@OtomostheCrazy Mesalon, the town with the Normal type gym leader. Is Deneb still in the gym?

Should still be there, yeah. Think I should try it with him?

@OtomostheCrazy Yep! I'm remaking the Showdown team for the gym leader and will let you know when it's done.

Okay. While he does the gym battle, I'll have Alexis train one more time.

@OtomostheCrazy Ok, gym team is ready if you want to try now.

@LuckyBlackCat Sorry for the wait, I'm ready now.

@OtomostheCrazy Just posting up the link here so we both have it as a reference: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7customgame-765755975

Uh...hello?

@OtomostheCrazy I sent you the PM, are the notifications not working? That seems to happen sometimes...

@fer1323 Gym battle reference: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7customgame-804582109

thanks

Now I need to find a way to get Alexis back in on this.

@OtomostheCrazy well, you can always say that she was training as she was absent. You can always consult Luckyblackcat for more help

@OtomostheCrazy We might be heading back to the Pokemon centre before long, if that's easiest for all of us, so our charas could meet up with Alexis there.

@OtomostheCrazy Is Alexis still at the Pokemon centre? I wonder how she'll react to seeing Oscar with loads of Pokemon, including one who's evolved...

@OtomostheCrazy your turn to reply to Oscar

Heya :) I'm thinking about joining. I've read through the first couple OOC and IC posts, but can you give me a brief rundown of what I'd need to know about current plot and rules to get started? What level should my Pokémon be around?

@Zanavy Glad to have you on board! Ok, what's happened so far is everyone went from Windshire to Mesalon, but for some there was a hiccup along the way, namely a shadow Aerodactyl attack by Team Noble (yes, this RP has shadow Pokemon). The Normal type gym leader saved us, we're still currently in Mesalon, and one by one people are getting their first badge.

Also, some ancient ruins were discovered in a cave. Haunted ruins nobody wanted to stay in for too long.

If you have any more questions, ask away! Given the point we're at, your character can have up to six Pokemon, maximum level 16 although average level is around 12. The GM has left me in charge for now, so once you're done, run the character past me.

Speaking of which...

@fer1323 @OtomostheCrazy @Noxx @Dusksong

As you're aware, Heckno12 hasn't been on in a while. This is because he's busy and dealing with stuff right now. Don't worry, he's going to be ok and I'm sure he'll come back to this RP eventually, but for now he's letting me take over.

Since I'm sole GM for the time being, I'm going to take responsibility and move us along with a timeskip to the next morning soon. Waiting for Heckno will just bring the RP to a standstill, and I don't want to rush him, real life comes first. Just making sure everyone's alright with moving forward.

If any of you need a summary, we're all out of the cave, Deneb and Oscar have gotten gym badges, and Rachel is about to ask Lan about the ruins. Heckno was going to write that scene, but I'll just have to try to do it justice, and might include it in my next post.

This year has been slow, but I'll do my best to pick up the pace. Here's hoping for a good 2019, in terms of both RP and real life.

Ah, cool. Looks like I joined at a good time to provide a fresh new face but not so late that I'm just lost and useless. I think I'll be able to conveniently meet up with the other characters as we're challenging the gym.

Shadow Pokémon are great and I want one! :D Well... maybe quite a ways down the road. Or they can just terrorize us.

@Zanavy Hehe well, I don't think we're actually going to get any shadow Pokemon, these ones are clones of high level Pokemon and were essentially created as weapons of mass destruction, so getting them to listen to us would be difficult, let alone purification. We'll have quite a few run-ins with them though...

And yep, Amber and Aedre are out and about, and there are a few people in the Pokemon centre.