Pokemon Umbral Theatre 7: Mating Season Is One of My Best Ideas Yet

[Astral Harmony]

Let's do some sexy stuff this time. Y'know, like I usually do.

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a469/PokemonUmbral/PokemonUmbral92.jpg

I'm surprised this was allowed by Photobucket. And I thank them for it. I'll keep my eyes open for more Pokeboy issues. They're awesome.

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a469/PokemonUmbral/PokemonUmbral36.jpg

And you have a problem with Team Rocket being in Pokemon Umbral why?

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a469/PokemonUmbral/PokemonUmbral44.jpg

Kinda hard to tell what some of these girls are anthropomorphs of. The girl with pink is a Forretress, right?

[Bard The 5th LW]

Gem, Drac.

This is an RP about pokemon.

[Dracorion]

Shit, Bard just won the argument.

I see Mightyena, Umbreon and I guess also Espeon and Leafeon. Maybe Ninetales? Actually, let's say the one next to Mightyena and Foretress is Eevee. The one at the front would be Flareon and I guess the two next to Eevee would be Vaporeon and Jolteon. What does that make the green one and the one next to Umbreon? I don't think the green one is Leafeon anymore, because there's no Glaceon.

Anyway, I just realized that Snorlax's fertility aura may be able to cure impotence.

That'd be a hell of a PR campaign.

"Having trouble getting it up? Is the blue pill not working for you? Well, stop worrying! Just pop a Snorlax pill and you'll never have to worry about your little buddy's performance ever again!

Warning: side effects may include but are not limited to: itching, hair loss, massive weight gain, diarrhea, internal bleeding, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, sores, cramps, seizures and loss of intelligence.

Call a doctor if you get an erection from food."

[Astral Harmony]

I've gotta stop letting Pierce get so much ass. But it leads to so much hilarious shit.

[Dracorion]

Jesus Christ. Vladier Burkmont is a goddamn pimp. Seriously, Irene, Mio's Mom and Rayne?

Goddamn pimp.

Pierce's going to have to work hard to catch up. But damned if he's not going to catch up.

Your post is acceptable, AB. Pierce gets gratuitous amounts of ass, so 's cool. He's supposed to look at the card, right? Or does he have to wait for Harliette to give him some kind of dramatic revelation before he can look at it?

Anyway, Eldys Asherah.

I kinda want Pierce to meet her. If only just to find out what the hell she's about. Also, I'm pretty into the whole "do what you have to do to save the world, even if everyone hates you" schtick.

Shut up Geminex.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Yeah Burkmont probably has kids all over the frakkin' globe.

[Dracorion]

I would not be surprised to hear that he's Lucifer's father (would be kinda awkward for Rayleen if she finds out), and Harliette's, Renny's, Pierce's, Moon's and Elizabeth's.

Also, Faynoc must be shagging RETARDED amounts of ass right now.

[Astral Harmony]

Definitely not Renny's father. Otherwise, you'd have that stupid scene at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.

But Renny's brother, maybe. It'd be like when Austin Powers and Dr. Evil were revealed to be brothers.

[Dracorion]

I like how you didn't deny any of the others.

[Menarker]

I'm suprised that Harliette suddenly boosted her "approval rating" of Renny, given how she was a bit curt with Renny during his party. Then again, her best friend Whitney was involved at the time. Not a problem though.

I dunno why everyone is suddenly shocked that Snorlax has that fertility ability. I mentioned it way back in the RP when Renny was telling Lola about his potential dream to farm berries and make Mollesk wine via using Snorlax' aura and Shaymin's legendary grass power of Seed Flare.

Something occurs to me. AB, is there any age restriction for pokebrid surgery? I mean, if the pokebrid process gave a mating season side-effect, I'd doubt they would permit it to children and those who aren't adults for the same reason why porn has a government restriction (unless this country doesn't have porn rules!). Renny would probably get a pass on that restriction since he IS law enforcement to an extent of being a SWAT team member. But yeah, just curious. ^^

Oh, and of course, Burkmont is nowhere young enough to be Renny's brother. Renny's parents are still relatively young, and Burkmont already has children older than Renny. The turd is not directly related in any fashion to Renny.


I see Mightyena, Umbreon and I guess also Espeon and Leafeon. Maybe Ninetales? Actually, let's say the one next to Mightyena and Foretress is Eevee. The one at the front would be Flareon and I guess the two next to Eevee would be Vaporeon and Jolteon. What does that make the green one and the one next to Umbreon? I don't think the green one is Leafeon anymore, because there's no Glaceon.


I think the green one is Leafeon because Leafeon is pretty much tied for the highest attack stat for grass pokemon (Breloom) and can learn Sword Dance too. Has the trademark ears of the Leafeon too.


I imagine everyone who lurks on Umbral threads are liking the opening post. :3

[Dracorion]

Time travel.

Anyway, I dunno about an age restriction. Renny's sixteen, after all. And while mating season does affect Pokebrids a lot, the fact is it's their choice if they want to dry-hump the first guy they see on the street or not. Just gotta have the willpower.

[Menarker]

Actually, Renny is 17 since at least a few weeks prior to this point in the RP. Many many months has passed since the RP started and Renny didn't join PATCA on his 16th birthday. He had several months on that 16th year and only required a fair bit more before he was going to hit 17.

[Dracorion]

And there we are.

Pierce may stop by Rayleen's hearing before actually heading out, though.

[Wizardcat]

I imagine everyone who lurks on Umbral threads are liking the opening post. :3
You imagine incorrectly.

Also, how can you not recognize the Shinx/Luxio girl? S'very distinctive.

[Dracorion]

Is that someone that signed up for the RP but never ever posted I hear?

Nah, that'd be silly.

