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Metanoia like christ, but with more nails from Antarctica Since: Jul, 2015
like christ, but with more nails
#33851: Aug 20th 2018 at 8:25:51 PM

plz criticize

Name: Ludovic Macraul
Age: I DON'T KNOW YET
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Kalosian
Appearance: White. Moderately built. Average height and weight. Dark blue hair. Handsome to a nearly self-parodying extent, with angular features, soft gray eyes, and an open, slightly vacant resting expression. Dresses well.
Organizational ties: Macraul family
Personality: He's mild, gentle, and courteous, but shallow and not especially driven, even for an Idle Rich type. A shy and weepy child in his youth, these days he is known among the Macrauls as a quiet, slightly embarrassing almost-disappointment, though more for perceived weakness of character than not towing the party line - he loves his family deeply and doesn't understand the popular dislike of them. He always has a faint smile on his face, the kind suggesting that nothing much is going on behind it.
Backstory: Married to Cayenne Macraul. He comes from a branch of the family related to Sylvestra Macraul's line. The youngest and least impressive child of five born to imperious parents, he tended to get lost in the crowd and was practically brought up by his family's dutiful Malamar. An expensive classical education in upper-class pursuits left him rather helpless in the real world, so he busied himself with taking care of their estate after they died and his siblings had all moved away. Meeting Cayenne was the best thing to ever happen to him, after taking up Pokémon Egg collecting. His hobbies include battling and certain sports.

    Ludovic's team 

Name: Idris
Species: Malamar
Gender: Male
Ability: Suction Cups
Personality: An irritable old nanny of a Pokémon who mothers Ludovic excessively even into adulthood. Both of them claim that without Idris, he could barely function in society, let alone take care of himself.

Name: Charlotte
Species: Aurorus
Gender: Female
Ability: Refrigerate
Personality: Ludo's official starter, a gift from a deceased family member who collected Pokémon fossils. She doesn't talk much. Likes reading fashion magazines.

Name: Enzo
Species: Vikavolt
Gender: Male
Ability: Levitate
Personality: The youngest member of Ludovic's team, responsible for many egg acquisitions along with Corentin. Looks up to Sammy, Cayenne's Haxorus.

Name: Florian
Species: Charizard
Gender: Male
Ability: Blaze
Personality: Formerly belonged to a high-ranking Team Flare member. Has enough snob for the rest of the team while simultaneously disliking the Macrauls' lifestyle.

Name: Corentin
Species: Klefki
Gender: Male
Ability: Prankster
Personality: Corentin possesses keys to many important places, but refuses to name most of them or explain why he has them. That's it, that's his whole personality.

Edited by Metanoia on Aug 20th 2018 at 11:34:04 AM

There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#33852: Aug 20th 2018 at 9:50:18 PM

Now that Tommy became my secondary PC, I've decided to flesh out his Pokemon Roster a bit more.

Tommy Petersen's Pokemon

Tobi
Species: Spinarak
Gender: Male
Ability: Poison sting
Tommy's starter, Tobi is a rare color morph spinarak that gives him a variation of a shiny ariados' colors. He had been bred and kept in an exploitative illegal research facility owned by Best Berry in Castelia City which focused on silk-harvesting. He escaped with Tommy one day, which eventually led to the liberation of his siblings and friends when Tommy sent an anonymous tip to the Castelia City Police Department. Although their relationship had a rocky start (specifically, he bit Tommy rather hard, which... did things to him), he has since become one of his closest allies. He helped Tommy practice monese in college. Of all his Pokemon, Tobi is the most serious. He also developed a taste for pizza; it gives him indigestion but he loves it.

Shinji
Species: Kabuto
Gender: Male
Ability: Swift swim
Shinji was cloned from Dome Fossil 28, the only DNA-bearing kabuto specimen excavated from the Sturgess Shale, a newly discovered fossil lagerstaette to the north of Angela that hosted many of the earliest specimens of invertebrate fossil Pokemon, including a few that have yet to be appropriately identified. He was one of several kabuto cloned from the DNA of the fossil, which had been identified as laying eggs at the time of death, by researcher Conroy Hawthorn. Seeking adventure, he decided to join one of Hawthorn's students rather than remain cooped up in the university labs. Time and again he expresses desire to visit his family, either his siblings at Professor Hawthorn's lab at Castelia City University or his mother at the Museum of Natural History. He is very bombastic and has a thing for presentation and especially has a fondness for robots.

