@Balthazar007
I just got home. I'll write my next post shortly.

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No, Ember is totally fine.

I liked your post a lot. That being said, let's get back to shorter posts again. But this does go to show, we can have a longer post every now and then.

I'll wait for @TheForgottenArc's next post before I post again.

cool yes, shorter posts for sure! alsoooo we talked about pokemon contests and a lot of times I see how the move is done in the anime or see the game animation to describe it in rp. In the game animation the tail whip move is pretty and sparkly so I just thought i'd capitalize on that because of the whole pokemon contest factor xP

@prettydrops@TheForgottenArc

Phew! I didn't mean to go into that much detail in my last post, but I felt like all that info needed to be covered. So much for shorter posts huh!? But seriously though, that should be the longest post I will ever do in this RP.

@Balthazar007so, i don't expect lukoo to say yes, really. it's up to you, GM. but as i mentioned in indigo's history, his parents aren't funding him at all for his journey and he def didn't try hard enough in school for something like a pokemon research scholarship haha.

so i thought, as part of his character development, he got some type of income to help keep himself afloat. i doubt he's going to be so good at battles that he;ll just be able to make enough money in the beginning haha. hopefully my idea for character development makes sense? i also think jobs in the pokemon world would be super interesting. i was thinking he could have something like collecting field samples... or if lukoo doesn't give him one, something could come up later from a poke fashion place or something. maybe something where he takes pictures of pokemon...? im actually digging the picture idea but yeah, could be anything!

@prettydrops
How does that post do for you? Sound fair?

@Balthazar007 I think I can make that work!

@Balthazar007question: how long is each route? do we get to time skip when walking from location to location? I'm asking for the time on the routes because it just helps me keep my writing straight, personally. also what time is it right now in the rp? Again, just helps me when I'm describing things. xP

@Balthazar007question: how long is each route? do we get to time skip when walking from location to location? I'm asking for the time on the routes because it just helps me keep my writing straight, personally. also what time is it right now in the rp? Again, just helps me when I'm describing things. xP

These are totally normal questions. I've added an extra sentence to the description of the two navigable routes, and Edited the 1st IC post. Check these places out; they should help.

@Balthazar007another question... Are we allowed to put events that happen IC? or would you rather us not do that? or should we mention it beforehand?

so for example if dan and indy are walking on this long stretch of road, can I put in my post that a light thunderstorm started and it starts to rain?

or, can I possibly mention an NPC trainer challenging indigo and dan? or how about wild pokemon encounters?

@TheForgottenArc

@Balthazar007another question... Are we allowed to put events that happen IC? or would you rather us not do that? or should we mention it beforehand?

so for example if dan and indy are walking on this long stretch of road, can I put in my post that a light thunderstorm started and it starts to rain?

or, can I possibly mention an NPC trainer challenging indigo and dan? or how about wild pokemon encounters?

These are all good questions, and the answer to all of them is YES, but with a few things to keep in mind.

First, weather: you can change the weather to the point that you don't permanently effect the ecosystem. In other words, you can't write about MAJOR storms that knock down trees or anything of the like. I will do that, and these will often be related to a Legendary Pokemon. At most, you could write about a lightning storm that maybe strikes down one tree in the area.

Second, trainers and Pokemon: Like you said, you may create, control, and battle NPCs in your IC posts. And you can make wild Pokemon appear, interact with them (battle or not), and then catch them. BUT in the case of wild Pokemon, you cannot use Pokemon that haven't already been listed to appear in the area. And I would prefer that you don't meet trainers that have Pokemon that haven't been introduced yet either.

