[WAR] Role Play: Terminus (Sign-Ups)

[Lord Celebi]

Sorry for the delay everyone. I will have points posted up within 24 hours. I ran into a bit of a plagiarism problem that I am working out.

... What?

[Saraibre Ryu]

... What?

Not with the RP, with something of mine that I had written. I would have let you know if it was about the RP, Rust.

LAST WEEK: Post 132-162

And at the conclusion of this first WAR RP, it was a very interesting read. We had ups and downs and all over the placeness. Placeness is a word now. Shh.

Neo Emolga: 3 points
That evil SOB thing in there is fun to read. Also a certain scientist just seems to love everything she does. A bit toooo much.

Lord Celebi: 2 points
I'm a fan of mentally breaking people's minds and paradoxes and time stuff. No I wasn't going to make the Doctor Who reference, sorry guys.

TNT: 1 point
You be glad all that lots of reading I had to do was good readin's. God man, long posts were looooong.



And that concludes this year's WAR RP competition. Sorry for my ongoing lack of detailed point giving. Life really hated me the last few weeks.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Name: Doctor Propizio Wasser Te Haurangi, aka Dr. Prop.
Gender: MASCULINE!
Age: 28
Team: AQUA! BECAUSE LAND MEANS LEDGES!
Description: The not-so-good Doctor is a tall one, standing at a intimidating 7-foot-9. He also makes a point to at least work out a little, though sadly it's not exactly giving him even an 'athletic' physique. He's quite deprived of any muscles of note. He's rather lanky and almost noodle-thin, too, so it's best to say that the only sport he'd ever consider is basketball, just due to height. His skin tone is a solid mulatto.

His face includes a rather recessed nose, surprisingly large eyes with large, thick glasses to go with them, curly blonde hair in a small afro, and a patch of stubble on his clefted chin. He's also quite adverse to the idea of not keeping a large pair of safety goggles on his person at all times.

As for clothes, aside from a plain black T-shirt and a doctor's jacket, don't expect much else. He's fairly plain and practical when it comes to clothing.

Personality: First and foremost, he's a bit...Erm. Well, his idea of a good time is quite similar to that of GLaDOS's idea of a good time; testing things! Of course, unlike GLaDOS, he actually prefers things that need testing and doing said testing himself as opposed to just running a super-persistant girl through a series of obstacle courses with the thing he needs testing. Henceforth his particular insistance that he must be the first man to test all of his crazy experiments out. This is in-part a general love of what he does and wanting to see the results firsthand, in-part a requirement due to a lack of friends or generally willing testers, and in-part a result of his absolute hatred of lawsuits. If he does it himself, he won't be sued to infinity by some prick of a tester who may have 'felt uncomfortable' while holding his gun and attempted to sue him for a billion dollars or so.

He's very socially awkward, as well. Some would view him as a total dork, almost charmingly so, what with the way he stutters or apologizes, and he's even clumsy in some cute kind of way (if he's not being fueled by adrenaline). But, mostly, he fails at talking to people on an epic scale, even if it's on his work. To correspond, he typically uses his research notes over his abysmal speaking skills, because at least text doesn't stutter to infinity. It would be hard to tell he actually has such a massive IQ just because of that. This is the reason why most of his Pokemon act almost totally autonomously from their trainer; he simply cannot give orders fast enough to save his life.

There's also his venomous dislike of lawsuits, lawyers and the legal system in general. To put it simply, if there was a single concept he could annihilate from existence, it would be the concept of a lawsuit. He gives his volunteers the decency of knowing that this could be dangerous and the ability to back out of the project; is that not enough? Most everywhere, that's not the case, and he hates it. If something is dangerous and you don't want to risk it, don't risk it, because if it were up to him you wouldn't get a penny in compensation because you came in KNOWING there were risks! Part of the reason he backs Aqua (aside from them saving his rear end from physically abusive pirates) is because he'd want to see the world where his livelihood only depends on him making awesome things, and to be able to ignore how people are pissy over the fact that the dangerous experiment turned out to actually be dangerous. That's like suing over hot coffee being hot, and he finds the idea of it ridiculous. He's got faith in Raidon, true, but the real reason is because he KNOWS he'll get the ability to experiment freely without fearing the law clamping down on his teeth for it. For that matter, he also basically hates any obstacle to true free experimentation, so certain religious nutters who would be quick to say 'You're disgracing Arceus?' Yeah, he's not a fan of those guys either. Just don't get him wrong, he actually does figure in safety features, as much as reasonably possible. Indeed, that he's typically reasonable in that regard makes him hate those people who ignore that he's being cautious to tell him that they're going to sue his pants off even more.