Drake
Species: Joltik
Gender: Male
Ability: Unnerve
Behind Drake's Cloud Cuckoolander persona is a childhood of abuse. He and his family spent much of their lives in a cramped crate since their mother, a Galvantula, was captured by Pokemon smugglers in Castelia. Tommy and his friends were instrumental in busting the ring by sending information to the police, while Arachna-Guy and Aranos took care of the ringleaders. Since then he's become a big superhero fanboy. After the bust, he, his mother, and sisters were rehomed, and he becoming the newest member of Tommy's crew. He enjoys his new life as the partner Pokemon of a photojournalist constantly on assignment, which feels like an adventure story come to life.

Felicia
Species: Alolan Meowth
Gender: Female
Ability: Unnerve
Felicia began her life as a stray who was a stowaway in a large crate en route to Castelia City. She was found by Tommy while he was on assignment, reporting on instances of "mysterious" theft in a cargo vessel. The young journalist adopted the young straggler, who has since taken a liking to her new trainer and his aunt. Having decided that adventure is overrated, she has settled down to being a very mischievous lapmon at the Petersens' apartment. Her skills of covert recovery are often called upon whenever Tommy needs it, and sometimes she finds herself on the employ of a cut-rate superhero from time to time.

Arachna-Guy's Pokemon

Aranos
Species: Spinarak
Gender: Male
Ability: Poison sting

Aranos is Arachna-Guy's partner in crime-fighting, a weirdly colored spinarak who has a fondness for face-obscuring triangular glasses. How the glasses stay on him is unknown, but it appears to be very difficult to remove in normal circumstances. Even more of a bombast than his partner, he resents the idea of being called a sidekick and often insists that he is a superhero in his own right, leaving the quips and one-liners to the sardonic Arachna-Guy himself ("Actually, Arachna-Guy is the sidekick"). He has a flair for the dramatic and is not above using his acrobatic skills for show.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Sep 29th 2018 at 12:45:42 AM

MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#33853: Aug 20th 2018 at 10:51:49 PM

I can imagine Ludovic to be in his late 20s to early 30s. Close enough to his wife's age.

MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#33854: Aug 21st 2018 at 9:47:59 AM

So, in light of the discussion on a reference to the Golem of Prague involving Golurk and this idea to create a new Macraul, I created this guy. Tentatively, parts that are italicized are pending approval and feedback.

Lowell Macraul

Ethnicity: Kalosian
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Appearance: A lanky late-middle-age man with green-gray hair and a beard. Wears a fedora. In the 80s, he looked like a beatnik.
Affiliation: Macraul Family (very loosely); putative ties to other organizations, including Rossum
Region of Origin: Kalos
Notable relatives: Paul Macraul (older brother), Sylvestra Macraul (distant ancestor), Helena Macraul (wife), Sylvestre Macraul (son)

The reclusive mad artist of the Macraul family, Lowell Macraul was once the darling of the art world. His sculptures pushed boundaries and managed to inspire awe and admiration from even the most casual of observers. Although his true passion was art, he is also an adept programmer and was responsible for the slot machines and security systems in the Macraul Casinos. The combined stress from the demands of both his family and the art world allegedly drove him to madness and he fled to some out of the way family retreat in Kalos.

Although many believed that Helena's marriage to Lowell was largely one for money (one of his only mistakes, says Paul), the two share a fondness for one another. Helena herself was a sophisticated sculptor, and they have a room dedicated to sculptures of them [REDACTED].

Bullied all his life, he is almost always found alongside his golurk, Primus, who remains his stalwart protector. Although his projects—consisting of strange geometries and sophisticated AI—are thought by everyone to be harmless., his family ties, however, make people wary of him; his closeness to his brother Paul is something that make certain organizations leer at him ominously.

