PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@SmileyJaws I'm afraid we're not taking applicants. The thing up there. It says "Full", you might have noticed. Do ask BEFORE you post a character.

That said, nnnnnnnnnnnnnnumber of comments. Were you, like, planning to win your first Gym battle ever? Now, ain't that highly presumptuous of you? These Gym Leaders are hardly pushovers, after all. I ASSUME that what you were planning was that he'd get said aspirations when said Gym Battle victory eventually happened, because it can obviously not happen before he got a Pokémon... XD

Also, you got Bulbasaur's ability wrong. It boosts grass-type moves by 50% when Bulbasaur has less than one third of his health left. It's kind of extremely important detail, ya know! XD ... Oh, and they don't start holding anything. You get the Pokémon blank.

And... yeah, we're not accepting. I do not want to be overwhelmed. It is possible that all players decide to go adventuring ENTIRELY SEPARATELY and I'll need to make up NINE different adventures just to keep up with them. I dearly HOPE they'll form groups, but inevitably, they'll have to challenge the Pokémon Gyms as individuals. ... Heck, maybe that's a bad idea. Maybe I should have made gyms, like, need three people to combat? Maybe that would make it fit better as a roleplay rather than as a video-game? Hm. ... Oh, well!

Anyways. Because of that, I don't want more than nine characters. Nine, because then they can form three groups of three, which I can see as the ideal. Now, it's up to them what they actually do, but that's my take. I'm not risking more.

Now, then.

@Delta44 Pretty sure Erika was still beside Claire, which would put her not in the way of traffic, but EH! XD

Very nicely posted. Truly got the comical effect of unintentionally interrupted meditation through. Haha.

@Rune_Alchemist Your reaction to the unknown man amuses me greatly. Such a clash of interests, him and the door, eh? XD ... Well, the door is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, the man will live on (assuming nothing drastic happens). I think that's the right choice. Haha. And of course, let's go push more words on Ren. XD ... Nicely posted. Now, then.

@Lasrever W-was she the type that always got people's names wrong? ... XD ... Well, that works! And your analysis of the unknown guy made me laugh. Haha. Alright. Nicely posted. An actual focused conversation going on here between two people without change of focus or interjecting characters for three posts. What is this sorcery? XD
Though, of course, interjecting characters is nothing bad~

Pokémon: Start

The soon-to-be Pokémon Trainers were gathering in front of Kalmia's Lab as the minutes went on, past 8 AM and towards 8:30, yet there still weren't any sign of Kalmia yet. People were moving by, either on their way to somewhere or walking their Lillipups or Growlithes or whatever they might have, perhaps smiling at the bunch of young people in front of the lab knowing that they'll be receiving their Pokémon as Kalmia had been so excited about.

… A tall man came walking down the road. He was clearly distinguishable from the rest of the normal people due to the fact he was wearing a black suit with long drapes of clothe hanging down in front and a vest hanging down over his pants, as well as had nicely outfitted himself with a top-hat. Both the suit and hat were outfitted with red ribbons. The tall, silver-haired man also wore glasses and gloves, and carried himself with quite the dignified stance and... perhaps way too confident a stare, knowing exactly where he was going.

And now, as the GM wants to stop showing off his horrible ability at actually describing the clothes of a person, here is an image

If a person in the group wasn't specifically paying attention to whom was walking the streets, they might have missed him as he stopped a bit away on the other side of the street, putting one hand on his chin and steadied that hand's elbow with his other hand as he inspected the individuals in front of the lab.

'Hm. Interesting. So these are the new trainers. The average age appears older than usual.' He said, rather silently, seemingly only to himself. 'Fu-fu. A result of the Team Wars holding them back, or a bunch of coincidences?' He asked the nothingness, chuckling a bit for himself. He was likely too far away for any of the to-be trainers to hear him, unless they have really sharp hearing.

His eyes drifted between the different individuals, especially focusing on those on their own. Dawkin. Donna. Ren. Lucian, although Abigail had started speaking to him. The man had a serious expression as he looked at them, analysing. And then... he saw young Erika greeting Ren, the young girl daring to breach through the air of uncertainty. … The man couldn't help but smirk, recalling a certain event from his own memories. Eh, back to analyzing the rest of them. He resumed staring creepily at the group of kids from a distance.

For all intents and purposes, this adult man is part of the background and can be ignored. However, he looks pretty unique, and appears to be waiting for Kalmia the same as you lot.

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@Delta44 Noted, just wanted to make the point.

@Pirouette ... Teh-heh. Alright, Ren has been reached out to for the initial reaction, this satisfies me. Now it's just up to her to react, and then there's just two more that haven't had any interactions with other characters yet. In any case. Nicely posted.

Though, well, it probably wasn't @Keyblade87's intention to ignore you. If we're talking about people who have been ignored, then @Lasrever and @Pikmin Eye both gave general greetings to everyone that went completely ignored EXCEPT for by @Keyblade87, who gave a general greeting back to everyone, and I think that might have been intended to include you. Haha.

In other news...

