I expect everyone to be of rather high skill, but they each would have their own trades. One might be a military officer asked to act as a guard, another might be a scientist from the university. Spoilers on my character I'm using an inventor/engineer from the university. Don't think that means we can't have another in the same trade just stick to a different part of it. Jasper, the character I have prepared, is a specialist in small devices (pretty much pokeballs, guns, all those smaller more clockwork based machines, but also has a couple larger things, but no massive boilers or engines or any of that.) another person could know all about the ships and even the automobiles which are starting to show up.

Weapons aren't too impossible to get if you know the right people. We for example are being sent into unexplored wild territory we all have been provided with at least one weapon unless character backstory makes it reasonable for more. Ex. a soldier who is positioned as a guard for the group. normal people might have knives or revolvers etc. simple weapons. crime exists of course, but even then pokemon can take bullets like a steel attack, it will just lower their HP, but not injure them really. if a pokemon is out of HP and takes a bullet then they are wounded. Labs, apothicaries, and other utilities will be around to tend to injured pokemon.

As for pokemon I'm following all of the standard sorts of rules I'd say. type weaknesses are the same, pokemon are trained for sport as well as for work (and the sport is fully accepted as safe as pokemon don't kill each other their just tire themselves out as I mentioned before.) Could you specify the question a bit more? Since there are differences like we can fight pokemon ourselves with fisticuffs or a weapon if we carry one, but thats done to protect us or our pokemon from wild pokemon.

One thing about food, wild pokemon are feral monsters, when they begin to be trained they're mental capabilities improve and they go off their reason rather than their instinct. some pokemon already go off reason, but others are just animals.

all pokemon have their ability, they can be given a number of items with interesting properties, but held items will be rare ( I mean seriously why can't I put amulet coin (an amulet) and mystic water (a necklace) on the same pokemon? as for moves the whole 4 moves thing is part of the sport. pokemon know all their moves up to their level (I won't be enforcing a strict level, but have a sort of range you want to work within. pokemon grow and learn more as they go just like people). If you get into any "official" battles you will be asked to select 4 moves for that fight, and one held item. This will be if the group stumbles upon a tournament or something or even just wants to end a dispute with an official battle.

“For type matching I've always seen it as it's not just the material but the elemental powers there. that rock throw is infused with the element of rock. if a human just threw a single stone then it'd just be normal type. If a human caused a rockslide then I'd let that go up to a rock type attack. It has a lot of context sensitive parts. a fire type can drink water, but if you splash a whole bucket of water on them it'd sting, a fire hose would hurt like hell. As for mega punch vs mach punch I'd say thats because mach punch is a fighting specific technique while mega punch is just a really solid punch. anyone can learn to punch hard it's very hard to master mach punch.”

I am happy to answer any and all further questions.

OOC rules:

Post at least once a weak. I’m not heartless PM me if something comes up.

I’m expecting solid Advanced level work her. Almost every NPC is up for being controlled, and I expect everyone to be a good enough writer to control some foes as well (like basic trainers or wild pokemon) and not always have perfect wins.

Though Entrin is based on britain and Philitri is based on the Phillipenes I don’t expect you to use accents, but you may if you can keep it consistent.

Of course follow the site rules, and we should be fine.

Name:

Age:(Everyone should be an adult of some sort. We wouldn't send children on important scientific research that'd be silly)

Profession/Trade:(Anything you can reasonably explain why they'd be hired for this job)

Skills/traits: (this can also be where you put know weaknesses/negative traits)

Equipment:(this is both your pokemon gear and other items including any weapons or anything, as the world certainly isn't a safe utopia remember. Crime is real, organized crime is beginning to show up again. Feel free to list generic items, but describe unique ones.)

Appearance:(hapuriainen.deviantart.com/art/Pokemon.. I highly recommend this even if its just to get a vague idea of a character appearance. It's simple but effective)

Personality: (What really makes them tick? what ticks them off? what drives them? Why did they want this job? Give me an idea of what they really want out of this journey if not life.)

Background:(The three things I really want to know are: social class/early years, professional life, and major turning points that define them.)

