Pokemon: Ten (2 spots left!, Started, Accepting)

[altemon]

This is a high-quality TRPG. If your grammar, spelling and storytelling skills are not up to scratch, you will not be accepted. You must include an example of your writing ability when you sign up.

 

[spoiler=Rules]

In the words of Rinne, one strike and you're out.

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[spoiler=Storyline]

The year is 2140. If you look around you, all you will see is rubble.

If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of a shadowy figure darting between destroyed buildings, survival the only thing on their mind.

 

Two years ago, Team Aqua and Team Magma realised that they had a common cause - to make the planet a better place - and joined to form Team Scape. It was no secret that they would kill anybody who had anything to say against their opinions, so they were feared throughout the entire Pokemon World.

 

Two weeks ago, Team Scape finally overthrew the Pokemon Empire stationed in the mostly abandoned region of Jadon, and unveiled their true plan. With the Empire gone, they had full access to the ten nuclear missiles reserved for emergencies, all aimed at a specific region.

 

Three days ago, Team Scape put their plan into action. They launched all ten missiles. They saw the trouble with the world, and they gave it a second chance. A clean slate. A new beginning.

 

What they didn't count on were the ten that were left over. The ten that somehow managed to live when the rest of the world was destroyed. Ten ordinary people and their Pokemon that were lucky.

 

This is where you come in.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Signup sheet]

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Appearance:

Biography:

Personality:

Pokemon:

Example of writing ability:

 

 

 

[spoiler=Characters]

Name: Iz Xavier

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance: Has shoulder length dark brown hair with a long fringe. Wears thinly rimmed dark blue oblong glasses, is quite short, has pale skin and a slim build. Always wears a tight white T-shirt and blue skinny jeans. Always carries a grey satchel bag.

Biography: Iz, son of Kent and Mimi Xavier, was born in Fortree City. As a young child, he enjoyed the natural Fortree lifestyle, but as he became older and smarter, he began to realise how much the rest of the world had in store for him. When he was thirteen, he ran away from home and went to live in Mauville, a bustling community that he was sure he could make his way in. He became good friends with Wattson, the gym leader of that time, but his time was running out and he passed away on Iz's 14th birthday. In his will he left him the rights to the Mauville Gym.

Once Iz's parents heard the news that the new Leader of the Mauville Gym was their son that they had not seen in nearly a year, they came running to Mauville straight away to see him. But Iz was nowhere to be found.

For two years Mauville had no Gym Leader, until finally Iz returned on that fateful day in 2140 when the world came to a halt. The moment he stepped through the back entrance of the Mauville Gym, there was a huge explosion that wiped out everything in sight.

Except Iz and his Pokemon. They lay unconscious under rubble for two days, until Iz was awoken by his prized Pokemon...

Personality: Iz is an intellectual with little regard for the world around him. He often goes off on tangents, and it takes others (usually his Pokemon) to bring him back down to Earth. He is notoriously bad at explaining things.

Pokemon: Manectric, Electabuzz, Raichu, Magneton, Chikorita

 

Name: Yokazu Karin (Karin Yokazu)

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Appearance: She is rather slender and with a rather tomboy-ish look. Her hair is short, messy and brown, and her eyes ocean blue. She usually wears a grey tank top with the words "Fire Away!" imprinted on the back, with a flaming ball over the "i". She wears red shorts and black sneakers with white trims.

Biography: Karin was a spoiled child against her will, since her parents -- Mr. and Mrs. Yokazu -- were the richest couple in her home region; Flamesprout Town. She was always given sweets, toys and other kinds of expensive things against her will, with her parents telling her "she was worth it". But she didn't understand why she was worth it, and usually gave away her things to the local poor people when her parents did not notice. As she began to grow into her teens, however, she began to crave things instead, and her parents happily showered her with manicure treatments, make-up boxes, new cellphones, and other devices. They even gave her Pokémon she wanted, thus making herself an efficient Pokémon Team consisting of four Fire-Type Pokémon and one Lucario, since she thought Lucarios were cute and handsome. She kept on this brat-ish behavior circle until the doomsday of 2140, when Team Scape launched their missiles, destroying her home town and killing her friends and parents.

 

But not her and her precious Pokémon. She survived, and with an inextinguishable will of fire itself, she and her team is on the move for vengeance.

Personality: She is rather hot-tempered, and when people mistakes her for a boy - which they often do anyways - she'll send her Pokémon on them to give 'em a good roasting. She does however have a "gentle" side, where she is lazy and uncaring of most stuff. However, she is caring about her Pokémon, almost having a "cute" and cuddly side when around them. She often gives her Lucario the nickname "sweetie-pup", and has sometimes shown to have subtle, romantic feelings towards him.

Pokemon: Charmeleon, Cyndaquil, Infernape, Flareon, Lucario

 

Name: Brandon Sparkman

Age: 13

Gender: Male

Appearance: A 5'4 teen wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt. He often has dark circles under his eyes. He wears red shoes all the time and has white spiked up hair. He has brown eyes and a small scar on his cheek in the shape of a Milotic's tail.

