[OOC] Heroes and Rockets | A Pokemon RP

[Wormgod]

The year is 2026, 30 years after the unknown champion known as Red swept through Kanto, earned all 8 badges, defeated the Elite Four, and took on Team Rocket single-handed. Kanto is a much nicer place now. Trainers are a more common sight than Red's days. Groups of teenagers can be seen soaking in their new freedom that a training license provides. New pokemon can be found in our great region, thanks to migrations, breeding programs, and some invasions. Team Rocket is officially history--the last sighting in Kanto occurred twenty years ago. Kanto is now a safe, peaceful nation.

Except Team Rocket isn't dead. They're deep underground, hiding, and have yet to be noticed by the media or the police. They rely on secrecy, black market deals, and hiring other organizations to do their dirty work for them. Giovanni still heads the crime syndicate, but he's an old man now. He's looking to end this cowardly secrecy and restore Team Rocket to it's former glory, back when all of Kanto feared them, and even the police couldn't protect the citizens. So, he issues an order; look for possible recruits. Teenage trainers make a good mark, since they're more likely to enjoy causing trouble and not think about the consequences. If they can, recruit gym leaders. If not, replace them.

The order rang out just a week ago. Recruits have already been found--low-level teenagers either bullied or coerced into joining Team Rocket. The police and media have yet to catch word of this. Good. Giovanni wants to make that announcement himself.

In this roleplay, our characters are a medium-large group of teenage trainers who travel together. Some of the characters are the "good guys", regular, every-day trainers who have dreams of making it big and don't want to turn down the path of evil. The other characters are the "bad guys": the soon-to-be Team Rocket recruits. They are also trainers, but for some reason they will decide to join Team Rocket. When that happens, the roleplay quickly becomes sorta like a game of Werewolf, "Who is the Werewolf that keeps killing innocent Villagers?" Except, the TR guys aren't killing people, they're stealing pokemon, breaking into stores, selling suspicious wares on the black market, yada yada, all while pretending to be an innocent trainer who just wants to get all the badges and become Champion or Top Coordinator or Gym Leader or whatever.

Rules

Same crap as everywhere else. No godmodding, powerplaying, don't be a dick, whatever. No one-liners. No excessive violence. I don't care that much about swearing, but remember that this isn't Pulp Fiction.

Notes on the World:

Notes

In my version of the Pokemon world, pokemon replace animals in every way here. People eat them, people raise them, they have dog fights tastefully known as "battling", etc. Pokemon here don't say their name, they make animal noises. Scientists are skeptical on the relative sapience of pokemon too; not all pokemon have human-level intelligence. The Psychic types seem to, and legendaries do, but not your everyday Rattata.

The limit for obtaining a trainer's license has been upped to 13 after some wild Pokemon attacks on two 10 year old boys. Yes, Pokemon attacks do damage to people, but they don't tend to draw blood on themselves. Even a Jigglypuff bleeding would be a shock. However, pokemon do age, die, and can be hurt tremendously in battle. A Gym Leader's pokemon tend to have scars of their many battles.

Notes on Characters:
The limit for characters is two, one good guy and one bad guy. I don't care about the gender ratio, so don't worry about that.

Form

Username:
Name:
Gender:
Age: (13-18, please.)
Appearance: (either in the form of a picture or a description. Or both.)
Affiliation: (Team Rocket or normal trainer?)
Bio:
Pokemon: (We will keep track of levels and abilities, so make sure to include that.))

Wormgod:

