[OOC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Shadows of the Past [Full]

[Shiny Keldeo]

@Banana Seems good to me, it'll make for some good backstory and such. Accepted.

[Bright_Ops]

Now where best can Gredy jump in...

Questions, questions...

[Ninian]

@Bright_Ops

My group is by the town center's river thing. It's a fairly central location. Up to you though, obviously!

[Bright_Ops]

@Ninian

I'll get a post up tomorrow after I get some sleep then!

[Ninian]

@Bright_Ops

Cool! :D No rush~

[Empour]

Hider

Name:
Hat

Gender:
Female

Pokemon:
Snorunt

Backstory:
Hat was born somewhere cold, in the middle of a group of Sneasel. She had been found, still in her egg, abandoned in a ruined building. They, thinking a little kid to look after sounded like loads of fun, wound up hatching her a month or so after being found. The Sneasel were delighted to see the baby Snorunt in her little hat, and immediately decided to name her exactly that, Hat.

As months passed, they took her on their various adventures, exploring all sorts of fun places, like cities, caverns, castles, and more. It was always very exciting, and they were always very happy at the end of it. Eventually, when she’d grown to the point of being able to talk and recognize evil monsters, they decided to put her to use, usually as a lookout. She was pretty good at being a lookout!

After a few years of this treatment, she started to get her own little personality. She started to grow envious of the pretty treasures that the others would get at the end of their adventures, and often stole little things from the loot before they were distributed. She was usually caught, and subsequently punished by Sney, the one in charge of looking after her most of the time. She didn’t learn not to steal, though. She just learned not to get caught.

After an even longer period of time, she started to be asked to be put into more active roles on the team. By now, she knew that they weren’t usually actually exploring abandoned castles and towns to defeat evil monsters and earn all the treasure they got. Rather, they were exploring, raiding, and looting fully populated castles and towns for all the wealth of the Pokemon within. Most of the time, anyway.

Somehow, this didn’t really bother her. The Pokemon had stuff that they wanted, so they took it. It felt natural to take things from the weak and inattentive when they weren’t looking. The sneasels agreed.

Years more of this sort of life, Hat was a proper adult. She could take care of herself, fend for herself, and provide for others. She was a functional member of Team Windchill, and treated the rest of the team like family.

The rest of the team, though, was getting older. They were getting slower, weaker, and slipping up more. The leader, Weave, attributed this to sloppiness, and drilled them for discipline. Everyone, though, knew that it was just age. They had to retire, soon.

Eventually, Weave brought an idea to the team. They didn’t really have the money to retire, and there were many, many bounties out for most of the team. They couldn’t just settle down somewhere. Instead, he said, they should pull off one big, last heist, to get all the wealth they could need for the rest of their lives.

The place was a Kecleon storehouse, well-hidden and guarded. They would sneak in during the night of a blizzard, steal all the most valuable things they could, and escape before they were even detected.

That was the plan, and the plan failed. Somewhere along the line, one of the sneasel was spotted, and the whole guard force was brought to bear. The entire half of the team responsible for going inside was captured, fortunately not including Hat, who was on lookout once more. The half of the team that escaped split, mutually agreeing that sticking together was just a good way to get identified. Hat, for the first time in her life, is now alone.

Alone and wandering the cold forests of the north, she eventually came upon a town. There wasn’t anything exceptional about it, other than that it was currently host to a team of explorers. After being inadvertently forced into a conversation with them, she learned of the faraway Valiant Village, where she could likely get enough money from the guild’s own pile of loot to live off of. Lacking money or a better plan, Hat decided to make her way over.

It’s been a month of slow travelling since then, but she’s finally arrived at the outskirts of the town.

Personality:
Greedy and sneaky enough to try to steal from a Kecleon, but cowardly enough not to. A small, petty criminal of the lowest caliber, always careful to ensure she does not get caught. Dishonorable, rude, and only diligent when it comes to feeding her lust for wealth.

Gregarious only when she wants something, quiet at all other times. Avoids conflict.

Team:
At one point a part of the late Team Windchill, an icy outlaw team of mostly Sneasels. No longer with them, as the team broke up after the leader(and half the team with him) was arrested. Managed to always escape without being identified by police forces, and thus lacks a bounty or criminal record.

Moveset:
Powder Snow
Leer
Double Team
Ice Shard

Special Features:
One of her teeth was damaged in a fight, and eventually replaced with gold. It’s very shiny now.