Biography: Brandon was a normal kid with big dreams when he recieved a Feebas from his father. Since then, he has trained hard and long and has also trained many other pokmemon, but carries only 6 with him. He trains all the time, often not sleeping because of it. He was traveling alone when the destruction came. He and his pokemon hid underground and come up days later to see what had happened. There was rubble everywhere and he couldn't see anyone alive around. So he now travels, looking for survivors.

Personality: An overall fun guy. He cracks a lot of jokes and loves a good laugh, but can be very serious when the moment comes.

Pokemon: Milotic, Sceptile, Shiftry, Glalie, Sandslash, Gengar

 

Name: Emil Devre

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance: Has brown hair that he combs forward, but often neglects grooming when he's on the move, giving it an untidy appearance at all times. He has blue eyes that seem to shimmer when he's happy, but otherwise have a piercing, yet patient look to them. He wears nondescript blue jeans with several tears from his travels, and a buttoned gray shirt. Wears a logo-less silver vest over the shirt.

 

Biography: As a child, Emil and his family moved almost every year, separating him from his childhood friends. In order to placate Emil's unhappiness at the constant changing of schools, homes, and friends, his parents relented and bought him an Eevee to keep as a pet. As a result, Emil gradually became more distant with schoolkids in favor of the Eevee, which unlike the human companions, he would not have to lose the next time his family moved. As he grew older, the distance increased, even as he began to train Pokemon. Emil preferred to train in reclusive locations, such as caves, and that's where he was when the missiles were fired. The tendency for such a reclusive area spared him and his Pokemon, as the missile struck closer to a civilization, protecting him from most of the collateral damage.

 

Personality: Emil is typically taciturn, preferring to speak only when necessary. His statements are usually well-thought out, but brief. He generally communicates with simple gestures and has trained his Pokemon to respond to them accordingly. He considers this an asset in battle as his opponents wont have as good a warning as to what tactic he's using. Although generally withdrawn, he enjoys the company of others, but doesn't bond with them very far out of fear that their company, like the friendships he had as a child, will soon be lost.

 

Pokemon: Jolteon, Toxicroak, Beedrill, Froslass

 

Name: Desna Adats

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Appearance: A young man with spiky blonde hair, icy-blue eyes, and a black and red lab coat with a pair of goggles hanging around his neck.

Biography: Dr. Desna Adats, Ph.D., is the youngest head of Neo ROCKET's R&D department ever since the original Team Rocket years ago. But Desna had something that the others didn't: a plan to counter Team Scape's little endeavor. Neo ROCKET poured its resources into Project EDEN, the plan to create a self-sufficient vault for thousands of Neo ROCKET loyalists and other members of the human race, all of which were selected due to a very high "pedigree" that included a very intensive genetic screening. Ark One, the end result of Project EDEN, would be a mechanical city made from old mines and made deep in the Jadon region. The robots would defend the vault of cryogenically-stored humans, Pokemon, flora and fauna, and genetic templates for cloning, while building a fortress town around the Ark installation that would eventually become the center of the new civilization. The Ark was sealed up several months ago, but now that the destruction of the world has been confirmed, the Ark has awakened, including the sole survivor of the skeleton crew...

Personality: Slightly demented due to his only company being a robot, Desna will stop at nothing to complete the preparations he needs to rebuild civilization via Project EDEN.

Pokemon:

Team: Weavile, Steelix, Steelix, Toxicroak, Drapion, Spiritomb

Reserve: Magnezone, Rhyperior, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Tyranitar (Shiny), Persian

 

 

[Dark Lightning]

Reserve.

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

I need to get back to RPing on YCM for awhile, it seems.

 

Name: Yokazu Karin (Karin Yokazu)

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Appearance: She is rather slender and with a rather tomboy-ish look. Her hair is short, messy and brown, and her eyes ocean blue. She usually wears a grey tank top with the words "Fire Away!" imprinted on the back, with a flaming ball over the "i". She wears red shorts and black sneakers with white trims.

Biography: Karin was a spoiled child against her will, since her parents -- Mr. and Mrs. Yokazu -- were the richest couple in her home region; Flamesprout Town. She was always given sweets, toys and other kinds of expensive things against her will, with her parents telling her "she was worth it". But she didn't understand why she was worth it, and usually gave away her things to the local poor people when her parents did not notice. As she began to grow into her teens, however, she began to crave things instead, and her parents happily showered her with manicure treatments, make-up boxes, new cellphones, and other devices. They even gave her Pokémon she wanted, thus making herself an efficient Pokémon Team consisting of four Fire-Type Pokémon and one Lucario, since she thought Lucarios were cute and handsome. She kept on this brat-ish behavior circle until the doomsday of 2140, when Team Scape launched their missiles, destroying her home town and killing her friends and parents.

 

But not her and her precious Pokémon. She survived, and with an inextinguishable will of fire itself, she and her team is on the move for vengeance.

Personality: She is rather hot-tempered, and when people mistakes her for a boy - which they often do anyways - she'll send her Pokémon on them to give 'em a good roasting. She does however have a "gentle" side, where she is lazy and uncaring of most stuff. However, she is caring about her Pokémon, almost having a "cute" and cuddly side when around them. She often gives her Lucario the nickname "sweetie-pup", and has sometimes shown to have subtle, romantic feelings towards him.