Phoebe Jones

Name: Phoebe Jones

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Affiliation: Trainer

Bio: Phoebe is a city girl. She grew up in Saffron to a lower-middle class family living in one of the many apartment skyscrapers. Her mother is a pharmacist at one of the human drug stores, and her father does a variety of odd jobs around the city. Phoebe grew up a rather normal kid; going to school, hanging out with friends, nothing special or tragic. In fact, the most tragic thing that happened didn't happen to her, but to Twin.
Like many others in her graduating class at Saffron Academy, she immediately signed up for a Training License and chose the family pet as her pokemon; a Girafarig that her father rescued from a drain pipe two years ago, when he worked in Pokemon Control. (This world's version of Animal Control.) The Girafarig was a trainer pokemon when they found it, but it was released from it's pokeball by a special machine for abandonment cases like this, and then assigned to her father. He kept him as a pet and let Phoebe named it "Twin", because of it's two heads. It quickly became apparent that there was something off about this Girafarig. Girafarig were known as cunning, intelligent Normal-types, thanks to their second head, which took on all the primal, instinctual duties and left the main head to concentrate on more challenging things. This Girafarig, however, behaved the same with both heads; jumpy, a bit slow to react to people, anxious in large groups, and sometimes really talkative. They took Twin to a veternarian, who diagnosed him with the pokemon equivalent of autism, most likely from inbreeding among the small Girafarig population in Kanto. Twin's other trainer probably left him in the streets of Saffron because of that, but Phoebe loves him anyway, even though he's a little odd.

Pokemon: Phoebe trains Normal types.

Girafarig - Twin - Male - 18 - Inner Focus
Astonish - Odor Sleuth - Stomp - Confusion
Girafarig is Phoebe's first pokemon. She named him Twin. He has been diagnosed with the pokemon equivalent of high-functioning autism.

Rattata - Ratter - Female - 17 - Guts
Tail Whip - Quick Attack - Bite - Hyper Fang
Ratter is Phoebe's second pokemon. She found him in her hotel room one night, nibbling on her leftovers. They've been together ever since.

Johnny Caldwell

Name: Johnny Caldwell

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Affiliation: Team Rocket

Bio: Johnny is the great nephew of Koga, one of the famous Gym Leader's of Fuchsia City. Although the Gym is now run by someone outside of the family, the Caldwell's still hold political power in Fuchsia, similar to real-life Kennedy's. Johnny grew up hearing stories of the great Poison-type master. His mother home-schooled him and made sure he received many history lessons on their family, Fuchsia's ancient past as a city-state, and on the usefulness of Poison types. He was given his Ekans at 10--a direct violation of the Training and Licensing Act, which states that only those 13 years and older and in possession of a training license can own, breed, and train pokemon--but the Caldwell's were rich enough to have that crime ignored. Johnny loves his Ekans. He never battled with it, but it got a good amount of experience as they played outside, and sometimes in the Safari Zone, watching the Rhydon bulls fight over mates, and trying to catch a glimpse of the mythical Dratini in the water.

When it came time for Johnny to get his training license, he was more than prepared. His healthy training fund helped as well, allowing him to buy as many supplies as he wants without having to worry. He wandered around Fuchsia's close routes for a while, then set out for the Viridian Forest to catch some Bug-types. There he caught Beedrill. On the way back he found Nidoran. He's yet to train her up to Ekans' and Beedrill's level.

Pokemon: Johnny trains Poison and Bug types.

Ekans - Male - 18 - Shed Skin
Wrap - Poison Sting - Glare - Bite
Ekans was John's first pokemon, a gift from his great uncle. This snake is a grandson of one of Koga's Arboks.

Beedrill - Male - 16 - Swarm
Poison Sting - Harden - Fury Attack - Twinneedle
Beedrill is Johnny's second pokemon. It was caught as a Weedle in Viridian Forest.

Nidoran - Female - 12 - Poison Point
Growl - Scratch - Tail Whip - Double Kick
Johnny's third pokemon, a recent catch on Route 3.

Rune_Alchemist

Duthguy

Ostarion

TBKrunk

Scrub Mage

Mad Scarlet

[Rune_Alchemist]

Kinda messed up the formatting there, eh Wormgod?

I'll likely have a cs up sometime tomorrow afternoon after my classes.

[Wormgod]

Oh lord, I forgot to check that it worked. Oh well, fixed it now.

[Duthguy]

Will we able to use tm and hm moves?

[Wormgod]

Oooh, I shoulda thought of that. Okay, TMs can be taught to the pokemon by their trainers or by a special Move Tutor, similar to teaching your dog to "shake hands", or paying someone else to do it, or buying an instruction guide on how to teach a dog to "shake hands."

HM moves are a seeecret. :)

[Rune_Alchemist]

Hey, is it alright if one of my characters is from Kalos? Specifically, the one with the Espurr. Would help explain how she got one.

[Wormgod]

Sure, immigrants are allowed! :D It's character variation and explains the Espurr!

