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[ PLOT ]
Times are strange in Johto. Since the defeat of Team Rocket in Kanto, 6 years ago, the hero Red from Pallet Town who drove them away has been gone. Three years ago, the remnants of the crime organisation tried to rise to power in Johto instead, but was beaten down by a new hero, Gold from New Bark Town. Gold set off to find Red, but hasn't been seen since. There is a rumor saying that real heroes in Kanto and Johto are destined to disappear after their deeds, to make way for new ones. But can they never come back again? This would be a good time.
The Rockets have been spotted around Johto once again. They started by making grunts pull of small pesky criminal jobs, but then they rose. Now they have taken over the Radio Tower in Goldenrod just like they did 3 years ago, only this time they are more clever and infiltrating, sending propaganda broadcasts all over the region. And that's not all. Some gym leaders in Johto are said to be corrupt and work for the shady Team Rocket, helping them move stolen pokémon, money and goods through their towns, as well as coordinating some of the operations near their town.
Who is the overlord of Team Rocket this time? Can it be someone you'd least expect again? The horror... many citizens of Johto are living in fear nowadays, not knowing who to trust. The only ones who are taking a firm stand against Team Rocket are the people at the Indigo Plateau Town, along with their leaders the Elite 4. They are hoping that Red, Gold and other daring trainers are still out there and will respond to their call for a rebellion before everything is lost under Team Rocket's control. Unlike most other cities, they aren't corrupt... yet.
[ The Gym Leaders ]
There are 8 gym leaders around Johto. But it's not clear who's on what side anymore. YOU are one of them. You get to choose what town you want to be a leader of, and what pokémon type you want to govern. Then you get to pick a team of four main pokémon of your type. The gym leaders along with the Elite 4 at Indigo Plateau are what make up the Indigo Association, the organ that rules Johto (and Kanto). This means that by being the gym leader of a town, you function as that town's mayor. Towns without gym leaders have mayors of their own.
You can either play as a corrupt gym leader, receiving a hefty payment from Team Rocket in exchange for helping them out and even leading some of their activities. You will have an arsenal of grunts under your lead, and they will have pokémon of your gym's type. You will be in contact with Team Rocket's leader, but you won't know his identity or where the headquarters lie. Your main mission will be to try and take over the towns and areas that aren't under Rocket control.
Or you can play as one of the good leaders. You will be in contact with the Elite 4 at the Indigo Plateau. Although the Elite 4 are powerful, they don't want to expose themselves too much, as they are main targets for Team Rocket, already having been assaulted several times when out in the countries. As a gym leader, you will have an arsenal of young trainers from your town who want to help you. They will employ pokémon of your type AND pokémon from around your town. Be careful though, you wouldn't want to send innocent kids and teenagers into just any kind of fight... Your main mission will be to try and take back the towns and areas that are under Rocket control.
[ Rules ]
1 - This is rated T, which means you shouldn't let pokémon and people's limbs be torn off in a very graphical way... but people can indeed get hurt. Also, romance is ok as long as it's not a lot of posts forth and back about nuzzling.
2 - You'll have a few Rocket grunts/young trainers following you at the start and you can (should) recruit more somehow. You can send them off to defend things, do missions etc. They can't have any fully evolved pokémon. This means, pokémon that only evolve once must be in their first form and pokémon that evolve twice can be in their second form. Pokémon that don't evolve at all are allowed, though. From all 5 regions. Uh, you can just make them up as you go along, though.
3 - Your own team of 4 pokémon can be ANY non-legendary pokémon (all 5 regions) of your chosen type. Levels don't matter, your pokémon can have creative and strong moves if you like. It's like in the anime. Aaaand one of them can be shiny, if you want to.
4 - Do. Not. Powerplay. With that I mean, you can't win every battle. Try to make as interesting fights as possible. Sometimes defeats might lead to a more interesting story. AND when throwing an attack towards another player, DO NOT WRITE ABOUT IT HITTING. It's up to the other player to decide what happens. Here too, don't go overboard with the dodging.
5 - On top of every post, write whom the post is about and their location at the start of the post. Exceptions can be battling posts. For instance:
Gym Leader Chinika, Ecruteak City gym
6 - Even though battles are anime-style, the games are canon here. There isn't a "nurse Joy" or "officer Jenny", there are real nurses and police. And the Elite 4 consists of Lance (dragon), Lorelei (ice), Karen (dark) and Will (psychic). The current champion is still Gold, but he is reported missing.
7 - I take no reservations on Sign Ups. If you want in, take your time and post a nice SU, and in a few days I'll review and if there are more than 7 (!) people who have signed up, I'll chose the most interesting ones :3 You can, however, state what type and city you'd like and hope that the next posters are kind enough to pick something else.