One main difference between Sylvestre and Lowell is their taste in art. Lowell's sculptures, often quite exquisite facsimiles of life, are almost universally beloved by the Macrauls; half the decorations in their casinos and newer urban houses were "housewarming gifts" that they personally requested.

Lowell's Pokemon

Primus (The Starter)

Species: Golurk
Gender: None, male personality
Ability: Iron fist

Primus is Lowell's trusted companion and confidante. An unstoppable juggernaut, he is fanatically devoted to his master and will obey him without question. After hours, Primus is kindly and very protective of both Lowell and his family. The last person who tried to bully Sylvestre when he was a kid was in a coma for half a year.

Marius

Species: Rotom
Gender: None, male personality
Ability: Discharge

Marius serves as the operator of Lowell's estate and is the prime user of the computer system that runs his mansion. Fastidious and a bit trollish, he is both secretary and majordomo. He spends afternoons not doing Lowell's dirty work trolling forums.

Guinevere:

Species: Porygon
Gender: None, female personality
Ability: Download

Guinevere is often found crawling the Internet on behalf of Lowell and Helena, alerting them of things that may be of their interest. Has a rivalry with Arthur, Sylvestre's porygon.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Nov 14th 2018 at 8:27:28 PM

Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
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#33855: Aug 23rd 2018 at 5:01:48 PM

Tossing in the profile for my Angela gym leader

The Leader

Name: Luke "Hellfire" Van Luke

Age: 43

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Kalosian

Brief description of their appearance: Luke Van Luke is large and imposing man who has not lost any of his flair for the theatrical and intimidating in his decade away from the professional circuit. His main costuming 'on the job' as a Leader definitely carries across both his chosen specialized type and his role as a monster of a Leader that stands in the way of any young challenger's trip to the top.

Any ties to an organization: A former member of a major sports entertainment conglomerate and current member of the Angela League. Confirmed former ties to Pokefutures.

Region of origin: Born in Kalos, moved to Angela during his teenage years.

Bio: Luke Van Luke was on top, he was a frequent title contender and one of the big heroes of the ring on the professional circuit. And then the expose about performance-enhancement in the roster, recovered documents from the Pokefutures raid about Drives with Luke's name not quite blacked out before the staffer had to run, the precipitous fall from the heights of stardom. What do you do at the bottom, with a lingering addiction to the rush and power and noone to blame but yourself?

With no money left for the enhancements that supported his career and no future promise of power Luke chose to get clean and make something fresh of his life and in the feather-slow collapse after Pokefutures shuttered there were plenty of places that likewise needed a fresh start to put them on the map again. And now? He's a Leader, a pillar of a community that like him has had to recover from rock bottom. In his gym he is the monster, the specter of Pokefutures' ethics and retreat from the region that almost doomed the town but when daylight streams through he's taken to Leadership with dedication and care.

Mons ("The Firestorm")

Species: Incineroar

Nickname: Fat Cat

Gender: Male

Ability: Intimidate

Personality/Bio: All done up in chains, a top hat and a prop (despite rumors) cigar, Fat Cat exudes an aura of "I own you" as he steps into the Gym's ring to fight. Outside of the performance of combat, he's a very relaxed kitty who tries to find the luxury where he can.

Species: Magmortar

Nickname: Abomination

Gender: Male

Ability: Flame Body

Personality/Bio: Abomination has taken to his role as 'the dangerous biotech experiment' with gusto, bearing an easily shrugged off rig of tubes that go nowhere and a gas mask on the walk to the ring. Of course there's really nothing unnatural about him, he's just a nice big Magmortar ready to fight for the glory of it.

Species: Blaziken

Nickname: Char

Gender: Female

Ability: Blaze

Personality/Bio: While some have derided her as 'simple' and 'not as good as Towering Inferno', that hasn't stopped Char from being exactly what she purports to be; a pokemon that's good at fighting and willing to do whatever it takes to win whether you like her or not.

