The Uprising: Fighting the Pokémon Extermination

IMPORTANT NOTE!!: SUs are closed, but there will be a SEQUEL RP coming up after this one closes! So if you can wait until that one appears, I'd be happy to have you join!


The same history that has brought them together,
is now tearing them apart...

World:

Though many regions of the Pokémon have remained untouched by time, in the Katsu region everything has changed. Gyms are closed, Pokémon centers are demolished and Coordinators, Trainers, Professors and Breeders flee by the hundreds.

Signs are posted everywhere that read:
All recreational activities relating to the usage and/or involvement of Pokémon are disallowed.
Poké Balls, Potions, Stat Healers or any other Pokémon related item are to be destroyed immediately.
All Pokémon are to be delivered to a drop-off center effective immediately.
If any Pokémon is spotted or you have knowledge of any of the rules stated above being broken, please contact the authorities.

Pokémon are being deported and... disposed of at an increasing rate, rapidly depleting the native population. Riots break out and lives, Pokémon and human alike, are lost. The economy crashes, leaving people reeling for a new way of life. People are forced to give up their life-long partners and companions in order to obey the law.

Why has caused all of this to happen? The same thing that had brought them together in the first place: the natural bond between Pokémon and human. Pokémon and humans became so close to one another that there was little distinction between them. That is, until people began abusing that connection. Pretty soon, a group rose up in power and began taking advantage of both people and Pokémon. Soon they were taken down by the authorities, but they came to the conclusion that the only way to prevent further uprisings was to get rid of all the Pokémon in the region.

Pokémon are disappearing and a storm is brewing in the Katsu region...


Plot:

You are a trainer. When this change begins, you rebel against them. You attempt to save the Pokémon from extraction, but when the danger of keeping your parter increases, you run. The region is large and you find that you are lost, until you are picked up by a team called the Uprising. They take you in and train you to fight for the cause of saving the Pokémon, but with this choice comes a price. Police officers search for you, bounty hunters pursue you and a group that is on the rise has taken an interest in you...

Are you up for it?


Rules
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2. Don't godmod.
3. Only post OOC things on the OOC thread (unless separated like this and marked OOC).
4. Follow basic role-playing rules.
5. Use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation as best you can.
6. Don't bunny without permission.
7. If you aren't active for a long period of time without excuse, you will either be bunnied or kicked out.
8. Post your profile on the OOC thread to see if it is accepted before posting it here.


Sign Up: Trainer
Name: first (optional middle) last
Age: (preferabley over 13, but if you have a good reason they can be 10)
Gender: (uhh...)
Appearance: (details! at least a good paragraph)
Personality: (make layers)
Background: (their history: what made them join? this includes what their Pokémon is if you do not sign up their Pokémon)
Additional Information: (anything else?)
RP Sample: (a sample of a past RP or a sample of your writing that shows your style well)

Sign Up: Pokémon (optional: you can write from your Pokémon's point of view as well)
Nickname: (if they have one)
Breed: (what Pokémon is it? NO LEGENDARIES!!!)
Gender: (uhh...)
Moves: (up to four, make them reasonable or I won't accept)
Appearance: (if there are any unique qualities to them)
Personality: (make it a good match or balance for its trainer)
History: (how did your trainer receive this Pokémon? it can just state that you received it from a professor)
Additional information: (more stuff?)

Name: Maud Howll
Age: Fifteen
Gender: Female

Personality: Before really getting to know Maud, you should probably learn that she's not polite or lady-like. Like, at all. She uses slang and not-really-words words like "ain't". "Please" isn't something you'll hear from her often, and if you get a "Thank you," you're a lucky person. But she's not really all that rude, unless she's agitated. Maud can be a kind (if a bit stubborn) and helpful person when she actually finds that she cares to do so. She's a jerk as a stranger, but a decent friend and companion.

Maud is also very competitive. She loves nothing more than a challenge, and battling is undoubtedly her favorite activity. It's not really that she likes to win as much as that she loves competing alltogether. As such, she can laugh about her errors and take a loss well (though she might occassionally pretend she lost because of something like 'distractions' or 'type disadvantage'). While battling, however, she's a fast thinker, and can invent some rather clever strategies. She likes to work with each of her Pokemon's individual personalities and base battle styles off of that, making her a rather tricky foe at times.

Speaking of Pokemon, Maud seems to have a sort of connection with them. No, she's not one of those trainers who can read Pokemon thoughts and form perfect human-Pokemon bonds and such, but she has an understanding for them. Loyalty is something she values dearly in a companion, and few companions are more loyal than well-trained Pokemon. Namely, she finds that 'doglike' Pokemon tend to be more loyal and easier to befriend, which is why she specializes in raising them.


Appearance: Much like her personality would imply, Maud doesn't care for anything too nice or fancy. Besides, she's always out training and travelling. What would be the point of wearing nice clothes if you're only going to get them dirty on the road...? Using this philosophy, she figures it doesn't really matter what she's wearing and slips on a plain, cozy T-shirt with near-worn-out jeans and a simple hoodie. If she's not wearing old tennis shoes and a pair of black gloves, by the way, then that's probably an imposter of some sort rather than the actual Maud.

Likewise, her red-brown shoulder-length hair is almost always a bit of a mess (what; do you think a trainer like her has the time to brush it every day...?), and while she isn't a filthy and smelly slob she isn't the most hygenic of people. But, the life of a devoted trainer isn't always perfect and pretty and clean, you know~

Anyways, Maud is of moderate height; not tall, and definitely not short. She's not at all fat, but not super-skinny. In other words, pretty average. Her eyes are a dull green color; her skin a little bit pale.


