@Birdboy@Azure Bubbles Yeah, we might be excited about the story. Ha ha! :) No pressure though. For either of you.

I'm trying to do a post for my own version of this. After that, this is next

Really excited to see what everyone else is going to bring! It's been so long since I did a proper roleplay like this!

I’m working on it.

Me too! And even longer since I did a Pokémon story. Way back when Marriland still had a forum. :)

@Azure Bubbles I loved your introduction! Thank you! 🩷

Ok I managed to post.

Azure I love the dialogue between your pokemon and you. I'm also glad you started near someone to get some dialogue going.

And frostecs, you out so much effort into your custom region. Can't wait to see everyone meet this cybernetic blue man.

Can't wait to have everyone meet up really.

Cybernetic blue man? Bwahaha! You make him sound like a rejected member of the blue man group and I love that mental image!

Haha! Your's was great too BB! I absolutely hate spiders, so it creeps me out too. But I laughed a lot as well.

I'll start working on my next post very soon. I have two others that I'm working on, not simultaneously, and then this. I've caught a cold, but it doesn't seem to be one that has me too congested, so I can still dictate.

I hope you don't mind, I can get rid of them, I added some pokemon to the list. Tried to make them all a bit weaker than the rest.

I don't mind at all! They sound good to me. It will be interesting to see how Elena grows over the course of the story.

I totally get the sickness. I've also come down with a cold. It'll certainly be interesting to see how y'all influence eachother's growth!

Oh no! You guys get well soon!

What sort of personal arcs do you want for your characters? I am curious, since they are all so different yet all have a similar goal: be the very best that no one ever was.

For Elena, I think she's got a lot to learn and would really appreciate the support of some fellow trainers. Give her a couple of tips and pointers! I think a big part of her story will be having to realize a lot of her Pokémon are simply not the strongest and best. A Spinda is not exactly known for being dangerous. So she will have moments where she has to choose whether she should compromise her team she loves and is devoted to for power, or to sacrifice the quick and easy path for a harder, more painful road to victory.

I don't really have a plan set for my Adolphian, actually. For him, I'm at the very least having his main goal ultimately be to eventually challenge his mentor and defeat her in battle, but he certainly has a long way to go. He's by no means a weak trainer, but he's certainly not champion level. He'll use this opportunity to strengthen himself and his team, as well as use it as an excuse to explore beyond his homeland. Pokemon battling isn't as popular in Stahlblatt as it is in other regions, most folks tend to keep a few Pokemon on them just for protection. Heck, they don't even have anything equivalent to a Pokemon league. The closest thing they have is an annual meetup of trainers to showcase their Pokemon and exchange tips in how to raise them to their best potential. I can certainly see Adolphian taking interest in the whole gym challenge thing, if only to use it as a means of learning how to apply techniques used by other trainers in order to improve his own training. If he ends up becoming well known in the process... Well, that's the unfortunate side effect of his efforts.

Aw, bummer Frostecs. I'm sorry you're sick too. Thanks BB. I'm trying to rest, but it's hard with young kids and my husband recovering from minor surgery on top of it. One of our common sayings is: why do things on easy when you can do them on hard? ;)

That's a good question. And I like your plan for Elena. I can picture Maeve having to deal with a situation where she has to accept that she can't over analyze everything in her life. And coming to a point where she can grow beyond beating herself up over losses. Everyone loses sometimes, but we don't have to criticize ourselves and tear ourselves down because of it. I want her to be able to mature in that way. I'm not sure what else I imagine for her, but I can see her naturally falling into a teacher role, since part of her personality is the enjoyment of teaching others.

Also, I blame you that the theme song is stuck in my head now.

I don’t really have a set plan for Liam either. Mostly just be cute, and learn to be less naive.

Speaking of learning to accept that we all lose sometimes, I was actually starting to teach my oldest son, 6 1/2, to play Pokémon Moore today. He was watching me play through some Diamond and wanted to try too. My husband launched Pearl on his switch so that we could put it on the TV. I have almost the entirety of the game memorized by sound alone and so I was telling him which Pokémon was on the screen and trying to explain types and weaknesses. He came across a trainer with a Budew and was trying to fight it with his starter Piplup. He was having a hard time with the fact that Budew was winning since it was using grass type against his water type and started panicking. I explained calmly that it was OK, he could switch Pokémon. But when it started paralyzing and poisoning other team members, he was starting to get frustrated and not having fun anymore. He was experiencing the game being difficult whereas it had been relatively easy before then. My husband and I had an opportunity to calmly explain that losing was OK and it wasn't the end of the world. I even told him how I had some of my Pokémon knocked out when I had been playing because I encountered an opponent who had a Pokémon that was stronger than mine, but that it was OK. I could always try again. It was an interesting experience to help him start to learn that concept. And it was funny to hear him get so excited over catching a Bidoof. :D

Sounds like a solid plan! You're already doing the first part perfectly

Edit: this was for axure

I think both of you have an OK arc with what you've imagined. Other things will present themselves as the story goes on.

That's a really cute story with you kid by the way. S-tier parenting. I would also get excited if I caught a bidoof. I love that little guy