Species: Arcanine

Nickname: Flame Driver

Gender: Male

Ability: Justified

Personality/Bio: A little older and more ragged than the rest, Flame Driver is generally considered to be the most honorable and fair of the four members of Luke's team. People familiar with the former profession of the Leader himself will see the similarities between Luke's former costume and the bright orange and black of his most favored pokemon. His mere appearance in the ring is a sign that a challenger either has potential to go all the way, or is headed for a hasty defeat at the flames of the gym's singular Face.

Edited by Pentigan on Aug 23rd 2018 at 10:19:32 PM

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
BittersweetNSour Flying Colors Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Flying Colors
#33856: Aug 23rd 2018 at 8:24:29 PM

So I just reminded myself that I had an idea a few months back, pertaining to Corrin and her Feral Dragon transformation as translated into the RP context. Specifically, through whatever means it may occur, she ends up getting a Dragonstone, that sorta works. The idea is, when it crossed from FE Verse to Poke Verse, it was translated into a Mega Stone for Kommo-o. However, rules of the universe say that there's not supposed to be such a thing, so it becomes a glitched item.

The translated Dragonstone can be used like a normal Mega Stone. This, of course, requires a Key Stone and a stable bond, but that's not much of a worry. When it's used, Corrin goes Feral Dragon, but manages to keep her senses, just like using a regular Dragonstone for the same purpose in her home universe. However, due to it being Invalid Data(TM), each time it's used, the thing fractures bit by bit, until eventually it just shatters into dust. Because of this, Corrin will have to be very sparing with using it, limiting it to serious plot points and such.

This, of course, won't be a thing for a very long time. Corrin's still a Hakamo-o, and will continue to be until Mason and team not only starts, but gets decently far in a league challenge. I just want to propose it now so any kinks could potentially be worked out for it. The big thing is how many uses she gets out of it before it loses its Weapon Durability and goes kaput.

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#33857: Aug 23rd 2018 at 8:26:37 PM

999 durability

Anyways yeah I approve.

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MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#33858: Aug 24th 2018 at 12:13:53 AM

My attempt at an Elite 6 member for Angela. He officially first appears in an in-universe article I wrote about the fall of PokeFutures.

Senator Kyle Armitage

Age: 60
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: [Mixed race American]
Ties to an Organization: A state senator at the Angelan senate. He was part of the senate faction that wanted to curtail Pokefutures' influence and the subsequent subcommittee that worked with PEFE to repurpose the company's remains.
Brief Description of their Appearance: A grizzled and distinguished older gentleman with a stern yet wise face of a grandfatherly mentor. The good senator dresses in corporate casual, a longsleeve buttondown shirt and trousers. Prior to battles, he would always engage in small talk, and those who battle him often feel like they’ve learned something important, regardless of the outcome of the battle.
Region of Origin: Angela, with Alolan ancestry

He was once the gym leader of Portokali City before he ran for state senator. A staunch opponent of corporate interference in government, he became the de facto leader of a faction of state senators who secretly moved to curtail the political influence of Pokefutures. The revelation of the appalling treatment of Pokemon by the Pokefutures company by a group of teenage scientists was the moment he and his subcommittee needed to take down the MegaCorp. Together, they helped to establish PEFE as a viable public-private venture.

He shares a friendly rivalry of sorts with the corporate bigwig and present Portokali City gym leader Polyxene Krete, once one of the representatives to the meeting that discussed the future of Pokefutures assets.

The good senator enjoyed a clean reputation in his career as a “bleeding heart” activist, yet possesses a keen sense of cunning, often relying on quick and unorthodox thinking to respond to things he did not anticipate. This was most apparent in his shrewd motions on the day the axe fell on Pokefutures and afterward, and is still something people can expect in his battle. He strongly believes in doing what needs to be done, protocol be damned, but tempers his idealism with pragmatic strategy.

When asked if he still has PEFE, now a completely independent organization, on speed dial, he refused to comment.

The lesson he lets people learn the most is “never underestimate your opponent.”

