Pokémon - The Lost World (Redux)

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The Plot

Zoroark were notriously hard to get to work with the other pokémon on the island, so the fact that Belle, a Gardevoir - one of the many Psychic-types they so reviled - had managed to assemble them to help perhaps showed how desperate their situation had become. But then, pokémon that had only been regarded as legends for almost as long as the island existed were now spoken with dread.

Belle began to speak to the Dark pokémon in front of her. "Rayquaza. Dialga. Arceus. I am sure you have heard these names before. Perhaps as just tales to scare you when you were children. And now we know they are not mere tales. They are real. And they are trying to kill us... I have seen something. We must seek humanity." "And what, we're supposed to believe you just because you had a funny dream? No way. I've been around humans before. There's nothing special about 'em."

"Do you remember the last time I foresaw something that was not later true?" It was well known that the gardevoir was the only known seer in the world. And true to her word, she had never been wrong yet. "Whether it is to be our defeat or our victory, humans will be vital in it. And right now, we will be destroyed anyway. I only ask something simple of you. Take these gems. Leave them somewhere the humans can find them." As she spoke, she handed around gems. Each Zoroark was given two Teleport Gems, one to get there and one to get back. They were also each handed a strange gem none of them would recognise - seventeen gems, each of a different colour and had absolutely no shine to them.

"Please. Go. Our hopes rest with humanity."

The Rest

This RP is a mostly inspired by the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, in that you play as characters who are humans transformed into Pokémon as they are brought into their world. Ostensibly, the rest of the setting outside of the pokémon island is that place we all live in, with the only difference being the nonexistance of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon subseries

i.e. the rest of the series is still there

, however we won't be spending long there. Instead, players will be very quickly transported to a hidden island (the one above that is being attacked by Legendary pokémon) where pokémon live. Of course, humanity does not know anything about this island. Interested? Here's the signup (pretty much identical to v1's SU, it just has an improved RP lying behind it.);

EDIT: Each Gem, as you may have guessed carries a type with it and your characters come into posession of them at the beginning of the RP. It will be significant later on what type they are - this need not match your pokémon's type, however it is recommended that it does (or at least a type gained upon evolution).

The Signup

• Name:
• Age:
• Gender: ♂ or ♀?
• Hometown: Where do they get their mail?
• Pokémon: What pokémon will they be when they hit the Island? Don't worry if someone else uses the same pokémon - there can be more than one member of each species. Pokémon must be first-stage/baby or non-evolving and not Legendary.
• Human Appearance:
• Pokémon Appearance: If they have distinguishing features from other members of their species.
• Skills: What can they do? Feel free to note on useless looking skills, it makes characters seem a bit more real!
• Personality: What makes them who they are?
• History: Anything notable about them.
• Gem: Colour and type associated with it.

edited 2nd Jan '13 10:41:55 AM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Well, this looks mighty interestin'. Suppose I may as well sign up, completely by the virtue that it's a Pokemon thing and I seriously can't resist them pocket monsters.

