I sort of figured they hired Jinx for out-region work, not implying they had a presence. Sort of a "italian mafira hiring someone to steal a painting in France" sort of deal.

If the idea won't work, I'll be happy to depart of course.

@Ophidian I like the character idea, but I wish I had seen it thoroughly first. The character can stay, but I'd try to figure out something else for why he was here. Like you said in the post, Viore is practically bathed in ancient history and treasure as some would consider. Why not just be there for personal gain?

And any info that the Pokemon Centers would have would be basic at just about any Pokemon Center in the world. And the important info that exists for the plot is useful only to someone in Viore. That's all I mean.

@Shiny KeldeoI'll probably be departing then.

I've always believed in being honest, so;

I'll be frank, you came off as very cold and uncompromising, harsh too. And I am none too impressed. I strive to be respectful and to play by the rules-provided I'm given the same respect in turn. But there was nothing about Team Rocket being forbidden in the rules, or in the general intro post. So I'm also feeling more then a little angry about being told to rewrite the goals of the character, and an intro post I put quite a bit of effort into over something that wasn't mentioned at all in the rules, or again, the introduction.

So, I suppose, I'll be finding another game to put Jinx into.

Au Revoir.

@Ophidian Sad to see you go so soon, and I could have compromised if asked. You were kinda abrupt here as well. I take the blame for not being around to take a second look until after your first post.

In the past I've let people be part of Royal Skies for one. And, if it could really add to the plot of the story, i'd let you stay working for the Rockets. Just past experience tells me it probably won't work, but I've been wrong before.

So if you're going to leave, good luck.

@Ophidian Sad to see you go so soon, and I could have compromised if asked. You were kinda abrupt here as well. I take the blame for not being around to take a second look until after your first post.

In the past I've let people be part of Royal Skies for one. And, if it could really add to the plot of the story, i'd let you stay working for the Rockets. Just past experience tells me it probably won't work, but I've been wrong before.

So if you're going to leave, good luck.

I'll be honest, I've had some very bad experiences lately involving an offsite RPG's I've been a member of for years, it is entirely possible some of the bitterness leaked over, if that is so I apologize.

(another player went off the rails, I was too tangled in their plots to do anything about it, had to withdraw from the RPG for the sake of being able look myself in the eye, fun times)

Honestly, the Rocket thing was supposed to be an excuse to get him to every city in the region, rather then just those that had valuables locked away. If you're worried about rocket mooks marching in, I'm not the sort of player to pull an army out of me backside. I suppose I keep forgetting that I don't have a reputation on this site yet....

Looking at it from the outside, I can understand why you'd be concerned. It does seem rather worrying-especially since I didn't detail the data, or what it was. For that I do apologize.

I'd never really planned for it to be anything special. A trainer registry, maybe, of visitors to the centers, trainers in the region. Pokemon healed. Useful to an organization involved in poke-theft like Team Rocket. If any of the trainers ever visited Kanto, they'd have some idea of what they have, what they might be interested in buying if they're that sort, etc. Basically just logistics. Nothing special-but something a law enforcement organization would want to protect. I mean, there's a reason we guard our credit info so jealousy right? I figured the same would apply to a trainer registry.

It was also to demonstrate that despite his tragic backstory, and the kindness he shows his team, Jinx is still on the wrong side of the law, and there's a reason it's the wrong side. He might not be personally involved in said poke-theft, but he's certainly helping the logistics.

And he isn't working for the Rockets-he's under contract for them for the data. Everything else listed was for his profit alone.

If it absolutely won't work, I suppose we could just have his contact be busted back and Kanto, and the job called off. Leaving him to gallivant around the region to make sure he turns a profit somehow.

I'll be honest again, and say looking back, I am almost sure some of the bitterness leaked over. I still think there should be a mention of that in the rules, for other player like me who don't know the history, but it almost certainly didn't warrant the reaction I gave. Let it not be said I do admit my mistakes. That was foolish of me, my apologies.

And....hm.

Actually, come to think of it, the contact being busted in Kanto would be a good way for Amber to get on his tail-info from the bust being forwarded to officers in the region. Meaning Jinx would have to keep moving, from town to town, city to city, as the heat rocketed *heh* up.

More or less doing what I intended for the data to do in the first place-give him a reason to move around and not just be a one or two location pony.

@Shiny Keldeo

That work?

>came for last post
>see this instead

And, if it could really add to the plot of the story, i'd let you stay working for the Rockets.

Well, @Ophidian, if you recall, the rockets are known for stealing Pokemon, and Viore is rumored to have a strangely high number of legendaries. Maybe he was sent to see if that was true, and if it were, capture them? Rocket wouldn't have sent it's real members out chasing a rumor, and maybe Jinx, upon finding these legendaries could try to screw rocket over and take them for himself?

