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I guess this means I got myself some fire then. Oh... I'm going to have fun with this... I just know I am... probably a bit too much. We's gonna have us some purification...all those self conceited, stuck up Bitches out there better beware... It's always the quiet ones... ALWAYS.

I'm afraid I already got the war in the past all worked out, soldier... all the commanding officers/ generals were Arcei, for reasons you as the players will have to figure out yourselves in the story. Legendaries were more or less relegated to being the "Big Guns" that were deployed later on by both sides when the Arcei race began to lose ground against humans... And even aside from that, they're incredibly rare... though perhaps they could be given some form of sub command during the war era... but anyways, yeah, I've already got the basis of a plot for the Anime RP, so... yeah. an interest check shouldn't be too far away now. So there you have it. took a while, but eh... this actually all led to something greater than surge story (or that at least has the potential to be, which I'll be working damn hard to ensure it does achieve that) And we're going to be going over level 100 in this setting.

I went ahead and edited that in, but yeah... basically an entire regions league, from the champion all the way done to the first gym leader, are all DDA Personnel enlisted within the government. And the Police departments also full under them. Oh... and the police don't restrain their teams power like the League has to. For obvious reasons; they always go in at full potential. and one of the pre-requisites for becoming a cop is getting into the Hall of Fame. as for a planned story... indeed, I do... *Chuckles darkly...*

Alright, got anohter update... and god damn, feels like I've been mono-logging here for a good while... But yeah. just to let it be known, development on this right now is going... slower than slow, it's creeping along, but just barely. Moving on to the main point of this post though, recently, I've been paying a bit more attention to the anime than I usually do... I haven't been watching that peice of shit, mind you, just been thinking about it... and If you saw my latest status rant, you probably know how that turned out; I realized what I beleive the core of the reason why things have just gone... aweful in recent years for the anime (If it can honestly still even be called that compared to some other animes out nowadays... more like a cartoon honestly, seeing as the major defining trait of all animes is that they have an at least semi-coherrent, continuing story line in which events in one episode have some direct effect on the one directly following it and so on and so forth, without any breaks of fillers in between to break up the story line. So yes, It can't even be called an anime because of the shit it pulls, which I pointed out in my status.) Now, then, when this rp started, we had one mission, right? Make things actually make sense- it was the reason why we fought so hard against using the magna or the anime as canon and pretty much only took any reference from the games and whatnot... and that mission kinda got muddled half way through with me both over thinking how the world works and under think how things outta be in this type of setting- but that's beside the point. That mission, even though this is getting a... well, no... I can't honestly say I'm even revamping this anymore... but either way, that mission doesn't just die because the attempt died. So... I'm here to tell you Surge story isn't getting a direct redo. I'm quiting here and expanding the concepts and various other. I know what I said, and I'm sorry I had to drop this on you guys... but it's only because I think that there might be something that can do better justice than what we had going with the whole Kanto war theory. Basically... this is what's gonna happen. Everything I've said so far about new systems, Cores, Power Points, Pokemon being weaponry used for an invasion... all of that, it's still gonna be used, but it's gonna be incorporated and merged together in such a way that it works seamlessly. What I am going to do, what this has all inspired me to do... is ask the question: what if pokemon had a legitimate anime for itself? Not a cartoon, because if you fucking go and look at what it has now, it ain't an anime... it's a cartoon. the story is not coherrant, doesn't chain together from one generation to another... just... it's a fucking saturday morning cartoon. An Anime however, from common traits observed over several modern ones, have some ultimate plot and ending that is constantly being worked towards, and every episode, though some may vary in degree, contributes to this effort in some way. Ash ketchum wants to be a pokemon master- fine, that's fine for an ultimate goal and a basis for an anime, but it doesn't work out. Why? because Ash is constently reset in his goal; he takes two steps forward, then at the beginning of each new journey, he is nerfed completely and set three steps back, losing not only his team, but also the strength of his team... and even all the fucking skill and experience he gained on the last set of travels. So...what if? What if pokemon had a legitamate anime that had an overarching, ultimate plot and ending, where there were no filler episodes that could be removed completely and still would have no effect on the story line? Well... you don't have to ask, cause I've decided that's what I'm going to do. I am going to use the experiences and things learned from surge story to serve as a basis for an RP that will serve... as a legitimate script for a hypothetical anime for the pokemon franchise. And that's what is currently being worked on now with the assets salvaged from surge story- that is going to be surge story's legacy, the thing it gives rise to from it's ashes... because the mission isn't over, even with Surge gone. There's a lot going on right now, but what I can give you is a basic time line for how everything fits together, it might change as it gets further developed, but this is the rough base of everything... And... there you have it. like I said, all the mechanics will be in there, but I feel I've done a pretty damn good job so far of piecing things together in a way that still makes sense... what do ya'll think? And another few things: Like we had going already, In this setting, pokemon and people alike can and will die. The whole Core Strength and power point system will still be used, but I have changed the move layout. Pokemon will now be allowed to only use any move from their complete moveset, however the limitations of the core strength system still exist. As a result, the clause which allows any pokemon to use any normal type move is now null and void Some figures from various leagues may be desynched chronologically- for example: The current head of the Kanto League of japan is Lance, however, surge is no longer a gym leader, instead his place is filled by someone else due to the fact that Surge has been dead for literally decades, long before comp battles even began. winning the league no longer gets you the position of champion. In fact, no one ever wins any league matches unless the league official lets them, which they constantly do. In other words- The strength of Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and the Champion is all highly downplayed by the fact that they all handicap themselves by intentionally using teams assembled from their least powerful partners. If they fought at full strength however... there would be no way in hell an average trainer would even come close to victory. ((Basically, these individuals are the cream of the crop, extremely powerful and extremely skilled, just like their partners.)) Winning leagues allows you to enter your name and credentials into the Hall of Fame still, though you don't become champion. The DDA actually uses the data in the Hall of Fame for... employment purposes and opportunities to be offered to those who make it there. The minimum age to be registered as a Drone Trainer is 18, not fucking 10. You start traveling around on your own at age 10, and you get to visit Social Services for a few years and your mommy and daddy get to go to jail for child neglect. You CAN, however, receive probationary registration and begin a journey at age 16 so long as you are accompanied by a legal adult on your quest. The story will be set in 2285, 60 years after the reforms. Players (You guys) will be starting out as newly registered Trainers at the age of 18... I will probably make an interest check for this very soon... since most of the stuff is together with this.