• Name: Tobias Stern Junior. Friends call him Toby, though.
• Age: 24
• Gender: Male.
• Hometown: Technically Columbus, Ohio, but his family moved to San Francisco when he was real young so it doesn't really count for much.
• Pokémon: Trubbish. It's not something he appreciates, frankly.
• Human Appearance: At first glance, Tobias doesn't really scream 'picture of health'. His skin's white as a maggot, most of the color bleached out from years under artificial light. He's, allegedly, six foot one, but his usually hunched posture doesn't give much evidence towards that. His features are sharp and angular, some would say hawkish, with a pointed nose and high, visible cheekbones. His eyes are dull gray, the color of stormclouds, and his poorly-combed hair is a flat brown. His limbs are long and gangly, with delicate musician's fingers. His face is marked by a thick coat of stubble, partly because he never remembers to shave and partly because he sort of likes the look. As far as clothes go, he tends to dress rather simply, not a lot of money for fancy clothes and he's never really cared much for his appearance. Toby prefers dark clothing, dull and drab, nothing that'll stick out in a crowd. Slender in frame though he may be, he still packs a distinctive pudge. Too much junk food.
• Pokémon Appearance: Trubbish are, on the whole, not known for their striking appearance and Tobias is no different. His teeth, jagged things made from green glass coke bottles, jut cruelly from his upper lip, hanging down like the tusks of a walrus. His eyes are cracked dinner plates, coated in a thin patina of grime. His "distinctive" stubble remains in this form, hundreds of frayed toothbrush bristled poking out through his flimsy plastic skin.
• Skills: Toby's one hell of a musician, though he's not especially proud of his talents. Decent chef, too, though the fact that he now stains everything he touches with warm garbage juice kinda puts a dent in that. Took some Tai Kwon Do lessons a while back, but that was mostly to meet chicks and he's forgotten most of it by now.
• Personality: To call Tobias a slacker would be a gross understatement. He is aggressively lazy, more than willing to sit on his duff and watch the world go on without him, and you better be damn sure he's gonna drag everyone else down with him whether they like it or not. Not to say that he's a bad guy, that is. He just wants someone to hang around, to share good times with. Companionship is all he really needs to get by, and while he's not necessarily clingy he'll definitely hang on to any friends he manages to pick up. Toby isn't an especially ambitious fellow, either. He's got no long term goals or overarching plan for his life. He just wants to sit on his couch, zoning out in front of the TV and eating chips. Really, it's the only thing he can imagine himself doing. But, with the proper motivation, Toby is a dedicated worker, never stopping until he gets the job done. Of course, he'll take more than a few shortcuts along the way but by god it'll be done. Really, he'll do just about anything for his buds, and if they're in trouble than he'll get off his ass and help them no matter what.
• History: Tobias' story is, quite frankly, almost remarkable in its own dull, tedious way. He grew up in a nice neighbourhood, with middle class parents and two siblings. While Toby wasn't exactly born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he never wanted for anything. Always had food on the table, a roof over his head, and a warm bed to sleep in. Predictably, he never really did well in school, grades always slipping, report card's a constant blur of D's and F's. It didn't really bother him, though. At that point, nothing did. He just cruised through his life, not a care in the world. It's the same story today. He dropped out of high school about a couple weeks before graduation. Wouldn't graduate anyway, he reasoned. Now, he lives in a rundown, downtown apartment, alternating temp jobs and playing bass in his brother's shitty band to make ends meet. It's been this way for as long as he can remember, and as much as Toby cares it'll more than likely stay that way.
• Gem: Tobias' gem is a sickly green in color, rough-cut and almost translucent. It is, predictably, associated with the Poison type.

edited 15th Dec '12 4:28:39 PM by Bindlestick

"You have more than enough potential. So tell me what is the one wish that would make your soul gem shine." -Mitt Romney, probably

Half Bump, half note of acceptance.

Let's hope we get some more interest in here

I've also added a little more about the Gems, although it will require one extra field on your signup now, Bindle.

edited 15th Dec '12 2:21:47 PM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Gregory "Gregg" Apolectus
• Age: 38
• Gender: ♂
• Hometown: Middle of Nowhere, Northern Germany
• Pokémon: Golett
• Pokémon Appearance: Ordinary Golett
• Skills: He's quite good at writing and is also a decent artist when he doesn't accidentally crush the brush between his fingers.
• Personality: While he is proud about his strength, he doesn't like being classified as a Dumb Muscle and while he is no intellectual, he isn't stupid either. He's quite enthusiastic, especially when he's working out. Gregory usually prefers the pacifistic approach until someone else is threatened. Then he will not rest until the enemy has been hammered into the ground. If he fights for any other reason one can expect him to be a honorable fighter. He can get a bit overconfident at times. Also, he tends to supress his negative feelings, causing him to explode(figuratively) sometimes.
• History: Born to a factory worker and a housewife, Gregory and his little sister had a fairly uneventful childhood. After he finished school (with mediocre grades), he took a job as a bouncer for some high-class hotel. While he has been looking for a publisher for his poems, noone has answered yet.
• Gem: A solid-looking, flat and rough gem of a brownish color, representing the Ground-type.

edited 16th Dec '12 7:48:54 AM by Savato

Awesome. Thanks, dude.

Added the gem to my sheet, as you requested.

"You have more than enough potential. So tell me what is the one wish that would make your soul gem shine." -Mitt Romney, probably

I hope I did this right!

