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September Plotting & CR Post

September Plotting & CR Post

Hello everyone! It's time for the announcement and plotting post for September!

OOC Housekeeping

The Zodiac Network Post will go up September 1st, with a midmonth post going up September 15th. The event log will be posted September 4th.
If you haven't already, please remember to check in for activity! Activity is due by the end of the month!
Just a reminder for anyone who hasn't joined yet, but we have a game discord for current players! It's completely optional to join, but come in and say hi!

World Changes

Clockie Cartoons are now on TV!
Diabolos, Shining, Shield Breaker 3, and Odin Gem Quartz can be purchased for your ARCUS!
Murasame and Mayhem Elemental Gems can be purchased for your Soul Device!
Evasion Rings are now in jewelery stores.
TM Protect can be purchased for your Pokemon
Vibrava are now found flying around Kaisou!
Den Den Mushi are now found in Kaisou!

More details about world changes can be found on the World Changes page.

Side quests
Side quests for September are now available! You can no longer sign up for August side quests as of this post, but you're welcome to turn them in for August until the last day of the month. Afterwards, turning them in will count for the month that you've turned them in.

POKEGO Update
POKEGO, your vibing time is over.

With the several new apprentices that have joined POKEGO, the organization decided it'd be fun to have a camping trip into the Kanto realm over Labor Day weekend. Unfortunately, this will go horribly wrong when they get kidnapped by fae. It happens!

As always, you can check out updates to the PICHU facility here and information about Cygnus Academy here.

Zodiac Update
Sorry you don't get to vibe either.

During the month of September, the Zodiac employees will get assigned to help with an incident in Stardew Valley. They do have the option of helping out with the POKEGO-Kanto realm too, but yeah- another month of unhappy tasks.

Black Order Update
Some of you can vibe.

With the defeat of the Unyielding, there's a lot of unanswered questions about your future lying ahead. Many of the characters will be deciding if they want to remain with the Order or not.

During the month of September, any character that chooses to leave the Order can switch to Ronin status without it taking up your ronin character slot. If you intend to have your character leave the Order, fill out the leaving the Black Order form on the Changing Faction page.

Basically September is going to be treated as a month for the Black Order to get affairs in order! Missions will resume in October.

City Events
Since September is a wind month, expect there to be a lot of windy days! Fortunately besides that, the weather is pretty mild thanks to seasons switching into autumn as the month progresses.

For those looking for something fun to do, the hot air balloon festival is happening! Otherwise there's a spike in supernatural crime- oops!

Spirit Realm Events: Coral Island and Johto Region
Since the past couple months have been pretty intense event wise, September is going to be a much more laid back and lighter affair. Instead of introducing a brand new realm, we'll be updating a couple of the Stable Gates with new areas and small optional events! The two realms we're focusing on is Stardew Valley and Kanto.

In Stardew Valley, characters will be asked to help out their island neighbors over at Coral Island! Coral Island has been dealing with a pollution problem caused by Tarr Slimes that have managed to find their way into the realm via dimensional tears. This means not only is Coral Island now an accessible location for characters going forward, but slimes from Slime Rancher will now be available to farm and/or keep as pets. There will be three breeds available at the start (Pink, Tabby and Phosphor), with the others unlockable in Gacha Goodwill.

Meanwhile in the Kanto Realm, a land bridge has been discovered that will now make the Johto Region accessible to explore! Yay! Unfortunately, the Fae have also discovered this and have decided to hold a Pokéathlon - with you guys as the Pokemon. Or in other words, we are unlocking the option for characters to change into Pokemon.

How it'll work will be like this:

While in the Kanto-Johto Realm, characters will be able to turn into any kind of pokemon you want as long as it's not a legendary pokemon. There will be no charge for this.

While in their Pokemon form, they will not have access to their usual abilities. Instead, they will have access to 4 pokemon moves. The Pokemon moves must be one that the pokemon breed you choose can learn by leveling (but as long as it meets that criteria, go ahead and pick anything you want). These four moves will free of charge while in the Kanto/Johto Region.

If you wish to use your Pokemon form outside of the Kanto-Johto realm, you can do so by paying regain points. Currently what's available are mostly aesthetic, with plans to add abilities at a later date once the mod team figures out how to implement the hellscape that is Pokemon abilities.

Once you've decided what kind of Pokemon you want to be and the four moves you want (though you can also skip this part if you don't intend to do a pokemon battle), comment down below!

