[OOC] Pokemon - Hoenn: Make a Wish

[Phoenix]

@Prints Avoid Haven't heard from you in a while. Are you still in this or has life gotten to you? ;P
I hope everything's going well for you. ^^

[Aphelion]

@Prints Avoid Yeah, how are things going? You havin' an alright time, ya bastard? :3

(I'm trying to break the awkward nicety of not really knowing you guys by calling you mean words as a friendly gesture. I believe they call this teasing. It pleases me so.)

[Phoenix]

@FernStone@Jonnyh447

Just wanted to check up on you two and see how things are going along.
As well as point you to the OOC, which I realize I have provided for either of you until now, which is embarrassing >.>

[FernStone]

@Phoenix things are going okay, slowly finishing my characters and everything

[Prints Avoid]

@Phoenix@Aphelion

Sorry I went MIA there... work ended up being much worse last week than I thought it would be, lol and I got robbed of my Friday I was supposed to have off. Then my cousin got married yesterday... been sleeping off a hangover so don't feel too bad for me :P

@Loony I'm sorry to hear that. I hope everything turns out okay, and we'll be right here if you decide you want to come back

@FernStone@Jonnyh447 Welcome! I don't know you yet, but apparently FernStone's already making me look bad by probably finishing up their character before I do -_- Either way, I look forward to RP'ing with yall.

Won't have time to work on my character tonight, so I must apologize yet again. :/

[Jonnyh447]

Hi everyone

Very close to finishing my CS - only movesets left.

Also looking forward to RPing with y'all it's my first pokemans RP so be nice ;) xoxo

[Phoenix]

@Prints Avoid Haha! At least it wasn't too serious! But sorry to hear about work taking over your life. :/
I was just getting worried since it was several days since you contacted anyone. :(

@Jonnyh447 Well, this is certainly not a normal Pokèmon RP. But I promise to hold back my sass...maybe...xP

[FernStone]

@FernStone@Jonnyh447 Welcome! I don't know you yet, but apparently FernStone's already making me look bad by probably finishing up their character before I do -_- Either way, I look forward to RP'ing with yall.

@Prints Avoid

Haha thanks! And hardly - I mean I've mostly finished one character I admit but I still have another that I need to entirely write

Edit: Also my second character will be the most bulky in terms of the number of pokemon she has xD xD

[Prints Avoid]

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Haha thanks! And hardly - I mean I've mostly finished one character I admit but I still have another that I need to entirely write

Edit: Also my second character will be the most bulky in terms of the number of pokemon she has xD xD

@FernStone

I'm look at about 10 for my character, so I'll be glad to see someone else with more than 6 lol

[FernStone]

@Prints AvoidWell my first character only has 6, but my second is going to have quite a few... Pretty much as many as I feel pokemon that suit her xD So we'll see how that goes for a number of pokemon

[Phoenix]

I'm look at about 10 for my character, so I'll be glad to see someone else with more than 6 lol

@Prints Avoid

Listen b!tch, there be reasons he only has 6 -_____-
Don't be dissin' >)

Alrighty, I want to try something to keep everyone involved and inspired. :D
So I'm going to ask questions or provide prompts to make you think about your character and get into character.

I know some people don't have their finished drafts (or any draft >.> @Prints Avoid), so you may answer them now to help develop them or answer at a later point when you're more comfortable answering it.

How did your character react when the Pokestations were destroyed/disabled? When and where did they discover this news?

This doesn't apply to Ellie @Aphelion. I also don't know if this applies to @Prints Avoid. So you get your own question(s).

How would they have viewed Pokestations? Do they have them in their native region? If not, what do they have?

EDIT: I suppose I should go first >.>

Forrest was in Petalburg, visiting his father-in-law's Gym with his wife and children. They only saw a great fire which rendered the Pokestation into a blackened heap of melted metal.
He didn't much care that it was destroyed since he relies on the use of berries to heal and even sustain his life and those of his Pokemon.
However, he was surprised that it was only the Pokestations themselves and nothing else. That someone, or some people, took the effort to destroy every Pokestation in Hoenn was definitely a curiosity. But it wasn't strong enough to investigate or inquire further.