Background: Maud had always lived in Goldenrod with her mother (her father worked so much she rarely saw him, and he didn't really seem to want much to do with her). She ate, slept, and did pretty much what most kids do in a middle-class home not far from the bustling, busy, polluted main area of the city. Her mother, however, was originally from Sinnoh. She had one Pokemon that she had trained for a while (though she gave up her Pokemon journey at the age of eleven), a Purugly, and when she sent Maud out to do simple errands like getting something from the store, she would make sure that Purugly was with her daughter. Goldenrod was a relatively safe place, but you never knew what could happen... It seemed simple to just send her out with a Pokemon just in case and avoid all worry.

How Maud obtained her own Pokemon, however, is a rather strange story. On a certain trip to pick up a carton of milk from the local convenience store, she came across a few men in black uniforms discussing something behind a shady building. Her curiosity perked up, and she decided to hide and listen to them. Judging by the uniforms, they appeared to be from Team Rocket, a group assumed to have disbanded a while back... And there was some sort of delivery truck with them. A truck full of stolen Pokeballs, containing rare or strong Pokemon. Supposedly the two strange men were going to deliver these Pokemon to be prizes at the Goldenrod Game Corner. People had been suspicious that Team Rocket was associated with the Game Corner for a while now, but if it was really true...

The men spotted her and threatened to harm her if she didn't leave immediately. Maud, however, felt some crazy and stupid sense of justice, and called out her mother's Purugly. The strongest Pokemon the Rocket members had was a Zubat, which was no trouble for the Pokemon Maud's mother had trained. Afterwords, they were forced to flee, leaving Maud to investigate the truck. In the front seat of the truck, however, were two round objects... Eggs, perhaps? She decided to notify the Goldenrod police as soon as possible, but secretly kept the 'eggs' with her.

For about a month she was famous around town for helping to put an end to the last known forces of Team Rocket in Jhoto, though her mother was outraged that she had attempted such a thing. Maud didn't really care that she was angry, though... The 'eggs' were what was really on her mind. She still kept it a secret that she had taken them, but if they really were Pokemon eggs...

When they hatched into a pair of Eevees, among all things, that settled it. Maud was going to become a trainer. Her mother thought battling and training and all was cruel and dangerous now, however, and prohibited Maud from ever doing such a thing.

So she ran away.

Maud left a simple little note for her parents, took her two little Eevees, and set off on her journey. Within the next year, she had collected seven of Jhoto's badges. Within the next four years (which she filled with lots of vigourous training), she had earned second-place in the Jhoto Pokemon League tournament. That was good enough for Maud.
She recently ventured to the Katsu region, only to find in in its current state. Maud, however, wasn't about to let people here eliminate Pokemon over such an issue as this. She was more than willing to join the Uprising, in hopes that she and her Pokemon companions could prove to these people that what they were doing was simply wrong.

Pokemon: ((No, I won't be RPing from any of their direct perspectives, though they will all be RPed just as importantly as Maud herself.))


Additional Information: None. :D

RP Sample: From Gummy's Return of the Fallen...

Name: Josh Charkewycz

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Appearance: He is around 5'11", but with a slightly sturdy build. He has short-ish blonde hair, that is almost always messy. His skin is slightly tanned, which makes his calm blue eyes stand out a bit. He usually wears a plain white t-shirt, navy blue three-quarters with a crimson stripe down one side and white trainers.

Personality: Josh is usually a very calm and confident person, who loves helping ou his friends. Whenever people fall out, he will try his best to stop them. Despite this he does have temper problems, and if anyone offends him he could snap at any minute.

However, when seperated from his pokemon, he becomes a quite person, with no confidence and is scared of everything.

Background: Josh comes from a rich family, who always had a hatred for Pokemon. They were always trying to sperate him from his Butterfree, but he wouldn't allow them. When the new laws were passed that all Pokemon were to be deported, His parents were over the moon. They tried to force him to hand over his Pokemon but he refused. His parents called the authorities, and so he ran away. Hiding in a forest, he was pursued by many Bounty Hunters, but he managed to evade them all. One day he met with Isabel Evans, who told him about the Uprising, and so he joined in hope that Pokemon would be saved.

RP Sample:

Josh was sitting in his room, playing with Twilight (His Butterfree). They were playing catch, with a ball that resembled Caterpie.

"I don't know why my parents don't like you," he said to Twilight, "I mean you're like the most adorable thing ever." There was a loud rap on the door, and his parents entered.

"You better read this!" said his father, handing him a piece of paper. Josh took it from his fahter, and stared at the page. When he read it his skin went pale. It said:

'All recreational activities relating to the usage and/or involvement of Pokémon are disallowed.
Poké Balls, Potions, Stat Healers or any other Pokémon related item are to be destroyed immediately.
All Pokémon are to be delivered to a drop-off center effective immediately.
If any Pokémon is spotted or you have knowledge of any of the rules stated above being broken, please contact the authorities.'

He glanced at his parents, then grabbed Twilight and jumped for his window. His parents, anticipating this went to grab him. When they were almost upon him, he changed direction and bolted out his door.

"Hello, is that the authorities," said his mother on the phone, "Good, because my son is breaking the new law, and we need you to get his Butterfree."

He hurried down the stairs, tears in his eyes, because of his parents reporting him.

