PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Gardevoiran Alright, yeah. Skylar's approved. I am interested in how much of an obstacle having to see through a bird might be, heh.

I will, however, note that I have removed the four-move limit from Pokémon. I can potentially go into detail on how I intend that to work, but it doesn't matter, because Xatu won't actually be using any of those moves... right? Right, heh. So, um. Someone has used a Calm Mind TM on Xatu, apparently. Very well, then. He can chill sometimes if he so wishes, hah.

And okay, starter provided by Kalmia upon arrival. There we go.

@Ryuzaki I'm afraid the "Full" mark applies for any stranger of mine for now. Your interest is noted and I might message you at a later time, perhaps. But the new players that may be showing up now are from a collection of people I already know from somewhere else, where I have reason to believe they'll maybe stick around, or at least not disappear without telling me, hah.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Rune_Alchemist@Eklispe@Apollosarcher Ooooh. Very nicely posted, in such short time, too! The GM is pleased. And yupp, your words have been noted.

@Eisenhorn@Pirouette Now, then. You two were skipped in the last iteration. One of you gave me a note via PM that made me aware things might get difficult for you, thanks for that, but you did say you'd try to keep up here, or something along those lines. So, are you two intending on posting? A minimal-word answer here would be most appreciated.

Pokémon: Start

@Gardevoiran A blind trainer is kind of interesting. Wonder, should I still be describing how everything looks to him? Heh.

Anyways. We discussed the Xatu. Doesn't look like the plan is for Xatu to fly home immediately, anymore, hah. Still, it's more than just normal trainer fights I don't want Xatu interfering with. If so a villain came in trying to kidnap him, I'd like him to always rely on his own means and not have the Xatu interfere in any way, shape or form, which sounds unlikely, hah. Anyways, that aside.

I do let the trainers pick their own starter. Xatu here is not your starter. Would you like to create your starter?

Oh, and the company I was referring to wasn't necessarily Garde alone, I'll note, heh.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@MadManMoon Safebooru's where I go. It's relatively safe.

Pokémon: Start

Yeah, there we go. After what was discussed a bit on discord through PMs, Claire's now in two places so we don't have to stop the battle but Claire can adventure on while Pirouette might be on hiatus for a bit, yeah. She sent me a PM about that a while ago, so, yeah. Rune said ancient forests was right up Claire's alley, so sure, go for it, heh.

Pokémon: Start

@Pirouette (Do continue the battle any way you can, when you can. In the meantime, Claire’s going to be at two places at once while we’re unsure of your status. Any levels, Pokémon or items she gets after your battle won’t suddenly appear to help her in the battle, heh.)

@Rune_Alchemist

After the battle, we assume for now, Claire went and got her Pokémon healed. Then, she had to consider what to do…

Suggestions to actions, Stillwood Village

1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in cities~
2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such.
3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas.
4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
6. Notable Places. Visit any of the places in the city!
6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon.
6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things.
6.3. Pokémon Gym. ???
6.4. Herb Store. Selling bitter medicine that is very good for your Pokémon!
6.5. Flower Shop. For decoration and for pleasant smells, the flower shop has the best selection in Isson!
6.6. Berry Garden. Allows trainers to rent earth to plant their own berries. New trainers gets a kit to start them off!
6.7. Treehouse Arena. Even forest-people want to battle it out sometimes. Lots of berries as prices~
6.8. Ancient Woods. An older part of the forest. Dangerous, but said to hold a link to the past. There are large old rocks here. What more could they hold?

Connected areas:
Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City.
Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.

Stillwood Village, known Pokémon

Common:
#44 Oddish
#187 Hoppip
#188 Skiploom
#285 Shroomish
#315 Roselia
#406 Budew

Uncommon:
#45 Gloom

Rare:

… and one way or another she ended up heading towards the ancient woods, according to what has been discussed. As such, she headed towards where Stillwood Village ended, but Stillwood Forest continued…

Now arriving to

Ancient Stillwoods

Perhaps once upon a time people had a settlement here. Regardless, it was a long time ago and now nature had reclaimed this place many times over. A pathway can be taken past ancient rocks, but here stands even more ancient trees. Alike in Stillwood Village, the trees cover up the overhead so little light comes through, but there is enough light to see. The place is thich with trees, ruins, moss and rocks. Navigating can be a challenge, but fortunately the forest here is not particularly deep. However, the inexperienced would be advised against trying to engage any of the Pokémon around here… and to perhaps bring a gas-mask, because the air is so thick with pollen that some people might have trouble breathing.

Claire walks into the thick forest, every step of the way the air becoming thicker with spores. If she was even the slightest allergic, she’d be finding that out now. There were old ruins in the way, old rocks placed in arcs and revealing the sites of old buildings, but aside from that there were big, beautiful flowers spread across the forest floor. Hopefully Claire would realize to scan them before she did anything stupid, and hopefully Ralia would warn ahead of time that these were flowers with emotions lying in wait, otherwise.

