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24 Oct 2012, 12:54 PM Post #1 |
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Trivia Greetings Godai! This will be the thread one comes to when they've got a question that sounds like, "How does X work?" The games and Also, this will be the place where any trivial questions about Godai can be answered. How big is it and other world-building details that will help bring Godai to life. Special RP Dex The Special Dex contains moves, abilities, and items that are deemed questionable as how to apply them in RP. This list will always be in constant update. Think of it as an FAQ for moves, abilities, and items. The rest, you can search up the attacks through Bulbapedia. If you feel that there are moves/abilities/items that are confusing to apply in RP and are not present in this Special Dex, please post here for your concerns. Thank you! Please use Ctrl+F if necessary to find your questionable move/ability/item. Move Dex AbilityDex ItemDex
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24 Oct 2012, 03:09 PM Post #2 |
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Aura theory “Do you mean that stuff that Lucario can use?” Yes, I do. This almost throw-away fact in the games that also sparked plot points in the anime and mangas is actually a pivotal point of Godai’s canon. Most of the fandom believes that Lucario and a few humans are the only beings able to control Aura, but in actuality, nearly every pokemon and many different humans have this ability. Before I get too far ahead, what is Aura? Aura, in the anime, is described as “The Essence of Every Living Creature.” Now, this is actually an over-generalization. If every living creature were to give off aura, then those that are able to see it would be essentially blinded by the millions of microscopic organisms that float and settle essentially everywhere. Obviously it means that only “higher” beings give off an aura. The ones we see are usually pokemon and humans, so this means that only creatures with Sentience and Emotions have interaction with Aura. So with that in mind, we should also note that the Manga describes it as a “wave that can be picked up by people, just like sound.” If we combine these two definitions together, then we get the idea that Aura is quantitative emotion, that travels in waves and radiates outward from beings with the capability to feel feelings. So using Aura is basically like using percussive emotion that can be felt physically and interact with the world. The waves don’t disappear though, once they radiate outward. The Planet is swimming in a rippling sea of aura that condenses and shifts and collects and can make strange things occur in both living and non-organic matter. “How does this affect pokemon other than Lucario though?” Well, we see Aura users able to create barriers and energy balls and use it in battle, as well as to sense and see and other more supportive abilities. Nearly exactly like several moves that we see pokemon use. In Godai’s very ancient history, the earth was much like ours, with dogs, cows, fish, and cats. Cats ended up taking a very special path down an evolutionary branch, and learned how to use Aura. They solidified their emotions into weapons, letting it follow their desires, gaining intelligence and learning that Aura comes in 18 different varieties, the types we know now. They found that they could use the desire for self preservation and also for change in order to rapidly alter their biology. We call these ancient creatures, rumored to still exist today, Mew. With the ability to rapidly change their DNA, Mew branched out into the over 700 species of pokemon we know today. They learned from and copied other living beings they encountered in the many ecosystems they spread to, which resulted in a mass extinction of almost all non pokemon. Many did survive, specifically small insects and some types of fish and other types of creatures, but largely the world has been repopulated with Pokemon and stabilized around them. As they began to fill in each niche, pokemon specified down into one or two types as well. Since they are all descendants of Mew, however, they can all use Aura, and it manifests in their attacks and abilities. The most famous user of Aura is Lucario, who can “see” these waves as they radiate from beings, but his is just the most obvious and pronounced. All pokemon can use it in a small way. In battle, they can take a small amount of a substance and use a desire to attack or make use of it somehow to amplify it and actually duplicate it. For example, there is no way that a small creature like squirtle can house enough water to use Hydro Pump inside its body. However, using aura, all a well trained squirtle would need to do is produce a certain amount of liquid, then use his aura skills to amplify it and turn it into a living geyser. We see this in the anime when pokemon seem to materialize their attacks