[OOC] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

[Light Lord]

@Lucius Cypher You want progress, you gotta post. Simple as that man.

[Ninian]

@Lucius Cypher

Yeah... you need to post. The entire quest has been held up because we can't even get to the Waypoint to split. I've had to progress Petra/Karaha because we've gotten to a point where we're waiting on you to post to continue. If you want us to godmode move you? Fine, we can. But there's a lot of things in the trunk that will probably kill everyone, we just can't get there because we're waiting on you to post.

[Lucius Cypher]

Alright, I posted. Again, kinda a shorty and I didn't want to just write "And Gren and friends continued into the trunk while Gren kept acting paranoid", so I spiced things up with a new smell. Hopefully that could lead to something dynamic.

[Ninian]

The dangerous dungeon portion has been renamed Treacherous Roots. Also added some information for Altepa Desert. (All in the OOC OP)

[Light Lord]

@Lucius Cypher Soooo no comment from Gren when they're on the verge of battle?

[Lucius Cypher]

Working on it now. I got a headache but I'm trying.

[Iatos]

I'm interested if a spot opens up

[Ninian]

@Lucius Cypher

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3835280 You forgot to take that post into account for your most recent reply.

[Lucius Cypher]

Oh right. I'll edit that soonish.

[Ninian]

@Lucius Cypher

It's been 19 days since your last (besides today's) post, so I assumed you were no longer interested. Additionally, your posting speed has been significantly slower than we've been trying to keep up; we've already given you an ultimatum. The Lilith event was my attempt to remove Gren from the story in a way that made sense so that I could continue on with the roleplay.

At this point, I'm really not keen on letting him "escape" his fate, as we're just going to run into the same problem, and it's just going to be that much more difficult to remove Gren from the story.

I'm requesting that you bow out, else I'm just going to have to remove you again when you inevitably take forever to post. If something in your life's changed in that you're able to RP more reliably, sure, fine. It just hasn't proven that way thus far.

[Lucius Cypher]

I see. I apologize then. I'll admit, something like this (What's happening IC) was something I was hoping for. Alas. Thank you for our time together.

[Ninian]

@Lucius Cypher

If you were patient, something like this was going to happen soon (but it required you to actually post to move forward). Because of this, Gren needed to be removed to be able to progress the story. In the future, if you do not post during the 'boring' character interaction scenes, you cannot progress to something with more excitement. That's simply how stories work.

Anyway, thank you for stepping out. I hope you're able to find a RP that has constant excitement, I'm sure they exist.

[Stale Pizza]

This RP looks like it's full, though I just want to ask if it's still accepting new members, because I'm interested in this.

[Ninian]

@Stale Pizza

It's full just given we're so far along in the story, and I'm honestly worried about people taking 5ever to post (longer than my WoW-addicted self), or people straight up vanishing into thin air.

That said, if you want to talk, you can contact me on Discord Nasir#3747 or on Steam. You can message me on here, but I'm not usually around so the conversation might not go anywhere fast.

[Holistic]

Whatley the Skidoo

“The universe will lead me wherever I need to go. I am but a pebble in the stream of creation, a leaf in the winds of the universe, a stone on the checkerboard of life! This is who I am!”

Basic Information

Hider

Gender: Male
Ability: Sap Sipper
Moveset: Worry Seed / Retaliate / Wild Charge / Rock Side.
Unique Possessions: A little bell attached to a ribbon with sentimental value. The bell itself is very quaint. It only measures a couple inches in width and is hardly noticeable from long distances. It has lost a fair amount of its sound in its weathered and vaguely deformed state. The paint itself, however, does not appear to be chipped or harmed in any way. The ribbon is made out of a charleston green nylon. Under that nylon is a strand of jute holding the bell in place on the ribbon.

