Pokémon Umbral Discussion 3: Like Poké Fables Except More Awesome...

[Astral Harmony]

Lightweight. You talking about catching or snagging?

And if Rayleen and Dormond are out, why only one replacement?

Yes, I'm talking about Snagging.

Registeel replacing Rayleen and Dormond was more of a mass issue. Registeel is easily bigger than those two.

I don't think downing a Pulverot in two hits, however legendary Registeel might be, is even a possibility. But whatever.

This is true. Pulverots and Omnisroths both have absurd amounts of health. I haven't read the response posts yet, but Omnisroth might just, might just, survive the onslaught. Still, Rio and Registeel have their turns before that Omnisroth will attempt to kick things off.

Also, AB said that the paralyzed Pulverots wouldn't be capable of Syncstriking, right?

They may not be able to join in the Syncstrike, and likely won't. If the attack does go off, some of you are likely to go down, with or without the Pulverots throwing in their Sweeping Rays.

Impact actually told the officer in question to make sure that the EEE don't get their hands on pokemon, and to transport them somewhere else as soon as possible. I'm hoping he listened.

Naw, everything's cool...until it gets a lot worse. Believe me, you'll wish the EEE had Ruin Pokémon compared to the fact that they'll be...well, I'll just leave it to your imagination.

Hey... Rayleen got a (homebrew) Steel type Eevee evolution and all her other pokemons are Steel type... you think she used to be or ever will be recruited into the group? Maybe as the new 8th member?

Crap, someone's onto me! The Evil Eevee Eight has their history. Here's a bigass hint: Thirteen Eevee Threat. And believe it or not, they weren't a criminal organization when there were that many of them. More like a group of Eevee enthusiasts.

I was wondering... What's the history of Homnyr? Any wars?

No wars, but as a nation, it's much closer than other nations to discovering the truth behind Pokémon (the appearance of Ruin Pokémon in Honmyr first is a big clue-in). The horrible, forbidden, ruinous truth.

And we also need a new picture of Gardevoir for every new discussion thread.

http://ui09.gamespot.com/2568/gardevoir_2.jpg

Engage the fanservice.

[Menarker]

^^ *Is happy with fanservice.* ^^

But yeah, very intriguing stuff about the EEE. I hope Eevee gets an evolution that is pure flying. There are already no pure flying types in the entire game, unless you count Areceus wearing the Air Plate from what I heard. All the flying types that aren't other elements are normal types too.

And here is the character list. I'll start editing my pokemon's current move set into the profile, and I advise the same for everyone else who hasn't already.

Slayers
Geminex (Ray Green:Impact) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015565&postcount=25)
Armored Bishoujo's NPC (Rayleen) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1018064&postcount=6)

Trainers
Bard (Charlotte Beaufort: Madame Ursurang) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015435&postcount=14)
Menarker (Renny Tresserhorn) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015554&postcount=23)
Dracorion (Pierce Granger) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015686&postcount=29)

Pokebrids
Naqel (Rakald Essertle: Bone Knight) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015307&postcount=7)
DanteFalcon (Matthias Sona: Oberon) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015494&postcount=19)
Raptor200 (Isaac Lucius) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015754&postcount=34)
Armored Bishoujo's NPC (Rachel McConnelly:Princess) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015813&postcount=41)

Snaggers
Arcanum Darkfire (Mike Kenno) (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1015758&postcount=35)

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[Astral Harmony]

Okay, I saw this kinda Gardevoir-ish thing on Youtube and I couldn't stop cracking up.

Do I Hear a Ralts Remake Fun of 1/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1EKB5C-O6w&feature=related)
Do I Hear a Ralts Remake Fun of 2/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjkFa_glEHs&feature=related)

[Geminex]

I haven't read the response posts yet, but Omnisroth might just, might just, survive the onslaught.

It's still badly poisoned, remember? That's 1/8 of health this round. If Endeavor gets it down to at least 12.5%, it's dead before it acts. Unless the Syncstrike occurs before poison does its damage.

No wars, but as a nation, it's much closer than other nations to discovering the truth behind Pokémon (the appearance of Ruin Pokémon in Honmyr first is a big clue-in). The horrible, forbidden, ruinous truth.

Might as well mention Impact's motivations now. You'll notice that in my profile I posted a psychological assessment, analyzing Impact. Not, in fact, my own description.
I'll reveal more of this later, but basically, while he does hate pokemon, he's no mindless rage-machine. He gave in to hatred once, when he killed the Pidgeot. After that he started channeling it.

Impact sees it as his duty to protect people from pokemon. I'll have him tell the group about his time in the military, in a slayer squad, when his job was just that.

He sees this duty as split into two sections:
Everyday life: He's a member of the police force (or, previously, a vigilante) and he tries to hinder individual uses of pokemon to hurt ordinary people, non-trainers. Or even trainers, if their pokemon are used solely for companionship or such. What he hates is uses of pokemon by individuals to increase their own power or competence.
Which leads in to the

Grand Scale: Impact's convinced that pokemon and humans cannot live together. No matter how strong or powerful or smart pokemon are, they allow themselves to be used and enslaved by trainers. It is not slavery inasmuch as they perform service unwillingly, but as they perform service unquestioningly. And in the process, they give humans power and, often, freedom from its repercussions. It's basically his large-scale goal to restore society's independence from pokemon, to make trainers and pokebrids illegal. Of course, every trainer and pokebrid he sees is a symbol of the corrupting interaction between humans and pokemon.

...

Anyway, what this is all leading up to is that if pokemon turn out to be indeed ruinous and corruption is ever a subject, he will say "I told you so" so very hard.

Edit, after post. Ouch. That... hurt. And the fact that Omnisroth survived Charlotte's attack was slightly annoying. Still, good kill for Imact. Wasn't necessary, as the poison would have (most likely) finished it off, but still. Impact can put one hell of a notch in his gunbelt. And another one's to come. Dibs on killing the Gendom.
Would one attack by Impact be enough, or would another be necessary?

Anyway, let's look who's left alive:
3 Paralyzed Pulverots
3 Narchams
1 Gendom

I'll have Impact attack the Gendom. If Renny deploys Swampert next, it could go Outrage on one of the Narcham's asses. If Rachel heals Matt in time, we should be able to take out another Pulverot with a Registeel/Psychic/Rio combo. Mike's Charizard should be able to kill another Narcham. Pierce could maybe deploy his Skarmory and support Impact against the Gendom. If the Gendom dies in one hit, Skarmory could attack the remaining Narcham. Same for Charlotte's Arcanine.

That'd leave us with
2 Paralyzed Pulverots
1-0 Narcham

Unless, of course, the Gendom would still survive after being savaged by Pierce, Charlotte and Impact, in which case the situation'd be
2 Paralyzed Pulverots
2 Narchams
1 Gendom
if we went with above plan.

If the Gendom'd survive three combined attacks, I say that Mike's Charizard should hopefully be enough to finish it off.

Of course, if the Gendom has tons of HP, Charlotte could re-deploy Spitz and go for another Super fang. Then Impact could hopefully kill it with Skarmory's help. Yeah, let's do that. Super Fang, Impact's blade, Skarmory's Iron wing. If Impact's blade is enough, Iron wing goes against one of the remaining Narchams.

Is that good?

[Astral Harmony]

Omnisroth is down in record time.

Y'know what this whole RP needs? Omake. Gardevoir omake.

[Geminex]

Your suggestion intrigues me and I wish to explore it further.

[Dracorion]

Naw, everything's cool...until it gets a lot worse. Believe me, you'll wish the EEE had Ruin Pokémon compared to the fact that they'll be...well, I'll just leave it to your imagination.

Ruin Pokebrids!

Can maybe pokeshift into Eeveelutions.

"Who da hell do you think you are?"

What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am?

I'm the goddamn Batman.

Of course, if the Gendom has tons of HP, Charlotte could re-deploy Spitz and go for another Super fang. Then Impact could hopefully kill it with Skarmory's help. Yeah, let's do that. Super Fang, Impact's blade, Skarmory's Iron wing. If Impact's blade is enough, Iron wing goes against one of the remaining Narchams.

I prefer Night Slash over Steel Wing, actually. Same attack power, but higher critical hit chance.

[Geminex]

As long as you agree to support Impact, I'm good with anything. Let us crack this egg. Or I'm not sure. Is it an egg? What will it look like inside? More to the point, what will happen when it dies? Will it go quietly? Will it explode? Will we be showered by Ruin pokemon body parts?

Also, we really need to take out those Pulverots. I've only just realized that they have an increased crit chance, along with increased attack. They could probably kill two of us next turn, if they do it right.

Of course, we're already committed for this turn, so it'll have to hope they get paralyzed, take whatever hits we have to. Unless someone interferes, we've pretty much won this...

Oh, and let's open up a betting pool for plot twists.

I put 500 internets on "EEE's Eeveelutions get infected by Ruin and we have to fight obscenely strong Ruin/Element Eeveelutions eventually.

Also, any reactions to Impact's motivations?

[Dracorion]

Also, any reactions to Impact's motivations?

Meh.

