[OOC] Pokemon - Willow League

[Soulserenity20]

I'm going to get a CS going right meow

[Draexzhan]

13sparx13 said Also, rain is awesome. Don't know what's wrong with you.

Seattle. That's what.

[Soulserenity20]

Name: Lumen Ferric
Age: 21
Appearance:
Lumen is a fairly tall woman at 5'6'', with dark, silky hair and beautiful dark green eyes. She has a slender build with modest curves, muscle showing itself about her body. She wears casual clothes coming from a peaceful pokemon breeding ranch, she has a very simplistic style, aiming for comfort over style.
Trainer Class: Pkmn Breeder
Personality: Lumen is more of a pokemon's person than a people person. She's always enjoyed the simple company of the pokemon inhabitants of the world and found them to be alot friendlier than the kids she grew up with. Lumen has always had a passion for the sciences and she found herself obsessed with the concept of evolution from a very young age. She enjoys learning and observing, always taking time to smell the bellossom. She is a kind hearted person but has a short fuse when it comes to stupidity or the endangerment of a pokemon. She sees pokemon as equals, not tools, and cherishes the close bond shared by pokemon and trainers.

Backstory: Despite Lumen's age, she has only been on one pokemon journey; when she was ten years old, she left her home in Cerulean and traveled to get her first pokemon from the esteemed Pokemon Professor Oak. Oak was a close family friend when his interest in pokemon genetics led him to the Ferric family breeding ranch where they worked hard to breed ideal, healthy, battle ready pokemon. Lumen had chosen a charmander as her first friend pokemon, and took it with her as she explored her home region, growing and learning on her way. When she returned home nearly 2 years later with a charizard at her side, she found she had taken to the family passion of pokemon breeding. Seeing the vast variety of evolutionary pokemon throughout the lands ignited a fire within her to learn more, to understand more, and to become a great breeder that would one day unlock the many mysteries of pokemon genetics and evolution.

For the next 8 years, Lumen worked under her parent's watchful eyes to become a fairly respectable breeder, her 6 pokemon from her journey had become priceless assistants in her studies. She took 2 months out of every year and went to a different region to meet the pokemon profesors and explore the native pokemon using the money she earned from selling her well bred pokemon. At the age of 21, she decided it may be time for another journey, this time she would face an adventure with greater knowledge and experience and would focus on the study of the most compelling pokemon in the world of evolution: eevee. And so, she departed for the Willow League, leaving her dear companions and family at home and embarking on a new journey.

Favorite Pokemon Type: Evolution Pokemon. She favors canines/fox/feline types over evolutionary birds or serpents, etc. (E.g. eevee, growlith, zorua, meowth, etc.)
Other: Lumen has a fear of zubats and their evolved forms, spinaraks and ariados, and reallly hates being alone in caves and dark forests. Blame it on bad childhood encounters. Also, although she loves all pokemon (except zubat/spinarak and co.) she finds pokemon without the ability to evolve to be... boring.

My favorite color May or may not be black AND green. You can't ask me to decide. Although one is technically not a color, but a lack thereof. So. Well. Green?

[Soulserenity20]

Draex... is your Avatar a... Oshawott/stitch mash up?

[Bigg Slamm]

Posted.
I do believe Shoto and Lumen might have some interesting dialog in the future.

[Draexzhan]

You are correct, Soul. At least, I think so. I just found this somewhere on DA and I freaking loved it. The Mewtwo that used to be my avatar was also made by the same person. I could go find whoever made it, if you're curious.

Anyways your CS is missing something. I'd take another look at the rules on the first post. Can't go easy on the critiquing just because I already know you're good at rping...

Everything else is good about it, but bear in mind that Lumen will need to keep it a secret that she's already a trainer. This event is supposed to be for new trainers only, but Willow isn't doing any serious background checks on anyone, so Lumen really only needs to keep quiet about it and she's good. Or you could do a whole different character. Your choice, really.

[Joshua Tamashii]

Yay, Joshua might not be the only one to have gone on a journey before anymore

[marcopolonian]

Do we have to specify where a character is from, as in by region? If so, does the region have to be canon? Or perhaps we could instead specify where they're from in relation to another region (example: "southwest of Kalos")?