in their mouths and project it, but not from inside them. This also explains how rock types seem to have a never ending supply of stones to throw around. The quality and quantity of this amplification must be trained in order to make a large difference. The ability to do this is quantified by the Two Attack Stats in our system. Furthermore, aura comes into play with other moves as well, in the form of buffs and debuffs, and other status inflictions. Ones like leech seed and thunder wave are obvious in how they work, but how exactly does going “Neener neener” and taunting a pokemon force it to only use offensive moves? Going back to how Aura follows a pokemon’s desires and emotions, these moves are basically spells that force the opponent to feel a certain way. If a pokemon growls at its opponent, they take their emotion, either cuteness, or intimidation, and forces it over onto the target, making them feel a certain way, and making them less inclined to attack. It’s in this Aura that the “ghosts” that people see, as explained by the post about mediums, appear, and its this aura that Ghost pokemon and mediums are able to absorb. It’s also through a connection to this Aura that Psychics are made, and can use and shape aura around them, limitedly, like a psychic pokemon. It’s rumored that people called “Aura Guardians” existed at one point, who were so gifted and well trained that they were able to copy the lucario pokmeon and use aura themselves, but there hasn’t been a documented case of that in centuries and is largely chalked up to folklore. Remember how I said that the planet is basically covered with Aura that collects and pools places? This can have fun effects on the land. Occasionally, when these pools happen near stones, it will incite a chemical change in the rock. They’ll become what’s was known to antiquity as a “Rune.” These days, we call it Candorite, because of the way they can glow. It should be noted that Candorite is an extra title that can be added onto almost any kind of rock. Granite, Andorite, Hematite, nearly anything can become a Candorous material. When these Candorite stones are exposed to a specific type of aura, they can become “typed.” Candorite stones in rivers tend to become Water Stones, If candorite stones are placed in furnaces they can become fire stones. Gardens with leaf stones, etc. These stones have many uses, but their largest market is for trainers, who use them to induce evolution of pokemon. When pokemon get to a certain biological point, one where their bodies and minds are toned and strong, this fills them with a confidence, but also a desire to leave this plateau, and a reaction happens in their brains that begins a process we’ve called Evolution. These desires are so great that the pokemon’s aura follows it and changes their DNA, like the mews once did, into making it a bigger, stronger, smarter version of itself. This releases a lot of energy, mostly in the form of light, but as heat as well. Some forms of evolution though require focusing confidence through an object. Onix are an example of this. There are special metals in the earth which contain bits of candorite inside them that onix have found. When they grow stronger near these metals their aura reacts with it and take and multiply these metals while also incorporating them into their body. Aura also affects objects that aren’t earthen. Discarded scales and teeth at the bottom of the ocean can become “Deepsea Scales/Teeth” used with Clampearl. There are also man-made objects which have been manufactured with secret methods to make them Candorous, such as the electrizer and magmarizer, along with porygon’s evolutionary items. Tiers of Candorous Items “If Aura follows emotions, then what happens when pokemon fall in love?” Good question. This is where we get into breeding, which is one of the most beautiful things humans have been able to witness. And exceedingly rare. It’s a very private process for pokemon, and many are offended when humans are anywhere near them, even trainers. For millenia humans had never seen two pokemon actually in the act of procreating, leading to many wild and strange theories about how it happens. But in recent years, this feat has been achieved. When two pokemon feel strong feelings of love and devotion to one another, they undergo a process similar to emotion. The aura takes their bodies and begins to glow, but instead of copying and multiplying their physical form for the purpose of making themselves bigger and stronger, the aura takes this and combines it with its partner’s, then forms a protective shell around the “fetus” while it grows. The lifeform, at this point, is called an Egg. We shouldn’t think of them as we normally do eggs that we eat though. Firstly, they’re incredibly durable. Secondly, they don’t contain a yolk or anything similar to that. The Fetus is in a state where it lives off of aura entirely. The process of using aura to grow a new body