Pokemon: The Spectre Conspiracy

[RBYDark]

Welcome back to Kalos Region, ladies and gentlemen. It's been a solid five years since the whole crisis with Team Flare came and went, and the esteemed Professor Sycamore has moved on to other regions to further his research into Mega Evolution. So who, just who, would take over his research? Meet Professor Apple, a Unova-born genius who shared Sycamore's interest in Pokemon evolution. She's gathered up a group young would-be Trainers from across the Kalos Region via mail, explaining her interest in Pokemon research and how her studies mostly have her tied down in Lumiose City. Naturally, they accepted. The appointed group is to meet up at Aquacorde City, where they are to finally meet Professor Apple in person and receive their first Pokemon.

The time has finally come. A small band of young aspiring Trainers-to-be have gathered at Aquacorde Town, where Professor Apple is waiting for them.

Rules/information to keep in mind:

• Of course, no powerplaying/godmodding.
• Be reasonable in your decisions. I won't punish you for whatever choice you make regarding the plot. I probably will punish you if you, say, provoke a notably more powerful enemy.
• Don't expect a lot of gore/sexual content; besides being a Pokemon rp, the age cap for player characters is 14. Swearing is alright though.
• As the plot will be driven by your decisions, I strongly urge everyone to communicate, either via PM or in the OOC.
• If you are a slow poster or unable to post for a while, please notify me.
• There is something of a dibs list - that is, one a player has claimed a certain pokemon species, other players may not claim it without express permission. The idea is to reduce confusion and fighting over ‘duplicates’, particularly for plot-relevant pokemon. It can be presented upon request.
• Due to your GM controlling several rps, IC posting may be slow. OOC posting will be semi-constant.
• The rules and available information may change, but I will post the changes before editing them in, and there will be no punishment for anyone who broke a rule before it was made.

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Name:

Appearance: (Image goes here, either embedded or as a link. If you can't find a suitable picture yourself, just give us a laundry list of traits and we’ll lend you a hand!)

Age: (Age range for PCs 10-14.)

Gender:

Personality: (At least one paragraph; you’ll probably expand on and develop away from this as we go on, but try and give people a good feel for how your character would function!)

Brief Bio: (2-4 paragraphs please. This doesn’t need to be a big sprawling biography, but a general idea of their normal life and circumstances would be appreciated!)

Starter Pokemon: (Criteria: It must be a Pokemon that evolves twice and is not a pseudo-Legendary. It also must not be a Pokemon you can start with in the existing games. Three unused examples include Lotad, Porygon, and Fletchling.)
Starter's Personality:

Misc: (Anything that doesn’t fit anywhere else; e.g, theme music, voice actor, birth dates and other such trivia.)

[RBYDark]

Important NPCs/my own character:

Professor Apple

Name: Professor Lily Apple

Appearance:

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Personality: Relaxed but never slow-witted, Prof. Apple is the sort of person who would rather talk a person through their question until they figure out as opposed to just giving them the direct answer. Unless it involves her research, Apple feels most comfortable when not operating directly, preferring to remain in the lab while others do the direct work instead. She's always willing to help out those who help her, though, and has a particular pride in her being from Unova.

That said, she does have a few social quirks. If she doesn't like a topic, or the conversation is drifting from one she does like, she'll keep pushing it in the direction she'd rather go until the other person just goes with it or stops talking to her. She also won't hesitate to call somebody out on their flaws if asked about them, and won't hold back. Most of all though, she hates, HATES saying the same thing twice in a row. People who don't listen to Professor Apple and make her repeat herself are probably people she won't call "friend" anytime soon.

Brief Bio: Born in Unova Region in the lovely Opelucid City, Lily Apple has long had a fascination with how Pokemon evolve. What precisely causes it? Why do some Pokemon change so much when they evolve but others change so little? With the discovery of Mega Stones a few years ago, how does that even work? There have always been questions to be asked, and Lily wanted the answers.

Deciding to learn from the best, Lily spent some time studying under Professors Juniper and Juniper, exceeding their expectations as the name Professor Apple shot up the lists of Unova's finest Pokemon Professors. By the time she was 22, there was nothing more for Professor Apple to learn in Unova. She began spending a year in each of the different regions, touring through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh. Until her studies brought her to Kalos Region at age 26, where she met Professor Sycamore. The man was a genius that left Apple baffled. This was what led to her ultimate decision to remain in Lumiose City, studying under Professor Sycamore on all aspects of Pokemon evolution.