[Menarker]

Geminex, why are we attacking the Genom again? The only thing it does is generates 1 Narcham a turn, and either uses a 50 power attack or boost every other Ruin types.

Wasn't the priority before to wipe out everything else out since now they got two boosts? (A Crit boost and an attack boost) Plus those things are the ones capable of group attacks or having STAB attacks with attacks around 120ish Power.

EDIT: Damn, ninja'ed by the person in question himself... somewhat. Best to leave the egg alone until all the other threats are dealt with.

[Dracorion]

Oh relax. If we follow Geminex's plan, there's still a Charizard, Rio, Swampert, Matthias and Registeel left to mess up the Pulverots. You could probably down one and significantly wound another.

If the Gendom goes down, we're done anyway.

[Menarker]

Well, I was hoping it could be captured/preserved, given how it was of cruical priority to the scientists and the situation is not so dire anymore that it can't be recovered alive. Plus, the mission was technically to retrieve and protect the egg. :3

*Is thinking extra reward might be given for it being alive* $_$

[Dracorion]

I don't think the original objective applies when the egg is actually a pokemon breeding factory. And a pokemon itself. And it was only crucial when it was an egg, and while it's certainly more valuable now, it's still a deathmachine. Still, Mike can try to snag it if the triple onslaught doesn't kill it.

As for the Pulverots, my suggestion is that Rio, Registeel and Matthias take one out, and Swampert and Charizard target another one for quad-damage sexiness.

[Menarker]

Matthias is KOed, isn't he? He's struggling not to die, or rather fall into sleep he'll never wake up to.

[Dracorion]

According to the battle synopsis he's in critical condition. I don't know if that means he's in the red or incapacitated and hanging by a thread.

[Menarker]

Well, if he's conscious, he should be using a Full Restore on himself (or Protect so Rachel has time to heal him if he ran out) since it does seem he's near death. If he's really unconscious, he can't do much anyhow.

Guess we need to hear from AB about his current status.

Heh, Rachel is getting a workout from this. Man, it would suck if we had to go through a mission without her like if she was kidnapped or so.

[Dracorion]

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Don't give him any ideas!

[Astral Harmony]

Don't worry, you're not losing Rachel. As I displayed by this picture (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1019872&postcount=10), Pikachu Pokébrids are the real hawtness.

In fact, expect to get a second support unit for the next mission since you'll be split up. A Lopunny Pokébrid, because Lopunnys can be hot, too. (http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/162/f/1/Anthro____Lopunny__by_tailsrulz.jpg)

[Dracorion]

this picture (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1019872&postcount=10), Pikachu Pokébrids are the real hawtness.

Thank you for remind me of this. From now on, that's how I'm going to think of Rachel.

Lopunnys can be hot, too. (http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/162/f/1/Anthro____Lopunny__by_tailsrulz.jpg)

Thanks for this too.

In fact, expect to get a second support unit for the next mission since you'll be split up.

Oooh. Speculation, ahoy!

[Astral Harmony]

Okay, here's the first omake of a possible series I've so far entitled That Bitch, Gardevoir! I kinda didn't want to do this because it's an old skit that you don't have to be Gardevoir to do.

That Bitch, Gardevoir! ...at the McDonalds

Rachel (cashier): "Damn it, I'm so tired of all the downtime since that last mission so I unwisely decided to get a part-time job as a cashier at a McDonalds."
Moon (assistant manager): "Hmmm, that's odd. Is it just me, or did a Gardevoir just enter the restaurant?"
Rachel: "Customers are customers even if they are Pokémon, right? Good afternoon, Gardevoir! May I please take your order?"
Gardevoir: "Yeah, can I please have a small coke?"
Rachel: "Okay, small coke?"
Gardevoir: "Medium coke."
Rachel: "Then a medium coke."
Gardevoir: "Large coke."
Rachel: "...Large coke."
Gardevoir: "Small diet coke...medium diet coke...large diet coke..."
Rachel: *shuts her brain off and continues to take the order*
Gardevoir: "Small sprite...medium sprite...chicken ceaser salad...crispy cut chicken salad..."
Rachel: *sweating* "Ah, crispy cut chicken salad. Any dressing?"
Gardevoir: "Uhhh...yeah, all of them."
Rachel: "Huh?"
Gardevoir: "All of 'em. All three. Uhhh, six nuggets...ten nuggets...twenty nuggets...vanilla cone...oh, what kind of McFlurries do you have?"
Rachel: *one of her eyebrows is on the ceiling* "We've got M&Ms, Oreos and Crunchy."
Gardevoir: "I'll take all three, actually. A big mac value meal?"
Moon: *steps forward to assist Rachel* "What size, ma'am?"
Gardevoir: "A large."
Moon: "So, with the nuggets, what sauce did you want?"
Gardevoir: "All of them."
Moon: "All of the sauces?"
Gardevoir: *nods* "A fillet-o-fish meal."
Moon: *getting really disturbed* "What size, ma'am?"
Gardevoir: "Large. And a cheesburger."
Moon: "Meal, or just the burger?"
Gardevoir: "Aw, I should probably get the meal, what the hell. How much is all that?"
Moon: "$146.50."
Gardevoir: "Aw, Jesus. I got like twenty bucks." *leaves while whistling*
Rachel: "..."
Moon: "..."
Rachel: "Moon, I need a chest to cry my soul into."
Moon: "Perhaps after working hours."

[Dracorion]

...

What the crap?

Sorry, it's just, y'know, not all that funny. And like you said, it's an old skit that doesn't really need a Gardevoir. Or is at all improved by having a Gardevoir in it.

[Menarker]

Yeah, the skit not be so hot, but the Lopunny sure was an eyepleaser. Hell, it'd make more sense if you made Gardevoir a Snorlax... and doubled everything.

[Astral Harmony]

Understood. I'll work hard to make the next one a lot better...an idea is coming up, I just need to feel my way through it. Like the misadventures of an all Pokémon group.

[DanteFalcon]

From my reading Matt could still attack. Let it be noted that he's not going to. He's going to protect or Endure and attempt to survive. Or possibly Roost or Rest but I'll probably just go with the shields and wait for the Full Restore.

[Menarker]

Well, just saying that Narchams can use Spiral Dive to pierce through defences, so Protect and things that stop damage might not help you. Roost sounds like a good idea though.

[Geminex]

Fair enough. Let Matt heal and Mike's Charizard that was gonna wipe out the Narcham finish off the Pulverot instead.

Then we'll have 2 Narchams and 2 Pulverots to deal with, and the pulverots are paralyzed. I think we're good.

And besides, in my view the three attacks on the Gendom are well spent. It'd take us at least three turns to kill everything that's on the field at the moment, and by that time the Gendom would've generated 3 Narchams, which would also have cost us three attacks to kill.

Besides, I don't want it to go on buffing our enemies. Pulverot's attack stat is high enough, thank you very much.

Also, QUESTION, Ruin Pokemon can use Syncstrike capable attacks individually, right? As in, not as part of a syncstrike?

[DanteFalcon]

I'm working under the assumption things like dismemberment or a missing wing don't regrow with just roost or rest and actually require a full restore at least. (Or maybe an actual medical facility)

[Astral Harmony]

Also, QUESTION, Ruin Pokemon can use Syncstrike capable attacks individually, right? As in, not as part of a syncstrike?

Yes, that's right. I guess the basic premise of a Syncstrike was like a Pulverot goes "Hey, Narcham. Y'know, my Sweeping Ray tends to launch the enemy. I bet in that airborne state, they'd be more vulnerable to serious injury from your Spiral Dive. Wanna give it a try?"

Anyways, here's my second attempt at omake. Here's hoping it's better than the last one.