can vary depending on many things. The species of the pokemon can determine that. Generally, pokemon species who are stronger than others take longer to grow in their eggs. Dragons are notoriously slow in this. But also the amount of time an egg spends around other living beings, particularly pokemon, can play a huge role in this. Being around many pokemon, and humans who put out nurturing and parental feelings can expedite how quickly an egg can hatch. A set scale has not been found yet, but scientists are trying their hardest. They have grouped them into Four Levels of “Egg Cycles” Level 1 - 6-20 Egg Cycles Level 2 - 21-30 Egg Cycles Level 3 - 31-40 Egg Cycles Level 4 - 41+ Egg cycles. You’ll notice that this process does not require any bodies touching, and also serves to prove that pokemon do not have, or need, genetalia. I wasn’t kidding when I said it was exceedingly beautiful. Think about it, Literally two creatures send their love to one another and it’s so strong that they create life out of nothing. There’s also the fact that mammalian pokmeon do “hatch out of eggs.” Growlithes and purrloins don’t have litters of puppies and kittens, they have a single child that hatches out of an egg. If that’s still to confusing for you, think of it as a baby lying in its cradle, wrapped in a cloth, and slowly growing until it’s strong enough to come out. Let’s break for a Fun Fact about pokemon biology though~ Did you know that capturing pokemon can actually hinder their ability to reproduce? Don’t worry, the pokemon population in captivity is amazingly dwarfed by those in the wild, it’ll be a long time before we have to seriously worry. But, when a male pokemon goes inside a pokeball, the energy transference process actually does a form of Aura Neutering, which prevents the male’s Species DNA from being transferred into the child. That’s why, in captivity, the child will always be the mother’s species, but still carries traits from its father. It’s been observed in the wild, though, that there’s about a 50/50 chance of species transference when the pokeball is removed. This is how “Male only Species” exist in the wild~ OOC Info Moving Past Reproduction and onto how Aura affects the actual lives of pokmeon, All pokmeon have an infant stage, just like the animals they replaced. Upon hatching from the egg, regardless of how long it took, all pokemon have a time of being about a third the size of their average, with many differing qualities. They tend to follow the same traits as their animal replacees, such as young ekans and seviper not being able to control their venom. Some Pokemon, like Vulpix, however, have a unique trait, like having one albino tail that slowly splits into multiple, darker ones as they age into adult hood. The entire process takes, on average, two weeks. However, mamalian pokemon have an extra stage of being a teenager, in which they'll be nearly the same size as an adult, but exhibit traits of dependency on a parental figure. This lasts for an additional month of weaning them off of milk and becoming stronger. From then on, there is no real set average of how long a pokemon can naturally live. They stop following the trends of the animals they replaced once they reach adulthood. It seems a pokemon's life expectancy is directly proportional to the emotions they experience in their lives. The current theory states that pokmeon use Aura generated by passion and will in order to rejuvinate their cells, similar to evolution, but to a lesser extent, to keep them healthy and strong through their lives. However, when there's more than one source of positive Aura, such as what might come from a family, a partner, or a trainer, this process is vastly easier and the Pokemon can live much much longer than they would alone. This is why pokemon are perfectly comfortable living in "packs" with the trainer as their leader. And that's why pokmeon that are loved and cared for live so long and become so strong. Because of this, most pokemon live for as long as they have a connection to something. When that something is gone, then it is very likely that that pokemon will die soon after, depending on the personality of the pokemon. Most pokemon in captivity live for as long as their trainers do. Most in the wild live for as long as their companions do. And lone pokemon live for as long as they can find a reason to go on. The process isn't perfect of course, there are no immortal pokmeon. But in theory, as long as pokmeon is revered and has a reason to live, they will do so for thousands, perhaps millions of years. Thanks for reading through this~ This is an introduction to how Aura affects pokemon Directly. And when you see Aura brought up in other posts and topics, now you’ll know what they mean~ If you’re confused, don’t worry. This subject is taught at GSUC and there are probably hundreds of students who are even more confused than you are~ Edited by Mr. Johnapillar, 18 Oct 2014, 05:40 PM.