[ Cities ]
[ Types ]
Grass
Bug
Poison
Fighting
Ground
Steel
Rock
Ghost
[ Sign Up - form ]
x x x
Name: (first is enough, actually)
Gender: (male/female)
Age: (any, but teenager is the very lowest. You're a gym leader, not a rookie trainer)
Chosen City: (what city/town is your gym located in? In Johto. One that's not already taken)
City Situation: (what's the current situation in your city when the RP starts? Controlled by the Pokémon Association or by the Rockets or a grey zone? Do the people know if you are a Rocket leader or do they think you're a good guy? Are they on your side? etc.)
Appearance: (what to you look like and how do you dress?)
Personality: (what are you like?)
Background: (where are you from? Why are you a gym leader? etc.)
Type: (any that isn't taken by someone posting their SU before you)
Pokémon team:
- Pokémon 1 (the species)
Nickname: (blabla)
Gender: (male/female/none)
Info:
- Pokémon 2 (the species)
Nickname: (blabla)
Gender: (male/female/none)
Info:
- Pokémon 3 (the species)
Nickname: (blabla)
Gender: (male/female/none)
Info:
- Pokémon 4 (the species)
Nickname: (blabla)
Gender: (male/female/none)
Info:
x x x
[ Accepted Players ]
- Red's Hawt Chibi Pelippers (Fire , Ecruteak, TR - Chinika)
- Nakuzami (Normal, Goldenrod, IA - Kris)
- Godzil (Electric, Mahogany, TR - Ray)
- Supervegeta (Dark, Blackthorn, IA - Ralph)
- jackblaze (Dragon, Cianwood, IA - Jack)
- Snow Phoenix (Ice, Olivine, IA - Kelvin)
- Miss Doronjo (Flying, Azalea, TR - Aryll)
- MichaelaTheUchiha (Psychic, Violet, TR - Miharu)
- PartiallyInsaneWhimsicott (Water, Cherrygrove, TR - Kellyn)
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My own SU...
Spoiler:
Name: Chinika
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Chosen City: Ecruteak
State of City: The beautiful, calm city appears like a "good" town, since Chinika makes sure to keep pesky crimes out of it. The people there are a mix between Rocket supporters and those afraid of the organisation, with the latter weighing over slightly. A majority wouldn't believe that Chinika was a TR member even if someone outed her with evidence, though. Chinika cares about her population, or so it seems... but she cares more about Team Rocket. Undercover operations and transports of stolen pokémon and goods go through Ecruteak every day since it's located so central in Johto. Chinika is responsible for watching over those transports.
Appearance: Chinika has long, rather curly, orangey red hair. She wears tunics in bright colors with a strong looking black leather belt at her waist, where she can place the pokéballs for her 4 most prized pokémon companions. Below that, she usually wears equally black leggings and sneakers, although she's been known to put on black boots when she's traveling. Her hair is normally bushy and wild in the wind, but sometimes she keeps it up in a ponytail or loose knot. Despite being adult, she has a childish air about her. She is very thin but her face is a bit round and almost chubby looking, and sprinkled with a lot of freckles. Her eyes are brightly blue and her teeth are all showing whenever she smiles... which is often. She wears a durable, black plastic watch on her left wrist, which actually is a portable mini-phone as well. When things get cold, she puts on a large, brightly gray coat. She is of average length.
Personality: Acting cheerful, energetic and childish most of the time, she hides her true self. She is rather eager to climb the ranks of Team Rocket. She likes to earn money and thinks that what TR is doing isn't so wrong after all. All they are doing is to install a new set of rules into the region. If people don't want to follow that... then they are quite dumb. If everybody joined TR, everybody would have the chance to get rich and they could evolve Johto into the most prosperous and elegant region of all!
Chinika is generally well liked in Ecruteak, with most people looking up to her as their bright and strong leader. In the gym, she has some assistants and friends, who are also in TR, who she trusts well enough to relax around. Other than that, she only trusts her own pokémon. The childish thing is mostly acting, as she is a quite pondering woman in private. She doesn't hesitate when carrying out TR's orders, but sometimes she wonders about people getting hurt... but as long as she and everybody on the whole gains from it, it's worth it in the end.
Background: Growing up in Cherrygrove, Chinika didn't see much of Team Rocket until she was in her early teens. TR came to her house, like they did to many houses, and tried to convince her parents to join them. They refused, but were eventually convinced. They became grunts and Chinika didn't see very much of them for a while since they were away working so much for TR. She eventually grew mad of it and ran away from home. Being the only child, she didn't even have older siblings to comfort her in her loneliness, and she didn't dare telling her friends that her parents were working for TR.
She got to the outskirts of Violet before she was exhausted and too afraid to continue. Some kind, old people there took her in and let her go to the pokémon school there. She learned a lot of things and could soon live in her own house. She caught some pokémon for fun, but realized that she was excited by the thought of training them. She started going to the gym but didn't really like the type they had in the Violet gym. So she started travelling with her pokémon and reached Ecruteak. By now, she had reached her upper teens.
