interest check & pre-planning.

[teamboba]

INTEREST CHECK & PRE-PLOTTING Welcome to Pokespe! This is the game's official interest check for mod-invited players to comment and express their desire to play in the game once it opens. This also doubles as a pre-plotting post. Please use this plurk to introduce yourself and the potential characters that you would like to play. Here are some important notes: ⬥ Reserves are currently open. ⬥ Applications will open on August 21. ⬥ The game will officially open on September 1. ⬥ Applications are currently open only to friends of the mods' plurk. ⬥ Applications will opened to +1s on September 1. ⬥ Information about the game can be found on the navigation. ⬥ Contact a mod for any questions or concerns. ⬥ Follow pokespe for updates. Have fun! <div style="width:100%;"><div style="margin-left:-1em"><h1 style="font-size: 20pt; color: #121212; letter-spacing: 0.18em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; border-bottom: 3px solid #c10000;">→ <font color="dc0">PLAYER INFO</font></h1><ul><font face="Tahoma"><b>Name</b>: Player name <b>Contact</b>: Plurk, Discord, email, etc </font></ul><div style="width:100%;"><div style="margin-left:-1em"><h1 style="font-size: 20pt; color: #121212; letter-spacing: 0.18em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; border-bottom: 3px solid #c10000;">→ <font color="dc0">CHARACTER INFO</font></h1><ul><font face="Tahoma"><b>Name</b>: Please put the character's name in Western order (Firstname Lastname) <b>Canon</b>: If it is an original character, please put in "Original". If it is a CRAU, include both the canon and the game they are coming from. <b>Blurb</b>: Introduce your character in a few sentences <b>Starter Pokemon</b>: Do you have an idea on which one to give them? Or do you need some help? <b>Legendary Pokemon</b>: Which one will they be aligned with? As a reminder, legendaries do not have to match the character's backstory or personality, so don't worry about thinking too hard on this! <b>Plans</b>: Was there anything you wanted to do with this character? </font></ul><div style="width:100%;"><div style="margin-left:-1em"><h1 style="font-size: 20pt; color: #121212; letter-spacing: 0.18em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; border-bottom: 3px solid #c10000;">→ <font color="dc0">OTHER INFO</font></h1><ul><font face="Tahoma"><b>Enable me:</b> Are there any other characters you'd like to play, but don't want to write up an entire blurb? Put 'em here! <b>Anything else:</b> Would you like to add anything else?

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ICHI

[joysticks]

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Name: Ichi
Contact: northpaws ⬥ protag

HAKI

[authoriser]

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Name: Haki
Contact: factious

MAD

[goldsend]

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Name: Mad
Contact: koohii

Morgan

[cicadashell]

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Name: Morgan
Contact: hylidae

Ori

[compendiem]

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Name: Ori
Contact: birdseed

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Name: Minato Arisato
Canon: Persona 3 good end

Blurb: I, unlike Ichi, did not write this out beforehand so UHH Minato is a sleepy boy and I'm going to try my damnest to make him a good sleepy boy but I've written one thread with Ichi pre-Pokespe and it's not going well (':!!! He's from the good end, so THEORETICALLY he knows about the strength of bonds and all that jazz, but he is still Minato, so, yeah. This blurb says nothing about Minato but also he's just like that

Starter Pokemon: He will be starting with a Yamask! I decided just now that her nickname will be Facehugger bc that is what she does
Legendary Pokemon: Giratina... don't think too hard about this
Plans: Give me my Combee farm dreams. That, and I have my side plot involving finding Yamask's grave, and my Pokemon dreams will be fulfilled

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Enable me: IDK!!! I'm going to start with one character and see how work goes if I have enough time to take on another. There's a murdergame in the fall that I'm on the fence about depending on whether my work schedule allows for it, so if I'm able to get in, you're stuck with just Minato so I can balance the workload, otherwise I was thinking maybe Kano from Kagepro so he could get stuck with black blobs literally all the time, or Yachi from Haikyuu!! or Ala my good girl who I miss with all my heart and thank you to people playing with her in psls rn

