Pokémon Umbral Discussion 6: Name That Nagarai!

[Astral Harmony]

Screw all your suggestions, we're nicknaming her Tictac and that's it.

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Where was I? Oh, yes. I'll get on the post right after I talk about the Kimonos, because I love talking about the Kimonos. What'm I gonna talk about? Well, how about some official profiles, complete with their Signature Techniques. Chizuru's Signature Techniques not mentioned before will be immediately added and able to be commanded during battle.

Name: Shizuka Mizuno the Red Kimono
Weapon: Katana
Species: Demon
Backstory: Leader of the Kimonos and one of the most talented swordfighters in the netherworld she calls home. Shizuka takes it upon herself to right the wrongs wherever she finds them, even ones outside the netherworld. Some people might wish she would just butt out of affairs that are not her own, but when she can kick your ass without drawing her katana, nobody's willing to tell her this to her face.
Signature Techniques
Apple Slicer: Shizuka pulls a lovely apple out from a "hiding place" and lazily tosses it between herself and the target, then inflicts eight too-fast-to-see cuts that split the apple into eight and could do the same to her target. Severe damage is inflicted on the target, 50% chance of instant death, 100% chance of flinching.
Apple Splitter: Shizuka pulls a lovely apple out from a "hiding place" and lazily tosses it between herself and a central point of where she will strike, then splits the apple and severely damages all foes before her with a single cut. Great damage is dealt to all targets.
Applesauce: Like what happens when you shoot a foe up close with a shotgun in F.E.A.R., except it also happens to an apple. Certain instant death on the target, no matter who or what it is.

Name: Tsubasa Hirasaka the White Kimono
Weapon: Wires
Species: Demon
Backstory: Tsubasa is more or less Shizuka's aide. Despite the fact that Shizuka has often preached to Tsubasa about listening to her own heart, Tsubasa just doesn't seem to get it. Always calm and collected, Tsubasa is a great leader and a deadly assassin all rolled up in a form fitting white kimono. She wishes that she can Kirie could become better friends, but the latter ain't having it. Tsubasa is a workaholic to the max, always throwing herself at problems before one of the other Kimonos even realizes that a problem exists in the first place.
Signature Techniques
Wire Web: Hastily yet skillfully creates a protective web of cutting wires between her allies and the enemy. Enemies who attack with melee attacks will end up getting hurt and forfeiting their turn. Only certain attacks that cut will destroy the Wire Web. Special attacks and attacks that subvert the barrier (Like Dig and Fly) will successfully strike without penalty.
Wire Prison: Looks the target down, keeping them from fleeing or using moves of any kind. The prison is tight enough to prevent special moves, but certain moves that cut or subvert the barrier (see Wire Web) will render the prison useless.
Wicked Dance: Tsubasa kicks up the beats, but nobody's amused as her wires swing and sway and slice away at her foe. Severe damage is dealt to the target. 50% chance of instant death.

Name: Kirie the Green Kimono
Weapon: Heavy Blade constructed of shiftable metal
Species: Angel
Backstory: Kirie is solid proof that angels aren't always gentle, lovable beings of light and good. Arrogant, egotistical, homicidal and a bitch describe Kirie's finer points. She's a fierce warrioress (understatement of the century) in battle, and longs to be the strongest fighter ever, setting up obsessive rivalries with those superior in battle to herself. Currently her obsession is Tsubasa and Kirie usually never misses an opportunity to try her strength and luck again. Kirie really didn't change much when she discovered that she was an angel and not a half demon like most of the rest of the Kimonos. I guess she just doesn't care about that kind of thing. Just like she doesn't care about the fact that she's the only Kimono without a last name.
Signature Techniques
Weapon Shift: Kirie quickly and expertly changes her Heavy Blade into something else, from a small dagger to a three-bladed axe to even an assault rifle. Regardless of what she changes the weapon into, she displays a peerless proficiency in its use. Unlike most Signature Techniques, Kirie can use this technique many, many times with ease.
Arsenal Assault: A highly destructive flurry of assaults combined with Weapon Shift, Kirie unleashes all hell on random unworthy opponents, dealing random, but usually good damage to all enemy targets. Let it burn, Kirie. Let it burn.
Endless Waltz: Kirie focuses all of her attention on a single opponent, something that said opponent would never wish for. More like a modification of Tsubasa's Wicked Dance using Weapon Shift, Endless Waltz has pretty much the same effects.

