JANUARY 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 5450 points *
Ren 3650 points
Emmet 3500 points
Shoka 3300 points
Ingo 2600 points
Bigby 2000 points
A.B.A 1700 points
Flamebringer 1550 points
Sanji 1500 points
Umemiya 1450 points
Noelle 1100 points
Kris 1000 points
Parvati 1000 points
Cedric 800 points
Kinger 600 points
Maya 550 points
Impmon 450 points
Catrina 450 points
Eleanor 400 points
III 350 points
(* Akechi has earned an upgrade to high-tier housing!)

Cheri Berries
Siffrin 3550 points
Laios 3250 points
Guilmon 3050 points
Flowey 2600 points
Firoza 2450 points
Archnemon 2300 points
Aegiomon 500 points
Tenna 450 points
Agnes 350 points
Henry 100 points

Lum Berries
Emporio 5100 points *
Anasui 4850 points
Perrin 2050 points
Akira 1700 points
Ring-Spirit 1300 points
Dolly 950 points
Chara 750 points
Seto 650 points
Mayaka 600 points
Odile 200 points
(* Emporio has earned an upgrade to high-tier housing!)

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

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

Congratulations to Akechi and Emporio, 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 into High Tier Housing; as this is an optional upgrade, you are also free to remain in Middle Tier Housing instead.

AVAILABLE QUESTS

Click here to see all the available quests!

Remember - Players can submit their own quests, here!

WHEREFORE ART THOU??
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Zangoose & Seviper
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★★✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by January 30th.

My friend and I live in different towns. It was hard to see each other before, but now that Skull Town is more established it should be easy to see each other in person right? And that means they could finally come here to Bottlecap! Please, escort us both!

POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: Random matching items

BOUFFA-LOAD
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Lurantis
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by January 30th.

Bouffalant is in charge of a project for Death Blood Murder Skull Town's roadway development. I need reliable Pokemon who can help clear snow, salt paths, and construct necessary walk-ways.

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

NUTTY BUDDIES
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Mightyena
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by January 30th.

The city is in constant need of supplies. Right now, it's a great time to forage for nuts and mushrooms under the snow. Accepting anyone and everyone who can help gather some.

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

EEVEESIVE MANEUVERS
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Ribombee
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by January 30th.

Lately, groups of Eevee and their evolutions have been attacking the city! They seem to be focused on the Canopy - something about a mossy rock. Please help fight them off!

POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No

QUEST UPDATES & IMPORTANT NOTICES

Hello everyone! We have some quest-related updates and requests to make.

First: we've recently been noticing a trend where, on occasion, some character pairs will submit for a significant amount of quests together - and one or both characters will have few if any quests with different CR. While we understand that this is IC for many characters and players would like to acknowledge those relationships, this is against the spirit of quests, which are meant to encourage building or progressing a variety of CR. Light quests currently don't require threads in order to accommodate for energetic characters who would ICly be very active, even if a player can't keep up. We'd still like this handwaved activity to involve engaging with many players/characters in order to earn points, however!

While we aren’t explicitly tracking this right now, we’re requesting that players avoid doing a large number of quests with the same partner in a single month. For those characters who would ICly do a lot together, you are very welcome to say that they are still doing additional quests offscreen!

Related: if a quest is being repeated, and all characters involved have already submitted for it with another group, there's no need to actually submit the quest! Points for each individual character are only counted once, and we're not currently tracking any further than that. You may just thread or handwave it!

Second: starting in January 2026, characters are only allowed to take on one heavy quest per month. As the game continues to grow, we're looking for ways to keep the mod workload manageable while still allowing for characters to have customized experiences, and this is one of those ways!

There is an in character explanation for this as well! As characters and players likely noticed: last month, for the first time in a long while, the Guild Rankings shuffled around, with the Oran Berries overtaking the Lum Berries... and the guild leaders have all been reacting to this!