Pokemon(you may start with 2 pokemon, or 3 if you choose a profession specifically about pokemon training)

Species:
Name:
Ability:
Moves:
Appearance:
Other:

Pokemon Starters: You may have any basic pokemon (this refers to non-evolved), exlcuding:

legendaries, psuedo legendaries, Lucario, Togetic, and any other high stat first stage pokemon (Ex. scyther or pinser.) any pokemon with a baby form must start as that baby pokemon. This is to give our pokemon room to grow as well as give me rarer stronger pokemon to place as challenges and as rewards.

Name: Jasper Ricard

Age: 29

Profession/Trade: Steam/clockwork Engineer/weaponsmith

Skills/traits: Mark’s true passion is small devices. Clockwork gears in perfect sync are music to his ears. He has been tinkering since he was a small lad rebuilding a broken pocketwatch received from his grandfather. He taught himself most things, but with his family's tight budget he filled his thirst for knowledge by earning a factory job repairing the steam hammers and other heavy machinery at Aecron Dry Docks. Though he’s a master of small devices factory equipment is rather easy for him to work with.

Mark is no bookworm he is a doer experimenting to push the limits even if it risks his life. He’s broken bones, had the smirk literally knocked off his face, and more, but never gives up. He’s tenacious and daring a kid who sees the world as their playground.

This should not be mistake for Mark not thinking or being a fool. Instead its more a lack of self preservation. He’s happy to risk himself for everything else. If he can’t trust his work no one else can. It’s his integrity that won’t let him stop before he’s taken the jump himself.

Mark’s inventions aren’t only useful, but he has created a personal armory. He’s a wealthier man than most, and many companies would literally kill for his inventions. Despite being a member of the University of Engineering at Donnol, making all his inventions go to the University upon his death, an attempt has been made on his life before though there was no trace back to the group who hired the assassin. Mark already liked firearms finding them a fantastically fun selection of devices. This event forced him to master a number of them for self preservation. One of the dangers of knowing too much. He's gotten to be a crack shot, and the experience of fighting for his life has hardened him, driving him to become a crack shot.

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Mark’s fortune hasn’t left him so fortunate. He’s made more than enough money to keep his workshop open so long as he keeps working, but he has no real way to handle the money and fame. He doesn’t want tons of money, but he needs it to keep up his workshop and supply his inventions. He does not make a new great invention every week, but the rent still comes no matter what. He also has no place in the high society. He has no real friends save for the ones he has to travel down to the rail yards or dry docks to meet. He’s normally stuck alone in his workshop as even paradise came with costs.

Jasper is plagued by his need for genius his art and love at times have to be thrown aside to make the money he needs. Every company would be happy to snatch up his shop and patents cheap. As of late a lack of inspiration has left the shop empty and silent.

Equipment:

x5 pokeballs
x5 potions
x50ft of rope w/ grappling hook
x1 PickAxe (pick one side axe the other)
x1 pocket knife/multitool from the Swilad region (a gift from his uncle there. Built into it are: a screwdriver, knife, foon[fork spoon], and can opener)

Jasper has a wooden box of scrap parts for his tinkering and repairs. whenever something breaks he fixes it with parts from the box or it goes in the box.

Jasper carries a selection of his favorite inventions. He has always kept the best for himself. On his back is a compact rope holder which keeps the coil very flat against his back. He can pull out the rope to its max length, but it is tied to the machine. by tugging the rope three times it will pull the rope in. the machine is a hexagon shape about two and a half inches thick and covering his entire back. It has a clear hardened glass circle that shows the inner workings and how much rope is remaining in the device.

Jasper’s weapon of choice is a modified coach gun. The short muzzled gun is not only ornate, an image of a charizard carved into the metal to make it look like the barrels fire a dragon’s breath, but also is highly efficient. He uses pre made cartridges, a recent invention of the Entrin Military world, for the double barreled shotgun. The gun’s main modification is a small clockwork device that locks the gun from use by anyone who doesn’t know how to disable the device. Jasper isn’t fond of dying to his own invention.

He carries a sidearm in the form of a revolver with a bayonet on it. this revolver has a clockwork timer built into the hammer letting him delay it’s fire. This has proved useful in multiple events. His favorite trick involved throwing the revolver so it sticks into a wall and then fires through it to hit a target.