Anything else: Nanami will be your guide for all things encyclopedic about Pokemon, but Minato will be able to relay things about the region at large through his Yamask, which can possess him by latching onto his face and speak through him! Cetana guides did absolutely nothing so it can only go up from here

amber

[partymagician]

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Name: Amber
Contact: secondhandmagic

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Name: Fai D. Flourite
Canon: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Blurb: Fai is super friendly and generally very nice! He's also an incredibly powerful magician and world traveler! Although he's nice, Fai is very emotionally distant and tries not to get close to anyone or care about them (he's very bad at it). He's a big liar and likes to smile and pretend that everything is fine when it's not.

Starter Pokemon: I haven't decided yet! Definitely an Ice type. Suggestions are more than welcome!
Legendary Pokemon: Lugia, Kyogre, or Mesprit or maybe another one entirely
Plans: Kind of! I plan on taking him from an earlier canonpoint so I want him to have friends and people he really cares about first and foremost! I also hope that he learns how to just... live, and let go of his past and everything. Basically I just want him to go against the decision he made to not be close to anyone. Other than that, I have no concrete plans for him!

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Enable me: I'm pretty much settled on Fai, but I've got a muselist here and can be convinced to bring in any of them.

Anything else: I'm just happy to be here!

[afterword]

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Name: Zetsu
Contact: burners

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Name: Dokja Kim
Canon: Omniscient Reader (Vella CRAU)

Blurb: usually polite and mostly friendly, a nice guy as you get to know him! in some ways a little awkward but he's managed to grow since, dumb in the "i sacrificed my life A Lot (7 times) and my friends no longer trust me but i swear it was for the greater good." he's a sole reader of one webnovel and loves to talk about it. he reads into the details and sometimes notices thing most don't because he's just that kind of person. deep down he's pretty self conscious and doesn't think much of himself smh.

Starter Pokemon: Rookidee! Or Cottonee.
Legendary Pokemon: Probably Cosmog, Xerneas, or Reshiram.
Plans: i'm sorry that one of the reasons for Murder™ is because of this guy here-- but!! mostly i want to explore dokja in another setting, and i mean.... pokemon..... i love.... love to see him make connections with other people, bridge that point of making more companions! once you can get past the secret murder i suppose-- listen, it was for a Good Cause. just friends murdering for friends HE IS COMING FROM VELLA so from an animal crossing game into a pokemon one.... what a fun field trip

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Enable me: N/A! settled on just this reader here ;v;

Anything else:

avery!

[nau]

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Name: Avery
Contact: daintily

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Name: Lalli Hotakainen
Canon: Stand Still Stay Silent

Blurb: He’s just a shitty, poorly socialized cat. Bratty, sulky, doesn’t like working with people, calls everyone stupid, has literally bitten people. Also a mage, which means he sees ghosts which is less fun then it sounds. Also has a tragic backstory, but he’s from post-apocalyptic Finland so that’s just kind of a given.

Really fucking loves cookies though, and will probably choke and die on boba.

Starter Pokemon: Espurr........... or maybe something like phantump, pumpkaboo, or litwick. There are too many choices actually.
Legendary Pokemon: Xerneas
Plans: To collect as many pokefriends as possible, whether that means pokemon or people. (It means pokemon. Lalli has made One friend and who knows if he can repeat that.)

Asides from that I’m just playing by ear.

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Enable me: I’m not 100% on Lalli, though if I brought in someone else it’d probably be an OC and probably a turbo dumbass so hand wobbles.

Anything else:: i wrote this on my phone and kept deleting the coding

hei

[regression]

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Name: Hei
Contact: hei#2323@discord, aftertaste

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Name: Joonghyuk Yoo
Canon: Omniscient Reader, Vella CRAU (animal crossing game)...