Mightyena is extremely proud of her guild, and has been trotting around with her tail up and wagging all month. Those who see her regularly may notice she's also had something of an anxious air when caught unawares, though - is it just that she's not used to being in this position? If any members who have been around a bit longer question her about it, she's willing to confide - while she's proud of her guild members, she's started to get worried that some are overworking themselves, and will burn themselves out or become too tired to keep safe on dangerous quests. Some of her more ambitious guild members seem to be holding up very well, but eventually that has to run out! And she's also had many members land in the clinic; some have yet to emerge. (If Mightyena is being talked to in the Spire, characters may catch her trying and failing to keep from shooting concerned looks at the doorway to a specific room, where there's a feathery and grass-scented shared nest.)

Polteageist, on the other hand, has been restraining a foul mood nearly the entire time, with only short breaks when they got into the Longest Night spirit. They're used to the Lum Berries being on top and having the resources to match! While nobody in town actually seems inclined to take away any of the Lum Berries' privileges - after all, they still run the clinic and the Archives, and it's only to be expected that the smallest guild won't always have the most points - guild members close to Polteageist may comment on them staying up at their desk late into the night and morning, muttering irritably as they work through bureaucratic tasks.

Lastly, Ribombee seems outwardly unconcerned about his guild's standing - he's quick to say that the Cheri Berries do plenty of work for the town, and everyone who's paying attention knows it! If they don't do the most highly awarded tasks like the Lum Berries... well, someone still has to do the unglamorous selfless work, and the Cheri Berries should be proud of themselves no matter the guild's standing in the rankings. If someone does bring up guild rankings to him, he might even be seen to roll his eyes; he's more concerned about performance within the guild! However, he grows more thoughtful toward the end of December, after Mightyena talks with him about her worries - after all, the Cheris have as many members in the clinic as the Orans.

Regardless of their individual motivations, the guild leaders gather together at the beginning of January to make an announcement. They're going to start restricting how many heavy quests guild members are allowed to take on! With the boom in membership from the native Pokemon and everyone who has been transformed into a Pokemon, they're not anticipating that there will be any issues with quest fulfillment even with this policy. But if there are, they can always adjust again in the future.

INCOMING EVENTS

The snow this month is heavy and annoyingly persistent, and it seems that if anyone new arrives they’ll just have to deal with the mountains of cold. But there’s newer things on the horizon as well - or at least, that’s what the Grumpig brothers claim! With so much work cleared from the plate, maybe it’ll give you something new to do!

Or maybe something will go wrong again, and all of your dreams and nightmares will be put on blast.

LET'S GET PLOTTING
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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!
ABOUT:

Give us a little blurb about your character here!

PLANS:

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[bayhelpers]

Emporio Alniño

[seacub]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Usagi
ABOUT: Full time nights worker in the EST time zone, I love my cats, Pokemon, JJBA, and also would like to catch a break from life- But it's a slow time of year so??? Hopefully???
CONTACT: usagisquared + usagisquared @ discord
CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Emporio Alniño
CANON: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
POKEMON: Cubone (helmet not on)
GUILD: Lum
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here
ABOUT:

Slowly adjusting sad-lad. May he one day be less sad. It certainly helps that the holidays went well for him, but Emporio is a very smart, very kind boy who came from a hell of a background and has thus been settling in at the bay like a ducklett to water. We're coming up on one year of Bottlecap, which means one year of him being here, and there's only a few changes in what he's doing- obviously thanks to the Guild Leaders he's not doing As many quests, but he still helps out at the clinic, reads a whole lot, and thanks to all his presents especially loves a Baseball. He's REALLY smart, picking up most things just from reading it, but he won't brag about it or anything so far as most are concerned, he's probably just a clever little guy.

PLANS:

Life has continued to eat at me for like...Two consecutive months by way of stress, so I'm going to try and focus on the things I enjoy! Emporio's gotten the go-ahead to have a house, but he won't immediately move in yet because for Lums that means actually building the dang thing. WOW!

