Pogemon Plot Info post

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Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[powersthatbe]

Your heroic resolve was key to ending the climactic battle with the rogue Pogemon last year, pulling an unprecedented third Pogmentation out to save the day after the Disgraced Slammer’s Pogemon fell in the fight. These days, your life is more relaxed - sure, you remember that battle vividly, but things have calmed down and you just want everyone to be friends.

Goals & Fears: Wants everyone to be friends, that's it. Fears being separated from their Pogemon.
Information: Knows a lot about Pogemon and Pogemon battling in general.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Unstoppable champion!
Researcher: Makes cool things, but as an educational authority figure, is to be kind of tuned out when they start rambling on about how things work.
Slammer Master and Pogemon: Trusted mentor figures.
Disgraced Slammer: Why can't we be friends?
Lone Pogemon: Probably up to no good and trying to start more trouble.
Government Inspector: Definitely needs to be shown the light that is a human-Pogemon bond.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: Is widely known throughout the land as being a hero and excellent Pogemon Slammer. Is constantly recognized and adored--and just might be unaware that not everyone really loves them as much as the world seems to tell them.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: Reckless and hotheaded above all. Wildly charging at things, while it can be an effective strategy, can't win every fight. The fact that they keep pulling power-ups out of thin air at the last moment would seem to suggest otherwise, but there's got to be an end to even that...

Special Skills: Hero's Resilience--can pick self up after sustaining a major defeat. When a normal person would be knocked unconscious for a few hours, the hero can rally and continue to fight for ten minutes more. Has the side effect of giving the wielder an improbable crazyass hair style that defies gravity.

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[photonicfighter]

I've read this and I am so ready.

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[hazardlight]

to elaborate a little on what I said in the public plotting post: Amanda's only mostly sure that Dakki's interest is based in pity, because she came really close to a full on Defeat-Equals-Friendship in the leadup to the final battle in last year's crisis. Too bad about that massive guilt spiral and the associated withdrawal from literally everyone, afterward.

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[loyalrebel]

SO DECISIONS GOT MADE:

the Evil Rogue Pogemon's actual name is/was Nevermore.

because i'm a giant nerd and he's hiding as a raven. har. har.

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for the upcoming mingle?

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 3?

Re: Hot-Blooded Hero - Dakki

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 4?

Researcher - Gale

[powersthatbe]

When the Pogemon Council discovered the human world, they were unsure what to make of it at first, but what with the weakening boundaries between the two worlds and the fact that Pogemon-human bonding makes the Delta Factor more controllable, it quickly became apparent they’d need to do more research. In addition to launching what appeared to be a harmless children’s game to help ease the humans into things (they’d seen human movies about meeting aliens and were all too aware of how it could go wrong), they sent you to the human world as an undercover researcher, to help make sure they could learn what they needed to know and that the humans didn’t bias the results in their own favor. Getting around on only two legs is weird, making you seem graceless and inoffensive to most folks, but it’s the best way to help humans and Pogemon alike understand that the bonds between them benefit both sides and will help build peaceful relations between the two worlds. You’re not seeking a human partner, instead preferring to help other Pogemon find good bond matches.

Goals & Fears: Wants to keep a balance between both worlds, fears being discovered as a Pogemon and driven out. Also afraid their research might be used to subjugate either world.
Information: Knows what the Pogemon Council wants and how they work. Knows what the Pogemon game itself really is.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Needs to slow down and think every once in a while, but is an excellent example of the human-Pogemon bond.
Researcher: Playing a dangerous game.
Slammer Master and Pogemon: Has a bad feeling about them, but no proof. Only suspicion.
Disgraced Slammer: Poor thing needs to give it up already.
Lone Pogemon: Keep an eye on this one--the results of the Lone Pogemon's actions could influence things more than they could possibly know.
Government Inspector: Potentially big trouble, though no one else seems to realize how big.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: Incredibly awkward in most social situations and would rather avoid them, yet is good at getting the point across in a situation in which they know what they're talking about.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: Is entirely a noncombatant, terrible at battle. Not necessarily a coward, just aware that the battlefield is not where their strengths lie. All of their fighting techniques are designed to distract the enemy so that they can get away or to redirect any damage at other targets.