Pokégeddon Legends! Gardevoir Meets the Most Inept Trainer Ever

Lopunny: "Hey, Garde, wake the hell up already! Time to stop lying around."
Gardevoir: "Lying? I'm not lying, it really tastes good."
Lopunny: "What the hell're you talking about? Fine, if you won't get up then...Frustration!"
Gardevoir: "Ow! Did somebody get the license plate number of that semi?"
Lopunny: "Finally, Garde. It's already noon. Didn't you tell us last night that we were going to go do something today?"
Gardevoir: "Look, I've got a hangover, all right? Just...just give me...like, I dunno, two days or something. I might feel better then."
Lopunny: "Hmm...oh, I know what the best cure for a hangover is!"
Gardevoir: "Erm...what?"
Lopunny: "Seaking?"
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, Water Pulse!"
Gardevoir: "Bwah! I'm up, I'm up, cut off the waterworks!"
Lopunny: "We'll be waiting outside, so hurry the hell up, already. Rapidash has been trotting in circles around our house for about two hours and dug us a pretty moat."
Gardevoir: "Yeah, yeah, just gimme a minute to straighten my hair 'n' stuff."
*about another hour later, outside Pokégeddon's Tree Lair*
Lopunny: "About damn time, Garde. So what's all this nonsense you were talking about last night?"
Gardevoir: "Well, we're a bunch of Rogue Pokémon who decided that we would live the adventurous lifestyle, but we haven't done anything except generally cause mischief."
Lopunny: "That's because mischief is funny."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, mischief!"
Gardevoir: "Still, our lives are passing us by. Don't you think that's a little sad?"
Lopunny: "What's so sad about that? As long as I have fun, I don't really care whether or not people remember me after my death."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, death!"
Regina: "Ummm...hello?"
Gardevoir: "But don't you think that's pointless? I mean, think about it. The only way you evolved was by once having a trainer who you raised your friendship level high enough for you to evolve."
Lopunny: "Right, and then that trainer was retarded enough to get married. She gave up Pokémon training on the spot and released me to the wilds."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, retarded!"
Regina: "Hello, I'm trying to fight you here-"
Gardevoir: "Wait, that's the story of your life?"
Lopunny: "What do you want out of me, anyways? A heart-gripping backstory? Some kind of lengthy tale of my life's legacy? I'm just a damn Lopunny."
Regina: "Aw, screw it. I'll just catch 'em all."
*Regina who has been ignored the whole time tosses a Pokéball at Gardevoir. Rapidash knocks it away.*
Rapidash: "Get that Kool-Aid up out my crib, yo!"
Gardevoir: "Rapidash, what're you doing?"
Rapidash: "That chick there be tryin' to chat us up for the past couple of minutes, dawg. And then she tried to diss you with a Pokéball. You may want to show her what's what in our hood, ya heard? Jus' sayin's all."
Gardevoir: "Ugh...okay, human. Whadaya want?"
Regina: "I am Regina, trainer of the rarest Pokémon in Honmyr!"
Gardevoir: "Okay."
Regina: "..."
Gardevoir: "..."
Regina: "..."
Gardevoir: "...Ummm, I believe this is the part where you get to the point."
Regina: "Well, talking Pokémon are very rare, so I'm trying to challenge you to a Pokémon battle."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, Pokémon battle!"
Lopunny: "If that's any indication, I'd say Seaking is ready to fight."
Gardevoir: "It's not like we can sweet-talk our way outta this one. Just be careful, everyone. Without Froslass and Altaria, we're short a couple of members."
Regina: "Prepare to taste the wrath of my extremely rare Pokémon!"
*not even five minutes later*
Regina: "How!? How did you defeat my extremely rare Pokémon so easily?"
Rapidash: "So when the bitch said 'extremely rare Pokémon...'"
Lopunny: "She was talking about unevolved Pokémon, which are actually very rare in Honmyr."
Gardevoir: "I may be a degenerate Pokémon, but I do owe it to myself to have some pride in my skills. My mother would rise from the grave and eat my brains if I lost to a freakin' Ralts."
Rapidash: "I barely had to gallop to run circles around that Ponyta."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, Goldeen's a pussy!"
Regina: "What'm I gonna do now? Waaaaaaaaah-haaah-haaaaaaaah!"
Gardevoir: "Geez, stop the crying. I've put up with enough water for today."
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, totally my doing!"
Rapidash: "Want me to dry her tears?"
Lopunny: "Sure, I think you'll help her a great deal by flash-evaporating her tears and giving her third degree burns on her face."
Rapidash: "Cool, I'm gonna do it! Peep this, yo!"
Lopunny: "I was being sarcastic."
Rapidash: "What's that taste like?"
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, retarded!"
Lopunny: "Yo, Garde. What're we gonna do with this chick?"
Gardevoir: "Well, we could leave her alone, but I think she'll just remain here and keep crying."
Lopunny: "Or?"
Gardevoir: "Or...ugh, I suppose we could help this chick out to get her the hell out of our faces."
Regina: "Really!? You'll help me!?"
Gardevoir: "But only just this once. I may not have any plans as of now, but I can probably find better things to waste my time on than helping humans."
Regina: "It's a deal! Thank you so very much! C'mon, what're we waiting for!?"
*Regina runs away, skipping and singing.*
Lopunny: "Are you sure that was a good idea, Garde? We don't even know what she wants to do with us."
Gardevoir: "'Ey, you're talking to Gardevoir here. I'm the psychic type of this group, and my thinkey matter's tellin' me it couldn't hurt to do that chick one little favor. Besides, I think we can get her to pay for our meals."
Lopunny: "That's true, but what'll we eat?"
Gardevoir: "Maybe some McDonalds, I dunno. Hey, wouldn't it be funny if I went to a McDonalds and ordered a whole bunch of items and then walked away because I didn't have the money to buy it? That'd be funny, right?"
Lopunny: "..."
Gardevoir: "Right?"
Rapidash: "..."
Gardevoir: "Right?"
Seaking: "Fuck yeah, retarded!"
Regina: "What're you girls doing!? C'mon!"
Gardevoir: "Right! Team Pokégeddon, let's deploy!"

The reason why Seaking keeps saying "Fuck yeah":

http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/07092008/8/b/2/c/8b2c5248ab2450_full.gif

[Geminex]

Seaking is my favorite cast member. Rapidash a close second. Though the entire thing was good.

Edit:

That's my turn gone. I'm guessing I killed the critical Pulverot, along with healing myself and resupplying Rachel. Good turn's work, even if Impact didn't do any major damage.

The rest should be just wrap-up. Now that Matt's back in the game, he, Rio and Registeel should be capable of killing another Pulverot. If Spitz' Superfang goes first, then Spampert and Skarmory should be able to eliminate the last one. Two Narchams left, less if Charizard joins in. Then one lucky character gets the last kill, we make sure the manager's allright, then retire to the base for cold beer and upgrades.

[Dracorion]

Yeah, this skit was much better. Post up soon.

[Menarker]

Well, I hope we aren't losing members too quickly, because this was getting good. ^^;

Our list of consistent members went down by half. And I hope we aren't losing more to the new mech RP.
(Geminex, Menarker, Dracorion, Bard, Dante, AB.) So we're down to 1 slayer, 1 pokebrid and 2-3 NPC characters compared to 3 trainers. Arcanum still posts a bit but we seem to lost our other two pokebrids.



The omake was better this time around. ^^

One thing that bugged me that might be a good omake... is about how when we play pokemon on gameboy games, pokeballs look no different from Voltorbs or Electrodes, yet in reality, the size difference is huge! Even the pokedex says that people mix them up. Everyone must have severe shortsightedness in the game (and half dead by explosion induced injuries).

Inactive Pokeballs: Size of a golf ball.
Active Pokeball: Size of a baseball.
Voltorb: Around the size of a basketball.
Electrode: Around the size of those exercise medicine-ball.

[Astral Harmony]

Okay, so here's the skinny. I've got duty tomorrow so I'll be away for some time. Use this opportunity to chat each other up and build relationships, yadda-yadda-yadda.

As for the upgrades, I'll think about those when I'm on duty as I'll be creating the next omake. But for right now, you can use this next mission breakdown to decide how to build your teams and weapons:

The target location is a bigass, ol' an' creaky mansion popularly called Mystery Mansion. Recently, a series of electromagnetic fields have been detected by Pokémon trainers in the area, and an eyewitness trainer claims seeing a Pokémon they've never seen before. Sounds like Ruin Pokémon to me. Additionally, your job is to evict the crazies that have taken up residence there and been causing a disturbance. In other words, you're to restore the mansion's activity to normal so trainers can go in to catch their fill of the local Pokémon that congregate there.

The mansion's local Pokémon mostly fall into the Ghost, Psychic, Dark, Bug and Poison types. We're not certain what the maniacs there will be using, so don't build your teams exclusively around combating those types.

Your team will be split up to cover more ground in less time, and since Rayleen is out of commission, a leader will be chosen for each team. Team one will have Rachel's support (who will be using Rayleen's steel type Pokémon). Team two will have support from Lola the Lopunny Pokébrid and a recently acquired Pokémon trainer that uses Grass types. This shouldn't be a difficult mission, but then again the bank job wasn't expected to be difficult, either.

[Geminex]

Ooh. Exposition. Also, Ooh. Gardevoir.

Will our conversations be taking place just after the last mission or before the next mission?
I don't mind which, and if AB doesn't post, someone else can make the call.
Just wondering.

[Dracorion]

a recently acquired Pokémon trainer that uses Grass types.

If this is who I think it is, Charlotte absolutely must go with Lola's team.

Lola the Lopunny

icwhutudidthar

[Menarker]

Well, I'm sticking with Lopunny's group.

Don't look at me like that! Rachel is using tons of steel types pokemon, and if I send Magnezone, her pokemon won't be able to retreat unless I remove it. It's tactics.

And can we get a bio for Lola if its not too much trouble?

On a less serious note...

"Lopunny! Use Bounce!" *Watches bouncy action*

[Dracorion]

Letting go before Pierce could say anything,

Oh, come on. Pierce should get a chance to push Renny off and say something threatening.

"Lopunny! Use Bounce!" *Watches bouncy action*

Lopunnys can be hot, too. (http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/162/f/1/Anthro____Lopunny__by_tailsrulz.jpg)

That's nice to imagine.

And I'm for conversations taking place before the next mission.

[Menarker]

Edited, so have fun with your push or threats. :3

[Dracorion]

Actually, I didn't mean jumping straight to the meeting. I was thinking more like fucking around the base, getting in trouble and pissing everyone else off before getting called into the briefing.

[Menarker]

Well, I'm just putting my post about that.

