April Plotting Post

[bayhelpers]

⋆✩ plotting post ✩⋆

MEMBER & GUILD RANKING

New quests are released! Sign-ups will open officially on the 3rd of this month, so until then, here's a plotting post for you all to get your Duckletts in a row! Before we hop right into things, though, here are the tallies from total quest points!

Click here for the rankings!

⟡ MEMBER RANKING
ICly, Rankings will show the points earned of all Pokemon in guilds, including NPC Pokemon not listed here OOCly. We didn't list guild leaders this time, but might in the future for fun. Keep in mind that quests available to player characters are not the entire pool of quests, and that some are likely snatched up before they can get to them regularly, which is how points vary and how some guilds pull ahead even without much player help. However, over time, player points will certainly affect the standing of guilds! Without further ado, here are the characters in ranking order by guild:

Oran Berries
Goro 850 points
Shoka 600 points
A.B.A 550 points
Ren 550 points
Ingo 400 points
Dark Heart 250 points
Emmet 250 points
Doc 200 points
Conrad 150 points
Akari 0 points

Cheri Berries
Firepaw 450 points
Junpei 250 points
Firoza 200 points
Laios 50 points
Siffrin 50 points
Guilmon 0 points

Lum Berries
Emporio 400 points
Courier Six 150 points
Ring-Spirit 100 points
Narciso 50 points

⟡ GUILD RANKING
And of course, posted everywhere is the guild ranking.

1. Lum Berries
2. Oran Berries
3. Cheri Berries

AVAILABLE QUESTS

This is a HEAVY QUEST month, meaning there are quests in the mix that are classified as "heavy!" What does this mean? More chance for plot, and more risk of consequence! Characters can try each quest more than once as long as no claim limit is listed, but will only receive points for any given quest once. However, consequences can occur within these dangerous listed quests. Due to potential for consequence or harm, we recommend waiting for results of one exploration-titled quest before submitting for another.

Previously, three teams went out into the forest to explore the northern, middle, and southernmost parts of the forest. Their efforts have expanded Bottlecap Bay's information on the forest in general, and altered certain parts of the forest itself. With that in mind, here's some information about each of the areas for you to use for your threads, to keep in mind while signing up, and to use for knowing what sort of angle you want to use to tackle these.

THE FOREST
A vast, disorienting expanse where natural laws seem to fray. Dense canopies block sunlight across all regions, making navigation difficult. The further you travel into the forest, the more you begin to experience the unique dangers that each subsection holds.

Northern Forest
Overgrown with aggressive plant life, many of which react violently to disturbances. Large vines creep across the forest floor and wrap around perceived threats, and whole trees seem to move when not watched. Any sort of dangerous, mysterious plantlife seems to be found here. One notable species is a strange mushroom that release spores which induce aggression. While the team that explored this area did successfully destroy mushrooms and send them away with wind-related attacks, the result is less than ideal; strange mushrooms have spread further than before and are quickly taking over this portion of the forest. Dr. Denne has developed a medication to counteract their effects, and has also put out a quest simultaneously to combat this sudden growth.

Middle Forest
A fog-laden stretch filled with steep declines and hidden pits. The mist clings to Pokemon, curving around them like a living being. The forest floor is incredibly unpredictable, and because of that, not much mapping seems to have been recorded even with the previous group's travel, but plenty of information has been collected on the reactions to the fog itself. Familiar figures might attempt to coax Pokemon apart from one another, or trick you further into the forest. Hallucinations grip at the mind with a depth that can put heavy mental strain on anyone who enters. Teamwork and trust is a must, here.

Southern Forest
The most treacherous in terms of navigation. Landmarks and markers shift unpredictably, and the ones left behind by the previous team are scattered about in strange, new locations. Even weirder, some of them look aged beyond comprehension. The fog exists here, but it's far less thick than in the center of the forest, even if just as disorienting. Hallucinations aren't the worry here, though: Ghost Pokemon thrive here, imitating teammates or other wild Pokemon and causing confusion. They might separate teammates, cause collapses on purpose, or cause Pokemon to turn on one another. Worst of all, parts of the forest floor have already collapsed into a system of unstable, old caves. These caves may collapse even further, leaving Pokemon stranded, separated, or struggling to free themselves.

OOC PLOTTING & INTRO TO NEWBIES

Lastly, along with plotting for the monthly quests, this post doubles as an OOC intro post for all new players! Because of this, there is a newbie directory for new characters to link their top levels for extra visibility.

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Your handle
ABOUT: Tell us a little about yourself.
CONTACT: How do you prefer to be contacted?

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Character name
CANON: Canon, or Original if an OC
POKEMON: The Pokemon they ended up as, and if they're shiny or a regional variant!
GUILD: Represent your new home! Feel free to change the hex #f29923 to your guild hex color, if you want.
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Link your info/permissions post and any other relevant posts (opt-outs, etc) here!

ABOUT:

Give us a little blurb about your character here!

PLANS:

Talk about goals, plans, things you're interested in, quests you want to sign up for, etc!

ANYTHING ELSE: Extra pictures, memes, or other little tidbits you want to add can go here.

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Ren Amamiya | Persona 5 Royal

[colorsflyinghigh]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Cha
ABOUT: Just your regular PMD and Persona 5 fan. Currently recovering from top surgery.
CONTACT: OOC Inbox or @cha0136 on discord. Or just this post!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Ren Amamiya
CANON: Persona 5 Royal
POKEMON: Sprigatito
GUILD: Oran Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!