[Bard The 5th LW]

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000040_4.gif

[Geminex]

Hey, AB, bout chibi-phantomere: If Phantomere manifests in the blood, how's he gonna manipulate Impact through the scythetip? Does each bear part of him or what?

Ok, Drac, I could respond. But that would take even longer, and Bard's right. And you're arguing semantics at most, the only really solid point you have is that pokemon exist in different regions (and that gets sorta nullified as well, when you realize how easy bird pokemon make travel). So let's just agree that, while the effects of pokemon are limited, they'd still slow down humanity pretty massively. By, say... a millennium? Yeah, sounds about right. Pokemon will eventually get replaced within the next few centuries, as technology develops even further, but so far they're being widely used, still.
Can we agree that above statement is correct? Please?

Also, I notice a distinctive lack of Impact in that post. Renny's getting tail, Pierce is getting mad, Charlotte is getting a source of comic relief and power. The only two who're missing are Matt and Impact. This disappoints me... But y'know what, it's fine. I can take care of that much myself.

Edit:
Also, I'm pretty into the whole "do what you have to do to save the world, even if everyone hates you" schtick.
Huh. Elaborate, do.

[Dracorion]

Can we agree that above statement is correct? Please?

Now I'm not going to just to spite you.

Edit:

Huh. Elaborate, do.

Not any way Impact would do it.

[Geminex]

Now I'm not going to just to spite you.
You really wanna spite me?

Not any way Impact would do it.
No, elaborate on the whole statement. You're actually saying Pierce might take a similar course as my esteemed character?

[Dracorion]

You really wanna spite me?

Yes.

No, elaborate on the whole statement. You're actually saying Pierce might take a similar course as my esteemed character?

Well, I don't know if he's going to.

Impact is probably going to try and make it that way anyway.

But he would. Y'know, do the right thing, damn what anyone else thinks.

[Geminex]

Yes.
>: ]

But he would. Y'know, do the right thing, damn what anyone else thinks.
Wow. He is a sociopath!
Wanna be a loyal but reluctant apprentice?

[Dracorion]

Wow. He is a sociopath!
Wanna be a loyal but reluctant apprentice?

Nah.

Though, maybe I'll let you be my apprentice.

[Geminex]

Yeah. Good luck with that.

Oh, and about your mission, nice. Very nice prelude, pretty good pacing.
Pretty much exactly as I envisioned it. :3:

[Dracorion]

Meh, I actually didn't intend to have it happen right now, when I sent the PM to AB.

Admittedly, I didn't say anything of the sort. That was my bad.

But anyway, I figured Renny needs some time to y'know, Pokebridisize himself. I wanted to do Adamantitar proper, and maybe get Pierce to say something in Rayleen's hearing. And now, well, now Pierce just going to run to Millenium House straight away.

[Geminex]

I need more time, we all do. Gimme a few days to arrange some shit.

Wilhelmina's thing doesn't need to have been on the same day the mission ended.

[Dracorion]

Um, I believe AB's post said we were coming back from the party when Wilhelmina's thing happened, so yes it did.

Though yeah, someone should request AB a timeskip before Pierce and Harliette go out clubbing.

Fuck you, I'm not going to do it.

[Menarker]

But anyway, I figured Renny needs some time to y'know, Pokebridisize himself. I wanted to do Adamantitar proper, and maybe get Pierce to say something in Rayleen's hearing. And now, well, now Pierce just going to run to Millenium House straight away.

No worries about waiting for Renny. If anything,think of it as Renny doing the pokebridzation as a spur of the moment thing. From what it seems like, Pierce is rushing in without approval from the group, and PATCA will have to pull his fat out of the fire. Rushed decisions will be made.

So yeah, the only thing I would want you to wait for is for Lola to finish doing whatever to Renny, if it comes to that. Then continue at your pace.

That said, I'm saying again that I want the following:
Whitney as Sniper
Lola as Medic
Kurika as my Enforcer.

[Dracorion]

Well, I know Impact is going to need like a month's preparation before he can hand over leadership to Charlotte.

[Astral Harmony]

Something occurs to me. AB, is there any age restriction for pokebrid surgery? I mean, if the pokebrid process gave a mating season side-effect, I'd doubt they would permit it to children and those who aren't adults for the same reason why porn has a government restriction (unless this country doesn't have porn rules!). Renny would probably get a pass on that restriction since he IS law enforcement to an extent of being a SWAT team member. But yeah, just curious. ^^

Yeah, this doesn't matter. It's a strange feeling, not some magic spell that turns you into pedobear or something.

Hey, AB, bout chibi-phantomere: If Phantomere manifests in the blood, how's he gonna manipulate Impact through the scythetip? Does each bear part of him or what?

Phantomere has nothing to do with that stupid weapon anymore.

And I still wonder why you're trying to do all this "OMG fantomer iz manipulaet meez!!!1eleventeen" shit. Impact is evil. That is obvious almost as much in-character as it is out-of-character, and if you need verification, Menarker and Dracorian have pointed it out, time and time again, in any number of discussion and theatre threads.

Seriously, if you really need someone to manipulate you into evil, which is something I don't think anybody cares about but you, let the trio of Irene, Eldys and Sakuya do it. They're sexier and smarter than Phantomere could ever be.

Besides, Phantomere is pretty much lost on being evil. Charlotte's going to make him her bitch, and the twisted little spectral cherub is probably going to end up enjoying it.

[Dracorion]

Irene is evil?

[Bard The 5th LW]

I strongly considered having Charlotte shoot him in the face cold blood for shock value.

Edit: I sort of got the feeling Irene wasn't all good. Just something about her.

[Astral Harmony]

Irene's...conflicted. She's not evil, but she can recognize the need for someone villainous like Impact to save the world because right now, an evil asshole like Impact is actually what this world is going to need, and it pains Irene to no end.

Irene believes what Eldys believes. She's smart enough to follow Point A all the way to Point Z without even needing to know about what the other points are. She doesn't like it one fuckin' bit, but she can't see another way out.

