Nyahahameha

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

I had the thread in my subs so I needn't have been @ed. Hope you guys have fun with this one! In the meantime, I don't suppose any of you (accepted or not) are part of other RPs that need someone, are you? XD If not, maybe I'll make my own RP, with Gunpla and shounen protagonists.

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

I assume the former. But since I'm already putting myself out there. (I know, no likes 'the questions guy'. But I ask, because I want things to be fair for everyone.) I hope (and politely suggest) whoever isn't originally selected, can still take part in the RP. If someone ghosts, or decides to drop out early. So the RP doesn't die.

And with that said, I hope everyone is able to take part as well.

@SleepingSilence

Oh! I'm sorry, I actually got an answer on this because I'm in a discord with NoCo for a different RP. I should have shared the answer here as soon as I got it. Yes, the GM and Co-GM's characters are automatically accepted, and yes they count for the character limit, so in total there's space for seven other players.

I'm really hoping now that it's been 24 hours since NoCo said there would be a 24 hour window that we hear who's accepted soon. This process has been a lot worse for my anxiety than I thought it would be. X.x

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

I really like how everyone else's characters are turning out so far. Especially the music lovers Rhea and Renata. I bet Nina will get along great with both of them! I can also see Nina's Hitmonlee and Gigantor trying their best to show each other up in fun ways. And I also really want to see how Lennox reacts to Nina, that's sure to be hilarious. Semilla seems easy to get along with, too, fitting for someone who can appreciate Hassel.

I hope everyone is accepted! Oh, wait, are the GM and Co-GM characters automatically accepted? Does that mean there's only seven other characters that will be accepted? Or is it ten plus those three?

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

No, I'm not giving up! I will embody the Fighting spirit that a Fighting type specialist should let motivate them!

Nina

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Full Name: Nina

Age: 19

Favorite Color: All

Favorite Subject: History

Favorite Teacher: Saguaro

Appearance: Taking every effort to stand out and pop, this girl sports short-cut and spiky bright cyan hair, with her bangs tipped a neon green, below which sit a pair of star shape-framed shades with the right lens tinted yellow and the left lens tinted blue; the opposite of her colored contacts underneath. Over the Papas Academy uniform, which she wears a sleeveless version of, she drapes a long coat, mostly colored white interspersed with the colored lines of a rainbow that start at the waist and spread out across and around it, with the red tracing up around the collar, the violet tracing down around the bottom edges, and the yellow tracing up to the shoulders then down to the cuffs, with every other color in between wrapping around the white coat.

Starting at the low thigh, a pair of horizontally-striped rainbow-pattern stockings take up the task of covering her legs from the uniform's brown shorts, leaving a section of thigh exposed; the right leg's stocking starts at red while the left leg's stocking starts at green.

Personality: Being unable to speak due to being born without vocal cords to vibrate with breath might lead one to expect her to be quiet and keep to herself, but Nina does anything but. With an almost comically expressive face and body, and her trusty holographic instrument deck, she is always ready to let everyone around her know exactly how she feels. Boisterous and enthusiastic, Nina is never one to shy away from anything, be they new experiences, challenges, or the gaze of every person in her vicinity.

Which isn't to say she's a doer, not a thinker. Holographic instrument tech takes knowhow to maintenance, and being able to play multiple holographic instruments at once is mentally strenuous, even considering the deck is linked to her thought patterns. Whether it's technological wizardry or the history and culture of the world she now lives in, Nina approaches every subject with all her attention, and is always prepared to give just as much attention to the people and Pokemon around her. After all, it's easy to be a good listener when you technically have nothing to say.

Backstory: Born as a somewhat sickly child to a pair of loving Unovan parents living in a suburban town, Nina's earliest days were spent learning to express herself through song and dance to make up for her lack of a voice. She would frequently practice in the forest near her home town, having grown to enjoy the looks on her parents' faces when she would demonstrate sudden improvements in skill that they hadn't been privy to her practicing of. Many of the forest's Pokemon would be drawn to her melodies and performances, and she found that as her understanding of music deepened, so too did her understanding of Pokemon, and as her relationships with Pokemon improved, so too did her health. It was with these qualities that she had captured the attention of a reclusive Meloetta living in that forest, and was able to befriend it. Yet, years later when she set out on her journey as a Pokemon Trainer, she proved unable to convince the Meloetta to be her first Pokemon partner, believing itself to be far above being commanded by a fledgling trainer (and also believing that lending Nina its power so early in her journey would make it a less rewarding experience and spoil her). Even so, the Meloetta did decide to travel with Nina, finding enjoyment in her performances and unique methods of interacting with Pokemon.

Over the years, her journey has taken her from her home in Unova, all the way to Alola, then Kanto, followed by Kalos, continuing to improve her artistic skills throughout. It was during these travels that she obtained and learned to operate her holographic instrument deck, turning her into a literal one-woman band. Meanwhile her ever developing dance skills culminated in a body that could keep up with Pokemon physically, as her lack of a voice meant she needed to command her partners through alternate means, and musical cues would sometimes prove too restrictive in the heat of battle.