"Goodbye!" he whispered to all in the house, and fled into the forest.


Sign Up: Pokémon

Nickname: Twilight (Twi)

Breed: Butterfree

Gender: Female

Moves: Tackle, Confusion, Sleep Poweder, Bug Bite

Appearance: Like all Butterfrees, but with Blue Eyes

Personality: Calm and relaxed, but can be quite moody. Can't stand being seperated from Josh

History: Josh found Twilight in his back garden, as a Caterpie when he was 5, and the two bonded quite quickly.

OK this is my first time in a RP, but ill give it a shot


Name: Drake Wolfston
Age: Thirteen
Gender: Male

Appearance:

Clothing: You will almost always find Drake wearing a t-shirt with a vest or shirt over it. The vest/shirt has ragged, cut up sleeves, is very thin, and mostly black. He wears jeans most of the time, but on hot days you can see him wearing shorts. The jeans are also ragged and cut up at the edges and knees. He always wears his Nike-Airs whereever he goes.

Formal: At school dances etc. he will just wear polo's with the same type of jeans, as they are his favorite, and has personally made sure all of them are cut up.

Physical Appearance:
He has a strong, sleek build, but isnt too muscular. His hair is black and spiky, and hair gell is slathered all over it. His skin colour is tinted, and if you look closely you can see distant scars on his face from previous fights. He has dark brown eyes, with long eyelashes, thick brows. and he hasnt grown any facial hair yet.

Personality: As shown in the appearance, Drake seems to be the "cool" type of guy, with a lot of friends, and very popular. He is popular indeed, but Drake has another reason to act cool. At home Drake is a loving brother who doesnt act cool at all. He is very close with his family, and he cares for the pokemon at his family's ranch. He uses the cool act just because he is mainly shy, and thinks his friends wont like him for that. He is too shy to ask the girl he had always loved for a date, and therefore acts even more cool and distant. You can mostly see Drake sitting in the corner of the hall, or on a balcony thinking deeply to his self. It might not seem like it, but he has a funny character. Whenever he hangs with his friends he's always the one who makes the jokes.

Drake doesnt talk too much, and as said before is very shy, but he is very playfull and his mouth keeps running off at home. He is very gentle and caring with the pokemon at his ranch, but he never shows his friends. Therefore his friends feel that he has a kind of mysterious aura around him. Even tough he is very shy, he is mostly competitive. He always challenges his friends in everything, but when it comes to championships his shyness wins, and so he doesnt enter. He's scared of being the center of attention, and that is what kept him from enter contests with his ranch pokemon before pokemon had to be handed in.

Background: Drake comes from a family who had secretly protested, and had a hidden ranch down in the nearby forest of syphoon city. You cant call it a city as it isnt even on the map, and the closest town to that was little root town which was eight miles away. Drake doesnt really have a pokemon, but later he will take their pichu. Not much special is known about Drake, as he yet has to make history.

He was born with the ranch, and therefore was attatched to every single pokemon there. Whenever he wasnt spending time at his ranch he would hang out with his friends in the village. Most of the time his family was at the ranch, and sometimes they even slept there. Tough on certain nights Drake would find his dad slipping out the back of the house, and the next day there would be articles about the protestors vandilating the major cities. Drake had always wondered if is dad had something to do with that, but whenever he asked, his dad would always change the subject. His dad didnt understand anything. He wanted to stop the uprising, he wanted to protect his beloved pokemon on the ranch, and he will do something about it!

How he gets his pichu will be revealed below

RP Sample: Well since this is my first RP, this might not have to do with the storyline but i guess you can calls this a prologue for the story


"Ring, Ring" Drake woke up to find his alarm clock ringing. Half asleep, he tried to hit his alarm clock, but missed and ended up rolling out of his bed. "urgh..." With a jolting pain in his head he stood up and walked to the shower.

After a nice and refreshing shower he got his usual clothes, and put on seven sprays of cologne. He peered down the stairs and saw his mom making breakfast. "Hi sweety!". Drake felt embarrased but it was ok, this was his home. He ran downstairs to see what was for breakfast. He grabbed some of the eggs his mom just made and ran outside to check on the ranch.

Two minutes later he arrived at the ranch. Their ranch was hidden deep in the forest, and the only thing left in their small village that had to do with pokemon. He snuck through the tunnel and looked around, his eyes full with joy. His dad and sister were feeding the pokemon on the other side of the ranch, Drake would greet them later. A pichu ran over and hugged his legg. Drake picked it up and put it on his shoulder while walking to the stalls. The ponyta there ran across the stalls to meet him. He hugged every single one of them and gave them breakfast. He couldnt believe that having pokemon wasnt allowed he loved all of his pokemon, especially little eevee. What maniac's would want to give away their pokemon? But deep deep down he knew that soon this ranch would also be discovered, and they would go to jail. He decided to take a stroll around the city to get rid of his worries.

After a good ten minute walk he decided to visit his old shool. He looked through he window to find his old class mates writing down some notes. Drake quit school to take care of his ranch, and even if he wanted to stay, his Dad forced him to not go. At school there were agents, he did not know what for, but whoever had a pokemon was taken away.As he was about to go away, he heard the bushes rustling and something jumped on him. He twisted aroud and tried to kick it, but it clung onto his face. He was just about to call for help when he noticed it was just pichu. He scolded the little guy for coming out here, but his tracking skills were pretty amazing. He looked at pichu's cute little face, he just couldnt even think of what would happen if this little pichu got into the wrong hands. Now he knew what he had to do, finally he had a purpose. He would make sure those people would never get their pokemon! He just couldnt even think of what would happen if this little pichu got into the wrong hands. Drake ran home again while hiding pichu under his jacket, he was gonna pack, and leave. He didnt know where, but as he was thinking of his journey, he didnt know there were two shady figures, watching him from the top of the school.

