[OOC] Legends Among Us (Pokemon RP) (closed)

[Thebastardbrasta]

Why would they be on bad terms with each other? Did you use Bulldoze on his electrical installations, super effectively tripping the fuses?

[EclipseDragon]

@ThebastardbrastaI had a read through his profile and his personality seems to clash, I'm not talking a long-term thing but more when they first meet they have a little scrap.

[Rethel34]

I haven't RP'd properly in over a year and I've finally found something beautiful . . .

Now whether I can manage to whip up a character sheet in a decent amount of time (assuming you have the room for more). I'm thinking of RP'ing one of the darker Legends like Darkrai or Giratina (a new experience for me), or perhaps go for something I'd imagine being heroic like Cobalion or Suicune or something of the sort.

Actually, all things considered, I've got some good ideas for Suicune (what with its purification powers displayed in the anime). I'm leaning toward that but not sold on it yet. I'll try to write something quickly and efficiently.

[Zanavy]

@thebastardbrastaI think I'll start the RP on Wednesday afternoon, but I might start sooner if a lot of people sign up.

@EclipseDragonI am planning to have an optional tournament early in the RP, so if you really want to fight Wells, I could *randomly* pit you against each other. I'll let thebastardbrasta have a say in it, too.

@Rethel34Of course you can join, you called my RP beautiful! 8D (Even if you hadn't, I still would've let you join.)

[Thebastardbrasta]

How many are a lot of people? 5+? Because I would start now, and let people sign up later.

[Zanavy]

Wellll, part of it is because I'm still figuring out some things. ^_^'

Although maybe I could get a starting post up today and let the characters mingle for a bit.

[Thebastardbrasta]

Please do. I've hosted before, and I've done quite well without a plan. Just have a few good ideas, and make some more when the players have explored the extents of your previous ideas.

[Ardent Dawn]

As long as there's a decent premise to bring characters together initially (either everyone or in smaller groups), then I'm perfectly happy for things to kick off properly on Wednesday :)

My character would be less inclined towards scrapping from the outset (before there's a reason), but I'd be happy with some form of casual battle if people's characters are leaning in that direction - perhaps some form of festival or other public event if you don't want to tip your hand before Wednesday?

[Eklispe]

This looks fun, can I claim Darkrai as I work on a CS for this?

[Zanavy]

@EklispeEh, sure, why not. I'll let you reserve Darkrai for 24 hours.

I'm starting to type the first post now. It looks like Ardent Dawn has already read my mind, though. o_o

[Thebastardbrasta]

I've never seen a horoscope that was wrong. Maybe that's also why Ardent Dawn was right?

[Rethel34]

Hmm . . . could I have a few spare berries starting out? Just a couple handfuls of perhaps some Oran or Chesto? I'm also looking at my character being among the low-tier for Level if that helps balance things out. If not I can figure something else out.

[Zanavy]

@Rethel34Yeah, that's fine. I would expect a trainer to start out with a few supplies. You don't need to lower your character's level if you don't want to.

Also, first IC post is up!

[Eklispe]

Here we go, this should be goodish.

My Character

Name: Vuduin Nazrous

Pokemon: Darkrai

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Hometown: Fallarbor Town

Level: 30

Ability: Bad Dreams

Moves: Ominous Wind, Disable, Feint Attack, Quick Attack, Calm Mind

Legendary powers: Vuduin can become insubstantial allowing him to pass through solid objects and can levitate at about walking speed in any given direction. He can also see people's dreams and feed off of them to give him power, nightmares give him more. In addition he can cause people to feel drowsy, and if weak-minded cause sleep.

Held item: Black Glasses

Appearance:

Personality: Vuduin is rather reserved, not prone to outbursts of emotions or random actions, he likes to take his time and think things through. Likewise he is friendly enough but isn't keen on making long lasting friendships. He won't actively avoid people most of the time and enjoys talking with them and other basic activites but is reluctant to form anything beyond surface level. Vuduin gets irritated by rashness and displays of ingratitude thinking such people to be fools for the most part.

