[OOC] Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

[Bright_Ops]

@Feisty-Pants

Alright, but the suggestion is there.

If a posse is being gathered to go on a fox hunt, Gredy can be called upon... if anyone cares.

[Stern Algorithm]

@TalijaKey @Iatos

Dumb question, but what time of day is it? For some reason in my mind I think the altercation between Zorua and Larvitar happened at night, whereas the Pokemon Club arc is happening the following morning in broad daylight.

Is this correct? I need to know so I can RP my Weedle being the one that got in some trouble with Larvitar earlier (retcon!), and then meeting Gredy somehow.

@Bright_Ops

[TalijaKey]

@Stern Algorithm I am a tiny bit ahead of the time. You feeling is kinda correct.

PC is kinda happening afternoon/evening/maybe early night.

The fight with Zorua/Larvitar could be seen as something that happened in the early night.

Catching Noibat happened in mid night.

Larvitar flying into Rasa face happened just before sunrise.

While Larvitar, Rasa, noibat, charmander are all in the really early morning like barely 6am type of morning, in my next post.

[Iatos]

@Stern Algorithm Heh, that would be pretty cool.

[Stern Algorithm]

@Stern Algorithm I am a tiny bit ahead of the time. You feeling is kinda correct.

PC is kinda happening afternoon/evening/maybe early night.

The fight with Zorua/Larvitar could be seen as something that happened in the early night.

Catching Noibat happened in mid night.

Larvitar flying into Rasa face happened just before sunrise.

While Larvitar, Rasa, noibat, charmander are all in the really early morning like barely 6am type of morning, in my next post.

@TalijaKey

So as far as the other trainers are concerned (Jaden, Seth, Gredy), the fight between Larvitar and Zorua either hasn't happened yet or is currently happening(?) I think that works, I'll have Weedle placed in or near the city early evening-ish for @Bright_Ops Gredy to encounter. Or should I wait until morning when Gredy sets off into the forest to encounter Weedle? I'm just afraid that Gredy will get roped into a wild fox chase and miss an opportunity to encounter Weedle.

[TalijaKey]

@Stern Algorithm the time between the weedle running off and the actual moment the Z/L fight happened is as well flexible. Because I never specified how long Z stared at L till he got bored and how long it took for him to collect all those flowers to place all over L.
It should work out for you either way.

[Iatos]

@Stern Algorithm Well you can always start with a flashback to the fight, evening before and then move onwards to what your currently doing during the Kitsune in distress event.

[Saltwater Thief]

Okay, now that I've had some time to think, I'm not a fan of having another blank post just sitting in the thread. So, I'd like to rewrite it, but before I did that I wanted to toss a few questions about so we don't have another debacle.

@Holy Soldier I would like Seth to be aware of the Vixnapping and react to it. However, part of your original contention seemed to be my assumed observation of it, and I'm not 100% sure if that was just because I had her in the wrong location or because of that and because I'm not supposed to notice it. So; can Seth become aware of it, or should he have no idea?

Assuming the answer is that I can be aware: (If not, ignore everything below here)
How fast is the van moving? I ask mainly because if my initial guess is correct and it's heading down the road at 40 or 50 mph, following it on foot is impossible and I won't consider it.

For the sake of an alternative/avoiding player redundancy, if the Club were to be asked (by either Seth or an NPC I'd drum up as part of the crowd who's more Club friendly) for a business card or contact info or some other variant of getting an address, what would be the result?

@Raijinslayer since my post is already in the thread where I'd put this, how would you feel about some nonverbal communication between Jaden and Seth? I know you said you had a Pokemon who could alert him to Vix's plight, but maybe an exchange of looks to say "Something is wrong, look alive" perhaps?

[Raijinslayer]

@Saltwater ThiefI could roll with that, Jaden being confused at first till Jacqueline decides that Vix is less a bother then dealing with a panicky-depreessed master, even if she could careless about the Vixen(Jacqueline is not a good person)

[BlackPanther]

@Raijinslayer
I believe my question got lost lol

So. Is there food in Jadens bag?
If not no problem
If so...backpack pikachu is gonna eat some

[Raijinslayer]

@BlackPantherYes, though it's not really that much. Jaden was really only given enough for him and Vix, and his party has grown pretty exponentially since then.

