[PXFIRE] [SU/DS] PXFIRE II Roleplay: Convergence

[Shruikan]

I've never done a freeform RP before. Are all characters in the same area, interacting with all others at the same time? Or will there be separate plotlines going where say 3 characters interact with and reply to each other, but in the same thread two others might be pursuing a different story?

Morzone did a good job describing it. Pretty much, everyone's doing their own thing at first, but can meet up wth each other as the plot goes on. So closer the latter example, as pretty much everone is going along their own storyline, but the lines will intersect at points as the RP progresses.

@evanfardreamer Mainly the latter. For the most part Everyone will start separately in these kinds of RPs. Some people will start together, especially if one person has two or more characters, but that depends more on the background and role of the character. For instance one person might make two characters that are siblings, so they'd be rather likely to be in the same place together. Similarly, people on the same team (like you and me) have a better chance of starting in the same place. It just depends on how we want to co-ordinate it. Anyway, for an RP of this scale, with a large map that is essentially an entire continent and a limited number of people, there'd have to be a very unifying force to bring us all to the same spot, and even then it'd happen after quite some time. More likely people will gravitate toward who ever feels most natural to end up running into. It's more about keeping the RP feeling like things are moving and people are acting in a natural way, so as to keep the immersion. In terms of plot lines, while each group of interactees will be doing their own thing, everyone should be connected, in some way or another, to one central plot. But like I mentioned previously, this overall plot is something that would develop and bring everyone together slowly. Most of the time, people will be off in their own separate groups focusing on more goals more personal to their own situations.

Now on to my questions:

This RP situation sounds perfect for the rise of an underground evil team-Rocket style organization, And I was hoping to have my character (one of them anyway) secretly be a part of it. But would you prefer it be an organization that is being started, or one already powerful from the shadows, pulling strings? I'm asking because A large multinational evil organization is a fairly large plot piece and since the plot description didn't have anything like that, I didn't want to mess with any plans you had in terms of plot progression/development.

I think the organisation already being established would work best, but either will fit in fine with what I've got so far, so take you pick. :)

[Morzone]

Awesome! Having it established is easier so I'll go with that. DO you want me to PM you what I have in mind? Cause I also don't mind letting out details here and having other people join me in my evil capers.

[Neo Emolga]

Name: Nathan "Neo" Winterfield
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Team: Avalon Apostles

Description: Standing 6'2", Nathan has a fair to tan skin completion and a strong, muscular build. Meanwhile, he has long, black hair, brown eyes, and a few scars from incidents in the field. At the same time, he's also perceptive and has a knack for tracking and reconnaissance work. He's able to pick up on a lot of things that others miss, and he is also quick to respond. As a result, he's one of the top rescue personnel in the team and is very akin to a park ranger throughout most of Aluna. He knows where the safe and dangerous areas are and he knows how to survive in the wilderness.

For clothing, Nathan usually dark gray protective combat gear in light of how dangerous some Pokémon can be. He knows even the small, unevolved ones can still be significantly dangerous. In the meantime, he wears a black bandana, black boots, and dark gray fingerless gloves.

While perceptive and agile, Nathan's weaknesses are from his strong desire to keep things basic and to the point. No fancy terms or lingo and no overly detailed explanations. He never excelled in math or in the sciences, so he leaves a lot of that research to the science personnel of the Avalon Apostles.

Personality: Nathan is somewhat of a casual, happy-go-lucky kind of guy who keeps it easy and calm where most others would panic. He's often using humor to help those being rescued stay at ease even in times of crisis. He also doesn't stress over things either and tells himself that as long as he did the best job he could, he shouldn't ever feel ashamed. He's had some difficult choices in the past, but he knows he can't go back in time to change the outcome and at the time, he knows he tried to do the best he could with the knowledge he had at the time. He knows he can't ask more of himself, so he takes it easy and tells himself every day is a new opportunity to do something good and meaningful.

