Kalos Festival Tournament: De La Vie Et La Mort
Hello and welcome to The Grand Kalos Festival RP! Now, let me just go over some rules and the basic premise of the RP:
You and your Pokemon are here in Kalos during an annual festival celebrating the defeat of Team Flare two years prior. I’m hoping to start it off with a simple tournament(though you don't HAVE to compete in the tournament if you don't want to), but hopefully have it escalate so that it will involve the battling against a revived Team Plasma and some Team Flare Remnants. We will travel all around the Kalos region and beyond trying to intercede and stop their plans wherever they show up!
This newly resurrected Team Plasma is led by a mysterious figure only known as “S”. So far, on one knows who “S” is or what they look like, though this new Team Plasma has certainly made themselves known, “S” is still largely an unknown figure, some people even debate whether or not they even exist, all that is known is that a large number of people have rallied under their promise of a better world for Pokemon. Though they have been mostly active in Unova, there are reports of their unit's being spot in other regions.
The Team Flare Remnant’s goals are a bit simpler: steal anything and everything you can! Doesn’t matter if it’s money, jewel’s, trinket’s, Pokemon, People, whatever! If it has value, they want it! Authorities have claimed that this is hardly the Team Flare that threatened the world just a few years ago, instead more akin to a group of petty thieves than anything else who are just using their name to intimidate the people. However, it is become increasingly difficult to ignore the damage they are causing to the region due to their currently unstopped crime spree.
But right now, you’re probably not really concerned with that at the moment. You’re just here to take part in the festivities, have some fun with your Pokemon, and maybe even have you and your team test your metal in the Festival's Tournament that will soon be getting underway!
______________________________________Update: Role Play Rules _____________________________________________________
Pokémon Role-Play Rules(Please Read for the love of God)
Note: This is just a touch-up/ reminder of the standard Pokecharms role playing rules. Seeing as we’ve recently been getting a large influx of eager, new RP’ers who may have missed said rules, I will be posting this to serve as your reference sheet. If I see someone constantly breaking these rules over and over again, they WILL be asked to leave.
>Please write two paragraphs MINIMUM when making a post. Half the fun of an RP is interacting with other people and writing a story, the more detail you put in the better. Don’t JUST write about yourself or your Pokemon, describe the scenery, have you character make note of an observation between two other characters. It’s an RP, be creative!
>Please use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. A mistake here and there is fine, but no one wants to decipher a jumbled mess of words just to figure out what you said.
>Please pay attention to other RP’ers posts and be aware of the continuity. If someone attacked you in a previous post and you suddenly have a snack and act like the attack was just non-existent, you’re going to confuse and upset people.
> Legendary Pokémon are (usually) not allowed. Legendries are considered to be unbelievably rare and unfathomably powerful Pokemon, both in the games and in the Pokemon Lore. As such, usage of such Pokemon are forbidden from use in this RP (Please check the RP rules if you want a detailed list).
>Mega Evolutions are limited. Due to in most cases a Mega Evolved Pokemon is around the same power as a Legendary Pokemon, you must have earned a Stone and Bracelet from a previous, moderator approved RP (as per Pokecharms, rules). If you have, please message me with a link to the RP in which you earned your Mega Evolution so I can confirm it.
> This one is important! If you are battling another RP’er, it is up to the person being attacked to determine whether or not they got hit. I don’t care if you used Swift, it is still up to the person being attacked to determine if they got hit. I don’t want to see anything like “Then Squirtle hit Charmander with Water Gun and then he fainted”, this is godmoding, and most people (me included) have VERY LITTLE patience for that.
>That being said, please be reasonable people, don’t have your Pokemon make it through every single attack unscathed. We’re not working strictly on game logic here, a Pokémon can take a few hits before going down. If I see your Aggron avoid every attack like an Arceus damn ninja, it will be counted as godmoding and you will be dealt with accordingly.
> As a follow up to the previous rule, if you get continually hit and your Pokemon never faints, you're godmoding. Even a Snorlax can't take a Focus Punch, two Flare Blitzes, and a Close Combat.
>Also, be aware of who and what you’re up against. If you’re a new trainer sending out a recently caught Pidgey against an experienced trainer with a Garchomp, you’re going to lose, very quickly.
>Lastly, though not strictly a “rule”, it’s generally seen as common courtesy to let the better Role-Player win the battle. If you’re fighting someone who is posting detailed, well-written paragraphs that illustrate the battle perfectly while you’re barely putting together two paragraphs per post with several spelling and grammar mistakes, then please swallow your pride and take the loss. Everyone here will respect you more for it. If you and your opponent(s) can’t decide who the winner should be, I as the “RP Master” will choose a winner based on the Role Player’s Skill, how comparable the characters are in terms of strength, and a few other outlining factor’s.
