PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Whimsley ... I'll further assume the item that I'll have to drop must be one of some value so that I cannot just give Purrloin a random stick for her to drop and get a speed boost as would otherwise make sense? Since apparently berries she'd drop would disappear out of existence, which is totally reasonable... XD

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Whimsley ... I'm gonna need to stock up on Oran Berrys. XD

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Whimsley ... But essentially I could have her start a battle with a berry in her mouth and then drop it in 0 turns for a free speed boost in the beginning of every fight? XD

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Rowan Branchers

Rowan Branchers

Physical Appearance:

130 cm, 13 years old.

Sex: Male.

Personality: Positively shiny. Always positive and sure to try to be a saviour in need should the situation require it. He's relatively intelligent, but has yet to experience actual darkness should any such appear. He's a little shy around people, and may end up being the awkward one in a conversation, but his love for what he does is obvious. And he's of course quite obsessed with Pokémon shaped like felines.

Of course, he has no idea how much his own and his future Pokémon's personality will clash.

Starter Town: Dewmeadow

Biography: Rowan is just your average kid with strangely long blonde hair that grew up in Dewmeadow. Growing up with average parents that both work as gardeners for the meadow, he played with an average group of friends and eventually got old enough to grow interested in Pokémon. How could he not? They're everywhere! They're so fun! While he helped his parents with the garden, his friends were always running around with him seeking Pokémon and the like.

… And then there was that one time he came eye to eye with a Purrloin. She absolutely charmed him. Nevermind that she stole his entire lunch, THIS CREATURE IS ADORABLE! Sure, all other kinds of Pokémon are alright, BUT THIS THING! … Ever since that happened, Rowan has been BEGGING his parents and the nearby professor for one of those to be the Pokémon he was given. And, given his innocent desire and love for the creature (and those shining eyes which Rowan was begging with), why the heck not...?

Oh, if Rowan only knew what would happen when he finally got his Pokémon...

Favored type: CAT! … What, that's not a type? In that case, Dark! … Because they're all sneaky and cool and such! (Nevermind that the trainer is the opposite of dark.)

Favorite Pokémon: PURRLOIN! … And cat-Pokémon in general!

This doesn't mean Rowan won't catch other kinds of Pokémon. In case of necessity, he'll capture Pokémon that he finds cool enough to fulfil his requirements and can even become part of the team. But, he will prioritize animal Pokémon, and even beyond them he'll want cat-Pokémon. Haha.

Why are you joining the Pokémon League? … What, isn't everyone? It's just, like, natural for Rowan that at this age a young boy will attempt to become a Pokémon Master!

Miscellaneous: Because of his being raised by gardeners, Rowan knows everything there is to know about berries and regularly will be carrying a whole bunch of them in different types in his bag and will commonly be planting them and coming back when they should be about ready. Yepp.

Pokémon

Purrloin

Physical Appearance:

She's going to be wearing a red little scarf that Rowan put on her. He really likes red. Otherwise, typical Purrloin. 0.39 meters, 10 kilos.

Sex: Female

Personality/Mood: As any Purrloin, she shows a sweet, charming personality, but this is a ruse. She typically displays herself as a most graceful and loving creature, but if something annoys her or she becomes damaged in a fight then one heck of a violent temper might present itself. She can be very claw-happy in a bad mood. Also, she may act in a randomly clearly evil fashion that does not really qualify as sweet if she feels herself entitled to it. But, she'll always be right back in sweet cat mode when it suits her. Yupp.

Nature: Naughty (+Attack, -Special Defense)

Likes: Food, toys, technology, things extremely precious to other people, being treated like a god, posing for images, people stroking her ego, etc... Spicy things.

Dislikes: Losing. People stealing from her. Being looked down on. Bitter things.

Starting Moves: Scratch, Growl.

Ability: Unburden. Gives a speed boost if Purrloin loses a held item. Held item breaks if dropped.

Miscellaneous: May or may not have stolen her own Pokéball at times to prevent Rowan from being able to put her into it. Well, he's totally happy to have all his Pokémon out at times, but Purrloin might have stolen it whenever she doesn't want to be in a ball and he does. And, she needs no explanation for when she stole the ball. It just happens, she doesn't want to be in the ball, the ball has been stolen. Yupp.
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Questions. Gosh, I had fun with these.

1) You happen upon an injured Rattata in the middle of the path in front of you. You hear a sudden rustling from the large bushes on the path’s edge. Whatever is causing this noise has yet to reveal itself. What do you do?

Ah! A Pokémon is in danger! Let's save it! No injustice will pass as long as we- NO, PURRLOIN, DON'T EAT THE RATTATA!
“Purr.” (Mine.)

2) An enormous Snorlax has wedged itself between the railings of a bridge over a raging river. It seems to be a long way’s journey to venture around the living water. Your destination is across the bridge. What do you do?

Th-that... ... ... ... KINDA LOOKS LIKE A GIANT CAT! C'MON, PURRLOIN, LET'S CATCH IT! SCRATCH ATTACK!
“... ” (... Can't be bothered.)

