[OOC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Lugia]

And the award for completely missing the point goes to...
...
Kamina!
lol.

[KaBling]

Well. There goes character development.

As in, my character debating whether to listen to the authorities and turn in Celes, or doing nothing and protecting her.

Please. Don't post so much. I still have four more days until my two weeks of holidays start.

As a result of this, I've lost my main track of idea for my post, so I gotta rethink this over. Which takes a while.

[Card Captor]

Woops, sorry man.

[KaBling]

...I mean the group my character's sticking with.

Anyway, hopefully I can maintain a posting schedule when my holidays come around.

[Evanist]

Servers are back! At least I hope

[Antarctic Termite]

Where, but where have my applications gone? Destroyed by the forum reset because sticky notes are apparently a bad place to keep backups, that's where they've gone. -.- Luckily they were two fairly mediocre character sheets anyway, so no huge loss. I'm going to see if they can be recovered, but probably write something new anyway.

[Noire]

Huzzah, the server's back up. And new person. Great deal.

[Evanist]

Wonder when Lugia and Kabling will see the servers are back on lol.

[KaBling]

Sorry, couldn't be bothered to reconnect old computer for Internet access in the morning.

[Antarctic Termite]

Shannon, the Amaura

Name: Carrol Shannon. Although he doesn't dislike the name or its descendant Carl, he instead takes pride in his tribe's name, Shannon.

Species: Amaura.

Gender: Male.

Level: 8.

Moves: -Powder Snow
-Thunder Wave
-Growl
Shannon's voice, as is typical for his species, can be very forceful when need be, so even in his young age he can sound an intimidating cry. His icy power is not well-developed yet, but Shannon can breath a stinging gust of frost to defend himself. An early trick his species learns is to manipulate the charged particles powering his crest, releasing an electrical pulse to stun an opponent.

Bio: The Aurorus tribe from which Carrol came was made up of the Shannon family, and lead by elder Alaois Shannon. The Shannons occupied a wide range of tundra and taiga at the base of a series of near-Polar mountains, and their power serves as an indirect safeguard against other encroaching species. While Aurorus are not Pokemon inclined to combat, Alaois's Snow Warning amplifies the climate that keeps the territory exclusive, and gives strength to the other Ice-types, the task maintained by Abomasnow within the range itself. Carrol hatched into this peaceful environment, and from birth he looked up (in every sense of the word) to the towering figure of Alaois, even more so than he did his own parents. Carrol proved to have no lack of ability himself, although not a Snow bringer. Carrol could manipulate ice and aurora with subtlety and travel with endurance and patience. Crowning his talents, however, was his voice, singing clear and cheerfully along with his elders and peers among the Shannon.

Ceaseless efforts to impress Alaois and learn from him did not go unnoticed. The elder was aging, and Carrol seemed the perfect candidate for the next leader once he matured. Although talk was light and patient, it wasn't hard to predict what would have occurred: Alaois would pass on and his Snow Warning daughter Etna would lead until Carrol wooed her and took the Shannon into his care. The inevitable, unspeakable catastrophe took form in the eruption of a million-year dormant but monstrous volcano on the range above the tundra. Forests burned, glaciers melted, and the plains were covered in ash. Etna died by chance, crushed by a stone hurled by the explosion. Alaois never recovered from the loss.

Following the grief-driven death of Alaois, the Shannon left the plain for parts of their range that had fared better. The ecosystem, however, had been dealt a mortal blow. With no artificial cold on the plains and the permafrost irrevocably destroyed, the border of the Polar realm was pushed back, and tundra became fertile, if wintry, grassland. While other species eventually adapted to the warmer climate and more aggressive newcomers, the Aurorus had held the over-specialized niche of providing snow to a now-dead biome, and were not built for the rocky environment of the mountains. The Shannon, though leaderless, made the decision to abandon their home and their natural life rather than stand their ground and dwindle with the years. Carrol and his family migrated to seek a town where Pokemon of any type could shelter. The journey was not as long as they had expected, but the town they found presented a crisis: It was too small to support the entire tribe without crushing the native population under the burden. Two Aurorus stayed, but the remainder moved on. That was how the Shannon tribe died. No town could support them all, and they no longer fit into any natural habitat. At each settlement some departed.

Kiera and her son Carrol were strong and patient, though Carrol had been struck terribly by the death of Aloais. By the time the Shannon reached Allure town, they were all that was left, and they had traveled the furthest. Kiera supported herself in Allure with her strength and size, carrying smaller Pokemon when the need arose, knowing that despite their love her son would find another parental figure, as he had done before with Alaois. Carrol, indeed pining for a new hero to look up to, disillusioned by the death and separation he had seen, latched onto the most powerful figure in town, Arnold the Guildmaster.