>As far as Pokemon move set’s go, you are not restricted to just 4 moves. Instead a Pokemon 4 “Primary” moves serve as the ones they use most often and have the most skill using. Your Pokemon can use most moves that they’d learn normally by leveling up or TM (albeit a bit less powerful), but please be fair. Don’t have your recently hatched Eevee be capable of using Extremespeed, Shadow Ball, and Double-Edged.
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Loud explosions could be heard all throughout the newly reconstructed Geosenge Town as fireworks lit up the black, star filled night sky. The normally quiet town was filled with festival goer’s taking part in the celebration of De La Vie Et La Mort, or “The Day of Life and Death”. Two years ago today a group of hero’s and their Pokemon, led by two youths named Calem and Serena, were able to thwart Team Flares attempt at using the two legendary Pokemon of Kalos, Xerneas and Yveltal, to wipe out almost all life on the planet. Though Calem and Serena disappeared shortly after disassembling Team Flare, the people of Kalos were determined to keep the memory of their actions alive, and vowed to throw a grand festival in their honor on the anniversary of their heroic deed.
Needless to say, no town was more thankful for those heroic’s then the town that sat on top of it all. Geosenge had gone all out for their celebrations, every inch of the town seemed to be decorated in the national red, blue, and white color’s of the country. There was food, music, Pokemon memorabilia, and culture everywhere you looked, all around people and Pokemon alike were walking around and investing themselves in the festivities. One could hardly take two steps without running into some new both, hearing a classical Kalos song, seeing some new performer, even the occasional battle could be seen from time to time, which always attracted a large group to cheer on the action. It was social events like these that made one aware of the diversity of Kalos’ people, even among its own native inhabitants.
Well-dressed nobles paraded themselves wherever they went, whether it was making small talk, bragging about their most recent expensive exploit, or even showing off their prized Pokemon, they did it with an air of regality. The commoner’s were dressed noticeably more plain but did not concern themselves with formalities and protocol, and instead ran free through the street’s with their friends, enjoying the festival as they saw fit. Lastly, there were the tourist’s, the ones who gawked and pointed at every little thing they saw and who had no idea how to roll into the flow of Kalos’s celebration but were enjoying themselves all the same. Pokemon roamed the street’s freely either enjoying the celebration with other trainer’s Pokemon or playing in the numerous, cute little games set up specifically for Pokemon.
“ATTENTION FESTIVAL GOER’S, I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THE FESTIVITIES! BE AWARE THAT “THE DE LA VIE ET LA MORT” TOURNAMENT REGISTRATIONS WILL BE CLOSING IN ONE HOUR, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE THAT HASN’T REGISTERED YET, PLEASE HEAD TO THE REGISTRATION DESK NEXT TO THE FOUNTAIN! THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY “VIE ET LA MORT” DAY!”, cried the announcer over the intercom. The announcement caused more than a few festival goer’s to drop what they were doing and head towards the registration area. Being “fashionably last” was a typical trend in Kalos and it was not uncommon for its citizens to intentionally hold off on such things till the last minute. However, for a young man and his fiery-tailed companion, the sudden rush of people to sign up for the tournament was unexpected and they soon found themselves waiting in a line they were hoping to avoid.
“Well, looks like we’re not the only ones who held of till the last minute, eh Embertail?”, said the plainly dressed trainer to his lizard-like companion. Curt was somewhat of a bulky man of about twenty, just short of being six feet with light brown hair and green eye’s. Standing next to him in line was a Charmander of about two and a half feet in height with unusually large, bright green eye’s and a face one would describe as “a bit goofy”, the smile on his face only added to that attributes. The majority of Curt’s team was out and enjoying the festival with other Pokemon, but Curt and Embertail had been together since Curt was four and the two were rarely seen apart.
“Errhough”, Embertail growled, smiling at Curt while giving a shrug. The Charmander was rarely bothered or upset by anything, his optimistic attitude always keeping him and the rest of his team looking on the brighter side of things. Besides, the line didn’t seem that long, and with the fireworks still going on to keep their attention, and before they knew it, they were at the registration desk in front of the fountain. The head of the newly built fountain was sculpted to depict Xerneas and Yveltal locked in some sort of battle, though Curt had to wonder why the towns’ folk wanted to have a fountain of the two Pokemon that destroyed half their city. He had to admit, it looked cool though.