We can seperate our posts so that there is

Mission Completion
Prior to Mission
Debriefing of Mission.

Or rather, I'll delete what I had and post it later when AB comes back.
"Well, Rachel, I think I'll have to be put on the other group. I mean no offense, but my pokemon team has Magnezone and he magnetically prevents other steel types from switching out. So I would be an interference to the steel types you would be wielding. Do you know what Lola is like? She is from your division after all."

[Astral Harmony]

I have a sneaking suspicion that Rachel is going to be all by her lonesome.

Rachel: "Fine, fuck you guys, then! And fuck your couch, too!"

[Dracorion]

Well, with Bard and Renny, team 2 should be good to go. Except for the problem of a leader. Who knows, maybe Lola will be competent.

[Geminex]

Well, I'm just putting my post about that.

We can seperate our posts so that there is

Mission Completion
Prior to Mission
Debriefing of Mission.


That order seems strange. Shouldn't debriefing of this mission come before we prepare for the next mission?
Though I'd be fine with it if the debriefing of this mission took the most time, we then did the fucking around in the base, as Dracorion suggested, and we return for the briefing.



Well, with Bard and Renny, team 2 should be good to go. Except for the problem of a leader. Who knows, maybe Lola will be competent.

Also, I wouldn't put both Bard and Renny on team two. That'd give you three trainers, four if we want the drama of having Charlotte on there as well, and leave the rest of us (which would be pretty much me, Matt and Rachel) without very much support.

I think we really need some of the other guys to either start posting again, or resign, so we know exactly how many people are available...

Though right now I'm envisioning the following:

Lola
(not very) mysterious grass trainer
Charlotte
Impact
Matt

Rachel
Pierce
Renny

If Rio shows up, she can join Rachel's team.

I doubt that combining Magnezone and Rachel's steel pokemon should be too much of a problem. How many times will it be happening that she wants to withdraw a pokemon while Magnezone is on the field? Look the the description: Ghost, dark, psychic, poison and bug type pokemon. Except for the "poison" magnezone isn't all that great against any of that.

Besides, Impact works well with Charlotte. Their relationship is approaching something a pack-like mindset. Particularly if Impact becomes the leader of that group.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I want to post, but I'm not quite sure how to go about it. Aside from a reaction post like Menarker, I'm not quite sure what to do next.

And I don't particularly mind whom I'm placed on a team with, as long as Lola is there. That would be awesome. Charlotte would see her, take like 3 hours to recognize her, and then just laugh at her.

[Geminex]

Eh. Let's just fast-forward to the post-mission debriefing, shall we?

[Dracorion]

Also, I wouldn't put both Bard and Renny on team two. That'd give you three trainers, four if we want the drama of having Charlotte on there as well, and leave the rest of us (which would be pretty much me, Matt and Rachel) without very much support.

When I said putting Bard and Renny with Lola, I meant putting Pierce anywhere Renny isn't.

I mean, come on. Rayleen's pokemon would own all the rogues, and Pierce's Starmie alone can compensate for steel's weakness if any of the maniacs inside have anything Fighting, Fire or Ground. And Pierce's other pokemon can handle any other kinds that could pop up, so team 1 would be pretty much set.

I envisioned it as:

Team 1:
Impact
Pierce
Matt
Rachel

Team 2:
Renny
Charlotte
Lola
Grass Trainer

Eh. Let's just fast-forward to the post-mission debriefing, shall we?

If Bard was following this suggestion, I'd have to say that I don't think the metting between Rachel and Shevenston is the post-mission debriefing. If only because I doubt it'd take two weeks. More like the new mission's briefing.

Also, when Menarker said debriefing, he probably just meant briefing.

I preferred having everything take place before the mission briefing because it'd give the characters a chance to interact outside of arguing over strategy.

[Geminex]

Like I said, I'd prefer being on Charlotte's team, particularly if the grass trainer is actually going to be our former foe.

And sure, the conversation can take place at any time. I'm fine with anything.


Posting in the RP in a second.

Also, I think we should refrain from talking to any AB-controlled characters, since they won't be answering for a while.

[Dracorion]

The grass trainer is exactly why Charlotte should be on team 2. I mean seriously, you're not curious at all?

[Geminex]

Yes, that's what I'm saying. Charlotte should be on the Grass Trainer's team. Impact should also be on the grass trainer's team.
I am very curious of what would happen.

And I mean, come on, if it is who we think it is, and they get into a fight, who's gonna arm Charlotte? Renny? I don't think so.

[Menarker]

I doubt that combining Magnezone and Rachel's steel pokemon should be too much of a problem. How many times will it be happening that she wants to withdraw a pokemon while Magnezone is on the field? Look the the description: Ghost, dark, psychic, poison and bug type pokemon. Except for the "poison" magnezone isn't all that great against any of that.


Well, Rachel has no choice but to use Steel types, so hindering her in any manner on which one she switches to is not exactly a fair thing, especially if they get weakened or if one has a move that is useable for the situation.

Also AB stated that Ghost, Dark, Psychic, poison and bugs are the WILD pokemons we're expected to encounter. The maniacs roaming around could potentially be of any type, plus Ruin types are expected. Magnezone is great for resisting just about anything, and paralyzing them as well as generally powerful firepower, as well as useful against Ruin types.

So yeah, I'm insisting I'm in Lola's team. I got the only truly tactical and legit reason that isn't based on the content of one's pants! :3 (Or pride or seeing a fight that may or may not be what we expect)

If you REALLY want to stick around with Charlotte, try to get her on Rachel's team. Roleplaying wise, we haven't determined that the grass trainer is even the same one that Charlotte got into a tissy with.

And yes, I meant briefing, not debriefing. ^^;

EDIT: Trying to think of whether there is any feasible way that Grass trainer can be moved to Rachel's team, but big problem is that Charlotte and Impact wants to be together with the grass trainer, and Pierce honestly doesn't want to be near Renny (although if he does join up with him again, he'll end up being with Lola too). Put Matt with Group 2 and we'd have something like...

Team1: Rachel, GrassT, Charlotte, Impact
Team2: Lola, Renny, Pierce, Matt

Team 1 has the most amount of offensive power with 20 pokemons and a slayer compared to 8 pokemons and a combat pokebrid...

Yeah, this is going to be harder to figure out then I thought.

Factor 1: Rachel and Lola must be on different teams for the sake of leadership.
Factor 2: Renny doesn't want to be on Rachel's team due to hampering her combat abilities.
Factor 3: Pierce doesn't want to be with Renny if he can help it at all.
Factor 4: Charlotte wants to check out the grass trainer.
Factor 5: Impact wants to hang out with Charlotte.
Factor 6: Rhyperior pokebrid, Mike and other players seem to be missing/AFK or whatever.

[Dracorion]

Yes, that's what I'm saying. Charlotte should be on the Grass Trainer's team. Impact should also be on the grass trainer's team.
I am very curious of what would happen.

And I mean, come on, if it is who we think it is, and they get into a fight, who's gonna arm Charlotte? Renny? I don't think so.

Charlotte could always decide to bring along the gun once she finds out who the grass trainer is.

And I was thinking maybe we should spice things up. I mean, what you suggested was the same teams from the last mission. Which worked, of course. Impact and Charlotte do get along. But, for all we know, if Impact and Pierce were on the same team they could end up BFF. Renny and Matthias might get together. And, if we're really lucky, hot CharlottexShannonxLola action.

I'm suggesting we mix-and-match to figure out what happens.

[Geminex]

Very well. Let us mix-and-match. But know that I will continue pursuing my goals of turning this team into a wolf-pack equivalent, with myself as the alpha male and Charlotte as the Alpha-female.

Because I'm a megalomaniac like that.

[Dracorion]

Good! Now, let's bicker about it like old women in the RP.

EDIT: As soon as I figure out how Impact can see the future.

[Bard The 5th LW]

You can keep going for that goal Geminex, but I'll have to warn you about my goals with Charlotte. By the end of this RP I will be sure to have taken every possible opportunity to inflict physical and/or mental harm on everyone I possibly can. NPC or PC.

Staying around Charlotte will lead to pain. Even if she seems friendly now. And I figure its OK to assume that the current dialogue is a mission briefing, so we should post as such.

[Dracorion]

I was under the impression that it was more like Rachel being updated on the current state of affairs, if only by the vast differences between it and the briefing at the start of the RP.

[Menarker]

Ok...

So if we're mixing up and if I read everything correctly...

Team 1: Rachel, Impact, Pierce, Matthias
Team 2: Lola, GrassT, Charlotte, Renny

Team 1 has 10 pokemon, 1 support pokebrid, 1 slayer and 1 pokebrid.
Team 2 has 14 pokemon, 1 support pokebrid

Not very bad if I say so. Team 2 has more pokemon, but Grass types tend to be weak to both poison and bug and neutral to ghost, dark and psychic (depending a lot on their secondary type of course), while Team 1 has lots of resistants to wild pokemons via steel types as well as the myriad attacks of Venomoth as well as the adaptable slayer. :3

[Geminex]

You can keep going for that goal Geminex, but I'll have to warn you about my goals with Charlotte. By the end of this RP I will be sure to have taken every possible opportunity to inflict physical and/or mental harm on everyone I possibly can. NPC or PC.