This is good because uh, with all the snow, Emporio doesn't really have a good reason to go outside, even if he Did receive a bunch of baseball equipment. Instead, he'll probably be workshopping floorplans with everyone, come join him and the angry bird for that!

For all that he's not going to be picking up As Many Quests (really doesn't need to), depending on the available player quests this month, he's probably going to be available for some of those! As well, if someone REALLY REALLY REALLY wants him to come along for one, he will join them for one of those Mod Quests.

ANYTHING ELSE: if you know, you know

[shotinhead]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Kururu
ABOUT: One of the first into 2026, I'm so glad this game has been going for almost a year - and glad to see the mods pacing themselves! Anyway, me: I'm artist, constantly exhausted, and been here the whole time. I'm also over halfway to my goal here (of 80 points)!
CONTACT: shslivalice @ plurk
CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Courier Six/Perrin
CANON: Fallout: New Vegas
POKEMON: Dragonite
GUILD: Lum
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!
ABOUT:

The chill and put together weirdo of a Dragonite, who's been slowly adapting to a calmer world, but never properly will. He got back his duster from SINTO, or from a blessing from God, alongside his other clothes. So he's just happy to keep chilling, being a tired old man.

PLANS:

Ssh. Me and Luka have something Fun planned, but other then that! Perrin will likely want to do all of the quests, and I think especially he'll be fascinated by the friendship of a Seviper and Zangoose. He'll also be oddly satisfied working on the roadway, having come out from the Archives.

And yes, I will make sure to go with other people, feel free to just ask!

A bit of it is to fight torpor even now, and another bit of it is trying to prove to Polteageist that he's still working as hard as possible. Between this, you might hear rumours of him wanting to set up a workshop of sorts... (This is a long-term plan for Team Obsidian, to have a workshop to create knick-knacks for people. Him and his Oran buddy!)

ANYTHING ELSE: So, for the TDM, I'm going to be testing/apping Oko from Magic the Gathering, btw. So Perrin might be a bit quiet, you might think?

Nah, got some fun stuff planned for him as well >:3c

[shotinhead]

Not really a question, but I just wanted to thank you for running this game for almost a whole year, even with assistance help! I've really enjoyed the story told though events and quests, and especially love the quest system. I'm excited to see what happens in the next year!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and have a happy new year!

...Oh, one little reminder, though you've probably thought of it, I'm just a pedantic person - you should update the Calendar page so it has Jan/Feb as well.

[truthdecided]

Happy New Year, and thanks for continuing to provide an awesome game. c: Is it safe to assume that Akechi can take Ren with him to high tier housing, like he did with mid tier?

Additionally, I'm curious if Mightyena's very pointed concerns would affect how she interacts with Akechi on the daily. xD ...As well as how Polteageist would interact with him if they happened to pass each other at the Archives.

[colorsflyinghigh]

Yo, you wanna do Nutty Buddies together with Ren? Something light and quick to get me back into the swing of things while I recover from all of December, haha.

[shotinhead]

That sounds fun! Learning more about the mushrooms and a bit of a playful nudge, so you're together with the bird, eh? (We can handwave or discuss how the thread goes if you're still feeling the slowness!)

[colorsflyinghigh]

Sounds good to me, thanks! Once everything goes up I'll see what other quests I'm doing with Ren (he wants to do All Of Them but I'm not threading all of em).

Also CACKLES LOUDLY please perrin. embarass the shit out of him he deserves it. (also he loves mushroom facts and is listening with rapt attention)

[shotinhead]

<3 I'm fine with whatever, because we're all tired people! <3

oh he will. before [redacted] happens and then you can see him getting embarrassed. It's gonna be so fun and funny. And yes! He's read in the Archives a lot, and mixed with Wasteland Knowledge (tm)... let him yap about survival stuff! He likes you, Ren!