He joined the Elite 6 when the position became available as an alternative to his golf games. Officially, it allows him to get to know the young electorate for his party, the Whigpublicrats. According to his wife and children, he just misses being the gym leader.

    Team Armitage 
Armitage’s crew of public relations officials have framed Team Armitage’s skills according to key elements in his public political platform. They are also key players in the good senator’s strategy.

Solon
Species: Shiny Braviary
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Slogan: Soar high with a sharp eye

Political commentators have rolled their eyes on Team Armitage’s flagship pokemon, a braviary, calling it the “most predictable cliché in Angelan politics.” The magnificent Solon is, however, a sight to behold on the arena, capable of dodging foes with its sharp vision and awe-inspiring aerial acrobatics. Observant and cunning, the noble Solon stands for excellence in all fields. He’s the most invested of the pokemon to the ideals embodied by his trainer’s campaign.

Solomon
Species: Drampa
Gender: Male
Ability: Beserk
Slogan: A loving and protective hand

Solon may be the patriotic mascot, but the gentle drampa is by far the most popular. A generous and loving creature, Solomon was a straggler discovered in the Angela beach who was adopted by the Armitage family. He, like many of his species, is protective of children, but his righteous fury is always tempered by wisdom; he strikes only when the time is ripe. From a nonnative species, Solomon embodies both the welcoming of immigrants and the protection of young ones.

Nicola
Species: Ditto (Starter)
Gender: None, demi-female personality
Abilities: Limber
Slogan: Be who you want to be

Perhaps the most formidable of roster, wily Nick is adaptable and adopts new ideas and strategies quickly. She lives by the core of Armitage’s strategy of cunning, adaptability, and pragmatism and named for a controversial Alto Marean political thinker. Critics call her the perfect representation of a sanitized dithering politician. From a genderless, freeform species that can do anything, Nick also represents Team Armitage’s stance on progressive issues and equal opportunity. She is the oldest of Armitage’s roster and a lifelong friend of the good senator.

Cincinnatus
Species: Pyroar
Gender: Male
Ability: Unnerve
Slogan: Rise From the Ashes With Valor

Now a magnificent beast admired even by critics, the mighty pyroar wouldn’t look out of place in the Geographic Society cover that put Senator Armitage on the map. His story is tied heavily to the Pokefutures incident, a rescued litleo left dying after being abused in a facility that would later be identified as a Pokefutures front. Having since recovered, Cincinnatus fights proudly alongside his trainer, embodying the courage to stand up for cherished virtues in the face of the corrupt. He is quite attached to Armitage and is immensely fond of the PEFE founders who rescued him.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 24th 2018 at 10:41:04 PM

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#33859: Aug 24th 2018 at 7:13:23 PM

Okay so since we've been talking about it in the Discord, it's time I brought it here for the full pitch.

The Resurrection of Arthur, the Undying Knight

The Pitch: Arthur finds himself craving more from life, something more than what he knew ages ago, and so enters the Spirit Games to return to the mortal world. His family having lived their lives in peace are fine with remaining behind, knowing that one day Arthur will return to them. Arthur emerges the victor of the Spirit Games and awakens in Kalos, now a Honedge awaiting to be found.

He eventually meets with Denali who through their ties to the Ersatz Alliance Store, and their Mode Lock Rock Candy, is given a human form again, with the side effect of being unable to use his own damn last name and silver gray hair relating to the steel of his new mon form.

The Undying Knight is reborn, ready to let go and begin again, in this brave new world before him.

The Reason and Potential for this: Beyond giving me another fun character to play, I feel Arthur would be a more active character in adventures compared to Jimmy who has been characterized as punch clock and would rather just spend time with his wife in peace. Arthur is a experienced adventurer and no stranger to danger, he'd be a valuable ally, and even a family figure for Silas to relate to better as his stories aren't classified and in his resurrected body he's more than capable of handling himself.

The Theme: My characters after Silas tend to have a specific naming convention and theme among them, when Arthur lived about 600 years ago, he was Dark Souls inspired blended with Arthurian myth. Now he's a bit more modern and fast paced thanks to his time in the spirit games, his pokemon team would be named after characters from various Id Software and Bethesda Games. This isn't important just a fun fact.