@Balthazar007 a couple of follow up questions haha. how exactly are we handling leveling up in this rp? I guess I'm a little wary because I don't want to 'grind' too much. you gave us permission to control encounters, and I appreciate that, but so does that mean to 'level up' we need to have an encounter every post?

what if indigo wants to train his pokemon against each other like they do in the show? how much will that contribute to leveling up? I also quite liked that method because while I understand in the games it's perfectly fine to grind against wild pokemon, it seems that when you translate it to a setting just as this one, it seems quite cruel. I mean just picking off wild pokemon to battle against seems so mean... I can understand wild pokemon challenging humans for fun or to train themselves, but even then, I feel like there's a limit to how much a pokemon can train a day.

or are we doing a thing where story events can proceed as normal and we can sort of imply training, and perhaps they grow half a level or one level a day without us having to worry about stuffing encounters in to make sure our pokemon grow levels? Maybe when they get to level 20 they increase by.5 a day instead of one, just like in the games how the higher level they are the more it takes to train them?

I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful. I was just feeling a little apprehensive because I was a little worried about grinding and having to get training posts in instead of being able to focus more on the journey and story?

@prettydrops@TheForgottenArc
I was thinking that leveling up could simply be done by any sort of "training". This includes battling wilds, training against your own Pokemon, or even excersizing or running solo drills. Basically, any post where a Pokemon is getting experience, you can then level up the Pokemon. (Again, I'm going to let y'all keep track of your own leveling up.)

As far as slowing down leveling up, I think I'll just say this:
While a Pokemon is below level 20, they can gain up to 4 levels in one day. At level 40, they can gain up to three levels per day. At level 60, they can gain up to two levels per day. And once they hit level 80, they can only gain one level per day.

Sound fair?

@Balthazar007@prettydrops

Hey guys, Sorry I haven't been able to post the past few days! I'm helping my parents move and working all take up most of my time, I've just finished helping my parents so I should be able to get back to regular posting tomorrow!

@Balthazar007question... if there's nine contest gyms and each one gives you one golden ticket to enter a contest, and it takes 5 ribbons to get to the grand festival, then shouldn't there be ten ribbons to get in total to do two grand festivals- therefore, 10 contest gyms? or maybe it's easier to make it so that nine contests ribbons = one grand festival instead of splitting it up into two?

I appreciate your making contests more involved! I just had to double check though haha. if it helps, I personally wouldn't mind having only one grand festival. whatever is easier for you!

@Balthazar007question... if there's nine contest gyms and each one gives you one golden ticket to enter a contest, and it takes 5 ribbons to get to the grand festival, then shouldn't there be ten ribbons to get in total to do two grand festivals- therefore, 10 contest gyms? or maybe it's easier to make it so that nine contests ribbons = one grand festival instead of splitting it up into two?

I appreciate your making contests more involved! I just had to double check though haha. if it helps, I personally wouldn't mind having only one grand festival. whatever is easier for you!

Well, a golden ticket is used up if you don't win the contest. So you'll have to go get another golden ticket to enter again. And there are two grand festivals a year, not because you have to win or even compete in them both, but so that you can TRY to win twice a year.

Also, I wanted you to figure this part out through game play, but I bet you would ask. You cannot beat the same Contest Gym twice in a row, but you can revisit after beating a certain number of others.

The point of all this is that I don't expect you to ALWAYS win. And unlike the games, there is no turn off the gameboy and restart until you win option.

@Balthazar007ahh that makes sense. I didn't expect to win all the time, definitely not, but I was confused about there being 9 gyms and having to get 10 golden tickets. Getting the chance to challenge a gym twice makes sense!

@prettydrops@TheForgottenArc

I like the back and forth character building posts you two. This is why I like this RP. You don't need me to reply to EVERY post.

That being said, if there is anything for me to reply to OR if I just feel like adding something on my own, I will be doing that tomorrow. I'm on a double today.

@TheForgottenArc I hope it wasn't too metagamey that indigo figured Dan was acting a little off. I figured since they were good friends indigo might be able to notice after some time. Let me know if i need to change it!

@prettydrops

Nah, Its okay for Indy to notice, No change needed. I will be making a post later tonight so keep any eye out!

Last post was a bit of a speed post. I am making Dinner atm, Will correct any errors later!