“Huh, looks like the first couple rounds of the tournament are a one Pokemon only direct elimination hmmm?”, Curt murmured while going over the register’s form. He supposed that the short rounds where in place so the tournament could be completed all in one night. Either way, he finished registering himself and his team and began to make his way back to Geosenge's Park District with Embertail by his side. Though the park was loaded with booths, performer's, and other festival fair like the rest of the town, it didn't seem to damper the sense of balance between nature and civilization that parks often bring. The grass was left thankfully free of liter (though that might be due in part to the cleaning staff), none of the flora seemed to have been trampled, and the bird even seemed to be chirping a bit, heck, Curt almost swore he heard a Fletchling chirping one of the songs one of the bands were playing earlier.
“Well buddy, I guess we should go and round everyone up for the tournament, unless you want to be my opener for the tournament?” ,Curt said to Embertail with a smile. Granted Embertail would have been more than happy to be Curt’s opener, the rest of the team would be a little miffed at not even being asked. Embertail nodded happily at Curt’s words, as they headed back towards the center plaza, until a particularly booming voice caught Embertail attention.
"COTTON CANDY! GET 'CHER COTTON CANDY HERE!" the voice rang out, and that was enough to cause Embertails stomach to admit a small roar. The Charmander growled, tugging on Curt's pant legging and pointing towards the booth that was emitting a particular sweet and airy aroma. Embertail had been so wrapped up in the festivities that he hadn't bothered to eat much, and right now a particularly decorative Cotton Candy stand was calling his name. Even the vendor selling it was dressed like a fair salesmen out of the late eighteen-hundreds, complete with the stripped vest and bow-tie.
"Wha-oh, you and your sweet tooth, fine, it is a holiday so I guess you ca- Bwuh, H-HEY!", Curt yelled as Embertail had immediately began digging into Curt's back pocket the moment he said "fine". Within moment's he had retrieved his trainer's wallet and was running to Cotton Candy booth to get his treat.
"J-JUST GET A SMALL ONE O.K, I DON'T WANT YOU BATTLING ON A OVERFILLED STOMACH....AND GET ME ONE TOO!!!...That Charmander, geeez", Curt mumbled as he took a seat on a nearby bench. Curt had to admit, he was a little hesitant at first about going to the festival, but so far he was having a good time, he was getting into the festivities and was really looking forward to the tournament. He was glad Embertail and Flare had pushed him into going, this "Festival of Life and Death" had been full of surprises and he was sure there would be a few more before surprises before the night was through.
Hello and welcome to The Grand Kalos Festival RP! Now, let me just go over some rules and the basic premise of the RP:
You and your Pokemon are here in Kalos during an annual festival celebrating the defeat of Team Flare two years prior. I’m hoping to start it off with a simple tournament(though you don't HAVE to compete in the tournament if you don't want to), but hopefully have it escalate so that it will involve the battling against a revived Team Plasma and some Team Flare Remnants. We will travel all around the Kalos region and beyond trying to intercede and stop their plans wherever they show up!
This newly resurrected Team Plasma is led by a mysterious figure only known as “S”. So far, on one knows who “S” is or what they look like, though this new Team Plasma has certainly made themselves known, “S” is still largely an unknown figure, some people even debate whether or not they even exist, all that is known is that a large number of people have rallied under their promise of a better world for Pokemon. Though they have been mostly active in Unova, there are reports of their unit's being spot in other regions.
The Team Flare Remnant’s goals are a bit simpler: steal anything and everything you can! Doesn’t matter if it’s money, jewel’s, trinket’s, Pokemon, People, whatever! If it has value, they want it! Authorities have claimed that this is hardly the Team Flare that threatened the world just a few years ago, instead more akin to a group of petty thieves than anything else who are just using their name to intimidate the people. However, it is become increasingly difficult to ignore the damage they are causing to the region due to their currently unstopped crime spree.
But right now, you’re probably not really concerned with that at the moment. You’re just here to take part in the festivities, have some fun with your Pokemon, and maybe even have you and your team test your metal in the Festival's Tournament that will soon be getting underway!
______________________________________Update: Role Play Rules _____________________________________________________
Pokémon Role-Play Rules(Please Read for the love of God)
Note: This is just a touch-up/ reminder of the standard Pokecharms role playing rules. Seeing as we’ve recently been getting a large influx of eager, new RP’ers who may have missed said rules, I will be posting this to serve as your reference sheet. If I see someone constantly breaking these rules over and over again, they WILL be asked to leave.
>Please write two paragraphs MINIMUM when making a post. Half the fun of an RP is interacting with other people and writing a story, the more detail you put in the better. Don’t JUST write about yourself or your Pokemon, describe the scenery, have you character make note of an observation between two other characters. It’s an RP, be creative!
