Stale Pizza

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

"Li-lit."

"Agreed," Danny muttered, leaning back on one of the folding chairs that lined the ship decks. Whoever it was, they apparently didn't know the word "polite", and it was getting on his nerves, and by the looks of it, his Litwick Inizio's nerves as well. He tried to show no sign of emotion as the commotion between the two girls went on in front of him. Upon observation, the two seem to be several years Daniel's elder...which was strange. He usually remembered back in his travels that the young-adult Pokemon trainers always liked to bring at least three Pokemon. Danny shrugged and looked back at Ini. Maybe they liked to have a challenge in a different region. And by their Pokemon, they were surely from Unova.

Ini had picked up this detail as well, but his shifting showed that he was not willing to approach the two girls and their Joltik and Zorua. "Oh, what's wrong, Ini?" Danny asked, noticing Ini's reluctance; a prompt splash toward the steel-bar railings allowed him to quickly piece two and two together.

"Water," he muttered. Danny knew how much the Candle Pokemon detested water; it was almost a death wish to come into contact with it. Danny finally sighed; they had plenty of time to mingle once they hit land, and forcing his Litwick to meet to two were surely going to met with fiery resistance. So instead, he stood up from his seat and simply watched a few meters away from the railings, seeing Pallet Town approach in the distance.

The town reminded Danny of something — this was going to be a new journey, with new lands to travel and new faces to meet. Danny wondered what the Pokemon here would be like. His parents had said that a few of the Pokemon they had met during their travels will surely be here, however. Almost immediately Danny felt homesick at the thought; he had already missed traveling along with his parents and the family Klink, and let out a small sigh.

Suddenly the boat came to a stop, and Danny snapped back into reality. Inizio was waiting on a table next to him, staring quietly at the town as well. The teenager smiled at Ini, picking him up, careful not to get too close to the blue flame on his head. "It's a fresh start, Ini. We can do it ourselves," he reassured, exiting the boat along with the group of trainers.

Danny slowly stepped out of the ship and onto the docks, feeling a bit wobbly with his steps, but nothing too uncomfortable. He rolled his eyes as Litwick comfortably slid into his sleeves with a smug grin. Time to go the Professor Oak's lab...which seemed to be the large building, apparently. With no time to waste, Danny and Inizio set off for what seemed to be a lab, trying to move past the group of trainers.

...Until he walked right into the path of the hyper-girl, crashing right onto the ground with Inizio. He wasn't sure if the Joltik girl had noticed crashing into him, but right now, the Litwick wasn't pleased and his fire on his head was growing.

Warriors of Sengun: A Pokémon Role-Play

And you have me. :3

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

Daniel H.

Name: Daniel "Danny" Harrison

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Hometown: Slateport City, Hoenn

Appearance: About 167 cm tall and relatively light skinned, Daniel is a young teenager who is always seen with a short-sleeved gray hoodie (though he hardly, if ever, keeps his hood up) and leg-loose khaki pants. He has a black armband with the Pokeball insignia on it. His appearance is rather plain; he combs his brown hair up and has black eyes.

He also has a moderately sized satchel; his Pokeballs are stored on the sides of the pack. A PokeNav is strapped on his belt.

Personality: A young teenager who prefers to remain active, Daniel never likes to stay in the background and always likes to get involved in everything...which is sometimes his flaw, since his curiosity and need to get into someone else's business can be annoying; conversely, he is rather stubborn and refuses to take help from anyone to "build his image". When not bothered, he makes noises or talks to himself– though this is just one of his few quirks that never actually bothers anyone. He sometimes appears out of nowhere with quiet steps, which can scare others.

In fact, when things are less serious, Daniel likes to have a bit of light fun by pranking others and scaring them. Not surprisingly, his Litwick shares this same trait. He is aware when he's crossing the line, however, and puts safety above his own amusement.

Daniel has a collection of pre-war bits which he brings along with him, preserved in a wooden box. In his past-time, he plays with his yo-yo or cards, and likes eating snack cakes. He is also interested in the supernatural and strange occurring of the world. He also loves exploring new places; in fact, that is what got him to the Johto-Kanto region. He intends to explore all the regions and see every town, city, and landmark.