[Duthguy]

Wormgod said
Oooh, I shoulda thought of that. Okay, TMs can be taught to the pokemon by their trainers or by a special Move Tutor, similar to teaching your dog to "shake hands", or paying someone else to do it, or buying an instruction guide on how to teach a dog to "shake hands."HM moves are a seeecret. :)

In that case I doubt you can start with pokemon knowing tm moves right? In that case I only have two more questions .
Since between the generations there are differences as on what level a pokemon learns a move, which generation are we using for the moveset?
And I'm almost sure it will be alright, but can we catch more pokemon over the course of the rp?

[Rune_Alchemist]

Cerise Fontaine

Username: Rune_Alchemist

Name: Cerise Fontaine
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Affiliation: Trainer

Bio: Cerise originally hails from the Kalos Region, the daughter of a famous fashion designer and a somewhat successful pokemon trainer. From a young age, she has always been a bit of a problem child. She was always causing trouble for the kids her age, instigating trouble, fights, petty thefts. Her parents tried for years to try and direct her emotions to something positive. They enrolled her in painting classes, her mother tried to teach her how to sew clothes. She was good, and learned quickly, but they never interested her all that much. So, they did the one thing they hadn't tried yet. They got her a pokemon as a present for her 13th birthday. The Espurr had been bought as an egg from a breeder, who guaranteed that it was one of the best ones he had ever bred. For a time, it seemed to work. The two became inseparable, and Cerise began to get into less trouble.

Until her parents, decided to get a divorce. Her mother divorced her father just a year later. It was a relatively clean break up, but it didn't sit well with Cerise. Eventually, she returned to her old tricks. To her mothers dismay, the fact that she now had a partner in crime made it ten times worse. Not knowing what to do, a few months later after her mother had had it with her, she packed her things and sent her to Kanto to live with her father who was currently living there on his travels.

This...only made it worse. Her father had already re-married by this time to a nurse in the local pokemon center. No, this wasn't the evil step-mom situation, in fact her step mother was more than nice to her. She remained up to her old tricks until she turned sixteen, when she could say she 'caught' her second pokemon a Natu. It followed her home one day after she had unintentionally scared off some other pokemon that were bullying it. Afterwards, she began to become less enthusiastic about causing trouble, much to her father, mothers, and step-mothers relief. So much so, that her father thought it would be a good idea to send her off on a journey of her own. She was old enough, and she had two pokemon that could easily help her if she ever ran into trouble. So, he did.

Pokemon: Prefers Psychic types, but likes dark and ghost types.
Espurr: Lori
Level: 17
Gender: Female
Ability: Infiltrator
Known Moves:
Psybeam, Confusion, Light Screen, Scratch

Natu: Seph
Level: 15
Gender: Male
Ability: Synchronize
Known Moves:
Peck, Teleport, Night Shade, Leer

Gray Curtis

Username: Rune Alchemist
Name: Gray Curtis
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Appearance:
Affiliation: Trainer.

Bio: Gray spent most of his early life living with his grandparents in Vermillion City. He had a comfortable childhood, though he was on the lower rung of the social scale. He has never wanted money, or anything, he has always simply wanted to have fun with his friends and family. He acquired his first pokemon, a Magikarp, at the age of ten. It had washed up on the beach and was having a rather hard time. He rescued it, and has been raising it ever since. Sure, its not the strongest pokemon, but strength is relative. Real trainers win with their favorites, whether their strong or not. Soon after, he caught a Zubat with the help of his Magikarp.

Pokemon:
Doesn't train a particular type, but likes Water pokemon.
Magikarp: Calder
level: 15
Gender: Male
Ability: Rattled
Known Moves:
Tackle, Splash

Zubat: Kali
Level: 19
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Known Moves:
Confuse Ray, Wing Attack, Bite, Astonish

[Wormgod]

@Duthguy: Yes, I'd prefer TM moves to not be already taught, unless the pokemon in question was formerly owned by another trainer who did teach it a TM (a rare situation). Egg moves will also be rare, but it's better our "starter" pokemon know these than a TM.

As a random side note, our trainers can have Kanto starter pokemon.

We are using Gen VI moves, pokemon, types, and abilities. The new Fairy-typed pokemon will be Fairies instead of their former types.

And yes, we can catch new pokemon, evolve some, trade some, etc. :D

@Rune: Accepted!

