Legends Among Us (Pokemon RP)
Thirty years passed since Team Rocket, Team Plasma, and a rash of other villainous groups were thwarted throughout the Pokemon world. The world enjoyed a period of remarkable peace and harmony between humans and Pokemon.
Then, the virus appeared.
It started with weak wild Pokemon in Viridian Forest who experienced what seemed to be a bad cold. As the disease spread to trainers' Pokemon and further into the region, the symptoms worsened. By the time anyone realized it could be a serious issue, the relentless virus had spread to other regions and was becoming a pandemic.
Many Pokemon experienced no more than flu-like symptoms. However, some Pokemon, usually those owned by trainers, became very sick and needed to be hospitalized. Though researchers across the regions have never found a cure, they did discover that the disease has the strange quality of affecting Pokemon in proportion to their strength. Thus, the dreaded virus was nicknamed the "Power Plague".
Then, the unthinkable happened. The legendary Pokemon Mew died of the Power Plague. Terrified, the legendary Pokemon of Sinnoh dared to awaken Arceus from his centuries-long slumber, hoping he could stop the virus. Arceus agreed that the legendary Pokemon must be saved, or else the world would be thrown out of balance. Unfortunately, there was no way to end the plague without causing another cataclysmic imbalance.
However, Arceus came up with another, drastic solution. If the legendary Pokemon had human bodies, they couldn't catch the virus. Thus, Arceus chose humans he felt were suited to playing host to legendary Pokemon. He intertwined the spirits of all the legendaries and their host humans. Exhausted by the effort of combining souls, Arceus returned to his deep slumber.
These "avatars" live all around the Pokemon world. They could easily pass for normal humans, but many of them have traits similar to their Pokemon, such as hair, skin and eye color, and body type. They only age one year for every ten years they live. The avatars are much stronger than the average human, but not nearly as strong as the Pokemon they represent. (Their stats are about half those of their Pokemon.)
In addition, avatars possess the moves, ability, and type(s) of their Pokemon. They also have any special abilities... and responsibilities... the Pokemon may have. Some avatars may live whatever life they choose, while others must spend their lives granting wishes, stopping some other avatars from bickering, etc.
Avatars have many different reactions to their new life. Some hide it; some flaunt it. Some resent the legendaries for putting them in this position; some fear their own mighty, untrained powers. Others delight in the chance to use their superhuman powers and long life for good... or evil. Normal humans also have mixed reactions to the avatars, ranging from worshipful adoration to hatred, from terror to apathy.
Some avatars have their own Pokemon. In fact, avatars tend to have particularly close bonds with their Pokemon. They can even telepathically communicate with Pokemon that share their exact typing.
Two years have passed since the avatars' story... your story... began. What will happen to the Pokemon world when a new crisis arises? That all depends on the Legends Among Us.
Rules
1. No godmodding (you cannot in any way control another person's character). If you attack another character, you may say where and how you attempted to attack, but the other person decides whether or not the attack hits.
2. Keep romance PG-13. Your characters are allowed to have sex, but please keep it all off-screen.
3. Please don't sign up for this RP unless you're seriously prepared to put some effort into it. I would like people to consistently post AT LEAST once a week, preferably every three days. Even if you're waiting for someone else to post, I would like you to check in out-of-character so we know who's still participating. I plan to give out occasional in-RP "prizes" to people who post consistently. :)
I plan to have one main plot and also opportunities for sandbox roleplay if there is enough interest.
Congratulations to all of you for making it through this giant wall of text! ^_^' Let me know if you're interested!