For the last two years, she's been working with Professor Sycamore, as well as helping other, newer professors in Lumiose with getting up to speed on what's what. While the final goal of knowing precisely how it all works is still a long way off, Apple likes to take it one step at a time. The current step: "If I can compare the DNA of Pokemon to that of humans, it could go a long way to help figure out how Pokemon evolution works."

Starter Pokemon: Aron
Starter's Personality: Apple's Aron is a tenacious little fellow. Hard-headed and adamant, this little ball of steel is eager to please the Professor and even more eager to follow her every order. Aron enjoys to fight since during battle is when the lil' guy feels closest to Apple, and win or lose, has a good time bashing heads with another Pokemon.

Anything else:

B

Name: Assistant Prof. B

Appearance:

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Personality: B is a rather cordial fellow, if maybe a bit of a klutz and tongue-tied easily. His excuse for the latter is that English is a second language for him which he is still assimilating, so please bear with him. The only things he never falters on are his manners. While he may often be at a loss for words, he is almost never at a loss for an answer and knows all sorts of things. Ask, and he will frequently provide information as best as he can. To him, there's rarely any point to being roundabout. He's quite encouraging, if maybe in a backhanded way (e.g. telling trainers to buy Revives since Arceus knows they'll need 'em sooner or later!).

When not being made to, say, carry glass vials or do public speaking, he's very competent in his own right. His research doesn't entirely align with Apple's, but he tends to prioritize her requests above his own work. By his own admittance, his research is more driven by curiosity than need. He's fascinated by ancient pokemon, with a special fondness for Unown. When not in the lab, he's usually around Geosenge or Camphrier Town.

Brief Bio: B only really showed up about a year ago, working under Professor Apple and rarely, if ever speaking. It was later he began sharing his story - he grew up in a distant region, where homes were made from ruins and the most common pokemon was Golett. His name isn't B, but it's difficult to pronounce and B suits him fine. He came to appreciate the ancient nature of his hometown and even ended up getting his first pokemon - a Y-shaped Unown. He had no interest in becoming a pokemon master, to be sure, but when he found ruins with Unown shapes serving as glyphs, he began taking interest in the nature of ancient pokemon.

He became a researcher in his own right, if a bit of an amateur, of the ruins and the pokemon linked to them. That's the reason for the eyepatch - one set of ruins caved in, and a rock chip cost him his eye. He figured, better to look like a cartoony villain than subject anyone to the scars and infection damage, and so bought the eyepatch. Once he felt there was no more left to learn, he visited both Violet City in Johto, Solaceon Town in Sinnoh, and the Tanoby Chambers in the Sevii Islands to study the Unown populations. After learning about the events Team Flare set off and the knowledge that there had been a functional weapon from ancient times, he went to Kalos. Studying there proved much more difficult without knowledge of English, and he ended up working under Professor Apple.

Starter Pokemon: Unown (Y-letter)
Starter's Personality: Y is always by B's side, refusing a pokeball unless fainted. Even in the lab, Y hovers by his side and alerts B to company. Y doesn't like being touched and tends to float out of reach, occasionally squeaking angrily. Y can be relied on to help out in the lab, catching a vial or two that slips out of B's fingers, and seems to be extremely social and curious, to the point of ignoring personal space, whenever B is busy. If it can be helped, Y isn't allowed to fight.

Anything else:

Mia Kita

Name: Miu Kita

Appearance:
Her dress is violet with over-the-knee white socks and white arm warmers. Her hair is a dirty-blond color, and her eyes are brown.

Age: 13

Gender: Female

Personality: Mia is, in short, a bully. She'll only give respect to those with strong pokemon, and even then she's not exactly the type to fawn over others. To her, strength is defined by raw power and she prefers strong attackers to walls or speedsters. Those trainers who don't meet her standards aren't worth her time, in her mind, and at best are brushed off and ignored. At worst, they are actively mocked, though she does draw the line at intentional physical harm. Pokemon that aren't strong enough are tossed aside. She'll push herself and her pokemon to the utmost limit to become the strongest trainer of all, risking injury in the process. A surefire way to piss her off is to try to interrupt her training. She's been called on her attitude before by other trainers and has shown no desire to change.