Staying around Charlotte will lead to pain. Even if she seems friendly now. And I figure its OK to assume that the current dialogue is a mission briefing, so we should post as such.

This confuses me. How will Renny inflict pain? By hugging them? And if so, how does Impact's "staying around" Charlotte affect his pain? Is he more likely to get hugged? And what does Chalotte's friendliness have to do with it?
It confuses me a lot.


Good! Now, let's bicker about it like old women in the RP.

EDIT: As soon as I figure out how Impact can see the future.

There would have been no answer forthcoming from AB, so I decided I'd answer. Assume that I got the information from my Shady Underworld Contacts (TM).

Also, we won't be bickering. Unless we use OOC knowlege, Impact will volunteer to be on Charlotte's team, and Charlotte will (probably) agree to this. Renny will bring up his point about his not being on Rachel's team, and Impact & Charlotte will be with Rachel, without any grass trainer conflict.
So yeah, if we bicker, it won't end well.
Unless I have Impact want to turn Pierce next... yeah, that'll do.
Still, no bickering. Impact now wants to be on Pierce's team.

[DanteFalcon]

I wonder who Matthias would support and trust as a leader.

If anyone says that he would trust himself they will be executed, shot and sent to the russian front.

[Geminex]

Well we don't need to look for an overall leader yet, but if it's Pierce, Matt and Impact in one team, then I'm guessing he'd go for Pierce.

Still, feel free to surprise me.

[DanteFalcon]

In that case to be frank. He would support Impact but trust Pierce. Neither get both.

Isn't that swell?

[Geminex]

Fair enough. Support is all Impact needs. For now.

You know, I was initially planning to have him convert to "Pokemon aren't so bad after all" suddenly, through some horribly cliched experience, but this is better.
I think as long as nothing drastic happens, he'll keep himself under control. He's feeling more comfortable amongst them already, he'll begin to accept them. Not as proof that pokemon are good, but as potentially useful factors.

[Dracorion]

Still, no bickering. Impact now wants to be on Pierce's team.

Oh, what fun we will have!

Though, I hope you realize this means you get Renny for the next mission.

[Arcanum]

You know, it would probably seem like I was more active if you guys didn't make about 10 posts a day each and drown my measly occasional post into an oblivion of obscurity.

But for serious, I'm still here as much as University and video games will let me, and I'll send Mike with whatever team needs him more (in other words, you guys tell me where you want Mike to go).

[Dracorion]

Hm... How about Mike goes with team 1? And if Rapter posts again, he can go with team 2.

[Menarker]

That sounds good.
You can keep going for that goal Geminex, but I'll have to warn you about my goals with Charlotte. By the end of this RP I will be sure to have taken every possible opportunity to inflict physical and/or mental harm on everyone I possibly can. NPC or PC.

Staying around Charlotte will lead to pain. Even if she seems friendly now. And I figure its OK to assume that the current dialogue is a mission briefing, so we should post as such.
This confuses me. How will Renny inflict pain? By hugging them? And if so, how does Impact's "staying around" Charlotte affect his pain? Is he more likely to get hugged? And what does Chalotte's friendliness have to do with it?
It confuses me a lot.



Bard was saying that Charlotte would be the one inflicting emotional/physical pain on everyone else in the group. Damn Chronic Backstabbing Disorder...

Renny is the anti-Charlotte/Impact in a manner of speaking. He's frankly closer to love and peace than most others. And probably the biggest hinderance to Impact's plan because Renny isn't just following the best tactics but holding himself responsible to his pokemon (you choose to catch a pokemon, you're responsible for it), which kinda goes counter to Impact's plan to seperate human dependance on them...

Impact is Lex Luthor in the same way that Lex Luthor claims that he's trying to remove humanity's dependance on Superman!

^^; but yeah, knowing that most people think of working with Renny as a punishment and/or horrible fate is sad/hilarious. :3

[Dracorion]

So the pokemon are Superman? Supermen? Are they going to get their own planet? Because visiting Planet Pokemon might be cool.

Anyway, moves and items:

Tyranitar (Male)
Ability: Sand Stream
Roar/Crunch
Earthquake/Stone Edge
Giga Impact/Protect
Item: Leftovers

Metagross (Genderless)
Ability: Clear Body
Meteor Mash/Zen Headbutt
Giga Impact/Explosion
Item: Metal Coat
HMs: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash.

Blaziken (Male)
Ability: Blaze
Flare Blitz/Overheat
Sky Uppercut/Shadow Claw
Item: White Herb

Skarmory (Female)
Ability: Sturdy
Steel Wing/Night Slash
Air Slash/Roost
Item: Expert Belt

Kingdra (Female)
Ability: Sniper
Draco Meteor/Hydro Pump
Blizzard/Dragon Pulse
Item: White Herb
HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Whirlpool

Held items: Max Revive, Full Restore, Full Restore.

Tyranitar only learns Earth Power through move tutoring, am I still allowed to get it?

[Menarker]

I expect it'll be allowed since Swampert's Outrage was allowed and that's a move tutor move. Basically, if the wiki approves it, I think it'll be ok.

[Geminex]

Bard was saying that Charlotte would be the one inflicting emotional/physical pain on everyone else in the group. Damn Chronic Backstabbing Disorder...

Goddammit. Somehow I managed to confuse Menarker and Bard when I posted that. Don't ask how, I don't know.
I am silly.

Anyway, to reply to Bard's not-really-veiled-at-all threats/predictions:
I'm sure Charlotte's dangerous, but I'm sorta counting on the fact that he manages to get her on his side before she gets a chance to sabotage him.
And by "get her on his side" I mean "Inspire loyalty one way or another".
I'm thinking that, with Charlotte, fear would be a good tool.

[Menarker]

^_^ Guys, just out of curiousity, did any of you choose your character's names in any way?

I chose the name Renny out of the blue, but when I looked it up on a whim, it turned out to mean "Small and Mighty" in the Irish/Gaelic language. And the fact that it's also used as a girl's name also suits his hug/kiss friendly mentality. :3
Funny how that works. ^^

Also, keep in mind that while I refer to Renny as a child (because he looks like a shotaro boy) and while he's the youngest in the group (16), he's only one year younger than Rachel (17) and 3 years younger than Mike (19). Still not old enough to be considered an adult or experienced compared to the rest of the 20ish cast.

[Geminex]

Nah, just looked for something harsh and powerful and "Impact" came to mind.
Though really, I just realized. That Impact and Pierce's names are rather alike. Have similar connotations, in any case.

[Dracorion]

Clearly, they are meant to be soul mates.

Why fight destiny?

[Geminex]

Soul mates? God no. You can be the beta male. Enforcers of my reign of terror over the corrupt, pokemon-infested world.
All the high-ranking officials will be named in this manner. Charlotte (alpha female) can be "Strike". Matt can be... Crush? Break? Too violent. What'll Matt's name be?

[Dracorion]

MINDCRUSH

[Menarker]

>_> I obviously suspect that Renny will be not be in this list of yours, given how much Impact loathes him and how Renny is about about developing love and peace between pokemon.

[Dracorion]

Renny can be the slave workforce.

Codename "Pussywhipped".

[Geminex]

Renny... Renny can be, like, our team's rancor. We keep him in a pit full of love and caring and cute pokemon and if anyone defies us we throw them down to Renny so that he hugs them to death.

And Impact doesn't hate Renny. He's just not a very huggy person.

And who knows, maybe Renny's unconditional love for pokemon will teach Impact an important lesson about friendshi-AHAHAHAHANO.

[Menarker]

Renny can be the slave workforce.

Codename "Pussywhipped".


REVOLUTION!
TO ARMS! TO ARMS!

At any rate, if there is one thing that Renny would support, it's seperating pokemon from violent and uncaring trainers. So he could turn out to be the "official face" of the "police" that works on such cases.

... Except I imagine Charlotte would try to backstab him before he does the same to her.

[Dracorion]

Being the "official face" means lying through your teeth while keeping up a friendly, believable face.

Not "cunningly misled" like Renny would have to be.

[Geminex]

(Mental image:Armless Renny running towards a rack full of arms, attaching them to his shoulders, then rampaging through the base, shouting "Hooray!" and hugging people.)

Edit:
And really, I was planning to have Impact get Renny on his side through simple honesty. Confide in him, tell him what's happened, have deep, meaningful discussions. Renny's kind enough to see other people's points of view, as long as they're not malicious, and Impact can go non-malicious.
And if discussion and persuasion don't work, there's always revovlers and hired hitmen.

[Menarker]

(Mental image:Armless Renny running towards a rack full of arms, attaching them to his shoulders, then rampaging through the base, shouting "Hooray!" and hugging people.)

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/advimgs/ps/ps002.gif

Renny already got arms, Numbnuts!