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29 Oct 2012, 11:12 PM Post #3 |
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Pokeballs and Apricorns Pokemon have an intimate connection with an energy that surrounds and penetrates them. As stated above, all pokemon, at one point, were made entirely out of energy when they were inside their eggs. This energy, however, isn't exclusive to just pokemon. Another type of life-form also has a connection with this force, the Apricorn tree. There are theories that these trees are distantly related to carnivorous plant pokemon, and at one point developed tools to catch prey, Apricorns. Because pokemon are relatively intelligent creatures though, evolution took them down the path to becoming more plantlike since their prey was smart enough to avoid them. As a result, the capture tools they developed became vestigial. These apricorns had an ability to forcibly make their energy interact with a pokemon's energy in a way that made the energy revert them back to the energetic blob of light and life they were as an egg. When it was predatory, it would then absorb the energy and gain nourishment. It wasn't until man discovered these abilities that apricorns became useful after the evolutionary shift. For a long time man used apricorns to capture pokemon and use them for various purposes. Without a tree to suck the energy back, the creatures were simply stuck inside this shell until, at one point, they were released, at which point they reformed. Almost all pokemon, after this point, form a bond with the apricorn's energy, which prevents the capture of another pokemon with the same apricorn. It also makes the pokemon almost physically bound to the apricorn, too much physical separation is unsettling, thus the pokemon choose to remain close to their new homes. This is why pokemon seem to take a change of heart when captured. They aren't loyal to the trainer, they're loyal to the container. Loyalty to the trainer can come or go, but as long as the trainer has possession of the apricorn, the pokemon associated with it will be, effectively, stuck. As man progressed though, technology developed and synthetic balls became easier to mass produce and sell than farming apricorns, though the latter does still go on. These "Pokeballs" also worked much more effectively than the natural apricorns did. Where it took a dozen or more apricorns to catch a pokemon, it now takes but one Pokeball. These new balls, for tradition's sake, work almost exactly the same way and maintain all the same rules that their natural predecessors do. However, apricorns do have one point that their descendant does not. Pokeballs are unable to catch pokemon at all levels. Stronger pokemons' energy levels can be too much for the red and white ball to handle in the event of capture. It's alright when pokemon grow while being in the ball, there's time for it to adjust, but trying to swallow too much energy at once overloads the system, causing breakage. Thus, companies have developed balls built to withstand these levels, but they're harder to produce, and usually only diligent trainers use them, keeping the market open for the less efficient balls. Typically, Pokeballs fail when the captured pokemon is at level 15, Great balls at 30, and Ultra balls, used almost exclusively by seasoned trainers, work best from 31 to 45, though there is never a 100% guarantee on any manmade product other than "it may not work." Apricorns on the other hand, being much closer to pokemon, can take the energy loads at all levels of creature. However, their miserably low success rate makes them next to useless in their natural form. Luckily though, Professors Marshall and Ashford have developed a way to adapt apricorns to work at the rate of pokeballs, and they're glad to do it, or tell their interns to do it, free of charge. Just send them your apricorn through the PC system and after a certain amount of time (Five posts in a thread) they'll send it back, Xtranceivers usually serve to notify the trainers of this. The result is a ball that is specifically designed to capture pokemon with a specific quality, depending in the type of apricorn used. "Now, what about when they're in the ball?" Well, that's a good question, and it varies from case to case slightly. Since they're reverted back to energy, there is no biological brain left intact. As such, many pokemon experience it as a really heavy, intense nap. However, all the information of a brain is still there. Some, who have a certain degree of self-awareness or intelligence, end up having the ability to maintain their energy's form in such a way that will simulate a working consciousness, and are vaguely aware of the passage of time and the world around them. |
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4 Jan 2013, 07:27 PM Post #4 |
