CR Meme August Edition

[bravenewmods]

CR MEME

How to Meme:

1. Fill out the form below for your character.
2. Post it in the comments.
3. Comment and plot with others.
4. COMMENCE PRETENDY FUN TIMES.


<b>Player Name:</b> What do we call you? <b>Preferred Contact:</b> AIM, Plurk, Skype, etc. <b>Character Name:</b> Self-explanatory Blurb: A bit about the character <b>AU Info:</b> Tell us a bit about what you've done with the AU, what you have in mind that you want to do in the future, etc. <b>Pre-Existing CR:</b> Are there any opportunities for other characters to have known each other previously? <b>Looking for:</b> What kind of CR are looking to get through this meme or in the game itself? Applies to things already in-game as well as potential apps. <b>Potential Connections:</b> Are there places that your character frequents, groups they are part of, etc.? <b>Other Info:</b> Are there other IC factors that people should know about? OOC? <b>Anything Else?:</b> <s>Obligatory gif here</s> Anything not covered goes here.

Comments

Incoming Characters

[bravenewmods]

Planning on apping a character in? Post here!

[baptismbyblood]

Player Name: Chris
Preferred Contact: Plurk (HurricaneChris), AIM (HurricaneChris04)

Character Name: Allelujah Haptism
Blurb: Allelujah is a Gundam Meister for Celestial Being, a private armed organization whose goal is the eradication of war. Before that, he was subject to an experimental super soldier program before escaping. He's a nice guy who believes in his cause and will go out of his way to help people in need. However, he also has a second personality -- Hallelujah, a bloodthirsty psychopath whose greatest concern is his own survival.

AU Info: My current plan is for him to be a Calderan citizen who previously escaped the augmentation program from Gigas. Other than that, I have no plans, and am open to making more.

Pre-Existing CR: Any other characters who may have been involved in the same program may know him. However, he escaped somewhere between ten and fifteen years ago, so keep that in mind. Other Calderans may have seen him around, though he mostly keeps to himself.
Looking for: Anything and everything! In particular he'll get along well with anybody with a taste for fine wine.
Potential Connections: Again, some Calderans may know him, as well as other Gigas expatriates.

Other Info: As mentioned before, he has an extremely violent second personality. However, Hallelujah only surfaces whenever Allelujah is in mortal peril.

Anything Else?: Nah, not this time.

Re: Incoming Characters

[streamlines]

Player Name: Anna
Preferred Contact: plurk @ aerolith when i remember

Character Name: Korra
Blurb: hotheaded and aggressive but extremely empathetic and maturing master of magical martial arts that allow her to control earth, fire, water, and air. korra's a pal, she's spiritually bonded with the ultimate spirit of light and goodness and is granted unrivaled power in her world. temper issues.

AU Info: i'm still taking everything in and trying to make everything fit the best way i can, so apologies if i have a few game-au ideas that might be off, but i'm thinking first that she'll be a god of war enlightened to match up with her avatar status/aggressive personality in her original canon. my struggle is a little bit with which three types to choose out of the four elements she has mastered. i was thinking maybe either just going with water, earth, and fire or water, ice, and dragon (sticking to her water tribe roots but adding in dragon for the avatar?)

i was thinking she'd be from the islands (her father left his family in caldera) and ran away to union out of her own curiosity to see the world and pokemon/desire for her own adventure. but i'm also toying with the possibility of her being part of the divine defense force, considering her role as the "bridge between the human and spirit worlds" in canon (until she opens a portal and merges their worlds back together)

just a few rough ideas, definitely open to working out a few more!

Pre-Existing CR: she's outgoing, she makes noise, i'd be happy to have some established allies and/or enemies. korra does often find herself in the middle of conflict, whether she's looking for it or not

(also, if bolin and/or lin is around, let's chat?)

Looking for: buddies, but also rivals, because who is korra without opportunities to punch things and people trying to kidnap her
Potential Connections: like i said, thinking maybe divine defense force (but still working out how she gets involved), and she probably frequents the pocket stadium and versus for sports shenanigans.

Other Info: nnnnnot that i can think of? korra's an authority figure in her own right in her world, which gets her caught up in a lot of power/political struggles, so maybe there's a deal going on here along those lines.

Anything Else?: i haven't rp'd in a game in over a year so i'm cannonballing my way awkwardly back in pls forgiv me if i'm lost

[shippujinrai]

Player Name: Ric
Preferred Contact: velvetsexual on AIM and Skype

Character Name: Konoe Kikyo
Blurb: Super speedy ninja and disguise artist who doesn't like to speak unless she's disguised, in which case she spits out half a dozen words a second. Her... unique speech patterns stem from having being bullied for talking slowly growing up.

AU Info: A Calderan Shifter, her talent in disguising herself comes from the power of illusions she possesses as a Zorua. She suffered through much of the same treatment as canon, and her powers began to manifest around the time she stopped speaking normally. However, the rarity of her ability among Earthkin only served to further alienate her from her peers. In the present she is an expert in recon and assassination – though she's no slouch in a straight fight either – who counted among Caldera's forces during the war with Gigas.