Profession: Pokemon Trainer.

Talents: Daniel is an experienced card player and cartographer, and can do some magic tricks.

Inventory:
— $800
— 5 Pokeballs
— 3 Potions
— Journal
— Sleeping Bag
— Water Bottle
— Pocket knife

Starter Pokemon:
— Litwick (Ghost/Fire), known as Inizio.

Ability: Flash Fire
Starting Moves: Ember [Fire/Special], Minimize [Normal/Status], Astonish [Ghost/Physical], Smog [Poison/Special]

Biography:
While Daniel was born in the bustling Hoenn city of Slateport, he had always been on the move due to his parents, who were Pokemon researchers and explorers themselves. After a few years of staying in the region, they were off to another one, and as a result, Daniel had just been interested in Pokemon as his parents was. Most people thought that with his dad's similar appearances and personality, he would have liked to use the same Electric-type Pokemon as he did.

Though surprisingly, Daniel never liked his parents' scientific research, and liked the supernatural and strange, much to his father's disappointment, but he allowed Daniel to follow whatever interest he wanted, as long as he wasn't involved in it himself. Despite this, he had never really caught a Pokemon himself.

Until his family took a trip to Undella Town. It was there that he had caught his first Pokemon, and there he would decide to become a Pokemon trainer. While traversing down the roads of Reversal Mountain by himself for some exploration, he had found a lost Litwick that seemed to be away from his original homeplace. Having little choice, he brought it back to the Poke-Center to heal, and attempted to take care of it himself. He had built a relationship with the rather playful thing and eventually had it stored in a Pokeball, though like most Trainers who had developed similar relationships, he hardly keeps his Litwick in it. He named it "Inizio", which meant "start" in a different language, to mark it as his first "caught" Pokemon.

Later on they returned to Hoenn when he was 14 to settle down for a moment after their tiresome journeys, but Daniel now had a change of heart. Seeing many other Trainers around him, he decided to become a Pokemon Trainer as well. Although he lost frequently at first with his first few months, he loved the exciting battles and suspense along with it. On his 15th birthday, his parents finally decided that he could leave by his own, and gave him a ship ticket to Pallet Town, where he could officially start his own journey.

Notes/Other:
– Daniel usually writes letters to his parents every week.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

When I said post on Friday, I meant post on next Friday.

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The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

@GanryuThe GM still needs to make his sheet and pick the sheets that get in so it might be a while.

@Lizmichi

Meanwhile, we can come up with random headcanon of Hoenn and Sinnoh over the next ten years. :P

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

A bit quiet today.

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

<Snipped quote by WriterRaven>

Now, I'm not going to outlaw Monotype teams entirely. But given the Capture Lists that I have, at least for the first half of the RP, it will be very tough to do without writing yourself into a tough spot.

<Snipped quote by lorelei>

They are not plausible as an outcome of battle specifically. I'm not going to have people going around literally stomping Rattatas to death just to traumatize kids. It is possible for Pokemon to die though. In the original RP that inspired Indigo V1 there was a lot of death, some to necessity for writing people out, some due to just needing food. In Indigo V1, there were some deaths, some human deaths, but only one trainer had a Pokemon die and that was from an event outside of battle. So yeah, I'm going to say they faint like in the game/anime.

@NeoAC

I just want to increase the number because I sort of want to build a team of a few types. Yes, a varied team is better, but I want to build my Pokémon team based off my own character's personality and beliefs, not on practicality.

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@Maxwell "The list of Pokemon available for capture will be limited to the first 251 Pokemon"~ NeoAC

Eh, apparently just about anything anything goes for starter.

@Ganryu

I'm not completely sure about that, though, since Heartgold / SoulSilver introduced some amount of Gen III and IV Pokemon thanks to the Safari Park and some route / Trainer reworking.

Honestly just using 251 Pokemon is a bit of a problem for a few players who want to collect same-type Pokemon. Not a lot of Ghost-types, Dark-types, Ice-types, and Steel-types. At least there's more Fairy-types to use, since some Normal Pokemon were switched.