Appearance: Jasper stands six foot two, and has a lean but muscular build from working metal all his life. He has sharp features and a devious glare to his amber eyes.



Personality: Snide and cocky are often what people would call Jasper Ricard upon first meeting him. The man has little time for pointless chit chat about the weather and politics that don't actually change anything. Typically his way out of conversation is through casting snide judgement until the other person leaves. This is not to say he is always cold. He has his few friends though few are on the same social level as him. They know what really matters, and they are what drives Jasper: common men with a common goal. If he didn't need to spend so much to keep his inventions going, as the costs of materials only ever seem to rise, he'd be putting it all into shirring up the society he originates from.

Once you've gotten past Jasper's callous dislike for small talk you can find a very intelligent man with an answer for nearly anything mechanical. He has even recently began studying electrical devices, but hasn't had a good enough source to really work with them. Jasper is exactly what you'd expect if you suddenly gave an average boy the chance to change the world. He doesn't just sit by and wait he does.

Mark does have a temper though. He often grins and bares high society needing their funding, but would much rather lead a revolution and throw the aristocrats who keep blackening the city with their needless frivolities and really show what this era of progress could do for man and pokemon alike. He's gotten into a couple of fist fights, shot a man, and has no regrets over it. He has his beliefs and if you dare cross him you better be quick on the draw.

Background: Mark started out in his family’s small country home where they did all sorts of work through good old fashioned cottage industry, but as times changed the family moved to the city and a cramped apartment. Going from cottage industry to factory work Mark was required to get a job young finding a place at V.Con Dry Docks. He didn’t work on the ships, but rather on the heavy machinery a knowledge of gears and springs already developed from fiddling with small devices. In his off hours he provided a cheap repair service for other tenants fixing watches and such.

This business plus some of his pay being in spare parts, as per his request, allowed him to begin inventing in his very rare spare time. He knew the best had already been invented for factories, so instead he looked to the everyman and what they needed. He designed enhanced locks to stop thievery, a remote timer activated by a silent whistle, and other devices that could be used for whatever you needed. He sold a patent on the harmonic remote trigger to the military, and used that to fund most of his work. This also got him in with the right people to sell further.

After Mark earned his own workshop he dedicated himself to small clockwork and weaponry finding them both fascinating.His works are now a household name as his inventions are bought out and produced by a number of large companies. He is most proud of reverse clock-winch a device for pokemon trainers that allows them to throw their pokeballs and pull them back by winding in a length of wire attached to the ball. As the pokeballs require an impact to release the energy of the pokemon inside this let trainers throw pokeballs and retrieve them instantly. He has kept this patent closely under guard producing them himself.

His quick rise to the top from total obscurity garnered him a number of enemies. As a lone man many companies wanted to take him down and gain the rights to his patents. Jasper though preferring independence turned to the University of Donnol to protect his work and himself. This didn't come cheap though as it siphons most of his income now. He is thankful though as months later a hired gun did go after jasper. Jasper ran for weeks to avoid his pursuer but they eventually met when jasper had to go to the market for food. The assailant stared down the twenty two year old, unaware jasper was armed. In one swift unthinking motion jasper pulled his revolver shooting the man three times in the chest. Jasper felt no remorse he was ragged and tired of running. He had fought society to reach where he was a scumbag with a gun was nothing.

From that point on Jasper built his business without fear ready to kill to protect his dream. He has left the workshop to his employees to tend orders, and given business ownership to his long time friend Jefferson Tyler from unova, while he sorts his personal affairs. He still invents for the business but just can't stand Entrin's society any longer. Having heard about Palm's studies through other university members he took the chance as a way to both sure up his business with the pay and get away from it all.