Special Skills: Unassuming Guise--can disguise self in a human form when other Pogemon would be unable to do so. Outside of this Jaunt, it would allow the user to disguise themself as a species native to wherever they're visiting (i.e. a human user of this skill would, in Escape from Junkworld, have been able to disguise themself as a Hecatite or Gorgon). Disguises gain no particular drawbacks or benefits of a species change; the user still has access to all of their natural abilities and weaknesses and does not gain the abilities and weaknesses of whatever form they're taking. (For example, someone disguising themself as a Balteus vampire would not have a weakness to sunlight but would also be incapable of using the persuasive powers of a Balteus.) The disguise may be broken when the user is knocked unconscious or exposed through other means (for example, someone using magic to detect impostors).

Re: Researcher - Gale

[vorenado]

THIS IS AWESOME

Re: Researcher - Gale

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for the upcoming mingle?

Re: Researcher - Gale

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 3?

Re: Researcher - Gale

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 4?

Slammer Master & Pogemon Partner - Malik and npc

[powersthatbe]

The Slammer Master: You’re no fool. The real power in this dinky kids’ game is in the control it grants over this world and the Pogemons’ home dimension. A good mentorly facade, even toward that upstart brat that put paid to your plans last year, is just what you need to manipulate everyone into seeing your goals through. The Delta Factor’s another spanner in the works; it’s too unpredictable to be allowed to spread any further. For the safety of both worlds, not to mention your plans for world domination, it must be stopped.

The Pogemon Partner (placeholder name Xarzaax but you can change it!): This isn’t the first time you’ve bounced back from a seemingly final defeat. You first broke with the Pogemon Council over whether to continue with this children’s-game farce or conquer the human world outright, and then that fight against the Hot-Blooded Hero and Disgraced Slammer last year, after your castle was discovered to be the source of the wild Pogemon emergences, put paid to your ambitions… for the time being. Trapped in your depowered form (your Pogmentation would give the charade away) and forced into a bond with a human to regain even a fraction of your former power, your plans are back on track. The human may be like-minded, but you’re still in an uneasy alliance at best.

Goals & Fears: Wants ultimate power over both worlds. Fears getting found out before they can make that a reality, though "fear" is a strong word for it. They're both on the overconfident side of things.
Information: Information about their own motives and plans, as well as the Pogemon Partner's true identity.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Young punk thinks they're so great with their fancy hair and fancy Pogemon...kid needs to learn their place.
Researcher: Beneath notice.
Slammer Master (regarding themself): The only person with a clear vision on how to best maintain the safety of both worlds, if anyone would care to listen.
Slammer Master's Pogemon Partner (regarding themself): The rightful ruler of both worlds.
Disgraced Slammer: Not as much of a threat as they would be with their Pogemon.
Lone Pogemon: Vermin to be exterminated.
Government Inspector: Their cooperation is vital and must be obtained through any means necessary. Give them a good scare, and they'll fall into line...and if the good scare involves an injury or two, so what? That just makes things all the more real.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: Has all the authority that comes with being Slammer Master. Has a tendency to be a little abrasive and blunt if they're not careful.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: Has a lot of experience and is an excellent planner, but will lose their temper easily if things don't go according to plan.

Special Skills: Power of Defeat: is able to siphon off the energies of a defeated enemy and temporarily make use of their powers. "Defeat" doesn't have to mean "dead." Unconsciousness works just as well.

Re: Slammer Master & Pogemon Partner - Malik and npc

[loyalrebel]

the Partner's name is gonna be Auriel (at least while disguised)

Re: Slammer Master & Pogemon Partner - Malik and npc

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for the upcoming mingle?

Re: Slammer Master & Pogemon Partner - Malik and npc

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 3? (Other than minioning about. XD)

Re: Slammer Master & Pogemon Partner - Malik and npc

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for week 4?

Disgraced Slammer - Amanda

[powersthatbe]

This time last year, the world was your mollusc; you were known as the champion Slammer, and you and your dearly departed Pogemon were unstoppable. But then that rogue Pogemon caused trouble, your Pogemon partner died in the fight, and everyone blamed you for the mess afterward - including yourself. That hero kid pulled out an incredible stop at the last minute; why couldn’t you? Still, you don’t begrudge the kid at all; they may have rashly declared a rivalry against you when they came on the scene, but you sorted everything out before that big fight. Now, you just want your good name back (all this self-hatred is kind of tiring), and maybe a new Pogemon partner. Maybe.