Hukuna, with Alexus here, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that turned out to be exactly the case

It's more of a fire motif like I explained... since stars=literal massive balls of fire in the sky. And the fire motif itself is supposed to be a nod to something else outside of this whole verse... EDIT: Ya know what? I'll make it an upward triangle instead to make a bit... more straight forward while still being subtle... Yeah, like that idea better. ((The alchemical sign for the element of fire is that of an upward pointing triangle...)) But I'm not going to spoil the meaning of it though. Those who can identify what the motif's true significance is might be able to point it out though... but just know that it does have a legitimate symbolic purpose and isn't simply there for the hell of it. Though... perhaps it falls better into the category of an easter egg, yeah right, not with how I'ma use it...

Oh... I'm not actually going to draw it, good sir, the most my artistic skill with a pencil and sketch pad could amount to is an unrefined bit of raw talent in need of honing... nothing I could ever make would even come close to what Arya could make with the same tools... The most you'll get is an immaculate, extensive description... Cuase I can't do her skills justice with my own actual hands. just can't, not even gonna try... it would be an even bigger waste of my time than if I were to try to outdraw any individual in the AP Visual Art program at my school XD

Arya stared at the shorter girl for a moment, then stopped kidding herself altogether and let go of the handles. She headed off towards the hall again, hand occasionally tracing along the barren walls of the corridor, using the placid, static surface to guide herself. Even she herself could notice the slight stagger and pulsating dizziness she felt with every step; There was no way in hell she would've been able to push anyway even if she had legitimately wanted to. "Thanks..." She mumbled.