ETA: The Kanto-Johto part of the plot is NOT limited to just POKEGO! Basically some members of POKEGO went on a camping trip over labor day weekend into Kanto, got kidnapped, and now everyone else on the app is going to their rescue when they realize they haven't come back... only to get kidnapped yourselves oops! Characters are welcome to either join the rescue party or honestly just wander into this mess all by themselves. People can turn into pokemon either by getting caught by the fae... or eating suspicious looking berries lying around the realm.

Plotting Comment
Feel free to use this form below to set up any plotting for the month!

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Got a question about this event? Ask them here!

A couple things!

Is the getting turned into pokemon going to be strictly limited to this month's event, or will it continue to be a potential hazard for characters to get hit with in the future?

If a character gets turned into a 'mon that's capable of evolution (like bulbasaur or growlithe) would they potentially be able to evolve if they meet the requirements? (i.e. getting stronger, being exposed to one of the stones, etc)

Is it safe to assume that paradox pokemon and ultra beasts are all off-limits along with the legendaries?

~~would you like any ideas/help with the implementing abilities thing because I've uh. spent way WAY too much time thinking about this sort of thing before aslkjakljsdf~~

1. It'll continue to be a potential hazard! At least for anyone who decides to eat berries in the Kanto-Johto realm.

2. Things like evolution and how those would work will be decided at a later time along with the pokemon powers. For now, you are welcome to pick a pokemon that's later on its evolutionary line (for example, someone could pick to be a Venusaur for this plot) and that'd be fine!

3. Ultra Beasts would count as legendaries since you can typically only catch one or so of each type in their respective games, so yeah those are off the table. As for the paradox pokemon, I think the ones that aren't considered legendaries (so ones like Scream Tail or Iron Bundle) and can be caught in large quantities in the crater would be fine!

And finally thank you for the offer! When the time comes we may reach out to you and the other players for ideas. At this point in time though, the mod team really needs a rest after running the really involved summer plot, so that'll be much further down the road before we decide to tackle the project. Thanks though!

If you want to have you character change into a pokemon for the Kanto-Johto part of the plot, fill out the form here!

Character Name: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Pokemon: Komala
Moves: c/ping the move descriptions from Bulbapedia
- Yawn (Makes the target yawn and fall asleep next turn.)
- Sucker Punch (This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the foe is not readying an attack, however.)
- Rapid Spin (The user performs a spin attack that can also eliminate the effects of such moves as Bind, Wrap, and Leech Seed. This also boosts the user's Speed stat.)
- Flail (The user flails about aimlessly to attack. It becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.)

Edited (missed the bit about only moves obtained via leveling up!) 2024-09-04 18:09 (UTC)

Character Name: Ace D. Portgas
Pokemon: Cinderace
Moves: Pyro Ball - The user attacks by igniting a small stone and launching it as a fiery ball at the target. This may also leave the target with a burn.
Headbutt - The user sticks out its head and attacks by charging straight into the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Quick Attack - The user lunges at the target to inflict damage, moving at blinding speed. This move always goes first.
Bounce - The user bounces up high on the first turn, then drops onto the target on the next turn. This may also leave the target with paralysis.

Character Name: Jun Kohinata
Pokemon: Sylveon
Moves:
- Quick Attack: a speedy normal attack
- Baby Doll Eyes: Lowers attacks of enemies by looking cute
- Misty Terrain: Creates a field of pink mist that increases fairy-type attacks
- Moonblast: Kill people with the power of the moon.

Character Name: Varian
Pokemon: Zigzagoon
Moves:
- ~~Pocket sand~~ Sand Attack - Reduces the foe's accuracy by hurling sand in its face.
- Covet - Cutely begs to obtain an item held by the foe.
- Pin Missile - Sharp pins are fired to strike 2 to 5 times.
- Double-Edge - A reckless, life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user.

Character Name: Yuuki
Pokemon: Skitty (Shiny)
Moves: Disarming Voice (uses his voices and will always hit the opponent unless they are temporarily invulnerable)
Fury Swipes (uses claws to hit someone 2-5 times)
Sing (sings and puts the opponent to sleep)
Play Rough (attacks)

Character Name: Yasuho Hirose
Pokemon: Shiny Deerling (Summer Coat)
Moves: From the level-up learnset here.