Mega (AKA Dorked)

[truthdecided]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Mega (or Dorked)
ABOUT: I am a big nerd who loves cats, feeding crows, video games, animation, musicals, and many nerdy things. I have ADHD and GAD, so sometimes my brain is in a perpetual state of screeching (I am working on it xD). I also am a Youtuber, have an Undertale webcomic, and just finished a VERY LONG Persona fic.
CONTACT: PM, Dorked, or dorked on Discord!

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 Royal

[truthdecided]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Goro Akechi
CANON: Persona 5 Royal
POKEMON: Rookidee
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!
ABOUT:

Do you like traumatized teenagers who make poor life choices? Then do I have news for you!

Goro Akechi suffered an awful life due to societal stigmas against illegitimate children and the children of sex workers, made worse by his mother's death and years cycling through orphanages and neglectful foster homes. Eventually he awakened a power he barely understood and, jaded by a life of pain, decided to hatch a stupid revenge plan against his father that led to him effectively being a child assassin masquerading as a prettyboy detective. Fun!

Akechi has since dropped his "detective prince" mask and is now a very jaded, aloof, and serious person who is still fiercely determined to prove himself, uncover the mysteries of this world. He sees this world as a fresh start and is trying to be a better person, but is highly suspicious of certain a uthority figures like Ribombee and, to a certain extent, Polteageist. He, Ren, and Flowey also kinda sorta have an unofficial detective trio thing going.

Oh, and he's one of the two guild members Mightyena has a Concern about now. Kehehe...

PLANS:

Akechi is taking his boyfriend with him to High Tier housing, and he is living for it. That being said, it means he's going to have to relocate his conspiracy board, which might take a little time. Oran members are likely to see him shuffling about with notes, strings, and other odds and ends as he migrates his and Ren's belongings.

As far as quests go, he is doing Wherefore Art Thou?? with Ren, but otherwise is wide open to other quest partners! For Bouffa-Load, Akechi has his air-based attacks to help clear snow (as well as Drill Peck), for Nutty Buddies, he's very adept at finding and caching goodies due to being a bird, and as fighter, he is eager to take on Eevasive Maneuvers!

Guilmon

[guilmon]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Guilmon
CANON: Digimon Tamers (JP)
POKEMON: Charmeleon
GUILD: Cheri
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Here!
ABOUT:

What do you get when you take a red dinosaur but give him the mind of a naive and playful child? Guilmon! He's a very cheerful, curious, and silly fella who loves playing, eating absurd amounts of bread, and making friends. He's very determined when he wants to be and can be really fierce in battle.

The rest of the time, he's baby. Also, he now has Guilmon markings/coloration, which will likely prompt a post from him soon. What could it meeean?

PLANS:

Guilmon is very open to all sorts of quests! No specific plans here, but as a fire type, he'd definitely be handy for clearing out snow, and his sense of smell should make it easy to help forage, too.

Beyond that, he'll be doing silly Guilmon things and trying to figure out why he looks more Guilmon-like.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[edgewater]

You want help moving your stuff buddy??

[truthdecided]

Yes, plz. He is a smol borb and while he is resilient, he is just one round creachure.

[edgewater]

Sometimes what you need is a comically strong goblin creature!! She's on it!!

luka!

[edgewater]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: luka
ABOUT: local autism creature. rpg purist. concept art student. they/them. ask me about ffxiv's free trial up to level 70.
CONTACT: lesbiankrile

Parvati Holcomb | The Outer Worlds (2019)

[edgewater]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Parvati Holcomb
CANON: The Outer Worlds
POKEMON: Tinkaton
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS:
ABOUT:

Parvati is a grounded spacegirl from the dystopian far-future of Halcyon, a corporatist space colony. Formerly an engineer aboard the Unreliable, she's found herself preoccupied doing odd-jobs and expanding her skillset around the bay to be more versatile. She's roomies with Perrin, to boot, so come to the Archives if you ever need her for something! Now that she's more settled, she's probably going to allow some of her quirks become more apparent, so don't be surprised if she comes at you with a brain teaser every now and then!

