Metamore

Pokemon: Prime

Oh yeah! Sorry about that, I totally forgot to mention IVs! If you want, we can have a do-over, since I kinda had an unfair advantage.

Pokemon: Prime

@Cerces22
Also, just so you know, you can set Hephaestus' gender to be Male in the section right next to where to set his Level, because if not it'll just keep randomizing each fight.
That and you can also nickname him properly on Showdown as well by clicking on where it says Chimchar

Pokemon: Prime

I'll try not to do too hard of a happy dance! xD
But here's the Battle Link @Balthazar007
replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7anythi…

Pokemon: Prime

@Cerces22
Hehe, ah okay, well I encourage you to do so! Often I find myself wondering if certain associated concepts in Greek mythology originated from the older pantheon of Kemet, so it may tickle your fancy if you ever have the time.

Pokemon: Prime

I am honestly surprising myself with my posting speed! I think I've either been partaking in the wrong RPs, or am just now coming out of writer's block. :D
I'm going to head over to Showdown now to switch my name and set up my Totodile, which I named after two egyptian deities inspired by your Greek one! :) _{brownie points if you can guess which}
When I'm all set up, I'll let you know.

Pokemon: Prime

Professor Eugine's Lab

| RIN | The Restless, Rambunctious Rival |

They/Them Pronouns for when Referring to Rin.
Thank You!

"I'll just leave you to it." Rin's only response was slightly arching their spine to give the professor space to move. Scanning the screen, they knew they were picking Water without a ripple of doubt. All those summer nights napping on the beach, and all those summer days spent on their Aunt's ferry weren't for Rin to end up choosing Charmander after all. The trouble was which Water Type. They hadn't been keeping track of starters since they were little. 'How many even are there at this point?' Rin thought to themself. Coming over, their rival boasted her own confidence.

"Just so you know Rin, I graduated a year early for outstanding grades. I have been researching for months the perfect partner to start with." They were only able to half listen due to their enthralled state, but Rin caught the jist of it and smirked. 'Oh this is gonna be fun.' An overachiever, and an upstart. The two really were a perfect match to be rivals. Just before Rin's eyes landed on their lifelong companion, the overachiever in question walked right over to place a hand on their arm. "While you keep looking I am just going to go ahead and select this one. That is if you don't mind?" Scrolling over to the third trio from the bottom, she highlighted the Chimp Pokémon, and clicked 'Yes' as soon as it appeared on the screen. While the girl left to introduce herself to her fire type, Rin's smirk had gone full Cheshire Cat, and their smile threatened to split their face in two when they finally saw those pearly white fangs. Swiping the mouse over the second row, Rin smashed the clicker with their fist in excitement. This was it! Rin spun their head around, attention caught by the little Chimchar bouncing happily at his new name. Hephaestus. Hephaestus and . . . it hadn't occurred to Rin that they hadn't asked for the other trainer's name(and also hadn't been paying attention to Professor Eugine announce her), but this thought was quickly quelled by their rival accepting their previous challenge."We will be waiting for you outside, choose wisely, else I will be champion before you." Hearing the bright hum from beneath the monitor, Rin snatched the freshly formed Pokéball, and showed off their own toothy smile as they ran past the two into the wintery white of outisde. Throwing their pokéball not too high but way too far into the air ahead of them, Rin roared enthusiastically; letting the words slip from their mouth just like they'd dreamed.

Zurest Town

"Anusobeket! You ready to start your undefeated streak?!" Bursting into existence through red light, the aptly named Totodile may not have fully understood what was supposed to be her name just yet, but could tell by Rin's voice what was to come. She had been waiting on this day too! Now that it was finally here, she gave her fiercest look to anything and everything in sight upon landing on the soft snow. She also didn't know exactly who her opponent was supposed to be, but was determined nonetheless. Some would say adamantly so. Sprinting up to the Big Jaw Pokémon, Rin crouched down in front of her. Still maintaining their overjoyed expression, Rin flattened out their hand for her to meet with a high-five. "We're gonna be family from now Anu," Rin cooed, "and together we're going to become World Champions!" Rin turned their head back to watch as the fiery haired lass walked up with her Chimchar close behind; Rin hadn't realized how far ahead they had run until then. "So how about we start our winning now?" Returning their attention back to Anusobeket, Rin noticed she hadn't slap their waiting hand yet. Unphased, they took it upon themself to manually put their hands together with added sound effect when the two came together. She giggled at the strange gesture, and Rin encouraged her, "You'll get the hang of it." Springing back up just in time, Rin faced their rival. "Ready to lose?"