[BlackPanther]

@Raijinslayer
Okay good to know thank you :3

[Holy Soldier]

Okay, now that I've had some time to think, I'm not a fan of having another blank post just sitting in the thread. So, I'd like to rewrite it, but before I did that I wanted to toss a few questions about so we don't have another debacle.

@Holy Soldier I would like Seth to be aware of the Vixnapping and react to it. However, part of your original contention seemed to be my assumed observation of it, and I'm not 100% sure if that was just because I had her in the wrong location or because of that and because I'm not supposed to notice it. So; can Seth become aware of it, or should he have no idea?

Assuming the answer is that I can be aware: (If not, ignore everything below here)
How fast is the van moving? I ask mainly because if my initial guess is correct and it's heading down the road at 40 or 50 mph, following it on foot is impossible and I won't consider it.

For the sake of an alternative/avoiding player redundancy, if the Club were to be asked (by either Seth or an NPC I'd drum up as part of the crowd who's more Club friendly) for a business card or contact info or some other variant of getting an address, what would be the result?

@Raijinslayer since my post is already in the thread where I'd put this, how would you feel about some nonverbal communication between Jaden and Seth? I know you said you had a Pokemon who could alert him to Vix's plight, but maybe an exchange of looks to say "Something is wrong, look alive" perhaps?

@Saltwater Thief

I had a problem with the way you went about having Seth notice because it was illogical and due to that issue, it made everything else you wanted him to do unlikely.

There's nothing you guys can do about the van. It's going to drive off and it won't come back until it has dropped off its load. Where is it going? Your characters are going to have to use some logic and find out.

As for Vix's situation, it really should be Jaden who should be worrying most about his Pokemon. It is HIS Pokemon after all. I know you have RPed with Feisty before, but you can't allow that relationship to seep IC into the game because your character is still a complete stranger to Feisty and Raijin's characters. I'm not telling you not to get involved. I'm telling you that if Jaden actually gives a damn, then he needs to be the leader on this, and if your character cares, then he should be support.

As for the Pokemon Club giving him their business card, absolutely not. He and Jaden have already announced their distaste for their business. Why would any businessman or woman give out their card to someone who spits on their business?

[Saltwater Thief]

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I had a problem with the way you went about having Seth notice because it was illogical and due to that issue, it made everything else you wanted him to do unlikely.

So... does this mean I shouldn't know about it, or that I should find an alternate means if finding out such as an audio rather than a visual?

There's nothing you guys can do about the van. It's going to drive off and it won't come back until it has dropped off its load. Where is it going? Your characters are going to have to use some logic and find out.

That was not my question. I would like to know if it is at all possible to tail the van on foot, not try to stop it. Also asked because following it was what Raijin was talking about doing and that got me thinking about the particulars of such.

As for Vix's situation, it really should be Jaden who should be worrying most about his Pokemon. It is HIS Pokemon after all. I know you have RPed with Feisty before, but you can't allow that relationship to seep IC into the game because your character is still a complete stranger to Feisty and Raijin's characters. I'm not telling you not to get involved. I'm telling you that if Jaden actually gives a damn, then he needs to be the leader on this, and if your character cares, then he should be support.

I understand that, and that is my every intent. However, in this particular case, I have a snipped post sitting right at the top of the current page, and leaving it as such goes against my sense of forum etiquette. I don't know if you saw it or not, but I am trying to hammer things out with Raijin so that when I do sit down and write this, whatever it is I decide to do will NOT usurp Jaden's rightful role. Also, I should note that my history with Feisty has almost nothing to do with my involvement. In fact, if I thought it could pan out, I'd have Seth disengage and go get back to setting myself up on equal footing with Gredy, Jaden, and Rasa. Had this development not happened, that is exactly what I would be doing. But because Seth knows that Vix belongs to a trainer who clearly opposes the operation because he just gave them a Kirk Summation and nearly got into a fight over it, letting it happen and doing nothing about it is totally out of character for him. Plus I also feel partially responsible for it; if I had maintained my post to start a conversation with Vix instead of snipping it, this may not have happened. So I personally feel like I have an obligation to help stop it since I indirectly helped bring it about.