And now Irene hates herself. She hates what she has to do. She hates that she's condemning the people who trust her the most to death. She hates that she's condemning the world to possible ruination under someone she could never trust but is forced to regardless.

Irene will never say it. Yet, deep down in her soul, she's screaming for death, because she believes that no one would ever tell her that she's doing the right thing. She's an emotional wreck. She's so lonely, especially without her husband. It's all she can do not to plunge her swords through her own chest. And forcing her own daughter into it? Irene's gotta be feeling lower than a snake's belly.

[Dracorion]

Interesting.

We'll have to see if there's hope for her yet.

[Bard The 5th LW]

If not, Charlotte can finish her off if she doesn't have the guts. Although, Charlotte admittedly would be more blase about that. No fun in stabbing the suicidal

[Geminex]

Phantomere has nothing to do with that stupid weapon anymore.

And I still wonder why you're trying to do all this "OMG fantomer iz manipulaet meez!!!1eleventeen" shit. Impact is evil. That is obvious almost as much in-character as it is out-of-character, and if you need verification, Menarker and Dracorian have pointed it out, time and time again, in any number of discussion and theatre threads.

Seriously, if you really need someone to manipulate you into evil, which is something I don't think anybody cares about but you, let the trio of Irene, Eldys and Sakuya do it. They're sexier and smarter than Phantomere could ever be.

Besides, Phantomere is pretty much lost on being evil. Charlotte's going to make him her bitch, and the twisted little spectral cherub is probably going to end up enjoying it.
I was afraid of that. Can't do anything to change your mind, obviously. I am calling bullshit, though. If you don't actually want me to put effort into writing, sure. Don't reward me for it. But don't expect me to keep doing so, setting up stuff like this.

Also, you're the DM. Fair enough. But stop telling me what my character is and isn't. I haven't declared him evil unilaterally, and if I do it'll be a temporary thing at most. If you wanna argue about my character's morality with me, let's do that here and now. But in absence of actually making any arguments, I'd strongly advise that you let me define my own character, and, like I said, stop telling me what he can and can't be.

And seriously, mocking me because I want my character to develop believably and not be a 2-dimensional cartoon villain? Pointedly not assisting me in that for no good reason other than "Your character is evil already, regardless of what you say"? That's not just below the motherfucking belt for a DM to do, it's below the soles of my shoes and goes two miles underground to hit the shit that's working in the mineshaft there and still not comprehending the realities of flight.

Y'know what, fuck this. My flight back to Germany leaves tomorrow evening, I'll get internet by the 25th at the latest, I hope. I'll log in again when I'm fully settled, but until that's the case I can find other ways to entertain myself. I need to think this over again, need to get away from this. This might screw up some plans, but, like I said, fuck this. There's more to life.

[Menarker]

Irene strikes me less as a suicidal person and more of a Death Seeker. Someone who wants their death to have a meaning or fulfilling a sort of accomplishment. Like a dying will. Basically, she'll willingly fight her hardest, but if the situation goes bleak, she won't retreat and she'll fight to the last breath to do as much damage as possible.

And AB, I stopped saying that Gem was being evil long ago. The closest I said to that was being a Lex Luthor, which really means he's more of an Unfettered in TVtropes terms than anything to do with morality on the good/evil scale. Yes, he's willing to be closer to darkness than many of the NPCs and PCs, but Gem is trying to make him not like the card carrying evil guys we joke about.

[Dracorion]

I was afraid of that. Can't do anything to change your mind, obviously. I am calling bullshit, though. If you don't actually want me to put effort into writing, sure. Don't reward me for it. But don't expect me to keep doing so, setting up stuff like this.

Also, you're the DM. Fair enough. But stop telling me what my character is and isn't. I haven't declared him evil unilaterally, and if I do it'll be a temporary thing at most. If you wanna argue about my character's morality with me, let's do that here and now. But in absence of actually making any arguments, I'd strongly advise that you let me define my own character, and, like I said, stop telling me what he can and can't be.

And seriously, mocking me because I want my character to develop believably and not be a 2-dimensional cartoon villain? Pointedly not assisting me in that for no good reason other than "Your character is evil already, regardless of what you say"? That's not just below the motherfucking belt for a DM to do, it's below the soles of my shoes and goes two miles underground to hit the shit that's working in the mineshaft there and still not comprehending the realities of flight.

Y'know what, fuck this. My flight back to Germany leaves tomorrow evening, I'll get internet by the 25th at the latest, I hope. I'll log in again when I'm fully settled, but until that's the case I can find other ways to entertain myself. I need to think this over again, need to get away from this. This might screw up some plans, but, like I said, fuck this. There's more to life.

I would like to point out that AB is more than capable of determining what your character is and isn't based on what you've written and what you plan to write about him.

What you want Impact to be, what you plan for him to become? That's something else entirely.

Have a nice flight. Is it okay if we just assume that Impact passes leadership over to Charlotte?

[Bard The 5th LW]

We can probably work in the flashback convo between Charlotte and Impact later.

Good luck on your flight Gem!

[Dracorion]

Menarker, if you're saying Lex Luthor isn't evil, I'll have to slap you. He may not believe himself to be evil, but he certainly is.

Anyway, Bard, I'm suprised Charlotte isn't angry at the fact that her most important kill just nullified itself. Especially on the same day that her second most important kill came back from the dead.

[Menarker]

I know Lex Luthor is evil! But was just saying that Impact isn't going into outright evil territory like deliberately messing with magical artifiacts for power or killing puppies. He is the Unfettered which would in turn have a huge chance of bringing him into evil if he ever strays too far one way or another (which we are assured will happen eventually. And even then, not in the homocidal manic or excessive villiany kind of way.)

[Bard The 5th LW]

She has used too much rage throughout the day.