I'm working on a character sheet and I have a good idea of where my character would be from if it were the real world, but there's no name for this place in the Pokemon world, so...

Also, if someone working on their CS is too late and everyone has already left the harbor and begun the journey by the time that person is done, how will they be introduced into the RP?

[Draexzhan]

Well, no. The region doesn't need to be canon. And you're free to specify where it is in relation to other regions. The Saro Region is specified that same way.

As for catching up, since we aren't far into the rp by any definition of the word, my suggestion is to just post a wall of text to catch up. We'd assume your character is with the group, as there are nameless trainers who are just kinda there in the group. Something as heavily advertised as this would attract more than 10 people.

I'll also be closing the sign ups soonish maybe, but they may reopen if people drop out. I'll find a way to throw in new trainers that way.

[Soulserenity20]

Draexzhan said
You are correct, Soul. At least, I think so. I just found this somewhere on DA and I freaking loved it. The Mewtwo that used to be my avatar was also made by the same person. I could go find whoever made it, if you're curious.Anyways your CS is missing something. I'd take another look at the rules on the first post. Can't go easy on the critiquing just because I already know you're good at rping... Everything else is good about it, but bear in mind that Lumen will need to keep it a secret that she's already a trainer. This event is supposed to be for new trainers only, but Willow isn't doing any serious background checks on anyone, so Lumen really only needs to keep quiet about it and she's good. Or you could do a whole different character. Your choice, really.

Lol I'll take a look XD sorry dreax, I expect no special treatment. You can go hard on me.

Edited, I added it in lol.

[Draexzhan]

Excepted. :P

[Soulserenity20]

^~^ oh Thankyou my dear GM

[Soulserenity20]

Oh and I'll just keep it a secret, lumen isn't the kind to go blabbing on about her past anymore than noting that she worked with her parents breeding pokemon :)

[marcopolonian]

Name: Mariana Silva Camilo Coelho (goes by Mariana Coelho)

Age: 16

Appearance: Mariana is quite short, at exactly 5 feet. She has short brown hair, brown eyes and pale white skin. Physically, she is not quite the definition of "physically imposing".

Since birth, however, she has been taught a number of mannerisms to attain a separate kind of "imposing". She always keeps her head angled back - subtly, not too obviously - so others look "up" to her even when they're taller. She always keeps a neutral expression - more of a smile than a frown, but ultimately neither.

And her various clothes add to her presence immensely, regal and jewel-speckled as they are. She wears an olive-green frilly dress with tiny jewels lining the neckline, an olive-green Sunday hat with a large brim, and olive-green shoes with a slight heel (like Derby shoes), studded with tiny jewels. Worn with this are maroon stockings, maroon gloves that extend to her elbows, and a maroon ribbon tied around her hat. Finally, pinned to her chest is a bright red brooch, displaying the seal of the Coelho family.

Other than the family seal, the outfit is deliberately muted and not flashy. She carries a regal air, but not an obnoxiously-regal one.

She speaks with a slight accent.

Trainer Class: Heiress (Lady, if it has to be canon)

Personality: On the outside, Mariana is respectful and polite, yet determined. Her voice is naturally charismatic, and she is an expert bargainer and diplomat. She's no royalty, but she always has a regal air about her. Her only flaws are that she naturally distances herself slightly from everyone, and perhaps a bit too interested in world economics. All in all, she's a respectful, kind stranger.

On the inside is a very different image. An ambitious girl, Mariana thinks of herself as a powerful world player in training, simply maintaining good relations with the little people. Since birth, the line "reputation is everything" has been ingrained into her heart by her parents. After all, monarchies only fall when the little people stop liking the important people. She of course keeps this opinion to herself, as reputation is everything.

She does have a strong sense of honor, per se. She dislikes lying, at least about outright facts; lying about her opinions is fine. She repays all debts, figuratively as well as literally, though this is mostly due to the "reputation is everything" motto. Similarly, she doesn't break promises, even unofficial ones.