Name: Isabel Joy Evans (people call her an assortment of names... Is, Sabe, Joy, Eva or Evans, but very rarely do people call her Isabel)

Age: 16

Gender: female

Appearance: Isabel is about five feet seven inches and is sturdily built. She has coal-black hair with one streak each of yellow, red, purple, gold and green which she usually wears down or tied back in a bun. She has piercing icy-blue eyes that shine in contrast against her suntanned skin. Isabel is usually found wearing a zip-up black sweatshirt with a dark blue camisole underneath and nearly-black jeans. She usually wears plain running shoes or black boots on her feet. She is always wearing a bracelet with beads of all colors on her wrist.

Personality: Isabel usually seems like a calm person, and that's just what she wants you to think. In reality, she is constantly searching for any sign of a threat and is always reading and calculating the expressions and tones of others. The facade of calm collectiveness is easily shattered by a sign of danger or mistreatment toward Pokemon. Isabel is a very intelligent person and, though she is not very social, she knows how to work answers out of someone and manipulate them for her own needs.
Isabel has always loved Pokemon. In battle, she is very much a strategist and seldom takes it easy on any trainer. She is constantly developing new strategies in her head and putting them into practice, so there are very few things she does the same with every battle. She loves to push her Pokemon and herself and enjoys going through ups and downs with her companions and can't imagine living her life without them.

Background: Isabel has lived with Pokemon her entire life in the Katsu region. Her family used to breed and raise Evees to sell to trainers as parters and others as pets. But when Pokemon began being extracted from the Katsu region, their business was shut down. One by one their Evees and Evee evolves were taken away by the authorities, leaving them without income. Isabel's father soon found work in law enforcement, as that was the fastest growing career, but her older brother Rick refused to give up his Pokemon and ran away.
Isabel waited and watched as her life-long companions were taken away until she could no longer take it. Isabel took six Pokemon and left: Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon and an Evee. She proceeded to travel through the region and found that all other places in the region had received the same order to get rid of the Pokemon. She did all that she could to help the Pokemon: she intercepted got her hands on any Pokemon that was due for extraction as she could and released them into the forests, but she soon realized that in order to really help she would need to become organized. So she started the Uprising and went off in search of trainers who also wanted to save their Pokemon in hopes that together they could help to stop the movement and restore balance in the Katsu region.

RP Sample: well, I started the RP, so I suppose I don't need to post one :)

Pokémon (I will be writing from their perspectives as well)

Sign Up: Pokémon

Nickname: Gallade

Breed: Gallade

Gender: Male

Moves: Shadow Force (the reason for this move is that he was alone for most of his life, and lived in solitude. Then, an evil team found him, and raised him. After all the hardships, he learned this move and managed to escape the team.), Swords Dance, Psycho Cut, and Stone Edge.

Appearance: In the areas where he'd be green, he's black.

Personality: Sarcastic, works for both sides, and trusts no one.

History: When he was a Ralts, he was called Ephraim. He was happy-go-lucky with his trainer supporting him all the way.. He evolved into a Kirlia when his trainer and he were in the Hoenn League. Then, during the trainer's most important battle against his rival in the finals, his trainer's sudden change in tactics (he went from defense to all out offense, and the pressure made Ephraim weaker) made him fall down out of fatigue. Then, his trainer abandoned him, and since then, Ephraim went under the name Kage (meaning Shadow), and a team under the name of Rocket kidnapped him and forced him into experimental training. He was forced to drink potions (which corrupted his body even more), they tested needles on him, which transformed his body (making his green parts black), and forced Kage to fight in colliseum-like battles. Finally, Kage learned a forbidden move (Shadow Force), used it (sending the grunts flying), and then teleported to the region of Katsu. He no longer trusts anyone, and hunts down his old trainer to this very day.

Additional information: He can talk, and jump very high. He's an antagonist of the group, and often attacks them. I'll post the battle that causes the change in Ephraim/Kage if you want.

RP Post thing: Later, I have to go to church -_-

(OOC: Try and make your posts longer than this. This is the first post and it is mainly to introduce the setting and set up several possibilities for the other character's actions.)

"So guys, are you ready for the next town?" Isabel asked just a little too brightly.

No answer. Isabel quickly looked down at her feet and sighed. Nearly getting captured by Bounty Hunters four times in five days wasn't helping her moral either. They had hardly had enough time to let their Pokemon rest before the next attack would start... Luckily the Bounty Hunters were not able to go to a Pokemon Center either, seeing as they were probably being bulldozed by the dozens by now. But they were growing weaker, and they couldn't keep this up forever.

Isabel looked down at the map in her hands. Their next stop was Oran Valley, where they hoped to find some recruits and, hopefully, some "disposed of" supplies. It was a farming town, so there most likely wouldn't be many law enforcement officers, and there was even a chance that the new law was either being ignored or was not yet in effect in that area. But Isabel didn't get her hopes up.