If you wanna do this I can delete this post so only a few people read this and it stays a surprise. I just really want you to stay because so much good plot can come out of Jinx, especially with Leo being a thespian and all.

@Ophidian Hmm... well I can tell you that trainer registries are not as protected as you think. I remember during the Sinnoh League that trainers had pretty much direct access to the data of other Trainers via PC. I could probably work with you and help develop something that he could be after if all else fails. I'm saying this because it is canon within the Pokemon Anime and such.

And I completely get trying to show off your character's backstory in a unique and interesting way. I like to promote creativity for my RPs as much as possible, but to a certain extent to where it still makes a good amount of sense for the RP.

And again, there's at least one museum in Viore that is sure to have lots of ancient artifacts that could go for lots of money on the black market. Those would be extremely well guarded. Then there is that data that would be useful to those within Viore as well... even Royal Skies. They may have specialists, but whose to say they won't buy it?

And actually... Royal Skies might not be what it appears... I will say nothing more!

So there's lots of options, and I thought of one myself. You said he left Kanto to escape the heat, maybe he had to lie low for a while or something, but ends up getting mixed up in something bigger than he's ever been in before. I'll try to help you out as much as I can, as long as you want some.

Welp... that was a very late post... XD

If you wanna do this I can delete this post so only a few people read this and it stays a surprise. I just really want you to stay because so much good plot can come out of Jinx, especially with Leo being a thespian and all.

Ah, that reminds me, regarding the box. At this point Jinx is more liable to flirt with Leo, not steal from him. :p

He prefers to hit banks, corporations, museums, and do contract work, rather then taking time out of his day to be a special kind of jerk and snatch a box from a guy at an airport. There's being a thief with highly questionable morals, and then there's being a jerk.

And honestly, I overreacted in the first place. I'll edit the post if I need too. I'm...a grumpy old veteran from a few sites down the way. I keep forgetting I haven't earned a rep here, I reacted like I would have on a site where I had a rep, rather then one where I'm still, basically an unknown. Also let some bitterness from a situation no one here is involved leak over. Which was distinctly not awesome of me.

So there's lots of options, and I thought of one myself. You said he left Kanto to escape the heat, maybe he had to lie low for a while or something, but ends up getting mixed up in something bigger than he's ever been in before. I'll try to help you out as much as I can, as long as you want some.

Hm.

Good point on the registries. I'll just make an edit.

Fixed it, hopefully.

Also changed the color text to something that hurts my eyes less.

EDIT Holy-a triple post. It is officially too late at night.

Well... this was quite the thread to wake up to! Sorry it took me so long; i passed out right after class. Glad everything got sorted.

Welp. This was a surprising development. Just glad that things worked out in the end.

@Ophidian if you're still in (and I honestly dunno cus ooc drama always leaves me confused ~throws rainbows and skittles at everybody~) then would you like to maybe work on something like Amber and Jinx met somewhere in Unova before. You did say he preferred robbing banks and such, and Amber always liked those kinds of job more than the ones involving stolen Pokemon.

Also

"What? It's true! Look at that thing, it's so fat! And its face is so... so... lame!"

Is golden. Nice one, @void liege

Welp. This was a surprising development. Just glad that things worked out in the end.

@Ophidian if you're still in (and I honestly dunno cus ooc drama always leaves me confused ~throws rainbows and skittles at everybody~) then would you like to maybe work on something like Amber and Jinx met somewhere in Unova before. You did say he preferred robbing banks and such, and Amber always liked those kinds of job more than the ones involving stolen Pokemon.

I'm game. I know he did a job for Team Galactic in the region.

Gave him the creeps, but he did a job for them.

@Uccello
I hope you know, eventually Leo is going to force Sergei to go buy new clothes with him. There's not going to be any stopping him if they get to a town with a mall.

@Experiment 249

Something I just thought of. With all that mugging for the camera, I do think Jinx considers himself a showmen.

.....

Dear god, if he decides Leo is a kindred spirit....

WHAT HAVE I AWOKEN TO?!

Let me read IC. I won't be able to post until after work though~

UPDATE: So it's my fiance's birthday so I'm going to take him out for dinner. It shouldn't be too long unless I take him out to drink. Which might happen given yesterday, but yeah. I WILL post tonight, though. I'll be back~~~

@Ninian
Turn up for me since I can't drink for a while.

Also if nobody else is in the airport, Imma post to move Leo out with his pokes, so let me now in the next half hour, since that's when I'll start writing

Side note: When I made my pokemon for this RP, I had the idea that contests worked in the anime similar to the game, but it is NOTHING like that, so If I could request the ability to change the move set of just the banette and lilligant in my party, that would be great, otherwise I can roll with it.