>Please use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. A mistake here and there is fine, but no one wants to decipher a jumbled mess of words just to figure out what you said.
>Please pay attention to other RP’ers posts and be aware of the continuity. If someone attacked you in a previous post and you suddenly have a snack and act like the attack was just non-existent, you’re going to confuse and upset people.
> Legendary Pokémon are (usually) not allowed. Legendries are considered to be unbelievably rare and unfathomably powerful Pokemon, both in the games and in the Pokemon Lore. As such, usage of such Pokemon are forbidden from use in this RP (Please check the RP rules if you want a detailed list).
>Mega Evolutions are limited. Due to in most cases a Mega Evolved Pokemon is around the same power as a Legendary Pokemon, you must have earned a Stone and Bracelet from a previous, moderator approved RP (as per Pokecharms, rules). If you have, please message me with a link to the RP in which you earned your Mega Evolution so I can confirm it.
> This one is important! If you are battling another RP’er, it is up to the person being attacked to determine whether or not they got hit. I don’t care if you used Swift, it is still up to the person being attacked to determine if they got hit. I don’t want to see anything like “Then Squirtle hit Charmander with Water Gun and then he fainted”, this is godmoding, and most people (me included) have VERY LITTLE patience for that.
>That being said, please be reasonable people, don’t have your Pokemon make it through every single attack unscathed. We’re not working strictly on game logic here, a Pokémon can take a few hits before going down. If I see your Aggron avoid every attack like an Arceus damn ninja, it will be counted as godmoding and you will be dealt with accordingly.
> As a follow up to the previous rule, if you get continually hit and your Pokemon never faints, you're godmoding. Even a Snorlax can't take a Focus Punch, two Flare Blitzes, and a Close Combat.
>Also, be aware of who and what you’re up against. If you’re a new trainer sending out a recently caught Pidgey against an experienced trainer with a Garchomp, you’re going to lose, very quickly.
>Lastly, though not strictly a “rule”, it’s generally seen as common courtesy to let the better Role-Player win the battle. If you’re fighting someone who is posting detailed, well-written paragraphs that illustrate the battle perfectly while you’re barely putting together two paragraphs per post with several spelling and grammar mistakes, then please swallow your pride and take the loss. Everyone here will respect you more for it. If you and your opponent(s) can’t decide who the winner should be, I as the “RP Master” will choose a winner based on the Role Player’s Skill, how comparable the characters are in terms of strength, and a few other outlining factor’s.
>As far as Pokemon move set’s go, you are not restricted to just 4 moves. Instead a Pokemon 4 “Primary” moves serve as the ones they use most often and have the most skill using. Your Pokemon can use most moves that they’d learn normally by leveling up or TM (albeit a bit less powerful), but please be fair. Don’t have your recently hatched Eevee be capable of using Extremespeed, Shadow Ball, and Double-Edged.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Loud explosions could be heard all throughout the newly reconstructed Geosenge Town as fireworks lit up the black, star filled night sky. The normally quiet town was filled with festival goer’s taking part in the celebration of De La Vie Et La Mort, or “The Day of Life and Death”. Two years ago today a group of hero’s and their Pokemon, led by two youths named Calem and Serena, were able to thwart Team Flares attempt at using the two legendary Pokemon of Kalos, Xerneas and Yveltal, to wipe out almost all life on the planet. Though Calem and Serena disappeared shortly after disassembling Team Flare, the people of Kalos were determined to keep the memory of their actions alive, and vowed to throw a grand festival in their honor on the anniversary of their heroic deed.
Needless to say, no town was more thankful for those heroic’s then the town that sat on top of it all. Geosenge had gone all out for their celebrations, every inch of the town seemed to be decorated in the national red, blue, and white color’s of the country. There was food, music, Pokemon memorabilia, and culture everywhere you looked, all around people and Pokemon alike were walking around and investing themselves in the festivities. One could hardly take two steps without running into some new both, hearing a classical Kalos song, seeing some new performer, even the occasional battle could be seen from time to time, which always attracted a large group to cheer on the action. It was social events like these that made one aware of the diversity of Kalos’ people, even among its own native inhabitants.
Well-dressed nobles paraded themselves wherever they went, whether it was making small talk, bragging about their most recent expensive exploit, or even showing off their prized Pokemon, they did it with an air of regality. The commoner’s were dressed noticeably more plain but did not concern themselves with formalities and protocol, and instead ran free through the street’s with their friends, enjoying the festival as they saw fit. Lastly, there were the tourist’s, the ones who gawked and pointed at every little thing they saw and who had no idea how to roll into the flow of Kalos’s celebration but were enjoying themselves all the same. Pokemon roamed the street’s freely either enjoying the celebration with other trainer’s Pokemon or playing in the numerous, cute little games set up specifically for Pokemon.
