopulated species.

That doesn't tickle your fancy? What's that? You want to pet the pokemon but not get attacked by an angry Ursaring?"

<A massive photo of a little Sneasel takes up most of the projector. It is a strange color - purple instead of blue - but otherwise is staring up at the camera with a characteristic look of mischief. Other photos show pokemon being released into natural spaces, and infant pokemon nursing from bottles.>

"Rehabilitation is the name of the game! or job. Unsuprisingly there is a massive branch of pokemon welfare within the Union, both for the ride pokemon born and raised in captivity as well as injured pokemon who are going to be re-released. The Union also funds and runs its own breeding programs to reintroduce species back into their original habitats and potentially bring back ancient species that were wiped out by human intervention.

An example - not related to the Union - is with @sneasedtomeetyou who has spent time breeding hisuian sneasel - an extinct poison type - from the recessive genes recently discovered in modern sneasel. It's their hope to reintroduce these species back into Sinnoh because it was recently discovered that certain species of trees grow only after the seed has passed through the digestive tract of certain poison types."

<This slide shows what seems to be a group photo of a handful of trainers and their partners. They are all posing dramatically for the camera and wearing matching uniforms. In the distance there is a herd of Rhydon grazing peacefully, ignoring the presence of the humans and pokemon in the foreground.>

"What? Some of you want to deal with people more than pokemon? Jeez - picky crowd today.

Luckily I have a solution. The Union employs a lot of security forces both in the field and in their buildings. Because there are high risk pokemon in the protection of the Union - no I'm not going to tell you where or what they are, put your hand down - we need security guards who are skilled combatants to protect them. This is a perfect job for professional or aspiring trainers who need a fallback plan or simply don't want to be in the competitive scene anymore.

<The final slide is very empty compared to the previous ones - yet contains a lot more words. There is a provided email for the Pokemon Union as well as a large QR Code that seems to forward people to the scholarship page of the Union website.>

"In conclusion. The Union employs a wide variety of people with drastically different skills and needs. If you want to be Ranger - go for it! Be the best that you can be. But if you don't, I hope you will consider the opportunities presented here and maybe I'll hear you sometime over the phone telling me...

'Mission Clear!'"

<Honey gives a bow to the applause of the crowd, and awkwardly leaves the stage... before having to even more awkwardly return on stage, retreive a very miffed Lamp, and exit again; blushing madly.>

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[mzannthropy]

Consider this:

Pines are the trees of myth and legend. They strike their roots deep into the traditions of an older world, but wind and star love their lofty tops.

Quote from one of John Foster's book Wild Honey.

How I love the pines! They seem to strike their roots deep into the romance of all the ages. 

Anne to Gilbert while they out on a walk to a park in Kingsport.

Anne Shirley and Barney Snaith have similar thinking.

#the blue castle #anne shirley #parallels #blue castle book club #anne of the island #barney snaith #john foster #l.m. montgomery #lmmblogging #mypost