In response to the new arrival of Pokémon, Nathan knows from experience that they need to be handled very carefully, and he has gained a handle on which ones can spit fire or thunder and which ones can cause heavy damage. Often, to pacify a Pokémon, he relies on tranquilizers or stun weapons, though they're not always dependable, so he often keeps a Plan B and Plan C in case things don't work out the first time. Naturally, he's able to improvise and at least turn failures around into something at least somewhat productive and beneficial. Very rarely does he go home empty-handed. He'll at least get a decent report out, even though paperwork isn't on Nathan's list of fun things to do.

Backstory: Nathan born in Maris to Rebecca Winterfield and James Winterfield. When he was young, Nathan aspired to go into law enforcement, but later on life steered him more toward volunteer work before becoming involved in search and rescue teams working throughout Aluna and some areas of Rutgard and Ernitka.

While Nathan wasn't in Redinas during the attack, he certainly heard about it and saw and had to save a lot of people from the anarchy. At first, he had negative perceptions on Pokémon and thought all of them were feral, foreign creatures that were out of control, but the more exposure he got to them, the more he realized that they're often like people with regards that there are some good ones among the bad ones. He found that many of them were scared, lost, and simply distrustful considering they were in a new environment and didn't understand what was going on with the rifts.

Since then, Nathan often finds himself searching and rescuing both humans and injured Pokémon. Meanwhile, he feels there is potential for humans and Pokémon to coexist, but it's going to be a long and difficult road, especially considering there are many humans that still feel the way he used to and greatly distrust Pokémon and see them as a destructive threat. Nathan knows it's difficult to convince them otherwise considering the destruction that befell Redinas, but he's willing to take things one small step at a time. Still, considering the nature of some of the more dangerous and hazardous Pokémon, Nathan sometimes feels that's a goal that may never reach a successful conclusion, and that some Pokémon and some humans will always just outright loathe each other.

Starting Pokemon: (Anything except legendaries.) Emolga (Blitz)

Blitz was originally a rescue Pokémon that was saved when he was separated from his parents during an attack with an Ursaring. Nathan, helping the electric flying squirrel heal from his injuries, eventually befriended the Emolga and decided to keep him around as a partner.

Blitz often takes the role of scouting for Nathan. In areas where there may be dangerous Pokémon, Blitz can fly up and scout ahead, and having Blitz spot any potential threats is far easier when dangerous Pokémon see far less harm in an Emolga than humans with machines.

Other: Nathan is adept at a wide variety of firearms, though most of them are for pacification purposes and are not to deal lethal force. However, he always keeps a few of those on hand in case things ever get dangerous enough to the point where it becomes a fight to the death.

Nathan also drives mainly all terrain vehicles like jeeps and such. He has his own packed with plenty of survival and reconnaissance gear. He has also been helping some of the researchers obtain Pokémon for studying.

[LKWayvern]

Name: Daniel El Raye

Gender: male (trans)

Age: 22

Team: Sabotage Squadron

Description: Daniel stands at roughly 5’6”, and is of sleight build. He has blue eyes and dark blond, nearing brown, hair. It’s cut short, but the hair near his face is long enough to, on occasion, get in his eyes. There is also a fairly short beard on his lower jaw.
Daniel doesn’t usually wear flashy clothing, preferring comfort, practicality, and freedom of movement over a fashion statement. He tends to dress in blacks and greys, sometimes a splash of blue or violet working its way into his wardrobe. He typically ends up in a t-shirt, on specific black hoodie, sweatpants, and sneakers, with a satchel slung over his shoulder, containing a cell phone, swiss army knife, first-aid kit packed with supplies for both humans and Pokemon, snacks, and likely a bottle of water.
Daniel dons an ace ring, in which is set a keystone.

Daniel’s Pokemon partner is Elric, an absol. Elric is perhaps more slim and frailer than a typical absol, and has a collar around his neck with an absolite set in it.

