The next group of aspiring Kanto accredited trainers is about to begin their very own Pokemon adventure. Beginning in Professor Oak's laboratory in Pallet Town, each of them is provided with a Pokedex, a map and of course their starter Pokemon.

These trainers are introduced to the Gym Challenge (one they might already know if they've been on previous adventures) and eventually the Kanto Pokemon League, but as their journeys continue new opportunities will present themselves and they may find their goals diversifying as they themselves change and grow.Kanto: Back to Basics is a semi-sandbox roleplay. In this case, this means that there is no inherent plotline to follow aside from your character's own personal story.

A mission system is present and completing missions will earn you rewards such as evolutionary stones or TMs. Missions are completely optional however, and you are welcome to ignore them completely or contact me to create your own.

You will follow the traditional path through Kanto for the most part, beginning in Pallet Town. As the RP progresses new routes and cities will be opened up for you to explore and new opportunities for your character's to experience will be given. All characters will begin with the same task of taking on the gym challenge, but you will find that every new place you visit brings opportunities for your characters to grow and perhaps change their focus.It's my job to keep things moving by opening new routes and cities when people are ready to progress (and nagging you to get you to that point). I'll also be posting the available missions and wild Pokemon at the beginning of each new route or city. Lastly, I'll be playing the roles of NPCs such as Professor Oak if/when needed.Post.
No really, that's it.
There's no word count limit or anything too (okay, 100 that's in the RPT rules)...
Just post.

1. Follow the PC and RPT general rules!
2. GM word is law, unless the GM is horribly wrong.
3. No hard activity limit; you can drop in and drop out as you please as long as you tie loose ends before you do each and every time.
4. Godmodding and bunnying is not okay; in the instances where you have to do it, please run it through me and get the agreement of the parties involved (if possible).
5. Capturing pokemon is A-OK if they're in that location, unless there's a huge catch which would be mentioned in the mission description I will be giving.
6. We don't do levels here. So levelling up and evolving is arbitrary and I trust you guys enough not to abuse it (aka don't evolve your starter immediately after fighting someone). If you think you need GM advice on when to evolve, hmu.
7. Don't ever be afraid to ask questions/nag me. My way of working things out is answering questions and hashing them out as I go so if things seem out of sorts (or slow) and not that great they probably are and just the best way to fix that is to point it out directly so I can do something about it.
8. Have fun? :)

Name: (Includes nicknames)
Age: (10+)
Gender:

Appearance:

History: (How did you get here?)
Goals/Interests/Dreams: (Don't worry, it doesn't have to be Pokemon Champion) (Goals and dreams can be different. Your goal may be to be the best Metapod Pokemon Master, but your dream can be riding a huge shiny fucking Magikarp) (Just saying)

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Quirks:

Starter Pokemon: (Any basic stage Pokemon that has three stages in total) (If you do three stages the first stage Pokemon is a baby - e.g. Pichu, you start at Pichu)
Nickname: (Yes, you can name your Pichu Bulbasaur)
Moveset: (Any moves they can naturally learn by levelling up, up to six, with one egg move - so that's five moves with one egg move)
Daenerys
Gimmepie
Janp
Quicksand
Mikachu
Kung Fu Ferret
Murkmire
WooliestSteam
Dragon
Magnificent Magilou
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< spot 2 unless Kitty does something >

Name: Aberdeen "Deen" (he likes that) or "Ab" (he doesn't like that) Montany
Age: 15
Gender: Male

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Starter Pokemon: Chikorita

Nickname: She hasn't got a nickname yet.

Moveset: Tackle - Razor Leaf - Poisonpowder - Synthesis - Growl - Vine Whip

Roleplay Sample JUST BECAUSE: Deen's old last post from Crossroads Act I... http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=8747818&postcount=174

Andrea Tuati
16 / Female / From Knot Island (One Island)

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Name: Emily Koch
Age: 16
Gender: Female

Appearance:
If one were to describe how Emily looks in one word, small would be a good choice. She is just 5'2" in height and has thin, petite build weighing it at just 45kg. Her skin is fair and unblemished by the sun or by injury and her hair is long, straight and blonde. Combine these traits with softer features and brown doe-eyes and it's very easy to mistake her for being a couple of years younger than she actually is.

Her sense of fashion doesn't help much with this either. She likes to dress girly in skirts or dresses with impractical footwear, long socks and her favourite pink cardigan. She keeps her hair back with a simple headband and likes to accessorise with ribbons and bows.

History:
The Koch family is one of the most influential families in Unova, known primarily for their shares and booming businesses provided by the Castelia Towers, spearheaded by her father herself. Having a net worth of 99 Billion Pokedollars, one would think that Emily doesn't need to go out and work. And you're right, she doesn't. Apart from studying in a private school, Emily often just accompanies her father on business trips, and her mother on shopping sprees.

Everything was going pretty well until her 15th birthday, where she has a sudden spark of interest in Pokemon research, despite not having much in terms of experience with them. Her father blamed it on the educational shows ("It was that Elm chap again isn't it?") ("Always that Elm chap, making Pokemon interesting grumble grumble..") they were watching at school. Either way, Emily was interested and she really wanted to try it out.

Come her 16th birthday, her father surprised her with the opportunity of a lifetime! She was able to go to Kanto and be one of Professor Oak's on the field research assistants and be a trainer and get a Pokemon and everything! Oh she was so excited, she already began browsing the available Pokemon they had and imagining the best adventure ever, completely ignoring the Magnezone her father had offered her to start her journey with.

Goals/Dreams/Interests:
Her goal is to become a Pokemon Researcher!! She's really excited to be one with the Pokemon and studying them. They seem really nice from her perspective. Professor Birch makes it look easy, Professor Elm makes it look funny.

Her dream though? She wants to find a really cool Pokemon and study it. Just like Professor Rowan, the one that finds all the awesome stuff like that shiny Gyarados! Yeah, she wants to be like that too.

She likes to explore and research, like Professor Oak, her research idol. And Professor Juniper too! Who can ever forget their lovely evolution Professor that visited them thrice in their school to show elemental monkeys evolving? That was so cool!! Professor Juniper is the best, she decides.

Strengths:
She's really nice, like, ridiculously nice. She'll give you whatever you want, really. She's not exaggerating. She's also ridiculously rich. She's given an allowance of 50,000 Pokedollars per month as spending money. She's also oblivious, not being upset that easily from any awful thing that happens to her. Because of that, she'll easily get back up and try again, able to stay determined each and every time and even explore creative ways of succeeding.

She's also good at business and maths. She learned that from school!

Weaknesses:
She's pretty oblivious, she doesn't have any idea what people think of her, even though it's slapping her right in the face. She's also slightly gullible, quickly falling for various scams and tricks that gets her into trouble quite easily. And despite her interest in being a Pokemon researcher, she has no idea how Pokemon work. She's the type of person who would try to teach a Magikarp how to fly.

She's also not very athletic, it was her worst subject at school too. That's why she has a bike that they bought for 1 million Pokedollars! They forgot to bring it to Kanto though, which was slightly depressing.

Quirks:
She will frequently ignore her status in life, and think that it's a common thing for everyone to be able to do things that she does, like take a jet plane to Kanto instead of a Ferry because she gets seasick easily.

She brings her Igglybuff around like a balloon, because it's much easier. Igglybuff agrees with her. It's a mutual agreement on both parties.

Starter Pokemon: Igglybuff
Nickname: She didn't give Igglybuff a nickname because all the Professors don't too.
Moveset: Heal Pulse - Sing - Defense Curl - Pound - Sweet Kiss - Copycat