As for the Pokemon Club giving him their business card, absolutely not. He and Jaden have already announced their distaste for their business. Why would any businessman or woman give out their card to someone who spits on their business?

That is why I also asked about the possibility of having an NPC do it. Something akin to a younger trainer asking so he can tell his friend in let's say Pewter City about this great opportunity, Seth overhearing it, and asking said younger trainer if he could take a look at the card. I am nowhere near stupid enough to think they've forgotten about Seth and would just bow to his request.

@Holy Soldier

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[Holy Soldier]

@Saltwater ThiefWhy not just have him overhear a cry that sounds familiar, curiously run in its direction, and sees the van take off? With Vix being missing, if he has a hunch, he could always go to Jaden and ask him where his Pokemon is. If he doesn't know, then that will probably bring suspicion that she was kit-napped. Boom. Simple. Done. Not even complicated. Move from there.

I'm growing exasperated with this topic, so please don't ask me what you should do again. If you can't figure it out, then I don't know what to say to you but to not post and let the scene move forward until you have a way of getting involved. If you can't see your character getting involved do to whatever situation, then just don't get involved.

Lastly, I'm not "other GMs." I am the GM of this game. So if you think there's some mechanical trend that all GMs employ, there isn't. Every GM is different and you have to learn to work with and adapt to each one. We're not made on assembly lines so if a GM has a certain way of doing things, then it's either adapt or get out. That's just how it is.

[Saltwater Thief]

@Saltwater ThiefWhy not just have him overhear a cry that sounds familiar, curiously run in its direction, and sees the van take off? With Vix being missing, if he has a hunch, he could always go to Jaden and ask him where his Pokemon is. If he doesn't know, then that will probably bring suspicion that she was kit-napped. Boom. Simple. Done. Not even complicated. Move from there.

I'm growing exasperated with this topic, so please don't ask me what you should do again. If you can't figure it out, then I don't know what to say to you but to not post and let the scene move forward until you have a way of getting involved. If you can't see your character getting involved do to whatever situation, then just don't get involved.

Lastly, I'm not "other GMs." I am the GM of this game. So if you think there's some mechanical trend that all GMs employ, there isn't. Every GM is different and you have to learn to work with and adapt to each one. We're not made on assembly lines so if a GM has a certain way of doing things, then it's either adapt or get out. That's just how it is.

@Holy Soldier

It seems I have made a mistake somewhere. It was not my intention to ask you what I should do, you requested that one of the adaptations I make to my playstyle was to run ideas by you to make sure they will hold water rather than post them at will. That was what I was aiming to do this evening- I had an idea, I asked some questions surrounding it, and if I needed clarification on an answer I sought it. If any of that appeared to be asking for exactly what to do, then I apologize for not making myself clear enough.

Truth be told, what you just described was precisely what I had in mind in the wake of your answers; ask Feisty what sort of sound Vix would make if any, say Seth saw her go around the corner, then hear the yelp/cry/scream/etc and the van start, put 2 and 2 together, then get with Jaden and work out what happens therein with Raijin. So that works quite well then.

Thank you for your patience.

[TalijaKey]

@Holy SoldierWell with that all done.

A friendly reminder, which you most likely dont need, but it cant hurt. About the 3 new pokemon. Weedle, snow vulpix and shinx. I checked their stats and they appear fine.

[Holy Soldier]

@CriticalHitApproved.

@Stern AlgorithmI see Dantes and Weedle getting along like brothers.

@Saltwater ThiefApproved.

@TalijaKeyNope. Thank you for the reminder. Two didn't mention me and so I didn't even know there were CSes through the sea of OOC, and the other one I just forgot. O-O

[Holy Soldier]

I literally just had to go dig for the Cyndaquil CS lol. I thought I had lost it forever.

[Saltwater Thief]

Vulpix CS has been added to my tab in the Character Section.

@Feisty-Pants For my post, would Vix cry or yelp or scream etc as she was grabbed? Or is there something else she would do first?

@Raijinslayer I know you're busy with school and such, but do you think you might have time this coming week to put our heads together and figure out the game plan?