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Neopets 5e

@Moon Man Oh yeah, also something worth knowing in case you're unaware is that Neopets come in a variety of "colors." I use quotes because the colors are sometimes more of an aesthetic than an actual color, such as "Faerie," "Pirate," or "Darigan."

If you go here and search by "Species" at the bottom of the page, you can find a list of all of the colors and how they look! It's very convenient, and I use it all the time when trying to make a new character~

Neopets 5e

Heh. I tend to pick a race I want to play, then figure out his class, and then create the character around both of those things, often beginning with backstory. Although in the case of Neopets, I've got a LOT of characters I can bring into this. I just need to...figure out which ones. xD

With regards to Faeries:

In the Neopets lore, there are multiple kinds of faeries:

There are the named Faeries, who have carved a name for themselves in the history of Neopets for being particularly strong in one way or another. Taelia the Ice Faerie who lives on Terror Mountain, Illusen the Earth Faerie, who lives in her glade in the medieval country of Meridell as well as Jhudora the Dark Faerie. But then there are numerous regular Faeries who are not as strong or well known, and are often just referred to by their attribute on-site. But in-RP, I would presume they'd all have names and personalities. And, naturally, they're very magical in nature. But then you have the occasional Faerie who's more martial, like Aethia, the Battle Faerie (who is primarily sword and board user)

Worth noting about faeries is that there's a bulky Lupe villain named Balthazar who hunts them in order to seal them in bottles due to being bullied by them in the past.

Also that there are no male Faeries in the lore. But we could always just change that ("AU it" as it were) to make male Faeries also exist.

tl;dr/conclusion - You could probably make Faeries work as a race here since there are just as many weaker faeries as there are stronger ones. There's a lot that can work with that. Presumably, a Neopet is a character all their own, so you'd be just a Faerie if you wanted to be one.

Neopets 5e

@Birdboy Haha, for a bit there, I was wondering if maybe you had simply lost interest yourself due to the lack of...well. Interest. xD But yeah, this is quite the venn diagram intersection that I can't imagine too many people slide into very well. But it's cool to find the few who do~

And yeah, I'm definitely down to help out with lore, talk about the Darkest Faerie (a game I loved to death growing up xD) and I'll definitely be more than happy to look into the homebrew races. The main part I'd be iffy on is that some races will just have to have flight abilities, though, so balancing will be difficult for them.

My own class and race would probably be heavily dependent on what we've got for the specific homebrew race. But I know I honestly have a preference for classes who don't really rely entirely on spells. I'm too indecisive to be a good spellcaster, I can never pick out a good spell list. xD I know I trend toward Fighter, Paladin and Ranger a bit more, sometimes Paladin. Rogue is fun, but I always thought Rogue to be kinda...ridiculously strong, so I tend to avoid it.

I presume Clerics and Paladins would be more kinda centered on getting their magical blessings from the Faeries rather than from gods?

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

Gotcha! Sorry for the prod, I've had bad experiences before of this exact situation causing things to fall through, so I figured I'd say something and check in on things. xD

But yeah, I'll look forward to it whenever it gets done. Take as long as you need, including rest if you still need it~

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

So, no rush or anything, but I am wondering about the progress that's being made on this front. Figured I'd check in since it's been about a week now. xD

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

Every time I think about this RP, my first thought isn't about the potential story or character growth, but rather "Hmm... How can Impmon prank <name> in the funniest way?" XD

@CleverUsername

Heheh. Getting on Agumon's nerves is all about talking smack to him, and then refusing to give him the fight he wants~ xP But in terms of actual pranking, all there is to that is basically just get him while he's in the middle of training, most likely. Or trying to impress somebody, especially Blucomon~

Hide is a bit of a tougher nut, since he's basically been trained since he was a boy to keep a bit of a professional air about him. But since he's usually serious, forcing him into any kind of embarrassing position or situation would get him. But after the initial prank, he's more likely to just nervously laugh it off with some blushing involved than having any kind of satisfying post-prank reaction xP