He also really doesn't like influential people who just throw money at their problems to make it go away. See, his failure at job-hunting, even as his pedigree and knowledge were proven fact time and again, was almost totally because of his inability to speak in coherent sentences. They did not even give him a shot, no matter what it was. He was quite uncaring of the fact that he'd inherit a company worth billions of dollars that would undoubtedly keep him happy throughout his whole life; that he couldn't even get a minimum wage job at a fast food place was insulting. He's become a bit of an objectivist as a result; he's not a fan of people who don't actually work at getting what they want and 'cheat' with money or, far worse, just having connections to the right people.

Getting past all of that, though, at his core he's just a fairly cool guy who just kind of wants to make ridiculously awesome stuff and have people appreciate his work and him for it. He's not a massive a**hole. He just wants to make awesome things. Is that wrong?

Background: Propizio grew up a VERY privileged life in Castelia, Unova, as the only son of Helto and Veronica Te Haruangi (Yes, Te Haruangi is a single word in this case), the billionaire owners of the popluar Unovan Company 'Madman's Brilliance,' or just MB for short, the minds behind the first Crosstranceiver in Unova and the Unovan rivals of Devon and Silph companies. He lived in a massive high-rise building to parents who could afford to pretty much give him anything. Rich beyond most people's wildest dreams, it was doubly safe to say that, in order to KEEP this massive amount of money consistent, they barely saw much of their son, always attending business meetings or shaking hands with important people. Knowing that leaving their only son with minimal contact with actual, human parental figures was a Very Bad Idea™, Propizio's parents saw fit to leave their only son with his grandparents, who were close enough to take him and quite happy to do so. Unfortunately, they were the kind to also be very busy themselves with workouts and clubs, and they couldn't drag Propizio where they were going most of the time, as they quickly realized. They were also quite unaware that leaving the young Propizio without actual human parental figures was a Very Bad Idea™, so instead one of his grandmothers saw fit to leave him with a babysitter in the form of Sakura, her Lilligant.

This would have been an unbelievably stupid idea in any other circumstance, it must be said. However, Sakura proved to be up to the task flawlessly, with a sharp caution, good intuition, and basically every last trait a regular mother would need. Propizio himself grew up almost totally normal, ignoring the oddity that his most consistent parental figure was effectively a plant. The one issue was that, for reasons of bonding and loyalty that all Pokemon are quite prone to, Sakura eventually refused to leave Propizio alone, forcing his grandmother to 'give' Propizio the Lilligant as his first Pokemon. Doubly fortunate for the growing boy, Propizio's mother actually managed to retire early, giving him the direct attention from a human being he would need in far more quantities. He never saw much of, nor cared for, his dad, though.

Propizio, as a young boy, was not as interested in Pokemon as everyone else, partially because he already got a full-grown Lilligant who seemed to dote on him...A little too much for his tastes. He captured and evolved a few Pokemon of his own in time, sure, but he was more devoted to his grades anyways, on the behest of his parents. He attended all the fancy, high-brow private schools, and even managed into the Castelia University, the single most prestigious college in all of Unova, and one of the most prestigious in the world. His grades were phenomenal, and he graduated the unambiguous valedictorian of his High School and of his College. Many attributed his success to his abnormal way of thought; oftentimes he was known for highly unusual, yet incredibly innovative methods of going about problems. Others attributed it to his knack for seeking teacher viewpoints in every problem, even those he already got, and using the many answers he got to solve complicated problems that even others around his IQ level would struggle at (and his IQ was about 269). Still others cited a simple 'do it yourself' mentality he developed over time, starting with a simple prefernce to building blocks, growing into a love of creating things that moved, and then into participating in (and winning) robot fighting competitions (A-la Battlebots). His parents were unambiguously proud of their son, and why wouldn't they? This guy could do anything.

Of course, he didn't lack his oddities; For starters, his social circles were fairly small in stature, as he mostly focused on building new things or occasionally interacting with his own Pokemon. He had known and stated dislike of the high ethnical standards of his home region, as well; He believed that, thus long as sufficient warning and an opportunity to back out was given, he felt that any experimentation should be legal on volunteers and exempt from any attempts at suing. For that matter, lawsuits in general earned his ire, as it seemed that people would sue over ANYTHING. He attempted to send in bills to the government that helped his viewpoint, but they unsurprisingly failed to even get to the House of Representatives. Unsurprisingly, this developed into his habit of being the primary tester of all of his gadgets, and thus immune to his own side effects, and his disinterest in obtaining another PhD in Biology, or even dabbling with medicine, where any undocumented side effect was asking for lawsuits. Nevertheless, when he graduated from college, he decided to start job-hunting, which, despite his immense potential, was still tricky in Unova. This also got his ire, big time. He did NOT understand why he, a guy with not only natural intelligence but also talent and intelligence, could not even get a basic 'fry cook' job at the local fast food place just because he was kind of socially awkward.