EDIT: Just out of curiousity, am I doing ok as a player/trainer? I know everyone is making fun of Renny and how much he "sucks", but I hope I'm not really doing that badly. Heck, I was thinking that even if everyone thinks he is annoying and such, there is probably a lingering feeling that he is at least "useful" or "talented" or whatever. (Or at least I would hope.) ^^;

[Geminex]

Hell no, he's a great fighter. The only problem we (or at least Impact) has is the hugging bit. And the occasional naivete. A lot of our group are chaotic neutral or evil, whereas Renny's a full-on Lawful good. There's bound to be conflict, but it's real fun RPing with you. And his tactics are good as well, no problem there.

[DanteFalcon]

I think Matthias maybe the other exception to the rule, being either Chaotic Good or Lawful Evil. He hasn't really show himself as either yet.

[Menarker]

Very odd that you are "either" CG or LE when they are on the very frickin' opposite corners of the DnD Allignment spectrum. ^,^ Technically, I would consider you true neutral due to that. :3 (Not that I mind Allignment debates so long as they don't go up in flames)

You think there would ever be a chance for PvP? Like Pierce fighting Renny in a pokemon battle with AB as the referee receiving PMs regarding character's actions? It's entirely likely to happen if there is group infighting... or just the urge to prove who is awesome-r.

Also, if Impact starts threathening to use a gun on Renny, the poor guy is going to have to employ the most powerful magnet (Magnezone) as a bodyguard to repel/attract bullets away from his person. (Helps that Magnezone's ability is to attract steel types to itself and that steel resists steel.)

[Astral Harmony]

Okay, guys, I'm finally back. Believe it or not, I actually was sick and probably still am but I feel a lot better after nine hours of peacing out. I haven't read the RP thread yet, but I assume it's just as scary and horrible as what you've been posting in this discussion thread. Anyways, on to the mess of shit I've gotta put out. First, Ye Olde Upgrades:

Slayer weapons have been upgraded to 130 power. As a note, you should know that this damage is also based on the target's defense and special defense. How to you tell them apart? Simple. A Dragon Slave deals physical damage because you strike the foe with the weapon, while the Flamethrower deals special damage because you do not strike the foe with the weapon. Another good tidbit of information is that if a support unit (Rachel, Lola) is with you, you can switch weapons, armor, and accessories between battles.

Additionally, Slayers can now equip two of these purdy li'l accessories. You may look a li'l ghey when wearing them, but they each have great abilities, so check 'em out, Impact.

Slayer Accessories (each accessory can only be used once per battle, so choose wisely when you call on their powers)
- Stamina Boost: Allows the Slayer to attack twice in a round. Use it for you absolutely, positively have to fuck something up.
- Mezmerizer: Occasionally prevents a Pokémon from attacking the Slayer if its of the opposite gender. You might need some courage to use this.
- Scentsation Coil: Can be used to heal from negative status. Otherwise, it's kind of pungent.
- Adrenaline Surge: Increases all stats by one. Does not stack. Sorry.
- Spectral Eye: An amplified Confuse Ray. The Pokémon will always hurt itself. Not effective on Ghost types.
- Viper's Venom: A ring with a deployable needle that is jabbed directly into the Pokémon and inflicts it with Toxic.
- Decoy Device: Creates a perfect holographic representation of you which will trick enemies. You can still attack in the same round. Lasts for one round.
- Physical Barrier: Creates a kinetic barrier around yourself that greatly reduces physical damage. This works for three rounds.
- Magical Barrier: Creates a mysterious barrier around yourself that greatly reduces special damage. This works for three rounds.

We at Ricewood Masterworks are always making new accessories for the Slayer who doesn't want to be inferior to Pokémon trainers. Be on the lookout for even more incredible accessories that can change the weather and even make you self-destruct! It's all in the works at Ricewood Masterworks!

Pokébrids can now be recombined with another Pokémon's genetic data, and shift between the two without penalty, even when Paradigm Shifted. Your appearance, your moveset, even your ability will change. It should be noted that NPC Pokébrids like Rachel, Lola and Dormond will not receive these upgrades. I guess they're happy as they are.

Pokémon Trainers can now have a fifth Pokémon. Additionally, they gain the focus ability, allowing their Pokémon to use multiple target or random target attacks on a single target of the trainer's choosing. Call it an act of bonding with your Pokémon.

Pokémon Snaggers now have a third Pokémon, their Snag Balls are improved, and they can carry snagged Pokémon from mission to mission so long as that Pokémon's happiness is sufficient. Being hit by super-effective moves, fainting, being forced to tough it out through negative status effects, and being forced to fight despite being at low health all lower a snagged Pokémon's happiness. Using super-effective moves, defeating an enemy, winning the battle, and remaining in good shape will keep your snagged Pokémon happy and willing to keep working for you. Be forewarned that intelligent foes may know this and will likely try to target your snagged Pokémon to make it angry and go rogue.

And now for some profiles to catch up on all the old ones. This weekend I intend to compile all the information together.

Name: Dormond Ferguson
Alias: None
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Class: Pokébrid (Mawile)
Appearance: Imagine your standard butler. Grey hair, small mustache, gentlemanly stature and superb manners. Now imagine him with a giant set of jaws hanging from a fleshly black protrusion on the back of his head. He dyes his mustache black because the genes turned his hair black, and wears gloves to hide the fact that his hands are black as well.
Backstory / Personality: A butler serving in Rayleen's family for at least three generations, Dormond personally blames himself for Rayleen's suffering when her father and fiancé were killed. His relationship with Rayleen is deep and he considers himself her personal champion, protector of body and mind.

Name: Lola Phelps
Alias: Queen of Hearts
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Class: Pokébrid (Lopunny)
Appearance: Lola is a bombshell in Nurse's whites. Strangely enough, her naturally pink hair has affected the Lopunny genes somewhat, turning the brown fur as pink as her hair. One would expect her to have other features, but do to adding hair removal in undesireable places as part of her personal care regimen, there are no tufts of furr on her wrists, eyebrows, or on the sides of her knees.
Backstory / Personality: Lola has been working as a trainee nurse for about five years, and as a registered nurse for less, but she's damn good at the job of healing others. One of the small disappointments in her life is that far too many people come to see her just to see her. Seriously, a stomacheache? Your leg fell asleep, that's all. I'm sorry, I don't see an open head wound. Yeeeeah. Lola wants to prove her potential by dealing with the worst injuries a man could ever suffer from without dying, yet for this professional, she may get bored quickly.

Name: Shannon Mordhaus
Alias: Emerald
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Class: Pokémon Trainer
Pokémon Registry
- Leafeon [Florescence] (Grass Type) [Female]
Moves: Leaf Blade / Synthesis / SolarBeam / X-Scissor
Ability: Leaf Guard
Item: Lax Incense
- Roserade (Grass/Poison Type) [Female]
Moves: Poison Jab / SolarBeam / Synthesis / Shadow Ball
Ability: Poison Point
- Cacturne (Grass/Dark Type) [Male]
Moves: Needle Arm / Sucker Punch / Focus Punch / Destiny Bond
Ability: Sand Veil
- Jumpluff (Grass/Flying Type) [Female]
Moves: Giga Drain / Bounce / SolarBeam / Energy Ball
Ability: Leaf Guard
- Abomasnow (Grass/Ice Type) (Female)
Moves: Sheer Cold / Blizzard / Wood Hammer / Mist
HM Moves: Strength / Rock Smash / Rock Climb
Ability: Snow Warning
Appearance: Shannon has long waist-length brown hair and beautiful green eyes. She wears an oversized pair of headphones and only turns them off when she absolutely has to listen to something or someone. She wears a dark-green sleeveless turtleneck that also exposes the belly and brown denim shorts, black sneakers and black fingerless gloves.
Backstory / Personality: Shannon hasn't had a whole lot of good come to her in her love life. First, she was in love with the Draceon (Dragon Eevee Evolution) trainer, Lucifer. But Lucifer ends up with Rayleen, and then gets killed by a falling Bastiodon. Shannon bears a powerful grudge against Rayleen (but doesn't know that Rayleen is a District Chief for PATCA yet). Confused with feelings that she feels she cannot show to anyone or redirect, she started to believe she might be in love with Darcen. Now that fucker's dead, and Shannon's a towering manifestation of resentment. She joins PATCA on a probationary period to avenge Darcen's death. She finds out about Rayleen, and nearly goes back to jail to serve her sentence there, but Moon convinces her to press on as a favor to him for saving her life. Hmm, do I smell underlying motivations?

[Menarker]

Lola as Queen of Hearts? Should I be worried how that Alias makes me think of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland?

Lola: OFF WITH YOUR HEAD! I'll patch it back up after. Teehee! <3

I don't suppose I can request an invented pokemon such as Ruin/Steel? (With stats similar to Shuckle. Crappy offense and speed, SUPERIOR Defence)

[Astral Harmony]

Not Ruin. Ruin is what I kill you with, not the other way around.

Now I gotta get ready for work. I know there's other things I need to do, like the next omake but time just flies too fast when I'm GMing this shit.

[Dracorion]

Kickass stuff.

So, here's my fifth pokemon. I don't suppose we get the option of changing one of the ones we already have. Kingdra's kinda stepping on Starmie's territory.

Kingdra (Female)
Ability: Sniper
Draco Meteor/Hydro Pump
Blizzard/Hyper Beam
Item: White Herb
HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Whirlpool

Question: would Tyranitar's Sand Stream work indoors? I should hope not, Matt is on my team.