In Conclusion: Beat this idea around and make suggestions and alterations to this, if I am proposing this I want it to be the best.

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#33860: Aug 25th 2018 at 11:10:23 AM

Hmmmmm, I'm not sure about him being mode-locked, a weremon of some sort might work better. Otherwise looks solid.

ANYWAY

Enter The Dungeon

I'm thinking of running a Dungeon World campaign in the Discord server. For those of you who don't know what Dungeon World is, the TLDR is it's Dungeons and Dragons with less options but more emphasis on actual roleplaying and less math; as for the long answer you can read this PDF here.

I'm still figuring out exactly how to run it but I thought it'd be good practice for the D&D campaign I want to run eventually. So if you're interested just let me know here or in Discord.

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Second, have a commission of Voyd by RageTheGemini! Thoughts? Definitely recommending Rage for commissions, she's a friend of mine

Edited by Umbramatic on Aug 25th 2018 at 2:09:59 PM

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#33861: Aug 25th 2018 at 11:16:48 AM

I like Voyd! Very Org XIII looking. And very hot.

Unfortunately I'll pass on Dungeon World if only because right now's about the time I have significantly more obligations to attend to

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#33862: Aug 25th 2018 at 11:37:48 AM

Org XIII was an inspiration, yes. :P And glad you think so

(It's fine, this happens!)

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#33863: Aug 25th 2018 at 11:56:31 AM

Weremon Arthur is fine, will be rarely used as I have more fun writing him as human, but I will make use of his new pokemon form from time to time.

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#33864: Aug 25th 2018 at 2:15:29 PM

[up][up]I'd be willing to consider Dungeon World. I never did take much advantage of my TRPG phase I went through a couple months ago, perhaps because I was too afraid of jumping into games with total strangers. :V

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BlitzTrain Since: Apr, 2014
#33865: Aug 26th 2018 at 4:58:31 PM

Nevermind, interest =/= capability

Edited by BlitzTrain on Aug 26th 2018 at 5:44:49 AM

Herbert40k Not A Lawyer from Widdershins Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Not A Lawyer
#33866: Aug 28th 2018 at 4:53:29 PM

I know, I know, I really should stop pitching plots, factions, and characters. However, I promise that I'm actually going to do something with this one, and that means that I need to subject it for approval. So, here goes.

Remember the Lillifuture?

As many of you might know, the Lillifuture is the primary Bad Future of the OU. Tagg is dead, Lucius is a psychotic murderer, and the J-Team has long since disbanded, much to the detriment of its members - and the world. Law and order is breaking down in many areas; panic and dread are the zeitgeist of the day.

In light of this, the International Police have been forced to expand their remit, evolving from a small agency of specialist officers to a quasi-authoritarian peacekeeping force. As a result of this expansion, and the backing of a mysterious Benefactor, in the Lillifuture they have become one of the few groups in the WAAPT Multiverse (alongside Mobius and Pokefutures) with the ability to travel between time and space. Armed with this knowledge, Interpol founded a new taskforce to harness it - the Inter-Dimensional Police Department.

Who?

The IDPD are loosely based on the organisation of the same name from Nuclear Throne. Their appearance is very similar, but their abilities and purpose are slightly different. Their mission is to apprehend or eliminate individuals whom they consider a threat to not only their own timeline, but to other universes as well. As such, their officers are equipped with poorly-understood technology, which they use to jump to other universes and confront whatever threats they find there. The IDPD has three main branches:

  • The IDPD (Inter-Dimensional Police Department), the titular main branch responsible for handling threats originating from other dimensions or universes.
  • The ITPD (Inter-Temporal Police Department), responsible for handling threats originating from other time periods.
  • The ISPD (Inter-Spacial Police Department), who investigate Fallers, Ultra Wormholes, and help stabilise travel for the other two branches. Whereas most IDPD and ITPD officers are field agents, most ISPD officers are support staff.

