Pokepunk: Somar. Recruitment, Worldbuilding, and OOC

[Rater202]

sorry for the delay.

My intent here is that it's not actually that hard to escape in the circumstances because there's something very important going very wrong.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

"C'mon ya big pile of goop, come at me. Nyeh, I bet your mother was a clean-smelling ditto and your brother was a psychic type."

Best part of this is that it’s actually possible.

[Lord Raziere]

Best part of this is that it’s actually possible.

Yeah. Though, its also kind of dark, because uuh...it makes perfect sense for organizations like Team Rocket or mega-corps like this focused on profit over caring to start pokemon breeding facilities where they just take pokemon and breed them with dittos to produce their own supply of them to either sell or use as tools, to people who don't want to catch pokemon themselves either because its more convenient or because they want something bred a specific way, so Rachel knows exactly what she is implying here.

But yeah. generally calling a pokemon's mother a ditto is the easiest and quickest way to insult them, because it has all sorts of sordid implications.

Future antagonist idea: instead of direct pursuit by the corporation's goons, perhaps for a time they hire trainers willing to catch the hybrids for them, giving some variety, which will include some common trainer archetypes you see in the games.

[Rater202]

You all understood that conversation, by the way.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Hello, everybody still here?

[Rater202]

Hello, everybody still here?

I'm waiting on a response from gmoyes. Gonna give it another day or two.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Thought about trying to set off the fire suppression system but I’m not sure how having everything soaking wet will help anyone but Pendra.

[Rater202]

Thought about trying to set off the fire suppression system but I’m not sure how having everything soaking wet will help anyone but Pendra.

Well, for one, violet is a firetype.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Well, for one, violet is a firetype.

Right, so, less reason to set off the fire suppression system.

[Rater202]

gmoyes, are you still with us?

[Rater202]

So, there are two options here.

You can try and head to civilization, or you can try and find shelter in the forest.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

So, there are two options here.

You can try and head to civilization, or you can try and find shelter in the forest.

So Violet would not be in favor of burning the forest down? (I'm teasing if it's not obvious.)

I don't have a strong opinion either way, nor I believe does Pendra. If we stay put I feel we put the odds of PoBURI finding us up, since there will be obvious signs we crash-landed in the vicinity. If we go our odds of running into trouble in the dark go up.

(I'm admittedly making the assumption here that anything living in the immediate vicinity either fled or is hiding, and moreover is not dangerous enough to threaten us or it would have done so already. Feel free to poke holes in my logic.)

Pendra can see any obvious physical obstacles, point out upper- or lower-case 'b' Berries, Pokemon that aren't hiding or invisible etc, but as was pointed out IC, one of the common types here can do exactly that.

I guess I should ask, does poison wear off in this game? If Rogue's going to die without a Pecha Berry, then I would change my vote to 'get moving' and hope to spot something useful.

[MCerberus]

There is an npc in the area, if the group wants to try and shake him down for supplies somehow. Rogue would probably vote for laying low

[Rater202]

I'm gonna rule that Poison doesn't wear off on it's own but also won't make you faint outside of battle, and... Well, know how going home and sleeping works the same as a pokemon center? Same applies for anykind of sleep. Just for convenience.

and, we might be going darker than Pokemon normally gets, but not that dark. Fainting is the worst that happens unless you specify that you're trying to go for lethal.

Sorry it took me so long to answer that.

[MCerberus]

sorry for the delay work and stuff all exploded at once

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Rachel comes screaming back chased by ghosts in 3, 2, 1…

[MCerberus]

Would we want the group to run across not-professor Cyprus at this point or continue on in the shared-misery bubble?

[Rater202]

Would we want the group to run across not-professor Cyprus at this point or continue on in the shared-misery bubble?

Okay, what are you referring to here?

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Okay, what are you referring to here?

I’m assuming he means this guy:

Spoiler: Adjunct Cyprus

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Name: Charles Cyprus
Age: 38
Profession: Pokemon Researcher

History: A native of Unova, Cyprus is mainly known for his study on disaster pokemon migration after the Kyurem incident. Due to his fatalistic tone and slightly unpleasant specialty of studying disasters, he finds himself perpetually stuck in his career right before he is able to put down roots and create a permanent institute. He may be a downer but is generally helpful if you can get past his awkward phrasing. Somar has recently caught his attention as the waves of pokemon introductions provides an analog to a rapid series of environment disruptions. Cyprus is currently studying the regional forest pokemon formes. He seems to get along with them.

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I'm considering giving Pendra a background in hydroponics. Rater is that going to smash anything to bits?

[Rater202]

Hydroponics background is probably ine.

MCerberus, are you still with us?

[MCerberus]

Hydroponics background is probably ine.

MCerberus, are you still with us?

I'm here, kind of wondering if we ever got an answer if we want to keep the group isolated or introduce Cyprus as above.

[Rater202]

I know I approve Cyprus... But the only people allowed in this forest, legally, are people employed by the corporation.

So he wouldn't be here. He'd be in some other forest in the region.

Plenty of unmapped space to place one.

[MCerberus]

I know I approve Cyprus... But the only people allowed in this forest, legally, are people employed by the corporation.

So he wouldn't be here. He'd be in some other forest in the region.

Plenty of unmapped space to place one.

Alright makes sense, the reason he was initially slated to be around this area was comedy relief in him dealing with/potentially getting along with the murder trees.

[Rater202]

If we don't figure something out soon, I'm gonna try and give the game a kick in the pants to get things moving.

[Lord Raziere]

well I do have one idea: how do you all feel about being offered a "deal with the devil" like situation with the abra-scientist guy who made you all pokemon hybrids in the first place, and knows teleport and thus could teleport you to the nearest town in exchange for something you promise him?

[Kareeah_Indaga]

well I do have one idea: how do you all feel about being offered a "deal with the devil" like situation with the abra-scientist guy who made you all pokemon hybrids in the first place, and knows teleport and thus could teleport you to the nearest town in exchange for something you promise him?

Are we sure we want to go directly to town, given that we’re obviously not human at this point?

[Rater202]

well I do have one idea: how do you all feel about being offered a "deal with the devil" like situation with the abra-scientist guy who made you all pokemon hybrids in the first place, and knows teleport and thus could teleport you to the nearest town in exchange for something you promise him?

Well, given the lack of response I'm gonna go with no.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

If no one comes up with an alternate plan by Wednesday Pendra’s going to panic and bolt. (…Or try to, seeing as we’re apparently surrounded.)

[Holy-hunter]

Has this got room one more?

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Rater just FYI I’m waiting on the feedback for MCerberus’ action because as-is I may as well flip a coin as far as picking a direction.