And yeah, what we've done with the RP thread is as bad as what we've posted here.

[Menarker]

Still thinking of which ones I'll be using, but I'm hoping something like Spiritomb, Slaking or Shuckle. Although I might think of something else... At school atm though.

EDIT: Is there any reason why Shannon only has 5 pokemon? I could have sworn she had 6 before.

[Dracorion]

Probably because now she's one of us and that means she has to play by our rules?

[Menarker]

*Cough*Rachel*Cough*

Yes, I totally understand. :3

[Dracorion]

Oh, right.

Well then, beats the hell out of me.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I may as well post the new addition to Charlotte's lineup. I'll edit the rest into my profile, including some attack changes.

Absol (Koona)

Psycho cut/ Ice Beam
Sucker Punch/Sword Dance

[Dracorion]

Hm, it occurs to me. Maybe Mike should go with team 2 and Isaac with team 1. Lola's team seems to be lacking in dragon-type moves aside from Renny, while team 1 has Impact and Pierce.

[Menarker]

AB, could it be possible if I could request Shaymin? I know it's legendary, but stat wise, it's similar to all the psuedo legendaries, and it does rather fit the cuteness theme! ^^

*Highly doubt it though*

Also, Renny has two pokemons with dragon moves. And one of them has a special effect of FLINCHING ALL FOES 40% of the time. ^^ That's a tactic I wish I had last battle, but I didn't know we would be facing such numbers.

[Astral Harmony]

Rachel will also be using five. Actually, as an inexperienced trainer, she should be restricted to four until she gets used to battling. Shannon using five is more or less part of her probation, to keep her in line. Kinda like "we have your Shiftry so no funny business."

Yes, trainers can change Pokémon between missions. I mean, it's kinda silly that a trainer would only have six, right?

And I suppose you can request Shaymin. It does seem kind of more like a Pokémon for showing off than battling.

Now I'm going to work, and I don't wanna hear a peep out of any of you until I return!

[Dracorion]

Now I'm going to work, and I don't wanna hear a peep out of any of you until I return!

Sorry, you've been peeped.

Also, Renny has two pokemons with dragon moves. And one of them has a special effect of FLINCHING ALL FOES 40% of the time. ^^ That's a tactic I wish I had last battle, but I didn't know we would be facing such numbers.

But it's Twister. Quad-damage or no, it's still gonna suck. And Bulbapedia says it's 20% chance.

Yes, trainers can change Pokémon between missions. I mean, it's kinda silly that a trainer would only have six, right?

You mean I can grab something not-Starmie? I love you. I'm grabbing a goddamn Metagross

Metagross (Genderless)
Ability: Clear Body
Meteor Mash/Zen Headbutt
Giga Impact/Explosion
Item: Metal Coat
HMs: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash.

Gonna edit it into the first post I made listing my pokemon to avoid confusion.

[Menarker]

*Pump Fist* WOO! ^^

Shaymin (Leftovers)
Seed Flare/Leaf Storm
Zen Headbutt/Earth Power
HM: Flash
Grass type (First Form. All Stats balanced.) Has Natural Cure Ability.
Grass/Flying (Second Form) *Reverts back to first form during night time or cannot be shifted when frozen. Requires a Gracidea item to shift. Said item is not a held item.* Has Serene Grace Ability.


Funny to note it's also one of the smallest pokemons possible to get in the game. ^^ Renny proportioned!

And you're not reading up on Togekiss. Togekiss/Shaymin ability is Serene Grace, which doubles the chances of any side effects to happen. Thunderbolt for example would have 60% chance to paralyze instead of 30%. Twister would do 40% chance of flinching just like how Togekiss can use Air Slash to have a 60% of flinching a foe.

Beside, a move that can hit all foes and make them stop what they are doing for the turn while everyone gets a free hit is not only great offensively, but also defensively since less successful hits means less healing meaning everyone can work hard for longer (less items used as well and less downtime).
To make it better, Togekiss still has Metronome item. Twister gets more powerful each time it is used in a row. ^^


Also... New moveset! (Which rules of mimic are we using? The first one is easier to implement and less work involved.)

Togekiss (Male) *Serene Grace* (Air Slash has 60% chance of flinching hit foe and Twister has 40% chance of flinching ALL FOES.)
[Item: Metronome]
Air Slash/Mimic
Substitute/Endeavor
Twister/Roost
HMs: Fly, Defog, Rock Smash, Flash

Magnezone (Genderless) *Magnet Pull*
[Item: Leftovers]
Thunderbolt/Flash Cannon
Magnet Rise/Thunder Wave
HMs: Flash

Swampert (Male) *Torrent*
[Item: Leftover]
Ice Beam/Outrage
Mimic/Earthquake
HMs: Strength, Surf, Dive, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Rock Smash, Rock Climb

Umbreon (Female) *Synchronized*
[Item: Leftovers]
Confuse Ray/Moonlight
Helping Hand/Toxic
HMs: Cut, Flash

Shaymin (Land Form)(Female) *Nature Cure*
[Item: Leftovers]
Seed Flare/Psychic
Synthesis/Earth Power
HM: Flash

Shaymin (Sky Form) *Serene Grace*
Seed Flare/Psychic
Air Slash/Synthesis

EDIT: And Drac, Ground types are going to rape your team, except for Skarmory which flies. ^^;

[Dracorion]

Waaaaait a minute. You said trainer's pokemon get the Focus ability. You mean it's an actual ability, and we have to give up one of our abilities in order to have sweet single-targetted multi-target moves?

[Menarker]

I would dislike that for sure, although I think AB meant for that to be an additional bonus. We can find out when he comes back, but he ruled it as a "result of pokemon/trainer relationship", which doesn't exactly remove the physical traits inherent with a pokemon.

[Dracorion]

If it is an actual ability, is it always on? Or do we get to choose when to activate it? Like, say, if Renny's Togekiss has it and wants to use Twister on everything.

EDIT: And for Ground types: Skarmory and Kingdra. 'nuff said.

[Menarker]

Oh, right, I forgot about your 5th pokemon. ^^; Was focusing on your new choice, the Metagross.

Also, the main use of Focus would be with Lava Plume, Earthquake, Discharge and other such moves, allowing them to hit a single foe without hitting an ally. ^^;

So I'll be mainly be using it with Swampert. :3

[Geminex]

By the way, is the discussion our characters have had so far non non-canon? Because it seems like the mission's been... reset.

Of course, even if it didn't, we can just assume that it did, to save us discussing teams again.

[Menarker]

I thought it was all canon. Rachel was just being briefed by the substitute chief who passed on the pokemons as well, telling what info was available, and people discussed it while the other information was filled in by Lola and Shannon who also provided information on behalf of Garus.

[Dracorion]

Well, it did seem to me that the conversation between Rachel and Shevenston was private. We were all talking about Lola and the grass trainer like it had been said in-character who they were.

Maybe we can just assume that the talking we did took place after Lola's briefing.

[Geminex]

Ah, right. Also, I approve of your previous suggestion of PVP battles. I was already planning to have Imact challenge Charlotte to one, just to gain dominance. Renny and Impact can have one as well.

Though really, despite my upgrades, in PvP, trainers still have the advantage. Simply confuse impact, and badly poison him and bam. You've pretty much won. Or you keep spamming instant kill attacks. You only have to be lucky once, Impact has to be lucky constantly. And let's not forget that, should worst come to worst, togekiss can just endeavor the hell out of my little slayer.

[DanteFalcon]

Matthias will be nabbing Castform for his pokeshift. I'll post the appearance change and all that later tonight. Got some theater stuff to do. HUZZAH

[Menarker]

Though really, despite my upgrades, in PvP, trainers still have the advantage. Simply confuse impact, and badly poison him and bam. You've pretty much won. Or you keep spamming instant kill attacks. You only have to be lucky once, Impact has to be lucky constantly. And let's not forget that, should worst come to worst, togekiss can just endeavor the hell out of my little slayer.

Endeavor is better to use when already severely injured or as part of a set-up if there is an immensely powerful foe surrounded by those able to guard it like that Omnisroth.

In YOUR case, Togekiss would probably just use Air Slash for STAB bonus while flinching you 60% of the time (Flinchlock) until you get knocked out. ^^

EDIT: Ah, I sadly noticed that I need to put two movesets for Shaymin, since it has different moves for different forms. Although I doubt I'll be able to use the second one, since the mission is during the night.

[Geminex]

I'm not giving away my strategy, but I doubt Togekiss would be much of an obstacle to me. If anything, Magnezone and Shaymin would be irritating. Plus, I'm not sure how good umbreon would be.

I'd probably lose against you, but I wouldn't lose horribly.

[Menarker]

Hehe, I'm looking forward to the next update where we get to strap you to one of the self destructing accessories. ^___^

I doubt it would kill you though! I had a Snorlax who used metronome and the random spell landed on Explosion... I was still able to use it afterwards, so I have to assume you'll live. :3

AB: I don't suppose later on, if we get any more upgrades that there can be optional ones based on one's playing style? In my case, I don't plan on switching pokemon around (you could say that Renny doesn't catch pokemon only to leave them in the bin just because they don't fit his fighting style) and due to all sorts of kinship factor maybe boost the ones he does keep or something.