Blurb: Yoo Joonghyuk is that overpowered gary stu from the 1990s designed with old bl aesthetic (black/white theme, tall dark & handsome, multiple belts, extreme murderous intent, aloof, unyielding, overall bad boy, etc). Having gone through the same apocalypse over a thousand times in his world, he's rather distrusting, curt, arrogant, and pragmatic. Awful personality. However, he can be kind in the actions speak louder than words way.

Starter Pokemon: Eevee which he'll treat like a princess
Legendary Pokemon: Zacian......?
Plans: Joonghyuk is part of the murder on first day crew, I'm sorry. He's here to kill someone for a friend he made in Vella. Small world? Otherwise, i am here for a fun time and to go with the flow after that escapade. I love Pokemon and miss playing with a Poke-setting, so here I am. smile

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Enable me: uhmm possibly Akira Kurusu from Persona 5, but since he's popular i'm less likely so that someone else can give him a try!

Anything else:

Dani

[lienhearts]

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Name: Dani
Contact: danidanidanica

gero

[pelf]

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Name: Gero
Contact: southpaws | hoechlin#5212

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Name: Mammon
Canon: Obey Me!

Blurb: Mammon is the Avatar of Greed, and the second oldest of his seven sin-aligned brothers! He is absolute garbage. Despite being greedy, self-centered and completely lacking in moral fiber, he's terrible at everything he does and has no respect from literally anybody. Despite being pretty famous in the Devildom due to his status as a famous model and high ranking demon, he's a sensitive baby who takes everything personally and reads pretty much any comment a person can make as a potential blow to his self esteem. He acts like he's literally the coolest and most powerful dude alive while simultaneously crying into his hands when confronted with the realization that nobody likes him (which is probably a realization he has like 50 times a day).

He'll steal everything that isn't nailed down. Pokemon included, if he can figure out a way to sell them. He'll, like, pout if you get mad at him for it though, so he'll do his best not to get caught.

Starter Pokemon: Meowth! His animal alignment in canon is a tiger and he has a lot of manekineko imagery in game, so.
Legendary Pokemon: I'M STILL DECIDING "don't worry about thinking too hard on this" you say as if i'm not going to think too hard on this... unbelievable...
Plans: he is going to take one thing from every character in game. one thing. at least one thing. i'm telling you now. something's getting taken

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Enable me: I had a few other characters in mind but I think Mammon is the most capable of shitposting? That's all I want. I thought about bringing his brother Beel who has tried to eat plates and tables in canon but I would just inevitably try to make him vore a legendary and that's simply not the energy I want to be channeling once we hit endgame.

Anything else:

rayne

[redigere]

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Name: Rayne
Contact: raynestorm

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Name: Naminé
Canon: Kingdom Hearts

Blurb: A girl who wasn't really a girl, but more like a shadow given form and some terrifying powers along with it. And then a lot of things happened, and now she's a real girl, learning how to be a real girl. She's soft-spoken and oftentimes self-conscious and guilt-ridden, but she's a quietly, fiercely brave soul underneath all that.

Starter Pokemon: Rookidee so she can have Corviknight eventually~
Legendary Pokemon: Not sure yet!
Plans: Nothing special other than making friends!

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Enable me: I'm good! I don't think I can handle more than one character here atm.

Anything else: Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle, Caterpie Butterfree Wurmple...

coco!

[robincould]

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Name: Coco
Contact: amplitude

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Name: Goro Akechi
Canon: Persona 5 Royal (might just do vanilla p5, depends on spoiler levels etc.)

Blurb: (No royal spoilers here, but general P5 spoilers are!) Famous Ace Detective by day, persona user by night, Goro Akechi seems to uphold a pristine image. He’s smart, handsome and polite — but beneath that is a deeply troubled boy who has a lot of...issues. LOTS OF THEM. He’s good at keeping a nice face but behind that metaphorical mask is a guy who acts purely out of self-interest. He’s kind of a mess. : )

Starter Pokemon: Murkrow maybe. Or...Espurr?
Legendary Pokemon: Lugia or Entei
Plans: I’m winging it but let’s become an ace trainer. Yeeeee. Show him the power of friendship (and gl trying to convince him it works)?? Idk he’s got no chill

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Enable me: Also considering Ann from P5 and Felix from Fire Emblem Three Houses! Feel free to enable me!