Pre-Existing CR: Other Calderans, perhaps. Especially ones she would have encountered at war; she doesn't really spend her down time socializing.
Looking for: People who can tolerate her quirks and befriend her? People who'll berate her for her quirks that she can butt heads with? I'm not fussy! Any CR is fantastic.
Potential Connections: Now that things have well and truly settled, Konoe's decided to check out this Union place she's heard so much about. Anyone inclined to approach a slightly lonely-looking ninja girl slash tiny fox?

Other Info: AllherdialogueisgoingtolooklikethisandbesuperannoyingtoreadandIapologizeinadvance.

Anything Else?: I don't have any cool gifs, sorry.

[toxicrevenger]

Player Name: Lex
Preferred Contact: Plurk - FightingSpirit or contact me by email at evil_wild_lex (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Character Name: Pamela Isley | DC Animated Universe

AU Info: In BNW-verse, Pamela is a 19 year old noble from the affluent Isley family. She works as a researcher, specializing in plants and natural Pokemon evolutions. She cares about the environment and believes in making sure that scientific progress doesn't come at the expense of the natural habitat everyone must share.

Pre-Existing CR: If your character is a noble or a researcher, odds are that they may be acquainted. If your character knows Feliks, Fai, Yuui or Lenna, they also may have met Pamela at some point. If your character is an Engineer, they're probably familiar with the last name Isley, as Pamela's father is a high ranked Engineer. If your character works in a pricy clothing shop, they have probably helped Pamela and Feliks on one of their shopping sprees.

Looking for: Noble suitors between the ages of 16-25 (can be genuinely interested, awkward due to family members trying to play matchmaker, or possibly just trying to get family off their case and working out a mutual arrangement), bad influences who will push her toward more questionably ethical choices/encourage her to pursue power, people to teach her how to fight with a sword, young kids to bring out her maternal streak, noble friends/acquaintances, fellow researchers, people who care about the environment, people to go exploring with...gimme your CR.

Potential Connections: Is your character either a researcher or looking to get into research? Does your character care about the environment? These are both very good ways to connect with Pamela.

I have a couple of upcoming mini-plots (I meant to post these before). One will involve seeing what Unionites can do to help their Calderan allies with their crops and water supply in case Gigas comes back. The other will involve a cleaning up & beautification of Union project. So if your character would be interested in that, keep an eye out for those. Pamela will be making an announcement about them a little while after the current game plot wraps up. :)

Other Info: Nope.

Anything Else?:

[rainsrespite]

Player Name: Ax
Preferred Contact: AIM: Tuldawen, Plurk: AxiomaticGrue Skype? Ask me.

Character Name: Yuuna Sugasawa

AU Info: Yuuna is a fairly easygoing young woman with a travel bug. She's not at all interested in staying in one place, and her heart is very much adventurous. She has a fairly relaxed nature in terms of how she interacts with other people, and she's very committed to uncovering more about the world and the world as it was. In a lot of ways she's very goofy, but Yuuna's serious side really comes out when there's danger or work to be done, particularly for the betterment of humanity. She's really creative as well, and loves to sketch or photograph things when she can.

Yuuna is both a (sometimes) volunteer at the medical facility and one of the instructors at a small martial arts school. During her school days, Yuuna was something of a floater, and an excellent student. Her teachers sort of humored her, and she ended up working almost all the way through programs for medical work and history...until she ended up getting bored and becoming a trainer. In a way, she sees working with Pokemon as a chance to do something good (and views her propensity for boredom as a massive character flaw), and after spending time getting ready has fairly recently started to go out and explore. Martial arts are one of her passions, and one of the few things she's managed to keep doing without getting bored.

She's still new to the game, about a month or so, but she's already gotten involved with the raid plot a bit and will likely keep sticking her nose into trouble. She'd mentioned to Banzu the idea of trying some sort of expedition out to see, and I've also toyed with the idea of her starting a kind of Explorer's League. It's a thought, and one I'd like to pursue, but she hasn't brought it up ICly.

Pre-Existing CR: Yuuna works with the doctors sometimes, using her medical training and not letting it go to waste, so if your character is involved with that then they may have met. Additionally, she's helped out at one of the school's dojo/gyms, so if your character is into fighting like that, or fitness classes, or stuff like that it's possible they've met? Or possible school friends, people who occasionally visit the bars, and maybe even fighter types who've seen her at local inter-dojo fighting tournaments or something?

Looking for: I'm looking for people who might be interested in doing long-distance trips outside Union, possibly for several days at a time and people who might be interested in a kind of explorer's support group. Fellow martial artists would be cool. And people who might be up for less serious things too. I'd really like for Yuuna to get a small CR circle who get exasperated with her, or who encourage her more wild tendencies. A night of ill-advised drunken revelry, stupid dares, that sort of thing.

Potential Connections: The medical center, martial arts gyms, around a decent but not exorbitantly expensive area of the Residential area, a favorite bar, these are all possibilities.

Other Info: Not really much to put here, Yuuna's a bit of a space case but means well.



Character Name: Rei Hino

AU Info:
This version is based on the manga incarnation, so she is not the boy crazy idol wannabe who constantly yells at everything and is instead a much quieter and more reserved girl with a hot temper. She might seem distant and cold at first but when she warms up to you then she may surprise you. The BNW AU for her parallels the other castmates here as well as canon. She is a partially awakened Enlightened of the fire and psychic types who lives in a small shrine to a flame deity with her grandfather. She is a Kindred Soul, and thanks to that and her strange powers and accurate fortunes, Rei has a reputation as a somewhat odd but lovely girl who has an easier time dealing with Pokemon than people. She is beautiful (as in canon) but not really interested in that sort of thing (again, parallel of canon), and at least in her local area she's got a reputation for being a somewhat creepy, icy young lady.

