~ IC ~
~ GM'd by Jay and Shak ~
~ The Region of Kalos ~
Hello and Welcome to the World of pokémon!
My name is Sycamore and I'm a pokémon professor! I could continue with this talk, of course, but the look in your eyes tells me that you've heard this before. This isn't your first pokémon journey and it certainly won't be your last. So perhaps I should cut right to the chase.
You've been studying up on how to become a pokémon trainer for a few years now, situated in the quaint little town of Aquacorde. Though many of you populate the small village of Vaniville which is just a stones throw South. Never understood why it was considered a village. There's only three or four houses there, it's more an estate than anything. Alas, I digress. Studying at the local trainers school for two years now, as is the minimum requirement, you're just itching to race out on your own pokémon journey. Excited to leap the precipice and take your new partner pokémon, courtesy of myself, on an epic journey of epic proportions!
Ahh, but hold on their hot shot. Do you have any idea where we are? What's happened? This is the Kalos region alright, but not the one you're used to playing through on that little handheld. It's been 2 years since the events of Pokémon X and Y and the young duo, Calem and Serena, rid the World of Team Flare by rescuing the legendary pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. Team Flare aimed to destroy most life on the planet. Believing that by doing so and leaving a select few... they could cleanse the World of filth and create a better world. In other words, they were wackos. Serious wackos.
Their leader Lysander vanished into his exploding facility and hasn't been seen since. Team Flare disbanded and fell apart. Recently, however, the remnants of the shattered organization seem to be more organized... uniting under a new banner. Rumors of new leaders stepping forward are abounding and the name on the streets is different too. Rising from the failures of flare, Team Cinders is looking to finish what Lysander started with some much more violent methods...
And before you ask. No, we haven't fixed Geosenge yet, a lot of wild steel, electric, rock and poison types have taken to the new massive crater and destroyed lab.
Regardless of evil teams and failed reclamation, Kalos is as active as it was before and a new chapter in this fantastic journey is about to come to light! With your starter in hand and a new World to explore, badges to earn and contests to win! A fresh graduation under your belt and a World of possibilities!
Can you catch 'em all? Can you discover and defeat the mysterious Team Cinder? Can you stand against a legend capable of bringing balance to creation and destruction itself?
A new chapter in the history of the Kalos Region is about to begin!
My name is Sycamore and I'm a pokémon professor! I could continue with this talk, of course, but the look in your eyes tells me that you've heard this before. This isn't your first pokémon journey and it certainly won't be your last. So perhaps I should cut right to the chase.
You've been studying up on how to become a pokémon trainer for a few years now, situated in the quaint little town of Aquacorde. Though many of you populate the small village of Vaniville which is just a stones throw South. Never understood why it was considered a village. There's only three or four houses there, it's more an estate than anything. Alas, I digress. Studying at the local trainers school for two years now, as is the minimum requirement, you're just itching to race out on your own pokémon journey. Excited to leap the precipice and take your new partner pokémon, courtesy of myself, on an epic journey of epic proportions!
Ahh, but hold on their hot shot. Do you have any idea where we are? What's happened? This is the Kalos region alright, but not the one you're used to playing through on that little handheld. It's been 2 years since the events of Pokémon X and Y and the young duo, Calem and Serena, rid the World of Team Flare by rescuing the legendary pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. Team Flare aimed to destroy most life on the planet. Believing that by doing so and leaving a select few... they could cleanse the World of filth and create a better world. In other words, they were wackos. Serious wackos.
Their leader Lysander vanished into his exploding facility and hasn't been seen since. Team Flare disbanded and fell apart. Recently, however, the remnants of the shattered organization seem to be more organized... uniting under a new banner. Rumors of new leaders stepping forward are abounding and the name on the streets is different too. Rising from the failures of flare, Team Cinders is looking to finish what Lysander started with some much more violent methods...
And before you ask. No, we haven't fixed Geosenge yet, a lot of wild steel, electric, rock and poison types have taken to the new massive crater and destroyed lab.
Regardless of evil teams and failed reclamation, Kalos is as active as it was before and a new chapter in this fantastic journey is about to come to light! With your starter in hand and a new World to explore, badges to earn and contests to win! A fresh graduation under your belt and a World of possibilities!
Can you catch 'em all? Can you discover and defeat the mysterious Team Cinder? Can you stand against a legend capable of bringing balance to creation and destruction itself?
A new chapter in the history of the Kalos Region is about to begin!
So how is this RP going to work?
Stages and Arcs:
Every new area visited over the course of the RP will consist of one Stage of the RP. There will be up to six Stages in one Arc of the RP. Stages will be fairly short, not taking up more than one or two posts per character though this can vary depending on the location. The final Stage in an Arc will always be longer and feature major story development.
JP's are accepted! But don't waste time!:
Many an RP has died a horrible and mournful death to the evils of unfinished JPs and people dropping off the face of the planet. We love to see more in-depth dialogue and character interaction but remember it doesn't need to be a novella. Keep progress going and don't fall behind for the sake of your fellow players and yourself. This RP will wait for you, but it won't stop because you drag behind. There's nothing wrong with filling the IC with interaction posts between two or more characters, it adds pages, cofidence and content to the RP and that goes a long way to making things feel like they're really progressing.
Regarding the Mons:
You may catch one pokémon per stage if Wild pokémon are present. With the introduction of every new stage, wild pokémon will be provided in a list should they be available. Pokémon not native to Kalos will be appearing as well. So don't worry about limitations! You needn't ask for GM approval for catching a mon so long as you have a good post attached to it and it's the only pokemon you've attempted to catch on said Stage. Their are no such thing as levels in this RP for your pokémon, you choose when your pokémon learn new moves as per the story. But do try to keep it semi-realistic, no stage three pokemon with hyper beam by Act 2 or you're going to get asked to slow down a little bit and potentially be forced to retcon.