@Cerces22

Pokemon: Prime

@Cerces22
Hehe, Rin's gonna have a fuuuuun time with Haphestus~
Those water drops on their pokéball necklace were never supposed to be just for show!
Also, that's a great idea for the usernames thing, I was just gonna use my previous account, but your idea is much better. :D So I'll start writing my post, head over to showdown afterwards to switch my screenname, and get back to you about scheduling that fight. I should be able to squeeze one in for tonight, but if not how does 4pm tomorrow sound?

Pokemon: Prime

Professor Eugine's Lab

| RIN | The Restless, Rambunctious Rival |

They/Them Pronouns for when Referring to Rin.
Thank You!

The sizzling hum of the dissolving floor didn't even register as Rin sped to the professor, who turned his head to them with a warm smile. "Hello there Rin, you're right on time." Already having cleared the distance, Rin bounced on their heels while rushing agreements under their breath.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"You seem ready to skip the formalities, so grab that backpack and Pokedex on the counter, and-" Rin wouldn't hear the rest of what Eugene had to say as that was all they needed to get going. Whirling around, they would have got going if Rin hadn't been stopped by the awareness of a girl speaking to them.

"I want to thank you, if you never came out, I am sure I would never have found the strength to come out myself." Immediately warmth spread through Rin's chest at the compliment. If her vibrant red hair wasn't an indicator of who she was, her confession surely painted a clearer picture. Two years back there was talk of some freshman or sophomore, Rin couldn't really remeber, coming out as trans. Rin sure made a spectacle of it when they came out, but for the most part it was an overwhelmingly positive experience. So upon hearing news of her by a friend over lunch, Rin casually hoped the best for their trans sister, and put the thought out of their mind, never imagining what she actually went through. "I wish you luck on your travels, and hopefully when we meet next we can battle."

Ignoring the professor's prompting to carry on, Rin pulled the girl by the hand into a half hug. Pulling back, rather than releasing her right hand Rin shook it vigorously. Beaming wide, Rin told her, "Hey, that was all you, okay? You're stronger than you think." Rin wasn't known for humility or flattery, they really meant every word that they said. Letting go of her hand, Rin shot at her with finger guns, and stretched their grin into a smrik. "But don't get ahead of yourself, okay?" Rin teased, "I'm still going to be the first ever World Champion, and no luck will be involved." Rin winked. "Though if you want," the familar urge to compete bubbled inside of them, "we can always test who's stronger after we get our starters!"

Throughout their playful spiel, Rin had swaggered over to the counter to grab their equipment. They slung the backpack over their right shoulder before returning. Leaning over Eugene's back, both hands slammed down either side of him as Rin looked on to the wide TV monitor in front of them. Perhaps a bit too far into the man's personal bubble, but Rin was immersed entirely in the Pokémon portraits. Today they'd receive their first pokémon. It was the beginning of a whole new world for Rin, and they couldn't contain their excitement or take their eyes off of what was in front of them.

@Cerces22

Pokemon: Prime

Sure I will edit my post to reflect a color change, and in my bio you can see Liz was a solitary person before coming out, the bullying would of made her more reclusive, never speaking out about it. Besides as an upper class man I figured you might not have heard about it.

@Cerces22

Ah, okay, okay. That sounds reasonable. I think I'll have it so Rin's maybe heard whisper of her, by virtue of the fact Zurest is small town, so there was probably talk of it when she came out.

Take your time I am at work, and now that I am in an actually active RP, I will check my phone for posts about every couple hours. I am on the east coast so you have an idea what time schedule I am working with aha. iDK where you are lol

@Cerces22

Thanks, I will. Hope you have a good day at work! It's good to hear that we're all on the same page time wise then, but let's just say I'm in your timezone, and leave it at that :P Gotta stay ~mysterious~ and all that jazz

Pokemon: Prime

@Cerces22
Hello! First off, let me say if I'd know your character was going to be bullied by transphobes, Rin definitely would have made the effort to reach out by now (not to mention beat the crap out of those bullies), but there's no time like the present, eh? :D
I just have two quick questions for ya:

• One, by "medicine" do you mean that Liz is on HRT, rather than just hormone blockers?
• Two, is there any color in particular you'd like for Liz's dialogue? I usually only use white for NPCs when I can help it, but if not that's fine too.

Lastly, Rin may be competitive as hell, but we trans people gotta stick together~! :D
So I'm looking forward to our adventure together, and you can look forward to an IC response from me either later today or late tomorrow, as my posting speed is usually about a day or two.