Pokemon Umbral Theatre 22: I can't think of a title

[Menarker]

Well, I'm just glad to know you are in good health.

I'm sorry to see you go, although the door is open for you to come back when you are able/willing. You have said in the past before that you predicted that things would get hectic since late last year, so while it was not completely unexpected, I did hope that it would only be temporary and that I hoped it was the case that you were doing what you felt you had/want to do and not you being caught in a unfavorable situation (like an injury or whatnot)

I wish you success in your endeavors, whatever they may be.

Regarding the conversations we were going to type up regarding Kurika and all that, should we just pretend that there wasn't an actual conversation (although there was training that was already hinted at) and that sort of thing? That's the only thing that is left unattended to, although it's not urgent.


... and now we are four... (five with AB)

[Astral Harmony]

Don't worry, Geminex. Impact is in good hands and will be warmed up and ready by the time you get back.

Life is fickle as hell, and who knows? The very next day you could look around you and be all like "Where the hell did everything that required my attention go?"

Happens to me all the fuckin' time.

Anyways, take care of yourself and I hope to see ya on the flippity-flip...y'know, whatever that means.

...

Okay, I'll control Impact storywise while the team leader can control Impact in combat. I think Impact's going to grow to become a clever and calculating man. Y'know, like Light Yagami.

Impact: "I'm here to kick ass and take a potato chip...and EAT IT, and I'm all out of potato chips."

[Dracorion]

Phhhhbbbbbttttttttttttt.

That's me expressing my disbelief, by the way.

[Menarker]

Just a heads-up regarding the rules since we're willing to test out AB's Speed modification during the intermission.

Normally in the games, Flinch only activates when the attacker is faster than the one being flinched since Flinch was not capable of voiding the victim's next turn. (Meaning being faster than your foe granted you immunity to flinch) We did away with that before because speed didn't matter when it came to attacking first before and we allowed our foes to Flinch us (and because we're capable of comprehending the idea of flinch being able to carry onto the next turn if they already acted)

Now, I don't want to remove Flinch from everyone but the fastest attackers, so I'm suggesting/wondering if we're going to keep flinch the way it has been.

And in case anyone is wondering, I'm being rather impartial as the 2 pokemons I have that use flinch (Togekiss and Shaymin) are both fairly fast and able to increase the party's speed by Tailwind (sky shaymin being VERY fast to begin with) and Renny's Steadfast ability (if I choose to keep it as opposed to his Dream World ability which I want to switch it to) would basically raise his speed each time he was flinched until he became functionally immune to the flinch ability due to being faster than the attacker.



*Insert Obligatory Prodding to Drac to Work Harder, Dammit!* =P

[Astral Harmony]

You make a good point. Since we're combining the Ally and Enemy Phases, I would think it'd be unfair to leave the "super effective doubles/quadruples chance of secondary effects activating" thing still in the system.

Renny's Pokemon flinch enough as it is with Air Slash or whatever the devil he uses.

[Menarker]

Actually, AB I never said anything about the super effectiveness doubling secondary effects or anything with the latest changes.

What I was asking about was whether we'd be using the normal rules for Flinch as opposed to ignoring the parts that didn't make sense the way the RP was set.


I'm still fine with the secondary super effectiveness being doubled on super effectiveness unless anyone has any objections. If anything, losing Gem means we have one less PC and NPC in our Deployment Team, so we already gotten weaker as a group.

[Astral Harmony]

Misinterpreting Menarker's questions on purpose is a lot of fun.

With the combining of the phases, all status effects should work as intended.

[Menarker]

*Waiting impatiently for Drac to get a story-post up.*

I mean, what the hell!? Do we have to wait a month for each post (LIKE THE LAST TWO TIMES!)? This is the sort of negligant attitude and results which makes me want to insist that AB takes charge with or without you!

AB: In fact, do you mind? If he doesn't get on things soon, I would rather see you take charge before things get worse. In fact, I would love to see more of your personal touch from the NPCs which Drac cannot provide (which is no fault of his own).



Anyhow, It's a good thing that three of our favorite medics, Rachel, Lola and Chizuru all got high speed to support their chances of supporting the party before the enemy attacks.

[Astral Harmony]

I could do that, but I'd like the end the current battles right then and there and move onto the next thing, which I don't think would be a problem with anyone considering how long those battles have taken place.

My hands are pretty much tied on the issue. Sunday night, I'll have to take action, regardless of how much I don't like angering Dracorion.

[Dracorion]

That's a filthy fucking lie.

The wait you actually have to consider is the one between the last player to get a post up and the RP post itself. In the case of the last RP post, you were the last player who posted and eighteen days later the RP post was up. Which is admittedly a lot, but it's not a whole fucking month.

With the post before that, it was seven days after Bard posted that I got my post up.

And as of today it's only been a week since the very last player post.

Anyway, I'm going to be straight with you: I don't wanna get another incomplete post up. So while I could do all the stuff for your team and Bard's right now, I'm really just focusing on getting through this stupid fucking writer's block that's been screwing me for, what, like two months?