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Current GM of World of Light. When it comes to writing, there's nothing I love more than imagination, engagement, and commitment. I'm always open to talk, suggestion, criticism, and collaboration. While I try to be as obliging, helpful, and courteous as possible, I have very little sympathy for ghosts, and anyone who'd like to string me along. Straightforwardness is all I ask for.

Looking for more personal details? I'm just some dude from the American south; software development is my job but games, writing, and trying to help others enjoy life are my passions. Been RPing for over a decade, starting waaaay back with humble beginnings on the Spore forum, so I know a thing or two, though I won't pretend to be an expert. If you're down for some fun, let's make something spectacular together.

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Here's my construct. I have an idea in mind for a human to pair him with, but if anyone happens to be particularly interested in having him as their partner, I'd be open to it.


Cool. I'll start drafting my sheets.
Norway – Castle of Snow




The clamor of metal, even slight, broke the frigid castle's pervasive silence like a popped balloon. With a smirk, Marxion glanced over as the automaton creaked to life and barreled his way. Given his experience with rifts, he'd been wary from the start, and wasn't a living suit of armor incredibly classic? Since the vase apparently contained nothing, he held no compunctions about simply lobbing it at the incoming threat to be split by the empty knight's nondescript weapon rather than his head.

In the meantime, he pivoted out of the way of its overhead cleave and let its strike go by. As he stepped past, Marxion hooked the suit's ankle with the side of his right foot and kicked off, aiming to use his assailant's weight and strength to trip it and send it sprawling. In the moment that the two made contact, Marxion placed a save point on the suit's lower leg, then moved away. On a whim, he reloaded the save he'd put on the vase, restoring it to prime condition where it stood the moment before he picked it up. Maybe its replacement would get the armor off his back, after all.
Seems pretty cool. I'll enter myself as interested.
An intriguing premise. I'll keep an eye on this as it gets closer to beginning.
Tora & Poppi

Level 4 Tora - (23/40) EXP and Level 3 Poppi - (14/30) EXP
Location: Paved Wilderness
Word Count: 1538


Bleeding badly from the gashes on his face inflicted by Mimikyu's shadowy talons, the monster truck's gunner stumbled backward. He fell across the war machine's oversized exhaust stacks, took a dirty burn, and with another shout of pain toppled over into the vehicle's bed. For a moment, it looked as though Junior held free reign over the newly-unoccupied mounted turret, but all the commotion on the roof didn't go unnoticed by the driver. Scarcely could the young koopa grab the weapon and consider the onrushing visage of the Centurion before a sound could be heard from below, barely audible over the thunder of the monster truck's engine.

Kakick...

BOOM

Mr. Grimm's revolver released an ultra-condensed blast of screaming souls, ripping through the roof of his own vehicle and into Bowser Jr from below. While not equivalent to an actual high-power bullet, the anti-vehicle Death Spawn carried an incredible amount of force, more than enough to render the poor, over-courageous tyke unconscious and send him sky-high.

Meanwhile, the onslaught of Mr. Grimm's chainguns forced Agoston to step aside. Even with his enlarged armor, the Centurion would be eaten alive by the lead onslaught, but his choice left the way open for the monster truck to plow over the blockade he sought to protect. Hazards like Junior's ink -which, not being oil, quaffed Kazooie's attempt to alight it with a burning egg- provided a little obstruction, but they alone didn't make much difference. Only Bowser, and his prodigious bowsermobile, stood in the way. The Koopa King responded by launching himself into action, hurtling straight for the truck's forward axle in an incredible display of boldness, borne out of his lack of familiarity with large vehicles—if an ordinary car, after all, could jellify most living things on impact at even moderate speed, what could a behemoth like this do?

Shell met steel, and a great TONG resounded as sparks flew. At the point of impact, Bowser's shell cracked, and like an oversized hockey puck he shot away, still spinning. His target, however, did not escape unscathed. The force of the collision slowed the monster truck down and threw off its steering just enough to allow the bowsermobile and rabbid transport to scoot out of the way of certain destruction. Before it got under way, however, three rabbids managed to grab hold of the stunned Linkle and get her into the truck with them, no doubt having been looking out from the one whose long blonde-furred ears resembled their own. Banjo and Kazooie managed to right their Trolley and floor it, rushing after Hat Kid's scooter and the bigger machines. Just in the nick of time, everyone got out of the way of the Brother Grimm, which pancaked any vehicles left behind, like Linkle's bike. It made for very small consolation for Mr. Grimm, who with gritted teeth struggled to free his machine from the grip of the giant Centurion, who'd gotten a hold on his chassis from behind just after the hit from Bowser. With its prodigious strength and weight, the monster truck dragged even the enormous Agoston behind it, but its sudden loss of speed presented it with great danger.