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• Name: Earl Marino
• Age: 26
• Gender: Male
• Hometown: The Bronx
• Pokémon: Squirtle
• Human Appearance: Typical Italian-American male, with white skin, short-cut black hair, blue eyes, a little bit of a beer gut, and a face full of hair.
• Pokémon Appearance: The same as any other squirtle, but with a full black beard. He also wears a squirtle-sized blue flannel shirt with a pair of blue suspenders.
• Skills: He's pretty much the Michelangelo of plumbing, and he has seen some stuff, so he's got a very strong stomach and won't throw up easily. He's also no stranger to using his wrench to help his old man "settle labor disputes".
• Personality: Somewhat crude and lacking a lot of respect, but he isn't exactly an asshole or someone you'd call evil. He can be pretty fun. But he's not making very many people's top ten lists.
• History: Just your regular everyday normal guy from New York, Earl started working for his dad's plumbing business when he was a kid (for legal reasons, he was not working, nor was he a child laborer. He was merely an inquisitive child who happened to like accompanying his father to work and if he happened to do something that could be misconstrued as "work" by the Department of Labor, it was merely coincidence). He has no idea what the hell a pokemon is except that it's a cartoon from Japan, and that the yellow one is called a Pikachu.
• Gem: It's a metalic gray gem that represents the steel type.

Hello, friend. Here i am hoping that you accept me to your inviting roleplay.

Name: Ray Soluna

Age: 22

Gender: ♂

Hometown: The Philippines

Pokémon: Litwick

Human Appearance: Ray has black hair and is messy. His hair has red streaks. Wearing a white shirt and a red-with-black outlined vest which covers it, not entirely though. He wears black slacks with a red motif on the bottom. His skin is tanned.

Pokémon Appearance: As a Litwick, Ray has maroon flames burning on his "head", the flames are seemingly dark. He has yellow eyes, as any other litwick. The only distinguishing fact is that his flames are maroon and sometimes black streaks appear in the flame. His skin is also pale.

Skills: Ray is very intelligent for someone whose looks say the opposite. He can read a novel in just 5 minutes and virtually memorize its contents. His current form wasn't much of an advantage. While it helps him to read his embers may burn the pages.

Personality: Ray responds to almost all questions asked to him, sarcastically. Even if the event at hand is no joking matter, Ray's sarcasm will never go away. Remarks will be snarked at. He does not see the fun in it, but he just feels the need to snark at everything. Although Ray is that, he is definitely trust-worthy.

History: Ray grew up in a peaceful community. He had completed education and is always a top-notcher but he is not the person with the highest grades. The reason behind this is his constant, unstable sarcasm mode. And you've guessed it right, even at tests, his sarcasm mode never goes away. Quite funny to the class much to Ray's dismay. His parents did not like this awful behaviour because his family is one of the richest on the region; his parents did see that there was nothing bad of that personality other than the fact that it is really ANNOYING. Ray loved his family though.

Gem: A red glowing gem. Most likely Fire-type.

edited 17th Dec '12 9:57:02 PM by CredibleFork

"Of course."

Okay, all three of those characters are accepted, going to make a character list whilst I'm here. By the way, I'm going to begin the RP sometime after Christmas. I'll doublepost then if necessary.

Also, I am going to drop my character here.

• Name: Phillip Easley (Prefers Phil)
• Age: 19
• Gender: ♂
• Hometown: Portsmouth, England
• Pokémon: Scyther
• Human Appearance: Being 6'3" he would tower over most! He has dark blond hair and blue eyes that always sit behind a pair of glasses.
• Pokémon Appearance: He's a Scyther. Notably though, his glasses still fit his face. Somehow.
• Skills: As a nerd - and a competitive pokémon battler he knows all the weakpoints, the stat spreads, the types, everything. He can also comfortably serve as Mr. Exposition for this reason. He also makes pretty good paper planes and can operate a geared motorcycle.
• Personality: Phil tries his best to be helpful and friendly, but when push comes to shove, he is a bit of a coward. Also rather unfortunately for becoming a Flying-type, he is deathly afraid of heights.
• History: Phil lives a normal life, in the rather dreary south of England. In his boredom, he picked up videogames as a method for entertaining himself, and he became a nerd quicker than you can say 'Pokémon'. Recently, yearning for the days in which he used to play an N64, he's picked the Pokémon series back up, through a competitive battling application, which has granted him a greatly useful knowledge of pokémon in general.
• Gem: A yellow gem that seems to have been cut many more times than the others, giving it an appearance much like some Bugs' compound eyes. Bug of course.

edited 19th Dec '12 12:55:40 PM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

So if everyone has to cross a canyon, our only flying guy is going to be too scared to cross it?