Her journey has now brought her to Paldea. Though an experienced trainer with plenty of Pokemon raised, battles won, and friends made, she'd never actually been to a formal school due to her health issues in her youth. Thus, she applied to become a student at Papas Academy, hoping that through the education offered by its respected teaching staff and the opportunity for growth and exploration offered by the famous Treasure Hunt, she might finally find a way to become the trainer Meloetta expects her to be and have it join her team.

Pokémon:

Pokemon

Starter

Pokémon: Mienshao
Nickname: (A percussive jingle played on a taiko drum)
Personality: Nina's first actual caught Pokemon, originally a Mienfoo that also lived in the forest where Nina would practice her song and dance skills. Over the journey he has become quite skilled in the ways of both dance and martial art, and with the increase in skill came a notable increase in ego, only exacerbated by his evolution into Mienshao. Nowadays he is almost never seen without his signature look of superiority on his face, preening his whiskers in preparation to show off at a moment's notice. Thankfully, that confidence extends to his trainer, who's musical direction he will follow without question, as it has been for all these years. Is sometimes on the receiving end of flirting from Nina's Oricorio, which he cooly brushes off. He prefers more serene melodies over heavy beats and rhythms, though classical pieces with bombast are a guilty pleasure he occasionally partakes in. He can play the flute.
Ability: Inner Focus
Current Moves:
Aura Sphere
Force Palm
Swords Dance
Quick Guard

Team

Pokémon: Oricorio (Baile Style)
Nickname: (A salsa-esque jingle played on a trumpet)
Personality: Naturally a laid-back sort, this Oricorio serves as a foil to Nina and Meloetta's unbridled energy and enthusiasm, though calling her "lazy" would be grounds for a feathered slap across the face. She prefers to serve as the anchor to the otherwise chaotic energy of her trainer, which is a endeavour requiring tremendous effort in its own way. Effort which can be quickly forgotten about in the presence of an appealing suitor, at which point this Oricorio's attention will be fully dedicated to confidently flirting with her latest piece of eye candy. She prefers music with strong melodies or rhythms that befit an elegant dancing style, while finding music that goes all in on emphasizing beats or frequently changes up the flow of the song to be off-putting. She does not play any instruments, but she does boast a lovely singing voice.
Ability: Dancer
Current Moves:
Acrobatics
Swords Dance
Teeter Dance
Revelation Dance


Pokémon: Hitmonlee
Nickname: (A short round of beatboxing)
Personality: One of Nina's veterans, caught in Kanto. A rough-and-tumble, headstrong sort who tends to do before thinking, jumping to take on any challenge, from the meagrest of taunts to the longest of marathons. He sees Nina's Mienshao as a rival, though this is not reciprocated by Mienshao at all. He tends to get riled up into showing off whenever Oricorio flirts with someone, though he has no actual romantic feelings towards her - he just sees it as another challenge. Adores hip-hop and electronic dance music, and doesn't much care for soothing melodies or songs for children. Can both beatbox and play drums.
Ability: Limber
Current Moves:
Low Sweep
Double Kick
Feint
Bounce

Tagalong

Pokémon: Meloetta (Pirouette Forme)
Nickname: (A jaunty jingle played on a violin)
Personality: Over her years travelling with Nina, this Meloetta has grown to be a passionate, even somewhat temperamental firebrand, always ready to stick up for her friends whenever music, gestures, or Pokemon cries just aren't enough to get the point across. Sharing Nina's enthusiasm for new experiences, especially when it comes to food, this Meloetta will not fall behind Nina in terms of the effort she puts into things. She prefers music that has a strong energy, be it classical, metal, or any genre in between, to really get the blood pumping, but doesn't like music with overwhelming bass. As a Meloetta, it does have a naturally wonderful singing voice, and it can also play guitar quite well (though most of them are too big for her, restricting her to using a ukulele. Nina's holographic instrument deck can make scaled down versions of other instruments for her to play, too).
Ability: Serene Grace
Current Moves:
Close Combat
Relic Song
Swords Dance
Teeter Dance

Quirks:

• Nina has an appreciation for a wide selection of music, but she doesn't like when lyrics are distracting, either by being nonsensical or by trying to sound deep while failing to be clever. She also doesn't particularly enjoy complex musical pieces in excess of six minutes.
• Despite being open and expressive about every other aspect of herself, people find she's strangely cagey about her true hair and eye colours; initial questions about them will be answered with avoidance, and persistent probing is likely to incur physical retribution from her Meloetta.
• She will happily play wingman for her Oricorio, even if the bird's romantic pursuits never seem to pan out.

Relationships: What your character thinks about the other characters in the RP. You can leave this section blank for now, and fill it in as you go. You are also welcome to discuss with members out of character as to whether or not your characters know each other prior to the start of the RP.

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

It's probably a product of my spoiled upbringing, but I can't overcome myself for recreation. ^^; I got too invested in my mental images of Nina's team and it just won't be the same if she can't have Meloetta. I'm going to withdraw my submission.

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

For the sake of everyone's eyes, no, I won't be colouring her dialogue. XD Welp, here goes.

Pokémon: The Next Hunt

Nyaha has questions!

