[@Birdboy] makes sense. I am not fully settled on a direction for the story as of yet. I want this to be more of a group effort, you know? I want to know ideas and hopes for the story that we as a group will enjoy writing together. I kind of imagine that we're all on a bus and are each taking turns to drive the story or change the focus, picking which roads we go down. But i'm there, making sure that no one tries to use the bus as a jet airplane and does something completely unrealistic.

On that note, what are some goals or ideas that sound interesting to the group as a whole? Where would people have most interest in starting? What structure is the most appealing for the story overall? As previously mentioned, there will be battling, training, interaction, growth and progression, but what do we want to help drive the story? Aside from drama and cool fight scenes of course.

As a sidenote, one of my kids woke up this morning and cuddled with me as I showed him some of my Pokémon in Shield. I haven't picked up Pokémon in a long time and had to laugh when I realized that my trainer had a Lucario and gastradon. Ha ha! At least I didn't use Leafeon, Skuntank, and Ninetails too. Subject to change in the future. :D