Pokemon(you may start with 2 pokemon, or 3 if you choose a profession specifically about pokemon training)

Species: Pawniard
Name: Rook
Ability: Defiant
Moves: Scratch, Leer, Fury Cutter, Torment, Faint Attack
Appearance: Rook sports brass colored blades due to his diet of scrap brass along with normal prey.
Other:



Species: Chespin
Name: Aecron
Ability: Bulletproof
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Vine Whip, Rollout, Bite
Appearance: Aecron has a dark red outer coat like a autumn treeline as that was the season he was born in.
Other:

Name: Vincent Conrad

Age:29

Profession/Trade:Ex military, hired as escort

Skills/traits:
Even though he is slow to make friends, Vincent is extremely loyal to the few who have earned that title.
While in the military Vincent was offered a transfer to the sniper corps, but instead opted for the k-9 division, where he increased his sharpshooter skills, learning to make excellent shots at close and medium range, developing his own combat style around firing into combat with his hound.
Vincent will do anything he an to get the job done, and often comes up with innovative solutions, a skill he picked up growing up on the streets
The military put him and his hound through various wilderness survival exercises, where he excelled beyond expectations.

Vincent never really had much official education, learning most of what he knows growing up on the streets, and the rest in the military.
Vincent tends to be a little closed mouthed, speaking little and usually in short sentences, causing him to seem a little abrasive.
10 years in the military has left Vincent with the feeling that he has seen it all.
Vincent has little patience for what he considers idiocy, and tends to snap at them with little to no provocation.

Equipment:
Light leather armor (Primarily protects torso, minor arm and upper leg guards)
Rifle (lever action, 5 round magazine, highly accurate)
Large knife
Pack normally holds - 5 days food/water, rope, 3 spare magazines (one of which is usually on belt, easily accesible) spare clothes, 3 potions, 2 revives, 4 pokeballs

Appearance:
Vincent is a tall man, coming in at just over 6 feet tall with a lithe, athletic build. His Stetson normally hides his close cropped sandy hair, but not his stern ice blue eyes that seem to see right through you.

Personality: A life in the military has taught the value of getting the job done right if he is going to do it at all. He may not be the smartest guy around, but he always finds a to get the job finished. He can usually find a way to take what he has and make it work, and he won't let anything get in his way. Even though he comes off as rather callous, he has his own sense of chivalry, and gets angry if he catches someone being rude or abusive, especially to women. Having just come out of the military a few months ago, this was his first major opportunity to put the skills he developed there to proper use, having just been on site security until now. He hopes that in doing this job he will find a direction for him to take his life.

Background: Growing up in the slums didn't really offer many choices for kids to lead a happy productive life, so naturally Vincent joined one of the gangs that roamed the streets, his natural affinity for violence led him to be one of the leading enforcers in a gang known as the Raptors, though he always made a point not to involve bystanders. At 17, he was on a routine shakedown when a rival gang jumped him and the brawl spilled out into the street. In the ensuing fight, Vincent accidentally injured a little girl. During the altercation, the military was called in and arrested Vincent, who didn't even put up a fight, vowing he would never allow another woman to be harmed if he could help it. Lt. Cobb, the arresting officer, sensed the potential in young Vincent, offered him a choice. Join the military, or go to jail for a very long time. Wracked with guilt he ran to the only place that would take him. The military showed him a better way, a way out. While in the military he transferred to the K-9 corps, where he developed his love for pokemon, and when he transferred out, he immediately went and caught his own. Throughout all of this he had stayed in contact with Lt. Cobb, the man to whom he owes his life, and when he had finished his second 5 year tour in the military, LT. Cobb told him of the position as security guard at the university.

Pokemon

Species: Houndour
Name: Helios
Ability: Early Bird
Moves:
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Species: Growlith
Name: Hades
Ability: Intimidate
Moves:
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Species: Electrike
Name: Thor
Ability: Static
Moves:
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Robin is usually seen wearing some type of loose cargo Pants or capris with a tank top and a light jacket. She carries a satchel with essential items. She stands roughly 5'6" weighing in at a slight 115 lbs. Her skin is tanned and rough from countless hours spent in the sun and wilderness. Her muscles hint at a reserved strength toned for a specific purpose. In this case rock climbing. Its most notable in her shoulders and forearms. When she has her hood up and goggles on she is often mistaken for a man.

Robin spent most of her youth camping and in the wilderness with her family. Her mother and father were simple people, her father worked as a painter, her mother a nurse at the local hospital. Robin had a normal middle class childhood spent in a small suburban neighborhood. Growing up she lived for their camping trips. Nature was her only true home and she longed to be wild and free during her days spent in class. After graduating high school she learned about the budding group called Pokemon Conservationists (a pre cursor to the Rangers) They were forming a group of like minded individuals whose goal was to protect the natural habitats Pokemon lived in and by extension the pokemon themselves. Intrigued Robin started focusing her life down the path of becoming a Conservationist.