Lols, I missed hukuna entirely there XD You know what this means though, right? I am now contractually obligated to have Arya make a (Damn Good) Sketch of a House Elf. Guaranteed, gonna happen at some point... In fact I'm writing it down now so that I don't forget...

I don't know... it's just the first shaped that poped into my head, to be honest... and it was magical lightning, mind you, so...we're really already putting a push on the suspense of disbeleif as it is given the very nature of this entire setting, hence... I don't beleif having Magic Lightning somehow culminating in a star shaped burn on the face of it's victim as pushing things too far (And besides... could always say it burst outward in a small star like shape or something when it hit her, it was likely so fast and sudden that no one would be able to say anything to the contrary of what it looked like...) TL;DR: It's fantasy... I think we can let a star shape scar slide here, especially when the actual injuries that would result from lightning would probably be far worse in the first place XD. The truth is though I chose a star because these: more or less representations of the actual things; massive balls of burning gas and fire... fire.

So... I intend for Arya to ultimately get a vaguely star-shaped electrical burn scar from this whole Incident, if that's alright... since admitably, that damage is probably at least semi-permanent without taking into account any Magical Healing/ serious medical attention... So yeah... might as well pretty it up a little if I can; Give it an unusual shape, and blamo! people don't notice the actual tissue damage so much as what the scar as a whole ultimately resembles... Plus, gotta make Lillith feel guilty every time she sees it on the girl's face >:^3)

A person to help her down... yeah, Arya felt she probably needed that right about now; claiming she could make it herself would just be a complete farce. Even despite her damnest attempt to just muscle through it, gird her teeth and move on, she could already feel her senses getting duller. The world wasn't spinning so much now... It had simply dimmed a bit. The voices in the room seemed to start fading away, little by little... and She knew at once from what her mother had once described to her that it wouldn't be long before she'd be out cold just like Lillith. "Come on..." She muttered to Rein, doing her best to push the chair forward towards the door. The end result would be the same either way, but still... it would probably be a bit more dignified to pass out in the nurse's office rather than in the corridor outside of it on the way there.

Arya would've said something more, try to reassure that she wasn't the exact issue... but in all honesty she would only be lying to both herself and to Lyre if she said she wouldn't prefer solitude while she researched. Even besides that, somethings were best kept hidden; there was no doubt in her mind that it would only cause... problems in the future if her roomate were to learn anything. "No, It's not you, Lyre..." She said, eyes notably fixed on the numbers as they began their descent rather than on the other girl. "It's just that...If I find what I'm after, I'm probably just gonna spend the entire time in there instead of being able to explore with you...sorry." She turned and looked her in the eyes for the next part however. "And what I'm going to be looking for... Let's just say It's a touchy subject I'd rather keep in private... so it's not you... really, it isn't. It's more that I just want some time alone with my own thoughts for a while..."

"Floor 55 to 59" Arya answered simply. Her voice lacked whatever trace amount of enthusiasm it might have had earlier when she asked about it. Honestly she just wanted to spend a while alone searching for her answers... which, come to think of... "You don't have to stick with me in there, by the way..." She told Lyre, leaning against the wall of the cabin as she watched the doors slowly close. "I'm probably gonna take a long while, so you can feel free to go off and do what you want to do... I don't wanna feel like I'm anchoring you or something."

@ Alexus (Lols, i have trouble recalling what to even call you nowadays XD): So... I was kinda just gonna wait for either you/ Hukuna to get something up since I figured the scene would flow better that way. Should I keep doing that, or do ya'll just want me to go ahead and just continue on with it a bit?

