September Plotting Post

[bayhelpers]

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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

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ABOUT: Tell us a little about yourself.
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CHARACTER INFO
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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!

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PLANS:

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

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Comments

[hundredeyesoni]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Omega
ABOUT: Just some pokemon and youkai nerd. I'm in EST with pretty bad wifi at work, so availability tends to force my tagging to be on the slower side.
CONTACT: Discord (goldbyakko) / numeiru
Not getting email notifs lately, so plotting is best on discord!

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Akira Takahashi
CANON: A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School (Yohaji)
POKEMON: Slowking
GUILD: Lum Berries
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Game Specific / Full Info/Opt-Out

ABOUT:

A perpetually cheerful youkai doctor and veterinarian, who does his absolute best to be as kind and helpful to others as possible! He already owned multiple hospitals back in his own world, and now he spends most of his time supporting the clinic.

But while he genuinely means well, Akira severely lacks any empathy or understanding of what's wrong or right. On top of that, he can lose control when he's too excited, willing to do whatever it takes to sate his desire for knowledge. His best friend gave him a few rules to follow that have worked as a moral compass so far, so he just has to learn how to apply them to living as a Pokemon too.

PLANS:

I can see the most IC interest in Scholastic Decisions for the obvious chance of learning and A Dour Struggle for the Water > Fire type advantage, but the reality is Akira will happily go along with anything!

He'll be looking to help out in the new clinic during any downtime, and being a light month, I'd love to use this time to catch up on any follow-up interactions from August's quests etc too. Come at me with whatever!

ANYTHING ELSE:
The usual bringing Akira anywhere experience tbh

[dripdrive]

Im doing Scholastic with other people but I'm totally down to do a dour struggle with Akira! It's been a while since these freaks interacted (affectionate)

[hundredeyesoni]

Yes please. Poor dogs will probably be terrified of Psychic types despite being immune, after a team like this...


As a side note, just putting it out there after that thread wrapped I'd imagine Akira would've tried eating that piece of the Sceptile tail once it thawed enough to see the blood/sap/whatever, unless he was stopped. Anasui is free to judge all he wants.

[dripdrive]

Absolutely LMAO! Poor doggos have the type advantage against them but despite that Akira and Anasui are still playing mind games with them

That's so funny. Anasui wouldn't stop him but he will judge him and tell him if he's gonna throw up do it outside XD

[hundredeyesoni]

Sorry for the ridiculous wait there, but got the quest claim posted and should finally have more free time for RP going forward!

Any preference for which of us should write the starter? Assuming we are threading it idk

I might be kind of losing it at the thought of scaring the Houndours away by Akira trying to simply explain better ways to study their insides without any permanent damage.

[hundredeyesoni]

... Or how do you feel about Anasui becoming Akira's next patient.

[dripdrive]

No problems about the wait! I kept you waiting as well It's sure been a week

Being a patient would be INFINITELY funnier especially because Anasui HATES being tended too. Don't touch him he can fix himself-

[hundredeyesoni]

So should we pick up during the fight, and once the injury occurs Akira insists they take care of it immediately rather than waiting around? Or would you prefer it as a follow-up after they've left the fight? Surely 90kg is nothing to drag back to the clinic, with the combo of Yawn and Strength!

I'm good with whichever, but would just need to know if I'm writing the starter or tagging in.

[dripdrive]

Hmm... I can go either way. Realistically, what would Akira do? Anasui would try to hide the injury if he had it or deal with it himself lol.

I've been really busy so if you could write the starter, I would really appreciate it!

[hundredeyesoni]

Akira could probably have seen the attack happen and insist it's serious? He's already like that anyway.

If you're good with forcibly taking him in to the clinic, then I have a bit already drafted up and should be able to finish and post it tomorrow! I'm just garbage at writing fight scenes, so it would take longer if we're coordinating what the Houndours are doing too pff

[dripdrive]

Sounds good! Forcibly take that stupid man to the clinic. Let's go!!! Thanks so much for organising this!

Anasui: It's not that bad. At least my organs are still in me.

[hundredeyesoni]

Sorry, headache absolutely destroyed me instead, but finally got a starter up over here!

It's just super open ended so you can pick the chaos level, from still being carried, to Akira's back being turned while looking for supplies, to whatever.

[dripdrive]

All good! I've been busy and havent gotten to tags! Thanks so much for getting this organised! LMK if I should change anything!