Backstory: Vuduin grew up with his father as his only parent. A somewhat unusual circumstance but it never bothered Vuduin. His childhood was distinctly un-traumatic, filled with ups and downs as they often are. Vuduin took an interest in something others might consider boring, that is to say gardening. He ended up working at a small flower shop and managing his own garden in his off time. Once he found a gastly hiding inside of his watering can on a windy day. Though he knew little about training he befriended the creature through sweets and kindness and slowly began learning how to train it. A simple life and it seemed that's all it was destined to be until Vuduin was suddenly stuck down with a literally blinding headache. After several hours of laying in bed Vuduin noticed the pain was finally gone and looked around blurry-eyed. He felt different, but he wasn't sure how. Doing the first thing that came to mind he went out to check on his plants. Of course he staggered through a wall on the way over and found that he was actually about three inches above the ground. After a bit of studying he found that he'd become an avatar.

For several days he was unsure what he was an avatar of but when the town was almost in an uproar over the nightmares somehow plaguing all of them Vuduin figured it out. He explained to his dad that he was going on a trip and left, taking a few possessions, including a potted plant, and his gastly. Vuduin found out that if he stayed anywhere for much longer than a week people began having nightmares. And while Vuduin did feel strong and powerful from them he didn't want to cause pain and suffering so it became his routine to move from town to town, staying for several days before moving on. Vuduin has slowly began learning how to stop the nightmares from occurring, partly with the help of his gastly, and hopes to eventually be able to control them completely someday. Until then he continues wandering around, helping out where he can with gardening, odd jobs, or sometimes even helping deal with thugs and miscreants, as his powers let him do so easily. To his surprise he ended up starting rumors of a black robed man who traveled from city to city fighting crime. Of course the hero depicted in the rumors was twice the height of a normal man, used shadowy blades, fought crime syndicates or mafias, and could teleport. Ridiculous.

Nickname: Shade

Species: Ghastly

Gender: Male

Level: 15

Ability: Levitate

Moves: Hypnosis, Lick, Mean Look, Torment

Held item:Red Scarf

[Zanavy]

@EklispeCool character. Nice to see an avatar on the other end of the spectrum, whose life is harder now.

Just a couple things. No avatar or Pokemon can start with a level higher than 30, even if the team total is less than 60. There will be plenty of opportunities to earn levels, though.

Also, Calm Mind and Shadow Ball are both powerful TM moves. I'll let you keep one of those for now. On the bright side, you can have up to six moves if you want.

You can post in IC, but please don't use any moves until I have approved them. You can use everything except Calm Mind and Shadow Ball right now.

[Rethel34]

Kaze Elwynn

Kaze Elwynn

Pokemon: Suicune

Gender: Male

Age: 13

Hometown: Cerulean City, Kanto

Level: 20

Ability: Water Absorb

Moves:

Hydro Pump
Extrasensory
Tailwind
Bite
Bubble Beam
Rain Dance

Legendary Powers: Kaze can cleanse an object or substance of impurities at a touch. However, this power is not without its limits, as Kaze's energy is drained every time he uses this power. At present, he can only cleanse an amount of a substance of a mass around equal to his own without falling victim to unconsciousness. While he can thereby cleanse small, lightweight Pokemon of the Power Plague while only suffering from an increase in appetite, larger Pokemon that he would aid absorb greater levels of energy. As a result, Kaze typically keeps an excess of berries and energy-rich foods on-hand to still this side effect.

Held Item: Soothe Bell

Other Supplies: Chesto Berry (x3); Oran Berry (x5)

Appearance: Since being chosen for the avatar of Suicune, Kaze has undergone a number of transformations. His youth was massively enhanced, and his eyes became brighter, changing from a natural dark blue to a luminous red. Another major change was to his hair, which became a nearly neon cyan, albeit with one lock of violet among his bangs. Kaze was also branded with a diamond-shaped white rune on each bicep, much like the patterns found on his Pokemon.

Originally, Kaze was nothing spectacular in build, and while Suicune's choice of him brought about no change in size, he very quickly discovered an increase in athletic ability when muscles in certain areas of his body (mostly his arms and legs) were strengthened to better suit his purpose.