3) You awaken in the middle of the night to find a Hoothoot rummaging through your pack and taking your food. Before you act, you notice two smaller, faint outlines on the horizon of the dying campfire light. The Hoothoot begins hopping towards her children with your food in tow. What do you do?

Awwwwww. It's feeding its children. Alright, I've been defeated this time. I'll let you go with just a- Purrloin, what are you doing? … PURRLOIN!? STOP FURY SWIPING THEM!
“PURR!” (DON'T STEAL PURRLOIN'S FOOD!)

4) You are walking with your Pokémon through thick forest when you hear a faint humming from the canopy above you. Quickly, a hive of Beedrill cuts through the foliage and descends toward you and your Pokémon. What do you do?

… … … … … … Purrloin, let's run.
“... … … … … … Purr.” (A rare occasion when we're in perfect agreement.)

5) You’ve defeated a trainer handedly, and you both call your Pokémon back into their Pokéball. The trainer falls to their knees and begins to weep. The trainer is a younger individual who only had one, low-leveled bug Pokémon to face. What do you do?

Oh, don't be sad. I've been doing this for a long time now, you're just starting. Don't let this get you down. There will be a ton of new chances, and- … Purrloin, get down from the poor kid's head. Please. Don't look so very pleased with yourself. Just because he lost to you, doesn't mean he's now your property...
“Purr.” (Mine.)

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Whimsley ... On a note of abilities. One of Purrloin's abilities is "Unburden". It increases the Pokémon's speed if the Pokémon's held item vanishes for any reason (eaten, stolen, thrown, etc). ... How would that translate to roleplaying? Could I just have her hold a berry and tell her "Drop the berry!" and she'll do so and get a random speed boost, or what? XD

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

I randomly got interested, so I made a character. How does he look?

Rowan Branchers

Rowan Branchers

Physical Appearance:

130 cm, 13 years old.

Sex: Male.

Personality: Positively shiny. Always positive and sure to try to be a saviour in need should the situation require it. He's relatively intelligent, but has yet to experience actual darkness should any such appear. He's a little shy around people, and may end up being the awkward one in a conversation, but his love for what he does is obvious. And he's of course quite obsessed with Pokémon shaped like felines.

Of course, he has no idea how much his own and his future Pokémon's personality will clash.

Starter Town: Dewmeadow

Biography: Rowan is just your average kid with strangely long blonde hair that grew up in Dewmeadow. Growing up with average parents that both work as gardeners for the meadow, he played with an average group of friends and eventually got old enough to grow interested in Pokémon. How could he not? They're everywhere! They're so fun! While he helped his parents with the garden, his friends were always running around with him seeking Pokémon and the like.

… And then there was that one time he came eye to eye with a Purrloin. She absolutely charmed him. Nevermind that she stole his entire lunch, THIS CREATURE IS ADORABLE! Sure, all other kinds of Pokémon are alright, BUT THIS THING! … Ever since that happened, Rowan has been BEGGING his parents and the nearby professor for one of those to be the Pokémon he was given. And, given his innocent desire and love for the creature (and those shining eyes which Rowan was begging with), why the heck not...?

Oh, if Rowan only knew what would happen when he finally got his Pokémon...

Favored type: CAT! … What, that's not a type? In that case, Dark! … Because they're all sneaky and cool and such! (Nevermind that the trainer is the opposite of dark.)

Favorite Pokémon: PURRLOIN! … And cat-Pokémon in general!

This doesn't mean Rowan won't catch other kinds of Pokémon. In case of necessity, he'll capture Pokémon that he finds cool enough to fulfil his requirements and can even become part of the team. But, he will prioritize animal Pokémon, and even beyond them he'll want cat-Pokémon. Haha.

Why are you joining the Pokémon League? … What, isn't everyone? It's just, like, natural for Rowan that at this age a young boy will attempt to become a Pokémon Master!

Miscellaneous: Because of his being raised by gardeners, Rowan knows everything there is to know about berries and regularly will be carrying a whole bunch of them in different types in his bag and will commonly be planting them and coming back when they should be about ready. Yepp.

Pokémon

Purrloin

Physical Appearance:

She's going to be wearing a red little scarf that Rowan put on her. He really likes red. Otherwise, typical Purrloin. 0.39 meters, 10 kilos.

Sex: Female

Personality/Mood: As any Purrloin, she shows a sweet, charming personality, but this is a ruse. She typically displays herself as a most graceful and loving creature, but if something annoys her or she becomes damaged in a fight then one heck of a violent temper might present itself. She can be very claw-happy in a bad mood. Also, she may act in a randomly clearly evil fashion that does not really qualify as sweet if she feels herself entitled to it. But, she'll always be right back in sweet cat mode when it suits her. Yupp.

Likes: Food, toys, technology, things extremely precious to other people, being treated like a god, posing for images, people stroking her ego, etc...

Dislikes: Losing. People stealing from her. Being looked down on.

Starting Moves: Scratch, Growl.