Pokemon: Charmeleon, Cyndaquil, Infernape, Flareon, Lucario

[spoiler=Example of writing ability]Karin sighed loudly as she was laying on her side, looking over a shimmering lake near the ruins that used to be her beloved hometown; Flamesprout Town. The attack from Team Scape had left her with nothing except her beloved Pokémon, and she felt all alone in this world. God dammit, if there was at least some people out there that could find her or something.

 

Ms. Karin, are we leaving soon? a masculine, but in the same time, gentle voice called out behind her. She sat up and spun her head around to see her Lucario, a gentle smile crooking her lips slightly. The Lucario smiled back at her, knowing she was happy to always see her Pokémon being happy with her.

 

"We're leaving, sweetie-pup." she smiled, giggling as she saw her Lucario blush until his face was beating red. "Aaawww, you still getting embarrased of that?" she crooned, walking up to Lucario and giving him a tight hug, which he returned happily. She let go -- as did he -- and stood up and looked over to her Charmeleon, Cyndaquil, Infernape and Flareon. "Ok gals! We're moving out!" she ordered, and they followed her. Oddly enough, Lucario was the only Male Pokémon she had, but she didn't mind about that, as they now walked side-by-side towards the already setting sun.

 

[altemon]

Renji, accepted. Welcome to Pokemon: Ten.

I will begin now, but you may still apply.

---

April 9, 2140. Three days after the end of the world.

 

Iz Xavier awoke to his Chikorita coughing and sputtering, dust and soot being expelled from her mouth with every sound she tried to make. His senses snapped on and he remembered what had happened.

 

It was all gone...in a split second...

 

As Iz forced his muscles to obey his will, he slowly rose from the rubble of the Mauville Gym and cried out in sudden pain. He felt his face, still numb from two days unconscious, and noticed he was missing his left ear. The instant this connected with his mind, a huge pain washed over him. Realisation peeled off the layer of numbness around his body and he began to hurt everywhere. He examined himself, concluded that his left ear was all he was missing, and breathed a sigh of relief that sent dust flying out his mouth. He tore a strip off his previously immaculate white shirt and wrapped it around his head to ease his ear's bleeding. Then suddenly, he remembered his Pokemon.

 

Chikorita seemed mostly unharmed, and his other Pokemon were in their Pokeballs, brilliant inventions safer than any bomb shelter. He was sure none of them would have a scratch on them. Lucky break.

 

For the first time, Iz looked around himself. What he saw made his jaw drop.

 

The explosion had extended far further than he had originally thought. There was nothing unaffected in sight. The Game Center, the Mart, the Pokemon Center, the bike shop...they were all gone. The sight weakened Iz as he realised that nobody he knew would be alive.

 

The Gym was the strongest building in all of Mauville, and it didn't survive. The only thing that kept Iz alive was the reinforced doorway, built to keep intruders out. The strong doorframe was the only thing left standing for miles. It was impossible that anybody else around here could have survived.

 

Nevertheless, Iz returned Chikorita to her Pokeball and started seeing if he could still walk.

 

Twenty minutes later, Iz fell to the ground, five steps away from where he woke up. This was going to be a long and difficult recovery.

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

"U-Uugh... m-my head... what happened?"

 

Karin woke up slowly. It had been three days since the missile hit her home town, and now she was feeling pain all over her body, as she awoke in rubble and wastes of her once proud hometown. She was of course shocked when she saw everything in ruins, not believing it at first, but once her sight had fully gotten back, she realized this was her truth.

 

"N-No! No, w-what happened?!" she cried out in desperation, but then she remembered; "The missile. It happened to quickly... for me to see anything..." suddenly, she felt something tug at her shorts. Terrified, she shrieked and jumped to the side, only to see her Lucario on the ground, bruised and gasping for breath.

 

K-Karin... help me, please... he said weakly through Karin's mind, using the ancient art of Aura Speech, before he fainted and fell to the ground. Karin gasped in fear, and went up to Lucario, holding around him and lifting him up.

 

"S-Sweetie-pup! No, hold on! You're gonna be ok!" she said worringly, stroking Lucario's head a bit to comfort him. She looked down at her belt, showing that the rest of her Poké balls were intact. "Thank God for that..." she sighed for herself, as she rushed off to find a Poké Center or something, just as long as she would be able to heal her Lucario.

[♫♪GoldenBoy♪♫]

Name:Ryu Asaki

Age:15

Gender:Male

Appearance:

 

Biography:Ryu was never a skilled trainer and his only pokemon for a while was an Absol he then was given three pokeballs from his father and told him never to open them only in emergency. Ryu did not listen to him and released the three pokemon, which revealed to be, Zoroark, Typhlosion, and a Gliscor well trained but a little uncontrollable because Ryu has not shown them enough power for them to follow his lead. Ryu caught one more pokemon right before the incident.

Personality:Very brash, very outgoing. Will put everyones' before his own well being.

Pokemon:

Absol - moves Shadow Ball, Shadow Claw, Razor Wind, Hyper Beam.