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

Her backstory is like eight different kinds of cliched, and honestly, I'm so exhausted I can't tell if her personality is consistent or not, but I'm open to critiques and revisions.

Hider

Name: Gilberte “Gil” Chevalier Age: 17 Gender: Female; she/her pronouns Hometown: Jubilife City, Sinnoh Appearance: A diminutive stature barely reaching five feet, impeccable dark eyeliner, and a slender, petite frame lend - with accuracy that surprises absolutely no one - to the notion Gil does not enjoy the outdoors in any sense of the word. Sharp eyebrows lie low on her forehead, giving the appearance of a constant scowl. Gentle angles cut into the pale canvas of her face, providing a sharp contrast to the dark circles offsetting deep brown eyes. These eyes are perpetually narrowed, and the irises unusually small, giving the impression of constant skepticism. A small nose and delicate mouth would give her a doll-like appearance were they not usually twisted into a scowl. Long, layered white hair falls in waves down her back, stopping a few inches above her waist, and a choppy, fluffy fringe feathers across her forehead. She prefers wearing her hair down - it is rather long, and quite heavy, and keeping it up all the time would give her a headache - but will occasionally throw it into a messy bun. Gil is usually pretty good about maintaining the dye job, but sometimes, she’s prone to bouts of laziness, and lets the roots grow out a bit. Rarely seen without an oversized hoodie or sweatshirt of some form; usually wears leggings or some kind of athletic pants with them. Has surprisingly practical taste in shoes; a solid, sturdy pair of bright, tacky red athletic sneakers. Personality: Easily flustered and angered even faster, Gil is governed solely by impulse and emotion. Rationality and logistics fall to the wayside in favor of instinct or intuition, especially in a conflict. A gruff, somewhat awkward demeanor and dry, surly sort of humor give her an almost rough-around-the-edges sort of aura, particularly when she’s being forced to sit down and be civil. She’s not particularly adept at handling crowds, either; her short stature and distaste for socialization leaves her positively floundering. Gil is somewhat impatient, and even though she’s a self-proclaimed pacifist, wouldn’t hesitate to fling her Pokeballs aside and jump into the fray herself. (She’s eternally ready to fight. Poor disaster child would probably try to punch an Ursaring if it pissed her off.) Has a flippaint, devil-may-care attitude towards academics, and as such, dropped out of formal education to pursue a career in training and sate her wanderlust (though her father also played an integral role in this decision, too; there’s enough defiance coursing through her veins to power a small regiment). She tends to fidget when forced to sit still for very long, especially if she’s waiting on someone she’s travelling with to finish up a transaction or draw a conversation to a close. Despite this brash veneer, Gil’s constantly plagued by doubts for the future. She’s terrified she won’t be able to make it as a trainer and provide for herself, and she’s too prideful to slink back home and try to rectify things with her family. A life spent rotting away at some desk job isn’t the life for her - ask her, and you’ll receive an emphatic refusal, probably some remark about how she’d rather fling herself off an overpass than spend the rest of her life bored and filled with regret. She’s also hyperaware of her belligerence, and how quickly she resorts to shouting, and she’s determined to learn to curb her temper. The last thing in the world she wants is to become anything like her rat bastard father. It’s a touchy subject. Profession: Novice trainer Talents: The ability to argue with practically anyone; an armada of various bad ideas and ways to execute them; the ability to subsist off defiance alone. Inventory:

• 7 Pokeballs
• Thermal, well-insulated sleeping bag + portable travel-sized pillow
• $200
• Personal hygiene + cosmetic supplies; has an unholy devotion toward maintaining her eyeliner
• A bottle of disinfectant, a small box of band-aids, and two rolls of gauze
• Store-bought, relatively decent-quality Pokemon food
• 4 Potions; 2 Antidotes; 1 Burn Heal she carries expressly for comedic purpose
• A few changes of clothes
• Obscenely gaudy bright red backpack in which all of this is stored