Holy shit, he knows... true... I guess it could... Either way, it has dark elements, ergo, I do beleive I can actually sit through the anime without too much griping. It's like hiding a bitter medicine in a bar of chocolate... there's something to distract you from what's really going down as you chomp down for a full dosage

The world was spinning for Arya as the lights finally flickered back on. She had no idea what the hell had happened; one moment Lillith was sitting down beside her, then the next the world had gone pitch black and something had blinded her before she could say or do anything. Her cheek stung against the air. It felt almost familiar... the burning. Felt just like a knife slice... there was no scar, but she remembered the pain, would always remember the sensation, would never let herself forget the lesson.... except this felt about ten times worse, that is. And the fact that the area around the injury felt a bit stiff was cause for concern as well. And come to think of it... her jaw felt a bit funny too... "Arya, right? Would you mind taking Lilith here to the nurse? I'd do it myself, but I have a room full of panicked girls and you probably need to get that burn checked out anyways. There's a wheelchair in the closet." "Lillith?" She hadn't even thought about the other girl in her fog of muddled senses. In fact she was finding it hard to think much about anything right now "Who's... Lillith?" she glanced over to the girl, and Lo and behold, it all slowly came trickling back in. There she was, still beside her... yet out like a light. "Lillith!" She only let the panic live for a moment before killing it with the stone cold fires of self discipline, took a deep breath and used the wall to steady herself as she rose to her feet. Even though her partner had no visible injury from what she could see, she knew giving in to shock wouldn't be any help here. She had to focus; had a task to do... Focusing right now was an endeavor more easily said than done though. She gritted her teeth against the pain in the side of her face, throwing open the closet door and retrieving the chair before wheeling it back to Lillith. She tested the girls weight as she attempted to pick her up; She was at least a good five inches taller than her, Arya didn't think she would have much trouble... if she wasn't so damn disoriented right now, that is... "H..." She tried to call outm finding her tongue refused to cooperate enough to even form a full word. "Come on Arya, get your shit together..." Her eyes fell upon some other girl, rein apparently from what she had heard. Her mouth still felt like it was in full scale rebelion against her minds orders... but she simply put more mental force into it this time, barely managing to formulate the words "Hey... you, Rein...can you... help me... get her in the chair?"

My dear elf, you are mistaken... I am merely contractually obligated to investigate dark media and literature :3 For... how do you say... Research? yes... that is the right word... For the night is dark...and by human logic, it must be filled with terrors.

Holy shit. I'm defiantly watching this. give me a link? please? EDIT: Oh my...seems like I've been hit by bit of force lightning to boot XD this... this is getting interesting

Still gonna be a while till I manage to be able to update anything (Cause... I still have to wait for summer before I can get us going again, luckily that's only another ten or so days for me) But did Zephyr ever respond to the last post in the IC? I don't recall seeing her and it was a good while ago since I put it up...

Azauqyar- Rayquaza The Elder Wyrm halted in his path at the sight of the massive force crossing the waters down below. His ancient, sulfuric eyes scanned them all, ants marching upon the sea from his height, though he saw it all clearly even from the lofty perch. The bridge itself, much to his surprise, seemed to be made of ice, or at least some other type of crystalline substance. Fitting, given that the majority of those crossing seemed to hail from colder lands... Ice types, countless troops of them, all flowing one after the other... "So the rumors hold true..." The old god noted, picking up speed once more as he continued his blazing trail across the planet's outer atmosphere. "And it seems the flames of war will soon be fanned anew on the continent soon... " That was no suprise to the god however. He knew from experience that the brief periods of stillness during the warring of mortals never lasted... not unless the stillness was shared by the corpses of one side of the conflict or the other. The fires would continue to rage until someone either surrendered, someone was conquered, or everyone was dead... and sometimes not even that was always enough. A flare of lightning in the distance caught his attention just as he passed by... given the circumstances, he would've simply kept going with little thought to it... but not this time. This time, right here and now, he could feel a particular prescence behind the bolt... a God, a minor one, but still a deity nonetheless. Unlike Aquero or Groudon though, he was not familiar with this particular prescence... "Only one way to determine it..." He adjusted his course through the air, flanking off to the right as he sped towards the source of the charge... Stratos- Salamence The city seemed more or less still intact, much to the giant's relief. Though a few cracks were visible here and there, the injuries were few, inconsequential at the very least. After a few rounds of flight around the place firing off temporal roars to undo the worst of the damages he spotted, Stratos turned course back towards the keep, knowing already that Azauqyar was gone... everyone and everyone's mother had seen the god speed off. He had no idea however, that anyone was searching for him at the moment...