And she can end Phantomere at any moment, so she's cool for now. Its also pretty hilarious.

[Dracorion]

This seemed appropriate:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/fjgca17/lex5sz.jpg

Anyway, while Lex would most definitely kill a puppy (or maybe just Krypto the Superdog), he doesn't mess with magical artifacts. He's a scientist.

[Geminex]

Just logging back in to say that that is exactly what Impact would do when no one was looking.
Steal all the cakes.
All of them.

Also, yeah. Let's assume that the leadership handover and the Renny-Impact training session happen before the next mission (with the handover actually only happening right before the mission starts, and as a preliminary thing at first, see my latest PM, bard). We can then flashback it conveniently.

[Dracorion]

Sounds to me like someone's secretly on Hidden mode!

Tsk tsk!

[Astral Harmony]

Yes, have a great flight.

And no, that's not sarcasm. I apologize for offending you. But, for the sake of salvaging anything from my tirade, let me address your anger.

I was afraid of that. Can't do anything to change your mind, obviously. I am calling bullshit, though. If you don't actually want me to put effort into writing, sure. Don't reward me for it. But don't expect me to keep doing so, setting up stuff like this.

There was ultimately no intention for the blood, the staff, or the scythetip to begin with except as little more than trophies. I feel inclined to remind you that there are things that are ridiculous that somehow managed to work and things that are ridiculous that do not work. Becoming evil because a ghost spoke to you through a sharp piece of metal is something that crosses the border.

Pretty much every idea you've ever come up with regarding the development of Impact has been like this. Pokemon Umbral allows for a lot of bizarre shit, but your ideas tend to shoot beyond that nearly invisible border. I ask myself that, out of all the stuff you've ever suggested in regards to character development, which would really help Impact develop. Outside of Impact conquering the world, I didn't find anything. At least nothing that would fit inside the context of the story.

I'm not trying to insult anyone here. And I wonder why you're so angry in the first place. Big deal, the magical scythetip is a lie. There's still the cake. And in the case of Pokemon Umbral, it's a fucking cake buffet.

Also, you're the DM. Fair enough. But stop telling me what my character is and isn't. I haven't declared him evil unilaterally, and if I do it'll be a temporary thing at most. If you wanna argue about my character's morality with me, let's do that here and now. But in absence of actually making any arguments, I'd strongly advise that you let me define my own character, and, like I said, stop telling me what he can and can't be.

I'm not telling you anything about your character that everyone else doesn't already think.

How many discussion threads has it been? This is the same arguement, it's just that instead of Dracorian or Menarker, it's me. But I agree, it is pretty harsh to judge you so decisively so early in the RP. There are still a great many missions to go and an immense number of opportunities for you to develop Impact. But color me dubious. And don't just blame me for thinking that an evil monster is all Impact is going to turn out to be. You've been saying that Impact hasn't shown his true colors for threads and threads and threads, and we're waiting...we're not holding our breath, but we're waiting. If you want to develop Impact, the RP thread is where you do it and you can do it at almost any time. Not here. Not in the PMs. But in the RP thread. Y'wanna make Impact look good? Do a post of him being concerned about everyone else, especially Kurika. That's the shit we've been waiting to see for so long but never have.

Besides, where do you have the room to complain? What about DanteFalcon? I'd love to see how his character develops, but it's hard to do so when he posts maybe once in a blue moon. I want to do a lot of shit for him. I mean, does anybody even know if he picked his Enforcer for that last mission? And how many posts did he make overall? Let's spread the love so that everyone gets their own chance at doing something, not just a small portion of you.

And seriously, mocking me because I want my character to develop believably and not be a 2-dimensional cartoon villain? Pointedly not assisting me in that for no good reason other than "Your character is evil already, regardless of what you say"? That's not just below the motherfucking belt for a DM to do, it's below the soles of my shoes and goes two miles underground to hit the shit that's working in the mineshaft there and still not comprehending the realities of flight.

A man becomes corrupted into being some mastermind because a spooky voice on the other end of a piece of barely-enchanted metal tells him it's a good idea.

You wanna tell me what part of that is supposed to be "believeable character development?"

Geminex, I want to, and actually do, listen to everything you suggest (so long as it's in orange text, usually). And yes, I actually do want to do the things you've suggested. Why do you think there's a sequel planned in the first place? Because you said you wanted to rule the world.

But all things have to fit inside the scope of Pokemon Umbral's story, despite how it seems like the story allows just about everything. No, the scythetip does barely anything. I'm sorry. No, you cannot be a military general. I'm sorry about that, too. If you want to try other things, I'm going to need suggestions just like last time. If there's something that I just cannot allow, then starting an arguement here isn't going to make it happen. And saying that it's bullshit without so much as offering a solution or an alternate idea just takes away the respect any of us have for you.

And yes, we do respect you. Or at least I know I do. I don't like it when someone tells me I'm not being fair, and god knows that when someone tells me that, I'm usually bending over backwards to provide a resolution that everyone can agree on.

[Dracorion]

Sorry, Lex Luthor stole the cake.

[Menarker]

I thought the entire cake buffet was a lie.

Well, the ones not smushed up by Mio landing ass first into them.

[Dracorion]

Also, I don't respect you.

Anyway, I wonder if Mio is going through mating season? On the one hand, she's a Pokebrid. On the other, I don't think Ruin Pokemon go into heat.

[Astral Harmony]

Strangely enough, I didn't even see the picture of Lex Luthor until after the post.

Anyways, I'm very sorry for being a douche, Geminex. I gotta think really hard about it. It's difficult to make a scythetip do something, y'know?

Come to think of it, it'd be easier to make Renny's Togekiss leave its Pokeball when Renny goes to sleep, then have it go pimp bitches on the streets all night.