Oh, hey. Strange guy who definitely without a doubt has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the plot. Do ignore him and carry on your interactions until Kalmia actually gets out of bed. I'm not opening the door until everyone has either reached out to someone or been reached out to unless people argue for why someone/some people absolutely won't talk to one another and won't be talked to in-character. Haha.

Random Color Thoughts

Hm. Lots of people who talk in red. Made me wonder if I should have made this guy talk in a different color...

But EH! He's like, one of EXTREMELY FEW NPCs with actual red in their image, and all of your colors will be doubled eventually! IT'LL PASS FOR NOW! XD

And another thing

"Can be ignored" as stated in the post does not mean "has to be ignored". XD

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 I'd like to note, I'm not going to punish you all if you played like the games, where you never eat at all and you can travel all the time and never sleep as well as could move through any terrain without changing attire. Haha. But, yeah, those faults of our bodies are part of what makes us human. So good on you for being human. Well posted. XD

@Pyromaniacwolf Yupp. Nicely communicated. That does the job. The rest of you note, if we're to have quick conversations in the future, these kinds of posts would make things a LOT easier. XD

@Pink Madness Alright. So you've been... standing there since before 8. Alright. That pretty much means you've been standing there while all the rest started their interactions and arrivals, minus those that arrived even earlier. VERY WELL, THEN. XD

Nicely posted, the lot of you. Feel free to keep communicating with each other if you wish. I'll have one little event first, and then...

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@Keyblade87 It'll do~ XD

Alright, so you simply returned the wide greetings by giving a wide introduction in turn. That works. Heh.

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@Delta44 Indeed.

@Eklispe Teh-heh. Staying in-character takes priority. No need to make sad expressions, don't worry about it. As said, all in due time.

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@Delta44 Yeah, but I kind of hoped somebody would be breaching through that. XD

Well. All in due time. There'll be plenty of opportunities in the future.

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@Delta44 Tell ya what, if nobody has spoken to you (and you haven't initiated contact yourself) yet after the last character arrives, I've got something special up my sleeve while we wait for Kalmia. A side-thing produced by something I've planned anyway.

By the way, I do not intend on Kalmia appearing just yet. I intend the characters to get to know one another just a tad little bit beforehand. Haha.

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@Pyromaniacwolf Nicely posted. And yupp, Pureplain is that kind of place. Nice, eh? Don't worry about the post being short, this is Casual. Those people *points at long posts* should know they're doing more than expected and intended.

Though, can you make your font-color just a little bit brighter? I’m having trouble reading that dark red.

@Lasrever Staying up late the night before getting a Pokémon for your Pokémon journey to watch action-movies…? XD … Well, suppose you won’t be able to watch them for a while. Haha. Nicely posted. “With all the grace and subtlety of a charging Tauros” made me laugh. Thank you.

@Pikmin Eye Yupp. That does everything it needs to do. Your analysis of Pureplain is accurate. Well posted.

... But you really don't need to keep up with these Advanced players! Casual will do! XD

@Eklispe Awww, how sweet of them to prepare a party to celebrate their big bro finally going out and choosing his own adventure. … How not sweet of them to not keep track of time and make him late to said adventure, but still. Nicely posted. XD

And yes, we got that sweet pkmn storage system.

@Rune_Alchemist Primary contact has been established. Teh-heh. Well posted.

Now, then. Lesse. Claire is sitting on a bench leaning against a wall in a way that doesn’t match the posts of those that come after (EH! DETAILS! XD), and she has been greeted by Erika and Reiji.

Lucian placed himself on a distance after having confirmed that the door was locked, but has now been shouted to by Abigail. Abigail, assumingly, greeted the group of three above and then spoke to Lucian.

Martin came in and introduced himself to a group of people. Given previous information, I’ll assume the group of people is Claire, Erika, Reiji and Abigail, the latter who first went to say hi and then yelled to Lucian.

Dawkin stands around and listens. Claire responded to the two who spoke directly to her. Yupp. Those who intend to engage in conversation are encouraged to speak directly to someone. Haha.

And then Ren’s still sitting on the bench over there and nobody so far has spoken to her. Guess that Max Repel was really effective, huh.

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@Delta44 Quite the trip you’ve been on. Yupp, I like this. Teh-heh, imagining future potential relations with others is always fun. Don’t worry. Kalmia will be right there, she’s just to stop oversleeping first~ Haha.

And that song ended PERFECTLY, EXACTLY when I was finished reading your post. Was that intentional? It felt weirdly magical...! XD

@Pirouette Oh, my. I didn’t imagine you’d actually START the day in Cooldome City. You know, THAT’S KINDA FAR. I’D HAVE BEEN WORRIED, TOO. XD

Transport methods like cars are now Ruby Sapphire style. They exist to take the players to their starting location, and then they mysteriously vanish. This works excellently. Nicely posted.

@Keyblade87 I told earlier that your posts can be as long as you want them to! In fact, those guys will have to make their posts shorter in the future to not look like Advanced! XD

Your post is absolutely fine. Kids be excited. Well posted. Looks like Claire’s getting some attention first, huh. Teh-heh.