Anything else: If I do go with Akechi, I would like to take him from Royal! However I know the game is still pretty recent and some people might be avoiding spoilers, so let me know if you think I should reconsider switching to vanilla P5!

GIRA

[infiltrationtools]

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Name: Gira
Contact: skysplitter @ plurk, disc upon request

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Name: Akira Kurusu
Canon: Persona 5 Royal

Blurb: Akira is very dedicated to appearing as a perfectly normal teenage boy. He's nice enough, clever and affable, ready to take the lead when the going gets tough. Maybe he knows too much about picking locks, or using handguns, or sneaking around places where he shouldn't be. Maybe his tone gets real dark when you start talking about power imbalance or megacorporations or the like. He may or may not make allusions to the gods and monsters who supposedly live inside his head. But that's fine! It's fine. Not suspicious at all, right?

Unlike Cetana, this Akira will be fresh and new from a file of Persona 5, either Royal or vanilla.

Starter Pokemon: I'm thinking Zorua.
Legendary Pokemon: I am not self-centered enough to make it my own namesake, Giratina, so probably Yveltal? I feel like there's a better option though.
Plans: I just want to give Akira a good ending. That's all I want. Reviv to Cetana was fun, but it's unarguable that Akira was doing really poorly mentally. That's not to say that I'm disinterested in darker subjects -- far from it -- but rather I want to achieve a better balance with a more well adjusted and... somewhat less traumatized character.

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Enable me: I'm gonna be real with you guys I had a little bit of a crisis over whether or not I wanted to play someone from YGO VRAINS instead, likely either Yusaku or Ai. But that would involve untangling VRAINS' plot, so I'd probably only do it in a game if people are interested in playing with them.

Anything else: Confession time, I have not played Royal beginning to end yet. I've been working on it. However, I have played P5 vanilla a couple of times now, I am in the middle of my own Royal playthrough, and I've watched the third semester in a Let's Play. I think it would be really fun to mess with the new information we get in the third semester, but I haven't decided if I'm comfortable playing from a canon I haven't seen 100% front-to-back yet? IDK.

blair

[rateup]

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Name: blair
Contact: romanticizes, megumi#8796

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Name: Itaru Chigasaki
Canon: A3!, miiiight be coming in as a Fractura CRAU bc fuck yeah his isekai adventures continue

Blurb: A charming, princelike salaryman at day, degenerate gamer chad at night. Itaru literally gets that capitalist bread just so he can whale in his gacha games which - you know, if it makes him happy. He's also found a newfound love for theater because he gets to act as his faves in his videogames and animanga so that's cute! Probably. He'd still call you a pleb if he finds out that you're a pathetic f2p though :/

Starter Pokemon: MY INDECISIVE ASS AGONIZES OVER THIS so probably Riolu. Most likely for competitive reasons.
Legendary Pokemon: Virizion! Not to be confused with Verizon, which took me off a loop for a moment there.
Plans: HE REALLY JUST WANTS TO BE ISEKAI'D TO GET AWAY FROM HIS ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES so. mood. But yeah I really just want him to live out his childhood dreams of becoming a Pokemon Master. Also he miiight actually know Pokemon bc he's collab'd with Psycho-Pass and currently Pac-Man so that's. Fun. wild hand gestures we shall see

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Enable me: thinkin bout bringing Figaro from Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku here sometime but the game is less than a year old and he's a relatively new muse... like i said we shall see, i think i can only handle one chara rn

Anything else: idk man just check out this man's priorities

LYCORIS

[darkenedgales]

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Name: Lycoris
Contact: psychelocks

Skarme

[scension]

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Name: Skarme
Contact: blitzente @ plurk, skarme#1667 on discord

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Name: Sagi
Canon: Baten Kaitos

