September 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
Akechi 3050 points *
Shoka 2400 points
Emmet 2200 points
Ingo 1900 points
Ren 1700 points
A.B.A 1050 points
Flamebringer 950 points
Sanji 900 points
Bigby 850 points
Conrad 850 points
Akari 800 points
Umemiya 450 points
Noelle 350 points
(* Akechi has earned an upgrade to mid-tier housing!)

Cheri Berries
Siffrin 2250 points *
Laios 2050 points
Guilmon 1650 points
Firoza 1400 points
Flowey 1400 points
Archnemon 500 points
(* OOCly, Siffrin (ISAT) has 350 points and Siffrin (SA) has 1900 points, but ICly they were mixed up and their points were pooled together.)

Lum Berries
Emporio 2800 points *
Anasui 2600 points *
Perrin 1050 points
Akira 850 points
Ring-Spirit 850 points
Chara 250 points
(* Emporio and Anasui have earned an upgrade to mid-tier housing!)

Congratulations to Akechi, Emporio, and Anasui, for achieving the next tier of accommodation! You are free to assume at any time during the month, that your Guild Leader has approached you with an offer to move to Middle Tier Housing; as this is an optional upgrade, you are also free to remain in Lower Tier Housing instead.

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

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

AVAILABLE QUESTS

Click here to see all the available quests!

SCHOLASTIC DECISIONS
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Polteageist
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

Now that we’ve uncovered these new regions surrounding the Outpost, it’s vital that we do our part to record the unique features of each region in full detail. I will be sending various specialized Pokemon Scholars out from the Bay- and each will require a team of bodyguards to best do their work unimpeded.

Do this, and you will be rewarded quite appropriately for your efforts.

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: Some helpful advice from the escorted scholar.

TOEDALLY MISSING
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Vibrava
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Politoed is in danger! They went out on a quest near Death Blood Murder Skull Town a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. Maybe they got distracted by the new Outpost? Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Parasol

BEA-VERY CHILLED
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Gumshoos
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Bidoof has run away! They went out on a quest near Icefall Lake a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. Their fur just isn’t meant for that weather. Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Scarf

AS A CORSOL-ING RIVER
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Tynamo
CLAIM LIMIT: 1 team
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I think Corsola is in danger! They went out on a quest to Heavy Downmoor a couple of days ago but haven't returned, so I'm really worried. They might not be Water Type, but it’s still dangerous! Can someone please go try to find them?

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Rain Hat

SHIELDING QUESTIONS
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Falinks
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

I lost my very important Ability Shield! Please help me find it! The last time I saw it, I was marching South with my cohort… We travelled a long way, so talk to my cohort about it! I'll give a reward to anyone who can find it!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Random Berry

NO PAIN NO GRAIN
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Ribombee
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

As a new outpost, it is vital we properly supply ourselves. Right now, we're in need of berries and grains from the Outpost fields. Accepting anyone and everyone who can help gather and transport some.

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.

A DOUR STRUGGLE
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Mightyena
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 30TH 11:59 EST.

As a new outpost, our borders beyond the forest aren’t yet defined, and there are Pokemon attacking the workers. In particular, Houndour have been spotted. It’s time to chase them off!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.

LOCATION VOTE RESULTS!

As promised, we’ve tallied the IC Vote on our new Location Names. The Locations Page will be updated with these names after further exploration has been made to better understand these regions, but until then Pokemon have been invited to spread awareness of the following locations - both old and new. Note: For locations where no suggested names were offered, the Mods have created new names themselves!

SPECTRUNK FOREST - Name suggested by Narciso Anasui. Due to their nature to blend together once inside, this is the collective name for the woods containing the following:

⟡ The Sporest’s Troop - Commonly referred to as the ‘North Forest’, situated against the Canopy toward the middle crescent of Bottlecap Bay.
⟡ The Gravebone Woods - Commonly referred to as the ‘Middle Forest’, situated along the south crescent of Bottlecap Bay to the ‘North’s immediate west side.
⟡ The Hallowed Cemetree - Commonly referred to as the ‘South Forest’, situated at the farthest forested end of Bottlecap Bay’s crescent, west of the ‘Middle’.

CROWNCORK VALLEY - Name repurposed from Firoza’s submission. All three portions of Spectrunk Forest exit into this large plain, now known as Crowncork Valley. By popular vote, the Outpost constructed there is henceforth known as Death Blood Murder Skull Town, courtesy of our very own Flowey! While it seems Mightyena eagerly prepared the full name for use, with Polteageist reportedly agreeing in amusement, Ribombee has insisted on shortening this name to ‘something manageable’ for the maps. It will therefore be listed more often as ‘Skull Town’. (Other characters may spot Flowey doing an evil laugh, when he realizes that his suggestion got picked.)