In spite of her friendliness and can-do attitude, she's still hopelessly homesick. She's just coping with it a lot better. Also, she has her clothes back!

PLANS:

Me and Kururu have a little surprise planned for the TDM but other than that I'll take it as it comes. I might be preoccupied with college because we're doing GAMES DESIGN AT LAST and I'm very normal about that. As far as quests go, I'd like to do them all, and maybe with some different people for CR! Parvati herself is probably most interested in Bouffa-Load, surprising absolutely nobody. I'd also like to do some CR building on the TDM since that's my main focus. Oh! And I'm getting a Home Object for Parvati as soon as I remember to (which won't be after I write this let me tell you!) so keep an eye out for that probable Network post.

ANYTHING ELSE:

[shotinhead]

team obsidian :3c
Wherefore art thou will be so cute with these two!!!

INFO BC I FORGOT TO LINK AAA

[edgewater]

INFO/PERMISSIONS

[edgewater]

Typical for the two rpg guys to be stuck on escort duty!

Eleanor Lamb | Bioshock

[notyourbloodymessiah]

CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Eleanor Lamb
CANON: Bioshock 2
POKEMON: Brionne
GUILD: Oran
INFO/PERMISSIONS: remembered this time!!
ABOUT:

What if you were a highly disregulated and unstable teenager who'd been experimented on all your life to become a god and now you're a cute little seal. That's Eleanor, socially awkward girl supreme who's probably feeling pretty bad in the aftermath of the New Year for... reasons (CW for suicide). You know how it is. She's adjusting quite well in spite of her circumstances, despite not understanding social cues or... anything, really. Having the memories of hundreds of people who aren't her certainly can't help. Oh, and she knows Flamethrower now. Which is normal, what are you talking about. She's a totally normal mermaid.

PLANS:

Iiiii don't have a lot planned really! Bones (formerly playing Fireheart) said they might potentially put another Bioshock character on the TDM this month, but that could be pushed back to March depending on how the cookie crumbles. I want to do more questing and more CR shennanigans with Eleanor, I feel like I apped her at an inopportune time so I haven't really got the feel for her role in the game yet. Holidays ftw! Come hang out with this not-so-little mermaid and who knows, maybe you'll get some backstory out of her... yes i am eyeballing that dreams/nightmares prompt the crashout might be real this month boys

ANYTHING ELSE:

Dolly!~

[autumnrainrunaway]

PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Dolly
ABOUT: Normally covered by puppers and art stuff, I also make art dolls or if I'm lucky, returning to work on my own comic. I am in CST and a pretty fast tagger. I will also be working on recreating the ancient game of Mehen :3c
CONTACT: Please feel free to contact me through PMs on my Character Journals or PP me on Dolly_Mancer

Merlot

[quirkynote]

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

[autumnrainrunaway]

Happy New Year and thank you for running this game :'D I need to ask though, would we be allowed to do a mingle post for the blasting of dreams and nightmares?

(And I noticed Catrina has broken into Lum Berry :x Catrina no, stop breaking into guilds! Please feel free to chase her off with a broom.)

Akira Takahashi | Yohaji

[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
Due to unreliable email notifs, Discord responses will always be the fastest!

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, and can lose control when he's too excited...

PLANS:

Open to any of the quests, however as with last month, Akira will still refuse to help with salting roads since it's directly harmful to anyone that walks over it.

For threads, I'm looking forward to the event, so mostly going to focus on current and network threads until then! I always prioritize tags over OOC comments, so as usual, I'd heavily prefer any involved plotting to be done over Discord where I can respond faster (minutes as opposed to weeks). Otherwise, please feel free to just link to anywhere you want Akira, so I can throw him in and we'll see where things go!

ANYTHING ELSE:
He likely still dreams in the same perspective he used to see. If anyone gets him for a dreamshare, get ready for a headache.