1. Does the "Starter" slot in the CS have to be a region's starter Pokemon? Or is it just for whatever Pokemon the character first met?

2. Can we include a section for each Pokemon's currently memorized moves on the CS? It'd just make it easier for me to remember.

3. Are we meant to change the brown colour of the segment headers to our own character's colour?

The Next Hunt: A Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Rp

I'm still interested in this. I don't plan on going with a specialization, but a lot of my character's team will probably be Fighting type anyway to fit the theme I want to go for so I'll take it unless someone else wants it. :)

Rift Warriors X: An Isekai RP

Marie O'Hare
Queen Morag

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"We'll just have to do what we do best."

"And that's kicking copious amounts of butt!" Marie chimed in, punctuating her statement with a "clack!" created by pounding the butt of her vertically-held halberd on the marble floor. "Which I'm guessing is where our, uh, "avatars" come in? I'm gonna' go out on a limb and assume these getups aren't just for show. So, if I wanna' open a portal like Morag does, do I just need to think about it...?"

The natural order of operations for a gamer to follow when starting a game they aren't familiar with is to practice controlling their character; test all the buttons, memorize what they do, make sure the camera controls aren't reversed, stuff like that. Thus, when a vertical portal opened in the air next to the closed-eyed Marie, it looked almost natural as Marie opened her eyes, reached through with the hand holding her halberd and placed it upon an empty weapon rack that looked to be located in the armory of Queen Morag's castle. She pulled her arm out of the portal, and just as effortlessly as the circular doorway in space had appeared, it was gone.

"...Cool. Anyway, I'm with Ellen; not super jazzed at the prospect of continuing to force living people to be characters in a video game under other peoples' control, though the fact that their values are severely outdated and shaped by time periods whence violent conflict was rampant--" Marie paused to inhale. "--does kind of necessitate some kind of rehabilitation program, I think. Masada should probably get started on that next after we rescue him instead of immediately diving into Rift Warriors XI."

Although, the biggest question she wanted answered was about this supposed "virus". A computer virus creating an entire separate universe from a video game, bringing everything in it to life while keeping it connected to the universe it originated from and giving control of the people now living in the separate universe to the people in the universe of origin seems...unlikely. Clearly this "virus" was as supernatural in origin as everything else that was just explained to them.

Rift Warriors X: An Isekai RP

Marie O'Hare
Queen Morag

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"Sorry to interrupt, but if you both have a moment, I was wondering if you guys happened to open a copy of Rift Warriors X only to be greeted by a blank character portrait?"

Marie pulled her eyes away from the unclear reflection in her armor and looked forward as two figures that had previously escaped her notice approached. She blinked once as astonishment washed over her. Sitra and...HellfireRider in Jesse cosplay? Wait...

"ClawsOfTheLioness? And--"

"I'm sorry, I guess I should have introduced myself first. I'm Thomas or you may know my screen name HellfireRider. Based on your outfits, I can only assume you are ForTheRedQueen, and you...You must be that rookie player who came out of nowhere in the last few months? Sorry if I can't remember your screen name. Rather impressive feat regardless."

Marie nodded her head at Thomas. She'd met him and ClawsOfTheLioness a few times at tournaments. Thomas in particular seemed personable enough for the handful of time she'd met him, and had helped her with a few of her hurdles. It was reassuring to have him along for whatever kind of ride this was going to be.

“Ohmigosh, hi! I’ve heard of you! Yeah, uh… that’s me… I’m a filthy casual as they say… Um… I never expected to make it this far, I’m shocked as everyone else… Uh, my username is TwinkleStar. Um… I-I-I know it doesn’t go with the whole Spartan thing. It’s a username I made up when I was younger and I kind of use it for everything… Um… you know what… just… just… call me Danny…”

"Filthy casual," he says after giving me so many problems. The Spartan was a particularly annoying character to fight against, what with all the special effects and ailments his kit could inflict, and this Danny had proven to be enough of an expert at exploiting that annoyance to almost take the fourth spot from her, and the player who'd ended up in the sixth spot had been no pushover, either. To think it'd turn out to be a kid even worse at personing than me. Huh.

"So if four of us are here, that can only mean we're waiting on one last player to arrive."

"...And the devil shall appear. I'm Ren."

Now this was a guy who was even more of a mystery than Marie tried to be. He was fairly personable to interact with, and he'd been a good enough sport to give her advice during the couple times she'd met him at tournaments, but their interactions never really went beyond that. She'd be tempted to call Thomas a friend, but this guy was definitely still in "acquaintance" territory.

“Hello to you too. I think Aster Wilde is really cute! Oh gosh, I’m sorry if that made you uncomfortable… Um… You know what I’m just going to stop talking now…”

"Good, that means I can start," Marie announced, stepping between Ren and Danny halberd-first. "ANYWAY, that's right, I'm RedQueen, though Lioness and Heckrider know me as Marie. And yeah, I saw the blank character portrait on the select screen of ten, too. Soooooo, we all put in our copy, saw a character select screen with only our main on it, and now we're in Rift Warriors itself and dressed as our character? Why? Did Masada agree to sacrifice us to the elder god he made a pact with in exchange for his game dev skills?"