[Jonnyh447]

@Phoenix

Newton is almost entirely unaffected by the destruction of poke-stations, he didn't come from a family of trainers and is pretty much improvising how he handles his Pokemon. All he knows at the moment is that berries do the trick just fine - he knows there's better medicines and unique items available but would never be able to afford the real deal. Instead, he uses his expertise in manufacturing to develop his own version of whatever technology he comes across. Although his designs are often of worse quality than the originals they're usually made from parts that are fairly easy to come by and so anything that breaks Newton will find the time to fix.

His involvement with Zodiac and his fight to stop them will derive from his huge man crush on Gaillard and hasn't begun yet. He's going to basically tell him to stop wallowing in self-pity and realise that there's bigger things worth fighting for. He's going to play on Newton's love for his own Pokemon to get him to fight for other trainers who, thanks to zodiac, will have to endure seeing their Pokemon in pain. Thereby learning him the ancient and oft forgotten art of empathy.

[Aphelion]

@FernStone Your character is so cute! :D I love the Pokemon line up too, it suits her. If it wasn't sort of apparent by Ellie's reaction to younger females, she sort of associates them all with her dead sister. She'll probably want to protect Gabrielle if she ever meets her, even if Gabby is perfectly able to protect herself. XD

@Jonnyh447 Holy crap your historyyyyy, I'll have to set some time aside to read that thoroughly! I love the Muk choice. I love that Pokemon so much for some reason, and it seems like nobody ever uses it in a roleplay setting.

[FernStone]

@Aphelion Aha thanks! :D Yeah I put a lot of thought into it :3 Gabrielle isn't actually that good at protecting herself, to be honest - her twin Adelaide (who is still being created) does most of that instead and is super protective of her. It'll certainly be interesting to see what happens when Ellie meets Gabrielle and Adelaide

[Jonnyh447]

@aphelion
I know, right?!? Wasn't even planning on doing a big history - the point is that he's just starting off on his adventure and I've gone and given him bible history.

Sometimes I'm not as good at being concise and I waffle, I try my best to keep it all relevant but would definately describe myself as an amateur writer. I know you weren't having a go - just thought I'd explain myself a little :)

With regards to the Muk pick I like to do what I describe as troll-RPing (not as bad as it sounds!) where I specifically make my character one of the weakest, more times than not with the complete intention of having them killed. As difficult and morbid as it is sometimes I believe no good story is complete without somebody biting the bullet.

I'm actually having to google some of your guy's Pokemon, I start losing track of which pokemons's which after like generation 2 :(

[Aphelion]

@FernStone I love protective brother characters <3 I can't wait to see Adelaide. :D I'm all hyped to write more in the IC, haha.

@Jonnyh447 I think that if you need to, explaining yourself in more words isn't always bad. I personally think it helps you connect more with the character you're writing - at least it helps me connect more with my characters.

Also, I completely agree with you about characters dying to make the plot better. Character death makes everything hit home and become more solid if done right. I hope your character dying is glorious, and I can't wait to see how they die (if they die). Is that a weird thing to say? Oh well. :P

I know how you feel about the newer generations as well. I had to look up a lot of info about Pokemon in general upon joining this RP. I'm what you call a "Poke-scrub", welcome to my club. :3

[FernStone]

@AphelionProtective character's are pretty fun! I'm very close to finishing Adelaide - just gotta do her background and a few pokemon :) Then she'll be finally doneee

How would they have viewed Pokestations? Do they have them in their native region? If not, what do they have?

@Phoenix

Realised I didn't respond to this.

Gabrielle and Adelaide's native region is Hoenn so of course they have them. Neither of them have particularly strong opinions.

Gabby: She does believe that Pokestations are important, and has depended upon medicine from them for her pokemon. She tends to gravitate more towards society and it's existence and as a result has a preference for actual medicine and technology.

Adi: Adelaide views Pokestations as useful, but not necessary. She knows enough about survival, berries and the like to be able to survive without them - and for her pokemon to survive. However she thinks they make it easier so she wasn't against them existing.

[Aphelion]

@FernStone Ah sorry, I thought Adelaide was a guy (with an interesting name lol).

[FernStone]

@AphelionHaha it's fine - but yeah Adelaide is a girl

[Jonnyh447]

@Aphelion
Glad I'm not the only one without the vast pokemans knowledge ><

I already have a pretty good idea of how he's going to die, now just to make him the most likeable character I can :p

What can I say? I'm a heartbreaker...