Balthazar007

Pokemon: New World

Actually, one question.

Who thinks that we should move this to a brand new RP? "Pokemon: New World 2.0"

Pro: There are a lot of retired characters now. This would help unclutter the character's tab. If someone wanted to rejoin, they could copy their character over to the new one.

Pro: This will make the RP as a whole look more clean, and might thus attract new users.

Con: Sentimental value of this RP.

Pokemon: New World

Okay, I've skimmed over the top of everything. It seems as though a solid break has been met. Now is the perfect time to do a time skip. If I may, I would like till Friday night to try and revamp this RP. I'll have 3 objectives.

1) Condense and simplify the manual and processes currently in place.
2) Move content to the the 0th post so that Co-GMs can help edit.
3) Release/upgrade at least one new feature. I'm open to suggestions. Gyms? Contests? Etc...

When the time skip happens, it will be the middle of a new day, three days later, a "Monday" (just to pick one). I will be simplifying the time elapsing model, so don't work about sunrise or sunset anymore.

Any objections?

Apocalypse

@Black Alice@Weed@DragonofTheWest

I believe that everyone has brought up some great points regarding Dragon's character. I see exactly where you are coming from. Ultimately though, it is up to Dragon as to how he will utilize the information. His character meets all the requirements. Whether he wants to consider outside suggestion, is completely his prerogative. We will support him in any choice that he makes.

I do see a new well thought out question, from Weed. In-betweeners can become angel's or demons, just as easily as angels and demons can switch sides. The only thing that cannot happen naturally is a demon or angel turning back into an in-betweener. There would have to be some SERIOUS divine intervention to make something like that happen, specifically "god" or "satan" willing it to be so. On that note, no one in this RP (not even myself) has the right to act on behalf of either of these two opposing forces.

Pokemon: New World

Oops, I missed Zarkun's original post. I'll get started then. First order of business is reading and seeing what you all have created in my absence. I'm very excited about that! I think I'm going to start on that right now actually. I'll post here again once I'm finished.

Pokemon: New World

@Balthazar007 Yes!! It's still alive! As the most active person here besides Dusk, I'd be happy to be a co-GM.

Just a question. The timeline's become a little skewed from absences (not anyone's fault, it's just that time of year) so what's happening with that?

@LuckyBlackCat

Well, being gone for so long myself, I'd like to take on the daunting yet exhilarating task of reading through everything that has been written in my absence. I'll form an opinion on that question after doing so.

I'll take your positive response as a motion to proceed with these updates. If we can get a second from @Zarkun or @Dusksong, I will begin.

Apocalypse

@DragonofTheWest I would think that your character being an Angel (not needing Magic to preform miracles), would literally have no need for Magic. It feels kind of shoehorned in, if you get me? I mean, you're an archangel, divine fire is kind of just your thing. Its not "divine fire creating magic", its literally a part of what you are.

Also, the whole "origins unknown" thing is well and good, but you can't exactly be mysterious when God is around. He's kind of omniscient.

@Black Alice

I would have to disagree with you on some points there, if I may.

1) He can use the term magic if he pleases to describe his heavenly abilities. The word "magic" itself can mean any number of things, such as the google search result, "the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces." His 'magic' completely falls within this description.

2) Let's also take a closer look at the "origins unknown" point. This is an exact tid-bit from his profile...

...a complete mystery even to most angels in heaven.

I believe the emphasis here is on "most angels". This implies that some angels do in fact know his origins, they are just few in number. And this most certainly implies that "god" would know, as he is admittedly "omniscient".

But don't take my criticism on your criticism to heart. We're all friends here!

Pokemon: New World

@LuckyBlackCat@Dusksong@Zarkun

Hey guys and gals,

It sure has been a while! I'm glad to see a few people have stuck with this RP. I've recently quit my full time day job underneath "the man" in order to focus more on a company that I have started. I'd rather not talk about the details on that. It IS legal and wholesome; I just want to keep my real life separate from my RP life.

That being said, my schedule has opened up immensely. I'm want to revisit this RP in order to build some much needed features, such as a gym infrastructure. As my first order of business, I would be moving some content from the 1st OOC post to the 0th OOC post,so Co-GMs can edit the 0th post. Unless there are any objections, this would replace the off-site google document.

I would then be promoting new people to the position of Co-GM. This would be a solid way of spreading out the work load even more. If you've been active in this RP and would like to be a Co-GM, just let me know. To keep things organized, Co-GMs would have different areas of focus (e.g. Co-GM of Location Approvals, Co-GM of Character Approvals, Co-GM of Organization Approvals, Co-GM of Story Arch Tracking, etc...)

Also, I will not be continuing work on the stand alone site that I began earlier. I have my hands full already in regards to website development.

Let me know what you all think about me becoming re-involved in this RP and the ideas mentioned above. I don't want to make any moves without your approval, seeing as you all have been much more active than myself. I only want to help your community grow and hopefully become an active participant myself. And on that note, any input at all would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Balthazar

Apocalypse

Sorry for the double post but I wanted to make sure this wasn't missed. I'm curious about death in this game. More accurately about the soul. What happens to the soul if a demon kills a human or angel. What happens when a demon dies? Since there is necromancer I'm curious because I intended on strengthening my summons by taking the souls of the fallen. But maybe that would only work for demons.

@Weed

The souls of demons and angels are indistinguishable from their body. Their bodies are only manifestations, hence eternal life. In-betweeners on the other hand have their soul within their body and that is released once they are killed.

If and Angel is slain, they will return to heaven. If a Demon is slain, they return to hell. At this point, the process of returning to the earth realm, even with the dimensional breaks, takes about a decade (unless summoned via contract).

When an in-betweener dies, their soul is trapped on another plane of existence here on Earth. Before the dimensional break down, souls would naturally gravitate towards Heaven or Hell, depending on how they lived their lives. With everything out of wack now, souls will stay stuck in limbo here on Earth until a demon or angel forcefully takes the soul back to their domain.

Does this answer your question?

Apocalypse

Hope my profile is fine, I'll make the adjustments if necessary.

@DragonofTheWest

Ahh! At last! A sworn enemy to the demon invasion! Your character is solidly built, and I can't wait to see your IC posts. That's a figure of speech of course, take all the time you need (I'd love for you to become inactive so that I may turn Achilles to the dark side.) Mwahaha! Seriously though, welcome!

I've already added you to the first OOC post.

Apocalypse

Downtown, Capitol City

Nearing the end of his speech, Balthazar's voice had changed from menacing to maniacal, from disturbing to out right terrifying. The crowd of demons roared with deafening conviction, howling up at the dark sky. "And now! Go forth and feast! Swarm the city! Rip apart anyone that stands in your path!"

With those final words, thousands of demons, large and small, spread out in all directions. They marched in large groups. In their path, only destruction remained, abandoned cars sent flying across the streets, buildings demolished partially or entirely. The screams of innocent humans played like the darkest of orchestras. Explosions going off in such a way, they almost served to keep time, as a metronome would.

As the last of his army had left the square where he delivered his speech, Balthazar calmed down and made his assent into the sky. His dark laughter could be heard echoing across all of downtown and even faintly throughout the city. No longer in a physical form, Balthazar watched his army from above, spreading out as an unnatural cloud of darkness.