Blurb: Friendly, cheerful, babyfaced JRPG protagonist teenager who loves his family and almost never turns down a fetch quest (even if he gets pouty about it). He would do great in a non-murdery mainline pokemon game but was born into a canon full of cynical political drama instead, which is Oops for him because he is incredibly bad at plans and also basically incapable of not thinking aloud, so almost everyone else in said canon kicks him around like a football that can be convinced to stab people every now and then. Tbh he's not even a real protagonist, and the entity he thought was his personal guardian angel for most of his life turned out to be a lump of magical corpse meat surgically stitched inside him as a baby without anyone ever telling him... He is genuinely nice and likes people to get along, though! He also has giant (nonfunctional for now) translucent bird wings and bird feathers which appear to be floating behind him permanently but are absolutely physical enough to be injured or traumatically ripped out! You gotta have wings!

Starter Pokemon: Shiny Pawniard! it coincidentally looks like his nonbinary robot childhood best friend so i Must
Legendary Pokemon: Silvally ;)
Plans: lowkey crisis because in canon all his inventory fits in the equivalent of pokeballs and he has to actually carry things now lowkey ongoing existential crisis because he has never been alone in his head, body or soul before BUT MOSTLY, jrpg protag gotta protag! have adventures! make friends! pretend he's cool! learn a musical instrument! knock someone's hat off with his wings! accidentally witness more murders! (commit more murders??) climb onto the roof of a pokecentre because none of his bffs with an actual brain cell are here to dissuade him from the stupid ideas that go through his head and hopefully there will be no other braincells to be found here as a replacement! definitely not accidentally turn into a big gangly monster again if he gets a certain power regain after a while! yeah!!

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Enable me: probably don't have time for a second for a while :(

Anything else: look at these neat obscure canon, i love the characters such as [looks at smudged wrist]

BUN

[darkdivide]

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Name: Bun
Contact: delphoxes

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Enable me: Gonna slap this up here for the sake of keeping things a little clean. Other than the two down below, also considering Michiru Kagemori (BNA) or Aerith Gainsborough (FFVII), but the later would also need a hella lot of review too.

Anything else: Even if I'm throwing multiple options up here, I'll probably only have time for one but I like having options! Going back to work is going to be murder on my energy levels is all x.x

PIP

[covenantal]

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Name: Pip
Contact: PipPop#5544 on discord!

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Name: Yu Narukami
Canon: Persona 4 Golden | Recolle CRAU | Original

Blurb: ALSO A PERSONA 4 PROTAG!! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT??? WHO KNOWS! Yu is drawn from P4G, and he's somewhat different to his incredibly loud, incredibly expressive twin, Souji. He can be a little bit more stoic, and is more prone to weird, bad, nonsensical jokes than he is puns (though do not count him out on puns I swear to god). Like his twin, however, he too is capable of Serious Leader Times and Solving Murder Crimes while maintaining 29385729837589 odd jobs and eating grass and petting cats. And also because this is from the golden anime and it is funny he is an absolute MASTER at maintaining an extremely full schedule

As with Souji he is coming from a Recolle CRAU but ALSO from the very beginning of the game, so he will also be dodging that weird "hey I already know you" CR! And he'll be different from his canon self thanks to said CRAU mostly in just being more awkward and quiet than you might normally expect. But as Ichi says with 2x the twin you're going to get 2x the disaster so I am very sorry in advance

Starter Pokemon: UHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh cat. look i dont know ICHI CALL ME
Legendary Pokemon: zekrom and ichi can fight me because back when i played that game i caught a zekrom and named it pancakes and you cannot stop me from recreating PANCAKES 2.0
Plans: This version of Yu had a previous run where he was Sad A Lot For Good Reasons and I kinda wanna do some things differently this time so idk I guess he's gonna collect every cat-shaped thing and probably talk a lot about how amazing Souji is? please be his friend he's so alone

i also distintinctly remember ichi laughing about him having no family and being ALL ALONE and i cant find it so this is just me doxxing ichi for being the worst

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Enable me: HAHA GOD NO(T.... YET??? IDK)