Though the IDPD are highly advanced by the standards of their time, their jurisdiction has its limitations. Travel between time and space is an extremely costly affair, even considering their advances, and given the highly sensitive nature of their mission they make every effort to keep their existence on the down-low. Even the simplest assignment can run up huge logistical costs, which on top of both hindering their effectiveness and contributing to their reputation as a money sink, makes them reluctant to try and alter the course of events outside of targeting select individuals.

Scientists from the ISPD are constantly trying to expand the area in which IDPD officers can operate, but their efforts have consistently met with failure - and considering their limited funding, seem likely to continue doing so. IDPD officers can only interfere in universes or timelines where the point of divergence was only a few decades away, and even then such missions place the agents involved at extreme risk, when a large temporal or spacial difference opens up an even larger margin of error.

All three branches are under the command of Director Shun Hontou. Rumour has it that the Director was Kicked Upstairs to his current position to prevent him from meddling in other Interpol cases, and to those aware of their existence the IDPD is generally regarded as a joke, wannabe Men in Black wearing silly uniforms and chasing shadows rather than dealing with the Lillifuture's very real crime epidemic. However, the Director - so far as anyone can tell - appears to consider his duties of the utmost importance.

Since their formation, one key point of interest for the IDPD has been the Mobius Society's multidimensional fuckery in the OU. This in turn has led them to investigate the disappearances of several individuals in the Lillifuture whose profiles seem eerily similar to those active during the Mobius crisis. The Director has dispatched several agents to investigate further. In particular, they are hunting for one longstanding thorn in their side, whose equipment bears a distinct resemblance to Cipher tech and whose vigilante activities threaten the delicate balance of the multiverse further...

Wait, does this mean I have to worry about the ITPD coming to snatch my futurekid?

Nope. (Not unless you want them to, at least.) The IDPD is relatively small, has limited intel, and no real motivation to bother anyone they don't perceive as a threat. It's only futurekids like Lex (who comes from a noble family and was actively working for a villainous team) who might have reason to worry. Honestly, the IDPD are mostly a way to facilitate a plot involving mine and a couple of other people's futurekids, and shouldn't factor into anyone else's plans - unless, of course, you want them to.

So, that's it! Thoughts? Any questions?

Edit: Just to clarify, this was basically all Morph/Pippi's idea - I was just the messenger, since it happened to be convenient to a couple of my characters. ^_^;

Edited by Herbert40k on Aug 28th 2018 at 2:23:02 PM

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#33867: Aug 28th 2018 at 6:23:20 PM

I like it.

And they won't snatch Kaiiseii or Isbrand.

Win-win!

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Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#33868: Sep 10th 2018 at 4:42:40 PM

Just formally announcing that I'm retconning certain parts of Gudrunn's backstory. I'd rather not say exactly what or why publicly (DM me if you absolutely MUST know), just that certain plans aren't working out given other events both in and out of universe.

I'm just saying as much publicly so that if anything seems inconsistent... you know why.

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#33869: Sep 10th 2018 at 8:19:53 PM

Name: Luca [PENDING]

Age: 22

Ethnicity: [African-American]

Region of Origin: Unova

Organizational Ties: Angelan Mafia

Appearance: Well...Dark skin, emerald eyes, luxurious blue hair. Middling height and pudgy. He wears round glasses with fancy yet casual outfits, like jeans with a button up and a bow tie. A silver stud rests in his right ear.

Background: Luca was born in Unova to a loving couple of parents.

Unfortunately as the years went on they divorced, with Luca and his father leaving Unova for Angela, where his dad had a lucrative buisness oppurtunity.

You can probably guess who hired him.

Luca, in his youthful innocence, thought nothing of his dad until Luca decided that, for his twelfth birthday, he wanted to become a Pokémon trainer. That's when he learned what his father did for a living and why he didn't have any Pokémon.

Needless to say he got the hell out of Dodge...and ran right into the open arms of the Italian mafia. While he started off as a soldier, Benedetta took a shine to him, and served as an older sister/mother to Luca. Once she became the Boss, Benedetta immediately picked Luca as one of her elite guards.