There are now three regions accessed from this Outpost, known by the following names:

⟡ Furnace Mountain - Name suggested by Flamebringer. Located toward the forest’s exit, in a ‘northern’ direction. Revealed to be a shield volcano.
⟡ Heavy Downmoor - Name suggested by Siffrin. Located south-east from the Furnace Mountain, as the ‘middle’ option. Revealed to contain a mountainous flood basin.
⟡ Icefall Lake - Name suggested by Narciso Anasui. Located due south from the forest’s exit and the outpost itself. Revealed to be a mountain sheltered frozen lake.

LET'S GET PLOTTING

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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Comments

[quirkynote]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Merlot
ABOUT: I'm just a girl who loves corgis.
CONTACT: Gesomon

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: A.B.A
CANON: Guilty Gear
POKEMON: Silvally✨
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here

ABOUT:

A.B.A is a homunculus whose creator got kidnapped by the military before she had a chance to wake up. Left alone, locked up in his mansion, A.B.A spent the first ten years of her life in solitude. As you can imagine, this has made her socially awkward and very fearful. To counteract this, A.B.A acts authoritative and belligerent to give off the impression that she knows what she's doing, but thankfully she's not as aggressive as she usually is thanks to Pokémon being so small and cute. A.B.A's isolation has given her an intense fascination with keys, as she sees them as symbols of freedom and tools to expand one's world. A.B.A loves keys so much that she's fallen obsessively in love with a demon axe who resembles one, and she affectionately named him after her creator, Paracelsus. She's also recently become obsessed with the color blue, specifically the blue of the sea.

Despite the horrors, A.B.A is thriving as a Pokémon. She misses her husband severely, but she has so many friends now. She isn't really...used to it, but she's hoping to take the lessons she learns here and apply them back home when she eventually reunites with Paracelsus. Which is a thing she's absolutely convinced that'll happen.

PLANS:

This month I'll be moving, so I might be slow! With that in mind, I am open to every and all handwaved opportunities, and then maybe thread out something nice and easy. That said, I love tdm months so it's likely I'll be all over that anyway lol. Who needs to pack when I can inflect confused newbies with an angry homunculus?!

ANYTHING ELSE:

[truthdecided]

Clearly, A.B.A. needs to absorb the idea that enemies can cease being enemies more...

Just look how insufferably gay Ren and Akechi are. Do not eat the orb.

[quirkynote]

So did you want to do a mission with all three of them?

[truthdecided]

Sure. It's just a matter of which quest, hehe...

[bladeofnymeia]

Maybe Firoza and A.B.A. can do a light quest together? We can drag someone else along if we need to!

[quirkynote]

Omg I just saw she wanted to cheer up laios too. Maybe they can both drag him off for the bodyguard mission?

[bladeofnymeia]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

[quirkynote]

LET'S BARK AT HIM UNTIL HE FEELS BETTER

Meanwhile the scholars are like what the fuck kind of group is this

[bladeofnymeia]

g o d

turn it into a "learn how to best imitate a dog" lessons

[dunchies]

LAIOS LOVES HIS FRIENDS let's start a howl session everyone!!!!

scholars in the background just going wtf....

[loopsiedaisy]

Okay so I am totally down to handwave a light quest (any of them really) BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY: I wish to brainstorm some silly things they have done around town when bumping into each other. Or around the outpost. What dumb shit have they done around the outpost because they both pretended to know what they were doing.

...........oh no I just remembered that in one of last month's quests Siffrin ran into an NPC Klefki. Uh Oh.

[quirkynote]

Well there you go! We can say Sif slipped that they ran into a Klefki and then had to deal with the absolute scene A.B.A made in public while she questioned them about EVERY DETAIL.

As for the handwaved quest, how do you feel about Bea-very Chilled or As a Corsol-ing River?

[loopsiedaisy]

fear. alarm.

I WOULD BE DOWN but those look like they have 1 team claim limits! So we should probably stick to the repeatable ones ;__;

[quirkynote]

I may be stupid.

[loopsiedaisy]

<- literally just did the same thing with Ingo so -

[dripdrive]

One day I'll catch you when you're not super busy so two bad bitches (super weirdos) that are super obsessed with their SO can interact...

Happy to handwave a light quest or thread something if you do have time tho!

[quirkynote]

*magic conch voice* maybe some day

idk why the hell this whole year has been a disaster for me lol

[dripdrive]

The last week has been hell for me too. But maybe someday.......

[telewarped]

(wheezing, crying) w-would you perhaps like to handwave/casually thread out......Houndour quest......? 🥺

[quirkynote]

*touches gently*

absolutely

[telewarped]

THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE.......

(Shoka voice) A.B.A a rabid dog chewed on my tail...can you put it down for me

[quirkynote]

DOG MUST DIE

[telewarped]

i return bearing quest results!! A.B.A got burned...😭😭

let me know if you'd like to handwave this or thread it out (i'm down with either)!