Outside of pokemon, she's slow to kindness but equally slow to conversation. While good at battling (at least in trainer school), she's terrible at socializing and easily lost in a crowd. Outside of pokemon, she's reluctant to speak her mind as, though she knows a lot about pokemon, she's not so knowledgeable about other topics. She doesn't need anyone's approval, but she cannot stand pity, to her or to others. She does have a bit of a fondness for customizing pokeballs and is not above spending money on the necessary supplies to do so. She's actually quite fond of flying-type pokemon, and wants one large enough to ride. As a final note, she has a weakness for black licorice.

Brief Bio: Mia hails from Kiloude City, oldest of three children. As such, there's barely been a day where she went without seeing a pokemon battle. She's grown up all her life with pokemon - her dad worked as a store clerk, selling TMs of powerful moves to elite trainers, and her mom fought in the Battle Maison. Only a few were tame enough to not try lashing out at a young girl. Her childhood was normal enough, with caring, if perhaps tired and preoccupied, parents, and neither she nor her siblings were left wanting.

Once she was old enough, she was sent off to a trainer academy to learn how to fight. Mia quickly reached the head of the class, between her tendency to train and study battle strategies constantly, and her tendency to pick the meaner pokemon to fight with. She developed a rather intimidating aura around her classmates and got in trouble more than once. Her parents didn't see the point in punishing her if she was actually learning how to battle well. Not once did she call home, however - she refused to give anyone an excuse to accuse her of relying on her parents to learn how to battle.

The Kita family received their letter from Professor Apple, much like the three other families. After much discussion, her parents decided that, despite the fact their middle child had just turned 10, Miu had experience in battling and so would probably leave the best impression on the professor. As such, she was given a train ticket to Lumiose City to go meet Professor Apple at Aquacorde City.

Starter Pokemon: Poliwag
Starter's Personality: Poliwag's a bit difficult to control - she despises schedules and routines, preferring variation in her days. She's by no means a bad fighter, and will work hard to improve, but drawn-out battles bore her and she'd sooner lose her advantage than play a waiting game. She gets jealous easily, especially when she's not the center of attention, but she is capable of warmth and friendliness. For an armless pokemon, she's surprisingly graceful.

Anything else:

[Mag Lev]

Well, it has been a long while since I actually last wrote for an RP. I guess it is time to come back. Some Pokemon sounds about along the lines for writing again. You have my interest.

[Seagull Bay]

Interested

[RBYDark]

@Mag Lev @Seagull Bay Awesome, guys. I'm gonna try to get my co-GM @Fish of Oblivion in and bump one last time for one or two more people, but OOC will likely go up today then.

[Fish of Oblivion]

Yoo, I'm around, just working on getting my guys and plans straight before I throw them up come OOC time.

That and kinda freaking out over the stuff that got revealed yesterday. Gamefreak sure knows how to mark a 20th Anniversary.

[MechonRaptor]

Sounds fun, I'm interested.

[Ashevelendar]

@RBYDark Quick question. I haven't seen Pokemon since I was still a kid but played one of the games a few years ago on an android phone using an emulator. ( I think it was Pokemon Emerald if memory serves me right ). Think is...I may not know somethings about the Lore of the game and stuff. Can I still join ? ( maybe with a little help from other RPers ? ) I wanted to RP in a pokemon rp for a while now but can't seem to find one that doesn't require a lot of experience.

[RBYDark]

@Ashevelendar Honestly, sounds pretty reasonable to me. The rp's not gonna be lore-heavy and, due to the nature of the planned research, I'm going to be tossing up a list of obtainable pokemon anyways. So you might want to look up Kalos' cities, particularly when writing up your sheet, but that's about all I'd ask of you.

@MechonRaptor @Fish of Oblivion @Mag Lev @Seagull Bay I'll get OOC up in a bit, once I start laundry.

[Ashevelendar]

@RBYDark Kalos's cities can be found over the internet , right ? I mean on the Pokemonwikia ?

[RBYDark]

@Ashevelendar Yep, they can be.

And everyone else: OOC is up. Remember to subscribe!

[Vongola_Hasayo]

@RBYDark Are you still looking for players or have you reached the number you were looking for?

[RBYDark]

@Vongola_Hasayo I won't begrudge an application. Just, may not get in? My co-GM and I were planning on three players beside ourselves.

[Nonine]

A bit late, but interested if you need more people

[RBYDark]

@Nonine We don't necessarily, but feel free to apply is you wish?