Pokédex Entry #45 – Vileplume, the Flower Pokémon. It is said to have the world’s largest petals, they’re heavy with toxins and spores and difficult to hold up. As it walks, the petals flap and scatters extremely allergenic and toxic pollen. It lures prey in with its pretty petals and douses it in toxic spores, then simply waits for them to be immobilized before moving in and devouring them.

Other than that, there were larger green Pokémon with bouquets in their hands walking around like they owned the place, glancing occasionally towards Claire, or blue Pokémon drifting in the air hitting into tree after tree, as well as Brelooms that were either practicing or just hanging about. These were all the evolved versions of the Pokémon usually seen in Stillwood Village, and they saw no reason to hide here.

Pokédex Entry #407 – Roserade, the Bouquet Pokémon. It lures prey in with sweet aroma from its flowers, and then downs them with thorny whips hidden in its arms. In battle, it presents itself as if dancing, all while striking with whips lines with deadly toxins. It can also spew poison. The sweeter its toxin smells, the more potent it is.

Pokédex Entry #189 – Jumpluff, the Cottonweed Pokémon. It deftly controls its cotton-puff spores to float. Caught by seasonal winds, it lets itself be carried across the globe and spread their spores. Even in the fiercest of winds, it can control its fluff to make its way in any direction it wants, somehow. When it encounters cold air, it lands.

… These Jumpluffs had gotten themselves stuck in the trees, though.

Pokédex Entry #286 – Breloom, the Mushroom Pokémon. It lives in warm and humid climates feeding on trees and plants in fields or forests. It’s a powerful fighter, with light footwork and punches that stretch, it’s said to put pro boxers to shame. The seeds on its tail are poisonous and should not be eaten. It spreads poisonous spores from its head as it fights, taking advantage of the dazed opponent.

… As Claire could probably tell, these creatures were a bit too powerful for her to take on in her current state. Fortunately for her, they weren’t immediately hostile to humans, though the amount of times variations of the words “poison” and “toxic” were mentioned in the entries of those four Pokémon should give an indication of that staying in the area too long might not be overall healthy for just about anyone. There were reasons why Claire couldn’t see any other humans in here.

Regardless, there might be rare Pokémon hiding out in here, or perhaps she’s more interested in what she could find in the end of here? Regardless, she had some options. All with the assumption she'd be being careful with the local grass-type wildlife, of course.

Suggestions to actions

1. Search the area. Maybe find a Pokémon that isn’t immediately obvious, look for items or inspect the ruins for interesting things?
2. Train Pokémon. Just be aware that most things here can probably eat you alive.
3. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
4. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
5. Area Specific: Go Deeper. This ancient forest isn’t particularly deep. You could get to the end in moments if you ignore everything else. Question is, what’s there?

Connected areas:
Stillwood Village. Behind you.

Ancient Stillwood, known Pokémon

Common:
#45 Vileplume
#407 Roserade
#189 Jumpluff

Uncommon:
#286 Breloom

Rare:

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@ERode I seem to only count four perks on your character. You get five. The last one can be rolled on any of the tables.

You also seem to have as many Drawbacks as Benefits for your character. Each character gets a single universal benefit from the universal list for free, so you'll have one more benefit than drawbacks. Seeing how you already have picked some from the universal list, you could also pick an additional one from the Lesser Force benefit list, if you so find them fitting. I realize a sword might not normally be granting a lot of benefits in the kind of way that describes, but heh.

Maybe it was intentionally left like this or I am the one who's missing something, but I thought I'd mention.

Oh, and hello.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Creep

Sheila Hopkins

Villain’s Meeting
Visible

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Healer returned. Three of the Jacks were now surrounding Xolotl. The sensible one wanted him to reveal spies, Sheila doubted that would work, but still.

The man who had attacked the Rockers previously made a claim for the second vial, but of course he did. And he also claimed to not be part of any team, bullshit. You called a vial for Reflections. An anger and a fright went through Sheila. Him, absolutely not him, should be allowed to grant others powers. Him alone, except perhaps the mafia, Sheila knew for certain that amongst those present should not be allowed to get a vial. It occurred to Sheila she might be the only one who could prevent the vial from falling into his hands. He looked at her, Sheila saw him through her power. That was intentional. He still felt animosity towards them for what had happened. Meaning if he gained enough power, there was no way he wouldn’t take the Rockers apart at the seams. Sheila felt personally threatened. The Broker said the one to give the best deal would win it. Damn, that wasn’t good. Double what the Rockers could offer? How much money could this guy possibly have? He didn’t even have a team a little while ago!

