Dualik
Eloquent Trainer
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- 10
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- Age 27
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- Seen Jun 28, 2014
~Rated [T] for mild violence and possible mild romance / suggestive themes~
~SU's are Currently Open!~
Introduction:
The group of professors sat around their table, eyebrows furrowed as they contemplated what was happening. Juniper gazed lazily out the window, Birch ran his fingers gently over his forehead and Elm sat skittishly next to Rowan who's furrowed brow and closed eyes seemed to be exuding an aura of calm. Professor Oak was the only one standing, he seemed troubled, his hand idly running through his hair as he removed and placed his worn lab coat on a nearby chair.
There was a deadly silence within the air conditioned room in Professor Rowan's laboratory. Sinnoh was a fairly cold region on its own, however a recent and persistent heat wave coupled with the amount of people in the room made the air conditioning necessary even though it was the dead of night outside. Suddenly the door was hastily pushed open and Professor Sycamore burst into the room causing everyone else to suddenly jump to attention. Clearly excited, Sycamore sat quickly into the chair where Oak had hung his coat. The group remained silent for a few moments awaiting a report, before Rowan decided to interrupt it.
"So then... it's as they say? We finally have confirmation, they had one?" His voice was calm and clear as always. Sycamore clapped his hand together while responding. "Yes... it was a mega ring, no doubt about it. The keystone was there, clear as day. I'd recognise it anywhere." The group sat forward as a kinder and more feminine voice spoke up.
"Surely there's some sort of mistake professor? Those remains were hundreds of years old... weren't they? You discovered the mega ring only a few years ago. Are you sure it wasn't just the keystone alone that this fossil possessed?" Juniper asked. However her attempts at finding a more reasonable solution were quickly shot down as Sycamore responded. "I'd recognise it anywhere Juniper... don't you think I would have already taught about other possibilities?! It was a mega ring. A human being from over eight hundred years ago was in possession of a mega ring! It was encased in the tomb, unopened for centuries... the ring tightly clasped around the damned corpses wrist!" For a brief moment, the shock that followed such an announcement rendered the group silent before Sycamore continued.
"I think we might have some explanation as to why they had it aswell." Suddenly the room seemed to jolt to life, Birch looked up with intrigue, Elm calmed himself down, Junipers eyes widened... even Rowan peeked an eye in the young Professor Sycamore's direction as he pulled a very large and very old looking book from his rucksack. The group of researchers gathered around as Sycamore dropped the heavy text on the central table. Elm quickly flicked through the first few pages, "It's written in ancient unknown script... can you read this?" He asked this, only for Sycamore to smile and nod. "I've had a look at the first two pages... and I believe this book may hold the answers to this strange circumstance we find ourselves in."
Oak stared in wonder at the book. "So the answers are right here? By the plates of Arceus... how has it taken us so long to find such a thing?" Birch spoke for the first time that evening as a response. "It's not the time to think about that... at least not yet old friend. Go on Sycamore! Start reading, alright?" Rowan chuckled heartily. "Well look at all of you suddenly so chipper... let's hope this is what we've been searching for." Juniper smiled at the sudden uplifting mood and simply nodded at Sycamore to begin.
Opening the first page of the tome, Professor Sycamore spoke once again. "It's an odd text, a bit out of order but not so much that we can't establish a definite timeline of events. It appears to be told from the perspective of multiple people all of whom I can only assume are in some way tied to our little mystery." Birch taps his foot impatiently. "Alright Sycamore we get it... we've been working weeks straight trying to figure this situation out so can you please get on with the book?" Sycamore shoots his friend a stern glare but shrugs his shoulders and gives in regardless.
"Alright then... in that case, I believe the best place to start would probably be at the beginning..."
Setting:
This RP will be set in the ancient times that the book describes and the plot will follow the story it tells. The world of eight hundred years ago is a very different one to the pokémon world we all know and love. Such advanced technology as pokéballs, the pokédex, healing items such as potions and antidotes, the classification of "Pokémon Trainer", none of these things exist... as such neither do the pokémon born as a result of these advances (Genesect, The porygon line and Mewtwo).
Though the role of a "Pokémon Trainer" does not exist and someone actually having a pokémon is a very rare thing indeed, there are still those who fight alongside pokémon in battles. These people have been named by the general population as "Knights" and they fight alongside pokémon with nothing but their trust and belief in the powerful beasts as partners and friends. Knights are few and far between however as most people are terrified of pokémon... and for good reason too. The abundance of wild pokémon in this time period makes things such as food sources and habitats scarce and this shows as the pokémon are much more violent, aggressive and territorial when compared to their modern day counterparts as a result. Most all pokémon will not hesitate to attack a human on sight, be it out of mistrust, defense of their territory or even... to prey on the human as a food source.