Rei's just begun taking an interest in being a Trainer, and has taken her first baby steps outside of Union. She's begun meeting her other castmates, but still remains unaware of the destiny that binds them all together. She is, like canon, unimpressed with men and finds it hard to trust them...but she'll warm up with time. Hopefully.

Pre-Existing CR: Rei is a little guarded around new people, and as such she doesn't go out much. Schoolmates are a possibility, as are people who are interested in religion/would frequent Hikawa Shrine where she lives/works with her grandpapa. Fellow channeler/shaman types are also possible connections. Or people who may have heard of her "reputation" as a gifted fortune teller.

Looking for: Well, non-castmate CR I don't have much of yet. Rei's very new to BNW, and as such has not met too many people. I'd love for her to have someone to go rant to and interact with, and I'd honestly like someone to try hitting on her and have that develop into some sort of weird CR that could go negative or positive. Also, basically? She's new! Give me CR!

Potential Connections: Well, Rei frequents her shrine, but isn't terribly sociable yet, and as such beyond the neighborhood around it? She doesn't go many places.

Other Info: Not that I can think of!

Anything Else?:


Welcome to Jackass, Sailor Moon Style.

[underwearfortomorrow]

So. I literally just got here, and I saw that we had a Rei Hino.

This idiot is also a Hino with really not nice political parents.

Would you like to do something with that?

[actsmagnificent]

Player Name: Mari
Preferred Contact: ghoulfriend

Character Name: Haruka Tenoh

AU Info: Headlining actor for the Union Divine Theater and the Divine Defense Force's resident pain in Uranus. Usually found with at least three square inches of her body in contact with Michiru's, but that doesn't stop her from acting extremely....charming....around the other ladies in-game.

Pre-Existing CR: Other rich kids, but only distantly. If you're in the DDF or have hung around the theater before she has probably already played with you. Alternatively, people could have run into her while she was a professional Rhyhorn racer in the past.
Looking for: Anything! She tends to be insular during plots it's a Mission thing so I'd like her to build as much CR as possible outside of them.
Potential Connections: The Union Divine Theater, Rhyhorn racing. She's also a frequent patron of coffeeshops, the fancier the better.

Other Info: Not really? She can be a jerk. Also I love playing her Pokémon but if you tire of having them around let me know and I won't bring them into threads with you.

Anything Else?:

The Rhyhorn line are the noblest of Pokémon.

[rainsrespite]

Well...for non-cast CR we could try something with these two? Yuuna's probably attended some plays, would definitely pay a little attention to Rhyhorn Racing, and hangs out in coffee shops at times. And also doesn't have problems with harmless flirting. Could all work out into something interesting.

[kickboards]

Player Name: Stark
Preferred Contact: Plurk @ starkxravingxmad

Character Name: Rei Ryugazaki

AU Info: BNW-verse Rei isn't terribly different from his canon incarnation-- he's the second son of a middle class family, and he lives for academics. Research is his game, but he's still very new to actually working with Pokemon....

It's nothing that a little research can't fix! (At least, in his opinion.)

Pre-Existing CR: Any and all academic sorts probably know Rei because of his constant presence and his stellar grades. Additionally, people familiar with any of the athletics in the city (particularly if they're familiar with anything that's track and field) would know him as well.


Looking for: I'm looking for any and all CR with Rei, particularly those who can push him out of his comfort zone, ruin his cool, or get him mixed up with the other Rei in town.

Also, he's gonna eventually need to learn how to handle himself properly in the wilderness one of these days. Oh, and swimming. He still doesn't know how to do that.

Potential Connections: When Rei isn't in class, he can generally be found hanging around the libraries doing ALL THE RESEARCH, around various coffee shops or pastry shops because he appreciates the refined atmosphere, or more recently he can be spotted hanging out around the Habitat to learn more about his new friends...

Other Info: Rei has actually been skipping class a lot lately. That is a huge red flag that something is up, since he's normally such a stellar student. Academic sorts, feel free to comment on that.

Anything Else?:


What? Anything else? No-- don't be silly, there's nothing to see here!

[radiantwingedone]

ALL THE RESEARCH?

Duke here is a researcher, and has been one for.. a rather long time, so he might recognize Rei from possible teaching moments?

Otherwise, booknerds?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Player Name: Goggs
Preferred Contact: GoggleDragon or PM one of my journals


Character Name: Banzu | Original Character

AU Info: A teenage Engineer who avoids getting close to people and doesn't like to feel like he isn't earning his keep, both due to issues with his childhood that desperately need resolving. Currently the proud owner of the only boat in the game.

Pre-Existing CR: He's worked at the Laboratories for a couple of years at this point, and for the past six or seven years he's done engraving, repairs, and odd jobs, so anyone who may have worked with him or hired him could know of him.

Looking for: Characters who want to explore the seas, characters who are interested in seafaring, characters who want him to build stuff for them, clingy characters who want to be around him for some reason, I'm open to pretty much anything.