Togekiss: "Does Togekiss have to Serene Blessing a bitch?"
Prostitute: "That's not much of a threat, Pimpmastah Togekiss."
Togekiss: "Shut up and make my money, you whore!"

[Dracorion]

And now it has to happen.

[Astral Harmony]

Hm hm hm. I have an idea what to do about that scythetip. Geminex, when you guys finally get to the Netherworld, have Fujiko the Gray Kimono take a look at it.

I won't tell you what'll happen, but it'll help Impact go toe-to-toe with pesky Pokemon Trainers.

Additionally, pick up additional "trophies" from various bosses. Fujiko can use them to help you out in the future when you're without your usual pool of powerful allies.

[DanteFalcon]

Touche AB. Actually there's a whole story about the most recent post I was working on for this and Landry. And then distractions.

It started to feel like a sitcom.

[Dracorion]

Sigh.

To protest or not to protest?

AB, is it okay if we say there's a timeskip of, I dunno, a few days, a week at most, between the end of the mission and Pierce and Harliette going out for drinks?

Then Renny has enough time to get drunk and Pokebridisize himself, and Impact has time to pass leadership to Charlotte.

[Astral Harmony]

Roger that. I'll just do a little adjustment and it'll be cool, man.

[Dracorion]

To clarify, the bit about protesting was about the buff you want to give Geminex, not about the time skip.

[Astral Harmony]

It's one of the steps towards his Infinity Crush, it provides new members for his side at the start of the sequel, and it allows for a great deal of character development, which is what Geminex wanted the scythetip to do for him in the first place.

It's not some instant character upgrade and in actuality will take a long time, which I hope smooths things over with anyone screaming foul about it.

[Dracorion]

... Scythetip constructs?

Screw it, I'm calling first dibs on all enemy spoils.

[Menarker]

Can I make a request? If I get trigger a Infinity Crush, I would like it to have a name with "Miracle" in it. Renny does have a strong or perhaps the strongest representation of anything resembling Light and Serenity, with Togekiss and his particular personality.

As for what exactly... I guess that depends on what you think Renny would be doing. If it's a support move, probably Miracle Litany. Offensive... Miracle Tempest or something like that. I'm not terribly picky. Just make it sound awesome/thematically appropriate.

Just something that came up in my head. Not that it is terribly important or anything. ^,^

EDIT: Renny doesn't need to collect trophies from his enemies for power. ^^ He uses the Power of Love and Friendship.

AKA: The girls he befriend are all his trophies in a practical sense :3:

[Dracorion]

Maybe if he actually had a chance of banging any of those girls.

As it is, not even mating season is going to get Renny some ass.

[Menarker]

Heh, we'll see about that. >_>

On a different note, has everyone more or less decided on their level 5 status?

Renny, as you already know, is going Pokebrid.

Would like to confirm the details on everyone else's rewards.

[Dracorion]

Sorry, the staff here at Pokemon Umbral may be made of sick perverted freaks, but we stay within the letter of the law.

No depictions of underage sex whatsoever.

The order my upgrades are listed in is the order I'm getting them.

[Menarker]

AB, I just realized... what IS the age of consent in this country Honmyr? Age of adulthood is not the same as the age of consent. In real life, even some of the States go as low as 16.

[Bard The 5th LW]

So what Pokemon will Renny mutilate himself into?

[Menarker]

*Read Drac's latest post*

... and I thought Pierce learned a lesson about drinking binges ever since his mishap at Renny's house. >_>

And we all know that Bard is going to scribble up some Yaoi pics as a result...

Shame on you.

[Dracorion]

So Tyranitar's character wasn't as developed as I would've liked.

We never actually did get to see him be aggressive or reckless much.

Oh well.

Anyway, AB, sorry for hijacking a nameless NPC like that.

You can have it be anyone you like. Jeanette Ricewood, if she's still around, or really anyone that's convenient for you.

Basically, Tyranitar's block on his third evolution (this post (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1053027&postcount=1) of yours implies that pokemon are aware of the fact that they can evolve further, and they constantly force themselves not to.) was lifted due to him wanted to grow more powerful and help Pierce.

By the time he realized this, the process had already begun, even though he tried to stop it. That's the cause of the pain. You can have the NPC explain that to Pierce, along with an explanation about Xth-stage evolutions. Or maybe they need to keep Adamantitar to study him, if even Ricewood Masterworks doesn't know what Xth-stage pokemon that aren't Pokeweapons are.

And sorry for taking some artistic liberties (Tyranitar's pain).

Menarker, you'd be surprised how many times Pierce has sworn off drinking in the past.

[Menarker]

Only thing that bugs me really about that post was Pierce being able to take out 8 pokemons at a time. I thought there was a special restriction that prevented trainers from carrying more than 6 normally. (Part of the reason why any pokemon you catch when you already have 6 pokemons with you is sent to the PC.)

[Dracorion]

Well, somehow neither Palkia nor Dialga vanished when Rayleen gave them to him.

[Menarker]

Technically, they were "confisicated" (stolen) and were still in Discord and Lucian's name. The group had no time to actually switch ownership officially then, if I presume correctly.

[Bard The 5th LW]

And we all know that Bard is going to scribble up some Yaoi pics as a result...

Even I'm not that sick.

[Dracorion]

Technically, they were "confisicated" (stolen) and were still in Discord and Lucian's name. The group had no time to actually switch ownership officially then, if I presume correctly.

Then that's why they didn't vanish and Pierce was able to carry eight of them.

[Menarker]

So you're saying that the pokeballs are still under their original's owner's name? And you're using them without officially transfering them over to you?

HAX! LAW-BREAKER! CRIMINAL!

[Bard The 5th LW]

Even I'm not that sick.

http://i52.tinypic.com/14l12j8.jpg

Now if only I had artistic talent...

[Dracorion]

Goddammit, Bard.