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Fossils One group of ancient people used to believe that before we came to earth, the gods made another species of man out of the ground beneath us. This may be folklore, but it does hold true that seemingly lifeless stones can hold wonderful biological mysteries within them. When pokemon die, the energy in their cells has to go someplace, it can’t just up and “poof.” What seems to happen is that it sort-of decomposes along with the pokemon into simpler forms of energy, like electricity, light, etc. Some forms of this energy are able to be absorbed into the earth and stored there, occasionally getting picked up by plants and sent on through the food chain, other times laying dormant for years upon years. When this happens, it can still be near the original site at which the creature died, resulting in their bones retaining a simpler form of the energy they carried in life. When this was discovered, professors Marshal and Ashford soon began figuring out what could be done with these unique objects. It turns out that when a severely amplified dose of energy like the kind they use at pokemon centers is applied to the fossil, along with radiation from other sources, the simplistic energy latent will react and collect the energy being given to it. It takes a lot of careful work though, it doesn’t happen all at once. There need to be stages of development that end up looking a lot like decomposition in reverse. It can take several days at best, over a month at worse. First the skeleton is reformed, looking hauntingly white. Then the muscle tissue and flesh. It should be noted that right now this thing is essentially a hunk of meat, and is not alive. At this point it is usually kept someplace very cold in between procedures. Finally they recreate the nervous system and other complex organs. This was the hardest part because it all has to happen at once and if any of the variables shift it can result in... something not very nice. It should be noted that this process only works once the energy is simplified into the kind that can be absorbed by the earth, and only if there’s enough of it. Not every bone can be turned into a pokemon again, and with the few that can, there isn’t yet a way to remove the rock-type energy that is present from being stone for so many years. (If your character has found a fossil through an encounter then all they need to do is write in a post about sending it to the professors through the PC system. From there, the mods will keep track of your posts and after enough time they will notify you as to when your fossil is "complete." IC the professors will have contacted you through the Xtranceiver) |
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12 Feb 2013, 07:09 PM Post #5 |
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Godai's History "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" - George Santayana "But that's not fair, no one on Godai knows anything about its history!" This is going to change that~ Firstly, you all should know that the current date is 201 AG. AG stands for "After Godai." It's named after the date at which Godai was unified out of the five independent prefectures, which is noted as 0 AG. Everything before that is recorded with BCE, Before the Common Era. The actual date of human settlement on Godai isn't known. We have archeological deposits dating back to thousands of years BCE, the oldest are in the South, but they're all signs of established civilization, tools, pottery etc. Human remains always accompany these, implying that Godai was populated by southern immigrants. We think the early settlers were Meuist, judging based on pottery and other murals depicting the Unisex Mew giving life to all the barren land. Tied with Meuists though are the Cardinal Deity Religions. They typically were region specific and each worshiped a part of nature and attributed it to a different Pokemon-like God. The south worshiped a Firebird that fueled what we now call Mt. Sear. The North embodied the cold winds with a quadrupedal beast with a brilliant mane. The East saw what we call Tempest Valley's nonstop gale and imagined that a man sitting on a cloud was the source of these. Finally, the West took their mountainous landscape and created a tale where a beast on four legs sculpted them with mighty attacks. Aproximately 500 years later Arcean and Jagravanist texts accompany the Meuist. These two religions seem to have taken a different path, but still seam to share roots with Meuist ideals. Arceists shifted their worship to a deity that seems to be more of an All Father rather than a Life Giver. It's described as a Male pokemon even though it also doesn't have a gender. He is also the source of all of everything in the universe while appointing different lesser deities to rule over specific aspects of the worlds, including the Four Cardinal Deities as denizens of their Arceus. This was an extremely popular religion because of the focus it put onto pokemon. Domestic pokemon were the source of food, clothing, protection, and so many other parts of life, it's no wonder that they assumed that God must be a pokemon. Jagravanists took a different approach. They