Here, she found a town she suddenly loved. The atmosphere in Ecruteak was soothing for her and she stayed here, training in the gym. When the old leader disappeared without trace, she got elected by the Elite 4 to pick up the mantle. This was around her 23:rd birthday. Not even a year after she became the leader, she was approached by TR again. And not just any TR agents... but her parents. They had both climbed the ranks and even though they weren't exactly powerful, they weren't ordinary grunts to be pushed around anymore. The leader of TR had decided to recruit some more gym leaders and made a twisted plan to bring Chinika in by sending her parents. And it worked, as they convinced her that TR was making life better for everyone if everyone would just abandon their false sense of morale. Chinika clings to this and has over the past 4 years imprinted it into her mind to the point that she believes it. She doesn't meet her parents very often, as they normally work far away in Kanto, but she wants to make them proud by being a great gym leader AND Team Rocket leader here in Johto.
Chosen Type: Fire
Pokémon team:
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- Monferno
Nickname: Jim
Gender: Male
Info: Caught on the countryside as a lonely Chimchar, Jim and Chinika have a close connection and understand each other remarkably well. Jim uses his indredible agility and speedy punches to win his battles, although he likes playing with fire as well. He isn't fully trained yet, as he hasn't evolved into his final form, but since he can hold his ground fairly well against Chinika's other pokémon in training battles, she's starting to believe that he simply prefers being a Monferno to being an Infernape. He is a bit lazy and self-loving and hates failures.
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- Charizard
Nickname: Alex
Gender: Male
Info: Charizard is a powerhouse. As a Charmander, he was given to Chinika as a gift from Team Rocket, but let's not judge him for that. He is loyal to Chinika but dislikes strangers. He loves to fly and gives his trainer lifts sometimes. In battle, he likes to use dragon type moves and moves that require strength, but he loves how far his flamethrower can reach as well. He can be grumpy, especially if someone doesn't like him being as curious as he is. And especially if it's a stranger telling him off.
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- Lampent
Nickname: Sandra
Gender: Female
Info: For being a pokémon with both ghostly and psychic powers, Sandra is unusually nervy. She can get scared rather easily and gets nervous for small things. But in battles, she has learned to keep her focus over the years. When she uses her ghostly powers, it's like she enters another state of being. She is very quiet some days, to suddenly be very energetic other days. Sandra is a pretty gentle being, anyways. Never mind that in her pokédex entry about burning souls for dinner. She's also shiny, meaning her eyes are turquoise instead of yellow and her fire is a bit more purple than the common Lampent's.
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- Arcanine
Nickname: Luke
Gender: Male
Info: Being rather quiet, proud and wise, Luke thinks before acting, despite being a fierce tiger. He uses his immensely strong fire tackles to win his fights and was evolved from Growlithe just about a year ago. Funny thing is that even when he was a Growlithe and Alex was a Charmeleon, Luke watched over the bigger lizard like a big brother. He often gives Chinika a ride on his back. He loves fresh air, the countryside and generally feeling free, and Aryah suspects that he might be a tiny bit claustrophobic.
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Chosen City: Ecruteak
State of City: The beautiful, calm city appears like a "good" town, since Chinika makes sure to keep pesky crimes out of it. The people there are a mix between Rocket supporters and those afraid of the organisation, with the latter weighing over slightly. A majority wouldn't believe that Chinika was a TR member even if someone outed her with evidence, though. Chinika cares about her population, or so it seems... but she cares more about Team Rocket. Undercover operations and transports of stolen pokémon and goods go through Ecruteak every day since it's located so central in Johto. Chinika is responsible for watching over those transports.
Appearance: Chinika has long, rather curly, orangey red hair. She wears tunics in bright colors with a strong looking black leather belt at her waist, where she can place the pokéballs for her 4 most prized pokémon companions. Below that, she usually wears equally black leggings and sneakers, although she's been known to put on black boots when she's traveling. Her hair is normally bushy and wild in the wind, but sometimes she keeps it up in a ponytail or loose knot. Despite being adult, she has a childish air about her. She is very thin but her face is a bit round and almost chubby looking, and sprinkled with a lot of freckles. Her eyes are brightly blue and her teeth are all showing whenever she smiles... which is often. She wears a durable, black plastic watch on her left wrist, which actually is a portable mini-phone as well. When things get cold, she puts on a large, brightly gray coat. She is of average length.
Personality: Acting cheerful, energetic and childish most of the time, she hides her true self. She is rather eager to climb the ranks of Team Rocket. She likes to earn money and thinks that what TR is doing isn't so wrong after all. All they are doing is to install a new set of rules into the region. If people don't want to follow that... then they are quite dumb. If everybody joined TR, everybody would have the chance to get rich and they could evolve Johto into the most prosperous and elegant region of all!