The whole affair led Tora and Poppi into dire straights. With the sudden deceleration of the vehicle dragging them, their landship crashed into the monster truck from behind and, stuffed full of volatile modifications by its overzealous engineer, blew up. The explosion sent the sturdy pair flying, giving them a birds-eye view of their allies' efforts against the other enemies, were they not too preoccupied with fear and confusion.

Over on the far side, Gene -who somehow caught up to the convoy through his incredible speed alone- moved to intercept the Sand Shark. After empowering himself with the awesome radiance of the God Hand, he jumped to deliver a flying punch, but misjudged the distance and landed just in front of the incoming buggy after Michael shot its back tires out. Jak and Dakster saw fit to take advantage of the opportunity so neatly presented to them and ram Gene; the God Hand's invincibility, however, said otherwise. The Sand Shark crashed into Gene's punch head-on and lost in spectacular form, its entire front crunching up as its drivers sailed from their seats and bounced across the dusty ground. Gene, meanwhile, would likely be little more than knocked over. With the situation handily dealt with, Ratchet could jog over to his old acquaintances at his leisure, and greet them with his modified visage. Nearby, the efforts of Courier 6 and his trusty new friend Heracross spelled a messy end for one of the buggies from earlier. Its compatriot's pilot, not a lousy driver by any means, swerved out of the way to avoid getting crushed. 6 managed to retreat to the bowsermobile just in time to roll out of the way of the Brother Grimm.

Somehow, Din managed to time her mount's attack on the fast-moving ice cream truck just right and deliver a Horn Leech to its side without getting her Gogoat killed. Though a display of great bravery and talent, the assault's risk far outweighed its reward, as the pokemon's antlers did little but leave some unsightly dents in the wacky-colored war machine's side. After her, Donnie made his move from atop his flying disc. Making pace with Sweet Tooth, he unloaded on its clown driver's door, releasing Chi burst after Chi Burst to expose Needles to attack. By the time he got the door open, however, the clown's ally had fallen into the Centurion's clutches, and the buggies opposite him fared little better. Needles looked Donnie's way and growled in anger. He returned his attention forward just in time to see a tiny girl with a stylish cap jam a glowing umbrella into the ground. “...What?” he snarled. The next instant, a Power Geyser burst up beneath his right side wheels, causing Sweet Tooth to lean precariously and Needles' temper to boil over. The battle was scarcely underway, yet a trump card seemed necessary.

Needles slammed a big red button on the dashboard, and Sweet Tooth sprang upward. It began to come apart, reshaping and transforming in the span of a couple seconds until the deadly icecream truck had become a terrifying, bipedal killing machine: Sweet Bot. Mad laughter echoed from the mech's speakers as jets on its back propelled it higher into the air, and from its chaingun arm it let loose a swath of blanket fire that threatened to pulverize Donnie before sweeping over to Agoston to try and free Brother Grimm. However, the vulnerability the monk made remained: the absent driver's-side door left an opening on the left side of Sweet Bot's chest.

After firing her thrusters and catching Tora mid-air, Poppi watched the carnage unfold. From its lofty vantage point in the sky, Sweet Bot could rain destruction while avoiding all of their company's melee fighters and most of their ranged ones. Plus, poor Bowser Jr. was still skyborne. They needed a miracle. Luckily, the Nopon could provide. After taking in a deep breath, Tora said, “Poppi, it time for big action! Ignite Ether Furnace! Show real power!”

The Artificial Blade nodded, her eyebrows furrowed. “Roger that, Masterpon!” A golden glow took hold of her. Without ceremony she tossed Tora up, and a maelstrom of red ribbon and orange sparks surrounded her. A moment later, the cocoon of energy burst apart, and from it a blur burst forth. It snapped up Tora before he could fell, then wheeled around to snag Junior as he plummeted. When it finally came to a stop in the air, facing the Sweet Bot, the others could finally make out an altogether different Poppi, holding Tora with one hand and Junior with the other.