Typhlosion moves- Flame Wheel, Flamethrower, Thunder Punch, and Flare Blitz

Zoroark- moves- Shadow Punch, Shadow Force, Dark Pulse and Night Slash

Gliscor - moves - Fire Fang, Poison Jab, Guillotine, and Giga Impact

Gastrodon - moves - Recover, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Earthquake

 

Example of writing ability:[spoiler=Sample]Nai was simply walking to visit his Grandfather's grave but heard the sicking screams coming far to the left, What the hell, he thought. Let's hope Seth isn't causing to much trouble he could feels Seth's presence in the graveyard as they've crossed blades many time and on occasions Seth has managed to scar Nai's face. Damn, who else can be there, he said to himself, as he felt the other presence in the graveyard. He began to run at speeds cars would be jealous of. He stopped at the gate and thought as his sword appeared in his right hand, Let's hope Seth doesn't need any help he sniffed the smell of fresh blood mixing with the rain. He walked in "Dammit, Seth look at this mess you made," Nai said looking irritated. "Shirou," Nai said as he saw who the other feeling belonged to, he put his sword away and put his hand in his pocket. Shirou nodded and disappeared as Nai noticed he was carrying a spirit in his hand. "Seth, is somewhat possible that you don't kill every shadow reaper and leave some for good ol` Nai," he commented laughing. "You shall get your chance indeed Reaper of Insanity," a voice replied startling both Seth and Nai.

 

[Envoy of Twilight]

Name: Brandon Sparkman

Age: 13

Gender: Male

Appearance: A 5'4 teen wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt. He often has dark circles under his eyes. He wears red shoes all the time and has white spiked up hair. He has brown eyes and a small scar on his cheek in the shape of a Milotic's tail.

Biography: Brandon was a normal kid with big dreams when he recieved a Feebas from his father. Since then, he has trained hard and long and has also trained many other pokmemon, but carries only 6 with him. He trains all the time, often not sleeping because of it. He was traveling alone when the destruction came. He and his pokemon hid underground and come up days later to see what had happened. There was rubble everywhere and he couldn't see anyone alive around. So he now travels, looking for survivors.

Personality: An overall fun guy. He cracks a lot of jokes and loves a good laugh, but can be very serious when the moment comes.

Pokemon: Milotic, Sceptile, Shiftry, Glalie, Sandslash, Gengar

Example of writing ability: ( This is not in the story )

 

Brandon walked up to his challenger, laughing to himself. "You honestly think you can defeat me?", he asked, raising an eyebrow. "I know I can beat you", said the challenger with an angry face. "Then this double battle shall commence", he said, smiling. Brandon's smile faded and was replaced with a frown as he threw two pokeballs into the air. "Milotic, Gengar, let's go", Brandon said as the two pokemon appeared in a flash. "Alright, come on out Typhlosion and Seviper", said the challenger throwing the balls into the air. As his pokemon appeared, Brandon wasted no time in starting. "Milotic, water pulse, Gengar, shadow ball", Brandon said. He smiled as the hoops of water shot from Milotic's mouth and Gengar's shadow ball flew in and sat perfectly in the middle of the hoops. The move hit both of the pokemon, knocking them both out instantly. "Looks like I win", said Brandon as his smile returned. He called back his pokemon and put the pokeballs on his belt, then walked away, almost in slow motion.

[evilfusion]

Name: Emil Devre

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance: Has brown hair that he combs forward, but often neglects grooming when he's on the move, giving it an untidy appearance at all times. He has blue eyes that seem to shimmer when he's happy, but otherwise have a piercing, yet patient look to them. He wears nondescript blue jeans with several tears from his travels, and a buttoned gray shirt. Wears a logo-less silver vest over the shirt.

 

Biography: As a child, Emil and his family moved almost every year, separating him from his childhood friends. In order to placate Emil's unhappiness at the constant changing of schools, homes, and friends, his parents relented and bought him an Eevee to keep as a pet. As a result, Emil gradually became more distant with schoolkids in favor of the Eevee, which unlike the human companions, he would not have to lose the next time his family moved. As he grew older, the distance increased, even as he began to train Pokemon. Emil preferred to train in reclusive locations, such as caves, and that's where he was when the missiles were fired. The tendency for such a reclusive area spared him and his Pokemon, as the missile struck closer to a civilization, protecting him from most of the collateral damage.

 

Personality: Emil is typically taciturn, preferring to speak only when necessary. His statements are usually well-thought out, but brief. He generally communicates with simple gestures and has trained his Pokemon to respond to them accordingly. He considers this an asset in battle as his opponents wont have as good a warning as to what tactic he's using. Although generally withdrawn, he enjoys the company of others, but doesn't bond with them very far out of fear that their company, like the friendships he had as a child, will soon be lost.

 

Pokemon: Jolteon, Toxicroak, Beedrill, Froslass

 

[spoiler=Example of writing ability] The sun was setting at the horizon, a gentle breeze ruffling the untidy hair of a lone figure standing out on the mountain trail. From a closer angle, one could see that the figure was a young adult male, with calm blue eyes staring at the setting sun, silently appreciating the orange glow the sun cast over the sky before disappearing beneath the horizon. Emil let out a relieved sigh, the tension in his face receding as quickly as the orange glow had done. He turned around from the last embers of light and strode over to the cave where he had been staying the past week to train. His Jolteon greeted him at the entranceway, rubbing against Emil's leg until he knelt down beside him and rubbed its ears.