Chinika is generally well liked in Ecruteak, with most people looking up to her as their bright and strong leader. In the gym, she has some assistants and friends, who are also in TR, who she trusts well enough to relax around. Other than that, she only trusts her own pokémon. The childish thing is mostly acting, as she is a quite pondering woman in private. She doesn't hesitate when carrying out TR's orders, but sometimes she wonders about people getting hurt... but as long as she and everybody on the whole gains from it, it's worth it in the end.
Background: Growing up in Cherrygrove, Chinika didn't see much of Team Rocket until she was in her early teens. TR came to her house, like they did to many houses, and tried to convince her parents to join them. They refused, but were eventually convinced. They became grunts and Chinika didn't see very much of them for a while since they were away working so much for TR. She eventually grew mad of it and ran away from home. Being the only child, she didn't even have older siblings to comfort her in her loneliness, and she didn't dare telling her friends that her parents were working for TR.
She got to the outskirts of Violet before she was exhausted and too afraid to continue. Some kind, old people there took her in and let her go to the pokémon school there. She learned a lot of things and could soon live in her own house. She caught some pokémon for fun, but realized that she was excited by the thought of training them. She started going to the gym but didn't really like the type they had in the Violet gym. So she started travelling with her pokémon and reached Ecruteak. By now, she had reached her upper teens.
Here, she found a town she suddenly loved. The atmosphere in Ecruteak was soothing for her and she stayed here, training in the gym. When the old leader disappeared without trace, she got elected by the Elite 4 to pick up the mantle. This was around her 23:rd birthday. Not even a year after she became the leader, she was approached by TR again. And not just any TR agents... but her parents. They had both climbed the ranks and even though they weren't exactly powerful, they weren't ordinary grunts to be pushed around anymore. The leader of TR had decided to recruit some more gym leaders and made a twisted plan to bring Chinika in by sending her parents. And it worked, as they convinced her that TR was making life better for everyone if everyone would just abandon their false sense of morale. Chinika clings to this and has over the past 4 years imprinted it into her mind to the point that she believes it. She doesn't meet her parents very often, as they normally work far away in Kanto, but she wants to make them proud by being a great gym leader AND Team Rocket leader here in Johto.
Chosen Type: Fire
Pokémon team:
"image removed"
- Monferno
Nickname: Jim
Gender: Male
Info: Caught on the countryside as a lonely Chimchar, Jim and Chinika have a close connection and understand each other remarkably well. Jim uses his indredible agility and speedy punches to win his battles, although he likes playing with fire as well. He isn't fully trained yet, as he hasn't evolved into his final form, but since he can hold his ground fairly well against Chinika's other pokémon in training battles, she's starting to believe that he simply prefers being a Monferno to being an Infernape. He is a bit lazy and self-loving and hates failures.
"image removed"
- Charizard
Nickname: Alex
Gender: Male
Info: Charizard is a powerhouse. As a Charmander, he was given to Chinika as a gift from Team Rocket, but let's not judge him for that. He is loyal to Chinika but dislikes strangers. He loves to fly and gives his trainer lifts sometimes. In battle, he likes to use dragon type moves and moves that require strength, but he loves how far his flamethrower can reach as well. He can be grumpy, especially if someone doesn't like him being as curious as he is. And especially if it's a stranger telling him off.
"image removed"
- Lampent
Nickname: Sandra
Gender: Female
Info: For being a pokémon with both ghostly and psychic powers, Sandra is unusually nervy. She can get scared rather easily and gets nervous for small things. But in battles, she has learned to keep her focus over the years. When she uses her ghostly powers, it's like she enters another state of being. She is very quiet some days, to suddenly be very energetic other days. Sandra is a pretty gentle being, anyways. Never mind that in her pokédex entry about burning souls for dinner. She's also shiny, meaning her eyes are turquoise instead of yellow and her fire is a bit more purple than the common Lampent's.
"image removed"
- Arcanine
Nickname: Luke
Gender: Male
Info: Being rather quiet, proud and wise, Luke thinks before acting, despite being a fierce tiger. He uses his immensely strong fire tackles to win his fights and was evolved from Growlithe just about a year ago. Funny thing is that even when he was a Growlithe and Alex was a Charmeleon, Luke watched over the bigger lizard like a big brother. He often gives Chinika a ride on his back. He loves fresh air, the countryside and generally feeling free, and Aryah suspects that he might be a tiny bit claustrophobic.
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I hope you want to sign up. If you wonder about anything, feel free to ask or comment in this thread.
Have fun!
I hope you want to sign up. If you wonder about anything, feel free to ask or comment in this thread.
Have fun!
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