Isabel looked up and saw the edge of the forest creep closer with every step, breaking into fields of farm land surrounding a small town like a donut around a hole. Isabel blinked. I must be hungrier than I thought, she realized, placing a hand on her gurgling stomach. Isabel stopped and turned to her three companions, the fourth being nowhere in sight.

"We're going to camp out here for the night," Isabel announced. "Tomorrow we'll head in and find out what damage the new law has done and hopefully scrounge up some recruits."

Maud rolled her eyes and gave Isabel a look that she found to be sarcastic and disrespectful. But Isabel was too tired to define her authority to her again. Josh bit his lip and looked longingly toward the tiny village, but quickly tore his gaze away and started into the trees in search of a clearing. Chris followed, his eyes constantly shifting to look toward Oran Valley. After his battle with them before Isabel trusted him, however she knew that with his impatience she would have to make sure that he didn't go ahead during the night.

Isabel groaned. This was going to be a long night.

Yay Done! Hope Im not too late SU took forever...

Name: Chris "Koji" Eaton
Age: 16
Gender:Male
History:Originally born and raised in his hometown of Sootopolis, Chris's father was a respected Pokemon Referee and his mother was a Referee school teacher. To follow in their footsteps, Chris was sent daily by boat to Ever Grande City to study in a private school to be a Pokemon Referee Official. However, after witnessing Steven, a local hero, battle and win against the Elite Four, Chris developed a love for battling.

Like most of his friends who left a year before to become trainers, Chris wanted to depart to Littleroot Town to receive a Pokemon from Professor Birch. Chris's parents weren't fond of the idea of him giving up referee's school, and forbid him to travel to Littleroot.
One night, at the age of 14, Chris ran away from his house in Sootopolis and took a ship headed to a port just outside of Pallet Town.

During this time, Chris went by his middle name, Koji, as he traveled around the Kanto region, collecting the 8 badges of Kanto and catching many Pokemon along the way.After passing the qualifying round for the Kanto Pokemon League Tortament, Chris began using his real name throughout the tornament, and came in the Top 16, loosing to the soon would be champion. However, this move to use his real name came back to bite him, and as soon as the tournament was over, police officials attempted to capture Chris. But with the help of a few other trainers, Chris managed to escape.

After fleeing the Kanto region to Johto, Chris decided to enter the Jhoto league leaving all of his Pokemon except for his Totodile, due to the fear that they would identify him due to his team. He then traveled through the Johto region, and was able to collect all seven badges of Johto. Later, Chris was able to enter the Jhoto League Championship with his new team and, this time, under his allibi. Chris overcame many tough battles and came in the Top 4, loosing to a trainer named Maud. After learning she was traveling to the Katsu region, Chris followed, again switching up his team.

Chris soon started traveling through the Katsu region, collecting 3 badges. However, on the day the law was passed, Chris was caught in the middle of it. As soon as he had walked out of the gym, men in uniforms stormed into the base and seized the gym leader, as well as her Pokemon. Chris had no idea what was happening, and he soon was captured. However, since his Totodile was out of the ball, it used it's Ice Beam and Aqua Tail to break the chains. Chris quickly released his Pigeot, Silver, and flew out of the town.

A while later, he looked down and saw a group of trainers fighting some of the men in uniform. Deciding to help, Chris quickly leaped off of Silver and released his Pokemon, helping to fight off the men in uniform. After the battle was won, the trainers had informed Chris they were members of a group called "the Uprising." Chris had though about fleeing the Katsu region but after hearing the motives of the group and the details of the new law, Chris decided to put his quest on hold and help in "the Uprising's" cause

Personality:Although Chris can be rash in some situations, when Chris calms down and thinks things through. he is a brilliant tactician, most likely form his years spent at Referee's school (see history). But, If someone is able to get his too mad, he may loose his head.

Most of the time he switches between phases of extremely good luck and extremely bad luck, making him a firm believer in superstition. Sometimes, streaks of bad luck can make Chris seem like a bit of a klutz and may put him in some awkward situations, especially when it matters the most. Nevertheless, things seem, for the most part, to always work out.

Chris thinks that Pokeballs are more like "jail"(s) for Pokemon and tries to keep them out of their balls as much as possible. However, since the incident, he has kept them in more often for their own safety.

Even though Chris has captured many Pokemon, he is close to each one, knowing their strengths and weaknesses. His main reason to go to the Katsu region was not to start anew like in Johto, it was for the opportunity to become closer to his Pokemon.

Appearance: Chris mostly introduces himself by his middle name "Koji" (by fear of being found out by his parents), but his close friends and family calls him Chris.

Chris is approximately 5'11, an average size for his age. He is not skinny, but not very muscular as well. He has medium-long, light brown hair that spikes up in the front, flat on the top, and with smaller spikes on the back. His eyes are always a dark shade of blue.

Chris cannot be caught dead without a long sleeve shirt or his lucky red sleeved and black hooded sweatshirt with a red pokeball design on the front. He also owns a green backpack with a pokeball on the back.

Pokemon: (I may write some chapters/posts from the Pokemon's POV but I haven't decided yet)


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Pokemon at Pro. Elm's

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RP Sample: From Melancholy of the World: MD RP

Josh was staring into the fire with Twilight sitting on his shoulder. She stared at him wondering what he was thinking about. It had been a long day, of non stop travelling through this forest. Twilight didn't like the forest, she always had the feeling that someone was watching her, but yet she enjoyed being in it for the simple reason that it reminded her of home. Her thoughts were interrupted as Josh got up, causing her to fly of his shoulder.