Name: Chizuru Suzuki the Black Kimono
Weapon: Dual Tonfas
Species: Half Demon
Backstory: Is it just me, or did the netherworld get a little hotter since this bombshell hit town? Chizuru is incomparably the most beautiful woman in the netherworld. She's also a superb cook, loves to clean, and has a knack for gardening. She's also the most feminine with a love of roses, stuffed animals, poems, serenades, and romantic dates to beautiful places. She doesn't really like fighting, but admires the strength of Tsubasa and Kirie enough to press on regardless of the dangers. She desires to have a wonderful husband and a large family above all else.
Signature Techniques
Solidarity Guard: Chizuru chooses a Pokémon type (or in the case of Slayers, the type of attack they intend to do) and seductively taunts that type into attacking her. Then her evasive ability comes into play as she easily dodges the enemy's reckless attacks and administers ample punishment for their stupidity. These targets have essentially forfeited their turn and gained nothing from it.
Five Star Flash Feast Frenzy: A long name for Chizuru's amazing emergency cooking talents. Induces good healing and status effect negation in all allies. Also creates a small regenerative effect and renders all allies immune to negative status effects for a few rounds. Bon appetite!
Crippling Beatdown: Chizuru finally decides to go for the offensive, and does so with such precision that the enemy takes good damage and has all statistics reduced by two. A great way to reduce a powerful enemy to a trifling annoyance. Chizuru may not be far behind Tsubasa and Kirie in power, after all.

Name: Rio Ikage the Violet Kimono
Weapon: Twin Claws
Species: Half Demon
Backstory: Blonde and beautiful with unyielding strength, a rampant libido, and an iron stomach and liver that can take all the piping hot chili and ice cold alcohol that even full demons couldn't stomach, Rio seems like a hopeless case. But when it comes to fighting, her physical abilities cannot be overestimated. But despite the shameless flaunting of her beauty and her constantly chasing of guys (and other girls), somewhere deep down inside she truely loves Kiyomi. You just kinda hafta really look.
Signature Techniques
Drill Spike Driver: Rio kicks off the ground and, claws forward, drills into and usually right through her opponent. It creates a bloody mess, but Rio wouldn't have it any other way. Battles should be bloody, that's her motto. Serious damage is dealt to the target. 50% chance of instant death. 100% chance of flinching.
Dodge Brawl: Rio grabs the closest victim and, using her immense strength, literally turns the target into a spherical object, then turns that victim's allies into a pinball machine. If you've played Final Fantasy VIII, it's like when the Wendigo would grab the central character and do the same. Does random damage to at least three targets. The first target cannot act on that turn. They sorta hafta uncurl, y'know.
Berserker Mode: Rio mutates, becoming a four-armed terror more fearsome than those from Mortal Kombat. Using a combo of four oversized claws, Rio can deal unbelieveable damage to her foes for a few turns when her body overheats and she is forced to return to normal.

Name: Kiyomi Matsuraba the Blue Kimono
Weapon: Spear
Species: Half Demon
Backstory: Kiyomi is the mechanical genius of the Kimonos, and has constructed a large number of powerful mecha that use powerful Infernal Drives to power locomotion and weapons. Nobody, Rio included, knows exactly why Kiyomi fell in love with Rio, but she becomes violently jealous whenever Rio flirts with someone else. Kiyomi isn't much of a fighter compared to professional killers like Tsubasa and Kirie, but she gets by with her technical and mechanical smarts.
Signature Techniques
Spear Rain: Kiyomi rapidly and accurately lances the target multiple times, even launching them off the ground to continue the stinging assault. Severe damage is dealt to the target.
Mechanized Cavalry: Kiyomi calls in for support from one of her mechanized land units, a fast and lethal gear-shaped weapon called Geartooth. Geartooth grinds random foes while scattering their entrails further with grenades. Random damage to random targets, but it's usually pretty considerable.
Raging Raider: Kiyomi calls in for support from a powerful unmanned quadraped robot called Lobov. Lobov peppers all enemies with vulcan fire, blasts 'em with missiles, then throws it own body into the enemy formation and self-destructs. Talk about overkill.

Name: Takano Uchimura the Brown Kimono
Weapon: Longbow
Species: Half Demon
Backstory: Takano has only one goal in her unaging life. Absolute perfection. Every arrow must hit a vital point. Every platinum-blonde strand of hair on her head must be in place. Every wrinkle must be non-existent. Takano takes so much care of her own body and manners that it's a wonder she ever sees battle at all. Though if something is out of place and she cannot immediately fix it, she becomes one angry bitch and everybody should just leave her alone at that point.
Signature Techniques
Heatshot: A simple name for a simple technique. Takano puts an arrow solidly between the eyes, killing it instantly. Unfortunately, really strong opponents don't go down as easily, but still take serious damage from the effort.
Bloody Eclipse: Ever seen the movie 300? Takano can blot out the sun by herself. Deals great damage to all enemy targets.
Nightmare Song: Takano starts to sing. No good can come from this. Enemies occasionally flinch or attack themselves as though randomly hit with confusion. And yes, she can make blood run up the walls.