Personality: Daniel is both a romantic and aromantic. He loves fantasy and science fiction novels, he loves the prospect of adventure, and is interested by urban legends and conspiracies, and has no interest whatsoever in any sort of romantic partnership. He is something of an introvert and a loner. He tends to act friendly with many people, but doesn’t consider himself someone’s friend unless he’s known them for a while. Those he considers friends, however, he loves, and would rather let himself be hurt if it meant a friend were spared the pain.
Daniel is impulsive and curious. If he wasn’t, he likely would not have gotten to be quite a powerful battler. He is good at improv and reacting intuitively, though he does have multiple tried-and-true strategies in battle that he sometimes falls back on. He isn’t especially confrontational, and rarely wins arguments. He does tend to be emotional, and can be overwhelmed by emotions or by his own senses.

Backstory: Daniel was born in Redinas, and did not really move around once. He enjoyed reading, but was also the type to grow restless easily, and so also spent a great deal of time going walking around the mountainous terrain, when it wasn’t snowing too hard. He enjoyed thinking about other worlds and mythical creatures, and dreamed of someday making them real through perhaps writing, or traveling to Merius and becoming an acting star. Utilizing portals, one summer Daniel’s family even managed to see a musical live in Merius, which was a dream come true for him.
By the time Daniel was 16, however, the earthquake had struck Rustol, and Rutgard became isolated. Daniel was disappointed by this, but his attention rapidly drifted to the strange creatures he began seeing from a distance on his walks. He repeatedly tried taking pictures of these creatures on his phone, but was never able to get an especially good shot of one, or get closer than several dozen yards to such a creature. Until one morning, when Daniel saw the white wolf, his future partner.
There had been a blizzard the previous night, and was still snowing slightly today, and the wolf would have blended in entirely if not for its furless black skin, scythelike horn and tail, and intelligent-seeming crimson eyes. It appeared malnourished and weak. Most people would have given the wolf a wide berth or run away, however Daniel was impulsive and extremely curious. He kept a cautious distance from the wolf, yes, but when it started walking away before pausing and seeming to wait for him, he did follow it.
According to some people, following a mysterious superpowered wolf that seems more intelligent than a typical animal would be begging for death or major injury. According the Daniel, this would turn out to be one of his smarter decisions, as while he was following that creature, his home city was attacked by a larger, scarier, more hostile creature. The moment Daniel heard destruction and panic in the distance, he called his parents. Upon no one picking up, he called the police. Upon being put on hold, he ran back to see what was happening, the wolf following him from a distance. When he arrived at the city, he saw an enraged and flaming dragon laying waste to the buildings.
Daniel was relieved to find that his parents were still alive. But since that day, a great many citizens of Redinas, Rutgard, and indeed the planet would believe the creatures dubbed Pokemon were feral beasts. Daniel was wary of many of the larger Pokemon. But he knew that if it wasn’t for that wolf, he likely would have been in mortal peril. Perhaps its appearance was a coincidence, but Daniel liked to believe that the wolf had known what was coming and wanted to help him.
It wasn’t the last time he saw that wolf. It refused to enter the rebuilding city, but in time it would regularly approach Daniel close enough to be touched, and never seemed to show aggression towards him. Possibly because Daniel had taken to feeding it, when it did appear. Daniel ended up naming it ‘Elric’ after the protagonist of a book he had once read. Over time, however, it became clear that Pokemon of any sort were understandably not welcome in the capital. Daniel heard of a civilian watch violently driving other Pokemon out of the city, and decided to leave for elsewhere with his new friend and partner.
After some traveling, in which Daniel and Elric learned how to fight, the pair found themselves in Drusk. Daniel made ends meet doing odd jobs, and eventually found himself recruited by an underground bodyguard group which used ‘unconventional methods’(Pokemon partners) to protect their clients. While in this group, Daniel received a Keystone and Absolite, for use in emergencies.
Three months after moving to Drusk, Daniel came into contact with the Sabotage Squadron, and ended up joining up with them. The two now have quite the reputation in Drusk and the surrounding areas as highly powerful battlers, only in part due to their uncanny power of ‘Mega Evolution’.