 

"There's nothing left," Emil spoke, his voice strong despite sounding foreign, as if the young man hadn't uttered a word in several days, which, as the Jolteon knew, he hadn't. Still, Emil couldn't help but wonder how complete the devastation had been. Or more importantly, how it had come to be.

 

[altemon]

evilfusion and BrandonSparkman, accepted.

Kuro, I need to see improvements in your grammar before I can accept you.

---

After sleeping silently for half an hour, Iz jolted upright, awoken once again by his Chikorita. She seemed to be getting worse, and was coughing and sputtering more and more with each passing minute. Iz knew he had to take action.

 

He ran through miles of desolate land, clutching his Chikorita tight by his chest and repeatedly assuring her that she was going to be alright. He didn't know where he was running, but he knew that he would get nothing accomplished if he stayed where he was.

 

Iz had no idea how far the damage extended, but he couldn't see any signs of inhabited land.

 

After an hour on the move, Iz saw something incredible. There was another person running towards him with her head down. She was slim, with a mop of messy brown hair. She was wearing a grey tank top, with some writing on it that Iz couldn't make out. She hadn't seemed to have spotted him yet. Iz yelled out to her in a hoarse voice.

 

"Hey! Hey, you! Over here!"

[Envoy of Twilight]

Brandon came out from the deep hole he had been hiding in for some time and stretched. He sent out his pokemon and let them stretch. Gengar and Shiftry looked at each other and smiled. They then began to brawl. Gengar let loose a Shadow Ball and Shiftry used Nature power, which in the dark rubble, turned into a Shadow Ball. The two attacks hit and Brandon smiled. "Well at least some creatures are having a good time", Brandon said, sighing. He walked over to where his house used to be and seen an arm crushed in the rubble. He seen a ring on one of the fingers. It was his mother's ring. He put his head down. He knew she was dead when he heard the explosions and terror days before. He took the ring off her finger, put it in his pocket and began to walk down the cracked, destroyed road, jumping over debris along the way, his pokemon following behind, Gengar and Shiftry still fighting as they walked.

[evilfusion]

A yellow insect creature darted rapidly through the ruins of the city, its eyes scanning the scene of rubble and destruction. The air was thick with smoke, even after some time had passed from the missile impact. Buzzing, the striped insect inspected the nearest dwelling, the nearest wall having collapsed earlier, finally recoiling in disappointment on finding no signs of life within. It continued this search for several minutes, and then left the ruined city.

 

The Beedrill soon met up with a lone human just on the outskirts of the city. It quickly buzzed the results of its find, which the human evidently understood, or if not, he showed no sign of confusion. "I see," Emil said simply. The Beedrill buzzed happily, as if its master's soft statement was gushing praise.

 

Emil turned his gaze skywards and sighed, hooking his thumbs into his jean pockets, listening to the wind. He shrugged and walked past the destroyed city. There was nothing in this city and the reclusive location meant that the rest of the world was most likely oblivious to its destruction at this point. He would find another city, one further away, and determine the survivor rate there, if any one had survived. His blue eyes flicked towards the horizon, where he could just barely make out another sign of civilization. Yes, he would try there, next. It would take him only a few hours to arrive and then he would see how widespread the devastation had been.

[Guest TheFinalFan]

Name: Desna Adats

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Appearance: A young man with spiky blonde hair, icy-blue eyes, and a black and red lab coat with a pair of goggles hanging around his neck.

Biography: Dr. Desna Adats, Ph.D., is the youngest head of Neo ROCKET's R&D department ever since the original Team Rocket years ago. But Desna had something that the others didn't: a plan to counter Team Scape's little endeavor. Neo ROCKET poured its resources into Project EDEN, the plan to create a self-sufficient vault for thousands of Neo ROCKET loyalists and other members of the human race, all of which were selected due to a very high "pedigree" that included a very intensive genetic screening. Ark One, the end result of Project EDEN, would be a mechanical city made from old mines and made deep in the Jadon region. The robots would defend the vault of cryogenically-stored humans, Pokemon, flora and fauna, and genetic templates for cloning, while building a fortress town around the Ark installation that would eventually become the center of the new civilization. The Ark was sealed up several months ago, but now that the destruction of the world has been confirmed, the Ark has awakened, including the sole survivor of the skeleton crew...

Personality: Slightly demented due to his only company being a robot, Desna will stop at nothing to complete the preparations he needs to rebuild civilization via Project EDEN.