Camouflage • Changes the pokemon's current type according to the terrain. Normal Type Status Move- Blend in with the surroundings!
Double Kick • A attack that strikes twice; the pokemon kicks hard in succession. Fighting Type Physical Move.
Aromatherapy • Cures all pokemon in the party of Status Conditions (Sleep, Poison, Paralysis, Freeze, Burn). Grass Type Status Move. Recuria, but Pokemon.
Nature Power • An attack that changes typing according to the terrain. ('Moves' on chart are animations; the power of this attack does not change) 'Normal' Type Special Attack Move.

Character Name: Acheron
Pokemon: Ceruledge
Moves: c/ping from Serebii!
- Night Shade (The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.)
- Bitter Blade (The user focuses its bitter feelings toward the world of the living into a slashing attack. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.)
- Helping Hand (The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack.)
- X-Scissor (The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes, claws, or the like as if they were a pair of scissors.)

Character Name: Dan Heng
Pokemon: Dragonair
Moves:
-Dragon Dance (Raises attack and speed by one stage per use)
-Dragon Rush (Deals moderate damage with 20% chance to flinch/stun, and deals massive damage with unerring accuracy if the target used an ability to make themselves smaller, i.e. Minimize)
-Aqua Tail (Deals moderate water damage with 90% accuracy)
-Safeguard (Prevents status effects, except when purposefully inflicted. He can't prevent stupid)

Character Name: Jing Yuan
Pokemon: Zorua
Moves:
- Agility (The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. This sharply boosts its Speed stat.)
- Shadow Claw (The user attacks by slashing the target with a sharp claw made from shadows. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.)
- Dark Pulse (The user releases a horrible aura imbued with ill intent. This may also make the target flinch.)
- Shadow Ball (The user attacks by hurling a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.)

Character Name: Blade
Pokemon: Poochyena
Moves:
- Bite (Bite has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.)
- Taunt (Taunt makes the afflicted Pokémon unable to use status moves. The effect wears off if the subject is switched out.)
- Crunch (Crunch does damage and has a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by one stage.)
- Take Down (Take Down inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ¼ of the damage done to the target.)

Character Name: Waver Velvet
Pokemon: Flygon
Moves:
-Dragon Breath (The user exhales a mighty gust that inflicts damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis.)
-Laser Focus (The user concentrates intensely. The attack on the next turn always results in a critical hit.)
-Earth Power (The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.)
-Dragon Rush (The user tackles the target while exhibiting overwhelming menace. This may also make the target flinch.)

Character Name: Noel Vermillion
Pokemon: Yamper
Moves:
Nuzzle: The user attacks by nuzzling its electrified cheeks against the target. This also leaves the target with paralysis.
Tail Whip: The user wags its tail cutely, making opposing Pokémon less wary. This lowers their Defense stats.
Charm: The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers the target's Attack stat.
Electro Ball: The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the damage.

maybe she'll just continue her education in columbia uni after all

Character Name: Dr. Ratio
Pokemon: Noctowl
Moves: Echoed Voice - A Normal-type damaging move that increases in power when used on consecutive turns
Confusion - A Psychic-type damaging move which may leave the opponent confused
Air Slash - A Flying-type damaging move which may cause the opponent to flinch
Moonblast - A Fairy-type damaging move which may reduce the opponent's special attack stat

Character Name: Sampo Koski
Pokemon: Nickit
Moves:
- TAUNT : Opponent cannot use status-category moves for three turns(tags).
- THIEF : Does low damage, but steals an item the opponent might be holding.
- NASTY PLOT: Takes a turn to think of a plan, raises attack power.
- ASSURANCE: Medium damage, but if it's used on a Pokemon that's already taken damage this turn, it does double damage.

Character Name: Vash the Stampede
Pokemon: Exeggutor (Alola Form)
Moves:
- BULLET SEED: Damage 2-5 times with seeds spat from the Pokemon's mouth.
- SYNTHESIS: Heals the target. More or less effective depending on the weather.
- EXTRASENSORY: Medium Damage inflicted by an odd, unseen power. It can cause the target to flinch and lose a turn.
- UPROAR: Creates a cacophany of noise for 3 turns. No Pokémon around the user will be able to sleep, and any sleeping Pokémon will be woken up.

Character Name: Byleth Eisner
Pokemon: Honedge
Moves:
- Shadow Sneak: (Ghost/Physical) The user extends its shadow and attacks the target from behind. This move always goes first.
- Swords Dance: (Normal/Status) A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply boosts the user's Attack stat.
- Sacred Sword: (Fighting/Physical) The user attacks by slicing with a sword. The target's stat changes don't affect the damage inflicted by this move.
- Metal Sound: (Steel/Status) A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat.