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As for the exposition vs interaction, while I do think that, ideally, there would be a little bit of confused interaction between the involved parties before the main event actually starts (like what usually happens in a similar situation in various videogames and anime and such), but since we already know what each character's personality is like, such a brief glimpse isn't all that necessary. So for the sake of simplicity and efficiency, it's probably for the best to skip it and get straight to the exposition. xD

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

Ooh~ Pulsemon, Herissmon AND Agumon~ All we're missing now for our "Faces of Digimon today" collection to be complete is Gammamon~ xP

But yeah, welcome aboard, I look forward to RPing with you!

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

I kinda love the idea that Herissmon and Agumon are always just going to butting heads, both of them thinking they're better than they actually are~

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

"Hmph...stupid porcupine," the yellow dinosaur-like Digimon grumbled as he continued to claw at the ground in front of the various huts dotted around the area. Mere minutes ago, he had been inside his own hut, puzzling about what the heck these Penguinmon expected him to do. While he was within the walls of the space he and his supposed partner were given, he had heard some kind of annoying grunting and the sound of something dragging along the dirt. When he'd come out to investigate, there it was: just a small but long trench leading through the area. When he followed the trail to its source, he noticed a familiar, silvery-quilled back disappearing into one of the nearby huts, a log being dragged through the doorway. His eye twitched at the sight, but ultimately decided against making a scene about the whole ordeal. At the very least, it meant that that boastful Herissmon had gotten his own dumb log instead of saying how he was "too important to do such a menial task" or something along those lines.

Now, Agumon found himself digging at the damaged earth, attempting to get it to look as closely to how it did originally as he could. The patchwork was rough--one could easily tell that the earth had been shifted around, but at least the hole was getting covered. "Thinks he's so freakin' important and great. Like he's something so special...."

The irony was completely lost on the little lizard.

Instead, he dove into his physical labor, preferring this over trying to figure out how to decorate a room probably. Though as he continued to plow away at the dirt, he couldn't help but wonder how Blucomon was doing in his own hut...or if he even was in his own hut. Well, for now he supposed it didn't matter. He resumed his focus on his work, deciding to consider this a form of physical endurance training.

As he worked, however, his mind continued to wander again. He started to think about this task of theirs...and just what kind of person this partner was going to be.

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Rain continued pounding on the window of the room. As the constant beats resounded through the room, Hideaki Saitou found himself seated at his usual spot--his desk, with books piled up on one side and papers on the other. On the other side of the desk, directly across from where he was seated, was the computer monitor he consistently used for research purposes. However, at the moment, the monitor was off and the keyboard had been unplugged and tucked away neatly into the topmost drawer beside him.

Directly in front of Hide was a pair of books. The first, a large, beefy textbook was open to approximately the halfway point. The notebook lay open beside it. His right hand carried a mechanical pencil, neatly filling out the paper with notes transferred beautifully from the paragraph he'd just been reading from the book.

However, the tedium was certainly starting to wear him down, little by little.

After a particularly lengthy paragraph caused him to reread it four separate times, he finally let out a frustrated sigh, leaning back in his chair. He looked back at stack of text and notebooks lined up neatly beside him. He still had an entire other subject to attend to after this one was finished. He was more than happy to put in the work, but this was simple tedium at its finest. Was there anything he could-

Suddenly, a light in front of him nearly blinded him as the monitor sprung to life of its own accord! Hide squinted at the screen as he tried to get readjusted to the new light source while simultaneously reaching to turn the monitor back off again. In his confused state, a sudden ringing broke the weather-centric ambience in the room, actually causing him to jump slightly in his seat! He reached down to the pocket of his uniform, quickly pulling out the phone and peering at it. Just as he was pulling it out, he received a few different notifications from a few different sources, all mentioning that the sender was unknown, and that there was no message previews. But most pressing, of course, was the actual phone's ringing itself, with the typical "Answer" and "Decline" buttons on display.