Family:
Long-lost mother and father. Nothing is known about them, save for an unintelligible map of some variety found with her egg, which she carries with her under her hat.

Guild Affiliation:
None.

[Shiny Keldeo]

@Empour Accepted, welcome to the party!

[Shiny Keldeo]

@Bright_Ops Devon and Dylan are both still in the water from what I read from their last posts, so continuity error or Gredy was taking a swim.

[Bright_Ops]

@Shiny Keldeo

I will fix that soon enough. I guess I must have missed that when reading up...

Edit: Fixed it. I even added our favorite Mawile into the mix as well.

[Ninian]

@Bright_Ops

TEAM CELTY! I'll reply after work and it will be wonderful. Stay tuned!

[Shiny Keldeo]

I hope you all have been noticing my little note at the top of each of my posts. I've decided that I will move the time forward about half an hour or so each post I make, unless it's an important conversation. This is just to make sure the day is moving along since this will be like a day by day thing. If anyone has any objections to this, I'll tweak it a bit.

[Empour]

I'm reading through the IC right now, and... well, I wanted to make a small request. Would it be possible for those of you using really dark colors, @Iatos in particular, to switch to something a little bit more readable, given the website's dark theme? It's very hard to read when the little Zorua talks, because the color blends in with the background so well. I've got around this by highlighting it with my cursor, but it feels, well, kinda not-right doing that.

[Ninian]

@Iatos

I suggest using #fc3862 for Zorua's speech.

[Empour]

Finally caught up with all the IC, expect my first post tonight!

[Ninian]

@Empour

WOOOO! :D All aboard the hype train.

[Iatos]

Could work

[Flood]

Valentine

Name: Valentine

Gender: Male

Pokemon: Haunter

Backstory: Valentine's first memories of his unlife were his name and species. He was "born" in an abandoned mansion, untouched by anyone for decades. His first few days were spent wandering around the mansion, trying to find someone who could tell him what was going on. His first few weeks were spent accepting the fact that he had died somehow, and his memory was gone forever. His first few months was spent leaving the mansion to find a purpose to his existence. His first year ended with him finding a small village of Ghost types like him, apparently it was common to wake up in that mansion, other Ghosts called it "The Dead Birthing Ground". Valentine got used to "life" in the village, making friends with locals and carving out his new place in the world. They were his family. He was happy, no memories needed.

Until one day they were attacked. An elite team of Dark types called "The Dark Riders" attacked the village, taking everything they could find and killing anyone who got in their way. Valentine tried to stop them, and he fought well for someone who had never fought before. But the Dark Riders were relentless, he was only able to scar one of them before they took him down. They knocked him out, when he awoke, there was nothing left. They had left him alive, but alone. His grief triggered his evolution into a Haunter and on that day he made a vow. He would find the Dark Riders and eradicate them like they eradicated his family.

Valentine traveled the world for years, becoming stronger, terrorizing local pokemon for info, trailing the Dark Riders. He stole anything he believed could help him, money, seeds, scarves, he built up quite the arsenal by the time his third year of revenge seeking rolled around. When he found them, it was all too easy to take them out. Valentine slaughtered them, calling out the names of those they had killed. He had achived his revenge, bringing justice to his family's murderers.

But in the end, he didn't feel happy about it. Valentine searched their bodies and found out the truth about the eradication of his family. Valentine was the only pokemon in that village who was innocent, the rest had been wanted criminals. From murder to robbery to assault, everyone had done something, resulting in all of their eventual deaths. He had avenged his friends, but at what cost? Was it right to have done what he did? Did his crusade for "justice" turn him into what he had hated most? He would have a long time to ponder these things as he became a wandering mercenary, doing anything for food and money.

Personality: Valentine is a jaded individual, having no faith in pokemon and believing that all pokemon are inherently bad. When he's hired, he will do anything to complete his job. Rarely lets emotions cloud his judgement, completes tasks with detachment. His one bit of morality he has held onto though, is he refuses to kill. Hard to make friends with, those who find themselves in his favor will find a steady and loyal friend.

Team: Solo

Moveset:

• Sucker Punch
• Shadow Ball
• Confuse Ray
• Payback

Special Features: One of his eyes is red while the other is blue. He suspects that this is something that he retained from when he was alive, but has no definite proof.

Family: None

Guild Affiliation: None

[Ninian]

@floodtalon

You have to be accepted before you can post! Unless Keldeo already said it was okay...?

[Shiny Keldeo]

@Ninian Flood was approved via PM.

[Ninian]

@Shiny Keldeo

Cool! :D