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Johto Adventures Meme
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First, what is your name? |
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☙ Post your characters
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| Who Are You? |
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☆ 1. Trainer:
Trainers! This is pretty straight-forward, Trainers raise Pokémon, battle Pokémon, and have a duty to keep their Pokémon safe and healthy. They can specialize in capturing, so they may know a lot more about things like which Apricots make which PokéBalls than you do. They arguably get the most attention from the Pokémon world, and for good reason! How flashy are Pokémon battles, have you seen one? So cool! Trainers often are travelers, going all around the region and beyond capturing and training their Pokémon, tackling other trainers and Gym Leaders, and some have the rumored PokéDex, a rare item given to only a few special Trainers. Are you one of those lucky few? ☆ 2. Coordinator: Ever since Contests were brought over from Hoenn, Coordinators started popping up everywhere. Contests are the time to shine for your Pokémon in the five categories of Coolness, Beauty, Cuteness, Cleverness, and Toughness! You can feed them PokéBlocks made from Berries to help raise their condition. Accessories and outfits haven't caught on in Johto yet, but maybe someday they will! For now, the Goldenrod Contest Hall, once two empty buildings now converted into one, is the place to be for any aspiring Coordinator going for that Normal, Super, Hyper, or coveted Master Ribbon. Don't forget, though, you're fully capable of battling, too, if that floats your boat. ☆ 3. Breeder: A Breeder's primary concern is the wellbeing of Pokémon. They study nutrition, behavior, and, of course, breeding habits. They're experts (or experts to-be) at breeding Egg Moves and Natures, and in some cases are working to preserve a species of Pokémon that may be facing population troubles. A secret group of Breeders have the task of breeding Starter Pokémon in a secret place, ooooo. Breeders will hatch, care for, and raise Pokémon as their life's passion. Some do battling and Contests on the side, too! You can find Breeders at the Goldenrod Daycare Center helping out the old couple who owns it, or just anywhere in Johto. ☆ 4. Ranger: Rangers are employees of the Ranger Union, located in Blackthorn City, and are dedicated to protecting the lives of Pokémon and humans. They befriend Pokémon, either wild or captured, to aid them on their Ranger Missions. You'll meet with other Rangers at Ranger Bases, which is where your Missions will mostly come from. Bases are located in Violet City and Ecruteak City. There's also Ranger School, located in Goldenrod City, which you'll have to go through before become a Ranger. Thank you for your help! ☆ 5. Leader: If anyone is more hyped than the Trainer, it's the Gym Leader. Gym Leaders are awesome, they're strong and tough, they have the best Pokémon around! Weird that they get tougher as you go along the map, or less tough if you go backwards, but that's not the point. Each Leader specializes in one type of Pokémon, but sometimes there's a curveball in there somewhere. Hm? There are already 8 Gym Leaders in Johto? Well they need a break sometimes, and new generations happen, don't they? Maybe you're a substitute, or you've taken up the mantle. Have you kept the traditional typing or did you change it up? ☆ 6. Rocket: Something's happened here and a Rocket's at the root. Haven't you been forced into the shadows again and again enough? Team Rocket has had it rough the past decade, being defeated by Red and then again by the GSC trio. But it seems like parts of them struggle on, determined to do crime, no matter how petty. It's not usually the Ranger's duty to clean up after Rocket's, but maybe some trouble just crosses over. Are you stealing Pokémon again? Items? Cheating at the Game Corner? Or just causing a general ruckus? Whatever it is, you're up to no good or...are you? |
| What Will You Do? |
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☆ 1. Explore:
Forests! Caves! Ruins! There's so much to explore! There's also just the regular paths between cities and towns, nothing wrong with exploring those. You can cut down small trees, move and crush rocks, headbutt and shake trees, surf the waves, and ride your bike to get into every nook and cranny your heart desires! The world is an open place and you're welcome to explore the great outdoors. Oh, there's also the cities and towns themselves! There's tons of history within them, feel free to talk to the locals about it and ask about where the best place to eat is. Maybe there's something fun to do in each town, Goldenrod is definitely full, all you gotta do is look around. ☆ 2. Capture: Whether you gotta catch 'em all or this is part of a conservation effort or something else, it's time to capture some Pokémon! Think carefully about where you are, what level your Pokémon is versus what you think (or know) the other Pokémon is, and you'll know which type of PokéBall to use! You have your many options made from Apricots by Kurt in Azalea Town, or your tried and true store-bought ones. Maybe you even have a legendary Master Ball, look at you! No matter how you're capturing, it's time to get ready for a battle! But, hey, maybe you're actually befriending a Pokémon and not even battling it. ☆ 3. Evolve: Your Pokémon is evolving! Pokémon evolve in so many ways: leveling up, trading, evolution stones, convoluted "have to level up near a specific rock", level up during a certain time of day, with enough friendship, with enough affection--it's a lot! How is your Pokémon evolving? Is it exciting? Are you going to stop it? Was this expected or did it catch you completely off guard? Alternatively, you could have finally found that Everstone you've been looking for to give your Pokémon to hold to keep it from evolving for as long as it's carrying it. Up to you: will you take your Pokémon's evolution into your own hands or let nature take its course? ☆ 4. Compete: Comp--etition! Comp-comp-etition! There are so many ways to compete! There are...two! But, honestly, there are probably smaller types of competitions that smaller groups have made up out there. One of the big two is the Gym Leader Challenge; while you don't directly compete with other trainers, you kind of do. There's a tension between trainers when they're showing off their badges to each other, and you can't even have above a certain level of Pokémon without certain badges, or use certain HMs. At then end of your journey you'll be hitting up the Pokémon League, but that's top tier stuff. The other competition is the most showy one--Contests! Get ready to train your Pokémon in the right moves and feed them PokéBlocks to up their Coolness, Beauty, Cuteness, Cleverness, and Toughness stats. You're aiming for those Normal, Super, Hyper and Master Ribbons, get to it! ☆ 5. Collect: There's plenty of things to collect! Berries and Apricots can be collected and used to make other things, so be sure to keep an eye out for those as you're wandering around the route paths. You can collect PokéBalls if you want, they're pretty cool and it only takes one Apricot to make one Ball. Plus, there are some Balls that are super hard to find, so good luck getting those Premier Balls! There's of course collecting Pokémon to complete your PokéDex, good luck with that, too. And, finally, new to Johto: trading cards! The Pokémon Trading Card Game has finally come over from Kanto and has landed in Johto, what good news! Collect booster packs from any PokéMart, decks and individuals from one of the Goldenrod Department Store's floors, and battle or trade with your friends! ☆ 6. Call: The old Pokégears looked like flip phones, but now they look more like smart phones. They still can't do much, though; they can call, use a detailed map (very detailed, down to the Goldenrod Department Store floors), catch the radio, tell the time...pretty basic stuff! However its new apps include pick-up order apps, so you can place your PokéMart orders for pick-up before you get there! But that's not the point of this block, I just wanted to include that. The point here is calling! Call your friends! You have all this memory space for phone numbers, why not save as many as you can? Save every PokéCenter just in case you need help, maybe every other trainer you meet who might want a rematch later in your journey or who has a knack for finding extra Water Stones and wants to give them away. And don't forget to call whoever you left behind in your hometown--they probably miss you. |
| How Do You Know Each Other? |
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☆ 1. Hometown:
You two go way back! Or maybe not that far back, but you're from the same hometown! Did one of you leave and come back? Or did both of you leave and run into each other out there? There's probably a lot to catch up on, whatever your situation is! ☆ 2. Traveling: Meeting new friends on the road is always fun, and not just Pokémon ones! You've decided to travel together, how's that going for you? Are you sharing a tent along the way or keeping to yourselves? Are you both trainers or do you both have different courses in life? Do your Pokémon get along? ☆ 3. Strangers: You've never met this person before in your life! What are they doing here? Where are you? What's going on? ☆ 4. Rivals: Competing against others is fun and all, but what about against just one specific person? Yeah, that's right, your rival. It can be a friendly rivalry, a bitter rivalry, a hateful rivalry, or something between the lines. You two have it out for each other in the best or worst way possible, have fun! ☆ 5. Teammates: Team Rocket is the obvious team here, but Rangers can work in teams sometimes, too! But mostly it's Rockets. There aren't many of you left, so you have to stick together! Hopefully. Ideally. ☆ 6. Co-Workers: Rangers, Breeders, PokéMart and Game Corner employees--there are tons of jobs out there in Johto and everyone has a co-worker! Are missions coming in faster than you can keep up with? Are trainers making ridiculous Egg Move demands of you? Are customers just...like that? Really though, even in Pokémon world customers are just gonna be Like That, unfortunately for the regular employees of Johto, except now they have creatures going along with it. |
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A world of dreams and adventures with Pokémon awaits! Let's go! |
Ryou
Date: 2021-04-19 08:56 am (UTC)As a Trainer he doesn't do a whole lot of battling, just enough to keep himself and his team fed and healthy. He doesn't have much of an interest in the gym challenge, though he did take on the Violet Gym and win so he has the one badge. He likes to wander around, study the Ruins of Alph (he'd like to catch an Unown but they're just a little too slippery), and interact with as many spooky things in Johto as he can. Ryou rotates his walking Pokémon between his Haunter and Duskull mostly equally, favoring his Haunter despite his size.