Well...Scyther can't learn Fly after all...but Golurk can! Now we only have to wait for my character to evolve

edited 21st Dec '12 11:46:56 AM by Savato

Damn, I think I've made that mistake several times this year. It's those wings, man!

Well I've always parsed that as "All Flying-Types can... well, fly, but those that learn the move Fly can carry the weight of a human as they do." and Scyther wings do look pretty damn fragile (not to mention they're directly on it's back whereas most things that learn Fly have wings from the shoulder or no wings at all, so they have room for a passenger)

edited 24th Dec '12 12:55:06 PM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

A question: How will abilities be handled? Will everyone have all possible abilities and if yes, does that include Dream World abilities, too?

Yes, and yes. So Scyther would be condisered to have Swarm, Technician and Steadfast whilst Golett would have Iron Fist, Klutz and No Guard (That DynamicPunch). However, the abilities Shadow Tag and Arena Trap will not work (mostly because some things need to run away) and some abilities can be bypassed if needed (this may apply to No Guard, both to allow the player to dodge and to allow some NP Cs to escape and to allow, say Golett to use items).

EDIT: I found a much simpler way of describing that - yes, but some abilities such as Shadow Tag, Klutz and No Guard are not infallible.

It's a similar case with moves, you can use any moves that your pokémon can learn by any method, but generally use moves that reflect your character's experience, i.e. Squirtle might find itself using Bubble whereas Blastoise would be the one using Hydro Pump.

I also made a DT and left a bit of an infodump on what Legendaries are kicking around. (Link now directs to the right place instead of linking back to this thread.)

edited 27th Dec '12 1:16:42 PM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Whoops, forgot about this. I guess I need to go digging for my old sheets.

"Yup. That tasted purple."

Okay, time to buckle down and actually stop lurking.

• Name: Joe Evergreen
• Age: 30
• Gender: ♂
• Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
• Pokémon: Sneasel
• Human Appearance: Joe's a man of average height, standing at about 5'7'', with a slender figure. His hair is of a light blonde color, and his deathly pale skin makes it look even brighter. On a average day, his entire attire consists of a green coat obtained from a friend of his with underneath being a dress shirt, tie, and black pants . His work clothes. He claims the coat makes him look cool, but in reality, he looks like a small Christmas tree when he dons it.
• Pokémon Appearance: Not much to say about this Sneasel. He couldn't even keep his coat, a fact that he will complain about to no end.
• Skills: He works in a cubicle, so he can probably answer phones with blinding speed. He's also quite dextrous, and his penmanship is top-notch. However, those skills won't do him any good with Sneasel claws. He can also think on his feet, and has his self-proclaimed "Eyes of a Hawk", which just means he has good eyesight.
• Personality: Has what is mostly a laid-back manner and tries to act mature for the sake of others. Has a tendency to be sarcastic and complains about almost everything, mostly with sarcasm. His fuse is also a bit short, but he does try to keep it in check.
• History: As a child, Joe was taught that hard-work can make anything possible, and that even if one fails, it would still be worth it because of the work put into it. With that as his creed, Joe tackled school life with vim and vigor, aiming to be the best that he can be. Despite getting high grades and going through four years of university, he was only able to land a life in a cubicle. He was disappointed at first, but he has since taken what he had and ran with it, albeit with a myriad of complaints.
• Gem: A smoothly cut cube with a pure shade of clear, milky white that symbolizes the Ice type.

"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO

Sure thing Stanman, welcome back into the RP.

It should be easy to hop in right now, if you just have your character turn up at the Blissey's rudimentary little treatment spot before everyone leaves, then not even a handwave is required!

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.