Starting Pokemon: Absol (“Elric”, male)

Other: n/a

[K'sariya]

camellia estrada
what a bitter love of yours
that caught you in a grip
and has no mercy of you

Name: Camellia Estrada
Gender: Female
Age: 29 years
Team: Avalon Apostles
Description: faceclaim: Lenora, Pokemon BW

A slightly plush woman whose soft edges stand in sharp contrast to calloused palms and soles. The bounding fizzes of her dark teal hair cannot even begun to be tamed by the red-and-pink-striped bandana tied to bind the upper edge of her forehead; reams of hair burst out like rounded bangs on either side of her face, unphased. She dons a white blouse, collar fashioned into a stiff ribbon above red-capped breast pockets. A wavy pink belt secured by a white clasp wraps around her wide waist. She's an expert on oversized pants--she sports a dark blue pair that fits snug at the top but expands out at the bottom, coming down just above her red shoes. When gardening or expecting an otherwise messy situation, she'll tie on a large pink apron. Camellia wears a beige messenger bag that carries her supplies.

Personality:

Camellia's got a fire, and she's not afraid to use it. She's sharp-tongued, quick-witted, and no-nonsense; she won't let anyone roll over her, and won't roll over for anyone. She's a strategist in the situations that she creates, but her unwillingness to back down (and her accompanying temper) makes her choices less-than-optimal at times. You know something's wrong when she does back down--it means her retribution is only delayed.

The woman's soft spots are few and far between; she's rough around the edges. She lets her guard down when she talks about plants and poisons and Pokemon and her profession, but one wonders if she didn't leave enough room in her heart for other things. Once you've got her on your side, you'll never make a better ally, but it's hard to gain her trust and get in her circle, and that's because she really doesn't care about anyone outside of it. The only exception seems to be with people who she finds some kind of kinship with, especially those who seem to have a similar background to hers.

She's also a survivalist--she'll do anything to make sure that she and the people she cares about survive, and knows her way around the wilderness. Even though she doesn't stand down, she tends to let others (like her allies and her Pokemon) do the fighting for her. While she doesn't want them to get hurt, she's aware of her weaknesses (both physical and mental), and knows that she operates better from behind the front lines.

Backstory:

They grew up in the thick of the city suburbs in small house they'd inherited from their parents, a relic from a time before the spaces and properties around them began to close in tight on their sparse lawns. When she was three, she remembers sitting in the back of the house with a plastic shovel beside her single mother, who pulled up dead grass to reveal the dry earth. She helped her mother plant the seeds. She loved watering in her little sunhat with her little pail.

Camellia's always had a way with plants. She's always had a sense for exactly how much water to give and exactly which plants need the right attention. She sold vegetables to the local farmer's market in high school to make a little extra on the side, so her mother wouldn't have to work as much, and decided that she'd go to school for botany there in Erana. Wormholes revolutionized the world when she was halfway through her degree. Her mother could get to work easier. They struggled a little less to pay the bills. Her mom always joked that this was the first technological invention she'd seen that "didn't leave us folk behind."

When her mother fell sick, though, they hadn't saved enough. This time, medicine and its price left them behind, and didn't look back. When she died, Camellia dropped out of school a year before graduating. She inherited the house, alone.

She got a job at the grocery store to pay off the funeral debts. She grew her own plants and withdrew from the rest of the world. Wake up, go to work, care for her plants, go to sleep. Every day was the same. Things became harder when the earthquake hit, and the wormholes were destroyed. People without enough cash to buy vehicles again were left stranded away from jobs. She lived off of what little savings she had, not sure where to go or what to do.

That was, until a little bulbous, green alien popped into her backyard one day.

She almost shooed it away like any other varmint when she found it rooting around in her garden. It looked up at her when she approached, cursing it in Spanish. She stopped. She stared. It burped as it looked up at her, sending a glob of poison onto one of her tomatoes. It dissolved nigh-instantly. She wondered if she should call the cops. But something about it seemed just as lonely as she was, so instead, she adopted it, and kept a close eye out. She'd seen the cities burned in the news, and the strike forces assembled to deal with the Pokemon.