Which leads us to today.

Personality: Luca, despite the horrors he's seen and the hardships he's faced, has never ceased to be caring and kind. He's also somewhat of a nerd. He's a weeb and this is the barebones personality until I write for him more

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Sep 10th 2018 at 10:23:29 AM

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
QuantumMelody29 chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction from somewhere Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction
#33870: Sep 12th 2018 at 9:03:08 AM

Edited by QuantumMelody29 on Dec 7th 2019 at 7:10:03 PM

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.
redneckphoenix RNP Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
RNP
#33871: Sep 16th 2018 at 8:20:04 AM

Woop. Rejoining-the-RP-time.

Trainer name: Ivan Losken

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Northern European

Brief description of their appearance: Ivan is a rather unassuming 5' 3" with brown hair and simple, necessity-serving clothes. He often sticks to the outskirts of social events, but is quite capable of having some fun when he knows people well.

Ties to organizations: Ivan is unaligned with any organization as of now.

Region of origin: Solaceon Town, Sinnoh.

Background: Ivan inherited his psychic aura from his father's side at birth. As a rather reserved person, he kept to himself and enjoyed the company of a small group of close friends. After being shaken by the events of the Infinity Keystone arc, he wished simply to protect his friends, experimenting with his powers to gain a more healing-based repertoire. As of his introduction, he began venturing into the world to try to train his psychic powers. His main strategy is to do small Aura Transfers and Heal Pulses when allies get hurt.

Pokemon:

Apollo, the Solrock

Ability: Levitate

Apollo is a Pokémon whom, while aloof, does assist Ivan in attempting to teach some Psychic attacks, when he feels like it. His voice leans towards male, and he speaks mainly through telepathy. His counterpart is Artemis, with whom he often clashes.

Artemis, the Lunatone

Ability: Levitate

Artemis is Apollo's counterpart. Her voice leans towards female, and also speaks through telepathy, though is much more eloquent. She clashes often with Apollo.

Tara, the female Chansey

Ability: Serene Grace

Tara is a compassionate, caring Pokemon whom Ivan is often found tending to. Ivan often heals alongside her, though they have a much harder time communicating as she cannot use telepathy and Ivan is inexperienced.

Calvin, the male Remoraid

Ability: Sniper

Calvin is a relaxed Pokémon with a bit of a laziness problem. He often loses battles simply by not trying hard enough, but he's fine with that. As long as everyone's having fun, he says, that's all that matters. He was Ivan's first pokemon, caught on a fishing trip mainly because he looked cool.

Anything needs to be changed, lemme know.

Edited by redneckphoenix on Sep 16th 2018 at 11:23:31 AM

Herbert40k Not A Lawyer from Widdershins Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Not A Lawyer
#33872: Sep 16th 2018 at 4:46:15 PM

So, as many of you are probably already aware, I've been planning (and putting off for far too long) a heist event in Lumiose where Kahlia/Whiptail tries to steal the third in a set of gems from the National History Museum of Kalos. Spoiler alert: The plan is for the heist itself to fail, but for Whiptail to manage to escape. I'd like to make it happen sometime this week, but I have no idea how free I or anyone else involved is going to be. I was thinking of making a group DM on Discord to coordinate the people directly involved, but since it's a big event in the middle of Lumiose, I don't want to exclude anyone who might want to have their characters caught up in a big superhero/supervillain punchup. So... basically, this is an announcement/interest check for that group DM and the heist as a whole.

Edited by Herbert40k on Sep 16th 2018 at 12:45:36 PM

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#33873: Sep 16th 2018 at 4:49:14 PM

As you know I am involved, so sign me up for that group DM friend.

Izshta The Flamebringer from Mor Ardain Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Flamebringer
#33874: Sep 16th 2018 at 4:54:23 PM

Consider me interested

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#33875: Sep 16th 2018 at 5:01:14 PM

One of my PCs is a discount superhero Count me in.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Sep 16th 2018 at 8:03:44 PM


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