With a sudden augmentation of his physical pigmentation, Kaze saw a need for an upgrade to his previously bland wardrobe. Now he embraces the colors of the Legend he embodies, with bright blues, white, and violets serving as the major tones in his garb, among which is a prized white bandanna which trails behind him akin to Suicune's ribbon-esque tails, and a sky blue jacket adorned with white rhombi.

Personality: From his earliest memories, Kaze recalls always desiring to aid the sick and downtrodden. In school, he would always lend his lunch to his fellow students who had forgotten or lost theirs. His parents would also scold him on bringing injured wild Pokemon into their house when he would attempt to care for them.

All-in-all, Kaze has always been self-sacrificing. However, this has proven to be a major weakness at times. When he'd bring himself to harm in order to save endangered Pokemon, he would press on, ignoring the dangers and occasionally result in trips to the hospital. Even through his worst ordeals, however, Kaze refuses to accept help from others, being primarily concerned for the well-being of his "patients".

His bravery, youthful innocence, and compassion were the traits that compelled Suicune to choose Kaze for his avatar.

Biography: Being young, Kaze's life has hardly seen anything spectacular. However, his love for Pokemon has always been strong, and when he was young, he imagined his parents' house a nursery for Pokemon and would always bring home Pokemon he thought needed help. One instance in particular saw Kaze chase a Poliwag suffering of a sprained ankle into Cerulean Cave. Not knowing of the dangers within, Kaze soon found himself face-to-face with a territorial Arbok.

But Kaze was determined to rescue Poliwag and raced around Arbok to find it. After enduring a number of poisonous attacks from Arbok, Kaze emerged from the cave with Poliwag in tow. Unable to keep his feet beneath him, Kaze collapsed, falling head-first into the river. Some time later, Kaze would awake not far from Bill's cottage, healed of his wounds and finding Bill racing toward him. When Bill arrived with questions concerning Kaze's well-being, Kaze could only respond with, "I don't know." However, it was clear that something had aided both him and Poliwag, as Poliwag was fine when Kaze awoke.

The detail he was oblivious to was that Suicune had been watching over him that day and had been the one to rescue him. So, when the time came for the Legends to be given avatars, Suicune specifically requested Kaze.

Kaze would never forget the day. Three weeks prior, on his birthday, he had finally been allowed his first Pokemon: a Chingling he had nicknamed "Jingle". Then, that fated day, Suicune approached him, much to his astonishment (as Kaze had only heard of the Pokemon as myth). Reaching out to touch Suicune, Kaze found that the contact sent chills to his spine, and suddenly, the Legends braying became intelligent vocabulary.

When Suicune described what was happening, and that Kaze had been chosen, Kaze immediately scrambled to the water to find his appearance drastically morphed. As was inevitable, Kaze's parents discovered the transformation, and decided to move to the Hoenn region. Specifically, to the heart of all things busy: Mauville City.

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Jingle

Species: Chingling

Gender: Female

Level: 10

Ability: Levitate

Moves:

Wrap
Growl
Astonish
Confusion

Held Item: Colbur Berry

[Eklispe]

Added quick attack and feint attack, removed Shadow Ball and nocked level down to 30.

[Zanavy]

@Rethel34DAYUM, Suicune is an awesome Pokemon right out of the gate! Kaze is approved.

@EklispeThank you. Vuduin is completely approved

Both of you may move your character sheets to Characters.

[Rethel34]

Acceptance dance time!

*Ahem* I mean, thank you. It was perhaps one of the most fleshed-out characters I think I've ever done. Somehow the ideas just kept rolling. :)

EDIT: Made my IC post and used an NPC to fill in some stuff. It was the only way for Kaze's powers to potentially be recognized.

[Ardent Dawn]

Gathering all the avatars? Aggressive marketing around the world? Thousands of innocent bystanders? Oh boy :p

Looks like great fun so far! ^_^

@Thebastardbrasta Quick question - did you land on the shield feet-first or crash into it? Holding someone up isn't going to be the easiest thing in the world, so I'd prefer to write that into my next post.