Time and Place:
All of the events that took place in X/Y are canon. The story takes places roughly two years after the fall of Team Flare... for the sake of the plot. Team Flare captured both Xerneas AND Yveltal... and both the male AND female protagonists of X and Y worked to set them free. If it wasn't obvious, this story will focus heavily on the legendary pokémon, Zygarde. Players start out in Aquacorde town having been studying in trainer school since the ending of X/Y, they are only now graduating from trainer school and are set to go on their own adventure after just receiving their starter pokémon from Professor Sycamore.
Stages and Arcs:
Every new area visited over the course of the RP will consist of one Stage of the RP. There will be up to six Stages in one Arc of the RP. Stages will be fairly short, not taking up more than one or two posts per character though this can vary depending on the location. The final Stage in an Arc will always be longer and feature major story development.
JP's are accepted! But don't waste time!:
Many an RP has died a horrible and mournful death to the evils of unfinished JPs and people dropping off the face of the planet. We love to see more in-depth dialogue and character interaction but remember it doesn't need to be a novella. Keep progress going and don't fall behind for the sake of your fellow players and yourself. This RP will wait for you, but it won't stop because you drag behind. There's nothing wrong with filling the IC with interaction posts between two or more characters, it adds pages, cofidence and content to the RP and that goes a long way to making things feel like they're really progressing.
Regarding the Mons:
You may catch one pokémon per stage if Wild pokémon are present. With the introduction of every new stage, wild pokémon will be provided in a list should they be available. Pokémon not native to Kalos will be appearing as well. So don't worry about limitations! You needn't ask for GM approval for catching a mon so long as you have a good post attached to it and it's the only pokemon you've attempted to catch on said Stage. Their are no such thing as levels in this RP for your pokémon, you choose when your pokémon learn new moves as per the story. But do try to keep it semi-realistic, no stage three pokemon with hyper beam by Act 2 or you're going to get asked to slow down a little bit and potentially be forced to retcon.
Time and Place:
All of the events that took place in X/Y are canon. The story takes places roughly two years after the fall of Team Flare... for the sake of the plot. Team Flare captured both Xerneas AND Yveltal... and both the male AND female protagonists of X and Y worked to set them free. If it wasn't obvious, this story will focus heavily on the legendary pokémon, Zygarde. Players start out in Aquacorde town having been studying in trainer school since the ending of X/Y, they are only now graduating from trainer school and are set to go on their own adventure after just receiving their starter pokémon from Professor Sycamore.
~ Just a few examples of the choices available to you, see below. ~
All pokémon across all 7 generations will be available for use. You may choose any pokémon you desire as your starter, so long as that pokémon is a 1st stage 3 stage pokémon. i.e. Your pokémon must be unevolved and it must have 2 evolutions before it is fully evolved.
Each starter will start off knowing the first four moves of its natural learn set with a maximum of six learned at any one time. The starters may come knowing a single egg move of your choice rather than a naturally learned move. Pokémon learn moves in order, as defined by their natural learn set. They may also have an ability of your choosing from the list of abilities that they can have naturally, hidden abilities included.
TMs exist but are very expensive. If you feel like your character would receive one or desires one and you feel as if they can afford one, consult the GM's about your decision and the move you want before buying one.
Name: You know what to do here.
Age: 14-21 years of age. A little older than the average, but everybody playing ten-year-olds would be boring.
Gender: Self Explanatory.
Hometown: Where in the pokémon World are you from? Your character doesn't need to be from Kalos specifically. Just remember you live in Aquacorde.
Physical Appearance: Your characters looks and fashion sense. A picture is nice and will do fine for this section, but including a written appearance as well will get you brownie points.
Strengths: What is your character good at? What good qualities do they have? At least two with at least a sentence describing each, bare minimum.
Weaknesses: What is your character bad at? What are their flaws? Read Strengths for specifics n what is required here.
Aspirations: What's your characters end goal, biggest dream or in general their reason for starting their journey? A short paragraph is ideal here.
Rival: Who's your character's rival? Do they have one at all? Co-ordinate with another player here... or make a brand new NPC! Leaving this space blank is also an applicable option.
Starter Pokémon and Nickname: What starter did your character receive from Professor Sycamore? What nickname did your character give their starter, if any?
Starters Gender: Self Explanatory.
Starters Moveset: What's your starters current move set? See the starter section above for specifics.
Starter Ability: What ability does your starter have?
Roleplay Sample: An example of writing you've done in the past. Link a post from elsewhere, or write something new.
1. Show some respect to the other players. Do not use their characters or anything of the sort, without their consent.
2. This RP has an M rating. Meaning that romance, violence, swearing and even minimal gore and adult themes are allowed. These principles are encouraged but do not overuse them, or push too far in your writing, this RP has a more mature tone to certain aspects of the story but don't abuse that creative freedom.
3. Pokémon evolution is one of the few things that must be checked for approval with the GMs. PM the GMs here on PC or message Jay or Shak on Discord first before making your pokémon evolve.
4. No duplicate starters will be allowed, so if you want a specific pokémon to be your starter mention it in the OOC thread before making your SU to avoid people getting their hopes up. Do be aware that nothing is stopping someone from competing against you for that pokémon regardless.
5: Obey all the regular rules of the RP section, as well as all general rules of The Pokécommunity forum as a whole.
6: Pokémon moves can be learned, but not too frequently... and they must adhere to the pokémons natural moveset.
7: As always, have fun and enjoy yourself!
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