Potential Connections: Banzu isn't at the Laboratories as much as he used to be, but he frequents the Salvage Shop and of course he has the port and the Pathfinder. Really, if you want CR with him just have your character charter a ride to the island and we can work out something.

Other Info: I'd love for the port to take off and grow. Does your character want to build themselves a seaside home? A boat of their own to compete with Banzu's? A place to do mad science away from the rest of Union? I welcome any and all plots in and around the port (...so long as the port remains at least mostly intact afterwards). Also, I still want someone to suggest naming the port.


Character Name: Apollo | Genesis of Aquarion OVA

AU Info: A 14-year-old Ranger (yes he's a kid even though he looks and acts older; the OVA is hard to get good icons from okay) who just wants humans and Pokémon to get along with each other. He's also a reincarnation of a Pokémon from the time of the Savior, though he doesn't know that yet.

Pre-Existing CR: He's been a Ranger for around three years now; a Ranger that young tends to attract notice, plus there's the general coworker stuff. Also, other reincarnations.

Looking for: Anything. He's getting more and more interested in exploration, but he also connects to Pokémon easier than humans so he needs more human interaction.

Potential Connections: The Outpost, but he can also be found out in the field a lot, doing Ranger stuff.

Anything Else?:

[rainsrespite]

Going out to sea does sound like something Yuuna might eventually return to Banzu about.

And Apollo and Yuuna might be able to do something, if you were up for it? She's got the exploration bug herself, and might possibly could end up as an older friend sort of thing(she's 22) She's not so awkward, but generally is friendly and understanding enough that she isn't threatening.

[antiseptic]

Player Name: Rei
Preferred Contact: arrasailsup or PM this journal!

Character Name: Jade Curtiss
Blurb: A reformed mad scientist now serving in the Rangers. Playful and (somewhat sadistically) teasing on the outside, extremely detached on the inside. Emotions what are they?

He usually doesn't appear concerned about anything, but in serious-serious situations his whole demeanour changes: he's scarily cold and practical, and would happily use extreme methods to take care of things.

AU Info: He was originally a scientist working on Pokemon research and weaponry development. Around 10 years ago, he suddenly quit and joined the Rangers, and rose up through their ranks to become a senior member of the Survey Corps.

He's also part of the prestigious Curtiss Ranger family, which has some ties to minor nobility through marriages and alliances. They're quite devout, although Jade doesn't share those views.

Currently he's decided to undertake some (possibly illegal) research on Enlightened along with William Flemming.

Pre-Existing CR: Rangers! Researchers who were around when he was still doing his thing! He's also found not infrequently in bars/the library/the university, so there might be opportunities there too.

Looking for: I'd really like to continue developing his existing CR! I'd also like for him to make more connections with other Rangers. New CR would be loved! It doesn't necessarily have to be positive - he can be quite mocking so there's potential for friction. Just let me know if you want CR with him and we can brainstorm a scenario together!

I'd especially love someone he can be friends with; someone who won't mind him poking fun at them, and would maybe work with him to tease other people too!

Potential Connections: See pre-existing CR. Also, since he's looking into Enlightened now, he'll probably be watching Enlightened train and noting down their abilities, and maybe approaching them to ask them some questions!

Other Info: He has trouble getting some of his Pokemon to evolve because they never have enough happiness :'(

Anything Else?:

[freelyfalling]

Fellow ambiguously-ethical type CR go, perhaps?

[niepokonany]

Player Name: Ket
Preferred Contact: cognitiveleague (ADD MEEEEE.)

Character Name: Feliks Łukasiewicz (Canon name: Poland)
Blurb: In canon, a 1000-year-old Central European nation. In BNW, a noble family's only grandson, raised by parents who quit being noble, because seriously nation-tans what is your socioeconomic status??? In both, cheerful, impulsive, sort of lazy, awkward as Hell with strangers, and ultimately completely indomitable. Dislikes bullies and being told what to do. Loves ponies.

AU Info: AU!Feliks's greatest hits include:
-Catfighting with a baby Pokémon
-Attending school until sometime last year, during which time he mostly actually avoided doing work as much as possible, and spaced out a lot, and sometimes got into fights with bullies (pre-game)
-Entering the tournament held by Team Evolution, advancing to the finals, and getting his ass handed to him by Rory and the newly revealed (like right at that moment) power of Mega-Evolution.
-Throwing a big party to celebrate the above, and also his first evolution. And also, quite probably, for his grandparents to look for a wife for him.
-Being somehow embroiled in all the drama of Lux and Fai's breakup. Anyone who follows noble gossip may have connected the whispers of Feliks's disinterest in girls (as more than best friends and shopping buddies), his closeness with Fai, the breakup, and how much Fai's uncle suddenly hates the Łukasiewicz family?
-Going on the mission to Caldera. Skipping out on the diplomatic delegation to mess with the siege troops instead, because what is self control? (Boring. Boring is what it is.)
-Recently, trying to get a cavalry of some sort organized!
-He's also made appearances in many noble parties and game-wide events!