Four short years later she graduated with a degree in Zoology and Botany with a specialization in Herbalism. The Conservationists welcomed her with open arms she choose a Growlithe as her partner Pokemon and begun her new career with enthusiasm. Five years passed without incident, Robin was a hard worker and was promoted quickly, becoming a head Conservationist at 26.

Near the end of her career with the Conservationists, poaching had begun to be an increasingly bigger problem. People were reportedly using rather brutal methods to catch local wild pokemon. Robin being in charge spearheaded an operation to end these poachers. The operation went sour however. The poachers were more well equipped then she was led to believe. When she and just two other Conservationists confronted the poachers they were ready for her. She and Growlithe were easily dispatched in a short battle. When Growlithe fainted overcome by the opponents Machamp, the poachers turned on her they beat her unconscious and left her for dead. Upon awakening hours later Robin found her fellow Conservationists were dead, all their pokemon, Robin's Growlithe included had been murdered.

Too weak to stand, Robin faded in and out of consciousness for the rest of the night. She woke for the last time as the noon day sun beat down on her body. A moment of clarity allowed her to find and utilize the flare gun she kept on her body. Luckily it was loaded with green smoke, the Conservationist's sign for emergency. She Fired into the sky and laid back down. Emotions were brewing inside her but she kept them suppressed. It would do Robin no good to breakdown. Able to keep her wits about her Robin crawled to a small cliff hanging which provided shade from the sun and a small shelter. Out of the sun Robin laid down falling asleep within seconds.

When she awoke next Robin found a small pile of berries next to her face. Her groggy mind didn't process anything very fast, she tried sitting up and looking around but her broken body kept her down. She knew the berries were harmless, recognizing them as Oran Berries. Melanie managed to squeeze one into her mouth and chewed slowly as the juicy berry burst in her mouth. A small wave of relief washed through her aching body, allowing her to relax and sleep once more.

Robin awoke once more to a gentle shaking and the sound of someone calling her name. Opening her eyes she realized her fellow Conservationist's had finally found her. Relief washed over her as she passed out again. Robin barely remembered the hike back to the hospital, flashes of shouting and jostling and people bickering was all she could recall. When she finally did wake up fully it was in the hospital in town. She was hooked up to several IV's, multiple machines and had casts on her left arm and right leg. She would come to find out that she suffered a major concussion, 2 broken vertebrae, broken Tibia and broke Radius as well as a dislocated shoulder, torn Rotator Cuff and 4 broken ribs.

What surprised her the most was a small Teddiursa curled up in a ball between her legs. She smiled and tried to pet him but couldn't move her arms to do so. Instead she relaxed pressed the nurses button and waited for answers to come. Friends and family rushed to her side, excited to find out she was alive. It had been a close call as she was told. The doctor attributed her survival to the Oran Berry she was able to eat in the woods. Effects of berries on humans are minimal at best but apparently it was enough to stabilize her. Her fellow Conservationists then explained that it was the Teddiursa sitting between her legs that brought her the berries. He had stood watch over her, and protected her while Robin lay unconscious. Even fighting the Conservationists when they tried to take her away.

Robin spent the next several months recovering slowly. Physical Therapy was her life then and her new Teddiursa was never far from her side. The two became fast friends as he helped her regain her strength and will to live. Devastated by the loss of her fellow Conservationists Robin turned in her resignation as soon as she could. No one blamed her for their deaths and many tried to convince her to stay but she couldn't handle the burden anymore. When she had finally recovered well enough to be on her own Robin left retreating to a small cabin she owned in the nearby forest. She has since been living as a recluse, competing in rock climbing events, survival challenges and working as an occasional guide for people through the forest. Professor Palm was one such tourist. After their tour he convinced her to join an expedition he had planned.

(Sorry got a little long)

Name: Tane Mikáere
Age:24

Profession/Trade: Airship mechanic and Gyro-Steam Propulsion engineer graduate,
as well as rudimentary training in Thermal, Auto, and Electric engineering and Pokemon Containment Physics (PCP).





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