I'm cool with Avenger. I'll go with the majority on Aftershock.

Question - Could I get approval for a Delta?

I want Gabrielle's Porygon-Z Zelel to be a Normal/Fairy type with Moonblast and possibly Crafty Shield.

edited 4th Oct '17 3:26:51 PM by SwiftSeraph

A concept for the advancement of Rossum and really their top level technology in terms of Robotics. Androids meant to look and act human, I promise they aren't sapient beings, in this case rather cleverly designed and programmed as to not be recognized at first.

Any issues or changes to these machines? Things I should watch out for if I am to use them at all.

Re:plicants

Honestly, I am... very hesitant on the idea of them existing. Humanesque, definitely not-Pokemon robots in a setting that's supposed to be largely about Pokemon is something I'm not a fan of, especially considering one of our most notorious Terribad Player Characters was exactly that. I'm all right with ones piloted by, say, Porygon or Rotom, but without something indicating that it's supposed to fit in the world, I'm against it.

edited 4th Oct '17 8:43:42 PM by BittersweetNSour

I can understand being worried

I completely echo Bitters, TBH

That's understandable, this is a idea I'd like to workshop and work out to make work. If we can't make it work, that's fine I've got other ideas.

The idea is that these are meant to represent how out of touch Rossum is with a element of paranoia, successful or not. Machines meant to replace the J-Team or discredit them, a full on manifestation of their ideas of a world that doesn't need pokemon.

Another aspect is to continue their subterfuge theme, how they are desperate not to be seen by the public at all for fear of being caught and faced with the J-Team which they are certain they would not survive a head on confrontation.

edited 5th Oct '17 4:42:37 AM by EchoingSilence

I'd really prefer they don't exist.

You know, they could be lifelike robots controlled by Porygons and/or Dittos.

Entirely possible. Porygon AI has proven to be a thing in universe so.

But hey no big loss either way really.

ON A COMPLETELY DIFFRENT NOTE

You probably saw the EXPLOSIVE-

Siivagunner: <Technically it was an implosion.>

Quiet you.

Siivagunner: <Hey, somebody's gotta pick up the slack while Gino and Alduin and such are in prison.>

aaaanyway if you've seen the implosive end of Operation Legacy, you probably know I am doing a new big personal arc for The Entralink Is Done With Your Shit. I am tentatively calling it:

Project Multipath Traveller

(Props to a certain Square Enix game with a nice demo out right now for this thing's beta name inspiration.)

Again, this is mostly going to be winged to heck and back aside from a few looser plans subject to change like last time; however to maintain a semblance of coherency I may have made a list of character goals to set them all on the right path here. Feel free to make suggestions.

Anyway, while this is my personal plot, you guys all come in here in the following ways:

Locke's Timeline Tumble

I'll spoil it now, Locke and co. (minus Alli and Gudrunn since I have plans for them) wound up in the AU as their first pit stop. And while they have Soujin with them as a source of interaction with other people, the trip as mentioned before is meant to be kind of a "where are they now" for the AU as a whole, so I'll be glad to have others interacting with them if they're willing to volunteer. So, hit me up! Or just say so here.

Sideplot Scramble

I have a lot of moving peices here, all of them with a coherent end goal but flexible means of getting there. And one thing that could help the getting there is getting involved in other people's plots. So, once my little hiatus ends I'll be fairly open to plopping my chars into any subplots that tickle my fancy... Though with The Entralink Is Done With Your Shit coming up I'm hoping to see more miniarc ideas! I know I have a couple in mind I wanna run by people, and Tangent and I have a plan for how the Entralink arc as a whole gets started...

...But thoughts? :P

So I want to make a mini arc of my own, where Krieg is slowly getting taken over by the fragment of 817 and most of the time when he is unconscious the fragment takes over Krieg's body, and Frieden has to find a way to stop it.

It's about trust, mind games, and the desperate attempt to differentiate which one Frieden is talking to with the help of Pokemons and tools. Fireden may request help from the people that went to get the medallion to try to find out about why the medallion exists. Basically a bit of a thriller plot.

Any thoughts?

Umbra: Question. Would it be fine if I get Kage to interact with them, sort of as his introduction?

With Locke and Co.? Keep in mind they're trapped in an AU (the RP's first main AU, actually,) so Kage would have to use Mobius resources to find them.

I could probably have a certain turncoat Jerk Dragon turn up for the AU part of this multiverse adventure. I was pondering having a specific other version of the same turn up during multiverse shenanigans but yeah.