[Rune_Alchemist]

Whoo~
Hope we can get started once we have some more people~

[Duthguy]

I've added my second character

Danny parks

Username: Duthguy
Name: Danny Parks
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Appearance:
Affiliation: Team Rocket
Bio: Danny was born and raised in Cerulean city. While Danny's family was by no means poor in fact they were lower middle class, this was never good enough for him. He simply wanted more. Despite his greed he stayed away from illegal activities, instead saving his money and doing summer jobs when he was old enough. These habits allowed him to get his first pokemon ,a Spearow which he bought from the pokemon daycare when he was fourteen. Soon after he got Spearow Danny got the idea to use the Pokemon's high flying speed to train him to steal small light objects through open windows, while making sure this was rare enough to seem like the actions of a wild pokemon.
Pokemon: Danny has pokemon of varied types.

Spearow - Male - 18 - Keen Eye
Peck - Fury Attack - Pursuit - Aerial Ace
Spearow is Danny's first pokemon which he bought from the pokemon daycare when he was fourteen years old

Oddish - Female- 17 - Chlorophyll.
Absorb - Acid - Poison Powder- Sleep Powder
An Oddish that was caught near route 5.

Eddy Harley

Username: Duthguy
Name: Eddy Harley
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Appearance:
Affiliation: Normal trainer
Bio: Seeing as Eddy grew up in Lavender Town a Ghastly would seem like the obvious choice for his first pokemon. However because Eddy and both his parents share a love of hiking, especially in the Rock Tunnel; Geodude have been for a long time Eddy''s favorite Pokemon. After he had Geodude for a couple of weeks Eddy's school organized a field trip to the abandoned power plant for any students about to leave on their journey, this is where he caught his second pokemon : a voltorb. Pinsir was caught in the safari zone. The reason Eddy was there was that his parents took him on a holiday to Fuchsia city, specifically so he could use the safari zone to catch more Pokemon.
Pokemon: Eddy doesn't have a specific type he prefers

Geodude - Rocky - Male - 18 - Sturdy
Tackle - Rollout - Magnitude - Rock Throw
Given to Eddy by his father on his 13th birthday

Voltorb - Genderless - 15 - Static
Tackle - Sonic Boom - Spark - Rollout
Caught by Eddy on a field trip to the abandoned power plant

Pinsir - Male - 13 - Mold Breaker
Vice Grip - Bind - Focus Energy - Seismic Toss
Eddy caught Pinsir in the safari zone

[Rune_Alchemist]

Gray Curtis

Username: Rune Alchemist
Name: Gray Curtis
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Appearance:
Affiliation: Trainer.

Bio: Gray spent most of his early life living with his grandparents in Vermillion City. He had a comfortable childhood, though he was on the lower rung of the social scale. He has never wanted money, or anything, he has always simply wanted to have fun with his friends and family. He acquired his first pokemon, a Magikarp, at the age of ten. It had washed up on the beach and was having a rather hard time. He rescued it, and has been raising it ever since. Sure, its not the strongest pokemon, but strength is relative. Real trainers win with their favorites, whether their strong or not. Soon after, he caught a Zubat with the help of his Magikarp.

Pokemon:
Doesn't train a particular type, but likes Water pokemon.
Magikarp: Calder
level: 15
Gender: Male
Ability: Rattled
Known Moves:
Tackle, Splash

Zubat: Kali
Level: 19
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Known Moves:
Confuse Ray, Wing Attack, Bite, Astonish

Alrighty, here's my second~

[Wormgod]

Both accepted! Rune, can you move Gray's form to your other form post? That way both of them are available with the link I put in the first post.

[Wormgod]

Both accepted! Rune, can you move Gray's form to your other form post? That way both of them are available with the link I put in the first post.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Done and done~

[Rune_Alchemist]

we gonna start anytime soon, or are we waiting on some more people?~

[Wormgod]

We're waiting for more people. We only have three now...

[Rune_Alchemist]

Hrm...do we have any more interest? We don't seem to have generated a whole lot :/

[Wormgod]

I couple of other people posted in the IC, including a guy who posted after I provided the OOC link. I'll wait a day (24 hours) for someone else to post here.

If no one else does, I'll up the character limit to four--two good and two bad--and we will start.