still respected pokemon, and some sects had deities based off of them, but they did not worship them in the traditional sense. They felt their focus should be sent toward a more inward direction. They worshiped the inner soul of life and sought connection with nature and pokemon. Aside from old drawn representations, it is not known if any of these deities ever really existed. Modern Scholars assume that they're simply dramatizations and embodiments of the forces of nature that scared and confused early Godians. This age, where Godai was but a land pockmarked by villages and towns and daily life was dominated by the religious teachings is known as the Axial Age. About two hundred years later, from Senjinism, the two different forms of Harmonism came to be. One, similar to Arceism, focused on the lives of pokemon. The main difference is that it was a material religion, attributing nothing to a deity. Harmonism was where the tradition of Pokemon Training was thought to begin as we know it today. Before this philosophy took root, pokemon were sources of food and protection, but seen as beings separate from humanity. Harmonism taught that pokemon and humans have an innate bond that can be called upon to unlock destiny, and encouraged its followers to travel the lands with a pokemon at their side, and even to live among them. Zen Harmonism arose shortly after and while it follows similar teachings, it does hold its own as a religion. The Harmonisms mark the first cultural growth in Godai known as the "Weaving Period" as villages started forming unions and centralizing governments. This lasted at the most 600 years until 400 BCE, the earliest date at which records of the current five prefectures were separate, independent nations. We refer to this period as the "Red Ages," named after the massive amount of bloodshed that resulted from each state fighting with the others. Fights over territory and resources popped up everywhere, and pokemon were not spared from humanity's wrath. Pokemon like Sawsbuck, Skarmory, Druddigon, and Rapidash were taken as war steeds, which meant that they were often defeated by the opposing army's living tanks, Salamence, Rhydon, Aggron, and Snorlax. So many pokemon, particularly dragons were captured or hunted to near extinction, and by 200 BCE they were officially labeled endangered or extinct. The fighting seemed to end when a massive earthquake struck south of, what was then called Lake Crystal. It caused the water to flood out into St. Andrew's Bay, resulting in the desert we now call Brackbrine flats. In the years that followed, the prefectures ceased their fighting and all united under Queen Joo Niwa of Central's authority, and thus began Godai's "Golden Age" on August 19th 0 AG. With a unified land, resources were allocated in a fair way and the people benefited greatly. Of course, as with any big change, some people wanted to fight against it. In the Western prefecture there were small uprisings that threatened the safety of the entire region. But luckily, in a mere 13 years Central had developed new forms of warfare, the first truly efficient firearms. The squabbles were quick and relatively painless, and it was a relatively peaceful demonstration of the strength that unity brings. This opened the Monarchy's eye's however, and Queen Joo quickly formed the first United Nijuu of Godai, 14 members, one from each town, 5 authorities on Pokemon, and 1 queen making a council of twenty. Shortly after this, James Firebird I opened up Firebird Power and Defense Industry's first office in Stoutfist city. Godai's first State University, GSUC was founded in 33 AG in West Central and was the only place for higher learning in Godai until the population began rising. Even now it still remains the most popular and esteemed college in the nation. Godai came through with its promise to grow technologically. In the later half of the 50s AG, the Colbalt Corperation was founded and began production against Firebird for technological development. Where Firebird found a niche in exporting, Colbalt was largely domestic. They started with household appliances, but their real boom in business came in 67 AG with the invention of the first Pokeball. As you know, apricorns were the source of catching pokemon before this. Unfortunately for trainers at the time, their effectiveness was very variable. Their iffy natural state could be amplified with some tampering, but finding experts was rare and costly. Then the brand new Cobalt Brand Pokeball. It had an approximately 500% more successful capture rate than a raw apricorn. They also developed different levels of balls for more experienced trainers. This caused a huge spike in pokemon training. In only a few months, kids, teenagers, and adults of all ages were out catching pokemon of their own. The Nijuu met and decided that this could be an opportunity to learn more about pokemon. Up until now, training wasn't common because of a lack of equipment, and was mainly rooted in harmonistic tradition. Because of this, very