Tap tap tap. A patient wait in the early morning chill, then a wooden latch opened. The stationed 'mon recognised neither the figure, nor the fuchsia glow in the darkness. Whoever had knocked had drawn back again. "Step into the firelight," the query came, perhaps with a little too much suspicion. Whoever it was didn't seem urgent for help. Then why this bothersome time of morning? "Why're you here? Who's knocking?" The figure approached calmly, and the lights revealed themselves to be crests above a pair of serene eyes. "My name is Carrol, for myself," the Amaura complied, in a melodic voice that promised peace, if not friendship. "But know me as Shannon, for those who are gone. I wish to join your guild."

Appearance: Shannon has a long, sweeping tail, at least in comparison to other Amaura, which helps him keep his lofty head balanced. Like others of his species, Shannon's crests change colour with mood, but they usually tend towards a purple-ish pink.

Differences: Shannon's level-up movepool will include more sound and song moves than usual. Moves learned will be Sing, Relic Song (although it has no extra effect for him other than being boosted by Refrigerate), and Perish Song.

Well, I think that turned out quite nicely, probably better than the delusional Baltoy I had before. Anyway, this is my first roleplay in a while, so I'm looking forward to it. ^.^

[Lugia]

Well, you're in! Good to see that the updates, or whatever happened, didn't erase the RPs from this site.

[Lugia]

Wow... the OP ran out of space.

[Antarctic Termite]

Alright, lovely. >u< I'm busy reading through the most recent pages now. Any recap as to what's happened in total so far?

Also, you could use one of your other posts on the front page for CS sheets and direct link to it, or make a CS thread, if space is short.

E: It's not necessary that Shannon join Arnold's guild, both guilds and towns fit equally well in the bio, it's just a matter of switching some words. Whichever fits the current circumstances best.

[KaBling]

Eh... I'm finding a problem with the app.

I don't really think there's a gate at Arnold's guild. You know, I expected normal, wide wooden doors with plain walls and floors. Plus, I think only Arnold and Archie can accept members (as in, there seems to be something off about their tone of speech in your character's biography).

Recap:
-Milloon fled community over discrimination
-Celes escaped from childhood home
-Spruce chose mission before meeting Celes
-Milloon fought a Pidgey somewhat associated with Spruce's objective
-Spruce and Celes go back to the guild, after completing their objective
-Milloon follows a Pokemon into the guild - unintentionally causes carnage, before joining Spruce and Celes
-Kamina joins Spruce's group
-All four embark on a mission to defeat a criminal Mudkip
-Two others (as in, roleplayers) embark on a mission to find a hostage Emolga, who us currently taken hostage by the Mudkip
-All current roleplayers meet up and fight off wild Pokemon, before defeating the Mudkip's associate Anthony
-Fight off more wild Pokemon, 'hired' by Mudkip; Anthony realises what's happening before fighting for the roleplayers
-Mission objectives completed, before returning to the guild
-Milloon has a bad dream/remembers something bad

I'm a bit skeptical of when Celes (Evanist) met Spruce (Lugia). Plus, I kinda forgot what happened after Milloon's 'dream.'

[Antarctic Termite]

KaBling said Eh... I'm finding a problem with the app. I don't really think there's a gate at Arnold's guild. You know, I expected normal, wide wooden doors with plain walls and floors. Plus, I think only Arnold and Archie can accept members (as in, there seems to be something off about their tone of speech in your character's biography).

Recap:

I honestly didn't read through the IC to look for that kind of detail, so sure, I'll catch that (it comes to roughly the same thing, anyway- 'Let me in pls, I want join'). The 'watchman' unnamed was just meant to be someone at the door/gate/pentagram hellportal to prevent intruders and/or answer help requests, because that makes sense. The italicized section is drama for drama's sake, because it doesn't contribute to Shannon's actual history (cliche as that is) I don't mind fixing it up.

Anyway, thanks, recap is handy. I'll be able to post tonight, although I think I might have shot myself in the foot a bit with join time, because I'll be gone again over Friday and Saturday.

E: Alright, I rewrote the italicized part of the application. Hopefully it's not worse now.

I'm not sure which guild/town to join, since I presume both have about equal players involved, so I'll just stick with the arbitrary choice I made to go with Arnold's. Anyway, it looks like it's still morning, so a post now would probably move a bit like this: Italicized-application-drama happened, Shannon was turned away with instructions to come back after sunrise, roleplay him arriving, then being taken to do newbie stuff (cult initiation) with Arnold for the next two/three RL days while I'm gone, then next post being sent to catch up with what the rest of Arnold's group is doing. This good?

E: Considering the time gap, I don't think it's worth starting then leaving again for the weekend immediately. See you all on Sunday.

[Lugia]

Funny thing, I had enough room for your app....
but not all of it. Since it's out of room, one of three things will happen.
1.) I'll start deleting apps from people who haven't posted.
2.) I'll stop accepting new characters.
3.) I'll start up a new 'accepted apps' section on a new page, and add a link on the OP that leads to it.

[Evanist]

Uhm... well, you could try moving off parts that are too large... Or ask Kabling to take part of the apps and move them in his posts down yours.

[Lugia]

Problem... I can no longer edit the OP.

[Evanist]

0.o

[Lugia]

It's fine. I'll just add a second OP, and tell everyone to remember page 22.