Unfortunately, being the singular heir of a massive company, the Unovan equivalent of Devon and Silph...Well, this put a target on his back by those of far less fortune, and a life-changing event would set his course on a far less coveted path than what he or his parents intended. In short, while on a short walk that coincidentally took him through Narrow Street, thugs ambushed him. The 'thugs' turned out to actually be pirates-the very ruthless modern kind-and the instant they recognized the 7-foot-9 genius heir to MB, they took a chance and kidnapped him. It worked perfectly; one of the few things he didn't know were effective self-defense, and all of his Pokemon were in their Poke Balls, which made a quick few strikes to the head from a Machamp all it took. They took their new catch and dragged it off to their boat, and sailed FAR away from Castelia, into International Waters, close to Hoenn. With every precaution they could possibly take to ensure they would not be found by the law, they posted their demands: They had kidnapped the son of MB's owners and wanted 5 billion dollars for his safe return.

Propizio was utterly terrified. He had not been in any kind of situation like this before, and definitely did not have the tools to prepare for it. He vowed to himself two things: First, he would escape, somehow. He COULD swim, though not fantastically, and he had a Water-Type Pokemon as well, though he was no Pokmeon Battler and any chance he had of defeating the well-trained and armed pirates were minimal. Two, when he DID escape, he would train himself in self-defense, in some form. Adrenaline surged through him every time he attempted to emulate macgyver and build a tool to fix his problem, fixing his innate clumsiness. Unfortunately, the pirates kept too close of a watch for this to ever work, and they punished him with physical beatings every time. Famished, thirsty and typically in pain in several places for over a month, he eventually gave up, figuring his parents would eventually cave in to the demands or the police would eventually find them.

The ultimate outcome was...Somewhat different. One night, he awoke to the sounds of gunshots, and one of the pirates grabbed him by the scruff of his coat, put a pistol to his ear, and dragged him to the deck, where the rest were engaged in a shootout with the soldiers aboard an Aircraft carrier. The man he was being held hostage by was anticlimatically shot right in the head almost instantly after coming out, saving Propizio. The Aqua's had not been around for long, and were still happy to take anyone aboard they could as part of the crew; Propizio, all too happy to have been rescued from the very cruel pirates, were happy to join the ranks of Team Aqua, even if they were ALSO pirates and only did it because his captors simply did not plan on being found at all.

Ever since, he had tirelessly worked with the rest of Aqua's scientific heads in the 'Skunkworks.'

Pokemon:

- Mitocon the Reuniclus: The first Pokemon he ever caught, Mitocon is obsessed with the crazy inventions Propizio comes up with. He approves of basically anything a mad scientist would approve of. Dr. Prop has a distinct appreciation for Mitocon's appreciation of his work, and is generally his right hand when it comes to working on things that require muscle mass. His Ability is Magic Guard.

- Seraph the Shedinja: The abandoned shell of a Nincada, owned by a Trainer who accidentally allowed it to flee, Propizio managed to find it lurking in some woods and caught it easily. It's extremely stoic, patient, and typically prefers efficiency above all else. It's loyalty to Dr. Prop has not been truly tested, but thus far he's kept to any direct orders he's been given. His Ability, natch, is Wonder Guard.

- Sakura the Lilligant: First owned by his grandmother, Helena, Sakura has developed a motherlike relationship with her 'son,' and said relationship is extreme in nature. She refuses to leave his side and willing to injure anyone who separates the duo. She'd murder Arceus if the thing ever bothered to threaten Dr. Prop. Propizio considers her extreme over-protectiveness exceptionally annoying, but otherwise treats her exceptionally well. After all, Sakura IS the one who raised him from birth to the age of six. Her ability is Own Tempo.

- Annabeth the Swanna: Caught while on a business trip to Driftveil, Annabeth WAS the leader of a flock of Swanna. She did not forget this, either. Always wanting to show off, she's only loyal to Dr. Prop on the basis that she's given lots of attention by him, which is exactly what she wants. She'd be brilliant in contests, that's for sure. Her ability is Hydration.

Other: His ability to fight back in hand-to-hand combat is on the level of civilians. To make up for this egregious weakness, he's trained himself in skillful gunplay, capable of handling most non-specialist weapons with ease. His lineup of weapons includes Pistols, SMGs and light assault rifles of all varieties, and he's got limited training with sniper rifles and shotguns. His realms of knowledge primarily involve mechanics with a nice and shiny PhD just for it, though he also has a Masters in Biology and took some honors courses in Anthropology. As of right now, he is considered dead due to the pirate's sudden disappearance, something Propizio hadn't given much thought to. Either way, his extreme fortune is unavailable in any manner.

What better way to start the end-of-point-period madness than make another character?

[Grassy_Aggron]

So we've got a medical doctor (Claressa), an anthropologist (Amelia), a crazy mad scientist (Janine), and now we have a super mechanic (Propizio).

All we're missing is a Pokemon expert and Dr. Who, and we're all set!


(I'm working on a post, apologies for delay. Been super stressed the last few days, but I can now say that I passed my driving test so YAY.)

[Lord Celebi]

Tazz you're approved.