The conversation went on in other directions. Someone mentioned that Xolotl was the Community’s strongest enforcer.

‘I remind that Patriarch has Sonika under his thumb. We’d do well to prepare for battle with her,’ Creep said, naturally out of personal worry. That’s how she spoke best, when she worried about something.

They were each speaking of things that each faction could do. Sheila felt she had to stick something into it, to say what the Rockers could do… but that wasn’t a worry. She was worried she couldn’t say anything, and that wasn’t something she could say. Hence she ended up quiet, thinking of ways to say that they had some brute force. She ended up quiet too long, and Broker picked up the conversation again. Okay, it seemed like he had something new to say… at least he did until his phone gave an alert. He looked at it, and then looked at… her?

Then he went and said that.

Ceramix and Shatterpoint has been apprehended by the Protectorate, in an attack she wasn’t aware of.

Sheila’s eyes widened in stunned silence, sitting absolutely still while having turned her head to look at the Broker. Fortunately, her blindfold and mask prevented anyone from seeing her stunned expression, which was the intention behind the mask.

She always knew they’d likely not last long, but… This was… unexpectedly devastating to her. She needed them for her in on the villain community. Without them, she’d simply go back to being a common thief again that occasionally chased bad guys. Without them… she was nothing?

The Broker’s pun was not appreciated, and caused Creep to breathe out a bit in annoyance. At least it seemed she’d be getting the vial for free, which was a slight comfort, she supposed.

But… what was she even going to do now?

She was helpless, without any guidance, with no power backing her, most of the Rockers didn’t even know she existed. How could she possibly-

"My deepest condolences. To think that your capable leadership fell to a gathering of Denver's greatest heroes is truly mind boggling,"

HE spoke to her. Oh, god, why did HE speak to her right now? Don’t think she didn’t detect the sarcasm, despite his tone she was sure he was positively quivering in joy within. She was busy trying to get back from utter panic, she didn’t need him talking as if trying to help-

"I would be willing to help you get your organization reformed and back in operation. We need all the teamwork we can get after all."

Creep’s head threw around at a speed unseen this evening until now to stare at Swarm, fortunately her expression masked because she would have been completely unable to hide her current emotions.

DON’T YOU DARE TRY IT!

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!

POWER-STARVING SWINE!

YOU’RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE!

TO FOLD US INTO YOUR NEW TEAM!

IT’S ALL A PLOY FOR YOUR TAKEOVER!

WRETCH! CROOK! LIKE HELL I AM LETTING YOU-!?

‘Bold words, Mr. Swarm, coming from the one who invaded our base and threatened to kill us if we didn’t submit to your dominance,’ Creep said, tranquil fury in her voice.

‘Still, I suppose I could use your help getting our base back in order…’ she said, her tone whimsical, leaning back a little.

‘… Seeing how you did such an excellent job decorating our floor.’

She turned her head towards the Broker, and stood up to match his height.

‘The gesture is appreciated. Now I offer you, as the currently highest ranking free parahuman of the Rockers, to-’ Creep hesitated for just a moment. ‘- cooperate with your organization, share information and partake in jobs suggested for at least a month ahead, longer if we find it to be a profitable venture. You can borrow our manpower and parahumans, expecting little in return. You can pay us what you want, as long as my men are happy. I think that’ll make itself profitable in the end. After all, unlike what Mr. Swarm seems to think…’ Creep did not look at Swarm. ‘… Money is not really something you really have use of in such meager amounts, is it?’ So she declared, looking directly to the Broker. That… was her appeal.

To use an organization she didn’t care much for anymore, to get closer to a greater threat.

The greater threat being, of course, the man who has the power to create more villains.

Her premise kind of leaned on that the Broker was interested in her services if she got two more parahumans. That said, if she got the vials, there was no chance in hell the people receiving the vials would be members of the Rockers.

Pokémon: Start

@Joshua Tamashii@Eklispe Does this mean I get to post, soon? Oh, boy! :D

So Joshua's coming along? Well, if you're both fine with that, then so am I. I just mostly don't want him solving all their problems for them, but eh, at this point, I'm feeling a little more lax on those rules. A little. Heh.

On another note, we might be getting more company soon.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Rune_Alchemist@Pirouette@Eisenhorn@Eklispe@Apollosarcher

Decided to go ahead with that. There we go. Most of the ones involved in the take-down will now be fairly close to level-up. Anyways.

I waited too long before just going ahead there. Now I just went with "assumed action" which I thought made the most sense. However, it would be appreciated if @Eisenhorn could say anything now, seeing how Voss is the one who could potentially open the door to Romilda's cell, so the rest knows that's a potential option. Of course, what you do in general is completely up to you all, feel free to have an argument, haha.

That's about that. Now to prepare the next map.