While she was at work one day, a rabbit got into her garden. It fled when Ajani approached it, but the squat Ivysaur wasn't satisfied--vines up and waving, the poison-spitting plant beast spat his way through the fence after the rabbit and out into the street before losing the much-faster creature, but not before he was too far away to realize where he'd come from. Reports were quickly called in.

Camellia arrived home with him gone, and followed the acid-dripping path out of the garden and out into the street, and she panicked. A SFC car drove by. She ran after it, and arrived to three people and a couple of Pokemon clustered around a very scared Ajani, backed into a corner, poison dripping nervously from his lips. Even as she approached, shouting, she overheard the word euthanasia tossed around. It continued even after she walked up, protested, and even after one stepped away to push her back while they advanced on Ajani.

One of the men's large, white owls suddenly glowed a brilliant pink, sending the other two to the ground. Ajani moved quickly, vines snaring and subduing the other Pokemon. The man's name was Emmett, and he quickly took the appropriate measures to make sure that Ajani was tame, like Camellia said. The grass doggo's receptiveness to a belly rub convinced him. And from then on, Camellia had an ally. And so she stuck to him like glue. He wanted to heal, and so she helped him. She'd always tell him it was because she owed him, but a small part of her hoped to do for others what poverty could not do for her mom.

Starting Pokemon:
Ajani the Vensaur
male / stalwart protector, heavy lifter, grass lizard who spits poison / larger than usual fat boi

Other: A botanist who's become fascinated with the alien berries brought by the rift. Plant expert who also loves poisons. Can tell you want not to eat to survive, but can also lie about it. Fluent in Spanish, curses people out in it.

[VeloJello]

Do Ultra Beasts count as Legendary Pokemon?

EDIT: Also, how long ago did the Rifts open up? It says "6 years ago" for both the wormhole invention and for the earthquake, so I'm confused here.

[Shruikan]

Awesome! Having it established is easier so I'll go with that. DO you want me to PM you what I have in mind? Cause I also don't mind letting out details here and having other people join me in my evil capers.

I'm fine with you posting it here. :)

Do Ultra Beasts count as Legendary Pokemon?

EDIT: Also, how long ago did the Rifts open up? It says "6 years ago" for both the wormhole invention and for the earthquake, so I'm confused here.

Oops, that was a typo. >_< It was supposed to be 9 years ago not 6 that the wormholes were invented, I'll just go fix that now. But yeah, the rifts started appearing right after the earthquake, with it taking at most two or so months for the effects to be noticed, so at six years ago currently.
As for the Ultra beasts, I'd count them as Legendary. You could maybe get away with Poipole since it's not quite as stong as the others, but I'd say all the others are too powerful and counted alongside the Legendaries.

@Neo Emolga @LKWayvern
Every seems good here. Welcome to the RP to both of you :)

[Noblejanobii]

Is there a deadline for when we have to sign up by?

[Shruikan]

Is there a deadline for when we have to sign up by?

Nope! While I'm aiming to get this started tomorrow/thursday, sign ups will stay open through the whole of PXFIRE. :)

[Noblejanobii]

Here we go!

Spoiler:

Image credit to my friend Penpeaches. Don’t worry about permission, she drew it as a gift for me as you can see here.