[Astral Harmony]

Can I make a request? If I get trigger a Infinity Crush, I would like it to have a name with "Miracle" in it.

Miracle? What are you, Sailor Moon? Sure, you can have Miracle in it, but the snickering from everyone else is going to be irritating.

AB, I just realized... what IS the age of consent in this country Honmyr? Age of adulthood is not the same as the age of consent. In real life, even some of the States go as low as 16.

The age of consent is 18. That's just proper. But that doesn't always stop people.

Anyway, AB, sorry for hijacking a nameless NPC like that.

You can have it be anyone you like. Jeanette Ricewood, if she's still around, or really anyone that's convenient for you.

Basically, Tyranitar's block on his third evolution (this post of yours implies that pokemon are aware of the fact that they can evolve further, and they constantly force themselves not to.) was lifted due to him wanted to grow more powerful and help Pierce.

By the time he realized this, the process had already begun, even though he tried to stop it. That's the cause of the pain. You can have the NPC explain that to Pierce, along with an explanation about Xth-stage evolutions. Or maybe they need to keep Adamantitar to study him, if even Ricewood Masterworks doesn't know what Xth-stage pokemon that aren't Pokeweapons are.

And sorry for taking some artistic liberties (Tyranitar's pain).

I'll actually have to read the post, but I'm sure it's all right.

[Dracorion]

Images of Renny doing a naked Sailor Moon-like transformation are not what I need on top of Bard's drawing, AB!

[Bard The 5th LW]

Its not like I plan for these things. You guys just throw them at me.

I totally don't have a file full of these things pre-drawn.

[Menarker]

Fine, no Miracle if you think it'll really be that goofy/dorky.


Images of Renny doing a naked Sailor Moon-like transformation are not what I need on top of Bard's drawing, AB!

I already brought up this line of thought back when AB demostrated that people other than Renny who pay the cost of Serene Blessing to protect someone have a naked angelic version of their being appear in the process of the technique. However, since it costs 35 rage to pay for a person and Renny has to pay 70 rage to activate it, he can never actually do that himself because it would add up to 105 rage... which is probably a bit of mercy for everyone who doesn't want to see a naked Renny. ^,^


EDIT: OH GOOD LORD! I thought that the pokemon trading card game might get referenced once as a gag or something, but an actual part of the plot?

[Geminex]

Allright, so maybe I'm in the airline lounge right now and don't have anything else to do and am as such replying again...
But that doesn't mean that I like any of you! (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsundere)

Ahem.
AB's stuff:
Yeah, I should probably be saying sorry as well. This isn't that important. It just... frustrated me. Particulary because I had placed quite a stake in it (Impact has gone from "POKEMON MUST DIEEEE" to "Pokemon don't matter too much, I want POWER", but I can find some other way to explain that.), and there didn't seem to be too much of a reason for it not to happen. But yeah, this is fine. I can manage, especially if Eldys and Sakuya do some corruptin' of their own.
Scythetip constructs sound fantastic. As does "the chosen one". When I've arrived in Germany, I'll PM you about that.

Also, when that comic about Renny getting the talk is done, the next one totally has to deal with Pierce's sexual exploits. Meaning alcohol, STDs (because come on, how does he not have any?) and probably Aster Loyd.

Also, I don't respect you.
:crying:

Adamanitar's (henceforth known as "Adam") transformation was cool, though.
And Bard, I can totally top that. You can barely recognize the hawt butsecks that's going on.

Additionally, pick up additional "trophies" from various bosses. Fujiko can use them to help you out in the future when you're without your usual pool of powerful allies.
HEY CHARLOTTE ABOUT THAT TROPHY COLLECTION. THE ONE THAT'S JUST SITTING ON YOUR MANTLEPIECE AND NOT VANQUISHING MY FOES. YEAH, THAT ONE.

[Menarker]

Well, I made my post.

Hoping you guys don't puke (or pretend to) or laugh thinking the post was sappy. Pretty much think this is one of Renny's defining moments.

Although, you can call me a romantic sap. :3

[Dracorion]

Also, when that comic about Renny getting the talk is done, the next one totally has to deal with Pierce's sexual exploits. Meaning alcohol, STDs (because come on, how does he not have any?) and probably Aster Loyd.

STDs don't exist in fantasy worlds.

Anyway, I hope you're not thinking this Chosen One business designates you as the main character. A) Pierce still fits the "Hero" role better, and B) like Sakuya says, everybody and their mothers is one, particularly evil sons of bitches like Burkmont and Faynoc. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Pierce is one. Hey AB, make it happen.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Hey AB, if Phantomere doesn't tell Charlotte what she wants to know, he will be getting a face full of Aerodactyl.

[Dracorion]

More like a faceful of pointy Aerodactyl teeth.

Anyway, I wonder how it is that a meathead like Pierce can keep up with someone like Jeanette Ricewood.

Also, for all of your benefits: I didn't want to say it in a post, because I didn't want to give anything away, but Pierce's mood has been pretty grim these days. Bordering on ticking time bomb.

[Astral Harmony]

Sorry, Bard. My eyes must've darted completely over your post. Correcting...

EDIT: Actually, it'll have to wait until I'm done with work today. Phantomere's gotta lotta 'splainin' ta do, and I need some post time to make sure he doesn't fumble all over himself and confuse you.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Thats cool.

ANd I have been aware of this for some time, but just felt like throwing out that on Google Image search for 'Charlotte Beaufort', you get this as the third result.

http://www.theatre-contemporain.net/images/upload/thumbs/L255-H314/6503100322.jpg

Some chick holding a revolver with a guy who was presumably shot in the background. Where does that sound familiar?

[Dracorion]

Apparently Charlotte Beaufort also has a Facebook.

And Googling Pierce Granger shows boring results.

Anyway, Menarker should hurry up and do his Pokebrid thing so that I can have Pierce go rogue.