Name: Mika Mutsumi the Yellow Kimono
Weapon: Skateboard (yes, a skateboard)
Species: Half Demon
Backstory: A child prodigy in the making, folks. Mika's magical expertise is supreme and she spends an unhealthy amount of time studying magic. If she doesn't have her face burried in this or that grimoire, she's applying all that knowledge and showing that small frames can carry untold power as well. She's often reclusive, even during battle, although she isn't mean or anything. She just likes solitude. And candy. She fuckin' loves candy.
Signature Techniques
Tentacle Scourging: Mika gets a little too kinky and opens a gateway to a world one must never open a gateway to. The result is that Mika's enemies get beat the fuck up by countless tentacles belonging to a mercifully hidden apparition. Deals impressive damage to random targets.
Paradigm Break: Mika's not a Pokébrid, but this ability is truely mysterious to the same extent. Mika transforms incoming damage into healing magic. How in the hell? Mika'll never tell. Hey, that rhymes.
Super Switcheroo: Mika mentally dominates the target, making them fight for the other side. Mika can no longer take action until the domination ends. Under most circumstances, the enemy won't very easily attack the target Mika controls, given how they were probably friends 'n' stuff.

Name: Fujiko Kazusaki the Grey Kimono
Weapon: Spider Claws (shuriken during rare occasions when she can assume a humanoid form)
Species: Full Demon
Backstory: Fujiko was obsessed by the power she gained from the ritual that made her into a half demon. So she went further when told not to do so. Sucks to be what she's become now. Now as a mutant spider thing, Fujiko is obsessed with regaining her original beauty, which can be seen in reflections from mirrors and water and when midnight strikes until the sun rises. And damn, she is fine. Not as hot as Chizuru but still, damn. Fujiko is so desperate to return to her original form that she will even backstab the other Kimonos for a small chance of achieving her goal.
Signature Techniques
Reaping Frenzy: When Fujiko is in spider form, she is usually very pissed. Reaping Frenzy demonstrates this fairly well. A series of violent claw rakes literally shred her opponent to ribbons. Does critical damage to the target, if it doesn't kill it.
Cannibalize: Fujiko's demonic hunger sometimes goes out of control and she needs to feast on her enemy. She can only successfully cannibalize seriously damaged enemies. Doing so removes the threat of the target and heals Fujiko.
Storm of Stars: When Fujiko is human and has the dexterity she needs to wield her shuriken, she may decide to throw 'em all at once. Or try, anyways. Hundreds and hundreds of throwing stars slice and dice the enemy, dealing impressive damage to random targets.

Name: Nyoka the Orange Kimono
Weapon: Big Honkin' Laser Cannon (and when I say "big honkin'", I fucking mean it)
Species: Android (catgirl android, but android nonetheless)
Backstory: Built as a joint project between a few of the Kimonos, Kiyomi and Mika especially. Nyoka is hyper, cheerful, optimistic, and more or less bouncing off the walls energetic. And she's a catgirl. Really, I can't think of much else to say about her.
Signature Techniques
Meow Meow Missiles: Nyoka fires missiles. A lot of missiles. No, I'm serious, she fires lots and lots of missiles. Where the fuck did she store all those missiles!? Deals impressive damage to random targets. This technique is unique in that it seems to hit warmer targets (fire and electric types) more than cooler targets (water and ice types).
Feline Flurry: Nyoka ditches the cannon and releases her limiters. Then boom goes the dynamite. Instantly kills the target and may frighten other targets, forcing them to flee.
Nya Nya Nuke: Nyoka engages the laser beam. The laser beam is big and bright and hurts all enemy targets for serious damage. Like a Hyper Beam on angel dust.

I'll go ahead and get on the post now.

EDIT 1: By the way, Impact now knows in-character about all of Chizuru's Signature Techniques and can call on them when he really needs them. I won't have her mention them in the RP because I'm trying to cut back on one of the things that I think made my RPs fail before, which is ridiculous amounts of NPC dialogue. I think the RP should focus on one thing primarily, and that's battles. After all, pretty women are nice 'n' all, but I know you all came for the fightin', and that's where I intend to deliver.

EDIT 2: I think Deviantart are like, the only people who do Gardevoir art, like this picture of the luckiest sonuvabitch ever...

[Geminex]

Nice. Very nice indeed.
I particularly like the bit where you give us information on all the Kimonos and that in turn means that we will fight with (or against) every Kimono on that list. I look forward to having the anime equivalent of airstrikes at my disposal.