"I'm just going looking to see if there is anything to eat in this place," he said, to the entire group, "our supplies are low, and I think that we should save what we have for tomorrow. If I'm not back within a couple of hours, don't bother looking for me, as I'll most likely be captured. Twilight, are you coming?"

Twilight quickly followed Josh as he made his way down a path, upset at leaving the warmth of the fire behind. The stared at the ground as they walked, looking for food, which was edible for humans as well as Pokemon. Soon Josh spotted some wild mushrooms, and began taking them out of the ground. She would have helped him, but noticed an apple tree nearby and so used her Tackle to knock some down.

Josh got on his hands and knees to pick up the apples which Twilight had knocked out of the tree. Twilight helped out by using her confusion to lift up the remaining apples and placing then gently in the bag. Josh smiled at her and stroked her face. Then he put his hand down, and hi face turned serious.

"Twilight, I just want you know that if ever I get captured, that I want you to escape, don't worry about me, just get away as fast as you can." He told her.

Twilight stared at him and then nodded, to show that she understood. However she did this unwillingly, as she knew it would break her heart. They stared at each other in silence for a minute. They stopped after the moon broke through a gap in the trees and lit up her eyes.

Then they realized just how long they had been out, and Josh began to quickly walk back, not wanting to drop his bag, whilst Twilight flew slightly to the side of him. As they walked, Twilight saw a berry drop out the bush. She flew down and picked it up, and then dropped it in Josh's hand. Josh seeing appeared inspected it to try and find out which one it was. She saw him put it in his bag, and assumed that he didn't know what it was.

A noise could be heard from a nearby bush, which as far as Twilight could tell startled him. They headed over to it. They looked at the bush from a short distance, and were about to leave when suddenly to red eyes appeared in the bush. Josh jumped back and ordered Twilight to use Sleep Powder on the thing. She did so, and the Sleep Powder spread out. A Ratatta dropped out the bush, fast asleep.

"Huh! Isn't that a Poke…" Josh was cut off after some of the Sleep Powder went up his nose. Twilight noticing this used her Confusion to place Josh out of sight in the bush. Then fearing that a bounty hunter might pass by and notice the Ratatta, she placed that in the bush as well. Then she settled herself down next to him.

(OOC- If you couldn't tell this was from Twilight's PoV. Also I know that there may be a possibility of being separated from the group, if that happens then I'll meet up with the group in OranValley. I do have storyline options for whether the group leaves without me or not. I'm not bothered which way it happens.)

Isabel sat with the rest of the group around the campfire, silently staring into the flames with one hand gently stroking Fay's purple coat. Isabel had all of her Pokemon out, because this was most likely the last time they would be out in a while, and they were playing around in the trees. Well, Eve was. The rest were just being annoyed by her.

Josh also had his Pokemon, Twilight, out and sitting on his shoulder like a Bird-Pokemon. He shifted, forcing Twilight to fly off.

"I'm just going looking to see if there is anything to eat in this place," he announced to them, "our supplies are low, and I think that we should save what we have for tomorrow. If I'm not back within a couple of hours, don't bother looking for me, as I'll most likely be captured. Twilight, are you coming?"

Josh and Midnight turned and began making their way out of the clearing.

"How dramatic," Isabel muttered. She turned to Fay an looked into her soft eyes. "Go follow him and make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble."

Fay stared back at her a moment before slipping from under Isabel's hand and silently rushing down the way the two had just gone.

***

The boy and Butterfree stumbled around aimlessly as they searched for food, occasionally reaching down to grab something or picking something off of a tree. After what seemed an eternity, the two seemed to have realized that they had been out for over an hour and decided to turn back, abruptly turning around and almost stepping on Fay's tail.

Fay's tail twitched and she looked around, sensing a Pokemon about to use an attack. The boy had just placed something in his bag and was now staring into a bush with two red eyes gleaming out of it. The Butterfree cast a line of Sleeping Powder toward it and a Ratatta fell out, asleep. The boy breathed in some of the Sleeping Powder as well and passed out. The Butterfree, having heard someone's approach down the road, dragged the two into the bushes with Confusion.

Fay silently prowled over, appearing out of a bush next to the Butterfree. The Butterfree seemed to be surprised, but did not attack. Without a word, Fay sunk her teeth into the boy's shirt and began to drag him back to the clearing. The Butterfree assisted with Confusion and they quickly made it back to the campsite.

"He fell asleep?" Isabel asked with a laugh. Fay placed a paw on his chest, preparing to wake him up, but Isabel shook her head. "Let him sleep. We need him to be ready for tomorrow."

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"How do you feel about that new law. It's kind of extreme, isn't it?" Isabel casually asked a man sitting in the restaurant of the inn.

"Extreme? We should have gotten rid of those pests a long time ago," the man said coldly, standing up abruptly and dropping a handful of money onto the table. "Not extreme enough, I say."

The man stomped out of the restaurant. Isabel slammed her fist on the table and stood up. She walked over to Josh, who sat at the counter with a cup of coffee, still recovering from the Sleeping Powder, and sat down next to him.

"It's unanimous," Isabel sighed. "Half the town thinks the law is the greatest thing since sliced bread and the other half doesn't know what to think."

Isabel looked around the restaurant again and spotted a boy with brown hair who she hadn't spoken to yet.

"I'm going to go talk to him," Isabel whispered. "You stay here and... do whatever it was you were doing before."