Pokemon:

[spoiler=Team]

[spoiler=Zaku]

Nickname: Zaku

Species: Weavile

Stats: Male/Pressure/Impish/Never Melt Ice

Moves:

Ice Punch

Night Slash

Aerial Ace

Brick Break

 

 

[spoiler=Pittsburgh]

Nickname: Juggernaut

Species: Steelix

Stats: Male/Rock Head/Adamant/Hard Stone

Moves:

Stone Edge

Iron Tail

Earthquake

Crunch

 

 

[spoiler=Detroit]

Nickname: Detroit

Species: Steelix

Stats: Male/Sturdy/Jolly/Expert Belt

Moves:

Fire Fang

Ice Fang

Thunder Fang

Magnet Rise

 

 

[spoiler=Sarge]

Nickname: Sarge

Species: Toxicroak

Stats: Male/Anticipate/Careful/Dark Glasses

Moves:

Faint Attack

Sucker Punch

Poison Jab

Cross Chop

 

 

[spoiler=Orion]

Nickname: Orion

Species: Drapion

Stats: Male/Sniper/Lonely/Scope Lens

Moves:

Cross Poison

Night Slash

Aerial Ace

Ice Fang

 

 

[spoiler=Ozymandias]

Nickname: Ozymandias

Species: Spiritomb

Stats: Male/Pressure/Modest/Shadow Tag

Moves:

Shadow Ball

Dark Pulse

Ominous Wind

Psychic

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Reserve]

[spoiler=Klaatu]

Nickname: Klaatu

Species: Magnezone

Stats: None/Magnet Pull/Quiet/Magnet

Moves:

Thunderbolt

Magnet Bomb

Discharge

Flash Cannon

 

 

[spoiler=Big Momma]

Nickname: Big Momma

Species: Rhyperior

Stats: Female/Lightningrod/Hasty/Shell Bell

Moves:

Dragon Rush

Megahorn

Hammer Arm

Rock Wrecker

 

 

[spoiler=Matriarch]

Nickname: Matriarch

Species: Nidoqueen

Stats: Female/Rivalry/Brave/Payapa Berry

Moves:

Earth Power

Aqua Tail

Superpower

Body Slam

 

 

[spoiler=Patriarch]

Nickname: Patriarch

Species: Nidoking

Stats: Male/Rivalry/Brave/Payapa Berry

Moves:

Earth Power

Iron Tail

Megahorn

Head Smash

 

 

[spoiler=Fuhrer]

Nickname: Fuhrer

Species: Tyranitar (Shiny)

Stats: Male/Sand Stream/Naughty/Persim Berry

Moves:

Outrage

Stone Edge

Superpower

Giga Impact

 

 

[spoiler=Bastet]

Nickname: Bastet

Species: Persian

Stats: Female/Technician/Serious/Destiny Knot

Moves:

Feint

Fake Out

Attract

Assist

 

 

Example of writing ability:

"Cryo-Vault 98?"

"All pods accounted for."

"Cryo-Vault 99?"

"All pods accounted for."

"Cyro-Vault 100?"

"All pods accounted for. All pods in all Cryo Vaults are reporting normally, Doctor."

"Good. I'm glad everything's working fine. How long has it been since the End?"

"10 Days, 13 Hours, 27 Minutes, and 39 Seconds, Doctor."

"And the status on the robots?"

"Our robotic forces are at 97.8% operating strength. Two of our scout vertols are under maintenance from automated antiaircraft turrets, and two companies of auto-tanks were attacked by severl feral Onix and Steelix. They were mostly destroyed."

"Get the factories to churn out some more. In fact, we need a surplus of robots just in case. 5,000 reserves should do it."

"Yes sir."

Desna rubbed his temple in concentration. Out of the hundreds of volunteers to be in Ark One's skeleton crew, he was the last one left. Well, technically, he had Aiko, but she was the Ark's computer, and wasn't designed to be very...chatty. He wished his beloved Alice would be able to wake from her frozen slumber, but there were plenty of pods, and not enough nannies to go around. Desna, along with most of the skeleton crew, had special medical nanites, or "nannies", that ate radiation and prevented cellular degeneration. In fact, Desna could, in theory, live forever. But the collapse of most of the outer shell killed almost all of the skeleton crew, with the remaining ones committing suicide shortly afterwards...

...except for one poor soul who will wait for a thousand years to see his fiancee again...

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

After sleeping silently for half an hour' date=' Iz jolted upright, awoken once again by his Chikorita. She seemed to be getting worse, and was coughing and sputtering more and more with each passing minute. Iz knew he had to take action.

 

He ran through miles of desolate land, clutching his Chikorita tight by his chest and repeatedly assuring her that she was going to be alright. He didn't know where he was running, but he knew that he would get nothing accomplished if he stayed where he was.

 

Iz had no idea how far the damage extended, but he couldn't see any signs of inhabited land.

 

After an hour on the move, Iz saw something incredible. There was another person running towards him with her head down. She was slim, with a mop of messy brown hair. She was wearing a grey tank top, with some writing on it that Iz couldn't make out. She hadn't seemed to have spotted him yet. Iz yelled out to her in a hoarse voice.

 

"Hey! Hey, you! Over here!"

[/quote']

 

Karin heard a hoarse voice call for her, and she looked around and saw a young man nearby, with his Chikorita clutched to his chest. He seemed to be in the same situation as she was, holding her dear Lucario close to her as she ran to find a hospital. "Y-Yes?!" she called out, rather surprised as well to see another human in these wastes of what was to be called "the civilized world".

 

"T-Thank god there's another human here!" she said as she ran up to Iz, but kept a safe distance from him as he was a stranger to her still. "I was worried everyone were killed of those missiles. I-I'm Karin Yokazu, from Flamesprout Town."