Miscellaneous: May or may not have stolen her own Pokéball at times to prevent Rowan from being able to put her into it. Well, he's totally happy to have all his Pokémon out at times, but Purrloin might have stolen it whenever she doesn't want to be in a ball and he does. And, she needs no explanation for when she stole the ball. It just happens, she doesn't want to be in the ball, the ball has been stolen. Yupp.
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Questions. Gosh, I had fun with these.

1) You happen upon an injured Rattata in the middle of the path in front of you. You hear a sudden rustling from the large bushes on the path’s edge. Whatever is causing this noise has yet to reveal itself. What do you do?

Ah! A Pokémon is in danger! Let's save it! No injustice will pass as long as we- NO, PURRLOIN, DON'T EAT THE RATTATA!
“Purr.” (Mine.)

2) An enormous Snorlax has wedged itself between the railings of a bridge over a raging river. It seems to be a long way’s journey to venture around the living water. Your destination is across the bridge. What do you do?

Th-that... ... ... ... KINDA LOOKS LIKE A GIANT CAT! C'MON, PURRLOIN, LET'S CATCH IT! SCRATCH ATTACK!
“... ” (... Can't be bothered.)

3) You awaken in the middle of the night to find a Hoothoot rummaging through your pack and taking your food. Before you act, you notice two smaller, faint outlines on the horizon of the dying campfire light. The Hoothoot begins hopping towards her children with your food in tow. What do you do?

Awwwwww. It's feeding its children. Alright, I've been defeated this time. I'll let you go with just a- Purrloin, what are you doing? … PURRLOIN!? STOP FURY SWIPING THEM!
“PURR!” (DON'T STEAL PURRLOIN'S FOOD!)

4) You are walking with your Pokémon through thick forest when you hear a faint humming from the canopy above you. Quickly, a hive of Beedrill cuts through the foliage and descends toward you and your Pokémon. What do you do?

… … … … … … Purrloin, let's run.
“... … … … … … Purr.” (A rare occasion when we're in perfect agreement.)

5) You’ve defeated a trainer handedly, and you both call your Pokémon back into their Pokéball. The trainer falls to their knees and begins to weep. The trainer is a younger individual who only had one, low-leveled bug Pokémon to face. What do you do?

Oh, don't be sad. I've been doing this for a long time now, you're just starting. Don't let this get you down. There will be a ton of new chances, and- … Purrloin, get down from the poor kid's head. Please. Don't look so very pleased with yourself. Just because he lost to you, doesn't mean he's now your property...
“Purr.” (Mine.)

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

... A random thought just occurred to me that made my eyes widen and I think I'm going to make it my head-canon.

... He beat me, didn't he.

I gave the Creation complete access to my mind, meaning that he learned that he was in an entry. And, he also learned that he needed to beat ME, but since he's a creation of mine existing only in my entry and not in the real world, he cannot beat me by normal means. So, because he's my opposite, he clearly understood whatever about the Labour I don't get (and still don't get), and therefore used his personality to cause me to write him saying that line. According to me, I had written an entry that would clear the requirements, but my Creation had ensured to say the words that he knew would make me fail the Labour. He defeated me by making me fail the Labour.

He beat me and I didn't even clear the Labour for it. I'm completely utterly defeated. I can see him totally laughing his ass off at me inside my mind. ... Damn it. XD

RPGC #9: REBIRTH

Heh. That's a nice lively little theme. Let's see what I might be able to dream up. Lately I might have been getting too used to labours, this much liberty at what to write suddenly feels unnatural... Haven't actually written a proper story that wasn't a gimick or something for RPGC since, whelp, RPGC #4 from 8/9 months ago. Yikes.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

... That was a stupid meta joke. It did not have anything to do with the story. I was well aware of the challenge requirements and do not consider the meta joke a part of my entry for the sake of clearing the labour.

To expand upon that

To make my case a bit more, the Narrator as he was in the story has no control over the Creation or what the Creation is doing. It's just that, both the Creation and the Narrator KNOW they're in an entry, because that information has been provided to them. Despite this, the Narrator has no intention of being defeated, and certainly did all he could to avoid so. He just happened to become stunned with fright in the last second, unable to act due to the impossibility of the Creation being able to touch him. Well, that and minus the last scene where he decided to flee, which I would be more willing to accept that I failed if it was due to that, but I had the Creation catch him.

The ”you” which the Creation was referring to was, technically, a different Narrator. That is, the Narrator that's ACTUALLY writing the story and controlling both their actions. That is, me, PlatinumSkink, the writer. The Creation says whatever happens upon his mind, of course he's going to mention it just because he knows about it even if he shouldn't. The Narrator, my representative in the story who had his plot smashed by the Creation, does not have those powers over the Creation, and can therefore not be said to have manipulated the world in order to place himself in a situation where he'd lose. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for this labour to be cleared, because ALL the writers here are in that position of power manipulating their worlds to ensure their defeats. ... Yeah.

… That's about it.

The Twelve Labours: General Discussion

@shylarah I want a "nod" button. I don't have much to say in response, but, acknowledged. I see what you're saying. Still with my own perceptions about the matter, but I see what you're saying.

@Holmishire Oh. Ah. I see. Alright, that's a bit more clever.