Saltwater Thief

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

The post has been editted. Since retroactive Pokes dont work, I'll do it like this.
@Raijinslayer
@Feisty-Pants
[@Bright-Ops] (not sure if Gredy is still in the area or not, so I'm tagging you to be sure)
@BlackPanther

roleplayerguild.com/posts/4057312 is the link.

Northwood Academy

#AlsoNotDead

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Northwood Academy

Tobias Rivenridge

It was not the first time in Tobias's life that he found himself vexed by Melvil Dewey and his very existence. This system of organizing library books was downright silly with its numbers. Really, if you needed a codebook to decipher and cross reference anything that wasn't an actual secret code, it should have been taken as a sign that it was too complex. "Architecture, 720 point whatever, right over there, THANK YOU!"
He was shortly upon the books that hopefully held what he was looking for. He had found a copy of some records that indicated the school had been founded in the 1800s, but he somehow doubted that was correct. As a means to double check, as well as tie in to his personal clue, he'd gone searching for a book on 1800s architecture. It took some time, but he did find one, pulled it from the shelf, and started flipping through it. Confirming his suspicions took barely half the book; the themes and example schematics discussed were so wildly different from almost all of structures of the Academy that he wondered how anybody could be convinced those records were accurate. Some of them fit the ideas, but the rest of it...
It could well be that they were coerced by someone, he mused, or perhaps someTHING.
There was, however, a footnote that caught his eye as he passed. A small thing in a passing passage comparing some of the larger buildings of the time to even older structures, but it referenced another textbook by the same publisher and author on medieval and Renaissance architecture. A quick scan down the shelf revealed that the book was present, and opening it revealed a slew of styles that befit more of the school's buildings... but still not all. Come to think of it, he thought to himself, Some of the dorms also remind me of London townhouses, but those were all built in the 20s!
Tobias spent the next half hour pouring over every era he could find a book for. And every single one of them had a design or idea described that could be attributed to one building or another of the campus, even the ones that went so far back as the construction of Versailles! And yet, for all that was explainable, there still remained a handful that he couldn't place, like they were built before Architecture was a thing to be studied. It was as if, rather than just being older than advertised, the school was one giant anachronism where every time period that passed dropped something off. How old, then, did that make the buildings he couldn't place? He sat there between the shelves, surrounded by books, pondering that as the time continued to pass.

A Prized bride (The return)

Done.

Post coming tomorrow evening.

A Prized bride (The return)

Hider

Dorian Fimbulvetr

Race:
Drakken
Age:
207
Element(s):
Wind, Earth
Height:
6'8"

Bio:
In Drakken Lore, there exists no shortage of tales portraying the fearsome Wilhelm the Black. A merciless warrior, said by some to be the incarnation of Krenta himself, and oft christened the strongest Drakken in history, but also a cultured and refined man, exceptionally odd for his race. In particular, he was known for only ever taking three wives at any one time, rather than the expansive harems others chose to keep. But the stories are all well known; what is of concern is the last of them.

For all his potency with a blade, there was one enemy not even Wilhelm could defeat, in the end; time itself. He stayed strong and forceful until the end, but even the mightiest must fall before the rigors of age. He was found dead one morning in his favorite chair, a cup of wine and a sword still in his hands, having gone to sleep and never awakened. Two of his three wives at the time fled the castle upon the news, but one stayed behind; Violet III, the royal bride he'd claimed at his final selection. How he had managed to claim two separate Princesses nearly two centuries apart was a marvel, but even more so was that Violet remained by his side. Even as she was disputed over by would-be inheritors along with the rest of the estate, she remained where she stood at her husband's left hand.

Things soon turn to swords and fists, as they do with Drakken, and it wasn't long before an angered contestant made to roughly grab hold of her. His attempt was cut short, not by blade, but by air; the wind abandoned his lungs and throat, and as he collapsed to the floor the others stood back. Such suffocation was Wilhelm's trademark technique, surely nobody else could wield it so?

"I will thank you," a voice rang from the balcony overlooking the hall, "To leave your hands off of my cousin there, and to leave my castle at once."

"Your castle?! Who do you think-" began another of them before the air was taken from him as well.

"My name is Dorian Fimbulvetr," the new arrival stated, "I am the only son of Wilhelm the Black. And upon his death, all that was his... passes to me. But, if any of you wish to dispute my claim, please say so."

The rattle of a sword accompanied his next words. "You will find my control of the air is not all that my father instructed me in..."

Other:
Dorian wields two swords in combat; one is his, the other is Wilhelm's black blade.

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

No worries, I totally get ya. That's actually why I'm trying to write this now, so I can scratch this itch to post before that happens.

Good luck! Semester is on the ropes, FINISH IT

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

@Raijinslayer@Feisty-Pants So, here is my plan for overwriting that snip since I'd like to do that tonight or tomorrow. Rather than try to jump into Mission ImpossiVix, I'm going to have it be purely emotional reaction to the events thus far, he'll hear Vix in trouble and start to put things together, but I'm going to wait until the Jaden post (which could totally be a collab if you're up for it) to have him actually do anything.

Instead, I'll use the rest of it as a tie-in for Hestia to get her in. My only real question, probably for @TalijaKey, is on the universe mechanics for pokeballs. To cut to the chase and keep it simple, I want to have the post feature Hestia bailing on her original trainer- should I make sure she grabs her ball in the process?

Is that cool with all parties involved?

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

<Snipped quote by Saltwater Thief>

She might yell in surprise. But she'd probably get muffled quickly.

@Feisty-Pants

Okay. Would it be alright if I had Seth hear a yelp of some sorts?

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

Vulpix CS has been added to my tab in the Character Section.

@Feisty-Pants For my post, would Vix cry or yelp or scream etc as she was grabbed? Or is there something else she would do first?

@Raijinslayer I know you're busy with school and such, but do you think you might have time this coming week to put our heads together and figure out the game plan?

Pokemon Gijinka [Always Accepting!]

@Saltwater ThiefWhy not just have him overhear a cry that sounds familiar, curiously run in its direction, and sees the van take off? With Vix being missing, if he has a hunch, he could always go to Jaden and ask him where his Pokemon is. If he doesn't know, then that will probably bring suspicion that she was kit-napped. Boom. Simple. Done. Not even complicated. Move from there.

I'm growing exasperated with this topic, so please don't ask me what you should do again. If you can't figure it out, then I don't know what to say to you but to not post and let the scene move forward until you have a way of getting involved. If you can't see your character getting involved do to whatever situation, then just don't get involved.

Lastly, I'm not "other GMs." I am the GM of this game. So if you think there's some mechanical trend that all GMs employ, there isn't. Every GM is different and you have to learn to work with and adapt to each one. We're not made on assembly lines so if a GM has a certain way of doing things, then it's either adapt or get out. That's just how it is.

@Holy Soldier

It seems I have made a mistake somewhere. It was not my intention to ask you what I should do, you requested that one of the adaptations I make to my playstyle was to run ideas by you to make sure they will hold water rather than post them at will. That was what I was aiming to do this evening- I had an idea, I asked some questions surrounding it, and if I needed clarification on an answer I sought it. If any of that appeared to be asking for exactly what to do, then I apologize for not making myself clear enough.

Truth be told, what you just described was precisely what I had in mind in the wake of your answers; ask Feisty what sort of sound Vix would make if any, say Seth saw her go around the corner, then hear the yelp/cry/scream/etc and the van start, put 2 and 2 together, then get with Jaden and work out what happens therein with Raijin. So that works quite well then.

Thank you for your patience.