Also, I still haven't heard back regarding Mimic. (Had it in a previous post but moved it to a more recent one). Will we be using the Generation 1 rules or the rules after that? First Generation Rule 1 is easier to implement since I just choose a move from the opponent's list, but also more powerful. The other one is strictly to mimic the last action of a pokemon and use that one for as long as mimicing pokemon is out. Isn't exactly as powerful, relies on hoping that a team-mate or enemy pokemon behaves the way I want it to and that sort of thing.

[Geminex]

You mean like "Beat up" (that's the attack where the enemy takes a 10-damage attack from every non-deployed pokemon), only in a good way?

Also, you wrote that Renny's Family's Snorlax finances itself using Pay Day, right?
Yeah, if Homnyr's economy is anything like the real-world economy, that would screw it over so hard. It's the equivalent of having a money-printing-press at home.

And yeah, Impact has anti-normal armor automatically. I guess I'll just run at the enemy, detonate and then just stand there in a cartoon manner, charred all over with smoke rising from my singed hair. Then Lola heals me. Vigorously.

[Menarker]

I don't know what you mean by Beat-Up... but no, the first edition of Mimic was similar to mindreading a pokemon or scanning genetics or something and BAM, the pokemon knew how to use the attack, even if it's completely different from its type, like Swampert using Overheat. The second edition basically is similar to Red-Mage's Mimic... and we seen how that works out, when you can only mimic the last thing that someone does (even if you can keep using it for a while.)

... and you just had to use "Vigorously". *Sigh*

[Geminex]

When I spoke about beat-up, I was referring to this comment:
due to all sorts of kinship factor maybe boost the ones he does keep or something.
and this attack:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Beat_Up_(move)

Basically, I thought you could request Togekiss to have a similar attack, only it'd let all of Renny's pokemon participate in the attack by... powering up Togekiss with their love and friendship? I don't know. But something along those lines.

I'm guessing we're working with generation II rules for mimic.

And yes, "Vigorous" was necessary.

[Menarker]

Oh, I just meant something like one or two extra moves or generally stronger because they trained together longer or stronger bond (They aren't switched out for other pokemon). But I guess we'll see. :3

[Dracorion]

Oh man, Pierce and Impact are like this.

And everything he just said is complete bullshit.

[Geminex]

Have any of you ever played KOTOR II? Cause this totally feels like it.
Insulted Shannon:
Influence Gained: Charlotte
Influence Lost: Renny

Apologized to Shannon:
Influence Gained: Renny
Influence Lost: Charlotte

Need to get Charlotte on my side fairly quickly, because whenever I do something nice, that the rest of the team approves of, she’ll be alienated…

I think Impact will be challenging her near the end of this mission.

Edit: Fuck apologizing, Pierce is harsher than I thought he'd be. Though that'll be the last time Impact snipes at Charlotte.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Oh God Charlotte's just asking for a catfight to start.

And I do count on Impact to be the first to dig around on everyone's backgrounds. And admittedly, Charlotte would probably be easily manipulated, her blood lust makes her a bit like a gun. Only it has danger of exploding in your face.

[Dracorion]

"You have just shown me your soft, meatbag-like underbellies, and said, 'HK-47, please shoot me repeatedly there until I die.' "

[Geminex]

Like I said, I'm counting on her mentality to be wolf-like. That is to say, she'll aknowlege superiority if he proves not only his power, but also his savagery. If we go PVP and Impact wins, don't expect to keep all of your bones intact.

As for background research, I was thinking of doing so between the first and second mission, but I'll do it before the third. Probably before I fight Charlotte.

Edit: And was the HK-47 (Best Robot ever, not counting Glados. And even if, it'd be a tie) reference just a sign that yes, you do know Kotor II, or did it actually mean something in context?

[Menarker]

... god, it's like being a Paladin in a group of back-stabbing rogues. I'm getting an ulcer... Any of you read Order of the Stick? I feel like Roy so much now...

AB just can't get home fast enough. :3

[Dracorion]

Edit: Fuck apologizing, Pierce is harsher than I thought he'd be. Though that'll be the last time Impact snipes at Charlotte.

Like I said, complete bullshit.

Edit: And was the HK-47 (Best Robot ever, not counting Glados. And even if, it'd be a tie) reference just a sign that yes, you do know Kotor II, or did it actually mean something in context?

Yes. And not about Shannon.

... god, it's like being a Paladin in a group of back-stabbing rogues. I'm getting an ulcer... Any of you read Order of the Stick? I feel like Roy so much now...

AB just can't get home fast enough. :3

I'd peg Renny for more of an Elan.

Then again, Elan did get the hot chick. Maybe Renny and Rachel will get together.

[Menarker]

Or maybe this Elan imitator will seduce the entire team of women (Renny is the only guy in the group of 3 girls by far) as is tradition of the bardic profession. ^.~

But yeah, Elan does seem like a closer fit.

[Dracorion]

Well, he does have an Eeveelution, so maybe he could get Shannon.

But we don't know a whole lot about Lola.

[Geminex]

If anything, it'd be Renny and Lola. Though Rachel'd work too.

And the too previous comments still confuse me.
What is complete bullshit? Impact's insults? Pierce's condoning them? Renny's protests?

And what do you mean with the HK-47 quote. Am I suddenly somehow incredibly vulnerable to Pierce? Is Pierce a robot? What?

[Menarker]

That and he does have a legendary grass type. Bonus points there.

And I think Drac means that Pierce was just bullshitting everything he said to Renny. He really supports Renny backing up Shannon (it's not only honorable but professional), but he is really reluctant to agree with anything that Renny says (Pierce hates Renny's guts for some reason), so he takes the easy peer pressure of joining in with Charlotte and Impact.

It even said "Damned if he would openly admit that Renny was right." Although it could be possible he just meant that Renny was right about there being better things to do with their time.

Pierce also ultimately agreed with Renny's wallscaling tactic instead of the ladder/stairs to the roof in the first mission, but he was grudgeful and reluctant to think the idea was good because it came from Renny. (And that the other way was more exciting).

Of course, that's my assumption.

[Dracorion]

If anything, it'd be Renny and Lola. Though Rachel'd work too.

I just had the funniest mental image of Renny and Charlotte getting together. It is hilarious.

And the too previous comments still confuse me.
What is complete bullshit? Impact's insults? Pierce's condoning them? Renny's protests?

Check Pierce's bio. He was being a complete hypocrite and he knows it, and he didn't mean a word he said when he condoned Impact's insults. He really just doesn't like Renny.

Okay, maybe "doesn't like" is too strong. More like can't stand Renny attitude and thinks he needs a rude awakening. Y'know, maybe I should actually say these things in the RP. Oh well.

And what do you mean with the HK-47 quote. Am I suddenly somehow incredibly vulnerable to Pierce? Is Pierce a robot? What?

Pierce is a robot.

Hint: No he isn't.

Although it could be possible he just meant that Renny was right about there being better things to do with their time.

This is what he meant.

[Menarker]

... Out of curiousity, since Dormond is doing recovery time with Rayleen, who is driving?

*Renny puts hands up, but everyone laughs*

"I can reach the pedals... sometimes!"

Need new discussion thread again soon.

*Demands Rachel/Lola/Rayleen/Shannon/Evangleen/Rio/Charlotte nekkid pillowfight like promised back in the very first discussion thread.* =P

[Geminex]

I really need to re-read these bios. I knew Charlotte was a former criminal, but not Pierce. Things make more sense now. Though I also have the urge to blast pierce with a flamethrower, just to make sure he's not a robot.

Rachel/Lola/Rayleen/Shannon/Evangleen/Rio/Charlotte/Gardevoir nekkid pillowfight

You forgot something. Fixed that for you.

[Dracorion]

He's not the Terminator.

It could be like a hologram or something.

[Bard The 5th LW]

OK, I mulled it over for like 5 seconds, and decided to alter Charlotte's new Pokemon, since the matter hasn't become important yet.

Aerodactyl (Hammond)

Dragon Claw/ Iron Tail
Giga Impact/Fire Blast

You're probably wondering 'why a fucking Aerodactyl' and while I can thinka couple of reasons, and maybe a story to go with it, my main answer is, 'because its a fucking Aerodactyl'

I'll make, like a little side story with it tommorow.

[Menarker]

Bard, there is a new Discussion thread here... (Although I guess you were still writing when it came up.) http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=37444

[DanteFalcon]

Matthias: Castform appearance (All 4 of its forms)

Normal: His eyes have widened and become large, beady and black. The skin on his body has turned gray except around his eyes which have a sunglasses effect (the skin being a pale white). As he walks occasionally a small cloud forms from the top of his head before dissipating.

Sun (Fire): His skin turns orange/red and a series of orange orbs encircle his head. No longer leaves clouds in his wake though his eyes stay the same.

Hail (Ice): Skin turns purple and a windstorm kicks up around him. Doesn't have any real affect other then making it slightly awkward to stand near him due to debris.

Rain (Water): Head changes to a teardrop shape and appears to be a solidified drop of water.