[OOC] Pokémon: Start

[Eklispe]

@Pink Madness I'm afraid we're not playing solitaire any longer, we're playing war, which can easily accommodate more people. Is your character still not interested?

[Pirouette]

Ah, sorry! Posted!

[PlatinumSkink]

@Pink Madness Playing a character that would say no to being invited to play card-games is entirely okay~ … As is potentially playing a character that would potentially insist or ask again in hope of the shy individual overcoming their apprehension for potentially playing, you other two, haha. Well, of course, so is playing a character that wouldn’t ask again, all is fine.

Well posted, regardless~

@Pirouette Oh, dear. Did you get spooked? Haha. I do believe you might have used the wrong name after your last line, but eh, that’s details. Looks like we’re slowly getting to something. Nicely posted, that should open the way for Delta~ … Though I think you might have mentioned the wrong player, I don’t see @Lasrever and Abigail involved in that you’re currently in, haha. No worries, we can handle figuring out what’s up.

Let’s see, before I post… I would like to see @Keyblade87 react to the strange guy’s response, potentially see @Delta44 react to the greetings, and perhaps @Eklispe/@Pikmin Eye’s reactions to Donna’s apprehension. I’m satisfied with Abigail and Lucian’s conversation, but they’re obviously allowed to continue with whatever they like if they desire to. Claire’s response to whatever Ren says could be interesting, but could be included even after I post my post, as is any other reaction. So yupp, that’s about that.

[Delta44]

Ren will react some time this afternoon. When remains to be seen; perhaps in an hour, if I'm fast? :P

[PlatinumSkink]

@Pikmin Eye Well, um. "if you still wanted to join" sounds like she had intentions to join, which it seems like she didn't. But, eh! I'll assume it simply means you're inviting her again! Haha! Nicely posted!

@Delta44 Oh, dear. The first part of your lines read kind of unfriendly. I'm pretty sure Claire wasn't intending on being "mean-spirited". Most people probably wouldn't have a problem with accepting a third person into a conversation. ... Oh, well! That's a totally okay way to be, too! And some nice questions were asked, too! So good luck with that! XD ... And nicely posted, of course~

So, now, then. Coming up rather soon, there's going to be... a LOT of GM pre-prepared text to read in order to get this show running. So, um. Would you guys prefer we take it in increments so that you guys can react to it or should I just dump it all in one big bulk so that we can advance faster? XD

[Delta44]

@PlatinumSkink Well, I did mention she didn't like to socialise a few lines above ;) And you know how there are people who are just born to be enemies? I feel like that's going to be Claire and Ren XD

Also i don't mind either way, though the big bulk would probably be the easier action ^-^

[Eklispe]

Probably in bulk. I'll have a post up tommor- *looks at time*, today.

[Pyromaniacwolf]

@PlatinumSkink I think it would be easier if you post in bulk.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@PlatinumSkink Bulk would probably be better.

[Keyblade87]

Bulk seems easier because we can respond in time with all of the text in one massive post and react from there.

[Pikmin Eye]

Bulk sounds like the popular choice. It allows us to move quickly while still giving us what we need to respond to.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Keyblade87 Alright. Nicely posted. It doesn't contain anything, but considering that I've been hinting that something's coming and that you're WAITING, meaning doing nothing, it's realistic and appropriate. XD

@Rune_Alchemist Teh-heh. How polite of you. I want to pat you on your head to praise for being polite. Haha. In any case. Nicely answered. Nicely posted. That's about that.

@Pink Madness Aww. I kind of almost want to delay my post a little just to let the boys teach you how to play during a few rounds of card-games. But, that would be kind of unfair to the rest. Haha. Any case. Well posted.

@Eklispe Oh, THAT game. I didn't know what game it was, and I didn't check, but explaining the rules make me realize what it was. Haha. Yeah, I kind of want to let you guys do a few rounds just to get into the game so that you could laugh together about it a bit. … Oh, well! Nicely posted, anyway!

You know what? You two and @Pikmin Eye. Can we say that you got to play a little bit? I want you to. Haha. Still. I can't delay this post, so here it comes~

And now.

There appears to be a consensus for bulks. Then here! Here's the first half of the bulk, because you guys NEED to react to the half-point, seriously!