Starter Pokemon: "Wukong” (Male Chimchar), level 5 Biography: Born and raised in Jubilife by a father who regarded Pokemon trainers as cowardly thugs that frittered away their families’ assets gallivanting around the world, and a quiet, hesitant mother whose opinion was never valued as an equal, Gil grew up with the desire to travel and develop a perspective of her own. Partially out of defiance, partially because she couldn’t stand staying in the same place for very long, Gil made it her life’s ambition to see the world with her own eyes and forge a future by herself - much to her father’s displeasure. People are a product of their environment, and people also don’t develop such severe opinions for no reason. Gil’s older brother Liam, a Pokemon enthusiast to an almost obsessive degree, had wasted hundreds of dollars on schooling and occupational preparation only to succumb to anxiety, freak out, turn his back on everything the day of his final exams, and devote his life to Pokemon breeding. He picked up a Chimchar from the Sinnoh Lab and just like that, the existence of Liam Chevalier was no longer acknowledged. Gil was envious, of course, because she really didn’t think it was fair he got to follow his life’s ambitions, whereas she was stuck pursuing some mundane, boring desk job she didn’t want. She almost considered asking to visit, maybe see if he’d breed her a Lillipup for a pet - sane company, her excuse was. Of course, due to Edward Chevalier’s volatile nature and propensity for lashing out at what he perceived as insubordination with a rough cuff to the ear, this opinion was wisely kept silent after the first few confrontations. In the back of Gil’s mind it festered, and she nourished it with resentment. Clandestine mock-battles in the schoolyard, surreptitious exchanges of what her father scornfully dubbed “filthy propaganda” - such as professional statistics and recordings of tournaments - anything Gil could get her hands on was used as artillery. Edward wasn’t totally oblivious, because Gil wasn’t exactly the paragon of stealth, but he remained silent - holding out for the hope his daughter was just “going through a phase” and that it’d all “blow over and she’d come to her senses”. Her mother, Dana, on the other hand, silently cheered her on with an almost savage sort of satisfaction. Her daughter was succeeding where she had failed, and maybe, if Gil was lucky, Gil would have the opportunities Dana never got the chance to experience. The tension built, rapidly escalating when secret desires turned into bold proclamations, Gil eventually stopped attending school, and her grades dropped from “decent” to “nonexistent”. Everything came to a head the day Edward stumbled blearily down the stairs at four in the morning, having been jolted from sleep by a large crash, and found his daughter cramming supplies into a backpack, shoes on her feet and a few Pokeballs at her belt. The resulting argument could have woken the dead, and just like that, Gil was fleeing her home, with shouts threatening to call the authorities at her back and the sun in her eyes, and for the first time in her life, everything was going as it should be. The black sheep of the family had taken her throne, estranged and all the better for it. She managed to contact Liam, made arrangements to stay with him in his current Kanto residence for a few years, maybe to get on her feet and figure out how she was actually supposed to go about training Pokemon, and as celebration (because he’d missed his little sister, really, he did), he offered her one of the offspring of his very first starter. For someone so grumpy, Gil really was a sentimental idiot. Notes/Other: Gil despises the cold, hence her preference for Fire-type Pokemon. Rarely, if ever, wears short sleeves.

@lorelei

Meh, I had sort of writer's block with my application and tried really hard to squeak past 4000 characters. I just didn't have the mood and basically sat in front of my computer for hours.

The Road To Indigo (Pokemon RP: Chapter 1: Intros and Out We Goes!) (Open for Applications!)

@Stale Pizza - I'm not sure I can give you Route 13 for your lost Litwick. If you want to say Reversal Mountain, even on that little stretch outside of Undella, I think that's doable. However, I don't see a Fire/Ghost type ending up on a Route known for "Beaches and the Sparkling Sea"

@NeoAC

I chose Route 13 on purpose because it was a bit off from Reversal Mountain, and the difference would have been a lot more distinct (since they could simply just bring him back). It won't completely fit, though I can change it. I didn't want to do Celestial Tower either, because it was too far off the coast and probably isn't much of a "tourist" location. Edit: Small change done to app. Changed location. Also, the reason a bunch of people are packing money is because of they're basing it off recent Generation prices...and the player in Gen V and VI usually starts with $5000, if I'm not wrong. Edit 2: Everyone likes to have their characters be adults. XD