ABOUT:

That rowdy Sprigatito who got cursed and attacked soooo many people on sight... but also is always first to offer help if needed. Really, he can be a bit of a troll, but he's got a good heart. Has a very strong set of personal morals and convictions. He's very good at befriending people, and helping them with their personal problems- sometimes at his own detriment.

Also he used to lead a supernatural vigilante group back home and got arrested like, twice. Oopsy.

Also also has a... rivalry with Akechi. Yeah. Nothing more nothing less. Nothing gay going on here (sarcasm).

Due him not talking about the nightmares, they have once again returned, and worse than ever. He also suddenly had a brand-new scar on his forehead, and an ache in his muscles that never quite goes away...

PLANS:

I'm hoping to send Ren back to the Northern forest! He figures that having been part of the team that did the initial exploration will help with mapping it out further and migitating the dangers. Being prepared is key! ... Chronic pain? Nah, he can deal. Don't worry about it! I fthe Northern Forest goes well, he may come along to another mission in the other parts of the forest...

He'd also very much like to do A Shellfish Request and Mush to be Done! He's always happy and eager to help the pokemon in the community. Spore Investigation too, tbh0 Also! Always up for forming some CR! Talk to my boy! Or fight him! I'm up for whatever <3 I'm feeling a lot better than I did in March so hopefully I can do more tags.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[truthdecided]

You are not going into the Northern Forest without Akechi, bucko. He's concerned about Ren's pain and his nightmares.

There will probably be many soothing cuddles. It's not like he's soft. It just seems to work.

[colorsflyinghigh]

Awww, are you worried about him, Akechi? Cute.

But hell yes theyre going together!

[arceusstansme]

Hey grass starter, want a fire starter to do a quest with?

[colorsflyinghigh]

OH AHAHA YES

[arceusstansme]

Sweet, Akari will also maybe try and spar him once or twice too, (type advantage, she wants to level up). But like, no hard feelings!

[colorsflyinghigh]

Oh no hard feelings at all! Ren wants to level up as well... and hey, gotta learn to work around type disadvantages, right? Also, I saw you talking to Usagi about doing the Spores Gathering quest. Perhaps the three of them could do that?

[arceusstansme]

That would be great! Akari hears spores, thinks Paras and 100 percent doesn't think a horde of them will come out and try and kill them.

(She is ready to burninate them all)

[colorsflyinghigh]

I love you Akari. You and Ren are going to get along like a house on fire (maybe lietrally. oh no.)

Ren has only been in contact with the spores from the forest so he's pretty sure it's from the mushrooms, but hey, who knows? Paras do live in forests...

[arceusstansme]

Well, that sounds like other people problems. Not Akari and Ren problems, the other Pokémon can grow from having a challenge.

Preemptive burning of the forest, it's better for everyone.

[colorsflyinghigh]

See, you get it! They're just living their lives, man!

... Though maybe let's not burn the forest, we need that to breathe, Akari! We can burn other things though >:] (Ren WISHES he could burn things. Why'd he have to be a grass type, boo)

[arceusstansme]

This is why teamwork makes the dream work.

[truthdecided]

I'll have to poke Usagi, but I also don't mind throwing Akechi at Spores™.

[colorsflyinghigh]

sorry about that I just tagged your plotting post, so I'm totally up for The Starters(tm) to do a quest!

[bladeofnymeia]

FUCK YEAH TOP SURGERY GLAD TO HEAR IT \O/

no but seriously Firoza also got scarred up from return nightmares and also she hasn't tagged Ren in a while, we should vibe together. Definitely. He can see her cool face tattoo scar that looks like her face tattoo her real human face ought to have

[colorsflyinghigh]

HELL YEAH BABY ITS GREAT

also HELL YES they need to do something together. They can complain about their newfound scars together. Or rather, Ren can be concerned about her and wave off her concerns for him LMAO he just hit his head while training dont worrryyyyyyy (dont look too closely at how his movements arent nearly as fluid as they used to be hes totally not in pain at all times HAHA)

[bladeofnymeia]

Firoza's just here like wow I can't let this shit open up again need to be careful when I talk, don't want it to get infected doot doot doot, it's totally not significant or mentally traumatizing to get a physical scar in a dream

orz

[colorsflyinghigh]

omg so true tho firoza you're so smart. you know what's important don't worry about where it came from it's not important

[bladeofnymeia]

exactly!!! what matters is the after-wound care!!!!!!

[telewarped]

HEWWO would Ren be down to take on A Shellfish Request with Shoka? she just likes taking pics, but she'll need someone to spot her so she doesn't fall into the water and get her dumb disguise completely soaked again...and if they take it on as just a duo, i WILL be using it basically just as an excuse for her to pester Ren a little about his suffering, which she has almost definitely noticed. buddy you look like shit :(

(just remind her to remove Numel from the Grumpearl chat before she does this LMAOOOO)

[colorsflyinghigh]

HELL YES that would be so fun actually. also someone needs to pester ren about his misery bc he's sure as HELL not gonna do anything about it himself. oops. rip

Though if she bothers him too much... Ren is not above pushing her into the shallows HAHA

[telewarped]

HELL YEAH i'll sign us up when i can and will probably just put a thing in your inbox once everything's all confirmed if that works for you! 👍

if he pushes her in he's gonna be looking like this when she gets out



CONCERN FOR HIM FORGOTTEN

[colorsflyinghigh]

sounds good to me!

also LOL LMAO GET FUCKED REN