This RP will take place in the eight hundred year old Sinnoh region, where the ancient tome was discovered in the modern World. While the layout of the region has not changed the only relevant locations remaining are the lake guardians caves, the spear pillar and Hearthome city. Hearthome city and the spear pillar in themselves are much different than they are in modern times, the spear pillar being in near perfect condition as opposed to it's currently ruined state and hearthome city being MUCH bigger than it currently is, acting as the capital of the Sinnoh kingdom it is a massive walled city, completely devoid of all pokémon apart from the handful that are partnered with the kingdoms known knights.
Story:
"To the future generations of this World... those of you whom shall come to read my words. I issue you a warning from a past that you created."
The final words of a civilization from eight hundred years in the past, those final words are the single standalone sentence that introduce a group of inquisitive professors to an ancient tome.
In the kingdom of Sinnoh, roughly eight hundred years in the past, the land was ruled by a wise and just king, a man loved by his people who went by the name of Noheral Singard. Singard ruled with a fair and just hand, he was aswell as a king, what the people referred to as a knight. A human whom fought alongside a pokémon for whatever purposes they so desired. He, alongside the other knights of Sinnoh, fought bravely to defend the walled capital of Hearthome from any attacks made upon it, be they from groups of rogue knights, opposing kingdoms, or hordes of wild pokémon. The people adored their king, for he was charismatic, kind and willing to fight alongside the loyal knights whom sided with him and the royal family.
It was upon a cold and windy night however, that the king was disappeared from his throne. None had any idea how he had left so suddenly or where he was going. Whatever the reason had been however, it had been of a severe enough nature that the king himself left upon his partnered salamence in the middle of the night, unbeknownst to his subjects.
Within a day of information regarding the kings absence being released into the city, the people were thrown into disorder. Thy were confused as to why their ruler had abandoned them so. The royal family of Singard was thrown into despair aswell as they desperately sought the reasons behind their king and family members leaving them. It wasn't until nearly a week after his disappearance that any progress was made in regards to the knowledge of the kings location. Upon a second and extremely thorough search of the kings own study, the queen, Elizabeth Singard herself, discovered a secret compartment hidden underneath the floorboards. This compartment upon being removed and examined was forged from an incredibly powerful metal, one that the people of that time had never seen before. The craftsmanship was incredibly intricate, the box opening at ones touch as if powered by some form of magic or incredibly advanced technology... the box itself however was not what interested the royal family, no what the box contained was much more intriguing.
Inside the box was a collection of oddly shaped bracelets, each embedded with an odd gem and paired with a second, separate gem of varying colors when compared to the other gems like it. Each pair of bracelet and gem was labeled with a name written on a hastily ripped scrap of paper in the kings own handwriting. Finally, attached to the top of the box was a hastily scrawled note, once again written by the kings own hand.
"A trinket for a knight,
A gem for their partner,
You must find them, only they can save us all... these trinkets come from times yet to be seen and they are here by my own mistake.
The furthest Northern point of our Kingdom, there is a temple of times before our own. You must send them their, it is their they will learn the truth.
They are not special... but the pokémon who they have befriended can unlock the power of these stones, so I pray to whomever will listen that they can survive.
Arceus help them... they are all that is left of our kingdoms hope.
Arceus help us all... for what I have done may mean the end of this world.
~ King Noheral Singard I
A deathly silence fell over the court of the king as this letter was read for them less than an hour after it being found. They were confused... scared, their king had been the strongest man they had ever know. Yet here he begged for help. They had no other choice, those listed in the letter would be found and brought to the castle immediately no matter what the cost and, upon arrival, they would be gifted the bracelet and set forth towards the legendary temple that sat in the coldest and deadliest reaches of their kingdom.
This is where our story begins.
You:
Your character in the RP will be one of the knights mentioned in the kings letter and your starting post will involve your character being escorted in whatever way you see fit to the throne room of Hearthome castle to meet the queen of Sinnoh herself.
Though you don't know it yet, you have been selected by her majesty the queen (and technically the king) to be a part of the kings search party. You will be gifted a mega ring and mega stone for your partner pokémon, this potential for your partners mega evolution also happens to be the only reason you have been picked for the search party... even though nobody except the king himself knows that.
To put it swiftly and bluntly, you are a knight with a pokémon partner, for reasons unknown you have been escorted to Hearthome castle to be a part of the kings search party regardless of your circumstance, you will be gifted with a strange trinket that you do not recognise and your partner will be given an odd stone to hold onto, both of which you are called upon to defend with both you and your partners lives.
As a guideline, your character will have no more than one pokémon throughout the entire RP, however your character will be able to fight alongside this pokémon using weapons, a special pokémon brand of "magic" or through any other realistic means that you can think of.
"Magic":
Think of this as a simple added concept to make this RP feel an extra bit different from the average pokémon RP.
Based on the concept that all living being, human and pokémon came from Arceus and may have in turn come from Mew, certain rare humans have access to a special ability known by the people as "Magic". This ability stems from a humans bond with their pokémon and can only be used when human and pokémon are completely in sync with one another.
Magic, in basic terms, is the ability to use a single of ones pokémons moves, while one is completely human. For example, if a magic user had a partner who was a Lucario and the magic user had a strong enough bond with that pokémon, then the magic user may be able to preform his or her own, as an example, aura sphere.