Pre-Existing CR: Old classmates? Old bullies? Noble girls whose families might occasionally awkwardly try to set them up together?
Looking for: All of it! But I'd be especially happy for negative CR -- sensible types for him to drive up a wall, manipulative types to push his buttons, present or previous bullies? Nobles with a sense of self-importance?
Potential Connections: Feliks spends a lot of time in the fashion areas of the shopping district, occasionally drops by the bar for drinks, and spends the majority of the rest of his time either training near Union or out Adventuring. He's also known to get dragged to attend various noble parties and events!

Other Info: Nnnnnnno? I think?

Anything Else?:
LET ME LOVE YOU.

[outtahere]

These two still need to do something.

I've been thinking that since Banzu's now "that reasonably good-looking young man who built Union's first ship" aka a minor celebrity of sorts he might get a few invitations to parties that are worded in some way that he feels obligated to show up for a bit? They might be able to bump into each other there.

[second_destiny]

Player Name: Chris
Preferred Contact: Plurk (HurricaneChris), AIM (HurricaneChris04)

Character Name: Asemu Asuno
Blurb: Son of the Asuno family, and working to establish himself as a Ranger. He's a kind person who wants nothing more than to keep his loved ones safe.

AU Info: I'd really like more tasks to come along for Asemu to establish himself as a Ranger better. He's trying to live up to his deceased mentor's name, and always looking to get stronger so he can be a better protector.

Pre-Existing CR: Nobles may have met him or at least heard of him. They'd also know that his father is a living legend among Rangers -- which is something his fellow Rangers would also be privy to.
Looking for: Just more friends to make in general. I'd also like to get some kind of romantic subplot going, whether it's an arranged marriage or something that develops organically.

Other Info: Not really.

Anything Else?: Too lazy to find a gif.

[faithfulflame]

Well, Rei has a noble father who she had a falling out with, and when she was a kid it's possible they met. She's not super...sociable? But she's a newbie trainer who'd probably listen to him if he had advice.

I could also *possibly* go along with an arranged marriage from her father, waaaay down the line. I wouldn't, ideally, like it to go into full on romance, but a "we don't wanna" sort of thing I think might could be fun?

[somnambulatory]

Player Name: Brantron
Preferred Contact: fullofbees

Character Name: Jinxie Tenma
Blurb: A superstitious and somewhat socially awkward girl with spiritual powers. Related to the Fey family of spirit mediums.

AU Info: In this AU, there was no murder case, and Jinxie lives in a neighborhood full of Ghost/Psychic/Dark type Pokemon and Enlightened called Ninetales Vale located in the northwest corner of Union along the wall. It has a reputation for being haunted and creepy. Jinxie herself is a Ghost/Psychic type Enlightened known for creating mystical charms, and seems to have an almost reverential fixation on Ninetales.

Pre-Existing CR: The Fey family is fairly extensive, so it's possible characters with the appropriate typing or spiritual proclivities might be related to Jinxie in some way. Characters who are into occult type stuff as a hobby or a profession may also know her.
Looking for: As said above, more family members are always welcome. She's already related to Maya Fey and Nozomi Toujou.
Potential Connections: She helps out at Kurain Manor, teaching people about Pokemon bonding and battling with Ghost types. You may also have bought charms from her at some point.

Other Info: For those familiar with her source canon, in this AU Honchkrow has taken the place of Tenma Taro in the Tenma family's legends. I'd love for someone with a Murkrow they're looking to evolve either have it happen in front of Jinxie or for them to be innocently showing it off and set off the most horrible fit of paranoid terror Jinxie has had in her entire life.

Anything Else?:

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka has an egomaniac Honchkrow if that'll do...

[moemoetentacles]

Player Name: Brantron
Preferred Contact: fullofbees

Character Name: Squid Girl
Blurb: A hopelessly dumb Inkay shifter with delusions of grandeur.

AU Info: Squid Girl's AU is almost exactly the same as her original canon - she was an Inkay swimming around in the ocean when she floated into some trash, got angry enough to awaken Shifter powers to take human form, and hauled herself onto land to give whatever humans she could find a piece of her mind. She found Union first, yelled loudly about how she and the water Pokemon were going to 'inkvade,' was taken seriously at first because of the cataclysm, but then ignored after everyone realized she was just dumb and angry. Now she just lives in Union, raising a ruckus and making a spectacle of herself.

Pre-Existing CR: Other ocean-dwelling Shifters? That's probably the most likely. Or anyone who has or had a lot to do with the ocean in one way or another. She's only been in Union for about two years, so that's the likeliest avenue for pre-existing stuff.
Looking for: Squid Girl's two favorite kinds of people are: 1) people who humor her stupidity, and 2) people who take it utterly seriously and are genuinely afraid of her. Although some rivals would also be great, either in terms of freshwater vs. saltwater or my all-time dream of a Carvanha Shifter she can be completely terrified of.
Potential Connections: She hangs out on the beach, in the ocean itself, and on the tropical island a fair bit, but can be found all over Union as well.

Other Info: Nothing that springs to mind.

Anything Else?:

[faithfulflame]

And I'm just going to reply here in addition to Chie (even though Yuuna's already met Merrill)

Either one of my girls would prooobably eventually find their way down to the beach or island, and Yuuna would be happy to humor Squid Girl's shenanigans (and maybe use her to play pranks), while Rei would be silently freaked out by her. Especially if ink was sprayed her way.

[footprints_on_your_face]

Player Name: Brantron
Preferred Contact: fullofbees

Character Name: Chie Satonaka
Blurb: An energetic girl who loves martial arts and eating meat.