Tora, held by the straps of his overalls, held out his wings, and Poppi manifested her new armaments, the Mech Arms. “Time to carry out Poppi justice,” she advised, her voice a touch lower. Grinning, Tora opened up the Mech Arms to reveal a missile silo in each, and fired off a salvo of small homing missiles at the Sweet Bot. They struck it in quick succession, knocking it around a touch and throwing off its aim. Meanwhile, Brother Grimm's continued battle against Agoston's strength came to a sudden end: while a mad had limits, the machine had none. It broke free, its engine roaring like some bloodthirsty beast, just before a glowing bolt of plasma struck it. Energy washed across its surface, temporarily leaving it sitting duck. For a moment, the heroes had a clear opening on all fronts.

For her part, Princess Peach planned to use it. Armed with a powerful but short-range weapon, she could only labor to stay out of the line of fire during the heated battle, but with Brother Grimm knocked out she saw a chance to make it permanent. Steering her cart back around, she left Bowser's entourage and sped toward the monster truck. Peach scarcely slowed down as she blitz past one of its enormous tires, leveled her scattershot, and thundered out a point-blank blast into the thick rubber. While the tire didn't explode, air surged eagerly from the blast site, and the princess sped away victorious.
Norway – Castle of Snow




Hurried, but not rushed. Eager, but not avid. Thrilled, but not amazed. Though hot to trot, Marxion tempered his enthusiasm with experience. In a new rift, any step could provoke a deadly ambush or spring a devious trap. He let Soraya mosey on in, since she seemed content to put herself out in front. In his book a reset that worked at the speed of thought beat out a metal suit, but whatever. Far be it from him to give the princess what she wanted. As he proceeded after her, Marxion scanned the structure's elaborate interior. Sconces, braziers, bas-reliefs, the works. Everything seemed so perfect.

That could stand to change. With a pep in his step Marxion hurried over to the nearest vase, swiped it from where it stood, and upended it over the floor. As valuable as the vases and things themselves might be, he found himself short on time and sack room, so whatever he could carry on his person would be his objective. That sort of stuff could be stashed anywhere, and while the bottom of a trapped chest in this place's dankest bowels seemed likelier than a vase in the ornate entry hall, he felt pretty good about leaving no stone unturned. Courage came easy with an undo button.
Tora & Poppi

Level 4 Tora - (20/40) EXP and Level 3 Poppi - (11/30) EXP
Location: Paved Wilderness
Word Count: 1133


The convoy did not take the oncoming threat lightly. Practically everyone hastened to put up an impromptu defense or enact an all-out assault. Floating ahead of his allies, Donnie darted to and fro as he let loose a deluge of chi blasts at the incoming cars, which for the most part swerved out of their way with surprising skill, though a couple of the blasts took unsuspecting drivers unaware and did some damage. The vehicles' mounted guns couldn't possibly strike the swift airborne fighter, but muzzle flashes and the rattle of machinegun fire confirmed the presence of additional weaponry, making unprotected flight a risky gamble even with the disc's agility.

Meanwhile, Bowser pulled up sideways to turn his larger machine into a makeshift barrier to safeguard his allies' karts, and let out a great roar. Immediately, Blazermate's sentry went to work, winging the enemy cars and inflicting low but continuous damage to their chassis. Some came to a stop behind him; others, like Tora's landship, cruised around the side of it to engage the enemy. The Nopon and his partner demonstrated their craft's defensive ability when a burst of chaingun fire crashed against Tora's shield, the near miss forcing Poppi to duck. Bright light from Tora's left caught his eye for a moment, and he glanced over to see Bowser burping up a series of slow-moving, bouncing fireballs that formed more of a hazard than an attack, which complimented his son's ink barrage well. Instead of imparting the slip of an oil slick, however, the product of Junior's scattershot ended up slowing the enemy down a notch when their tires moved through it; that said, only a couple of the cars failed to avoid the hazard anyway. Those that didn't fell victim to the koopa troop's shells, but as hard as they were, they offered little more than a bump and a jolt on contact before being crushed back into spirit form. While the father and son ended up not doing much harm, it did split the enemy force up, and gave their allies more room to work.

Onto the scene came a gigantic Centurion, who snapped up the poor sod who unwittingly got too close. After a moment Agoston's internal temperatures turned the ramshackle roadster into a heap of molten slag, which he threw at the other enemies. It did little, given the other cars' maneuverability, but with every attack the area grew more perilous to the rather outnumbered enemy force. Plus, the Centurion's Phalanx made their weapons essentially useless against the convoy's fortified position, forcing them to scatter and try to take enemies down one-on-one.

