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Monthly Plotting Post!
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More Training Center deets + some other random ideas
What I need: Characters willing to volunteer, be it as workers, builders, Pokémon caretakers, or Pokémon volunteers... or anything else you think would be good to have.
Additionally, there has been talk of partnering with the Celadon Breeding Center. Saber's player and I have already discussed this, so if any other breeding center peeps would like to help, coolio! Additionally, Riku may lend some of his team for breeding purposes.
During the Outbreak: I know Rockets are planning on attacking Celadon. Riku may put his 100's to work in an attempt to provide some defense for civilians and such. He's got like... 20+ of them chilling at the center, and he wouldn't mind renting some of them out for protection. Interested? Just let me know.
I'd prefer that these guys not get stolen for now, but if any Rockets wanted to confront them, they're welcome to. Just know that Riku spams TMs and tutor moves, making his guys kinda irritating to deal with.
Random side-note: An egg post will be coming up soon. I know a bunch of you were interested in Riku's stash of overpowered eggs. He just had to backtrack to grab his friends.
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Other random plot ideas. These are kinda basic because they're just sorta 'what-ifs', but here are some things that crossed my mind...
First, I think it'd be super cool if we had another Halloween event that was borderline creepypasta. Lavender Town opens up lots of opportunities. After all, the people there moved a ton of graves to a tiny little building just so they could build a radio tower. Something involving restless spirits might be neat, but I know we've had ghost-related events before.
One thing that crossed my minds was like... just. Mass haunting and ghostly activities. Possibly with a return of creepy Lavender Town music (either backwards or Gen 1-- either would be spooky as heck).
Another plot idea that I think might be interesting is one where chars turn into Pokémon... but I realize that might be too similar to outbreak. I just think it might be an interesting source of karma because some characters are really cruel to their Pokémon, so changing into them and being forced to see things from their perspective might be fun and character-building. But, like with the ghost thing, it's just a random thought that crossed my mind.
But here's a big thing I want: More stuff for Kanto. It really feels like most of the fun stuff goes down in Johto, but for Riku, he's already been all over the region. I'm sure there are others who are more comfortable in Kanto, too. It's great to see the Outbreak spreading between both regions. It'd just be cool if there were other attractions to bring characters to the region. Johto has the Bug Catching Contest, Safari Zone, etc. Maybe there can be something to even things out a little?
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As for Kanto... in Gen II/IV it really doesn't have anything going for it to begin with. The only thing I can think of it the Pal Park, and in Route that would really be just another Safari Zone with different Pokémon to catch. Poking around Bulbapedia for ideas of what could go there... Contests, Pokémon(-riding?) races (land/sea/air/triathlon?), a chance to challenge Red, special items, capture challenges (catch a provided wild Pokémon the fastest/with highest remaining hp/with the most style/whatever). Not sure how workable any of these are, but throwing them out anyway (while knowing that I wouldn't see the benefit of most of them just because of who I play -_-).
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Also, I like the idea of contests, racing, and other challenges! Maybe instead of a bug catching contest there could be other types of contests specific to the region, like... idk. Fishing, ghosts, etc. Fossil digging? That might be neat, due to the museum.
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Ooh, fishing contests. That sounds good. ...How would a ghost contest work though?
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He'll... probably have a video post in the future about his business, though, which... totally encourages the whole fighting thing. :|b
As for a ghost contest-- maybe the people in Lavender town are getting harassed by ghosts and are willing to give a prize for the person who catches the most dangerous/obnoxious/something ghost.
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I'm sure it'll come up eventually.
I'd have to side with the ghosts on this one, considering the whole "graves being moved" thing. If anything, they'd likely be going after the radio tower, which might make people stop and wonder if they should really be trying to catch them all or let them have their revenge.
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And that's why I'd love to see ghosts and Lavender town explored. The moving of graves seems like such a controversial move just to build a stinking radio tower. I know Riku's haunter wanted to spray paint the place with obscene phrases.
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I agree. It makes me wonder what the campaign was like to build it, how heated the debate got, and how resentful each side still is of the other.
Who says Pokémon is all kiddie stuff? ^^
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Since Lavender is connected to the bridges in the south, Toro Nagashi could work, with people building their own little boats or floaters for the lanterns.
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Re: Ghostly Creepypasta + Kanto
Maybe bring in a Legend, too, to get more than just "we need to fix this" types involved; D/P flavor text mentions that Giratina appears in an old cemetary, so it wouldn't be much of a stretch for it to appear in Lavender Town, I don't think. It might be too big and cast off from the main idea, though, so that's just a thought.
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I'd also love to see the ghosts take on the form of... well, "GHOST" from R/B/Y, since I believe the spirits were all really restless in those games, too.
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He's just started out in Johto, though. So it'd be quite a while before he could make it to Celadon...
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