Also, all of you should remember I called first dibs on all spoils forever. Don't like it? Build a time machine. Or offer me something nice in exchange for my +5 Idollus' Kidney of Bitchassness.

[Menarker]

Like I said before, you don't have to wait until Renny does his pokebrid thing before you go rogue. Renny will do it at the last minute AFTER hearing you have gone rogue. So don't bother waiting for that part. In-character, getting a pokebrid surgery is a huge decision (for most people at least). He's going to want to discuss things and ponder and ponder. Basically, he's thinking there is quite a bit of time open before the next mission due to the higher ups waiting for logistical reports from the Kimonos and such. Hell, he'll might not even be in the PATCA building when the news that you gone rogue arrives. Kinda leaving that up to AB though.

One thing Gem wanted to do though after the results of the Renny/Lola thing that is still going on is for Impact to attempt to train Renny in Slayer-ship (And failing to teach anything aside from very basic hands-on combat). At the same time, his character wanted to address some thoughts about Renny's reaction with Kurika or something. Gem says that part of his character development is riding on that interaction.

[Dracorion]

Well, Gem isn't around for another week and we're handling his stuff through flashbacks anyway.

Though, assuming he meant to take Slayer 5 as his next upgrade, he didn't leave any details for his RPDA. Nor did he ever post his upgrades.

Oh well.

Maybe I'll wait for AB to post Charlotte's promotion, to avoid any confusion with the timeline. It happens on the same day Pierce heads out.

... Nah, I'm just going to wait for him to post Phantomere's bit, see if Jeanette has anything to say, and then Pierce will head off.

Also, the news of Pierce going off will probably reach everyone just after Charlotte's thing.

[Menarker]

I thought Gem was going to have his demon level but delayed, so he would have two of them by level 6. Ah well.

The only thing I kinda want to you wait for on Renny's side if Impact's thing is being done via flashbacks is the entire Lola/Renny thing that is currently ongoing. Dunno how long that's going to be, but I imagine not too much longer.

AB: Is there any chance of being able to upgrade our characters later on for when the new moves and abilities from the new pokemon games Black and White are revealed? Sure, we might be ignoring the new pokemons mainly, but just wondering about new items, the new abilities, new attacking moves (some of them even are combination attacks!) and such like that. Otherwise, is it possible to retroactively change an upgrade or ability if a pokemon or character get a better one?

I'm assuming we're not going to be upgrading to triple battle system (Shock Troopers aside).

[Dracorion]

Well, make AB hurry up and post, then.

[Menarker]

AB's to do list (in no particular order):

1: Post regarding Charlotte and Chibi-Phantomere.

2: Post including Renny/Lola. (Likely the same post)

3: Stats and details on new members to join PATCA including Mio, Sakuya, Silk and perhaps Laurith. (Mainly so we can discuss who is joining which groups presumably.)

4: Sprite Comic

5: Answer in forum questions and any relevant PMs.


AB or Drac: Is the area where we will be fighting for the sidequest large enough for standard force deployments? Or are there any restrictions such as fewer members due to cramped quarters or such like that?

[Dracorion]

http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=1073397&postcount=53

It's mostly up to AB how many characters each team gets.

I will assume, however, that each team will get less characters than a full main formation like in this last mission. What with splitting up and all.

That said, each team should get at least half as many members as there were in this mission's main formation. Though maybe not. While I doubt both teams will get Engineers, both will probably need Medics.

Also, since we're inside Faynoc's secret base, it's probably a good assumption that Snipers won't be available. While Lexhur definitely won't be available, other Destroyers may be.

Anyway, since I'm assuming we would all like to be able to use Trainer Actions this turn, it'd be nice if Menarker would post his second Trainer Action, and Bard would post both of his.

Also, Bard, what upgrade are you taking for this mission? You don't have to post your upgrade sheet, just, y'know, the upgrade. Also, are you going to customize your own upgrades, or stick with standard?

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'm going to go with another level in trainer for this mission.

I'm going to use mostly standard, but I plan on throwing a few minor custom effects in it. Mostly morale effects.

[Dracorion]

You do realize any effect Charlotte could have on morale would probably be negative?

Anyway, kids, how do you guys wanna handle PC deployment? Obviously each team is getting two PCs, but who should go where?

I'm thinking one team should get Impact and Matthias, and the other should get Charlotte and Renny.

Because, Bard isn't going to come up with any plans for his team, so Menarker should do it. And while Gem is gone we can make up plans for his team.

Because if we put Renny and Impact together, then sure, one team would be covered, but we'd have to keep coming up with plans for Bard the whole mission.

The only problem is that one team would get no PC input until Gem gets back.

[Menarker]

Ah, right, I better think of Trainer Actions. I might scrap my first idea due to the changes that had occurred in making my update list.

As for Snipers not being available... that would be a problem since I'm really hoping for Whitney to come along. In-character and all. I guess she could serve as an Enforcer if the situation doesn't allow for Snipers, since she has a team of pokemon.

AB: Are snipers available this mission? If not, can I get Whitney as my enforcer?

[Bard The 5th LW]

The idea is that she effects the enemies moral negatively.

I actually will try to help out more with battle planning in this mission. I was going to in the last one, but it got a bit hard to keep track of.

Renny seems an OK choice as well.

[Dracorion]

Sure, ask AB if she can be an Enforcer.

And I've just remembered, Menarker, one thing I'd like to note about my Combined Attack Trainer Action. You said when you clarified that the damage would be split into two hits. However, I meant for Combined Attack to be able to deal quad damage if a foe has the appropriate weaknesses.

[Menarker]

I don't get what you mean by your comment on Combined Attack. The way I see it, the portion of your attack that would deal quad damage will deal quad damage.

