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April Plotting Post
⋆✩ 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.
FULL NAVIGATION
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Laios she is only four years older please.ANYWAY she has unleashed the demon within (lmao) and his yapping will not be stopped. The Cheri Berry base is just going to be one long sleepover of swapping adventure stories with these two because he is absolutely fascinated. Please tell him more about Labyrinthos and also Chocobos and what her favorite culinarian recipe is. Also world-ending events. She might have him beat there actually.
If she'd like to buddy up on some spore collecting, he'll be her second in command, but I'm open to anything!!
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oh that's absolutely fine, she is so good at listening and would love to answer his questions and ask her own. Considering she's used to the Scions doing their big smart talks about things this is easy! It's like sitting with Estinien and talking about like...weapon maintenance...fighting shit...oh what cool food did you find there? cool cool, neato, keep up the elezen cryptid thing my man
it's like that but with SWORDS and a whole lot more enthusiasm/less stoicism
aw don't put yourself down like that Laios re: world-altering events, each one is unique, who knows if she could have triumphed over [redacted], it might not have worked out as well as it did for him! She'll be very impressed for sure :3
Yes let's get spores be the co-tank we can swap tank stance in case any mushroom Pokemon are about!
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And do it all wrong in the process head in handsSobbing because he won't get to see her cool sword techniques in-person BUT he would like to listen and imagine what monsters they'd work best against. Ah yes that slash technique would cut the best filet...
It might take him a bit to open up about that experience, but he'll be so touched actually, especially if hears about all her stories first. Firoza truly is his co-tank from another star.
Yesss he can def help mitigate no problem!! But do not let him get too distracted by shroom-mon...suddenly the urge to sniff them instead......oh that's a poison status effect thisisfine.jpg
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Okay well maybe it does but today it does not it's cool and chill. Anyway! It'd probably take her time to open up about like...a lot of stuff beyond ARR, because it's a long story and there's so much going on all the time. But they can work up to the big fate-of-all encompassing stuff! Take baby steps and all that. And gosh she just misses having proper hands right now, when the sword sads kick in? Ooooh noooo ;A;
UHOH...POISON SHROOM...DOES HER POISON ACT AS AN ANTIVENOM? NO? FUCK
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1. Learn how to read the Pokémon ABCs
2. Invent a handless sword (Zacian we're stealing your homework)
3. Unravel their respective difficult histories together, strengthening their bond, deepening their friendship, and becoming better people for it
4. ???
5. PROFIT
But first let's get Laios to the clinic for a Pecha berry. So doc, turns out Poison Sting DOES NOT help with Poison Powder. Who knew!!
I can start a shroom collecting thread for these two if that works! He's going to go nuts if they do see a walking, talking mushroom (sorry to any Shroomish just passing by).
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