[altemon]

[spoiler=OoC]YRPOtaku, accepted.

 

 

Karin heard a hoarse voice call for her' date=' and she looked around and saw a young man nearby, with his Chikorita clutched to his chest. He seemed to be in the same situation as she was, holding her dear Lucario close to her as she ran to find a hospital. "Y-Yes?!" she called out, rather surprised as well to see another human in these wastes of what was to be called "the civilized world".

 

"T-Thank god there's another human here!" she said as she ran up to Iz, but kept a safe distance from him as he was a stranger to her still. "I was worried everyone were killed of those missiles. I-I'm Karin Yokazu, from Flamesprout Town.

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"Flamesprout Town?" Iz seemed confused. "Never heard of it. Is it-" Iz quickly corrected himself, "-was it near Mauville?" Iz took a closer look at the girl. Her shirt said "Fire Away" and had a fireball over replacing the dot on the i. Her red shorts didn't really seem to fit with her shirt. Iz considered mentioning this, but thought it better to keep it to himself. She looked tough, and Iz was weak. There were so few people left around Mauville, Iz couldn't afford to make any of them enemies. He corrected himself and said "Oh..um...nice to meet you. I'm Iz Xavier, leader of the Mauville Gym. Or, what's left of it..." He blushed and looked down at his feet. "I suppose you've lost everything too..."

[evilfusion]

Some hours passed before Emil reached the outskirts of the city up ahead...or what was left of it. Like the first, he could see that the city had been primarily reduced to rubble, and whatever there once was in population had undoubtedly been dwindled down to nearly nil. Emil's expression showed no shock as he stepped nearer to the demolished city. The sign labeling the city had been wrecked, broken apart so the words detailing the name of the previous civilization, once a shimmering gold, were now brown and burned, making them illegible.

 

Emil snapped his fingers and his hovering Beedrill immediately flew into the city grounds, scanning it, like the other city, for signs of survivors or life in general. His hopes were not high. Whatever had wiped out the other city had a curious range, enough to wipe off a second city several hours journey away.

 

He blinked as Beedrill returned, buzzing excitedly. His eyebrows raised as he processed the information, giving a curt nod in reply. The Beedrill buzzed and followed Emil as the human stepped into the city. So, Beedrill had found some form of life within the city, had it? Then he'd have to find out what and where.

[Guest TheFinalFan]

[spoiler=OOC]

Sorry for sending you the PM! Thanks!

 

 

 

"Aiko, scan again for any signs of human activity."

"Sir, the odds of anyone surviving the End are incredibly low. Even our skeleton crew, with their advanced nanomachine-based healing factor, were terminated when the missiles hit. My simulations show that the chances of there being human survivors are incredibly low, but Pokemon would stand a better chance thanks to their innate immunity to radiation."

"Scan anyways..."

"Affirmative."

The display showed the planet as it was viewed from space, then it shifted to a thermal scan, and picked up several blobs.

"Eliminate any heat signatures from active volcanoes."

Some of the blobs, including the large ones, disappeared.

"Eliminate any known blast sites."

More blobs vanished, leaving only a very small scattering of dots.

"Now focus on any resembling the human profile."

Almost all of the dots were wiped clean, but some still remained.

"How many of those are human?"

"Approximately 411, sir, but I might be off by a bit due to human-shaped Pokemon. 9 of these signatures are in this country alone."

"Impossible! We both know how low the chances are of someone surviving this type of event!"

"Yes, but there was still a chance."

Desna pondered this information for a few minutes.

"Where are the closest survivors?"

"Two of them are 3.54 clicks away, north by northwest."

"Prepare a hardsuit and a rover. I'm going out."

"Yes, sir."

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

 

"Flamesprout Town?" Iz seemed confused. "Never heard of it. Is it-" Iz quickly corrected himself' date=' "-was it near Mauville?" Iz took a closer look at the girl. Her shirt said "Fire Away" and had a fireball over replacing the dot on the i. Her red shorts didn't really seem to fit with her shirt. Iz considered mentioning this, but thought it better to keep it to himself. She looked tough, and Iz was weak. There were so few people left around Mauville, Iz couldn't afford to make any of them enemies. He corrected himself and said "Oh..um...nice to meet you. I'm Iz Xavier, leader of the Mauville Gym. Or, what's left of it..." He blushed and looked down at his feet. "I suppose you've lost everything too..."

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"Well, I think it was near Mauville." said Karin, examining the boy. He looked weak, probably because of possible malnutrition and/or physical injuries. "Iz, eh? Nice to meet you, I guess." she said with her own blush, almost forgetting the dying Pokémon in her arms. She was awoken from her nervosity of Lucario tugging at her collar, so she looked down at him. "Y-Yes, Sweetie-pup? What is it?"

 

Karin. A-Are we there yet? Lucario inquired, as he wanted to know if they were at the Poké-Center yet.

 

"N-No, Lucario. We're not there yet." Karin sighed. "And it seems that it will take some time before we get there too..." she looked at Iz, who seemed to be in the same situation with his Chikorita. "Um... you don't happen to know where a Poké-Center could be? Or at least somewhere that I can help him?" she indicated her Lucario. "Please say there is. He is really hurt, and I don't want him to die."