My apologies, Whimsley, I'm stealing your Pokédex text colour. Because, to me, any other colour looks wrong, and as such I have little choice.

Now, don't go scurrying on your way just yet, we're not done in the lab! XD

Feel free to let your Pokémon out of their Pokéballs and interact with them, if you wish. Or not. Whatever you decide.

Special notes for individual people whose Pokédex entries requires me to comment on them.

@Lasrever Although Wooper's Pokédex entry states about poisonous layer of slime around the body when out of water, I am not going to force you to feel a bunch of pain if you touch your Pokémon. Unless, like, you feel like that's totally appropriate. Haha. … Yikes, your “Struggle” will hurt like heck. Not to mention your eventual “Slam”...

@Pink Madness I am going to let you pick how many tails Vulpix currently has. When new-born, it only has one, but through maturity and love from a trainer, it sprouts more. It appears it rather quickly gains six tails, but further than that takes a whole another level of work. It HAS gotten from Lvl 1 to Lvl 5 somehow before meeting you, which could be considered, but still. You may include the number of tails in your post.

@Delta44 Considering Shinx's Pokédex entries, I kind of feel it appropriate to let your Shinx (and all Shinxes) know Flash. I will very rarely let a Pokémon know a move based on their Pokédex entry, but, IT'S PART OF THE POKÉMON'S BLOODY BIOLOGY! ITS NATURAL DEFENSE MECHANISM! IT'S THE BLOODY “FLASH” POKÉMON, FOR LORD'S SAKE! NOT KNOWING FLASH MAKES NO SENSE! XD

@Pikmin Eye I am not going to force you to obey the writing in the Pokédex and have you constantly have to attempt keeping your Nincada out of the sun when fighting and such. Feel free to make use of that otherwise, but I am not going to enforce such inconvenience. Haha.

Oh. And also. Typing Lasrever's message reminded me. A little message to everyone concerning simply ramming enemies.

While you all may be tempted to tell your Pokémon to simply ram the enemy, because why the heck would not all Pokémon know a move that does that? Even if Watson doesn't actually know “Tackle”, he should still be able to run with all his might right into the enemy, right? And I'll tell you. They can do that, it's even a move. It's called “Struggle”, and it hurts your own Pokémon almost as much as the opponent. Pokémon that actually know “Tackle” simply knows a method of doing “Struggle” that doesn't hurt themselves. And Struggle is Normal-type, not type-less, with all the logic that follows. Now, you can always tell your Pokémon to use Struggle, seeing how we don't actually use PP, and all Pokémon know it. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut... Yeah. You're hurting yourselves almost as much as you hurt the enemy. So, yupp.

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Phew. That was a lot of work. Tell me if I made any mistakes, if I've forgotten something, if you have any questions or if I've written way too much and you need to take a few days break from this roleplay simply to get through that post. Haha.

Of course, if you want to have your character exclaim something in the middle of the post somewhere, we can attempt to accommodate that. Somehow. Haha. That's about it. Gosh.

Edit: Oh, and if a Pokédex Entry states something that you don't agree with about the behavior of your Pokémon, feel free to ignore it. Your Pokémon can be the special snowflake which behaves exactly like you envision the Pokémon to behave! Pokémon are individuals too, after all, with all their unique quirks and traits!

Edit: So, ummm... I did say that part of having casual posts, but, er... W-we'll do those when we've actually embarked on our trips, alright? Feel free to say anything you wish to Kalmia, or anyone else, we'll all handle it. Haha. I apologize if I put anyone off with the amount or what I'm doing or anything like that. Oh, well.

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... Also, the fact that every single NPC that has appeared in the IC so far wears glasses is a complete coincidence! XD

Edit: Or, well, debatable coincidence, I suppose the glasses gave a certain lab-aura, I'm prone to just going with the auras which might not always lead to the most original ideas, but Jacques wearing glasses as well was a complete coincidence! XD

[Rune_Alchemist]

awesome awesome. I've got some place to be today, but I shall work on posts after I return. Also gonna wait on Ren to react to claire before I go again.

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Also

What about a black-hole creating Gardevoir? :D
That's going to be fun to do if Claire ever gets in trouble xD

[Pirouette]

My long day is today but I'll try to post when I can!