AU Info: Obviously I've taken out all the murder stuff from Chie's background for this AU, and due to the generally more egalitarian nature of Union society and the absence of a Yukiko stand-in, she didn't grow up with the same complexes she had in her original game. Instead, her inferiority complex has been replaced with a tendency for hero worship, and I've mirrored her post-canon desire to become a police officer with joining the Swords of the Savior. So this Chie is more self-confident, but also prone to place other people she respects on ridiculous pedestals.

Pre-Existing CR: She's graduated from school by now, but anyone she might have known in classes is fair game. Also other martial arts enthusiasts and other new-ish members of the Swords of the Savior.
Looking for: Pretty much everything, really. Friends, training partners, potential love interests (requited or not), whatever.
Potential Connections: Chie's a new member of the Swords of the Savior, having been accepted officially shortly after the Caldera event. Current members will probably know her as an over-energetic new recruit who's always looking to get involved.

Other Info: Nope!

Anything Else?:

[rainsrespite]

Well, Yuuna here is a martial arts instructor when she's not running around outside Union. And she's pretty enthusiastic about it (and everything else) too, as are her Pokemon.

We could possibly try something with that?

[bleeding_heart]

Player Name: Brantron
Preferred Contact: fullofbees

Character Name: Merrill
Blurb: Socially awkward but adorable not!elf girl with a mysterious past.

AU Info: Merrill is still a member of a wandering clan of people, but instead of elves it's just other humans. They lost their homeland a long time ago when the ancestors of Gigas invaded, settled elsewhere after a few hundred years, and then lost that homeland too when the Pokemon rose up. Merrill is searching for her peoples' lost history, and made a blood bond with an imprisoned Spiritomb who claimed to have been around a thousand years ago when her people lost their first home. She was kicked out of her clan for messing with a dangerous Pokemon that was sealed away for a good reason, and now she's in Union trying to carry on with her personal goals. Currently, she's working on freeing the Spiritomb in exchange for what it knows. Spoilers: it's lying to her, but she's going to free it anyway.

Pre-Existing CR: Merrill only came to Union a short while ago, so there's probably not much opportunity for this unless they were also from her clan.
Looking for: People to find out what she's about to do with that Spiritomb who will feel ways about it. I'm equally interested in people condemning her choice as well as people who will validate it. She's going to unseal it when she hits level 30 and evolves, so there may not be a lot of time for this, but there will definitely be chances for people to meet the horrifying nightmare-devouring monster she unseals after she does so.
Potential Connections: Merrill can be found wandering lost through the streets of Union quite often, as she has a terrible sense of direction if no one is helping her. She ends up in lots of places she isn't supposed to be because she has no sense of boundaries. Other than that, she spends a fair amount of time in the library researching ancient civilizations and also at the medical center learning about herbal medicine.

Other Info: Nope!

Anything Else?:

[my_father_is_a_tycoon]

Player Name: Brantron
Preferred Contact:

Character Name: Lenna Charlotte Tycoon
Blurb: Kind-hearted daughter of the Tycoon noble family, currently looking for her missing father.

AU Info: Instead of a princess, Lenna is the daughter of Councilman Alexander Highwind Tycoon. She's very into the idea of noblesse oblige, or that nobles should use their position to advocate for the less fortunate. Her father recently went missing when he left to investigate a disturbance in the Force some unnamed and vaguely described crisis in the east. It's been a few months and he hasn't been heard of, so Lenna went looking, but only found his Dragonite. She came back with heavy injuries and its egg, but hasn't given up on trying to find him.

Pre-Existing CR: Obviously, other nobles would have the easiest time with this. The Tycoon family is well-known and well-respected, and has been involved in Union politics in one way or another for generations. Since Lenna advocates for the poor, people on the lower rungs of the social ladder may also know her as a noble who actually cares about their plight. And since her father was a member of the Rangers and all-around good guy and strong combatant in his younger days, anyone in that organization may know the name Tycoon in that context (or possibly have parents who served with him before he retired from his post to pursue politics instead).
Looking for: People to encourage Lenna's naivete and recklessness, people to discourage the same, potential noble suitors who recognize a chance now that Lenna's father is gone and she's the only one carrying the Tycoon name, childhood friends, recently returned long lost pirate sisters
Potential Connections: Lenna lives in the fancy rich people section of town, so other nobles or characters from wealthy backgrounds would probably have seen her around. The Rangers thing mentioned above could also provide an avenue for some CR if they know her father's reputation. Or maybe your character is someone she's helped with her various philanthropic efforts to aid the less fortunate of Union (think soup kitchens, food and clothing drives, homeless shelters, those sorts of community projects).

Other Info: Nnnnnnnnnnnope.

Anything Else?: Hilarious FFV gifs aren't really a thing that exist.

[second_destiny]

I am willing to volunteer Asemu to pull her out of the fire as many times as he needs to.

[realmenknitplushies]

Player Name: Sleepy
Preferred Contact: sleepyphoenix or AIM 'oneirologue'.

Character Name: Kanji Tatsumi
Blurb: A rough and tough teen, apparently nothing more than a bruiser and a drop-out - but with a heart of gold, a creative Engineer's touch, and a passion for the cuter things in life. His ex-Trainer mother runs an art gallery with a textile work focus.