[Guest TheFinalFan]

Desna finished suiting up in the special radiation-proof hardsuit, and had prepared the all-terain rover to take the survivors back to the Ark.

"Sir, do you necessaily need the hardsuit? You already have an immunity to radiation."

"One, it's protocol at these levels of radiation. Two: It makes me feel safer to be incased in a suit of powered armor when going into Hell. And Three: It will impress whoever's out there that some people around here still have standards."

"Affirmative. Opening locks. Good luck, Doctor."

"Thanks, Aiko."

The massive rad-proofed doors to the Ark unlocked and opened enough for him and the rover to get through. "Go, Zaku!" Desna released his trusty Weavile out into the grey and brown wilderness. "Go find two humans that are in that direction."

"Weav!" The little weasel replied as he darted off to go find the humans.

Desna prepped the robotic vehicle that would normally be used for scouting to carry any possible wounded, and started walking at a brisk pace of 25 mph, thanks to the enhancements of the powered armor he was wearing.

 

Several minutes later, Zaku poked his head over a pile of rocks to see a pair of ragged Trainers talking and walking, headed away from his master. Zaku decided to act, and quickly jumped in front of the two, frantically pointing in the opposite direction that they were traveling and begging for them to follow him.

[altemon]

Iz began to speak, wanting to tell this Karin girl that he didn't think there were any Pokemon Centers left around the area, but he was interrupted. A Weavile rushed towards him, looking panicked, and motioned for them to follow him. Iz didn't know if he could trust it, but he was happy to see that there were even more signs of civilization cropping up all over the place. If there were others still alive, it meant he had a greater chance of survival.

 

"...What do you think, Karin? Should we follow it? It seems more likely that we'd find a Pokemon center or something else this way."

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

KArin noticed a Weavile frantically waving in an opposing direction, begging them to follow. Anything sounded good right now, as the only thing she wanted was to find somewhere to heal Lucario back to full health. She nodded slowly as she began to follow the Weavile along with Iz.

 

"Do you think we will find somewhere to heal our Pokémon?" she asked, indicating both her Lucario and Iz's Chikorita, who seemed to be in a great deal of pain as well. "She looks pretty hurt." Karin noted. "If it now is a she, that is?"

[altemon]

"Yes, it's a she." Iz replied quietly. "She's very hurt. I suspect she's in pain." A small thought of asking about Karin's Lucario flickered in the back of his mind, but he didn't pick up on it.

 

While they were walking along, Iz took the opportunity to get to know Karin better. It wasn't as if he was making conversation, that was below Iz. It was unnecessary and time-wasting. No, Iz was interested in Karin.

 

"So what was Flamesprout Town like? I can't believe I never saw it, with it being so close to Mauville and all."

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

"Oh, it was a really nice town." Karin said, her thoughts being snapped from her Lucario to Iz again. He seemed like that kind of person who didn't like to start conversations, but right now he seemed like he wanted to talk. "The buildings were red and white with a slight golden trim at the edges, and we had the biggest Poké-Center in the entire region, I've heard. My parents were the wealthiest, and they gave me everything I pointed at. It was so nice, really."

 

She smiled with a hint of self-esteem. It was really good to have been so spoiled, really. But now, she had to get used to the "normal" life. She saw how Iz was glancing at her Lucario.

 

"You wanna ask something about him?" he asked gently. "I'd be happy to answer for him."

[Guest TheFinalFan]

Zaku continued to lead the two trainers down the road, until he heard his master approaching, and stopped. A suit of gray armor that looed like a cross between the MJOLNIR armor from Halo and a space suit was coming around the bend, followed by a similarly-colored open-air vehicle that was moving on its own.

"Hello there!" The suit cried out from loudspeakers as it ran up to the duo. As it stopped in front of the two Trainers, it gently stroked a spot underneath the Weavile's chin, making the critter happy. The suit then unpolarized the helmet to reveal a young man with spiky-blond hair, blue eyes, and glasses.

"Greetings. I am Doctor Desna Adats, chief designer and skeleton crew head of Ark One. I actually was surprised that there were so many survivors, and that two of them were so close to me! Now, let's get you back to the Ark. You probably need medical attention, especially after being out here in this mess."

He whipped out some sort of device, with started to scan the two Trainers. "Goodness! You both have unhealthy levels of radiation! Get in the rover, and I will take you with me back to the Ark to cleanse you of this radiation."

[altemon]

Iz was unsure about whether or not to trust this strange "Desna" person, but it seemed like the only option. Something passed through his mind, though. Something that didn't seem quite right.

 

He pondered it for a while, and then it came to him. "What do you mean, 'so many survivors'? How widespread is the damage?" Iz seemed to have forgotten that Karin had just been talking to him, for a moment he forgot she even existed. His short attention span snapped right to this strange Desna person with what looked like a Geiger counter.

[Envoy of Twilight]

Brandon was walking when he came across a road with a few people on the end of it. "Is that a space man", he thought, his eyebrow raising. He decided to find out. All of his pokemon were following when he came up to the people. He was still raising an eyebrow looking at the strange "space man" in front of him. His pokemon stopped fighting and looked at him as well. "Hi there", said Brandon, laughing.