“ATTENTION FESTIVAL GOER’S, I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THE FESTIVITIES! BE AWARE THAT “THE DE LA VIE ET LA MORT” TOURNAMENT REGISTRATIONS WILL BE CLOSING IN ONE HOUR, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PARTICIPATE THAT HASN’T REGISTERED YET, PLEASE HEAD TO THE REGISTRATION DESK NEXT TO THE FOUNTAIN! THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY “VIE ET LA MORT” DAY!”, cried the announcer over the intercom. The announcement caused more than a few festival goer’s to drop what they were doing and head towards the registration area. Being “fashionably last” was a typical trend in Kalos and it was not uncommon for its citizens to intentionally hold off on such things till the last minute. However, for a young man and his fiery-tailed companion, the sudden rush of people to sign up for the tournament was unexpected and they soon found themselves waiting in a line they were hoping to avoid.
“Well, looks like we’re not the only ones who held of till the last minute, eh Embertail?”, said the plainly dressed trainer to his lizard-like companion. Curt was somewhat of a bulky man of about twenty, just short of being six feet with light brown hair and green eye’s. Standing next to him in line was a Charmander of about two and a half feet in height with unusually large, bright green eye’s and a face one would describe as “a bit goofy”, the smile on his face only added to that attributes. The majority of Curt’s team was out and enjoying the festival with other Pokemon, but Curt and Embertail had been together since Curt was four and the two were rarely seen apart.
“Errhough”, Embertail growled, smiling at Curt while giving a shrug. The Charmander was rarely bothered or upset by anything, his optimistic attitude always keeping him and the rest of his team looking on the brighter side of things. Besides, the line didn’t seem that long, and with the fireworks still going on to keep their attention, and before they knew it, they were at the registration desk in front of the fountain. The head of the newly built fountain was sculpted to depict Xerneas and Yveltal locked in some sort of battle, though Curt had to wonder why the towns’ folk wanted to have a fountain of the two Pokemon that destroyed half their city. He had to admit, it looked cool though.
“Huh, looks like the first couple rounds of the tournament are a one Pokemon only direct elimination hmmm?”, Curt murmured while going over the register’s form. He supposed that the short rounds where in place so the tournament could be completed all in one night. Either way, he finished registering himself and his team and began to make his way back to Geosenge's Park District with Embertail by his side. Though the park was loaded with booths, performer's, and other festival fair like the rest of the town, it didn't seem to damper the sense of balance between nature and civilization that parks often bring. The grass was left thankfully free of liter (though that might be due in part to the cleaning staff), none of the flora seemed to have been trampled, and the bird even seemed to be chirping a bit, heck, Curt almost swore he heard a Fletchling chirping one of the songs one of the bands were playing earlier.
“Well buddy, I guess we should go and round everyone up for the tournament, unless you want to be my opener for the tournament?” ,Curt said to Embertail with a smile. Granted Embertail would have been more than happy to be Curt’s opener, the rest of the team would be a little miffed at not even being asked. Embertail nodded happily at Curt’s words, as they headed back towards the center plaza, until a particularly booming voice caught Embertail attention.
"COTTON CANDY! GET 'CHER COTTON CANDY HERE!" the voice rang out, and that was enough to cause Embertails stomach to admit a small roar. The Charmander growled, tugging on Curt's pant legging and pointing towards the booth that was emitting a particular sweet and airy aroma. Embertail had been so wrapped up in the festivities that he hadn't bothered to eat much, and right now a particularly decorative Cotton Candy stand was calling his name. Even the vendor selling it was dressed like a fair salesmen out of the late eighteen-hundreds, complete with the stripped vest and bow-tie.
"Wha-oh, you and your sweet tooth, fine, it is a holiday so I guess you ca- Bwuh, H-HEY!", Curt yelled as Embertail had immediately began digging into Curt's back pocket the moment he said "fine". Within moment's he had retrieved his trainer's wallet and was running to Cotton Candy booth to get his treat.
"J-JUST GET A SMALL ONE O.K, I DON'T WANT YOU BATTLING ON A OVERFILLED STOMACH....AND GET ME ONE TOO!!!...That Charmander, geeez", Curt mumbled as he took a seat on a nearby bench. Curt had to admit, he was a little hesitant at first about going to the festival, but so far he was having a good time, he was getting into the festivities and was really looking forward to the tournament. He was glad Embertail and Flare had pushed him into going, this "Festival of Life and Death" had been full of surprises and he was sure there would be a few more before surprises before the night was through.
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