Isabel walked over to the table and flashed the boy sitting at it a smile.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked, and before the boy could answer, she plunked down into the chair across from him.

Isabel looked him over for a moment before speaking. "The weather here is crazy. One minute it's sunny and the next it's raining like no tomorrow. It's not like this back in Chipper City," Isabel sighed and looked out the window longingly as if wishing she were back home. She knew that if she could battle half as well as she could act, they wouldn't have any problem with the Bounty Hunters.

"Well, anyway," Isabel turned back to the boy and met his eyes intently. "What do you think of that new law? Pretty crazy, right?"

(OOC: sorry this is awkward, I just didn't want the night to take any longer than it had to.)

"Those who blame Pokémon for the actions of men are the ones that should be exterminated; not the innocent Pokémon. Wouldn't you say so too?" the boy asked, staring out the window.

Isabel's insides flipped for joy for a moment, but she held her indifferent stare. She looked him over for a moment, mentally cataloging him and attempting to read his expression. Isabel leaned back with a half-smile printed on her face.

"That's exactly what I say," Isabel said, quickly reading his expression for hostility or anything of that sort, but she didn't see it.

Isabel leaned forward and stared him deep in the eyes. "Look, come with us. I can't tell you anything, but I'll tell you later."

Isabel abruptly stood up and leaned down to hug him in the most lovey-dovey ditsy girl way she could possibly muster.

"Act natural," she hissed in his ear.

Isabel reached down and took his hand in hers, walking out of the restaurant and babbling on to him about her home town. It was even driving her insane. One by one, the rest of the group inside the restaurant got up to leave, each heading toward the clearing in a different direction. They had found a recruit.

After seeing Isabel leave the restraunt with the boy, Josh looked at the clock and jumped up and hurried out the center, as if he was late for something. After he got outside, he made note of the direction Isabel was heading in, so that he wouldn't take the same route.

He walked over to the nearest newspaper stand, so that he could find out what was happening in the world. Despite it being only a short distance, he noticed that many people were giving him dirty looks, and began whispering to one another.

'Why are they all looking at me like that?' He thought to himself, 'Is it because of the way I'm dressed?' He didn't know the answer, and usually he'd remain calm in a situation like this, but he couludn't shake of the feeling the feeling that something wasn't right.

When he got to the stand, he bought a newspaper, and began to walk to a bench to read it. Before he could reach it a man bumped into him and sat on it.

'People seem to be getting ruder and ruder.' He thought to himself. He looked at the cover, and saw a headline which read 'Urgent News on Pokemon, Pages 6 & 7.'

He turned to the pages and almost dropped the newspaper when he saw what was on it. A picture of the group, a few days old, was printed at the top of one of the pages, with artists drawings of them below. A passage read:

'Have you seen these children? If so immediately contact th authorities. Due to the fact that they have been involved with Pokemon and causing traumor to travelers', What? he thought and then read on. 'One man from the scene had this to say "They attacked me with no good reason, and robbed of with all my belongings..." This quote continues on the next page. Remember they're wanted; DEAD OR ALIVE...' Josh stopped reading at this point, he needed to warn the others. He headed into the woods, taking the long way, in case anyone followed.

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Meanwhile, two men sitting on a bench stare at Josh as he heads off into the forest.

"Are you sure it's him?" One man asks the other, he nods in reply.

"Did you put the tracker on him?" he asks, and again recieves a nod for a reply.

They get up and start following him, whilst looking at a screen on their watches.

(OOC- Obviously the newspaper is wrong, people just wanna make us look bad. Also I'm very unlucky, being put to sleep by my own pokemon and may end up leading bounty hunters into the camp. I may loose them, may not, but after this I'll wait a bit before returning, so we don't have to leave staright away -_^)

Wow never realized u guys got that far while i was in school xD

Ok ill start mine:

Drake could feel the wind rushing past his face as he ran for his life. His limbs started to become heavy, and the extra weight Sparky put on his shoulder wasn't helping.

"Hold it right there boy!" More shady figures appeared from the bushes next to him. How many do i have to outrun? Drake was getting tired by now. He had already outran the first five people, but with the newcomers there was a total of four people chasing him.

Sparky started using thundershock in an attempt to lose Drake's pursuers. Without looking back Drake lunged into the forest entrance. Finally he was in home territory. After taking a couple of twists and turns he dove under a broken tree, and hid himself in the brambles. He could hear a distant pounding. "THUD" .... "THUD" .... "THUD". Drake held his breath as the men ran past him. As soon as he was sure they left he went out of the forest.

It took him a couple of minutes to run to his house. His mom wasnt there so he helped himself to a diet coke and ran upstairs to change. "Why would these people want to capture you so badly?" He asked his pichu, Sparky while dressing. Sparky responded with a quick "Pich, Pich, Pichu" Sparky must have been as confused as he was.

There had been a lot of things going on lately. As Drake sat down on his bed he started to wonder about all the events that have occurred. Two weeks had passed since he took Sparky in his team, but he had already gotten into more trouble he had in the previous thirteen years. First he and Sparky overloaded the town's generators. The shady figures now worked with the governor, so Drake didn't feel sorry one bit. Every time he'd shown up with his pichu there was a chase going on. Once one actually released a pokemon, Drake remembered it as a gigantic crab. His comrades then quickly dragged him into an alleyway and could hear them shouting. Apparently the man shouldn't have shown his pokemon in public. Drake knew his parents were getting worried, because lately more shady figures have been rampaging the forest, near their ranch. Drake just didn't know what to do, and Sparky joined him on the couch. Looking in sparky's eyes, he could see they had more experience than a baby pokemon like that should have. With a last glance at sparky, Drake fell into a deep sleep.