For example, if your combined attack against Parasect happened to be fire/water, then you'll do quad damage for the fire portion since both grass and bug type are weak to fire, but only do half damage for the water move.


Gee, I'm having problems trying to think of viable trainer actions. Preferably something that would have use if repeated, as per Renny's Breeder 1 upgrade.

[Dracorion]

What I meant was, if the target were a Steel type, I used a Fighting move and then couple it with fire.

What I intended was for said attack to deal quad damage, even though the target only has one type. Y'dig?

Basically, while Combined Attack adds no damage, multipliers do apply. So 2x and 1x is 2x, but 2x and 2x is 4x.

[Menarker]

Oh, you want to multiply multipliers.

No.

Then if you used a dragon move and another super effective move on a ruin type, you'd get 8x damage multiplier. Easily. 16x if you had dragon and dragon (which you have several)

Your action as it was approved already gives you bonuses like giving your non stab move STAB if your first move also had STAB.

I realized that if we were to use the above example of Parasect and couple flying with fire, it would do 8x damage. Quad for Fire and quad for Flying. :3

[Dracorion]

Well, if not, then how's it different from a normal attack? Except, that, y'know, it can end up dealing .75x damage, making it worse than a normal attack.

What if we say that multipliers add, except for 1? So 2x + 1x would stay 2x, but 2x + 2x would be 4x, and 4x + 2x = 6x.

Alternatively, we could say it can't go over 4x at all.

[Menarker]

Well, that is kinda something I'd rather wait until Gem comes back.

Anyhow, the reason why it's different from a normal attack is because you use the stats of your attacker for both elements. So let's say we're fighting a pokemon with super high defense, like Steelix. So you need to attack with special attack stat. But your only pokemon with super effective moves for some reason has the wrong attack type to be effective (An attack type which Steelix is tough against). You're effectively transfering the attack type to a different pokemon who has the proper attack stat (Special attack) to use it more effectively.

Anyhow, not saying no to your suggestion, but waiting for Gem, since I thought it was decided quite a while ago. ^^:

[Dracorion]

Well, it was my fault for only picking up on it now.

[Menarker]

Well, we'll get to that a bit later.

Anyhow, some thoughts of Trainer Actions for Renny

Inspiration: Reduce the rage cost of the next ability that costs rage that one of Renny's pokemon uses by 10. Said ability can stack but cannot be carried over toward the next round.

Attentive care: Restore the health of both his pokemons by 30% (Copy of your technique, I know)


I'm also thinking of another one, but I'm stuck on it...

Guiding Eye: A pokemon forfeits their action to aid an ally with their technique via guiding them with enhanced senses or abilities. Target ally gains the benefit of Lock On and ???

Since most of our moves never miss in the first place, I wanted to add something extra to it to make it a worthwhile thing. Lock On by itself isn't very useful in the setting we are in by itself.

Oh, in case you're wondering what I mean by enhanced senses...
Swampert has POWERFUL eyes and can detect atmospheric changes (can detect storms).
Togekiss has that luck aura thing.
Mollesk's movelist involves some psychic moves and otherwise cosmic abilities.
Umbreon is the mysterious dark type with good eyesight and... it's mysterious!
Magnezone guides with robotic precision/calculation.
Shaymin... I'll just say has some sort of legendary pokemon gut feeling or something. :3

[Dracorion]

Pierce already has a skill called Inspiration in his upgrades. Other than that, what do you mean when you say "Said ability can stack but cannot be carried over toward the next round."?

Attentive Care is nice, but I dunno. I'd say drop it to 25%, since my Trainer Actions only affect one target for 50%, but 25% may be too small a heal.

As for Guiding Eye, I dunno, maybe make it bypass protections?

[Menarker]

Attentive Care is nice, but I dunno. I'd say drop it to 25%, since my Trainer Actions only affect one target for 50%, but 25% may be too small a heal.

I should point you to YOUR NPC, Elizabeth and her ability Group Hug which I copied.

As for your comment on the first technique, one of Renny's upgrades at Breeder 1 is an extra action, which has to be a trainer action. So he can either do two trainer actions per turn, or a trainer action and either a pokebrid action or a slayer accessory.

So long story short, If Renny has that upgrade and intends to use both trainer actions on this move, it can stack to reduce the cost of the next rage ability of that chosen pokemon by 20. However, that action must be performed during that turn, or the benefit is lost.

And piercing protection... doesn't seem to appeal to me. I was thinking a boost of some sort or double the chance of triggering whatever secondary effect would come with the move used. Yeah... that sounds good. ^^ A built in Serene Grace effect.

[Dracorion]

Oh.

Huh.

Totally forgot about Group Hug. So I guess Attentive Care is okay.

As for Renny getting to take 20 Rage off an ability... I'd suggest Geminex for that one.

[Menarker]

Guiding Support: A pokemon forfeits their attack to aid an ally with their attack via guiding them with enhanced senses or abilities. Target ally gains the benefit of Lock On and Serene Grace. (Move will not miss (thus negating even 100% evasion) and has double chance of triggering status conditions or effects that happen some of the time.)

What you think of that?


For the ability that reduces rage, it would only apply to Pokemon abilities (Focus, Divide, Testament Drive). That and in order to reduce it by 20, Renny would have to use that same ability twice as opposed to any of the others.

[Dracorion]

Still, reducing Divide's cost by 20 is a hell of a lot of encouragement to spend both actions on it.

As for Guiding Support, dunno. Mimicking an ability might be too much.

[Menarker]

We're already kinda bending the rules about mimicking with some of your techniques, like the 50% heal (Recover) and Mock (Follow Me). The pokemon doesn't get to attack as a trade off.

But that's an action to consider for later (Since Renny only has 2 now), so we have time to wait.

[Dracorion]

Eight, well, make Bard post his Trainer Actions, or Charlotte's gonna be stuck doing crappy Trainer Attacks forever.