Name: Brent/Angel Hughes
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Team: Avalon Apostles
Description: Brent/Angel is a 5’9 male with auburn hair and brown eyes. Brent is a very kept individual, tending to wear a nice vest with a button up shirt and dress pants. He also sometimes wears a top hat if he’s feeling fancy. Angel, on the other hand, while very fancy, is less kept. One of the ways to tell who is fronting is how neat their hair is. If it has been brushed, then Brent is likely fronting. If not, it is likely Angel. Angel tends to wear the same dress pants as Brent (to save money), but has his own set of vests and shirts along with a series of neckties and cravats he likes to wear as well. Their mega stone is wore in a bracelet on their left wrist. Angel tends to not wear it but keeps it on his person just in case Brent needs it.
Personality: Brent is a gentlemanly personality with a stage charisma from his entertainer days. He’s calm during high tension situations for the most part and has great hand eye coordination. Angel is a kind soul, wanting to save everyone he can but also in as creative a method as possible. He likes to adventure and befriend people when he can. He’s also super protective of Brent and tends to front when Brent is frightened or becoming angry to calm him down.
Backstory: Born in the city of Sendrel to a Frances and Jack Hughes, Brent was only eleven when the first wormholes were made. His parents were scientists that worked on the project and continued to study it in Rustol. As a result, Brent was raised by his Uncle Karl Bohn with his cousin in Sendrel with frequent visits to Rustol. Brent found very quickly that he was skilled at two things: medical tasks and magic tricks. As a young teenager, Brent felt his path as a magician was what he was pursue. He practiced day and night, becoming quite the entertainer until that fateful day when he was thirteen. It was the explosion that shook the world.

Brent was watching the television when the news came on. He watched as explosions vaporized the whole city until the feed went dead. The next few weeks were a blur. People came by and said that it was likely his parents died instantly without experiencing any pain. Brent became greatly depressed for a time. He just wanted to retreat from the world. He began to experience black outs with vague recollections of events that occurred while he was out. At his uncle’s insistence, Brent began to see a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. As he began to work with his psychiatrist, they coaxed his other personality out, a man named Angel. The two began to bond, leaving each others notes in a journal to communicate as they worked with their psychiatrist to practice switching and communicating.

Brent decided following the tragedy involving his parents that he would pursue a career in the medical path. While he still practiced magic on the side, he was determined to help those in need to prevent further tragedies for those that did not have to experience them. Angel remained supportive as ever, pursuing more creative arts, learning calligraphy and cooking, serving at soup kitchens and other areas. The two became quite the dynamic duo in the Avalon Apostles and joined the new task force as soon as they could.
Starting Pokemon: (Anything except legendaries.) Zoroark (Chavdar) and Audino (Koyla)

Brent met Koyla in Sendrel. It was one of his days off and he was watching a show in the market when a rift tore open. What stepped through was a large green turtle-like beast that shook the ground with each step. It seemed to want to cause no harm until the guards started to attack it. The pokemon, startled, began to fight back, injuring many civilians in the process. Still a student at the time, Brent’s medical instincts kicked in as he began to treat as many people as he could, putting his schooling to use. As he worked, he noticed another creature tending to the wounded as well. At first he thought the pokemon was trying to finish them off, only to realize she was healing them instead. She seemed frightened of Brent when he approached, but when she saw that Brent was trying to help the civilians as she was, Koyla became trusting of Brent. Since then they have stuck together, having been partners for about three years now. She wears her mega stone as an earring but currently she and Brent have not been able to successfully mega evolve.

Chavdar, however, is a much different story. A recent acquisition to the team, Chavdar was known for causing trouble in Zenbar. Angel heard about the legendary “beast of illusions” and wanted to find this pokemon for himself. He set out to Zenbar and it wasn’t long before he started to see the effects that Chavdar was having on the town. It took weeks for Angel and Brent to track down Chavdar’s nest. The pokemon was extremely wary of them and unlike Koyla, he showed no signs of trusting Brent or Angel. After several visits to his nest, Chavdar eventually attacked the group, causing Koyla to lash out in protection and knock the blue ball out of Chavdar’s mane. In a scramble, Angel grabbed onto it and immediately they noticed a change in Chavdar’s demeanor. He appeared docile and loyal, or at least obedient. Chavdar was brought back to Sendrel for further observation and training. As far as they can tell at the moment, the blue orb is precious to Chavdar and his only motivation for not backstabbing the team yet. For now, it is in Angel’s possession, but he intends to return it after he has bonded a bit more with Chavdar.
Other: They have a journal that they carry that has doodles and notes and such. It looks like an insanity journal but really it’s the best method for the boys to communicate.