Character Name: Nito
Pokemon: Typhlosion (Hisuian)
Moves:
Hex - The user attacks with relentless intensity. This move's power is doubled if the target has a status condition.
Rollout - The user rolls into the target to deal damage, then becomes fixated on using this move.
Infernal Parade - The user attacks with myriad fireballs. This may also leave the target with a burn. This move's power is doubled if the target has a status condition.
Shadow Ball - The user hurls a shadowy blob at the target to deal damage. This may also lower the target's defensive stats.

Character Name: Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood
Pokemon: Indeedee (male)
Moves:
Fake Out - quickly startles opponent with a sudden attack and prevents them from attacking. Only works once at the start of battle.
Facade - A powerful attack that does more damage if the user is suffering a status effect.
Psyshock: A powerful psychic wave that targets the opponent's physical defenses.
Drain Punch: A medium attack that damages the opponent but heals the user.

Edited 2024-08-30 02:30 (UTC)

Character Name: Kni
Pokemon: Mawile
Moves:
- Crunch: The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs.
- Play Rough: The user attacks by playing rough with the target.
- Iron Head: The user slams the target with its steel-hard head.
- Baby-Doll Eyes: The user stares at the target with its baby-doll eyes. This lowers the target’s offensive stats.

Character Name: Beredvyn of Nal
Pokemon: Pidgeotto
Moves:
- Twister (Attacks with a small tornado that can hit airborne targets, also has a 20% chance of making target flinch)
- Feather Dance (Lowers enemy's attack power by enveloping them in feathers)
- Wing Attack (Just slaps the target around with wings)
- Tailwind (Increases speed for self and party members for 4 turns)

Character Name: Argenti
Pokemon: Comfey
Moves:
Giga Drain - A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.
Draining Kiss - The user steals the target's energy with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half of the damage taken by the target.
Stored Power - The user attacks the target with stored power. The more the user's stats are boosted, the greater the move's power.
Calm Mind - The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to boost its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats.

Character Name: Ardyn
Pokemon: Zoroark
Moves:
-Illusion (it's the thing what zoroark does)
-Night Daze (The user looses a pitch-black shock wave at the target to inflict damage. This may also lower the target's accuracy.)
-Hone Claws (The user sharpens its claws to boost its Attack stat and accuracy.)
-Night Slash (The user slashes the target the instant an opportunity arises. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.)

Character Name: Frieren
Pokemon: Espurr
Moves: Confusion (Deals damage and has a 1/10 chance of confusing the target)
Reflect (Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50% for five turns)
Psyshock (Deals damage to target based on their defense)
Psybeam (Deals damage and has a 1/10 chance of confusing the target)

Player Name: AC
Contact: PM my character journals or Altocumulus on Discord!
Time zone: Central US

Character Name: Knuckles the Echidna
Canon: Sonic the Hedgehog (movie-verse)
Type: OU
About: A teenager red echidna alien who's far too serious and far too naive for his own good. Likes grapes and punching things. Last month's event did a number on him (thanks, Tsuchi) and now he has all kinds of feelings and questions and needs to do some serious soul-searching.
Event Plans: I don't have anything particularly planned for the events HOWEVER he's absolutely going to be moping around town plenty. With a cute lil' raincloud hovering over his head more often than not. Please by all means ask him about that.

Character Name: Ritsuka Fujimaru
Canon: Fate/Grand Order
Type: OU
About: Cheerful, friendly, outgoing, and packed with way more trauma under the surface than anyone her age ought to. Apparently that's what happens when you spend 3+ years saving the world from various threats instead of going to high school. Definitely needs a therapist, but has serious doubts whether one exists that can handle her... everything.
Event Plans: She's getting sent on a forced vacation by means of her friends confiscating her phone and all but dragging her to Stardew. Other than that I'm open to plotting!

Oh and she has cool magic bracelet that if you're her friend she can maybe borrow a power from you, check it out!

Character Name: Beredvyn of Nal (aka Meredith Nelson)
Canon: original character
Type: Normal AU
About: Midwestern gal who likes sports and swordfighting and was working on getting her career off the ground when a weird app showed up on her phone. Things have only gotten weirder since, and she's distinctly less than thrilled about it. Has a 'pet' griffin and is trying to deal with the fact that her cousin no longer remembers the app but she's still stuck in the middle of this craziness.
Event Plans: One of her closest friends got kidnapped by the fae of COURSE she's going to rush in to help with the rescue operation! And get turned into birb for her troubles.