Deciding that his mind was already starting to wander as it was, he figured that this was as good a time as any to break for a few seconds. After all, maybe this was exactly the simple, short distraction he needed to refocus his mind. He answered the phone, bringing it up to his ears. However, just as he began to speak, he stopped as static filled his ear. "Wh-?" he started, but was soon interrupted as electricity began to suddenly crackle all around him!

Hide pulled the phone away from his head immediately, but it didn't matter. The electricity was already circling him, apparently bringing some kind of dense fog with it!? What in the world was going on!? He opened his mouth to call out to his family...but it was quickly drowned out in his ears by the sound of...wait. Was that...the ocean?

His eyes widened as something flicked into his mind, like a distant memory he had long since forgotten. Ocean waves, darkness...and a friend? No, it wasn't his friend. It was someone else's friend. There was a hand...or was it a claw? No, that didn't make sense. Surely it was a hand. A deal....

And then, just as suddenly as the ringing had begun, it stopped, and the fog around him faded. However, when he looked up...he did not recognize his surroundings, and he was now seated on some sort of bedding, rather than the desk he had been working at moments before.

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"Finally...." Agumon muttered as he patted down the final bit of dirt in front of his own hut--one that happened to be adjacent to Herissmon's. He, of course, had left the bit in front of Herissmon's own hut completely untouched. Next time he saw that hedgehog punk, he was gonna-

Suddenly, there was a light emanating from behind him. His eyes widened and he spun around on his heels so that he could face his hut. A bright light shot from within...before finally fading away. Agumon couldn't help himself; a grin formed on his face and he immediately stepped through the leafy doorway and back into the hut!

What he expected to see, he wasn't really sure. But the human in front of him...didn't seem all that special to him. He was taller than himself, and the Digimon around him, but he looked...awfully frail. So wait a second....

"You're...my partner?" Agumon said aloud, tilting his head a bit.

The yellow dinosaur Digimon stood there, puzzled for a moment, looking at Hide quizzically.

Meanwhile, the human was just getting his bearings, looking around him. It wasn't long before he noticed the leaves shifting aside...and a small, yellow dinosaur with a verdant, judgmental gaze scanning him up and down.

Then it spoke.

Hide jumped back in alarm as this dinosaur spoke to him. "P-Partner?" he repeated, in a tone that utterly betrayed his own confusion.

"Well, I guess I can't be picky." Agumon said, crossing his arms. "But you can consider yourself a lucky one, to get partnered up with the strongest Digimon around!" He paused at that. "W-well, y'know, with...obvious exceptions."

Hide simply continued to stare dumbfoundedly at this new arrival. However, something seemed to dawn on him rather quickly.

"Oh...I see." Hide said, letting out a sigh of relief. "This must be a hallucination. Or maybe I fell asleep and I'm in some island paradise or something." He shook his head. "But I don't have time for this. I need to get back to work." And with that, he immediately allowed himself to climb back into his bedding, laying his head down and closing his eyes, as though ready to drift back to sleep. He wasn't sure if that's how this worked or not, but it was worth a try.

"W-wait a second!" Agumon exclaimed, quickly rushing over to his bedside. "You can't fall asleep, we've got important things to do! A-apparently! Look, I dunno, just...." He reached his claw out, grabbing hold of Hide's hands, causing the human to jump a bit once more. Those claws felt awfully real.... And then he was suddenly tugged, bringing him right out of bed!

"H-hey, wait a second, little guy!" Hide called out as he desperately fought to regain his balance.

"Don't call me 'little guy,'" Agumon grunted, shifting a quick glance behind him. "My name is Agumon." Then, without another word, Agumon pulled on Hide's arm, half-dragging the poor human out of the hut, Hide still stumbling behind him.

Digimon Net Ocean: Nightmare Archipelago

Sorry about the delay, I've been a busy Bui. I'll get to work on it here in a moment!