As a Coordinator he's regarded as a little odd for his choice in Pokémon, but mostly on account of like...they're creepy ghosts and most people don't really show those off like he does. But Ryou's here to just give it a shot since he noticed his Pokémon know a lot of Smart moves.
extremely unlikely coordinators party
Date: 2021-04-22 01:24 pm (UTC)[His Banette has decided that letting her contest opponents out of her sight is absolutely unacceptable, and she screeches at him any time he tries to remove her from the staging room. Not even a regular scream, the kind that qualifies as a combat move.]
[So, that's where he's at right now. He really needs to piss before they actually have to go on stage in 20 minutes, and he can't bring her with him or leave her, because the little bastard isn't above sabotaging her competition left unsupervised. He needs someone to watch her, but that is going to be a big ask from anyone who was in the room when she was screaming her horrible little head off.]
[Except-- thank whatever god has decided they don't hate Eddie after all, because someone just walked in with another ghost pokemon. Ryou, I hope you're ready to be approached by an underdressed but very handsome stranger holding a Banette at arms length. She has a huge pink bow around her neck and is absolutely covered in glitter.]
Hi, I don't know you, but I will pay you if you'll watch her for like, five minutes.
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Date: 2021-05-11 10:02 am (UTC)A few doubles, that's alright. We're just starting out.
[He pockets his booster pack pull and looks the clock on his PokéGear. Still a while until the Smart contest. He's not usually around the contest hall so early but he has nothing else better to do. They can watch the other contests if anything, that's not such a bad idea.]
[What he's not expecting is to be met with a Banette and a frantic man as soon as he walks in.]
H-huh? I--uh--s-sure?
[He holds Banette at about half an arms length because he doesn't know her and he's very, very confused. He's probably got glitter all over his shirt. His Haunter is cackling.]
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Date: 2021-05-14 02:03 pm (UTC)Thank you, I need to piss like a Rapidash, I will be right back.
[He rushes out of the staging area, leaving Ryou holding his haunted doll. She squints at him for a second, glances over at the Haunter, glances back at Ryou, and seemingly decides they aren't a threat. She wiggles contentedly and attempts to strike a pose for attention, shedding more glitter onto Ryou's hands and the floor.]
[True to his word, Eddie isn't gone for more than a few minutes, scrambling back into the room with his hands still wet from the bathroom sink.]
Oh my god, thank you, seriously, you are a life saver.
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Date: 2021-05-23 02:23 pm (UTC)You're quite...decorated, aren't you?
[When Eddie returns Ryou takes him in and hands Banette back over to him.]
Of...course. Glad to help.
[Now that his hands are free he can start trying to swipe at the glitter but it's almost no use, and his Haunter knows it; he's losing his fucking mind laughing. Ryou has long given up trying to stop him during his fits so he just kind of lets him be.]
You're a contestant...?
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Date: 2021-06-16 05:51 pm (UTC)[She responds well enough to being reclaimed by her trainer, slapping his face lightly with her floppy, glitter-coated hands and squeak-screaming. Eddie sighs and gives her a quick hug, then lets her wiggle in his arms so she can look around. She'll just scream if she can't see.]
Yeah, I am! Or, well, she is. She throws a fit if I don't let her be cute.
[He grins, too pleased to have been rescued to really care that Ryou is visibly off balance.]
Ghosts aren't my specialty, but she was my mom's and I'm the only one she likes now. I really appreciate the help.