Reid is determined to figure out the rules behind Route and to get a leg up on criminals. This means that he has a lot of research going on at once; at the moment, the main projects are his survey (speaking of, sorry I haven't kept up with tags on it, but I've been reading all the replies and I'm making a write up of Reid's notes), Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon and how their powers can be defended from, and possibly finding a way to create the equipment he needs to get into the nitty-gritty of Pokemon biolody. (And by that, I mean that he might try dragging in fellow engineers and make a makeshift MRI to help with his Pokemon research.)
What does this mean for everyone else? Well, lots of things! If you're playing a nerdy character or one who just wants to help, Reid would really like some helping hands. So far, a bunch of people are pitching in for the survey stuff, and Reid and Albert are the main guys researching flora/fauna and trying to make useful things out of them. Anyone can offer Reid help, anecdotes about weird goings-on in Johto/Kanto, notes on Pokemon he hasn't encountered yet, or even just lend him a Pokemon he hasn't seen so he can get a good look at them.
Is your character not the nerdy type and more the 'take other people's stuff' type? That works too! So far, Reid hasn't made it a secret that he's doing a lot of research into this world, and seeing as he's pretty thoroughly with the 'good guys', anyone can make the leap of logic to guess that he might try cooking something up to put a wrench in Team Rocket. Therefore, I'm totally up for a plot that involves him being threatened, attacked, or stolen from to get at his notes or something. Really, it'd be totally IC, since the kid has some weird ability to attract abuse like nothing else.
So if you want a piece of this general player plot or you have suggestions or something, please tell me right here or use a PM. There's no specific schedule or anything big that has to immediately happen, so there's a lot of room for creativity. Go wild!
Nerds of Route, unite! (But non-nerds are welcome, too)
What does this mean for everyone else? Well, lots of things! If you're playing a nerdy character or one who just wants to help, Reid would really like some helping hands. So far, a bunch of people are pitching in for the survey stuff, and Reid and Albert are the main guys researching flora/fauna and trying to make useful things out of them. Anyone can offer Reid help, anecdotes about weird goings-on in Johto/Kanto, notes on Pokemon he hasn't encountered yet, or even just lend him a Pokemon he hasn't seen so he can get a good look at them.
Is your character not the nerdy type and more the 'take other people's stuff' type? That works too! So far, Reid hasn't made it a secret that he's doing a lot of research into this world, and seeing as he's pretty thoroughly with the 'good guys', anyone can make the leap of logic to guess that he might try cooking something up to put a wrench in Team Rocket. Therefore, I'm totally up for a plot that involves him being threatened, attacked, or stolen from to get at his notes or something. Really, it'd be totally IC, since the kid has some weird ability to attract abuse like nothing else.
So if you want a piece of this general player plot or you have suggestions or something, please tell me right here or use a PM. There's no specific schedule or anything big that has to immediately happen, so there's a lot of room for creativity. Go wild!