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Euhm how bout u guys stumble into the village in your travels and recruit Drake? You may bunny him if you want to

(how long should it take for drake to join u guys?)

((OOC: School kills all RPers... >_>;))

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Maud was sitting on a large and rather convenient rock in the clearing with Jester when Stephen suddenly came back. She had been quietly scratching him behind the ears with a calm look about her. He simply tilted his head and thumped his shaggy tail every now and then, a perfectly peaceful and content puppy. However, that calmness was shattered the moment the boy came back (with a girl who hadn't been with him before). Noticing the urgent look about them both, Maud sat up and moved her hand away from her Pokemon. Jess licked her glove with his warm pink tongue, eyes growing wide as he noticed the tension in the air.

So... she thought silently as the news was given, We get a newbie and the first thing he's got for us is trouble. Meh. Then again, it ain't as if it's his fault the government o' this region's so against Pokemon... And now they've gotten to accusing us o' stealing and offerin' rewards. Ha! They just keep gettin' more and more pathetic...

Of course, Maud wasn't really afraid of the government. Not yet, at least. She was a particularly skilled trainer, and her Pokemon were more than willing to fight alongside her, even at the risk of death. And no, she wasn't afraid to have her Pokemon attack these twisted, crazy law-enforcers if it came to that. Hell; they were practically asking for it; the Pokemon-hating freaks! Anyone who would go around exterminating Pokemon because their government told them to deserved a Flamethrower or two. At least, Maud thought so.

Hopefully, though it wouldn't have to go that far. It'd be much easier to run, and it wouldn't provide another excuse for newspapers to portray them as criminals and up the reward a bit. ... Not that they couldn't expect them to say their Pokemon had attacked innocent people anyways. But at least it wouldn't have to be true if they could just get outta here before anything happened.

"Right... So, are we gonna try to leave now, or... are we gonna stick around here anyways?" she asked the whole group.

It was a bit of an obvious question, and perhaps it had an obvious answer, but Maud figured it needed a direct response before anything could really be done. Of course, these 'men' could be arriving any second now, which would make the whole question pointless. Jess whimpered slightly and looked up at his trainer with worried eyes. Maybe he understood the situation; maybe he just caught onto the feeling of it all. Either way, he knew something bad was about to happen.

OCC: A little late I know; and Pie, Yes, School is hell for RPers.

Chris walked through the woods with Sakura and Dile on his shoulders, quietly humming to himself. He knew the group had to be close to the Orange Valley and wasn't about to sleep in a damn tent while they could walk another mile to get to an inn. During the commotion with Josh, Chris and his pokemon quietly slipped out into the woods. He had done this before and just assumed Isabel knew that he would meet them there.

Chris was a bit disappointing in the uprising though. He thought there was going to be more action, like on the first day the law was passed. However, all they were doing was searching for new recruits in some god-forsaken town in the middle of nowhere.

"Pi Pika Pi!" interjected Sakura, interrupting Chris' train of thought and pointing her paw at a building in the middle of the forest.

"Sweet! An inn! Heh, those guys should've came with me." Chris said, basking in his self glory

As they approached the building, both Dile and Sakura seemed relieved that they were going to have a place to sleep. A light was on upstairs, meaning that someone had to be in.

Getting closer, the light illuminated a sign, which read "Wolfston Ranch". Even though (to Chris' dismay) it wasn't an inn, this worked in Chris' favor. It was unlikely that these people would give up their Pokemon and their livelihood for this new law, and they were far enough out in the woods that no one would bother them.

More confident, Chris started to walk around the house to the front door. However, something that Chris saw made him dart back around to the side, hugging the wall. Two men dressed in black had approached the house. Luckily, they hadn't seen Chris or his Pokemon.

"Looks like we got the action we were looking for guys" Chris muttered to his Pokemon.

Noticing a window, Chris carefully opened it and leaped through. As soon as he had hit the floor, he heard one of the men yell into the house, "Open up son, we know you're in there. Give up your Pichu quietly and we won't hurt you or punish you."

<Yeah, right> Chris thought to himself.

"Umm hold on!" Chris answered, signaling for Dile and Sakura to stand on either side of the door.

"You better open this door right now, or will break it down!" The other man threatened.

"I'd like to see you idiots try!" Chris shouted back.

One of the men kicked down the door, sending it flying off of it's hinges. As they rushed the house, Chris noticed they were carrying two taser-guns, which could send 1,000 Volts through your body, knocking you out instantly. Immediately, they had pointed both at Chris.

"Where are your Pokemon!" One of the men yelled

"Heh, you mean the ones right behind you? Dile, Aqua Tail! Sakura, Iron Tail!"

Before the men had a chance to turn around, both Dile and Sakura leaped into the air, and with a spinning motion, hit both of the men in the back of their heads, knocking them out.

"Good work you two" Chris said to his Pokemon "Let's go."

Remembering the light he saw, Chris darted up the stairs, slamming the door open.

(OCC: Draco if you haven't figured it out already, this is your ranch. You can write a post up w/ permission to bunny my Char. After introductions/etc./etc. wanna just fly out on Chris' Pidgeot (Silver) to the town? I was gonna have him do something foolish like that anyways.)

EDIT: Nvm, soccer practice was canceled, I'll get right on it