Also, will Chiruzu hang around, or will she disappear rather suddenly as well? Because Impact totally has some questions to ask.

[Astral Harmony]

She'll hightail it after the boss is defeated, but just like this time, you'll meet yet another of those Kimono-clad cuties in the next mission.

And then you can fight 'em in the arena. I don't intend to make the third mission very long. Just one large scale brawl.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Some people might wish she would just butt out of affairs that are not her own, but when she can kick your ass without drawing her katana, nobody's willing to tell her this to her face.

That a fact?

Well I know a guy who just happens to be an untouchable badass.

EDIT: Where's Aria the Nagarai when you need her? She could get some Draco Meteor all up in this shit.

Would an Omnisroth even fit in the hallway? I think not. Back at the vault it was big enough to block access to the Gendom, and I doubt the hallway's that big.

And I just thought up a kickass weather effect for Ruin-types.

Blood Dance: Blood and organs literally rain down on the battlefield, driving Ruin pokemon into a blood frenzy and boosting their damage by 50%, also doubling the effectiveness of their status effects, stat decreases and support moves. All types other than Ruin have 20% chance of flinching, 20% chance of running away out of goddamn fear.

[Menarker]

^__^ That picture doesn't quite have the same fanservice notion as the other, but it's SO ADORABLE. ^___^

Infomation on the Kimonos are interesting for sure. One thing bugs me though... Almost all the Kimono girls are half demons, except for the android Nyoka and Fujika the full demon. However, Shizuka and Tsubasa are both classified as Demon instead of either "Full Demon" or "Half Demon". Typo or intentionally different classification?

... Is it bad that I with all of these ladies around, Lola, Rachel, Shannon and Rayleen included, that I thought of a beach episode complete with swimsuits, water and ground pokemon galore, Renny wearing an inner tube whenever he's not surfing on Swampert and all that sort of thing?

EDIT: And of course, Moon making an appearance being the water type trainer, perhaps under strict "observation" by Shannon as part of his recovery regime.

[Dracorion]

Swimsuit contest after the arena?

Fuck yeah.

EDIT: And I'm rather surprised that Impact is okay with the Kimonos' demon origins and might even pursue that. Using pokemon is corrupting the human race but relying on satanic powers is dandy?

[Menarker]

Renny: Pokemon = Equals and treated with respect regardless of their uses or power levels. His own pokemons treated like best friends.

Pierce: Pokemon are cool and deserve respect but in a manner similar to pets. Does prefer useful or powerful pokemons.

Impact: Relying on those other than yourself that can harness the various powers of nature is a no-no. Getting power which you can control yourself? Ok. (That's how I'm seeing Impact at least)

Charlotte: Power is Power, regardless of how or where it came from.

That's my take on it. :3

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Menarker

Pierce: Pokemon are cool and deserve respect but in a manner similar to pets. Does prefer useful or powerful pokemons.

That's not exactly true. Yes, Pierce likes his powerhouses, but his pokemon are his friends and he treats them as such. Tyranitar is probably his best friend.

But that speaks more about Pierce's treatment of others in general rather than just pokemon.

Originally Posted by Menarker

Impact: Relying on those other than yourself that can harness the various powers of nature is a no-no. Getting power which you can control yourself? Ok. (That's how I'm seeing Impact at least)

I don't think that's it. Pokemon can be considered as power that trainers control, after all.

And just because it's you extending your palm and blasting a city to smithereens doesn't mean it's your power.

[Astral Harmony]

Yeah, but if I do a beach mission soon, then I'll have to wait a lot of missions to do the hot springs mission and then even longer to do the love hotel mission.

Wait, do we even want to fight battles anymore or should we all just go have wacky misadventures at the beach? I have this vision of Charlotte in a bikini running in the shallow water with her Pokémon running alongside her and it just won't go away.

As for the post just above this one...

Pierce: "Oh, Tyranitar. Sometimes I think you're the only one who truely understands me. Um, freakin' shot in the dark but do you wanna maybe go do something sometime?"

Put that in your fanfics and smoke it.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Pierce: "Oh, Tyranitar. Sometimes I think you're the only one who truely understands me. Um, freakin' shot in the dark but do you wanna maybe go do something sometime?"

Put that in your fanfics and smoke it.

Well, no. More like Tyranitar's been with Pierce since he was a Larvitar. AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS TOTALLY PLATONIC.

But thanks for ruining my sleep tonight.

So I guess now we have to decided if we want to have beach mission, hot springs mission or love hotel mission first?

I vote springs. Pierce won't wanna spend time with the guys and won't have anything else to do but spy on the girls.