The only people she truly cares for are her family (and, oddly enough, not just for the massive inheritance). Everyone else is either beneath her or against her. Both, of course, she'll treat with false courtesy, alway keeping an eye out for openings against the latter.

Her interests include corporate finance, world economics, the very concept of royalty, self-defense and camping. She also likes to feign interest in whatever it's respectable to be interested in. In terms of romance, any future marriage she gets is most likely going to be political. For her, falling in love won't be impossible, but somewhat unlikely.

In regards to Pokemon, at the beginning of the RP, she knows about as much about them as any Joe Shmoe in this world. She knows the common or obvious things, but for example doesn't yet know that Rock and Ground are separate types.

Also, Psychic Pokemon seem to hate her, for some reason.

Backstory: Born in a region southwest of Kalos, Mariana is the child of two powerful families (her father of the Coelho family and her mother of the Silva Camilo family), and is set to inherit both, along with their respective multinational family businesses, Unicim and STEC. She has been trained since birth to handle the inevitably-chaotic merger, not only in corporate finance but in politeness and speech.

Her education consisted primarily of learning all things economic, but also with a heavy dosage of charisma, poise, speaking and even acting. It was almost exclusively by private tutor, and the only classes she took with other children, self-defense classes, instilled within her at an early age an animosity towards those whom most would consider peers. This animosity, after years of her other classes and luxurious upbringing, would transform into a well-hidden, well-trained, egotistic megalomania. She became socially competent, but saw relationships primarily as tools to use, rather than as goals in themselves.

News of the new Pokemon League being built in the Saro region reached Mariana and her family(-ies?) when she was 16. Her parents were initially reluctant to allow her to go unguarded, but decided that, as she was already 16, this might be the only opportunity she'd have to experience a Pokemon journey, perhaps make some human friends as well, and ultimately gain some wisdom about the world that would come in handy once she inherited both family businesses. The only prerequisite was that she get a GPS chip - the type meant for pets - and call them every day.

Mariana felt insulted by this, in fact very much so, but she decided it didn't matter. She was fine, as long as she could accomplish her own goals in this - to undermine the control the D.E.P.T.H. corporation held on the region, and then, to establish her own.

Favorite Pokemon Type: "Regal" Pokemon, often Dragon types. She avoids "unpopular" types like Dark and Ghost, as they might impact her reputation.

Other: I plan to break this character over the course of this RP, with a severe case of character development.

And my favorite color is green. Lime green. Not olive green...

EDIT: Just to add the line with the Psychic Pokemon.

[Draexzhan]

OOOooooohhh! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, OOH!

This works all too well with what I have planned for this rp. Absolutely perfect! I'm excited to have you and Mariana on board. Accepted!

[Joshua Tamashii]

I wonder how Mariana will view Amelia.

All I know us that she and Joshua will never see eye to eye

[Crimson Flame]

Oh, it's so nice to have the Lady to Andre's Rich Boy. :3

Don't know how well they'd get along though...

[marcopolonian]

Well, I'm honored to have received such a reaction. Thanks! I'll try to post later tonight.

Also, I have a few questions. Are there already gym leaders and an Elite 4 in this region? And are we getting a map of the region soon?

[Draexzhan]

There are no gym leaders or the like. You'll be building teams from wild pokemon and then later will all battle and Willow will determine who is a gym leader/elite four/champion. As for the map, it's on an earlier page, I'll go fish it out.

[Draexzhan]

Draexzhan said
Well, the map is almost finished. When that's done I might wait for another CS or two and then we'll start. It's worth mentioning that I'll still be accepting new characters after the rp has started. For a while, anyway. The reason the map is taking so long is planning out all the features of the region. EDIT: Done. Behold the map in all its grade-school-quality glory! Blue dots are cities, red dots are landmarks that aren't big enough to mark on the map, dark green is swamp, the green spotted area is a forest, the blackened area next to it is a burnt forest. white is snow, brown is desert, and that mishmash of everything ever is called "The Scars." Nothing natural about the scars, it's theorized that they were created in a battle between legendary pokemon. If anyone is up for making a slightly less awful map, go right ahead.Your characters will start out at the red dot marked "K." That's where your ships will dock.