This strategy was met with little success. After patiently waiting for just the right chance, Tora fired a Boom Biter at a passing car, and the blast flipped it end over end. Ratchet played a similar hand, his Bombuilder giving him more explosives to work with, and ended up putting an enemy out of commission for good. A moment later Bastion's heavy fire lambasted targets nearest the Bowsermobile. One, already slowed by the loss of a tire and now forced to turn away, fell victim the next instant to the Courier's calculated shot. Its driver slumped over, dealt a grievous wound, and the passenger leaned over to take the wheel. The whole affair, however, made the vehicle an easy target for Franklin and Linkle, beginning with an arrow that lodged in another of its tires and culminating in a charged shot from Franklin's plasma pistol. A shockwave consumed the car on impact, rendering it totally inert, and a temptingly near prize for the Centurion. His foot came down with a tremendous crash, pancaking it in a fiery blast, though its wreckage singed and cut the giant's sole.

That left only two cars, one of which sported just a single operational chaingun to its name. Frantic cries could barely be heard over the guttural snarls of engines: “We're getting slaughtered out here! Bring in the big guns!”

As if in reply, something zoomed in from the sky. Appearing to be a fireball -or perhaps glowing balloon- shaped like the head of a clown, it narrowly missed Donnie and sped, cackling maniacally, toward the Bowsermobile. On impact, whether with its target, the Centurion, or any desperate interceptor, it blossomed into a giant fireball with a deafening KOOM.

The two remaining cars beat a quick retreat, and from the direction they were heading, reinforcements could be seen, flanked by a wall of dust and smoke. One, most likely the culprit behind the seeking bomb, was a hefty, tanklike ice cream truck sporting gatling guns and forward-facing spikes. Another, more like the first cars, appeared to be a sturdy buggy, but it wasn't its construction that set it aside. Rather, the keen-eyed hero could spot a strange-looking pair at the wheel, visually at odds with the realistic-if-grungy humans driving the other machines. Last, and by no means least, was a huge monster truck, armed to the teeth and nothing short of terrifying. Its smokestacks came up to the Centurion's chest, and as it advanced, the very earth shook beneath its impenetrable tires. After a few seconds its turret began to firing on Donnie, each high-caliber round directed by a gunner who clearly knew his stuff. When Donnie got out of the way, he swapped targets to Geno, who didn't react in time to avoid three solid bodyshots. Once the reinforcements grew close, the two fleeing cars turned back to join the attack.

Were he not covered in fur, Tora would have been white in the face. “...Mmmmehmehmehmehmeh...is that not boss? How something that big and scary not boss?” As he watched, the ice cream truck turned his way, its gatling guns spinning up. In response, Poppi floored it, accelerating toward the threat until she could fire the landship's speargun into the monster truck's chassis. “Whoaaaaaa!” both cried out as their little kart shot forward, dragged by the much bigger and faster vehicle. While this strategy meant that the enemies' guns couldn't take aim at them, the question of whether or not they would survive being dragged around by the titanic terror remained.

Ignoring the hangers-on, the drivers of the monster truck -now visibly identifiable as 'Brother Grimm' thanks to the big black letters on the hood- took aim and unleashed four giant gatling guns' worth of fire on the Centurion. He'd have to move, shrink, or else put his whole being into his Phalanx to escape the brutal ventilation of his midsection. Of course, doing so would give Brothers Grimm free reign to steamroll the Bowsermobile and anything behind it. At the same time, the Sweet Tooth ice cream truck circled around to the convoy's right, and the strange buggy along with the two survivors circled around to the left.
@Lugubrious

Can Din buff Gogoat with the Spell of Spring? What would such a buff entail? Also, do I play Gogoat like a separate character with its own XP bar and such? Do you have 4 pokemon attacks that you wish to assign, or should I pick?


Spell of Spring, judging by its description, has no buffing properties, so no. Gogoat can be treated like an NPC, and kept track of via its pokeball in your sheet's equipment section, without EXP. You can pick your pokemon's attacks.
@Lugubrious

Hey, I'll get a post up soon, but I wanted to ask if I'm restricted to capturing the Pokemon shown in your post with Poppi and Din, or if I can have another one show up to eb capture (don't worry, not gonna bring in legendaries or some nonsense). I'm thinking Ponyta or Blitzle, since Din is looking for a steed and would really go for something that resembles a horse. If so, I have more questions, can a Ponyta be ridden safely (because of the fire on its back), and is a Blitzle big enough to support a human rider?


You're not restricted, but Ponyta would burn and Blitzle is just two and a half feet tall. Gogoat and Stoutland are both big enough though, and Zebstrika would work.
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