[Fortunately, Twilight's pretty good at that. All she needs to do is start thinking of Emmy as Rainbow Dash, and she'll have a general idea of how to work with her in an intense situation.]

Well, I would think that being a trainer more or less does count as a career. Just because we're having fun... usually, doesn't mean that we aren't providing a valuable service. Strong domesticated pokemon seem to be absolutely vital for the continuing function of this place, for a variety of reasons.

As for my experiments, I do one whenever it seems like the best way to find the answer to a question I have. Sometimes they wind up like this, but more often my results are a lot less... unpleasant.