To keep characters who can use this ability balanced there are a few rules involved with magics use:
1: While a character does not need to know the move right away, magic users may only learn one move and one move only, once that move is learned there's no going back or changing.
2:Magic users can use their moves without any prior prepping, but excessive use of magic will lead to exhaustion at quite a rapid pace.
3: Magic users must have their hands free at all times and as such cannot use any other form of weapon.
Premise and Layout:
This RP is built around three major concepts:
1: The idea of mega rings and mega evolution arriving in an ancient setting through methods that will not be revealed until much later.
2: The idea of a World where humans do not command their pokémon, but actually use their own skills and weaponry to fight alongside them. Also a world where pokémon rarely work with humans and nobody has more than one if any.
3: A type of "two stories at once" format, focusing around the story in the past written by the players and the story of the professors, which takes place in the modern day where the professors read the ancient tome (the formerly mentioned past story) and give their reactions and assumptions to it in, these "professor posts" will be written by myself (and maybe a few other RPers in a joint post format if anybody feels they'd be dedicated enough to do that) and will serve the purpose of summarizing the story so far and maybe hinting at a few things that MAY happen in the future, a few paths characters could have or could still take throughout the course of the RP, etc. etc.
The RP won't be laid out any different to any other RP mind you, so don't get worried. Players will post normally until I make an OOC announcement stating that the next "professor post" (AKA a general summary and slightly amusing reaction to the events of the RP so far) will be going up soon. When I announce these it would be best if possible to finish up any conversations/events that your character may be involved in before the professor post is complete, however this is more to make things easier on me and as such it isn't really necessary.
Rules:
1: No bunnying or godmodding of ANY kind is accepted unless permission is given by the other player.
2: Your character has NO knowledge of the future and they most likely NEVER will until much MUCH later. Please remember that. Oh and by the way, the password you're probably looking for is... not hidden in this rule, sorry.
3:I expect everyone to be civil, both OOC and IC. IC this means that you should obey the pokécommunity rules, same goes for the OOC but I also expect you to be polite. Any rudeness or pointless arguments in the OOC will be dealt with swiftly. If there's a problem, you tell me.
4: Try to post somewhat often, I know people are busy sometimes and if you have to go away for a while then I understand, but please at the very least try to get a post in every 3-4 days minimum. It's not too much to ask now is it?
5: Pokémon levels are to be awarded when the player sees fit, to keep things simple... up until level fifty your pokémon may level up after every battle within which they contribute to knocking out a pokémon. From then until level seventy-five it will take two battles and from then onwards it will take three. (Though it is highly doubtful your pokémon will reach that level if the RP reaches its ending like I plan for it to.)
6: Unless it is taken you may choose any pokémon with the potential to mega-evolve as your partner... except for Mewtwo. He will not be a possible choice for anyone at all as he technically does not exist at the time when the RP is set. In terms of Mega Charizard, one person will be allowed to choose one form of charizard, X or Y, the other form will be completely absent from the RP unfortunately.
7: Mega evolution will NOT be available from the moment your character receives their mega ring and mega stone. After a certain point in the RP passes, I will allow you to have your characters "discover" the purpose of the mega ring and how to use mega-evolution in their own time. One must also remember that mega-evolution requires a powerful bond between pokémon and human... so in the current setting it may take a while before your character learns to use it proficiently.
8: Try to have fun! If things don't seem to be fun for you while playing then don't just drop out or something silly either. Tell me about it and we might be able to come up with some new, even more fun ideas together. The password coincidentally is; Pokémon and the past are fun! So you know, there's that.
SU Format, SU submission status and Accepted/Reserved RPers:
SU Sheet:
Spoiler:
SU Submission Status:
SUs are currently OPEN and being reviewed as soon as possible.
Accepted Roles and Current Reservations:
- [Ariana Kaizu Rowan] ~ {Magikarp} ~ {Mega-Gyrados} ~ (Dualik)
- [Patrick Ferris Bridges] ~ {Combusken} ~ {Mega-Blaziken} ~ (Greiger)
- [Marek Reiketsukan] ~ {Mawile} ~ {Mega-Mawile} ~ (Sheraku)
- [Bors Ferus] ~ {Aron} ~ {Mega-Aggron} ~ (Kranic)
- [David MacGregor] ~ {Pinsir} ~ {Mega-Pinsir} ~ (Godzil)
- [Cameron Zabtroth] ~ {Scyther} ~ {Mega-Scizor} ~ (Black Ninetales)
- [Yumi Fey] ~ {Gabite} ~ {Mega-Garchomp} ~ (DarkMoonPhase)
- [Adelaide Victoria Cairon] ~ {Kadabra} ~ {Mega-Alakazam} ~ (SylveonStar)
- [Felix Teufel] ~ {Riolu} ~ {Mega-Lucario} ~ (Garet)
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(More spots will be added if this somehow gets alot of interest and the current roster fills up.)
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