[Rune_Alchemist]

'Kay, so I lied and posted anyways. Have fun xD

[PlatinumSkink]

@Rune_Alchemist The desire to be first became overpowering, did it? XD … Now, lying is bad, but for this case I'll forgive it~

Sure, go ahead and challenge him. I promise it'll turn out fine... XD

Yupp. That dancing Ralts mental image was pretty adorable. Nicely posted.

… Black-hole creating Gardevoir? … You don't mean that- *goes and checks* … Huh. I... guess it knows Shadow Force, then. … Actually, no, even if it can do that it can't attack with it. XD … Eh, guess that's not a move. “Dimensional Cover”, serves the same purpose as Protect or Detect, except can be maintained for multiple rounds until user decides to release it. Drains all PP of all Special moves. Hah. Probably not for battle, let's not put too much weight to it, even if we might play it for drama later.

@Delta44 … HEY REN! You'll want to cross dimensions to find your island eventually, won't you? WELL, BETTER CURRY FAVOR WITH CLAIRE, THEN, HER POKÉMON EVENTUALLY GETS THE POWER TO GO THROUGH DIMENSIONS! XD

Nah, I'm joking, I'm joking. Doesn't look like Gardevoir's holes can actually cross into other worlds, it's just bending the current dimension. We don't even know what Pokémon that you're pursuing actually is, so the investment could be wasted if it turns out that it didn't actually cross dimensions. … Though granted, that backstory doesn't give a whole lot of options, there's only so many Pokémon with the power to open dark portals big enough to swallow islands! XD

@Keyblade87 XD … Yupp, that guy was an Elite Four. Who would have known? Don't worry, Jacques won't hold a grudge, though he WILL remember you... Haha. Thanks for the laugh. Yupp, you've gained your Riolu. Congratulations. Nicely posted.

@Pikmin Eye I'd like to point out that Kalmia seemed defensive about this guy, too, her question might have sounded a little of an accusation of being where he wasn't supposed to be... BUT EH! She's a friendly person, so of course she'll allow him. Haha.

Happy to hear you feel your trip has been worth it, haha. Oh, wait, that's for Kalmia to say. Anyway! Putting your beanie on the Nincada, huh? Makes me wonder how big one is- *checks* … Woah. It's half a meter tall, and far wider than tall. It's bigger than I thought, but also really light for that size. Haha. That's also something I haven't really bothered much about that's suddenly really important. XD

In any case. Nicely posted. This works excellently. Now let's wait for the rest.

@Pyromaniacwolf There was actually a part of the page that said something of the like of “Houndour's are portrayed as pretty honourable, and won't leave any pack-members behind” or something like that, but I declined to include that in the Pokédex entry because I remembered your description of the personality of your Houndour. XD

In any case, yupp. Houndour's impression of your clock in addition to your comment about it was pretty amusing. Teh-heh. Nicely posted.

[Delta44]

@PlatinumSkink *Googles portal Pokemon*

Dammit, nothing came up XD Of course, this is the story from Ren's perspective. The truth may very well be something else entirely... ;)

[Rune_Alchemist]

Hmm...what to do with Claire now. I have half a mind to have her just bolt out of the lab and get to route 2, but that'd probably be a somewhat bad idea xD

...eeeh, I'll just have Ralia go bother Shinx because that's totally going to end well~

[PlatinumSkink]

@Delta44 Elite Four is typically made out of oddballs, eh? *looks over at Elite Four* … This appears correct. XD

Aww. He ran off to Kalmia, eh? Suppose that's understandable. In any case. Nicely posted. I do like the style that comes with your posts. Haha. Looks like Shyn will be getting along with you in the future anyways~

@Pink Madness Circus man, eh. XD … Any case. Yupp, suitably beautiful. Three tails, eh? Yupp, still young, but mature enough to be given to her new trainer. Wonderful little thing. Teh-heh. Nicely posted~

@Rune_Alchemist … Please don't run off. I've got further things planned that it'd greatly trouble me if you couldn't partake in. XD

[Delta44]

@PlatinumSkink I was half asleep when typing up the last part XD but thanks! ^-^