AU Info: So far, Kanji's been keeping busy! The latest thing he's been involved with is the Valkyrie/Citadel mess, but he's been exploring, been training, and been starting to research ways to Enhance the clothes he makes for his Pokémon instead of just weaponry and the likes... but at the same time, he feels like doing that's cutting into his training time. Boy is very confused.

Pre-Existing CR: School friends, visitors to the gallery, people he's run into when training or getting into trouble...
Looking for: Well, damn, all the things! Though two things in particular:
1) Romantic options. This goofball's rather clueless in these matters, but is there the right (probably) guy or (maybe) girl out there for him?
2) An actual group of some sort for him to really be part of as a long term thing.
Potential Connections: See 'pre-existing CR', mostly, for the sorts of places he hangs out?

Other Info: Currently still working on plot stuff for when the Citadel/legendary business is sorted. Sorry this is taking so long, I'm not sure what I'm doing.

Anything Else?:

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Character Name: Braig
Blurb: Wise-cracking, laid-back type, who looks out for his own and will hang around with anyone - but who 'his own' are who he's looking out for isn't always obvious.

AU Info: A City Guard from a well-off but not quite noble background, though one to not bother with the lifestyles of the rich and famous, he's had a decent career until now: he started training around the same time Team Evolution came into town, inspired by what lies outside the city...

Pre-Existing CR: Guards and drinking buddies? People he's met coming into the city or on patrol?
Looking for: Just about anyone who can put up with him would be cool!
Potential Connections: Again, see 'pre-existing CR', he'll talk to just about anyone.

Other Info: Warning: treacherous weasel. A very friendly, lively treacherous weasel all the same.

Anything Else?: You got sparkly Kanji in speedos, you want ANOTHER gif?

[makopunch]

Did somebody say school friends?

Makoto's still in school, and she's the quiet, super scary girl no one wants to talk to because she kind of gets into fights pretty regularly. She's (not so) secretly a super sweetie who adores cute things, though. Clearly some sort of friendship is in order here!

[ebbnflow]

Player Name: Miki
Preferred Contact: kansaiphones, Aim: Yamiryu7, Skype: jackofantics

Character Name: Nami
Blurb: She's a Feebas shifter on a mission to trade a pearl for the relic that'll protect the clan. Also getting used to life on land is shore difficult.

AU Info: Aside from doing fish/ocean puns, Nami does have a prism scale but won't use it just yet. She's on the search for the relic, which is more or less an unobtainable item. Eventually she will go back to the ocean to show her clan they can evolve only to get rejected.

Pre-Existing CR: If there are any Shifters from the ocean, there might be a chance they know her. She's only had human contact recently.
Looking for: All sorts of CR for her. Maybe not so much romantic CR but everything else is up for grabs. She might click better with other shifters. Also anyone willing to lend a fin to help her adjust to human culture would be great.
Potential Connections: She tends to spend time at anyplace with lots of water save the sea. She placed a ban on herself from going there for the time being. I'm open to the idea of joining a group though!

Other Info: Fish puns will be a thing that happens now and then. I'm not sorry at all for them. Also I'm very back tag friendly. My timezone sucks like that.

Anything Else?: No gif this time around since I'm phone tagging.

[hawkethat]

Yes, hello, fellow shifter! Hawke spends about half of his time in the shape of a puppy Growlithe and actually...only knows one other shifter besides himself, whoops. He's always up for making new friends and enjoying terrible puns, though he's a little squeamish about water...being a fire-type, and all. Clearly I am looking to exploit all of these things. :>

Also I backtag a lot due to life and whatnot, so I think this may be a good match-up all around.

[tracedarte]

Player Name: nor
Preferred Contact: themightynor ask before adding please!

Character Name: Luke fon Fabre
Blurb:

Uh. Luke a shit. Anyone who's probably tagged him already knows this but I'm playing him from the point in canon where he is an UNRELENTING PIECE OF ENTITLED RICHBOY ASS before any of his development or haircuts in canon. The run down, however is: tsundere boy gets kidnapped and cloned, clone is sent back home to replace him, clone is raised for seven years in a sheltered wealthy environment, clone gets snatched by emo girl and flung halfway across the world, clone and emo girl try to get home, get lost, team up with a mad scientist a loli a robin hood expy and a princess to save the world, meet the tsundere along the way, and free the world from a religious cult.

Luke's the clone.

AU Info:

In BNW Mr Tsundere up there, Asch, is just Luke's twin instead of just being his original and they hate each other and do stupid sibling things and are basically just privileged rich boys working in the Swords of Savior. Because their dad told them to. If you're a noble, you probably know/know of the Fabre Twins. Oh, and Luke's also just awakened as a Fennekin Shifter! Hooray!

Pre-Existing CR: Again, any nobles probably know Asch and Luke! Be it cousins or friends of the families, feel free to assume they have a vague knowledge/tolerance of your character.
Looking for: I want people to yell at Luke and tell him to change and all that good shit. Teach him the ways of the universe!
Potential Connections: Swords of the Savior, the council, any really fancy shops/restaurants/bars that kind of stuff!

Other Info: Negative CR is basically... all of Luke's CR. I don't mean it personally he's just really hard to deal with.