Goals & Fears: Wants to be respected again, maybe fight alongside Pogemon again. Afraid they'll be a failure forever/that their Pogemon's sacrifice was in vain.
Information: Has a suspicion that the big bad didn't actually die like everyone else thinks.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Secretly respects them, openly scoffs at their enthusiasm and naivete in a show of dislike.
Researcher: Active dislike.
Slammer Master and Pogemon: Active dislike.
Disgraced Slammer: Active dislike.
Lone Pogemon: What do you want? What are you looking for?
Government Inspector: Active dislike.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: Keeps their cool under pressure, but is widely seen as a has-been who needs to give it up already.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: Has a lot of experience and is good at reading Pogemon battle situations, but has no Pogemon.

Special Skills: Loner’s Pride: Actually has a better chance of success when attempting a task if the task is taken on by oneself--only after repeatedly denying offers of help. For some bizarre reason, when dealing with a group of people all insisting that they don’t need anyone else and that they are just fine on their own, this skill can also be used to unify that group.

[hazardlight]

I've read the post and I'm super looking forward to this.

[loyalrebel]

SO DECISIONS GOT MADE:

the Evil Rogue Pogemon's actual name is/was Nevermore.

because i'm a giant nerd and he's hiding as a raven. har. har.

(ALSO I ADDED YOU ON PLURK)

[powersthatbe]

Any plans for the upcoming mingle?

Lone Pogemon - Imri

[powersthatbe]

You came down with the Delta Factor after an interaction with the Researcher, and since then you’ve just been trying to get by. Your seemingly unique ability to turn the Delta factor on and off at will makes you a formidable opponent in tournaments, even without a human partner - but sooner or later, the time may come that you can’t control it anymore, and who knows what will happen to you then?

Goals & Fears: Just wants to survive, fears getting overwhelmed by their own power.
Information: Has no idea what's going on, really. Is just trying to survive.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Young fool that just got lucky.
Researcher: Something's not right here...
Slammer Master and Pogemon: Authority figures. As such, not to be trusted.
Disgraced Slammer: Potentially interesting.
Lone Pogemon: The only sane one here.
Government Inspector: Don't make me laugh.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: A Pogemon by itself is widely seen as a threat or an object of pity by the humans and many partnered Pogemon. The former is something the Lone Pogemon can live with, but the latter is something that makes them really, really angry.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: The Lone Pogemon is about as strong as it's possible to get without partnering with a human for the shared energy bond. The Delta Factor, though unpredictable, only increases their strength. Delta Control heightens this Pogemon's effectiveness.

Special Skills: Delta Control: the Delta Factor can be turned on and off at will (in-Jaunt plot circumstances aside).

[neverfeltthatway]

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Government Inspector - Jules

[powersthatbe]

On the whole you don’t mind this Pogemon business, but the DoD’s insistent on figuring out what’s what, and if they say it needs to stop you’ll have to answer to them. On the other hand, this investigation gives you an unparalleled opportunity to sway things in the Slammers’ favor - as long as it doesn’t get too dangerous. The last thing you want is to get hurt (and in that sense, why did they send you of all people here). Staffing problems before jaunt start would be a good opening for investigators to join your delegation, and really, it’s likely the investigators are just as confused as you are.

Goals & Fears: Just wants to do their job, afraid these dang monsters are going to tear their head off.
Information: No real information here save for knowledge of what the government will and won't do regarding the Pogemon. What this person does is more important than what they know.

Relations to Others:
Hot-Blooded Hero: Why is this child so loud? And allowed to run around without supervision? Seems like they need supervision.
Researcher: Book smart, kind of a ditz.
Slammer Master and Pogemon: How in charge are they really?
Disgraced Slammer: Could you maybe stop moping so badly about losing a children's game? Have you tried seeing a psychologist for that?
Lone Pogemon: No no no nope, get away from me without the proper supervision of a Slammer.
Government Inspector: The only sane person here.

Social Advantages and Disadvantages: Has full governmental backing despite being completely over their head in regards to the Pogemon themselves. They are intimately familiar with a world of paperwork--not a world of Pogemon battling. Definite fish out of water here.

Battle Advantages and Disadvantages: Completely unprepared to deal with a battle unless a Pogemon manages to take a shine to them. With that in mind, is incredibly easily impressed by Pogemon and aware of their own weaknesses. Probably a candidate for partnership with the Lone Pogemon.

Special Skills: Paper Pushing - Ability to navigate through legalese and absurd amounts of paperwork with frightening ease to the point of being able to turn a bureaucratic system to their advantage with only a couple of forms and a few minutes' exposure.

[failgoyle]

Reporting for governmental duty!