Personality

Hider

Whatley’s intrinsic beliefs about the universe lead him to be predominantly benevolent towards others. These beliefs typically stem from a high sense of inquisitiveness that he’s had to possess from a very young age. Since he was left to figure out most things by himself, he’s kept his mind open and welcoming of every ideal that passes him by. The only constant belief he’s ever retained was one he personally conceived when he first began his journey away from home. Fundamentally this belief states that every pokémon is placed in their circumstances intentionally. Whatley believes that nature, society, and all things are as they are because the universe has so dictated them to be for an unforeseeable purpose. This has made Whatley markedly more modest than his peers. He believes that everyone in the world has their own purpose dictated by the cosmos themselves. Their ideas, at any given point, doubly so. Ignoring others and discarding their words would seem to Whatley like objecting to the “divine” will of the cosmos. This has naturally made him something of a pushover. As one would expect from someone who follows others as if they were prophets of the speaking stars. Despite this, Whatley is still very feckless. He generally doesn’t take stands against injustice. Nor does he try to improve his own circumstances. Such, he believes, is the will of the universe.

Personally, Whatley is very naive. His lack of introspection has lead him to believe everything others tell him that he is. He’s never really sought for his own identity because he sees it presented to him through others. Because of this a dichotomy is set between Whatley’s personality in a group as compared to Whatley’s personality when he’s left to his own devices. In a group, Whatley is very open-minded and affectionate. Since he finds a certain sense of worth when with others he will more often than not be rather submissive to their wills. These collectives empower him even when he personally is not prominently involved in them. On the other hand, Whatley acts very different when he’s alone. He finds himself not looking introspectively for answers but to the intentions of the universe itself. He attempts to figure out why the past has left him and what the universe wants him to do. In doing this he finds himself very distant from those around him. In distancing himself from others this previous sense of self-worth is derived from him. This, more often than not, results in a lasting feeling of dejection and melancholy.

Backstory

Hider

The first figure Whatley could accurately remember was his caretaker. A conceited and narcissistic Torterra who had previously decided to take up an apprentice for his trade. This would have been ideal for the young Whatley if this Torterra’s trade had been more honorable. However, this was not the case. Allen, as he was called, was a scoundrel and a mean fellow who capitalized on the recent dungeon pokémon strife by claiming attacked villages for himself and fortifying them with his gang of lower-level pokémon. Any civilized pokémon left in those villages had a choice to make. Either be eternally indebted to him in exchange for letting them live in his village or to leave the village with no possibility of ever returning. In one village in specific, Whatley met a Whimsicott villager named Whitney who wished to convince him to leave his caretaker and join her dream journey. This “dream journey” of hers was to travel the world, hitchhiking on team after team to live like them before travelling further and further away from home where she would find happiness and meaning within herself. This concept excited Whatley and the two of them made plans to start their journey under Allen’s nose.

Soon after Whatley and Whitney had left the village, Allen heard word of Whatley departing from the village’s borders. Allen was furious that his protégé had left him so readily. He launched an initiative to find the Skidoo almost immediately. Not far after the search for Whatley had begun. Meanwhile, Whatley and Whitney had fled into a nearby forested area. It was exhilarating for the two of them to explore. They didn’t intend on leaving the forest until they had seen everything it had to offer. Unfortunately, whilst on their adventure, they were found by two of Allen’s men. One of which, a Shiftry named Abel, had recognized Whitney from the village. Abel had his own personal grudge with Whitney and was hideously ecstatic to find that he had the means to do something about his grievances. It wasn’t much of a battle before Abel had found himself standing above a collapsed and helpless Whimsicott. With a single razor leaf, Whitney’s life had seemingly ended. Whatley was a scared child, paralyzed by fear. It only took a fierce glance from Abel to kick Whatley’s survival instincts into gear. Whatley ran away and has been running ever since. Whatley is still a young Skidoo, so this traumatic incident was eventually blocked out of his memory. But the wishes of his late Whimsicott companion still live alive and well within Whatley. It can even be assumed that his life’s philosophy is simply a rationalization to continue following the wishes of Whitney even after her death.

Misc. Info

Hider

Theme Song: Neon Trees - First Things First
Team Affiliation: Currently none!
Guild Affiliation: Currently none!

[Light Lord]

@Holistic Accepted! :D

[Ordure]

Very interesting roleplay, here.

:V

[Stale Pizza]

Well, if this RP is still open I'm seriously considering making an application for it and RPing.

[Ninian]

@Stale Pizza It's technically closed since we have a pretty good character roster/chemistry going, but if you can sell me on an idea I might be able to work around it.