Anything Else?:



unlike Asch, Luke "is not tsundere"

[kaidont]

I'd gladly have Kaido yell at Luke (who can do so in return, because Kaido you have issues) but I'm not sure he'd be the one with the most contructive comments.

[healthepot]

Player Name: Amber
Preferred Contact: twistingkage (please add me), twistingkage @ AIM

Character Name: Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear
Blurb: Noble who's aiming for an eventual seat on the council but in the meantime just wants to help all the people she can. Oh, right, and to mirror canon, she's a cousin of Asch and Luke.

AU Info: Natalia's only just become a trainer, and she's mostly doing it because she wants to learn about the world. And partly because she wants to have cool adventures too.

Pre-Existing CR: Nobles are very likely to know Natalia, especially ones that know Luke and Asch. Natalia is probably more tolerable. Possibly guys her father's been trying to pressure her to marry, people she's met through charity work--Natalia loves to help the less fortunate, after all!
Looking for: Just about anything! People to show her the ropes of being a trainer, people to annoy her, all the CR.
Potential Connections: Most of the higher class places around town, people she may have helped out with the charity work... idk come at me with whatever.

Other Info: I think I've covered everything...!

Anything Else?: sadly I am a bit lacking in gifs

[battlearmor]

Player Name: Luc or Luciano
Preferred Contact: gueyprince

Character Name: Kuranosuke Koibuchi
Blurb: Why don'tcha check his handy-dandy character intro page?

AU Info: Kuranosuke's new, but he's just starting to get acquainted with pokémon. He wants to be a pokémon stylist-- rather than enter pokémon into contests, he wants to make them pretty and confident.

Pre-Existing CR: He's technically a noble son of a politician, so nobles are likely to know him already.
Looking for: pretty much everything. I'm trying to get someone to app his love interest, Tsukimi, but I'd also really love to see his brother Shu. He's getting tired of hanging out with nobles, though, so you'd better keep it interesting...
Potential Connections: Not particularly. He's wandering around trying to find better places to hang out, though.
Other Info: When Kuranosuke isn't in drag, his icons will reflect that, so please pay attention to them!

Character Name: Maya Fey
Blurb: Maya's still a channeller, but she's been taking her role as a ghost/psychic teacher a little more seriously, and has been running around doing 'house calls' to work with ghosts across the city.
She too has a stats page but it lacks her personality so far. Anyway, she's pretty fun for a spooky girl, just like a gengar (the father she never met was a gengar shifter, after all) and she's hatched a gastly that is shiny, so she'll start to make trouble with her...

AU Info: As mentioned, she's been trying to teach ghost and psychic types at the Kurain School. It's a part of the neighbourhood known as Ninetails Vale, where she lives with her cousins Nozomi and Jinxie. The Fey family is 'old money' and were nobles until the incident with her mother, so Maya is doing her best to re-establish the Kurain School as a trustworthy name. Part of that, though, is making friends with people who can possibly protect them, since Ghosts aren't known for their trustworthy nature in the first place. This may lead to a potential partnership with the family of a certain Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu, who she's been pranking friends with since childhood.

Pre-Existing CR: She's been in the spooky part of town most of her life, but if anyone frequents that area, it's possible!
Looking for: More friends, but also potentially negative CR! Maya is a strongly-ghost-type and she's also a channeller, so there's every chance people could believe her a fraud, especially after her mother's incident. She has a guard dog now so I am completely fine with people not liking her.

also everyone should bully Monathin and Plus into apping Phoenix and Apollo the end
Potential Connections: Are there places that your character frequents, groups they are part of, etc.?

Other Info: Nnnnot that i can think of!

[underwearfortomorrow]

Hey. We need some shenanigans.

[underwearfortomorrow]

Player Name: Jami
Preferred Contact: AIM: Jamadadayo and plurk golgothas

Character Name: Eiji Hino
Blurb: A wandering doofus who seems to have a giant Good Samaritan complex and no direction in his life. He's friendly but detached, and is in need of some friends to fix that. He's also reckless and will go to extreme lengths to help someone and completely disregard his own life.

AU Info: Eiji is a wanderer who hasn't been in Union for a while, and was just kind of bumming around everywhere else. It's possible that if you're from some of the outside places like Caldera or Citidel you may have seen this colorful hobo passing through! He doesn't stick around long though, usually to work up some funds by taking up odd jobs and then he's gone again.

For people native to Union you all might remember the name Eiji Hino as that kid who used to volunteer at an orphanage that burned down a few years ago. He was one of the few survivors. His parents made a huge deal out of him being a hero and that's about the last time anyone really say him before he came back into the game.

What Eiji needs is good friends and people who are not afraid to force their way into his life where he's otherwise pretty detached. And to also get mad at him for being a reckless idiot because he is.

Pre-Existing CR: He grew up as a Noble kid! So anyone in that circle would likely know him! I am super down for people to have known him before he ran away into the wilderness.

Looking for: Friends, family, rivals. I enjoy people who push his buttons as well as anyone who's willing to get close to him and help him through his issues!

Potential Connections: He's fond of parks and places that Pokemon frequent. He can probably be found in the habitats or taking care of strays. He also needs a job if anyone's willing to offer!

Other Info: The orphanage burning down is definitely still a thing.

Anything Else?:

because motorcycle vending machines exist in eiji's canon