Anything else?

Who wants custom Pokemon art I am in a drawing mood and open to requests! May or may not get colored, depends on how much time I have, but so far the ones I've done have been pretty quick:

I am not kidding you guys please throw stuff at me

Edited 2024-09-03 01:42 (UTC)

those poke pics are AMAZING oh my gosh

if you have time for a cowboy cinderace i would love love love to see that :3c

SURE I probably won't get to it tonight because it's starting to get late but I can tomorrow!! Any specific preference for things like pose/expression or signature features/accessories?

~~knuckles doesn't have good happy/friendly faces to use here alskjlasjkfjsf~~

~~GET HAPPIER, KNUCKLES~~

Ace is an excited puppy, a flighty boy, AND a serial narcoleptic but I don’t have any specific preferences! Just absolutely make sure to take all the time you need!!!

HOT OFF THE PRESSES

also you probably saw but I got the toplevels for mine up, feel free to let me know if you'd like a different prompt or something, I HAD TO STOP MYSELF from putting more in askljklasjdfkljsdf

that's so CUTE omg lookit that little fighty bunny

I will hit those up ASAP! (aka once i'm done with school work alksjdflaksjdf)

he is so full of ENERGY man

Player Name: Kels
Contact: discord: secretofthekels, PM, or on plurk: speedstering
Time zone: CST

Character Name: Ace D. Portgas
Canon: One Piece
Type: Paranormal AU
About: Ace is a himbo with a heart of gold unless you insult him to his face then he'll fight until one of you goes down. He has a single brain cell that activates ONLY if people threaten his family or if you permanently damage his cowboy hat. Also he's possessed by a dragon that makes him fall asleep at stupid times and also sometimes to purposefully keep him from getting in over his head.
Event Plans: Ace accidentally got himself fae-napped while on a cookout with his good new friends in Pokego! As such, he'll be stuck in the pokelympics as a Cinderace. I was thinking of having him participate in the battle tournament, the races, and maaaaaaaybe the block smash, as funny as seeing a bunny try to flop himself to the sky in magikarp jump would be.
Anything else? I may be thinking about triggering the first of Ace's flickers of past memories in this plot, but we'll see what happens! It really just depends on if an opportunity presents itself for him to take a fire blast to the chest or not.

Character Name: James Rogers
Canon: Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow - aka Marvel
Type: OU - CRAU
About: James is a lazy brat of a traumatized teenager who really just wants to sleep, but he has Survivors Guilt(tm) about being Captain America's son and thus is constantly forced to embody being the Pinnacle of Heroism at all times.
Event Plans: Nothing concrete so far, since he just got here! But I'm thinking of throwing him into the cleanup of Coral Island to give him something to do - and, you know, to get used to how fighting and acrobatics feel in this weird new world.
Anything else? Please force this sad boy to talk to people, he's really bad at communication and is really too old to just pick his nose in the corner while other people do things.

Ritsuka's always up for making new friends and will be helping with the Coral Island stuff, if that's of interest to you! She also has uh. so much experience with being in a position where she feels the need to to constantly keep up appearances at all times so there's that too.

Yessss, absolutely! :3c And I mean, redheads gotta stick together, too.

Please help teach this tiny teenager the meaning of friendship and normal human interactions, the apocalypse has not been kind to him on that regard.

Seeing as Ritsuka's basically survived/overcome multiple apocalyptic-level events thanks to the power of friendship she can probably help with that a little! Or at least like. understand what it's like to have to deal with that crap while just a teenager and all.

OH and my OC is gonna be joining the rescue party for the pokemon part of the event and I'm always down for people throwing wild stuff at her, she's so BEYOND done with all this magic bs at this point and yet it persists.

BLESS!!! James getting friends that actually Understand That Trauma is the best thing that could happen, honestly. I'm super canon blind to Fate and no one in the world has heard of Next Avengers usually, so this is gonna be a fun run with them c:

BUT HELL YEAH I can absolutely throw my himbo cowboy pirate temporary-bunny at her just to add to the general being Done™

Fate/ in general has a tendency to put its protags through the wringer but then FGO shows up and is like hold my beer. Though honestly Ritsuka would appreciate someone else who gets it, so!

PLEASE DO surely nothing could go wrong with this right? :D

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