Well, Kage is a moderator. It could be something like a routine check, to make sure everything's going... as smoothly as it can in the AU.

Sure thing!

Also sure thing!

ALSO

Swift: I'm fine with that.

Lawlight: If it is a more personal thing in terms of the 817 aspect's involvement I am also fine with it depending on what others say

edited 5th Oct '17 4:34:06 PM by Umbramatic

Umbra:

I like this plot.

Tempted to have AU!Shaun exist, but...

I think I may have come to a conclusion that keeps things in character for Rossum. They are meant to be somewhat out of touch so the Replicant plan would have never fully worked.

But since Porygon are purely digital beings and were constructed in Pokemon as AI programs, I feel we can justify Rossum using them with little problems.

There won't be many replicants, some aren't even fully indicative of the name, and I don't think I'll have them even replace the J-Team.

We have precedent for android bodies run by Porygons in universe. Any other issues I should correct?

EDIT: Any and all replacements of the J-Team are entirely opt in, I will not make any replicant characters of players who have not talked to me about it.

edited 6th Oct '17 2:41:21 PM by EchoingSilence

That sounds more reasonable, yeah. It's still up in the air whether I'll opt my characters in for it, but I'm fine with that reworked idea.

I'm still iffy. It's honestly the "a bunch of robots run around trying to replace people" part that's got me uncomfortable, not so much the base nature of said robots. It sounds kinda plot-derailing and... I dunno how to phrase this... puts the P Cs in the wrong kind of peril? I mean attempted murder or kidnapping by robot replacements sounds kinda dark for this RP.

edited 6th Oct '17 2:47:08 PM by Umbramatic

Who said it was attempted Murder? Rossum wants to study the J-Team and find out more, not kill em.

Umbra: It's on an opt-in basis, so anyone who doesn't want their characters involved... doesn't get their characters involved.

OK, after getting some stuff cleared up here and in the chats I am A-OK with this version of the idea. 👍

Also, have a character bio teased in the Operation Legacy finale!

Name: Gabriel Higgins, Gabe for short

Age: 19

Gender: Trans Male

Ethnicity: Ambiguous

Appearance: Pale, wears messy eyeliner and all black, "edgy" punk/goth clothing, has messy black hair with baby pink bangs

Organizational Ties: None

Region: Unknown

Bio: Gabe is a case of not one to be judged by looks alone. Despite looking and dressing like an edgy, angsty JRPG protagonist, he's perky, friendly, and somewhat naive, only taking the look he does out of a desire to look cool (and because one of his mons insists on it). However, he's tight-lipped about his past, seems to be on some mission no one else can ascertain exactly, and treats a lot of things the WAAP Tverse takes for granted as rather exotic...

Pokemon:

Facet (Starter)

Species: Carbink

Gender: Genderless, male-leaning

Ability: Clear Body

Bio: Overemotional and dramatic, Facet is a fan of all things aesthetically gloomy. He's one source of his Trainer's distinct look.

Green Thumb

Species: Comfey

Gender: Female

Ability: Flower Veil

Bio: A cheerful mon interested in botany, enthusiastic about plants and Grass-type Pokemon... and insecure she is not a Grass-type herself

Mandible

Species: Mawile

Gender: Male

Ability: Hyper Cutter

Bio: Jumpy and a born coward, Mandible prefers scaring people away with his jaws over fighting, which rarely works. He hopes to eventually get a Mawilite and Mega Evolve to get over this.

Cotton

Species: Whimsicott

Gender: Female

Ability: Prankster

Bio: An aspiring master spy, Cotton frequently goes on stealth missions on behalf of her Trainer. She's too loud to be any good at it, though.

Plauge Doktor

Species: Aromatisse

Gender: Male

Ability: Healer

Bio: Basically the Medic from TF 2. Uses his perfumes to ubercharge others.

Pudding

Species: Wigglytuff

Gender: Female

Ability: Competitive

Bio: Friendly, but also eccentric and morbid. Feels a bit lonely as a result, however.

Thoughts? :P

I like~ I'm very interested in learning about his    DEEP DARK SECRET PAST(TM)    o3o

Totally unrelated note that I was just reminded about, one of my non-WAAPT (Tumblr RP) friends inspired an idea for what to do with the third and final Type: Null — that is, that Looker now has it, since his previous partner Pokemon died is gone. Just a silly idea I was wondering if we could adapt it into WAAPT :P