little research on pokemon was available, and many aspects of their lives were a mystery except to those extremely talented trainers who could get to that level. Even then, very few were interested in documenting their findings. So in 68 AG, months after the release of the Pokeball, the Nijuu formed the Trainer Initiative System. Essentially, they would give funding to anyone with a degree who would do extensive research on pokemon. They would also be given a collection of "Starter" pokemon that they could give to anyone they saw fit to help them in their research. These people, in turn, would also receive an amount of money from the state to help them continue field research. All that was required was that they send back reports of any and all findings periodically, as a "check-in" system. Additionally, they would report directly to an agent, a different one is 8 towns. These reports were like physicals, and often included a brief battle to show the potential of pokemon. If one was to get through all 8 of the agents, they would then check in with the Five members of the Nijuu responsible for Pokemon. Over time these became less and less of a check-in and more of a challenge. These days, we call these government agents Gym leaders, the Elite Four, and the Champion of Godai. The scientists who signed up originally had no idea what they were about to experience. Floods of would-be trainers bombarded GSUC's research facilities, asking for pokemon. When they were told there were no more they got very upset. To quell everyone down, The Nijuu declared that it is no longer mandatory for trainers to take part in the Initiative through a professor. All that was needed was a trainer's license and an application. All reports would be sent directly to Central where they would be processed There was a brief upward slope in participation in the TIS, but after a while people ended up dropping out. Getting paid for training was nice, but being hounded for information wasn't worth it to a lot of people, so pokemon training quickly fell back to being a hobby rather than a profession. The TIS exists still today, but its membership is significantly less. In history, its largest impact was bringing Pokemon Training out of Harmonism Tradition and into a united Godian culture. In the coming decades they provided many other appliances for home-use. One of the most notable came in 95 AG, the first Colbalt Telephone! At this time they were bulky landlines with questionable quality. Their market was primarily central since it was so interconnected anyway, but they slowly spread outward as smaller, more affordable versions came in the coming decades. Progress was halted in expanding the telephone systems in 143 AG though, when the Great Godian Cataclysm struck Off the coast near Vertosheer, an 8.1 Earthquake shook the entirety of the nation. It was felt strongest in the east and south prefectures. Sharsaber, South Central, and Vertosheer were nearly drowned because of the resulting tsunamis. Fissures opened up, and even though the east was primarily rural and low to the ground, what tall buildings there were ended up on the ground in rubble. It was expected that Mt. Sear would erupt as well from the quake, but it still lay dormant as it had for many centuries. If the quake was horrible enough, the Month of constant rain and wind across the entire nation cemented the apocalyptic feel. For 33 straight days rain fell from a constantly dark sky. Day and night fused into one and waters encroached on the lands. Then, all at once, it stopped. The sun came out and the floodwaters eventually receded. As people do, they rebuilt and let the mystery of the event remain. Some blamed their gods, others blamed their neighbors, but nothing was ever confirmed as a cause, a simple act of nature. Colbalt also played a hand in recovering from the natural disaster, because just over fifty years after they invented the Landline Phone, they uncovered the first PokephoneM in 151 AG. This was an amazingly revolutionary idea. You could send your voice from anywhere in the region to anyone in the region. Additionally, the next twenty years also saw improvements, accumulating into the PokephoneM2, which was much smaller. The PPM3 was the first device to offer sending a text message instead of only voice. There were Pokephone Slims, Pokephone Flips, and many other different models, all selling extremely well until 170 AG when the invention of the first Xtranceiver. A new head of marketing decided to ditch the "Pokephone" name to usher Godai more forward. Xtranceivers were small devices that could be worn like a watch at first. It was more of a fashion statement than a tool for communication at this time. Anyone who wasn't an utter fool owned one and use it regularly. It was also around this time that the internet and computers began taking off in popularity. Cobalt took advantage of this and as entertainment became more accessible online, they adapted the Xtranceivers to include music players, game machines, and plenty of other applications. They wanted to create an all-in-one device to cater to everyone. Of course, with everyone plugging in their computers and charging their Xtrans, electricity became a bit of a scarce commodity. The Geothermal powerplant in the south was losing its ability to provide power to Godai's growing demand. Blackouts were common to find in the 160s AG, and Cobalt and Firebird worked together to build the Tempest Valley Windfarms in the Easternmost land of Godai. This proved to provide more power than was really needed, and as a result, the Boilspout Powerplant was officially closed. It was scheduled to be demolished as well, but in the time it took to orchestrate that, pokemon moved in and began making a habitat out of it. There was a brief war with Pokemon Activists, resulting in their victory and the Powerplant remains standing today, but in a very wild state. The every popular PC Storage system was the next notable invention. Our own Professor Maxwell Ashford created a means to transfer items through the internet in 194 AG. This included pokemon while they were inside their pokeballs as well. It revolutionized what it meant to be a trainer, and made it infinitely easier to travel in general. Instead of lugging around one's belongings in a backpack, all was needed is access to a PC and anything you've stored and tagged can be retrieved via a small one by three box that's found at most all places that have PCs. The next leap in science was performed by Professor Leigh Raymond Marshall (with help from Ashford). In 198 AG the scientist successfully reincarnated a pokemon simply from a stone fossil. The pokemon was a lilleep, and is still being studied. And this brings us to the year 201 AG, where history is being written everywhere by trainers with Colbalt's pokeballs in their pocket, new Xtranceivers with fancy touch screens and video calling, living in the continued Golden Age of Godai! |
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12 Feb 2013, 07:12 PM Post #6 |
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Godai Trivia Government: Before the unification, the Central Nation relied on a Royal family to rule over their relatively small land. It was Matriarchal, and ruling power was passed down from mother to daughter in a line of queens. When Central unified the other nations this did not change. However, after the Western Uprisings, the Monarchy agreed to have instate a second ruling body to help keep the lands centralized. One man or woman from each recognized town was elected by the people and they would meet in [PLACEHOLDER]. Additionally, five other men and women were selected. These men and women were all trainers, and exceptional ones at that. They were there as representatives of Pokemon and other parts of the natural world. Over time their duties expanded to become a part of the Trainer Initiative System, and we call them now, The Elite Four and the Champion of Godai. In the past two-hundred years, the Queen, the Elites, the Champion and the Fourteen others made up Godai's Unified Government known as the Nijuu. The current Queen is named Erica Bardan. Her predecessor was Ellen Rubeo. The heir has a choice to use her Maiden Name, her Husband's name, or make her own name. Erica used her maiden name, and her mother took the third option. School: The Godian school system is government run, exclusively, meaning there are no private schools. There are twelve grades, divided 1-6 and 7-12. First through Sixth grade collectively is called Elementary School, and Seventh trough Twelfth, Secondary School. In Elementary School, children are taught the foundation for most everything. Language (both foreign and domestic), science, and math are two very focused points, but they also dabble in other information as they get older. Basic music, art, physical education and sport. Included in the science portion is information about pokemon as well. The curriculum is very rigid and there are standards that need to be met by every teacher and student, so the education from school to school is typically very uniform. Compared to real world school systems, it's also more efficient. By the age of 12, children are encouraged to pick a career path and are trusted enough to be allowed to get their trainers license. (At this age, any training education requires extracurricular schooling). Elementary school also marks the end of the mandatory schooling in Godai. Secondary school is, comparatively, a lot more free, especially since it's optional. Many jobs will not hire anyone without a Secondary degree, so it is still highly encouraged and popular, but kids are free to drop out any time they wish without any consequences. Children are allowed to pick out their own electives, with plenty of extracurricular focuses available. Language, science, and math are still mandatory subjects, but the rest of the school day kids are free to shape their own futures. Popular electives include, Pokemon Training, Music (classical, jazz, choir, band, orchestra etc), Art (painting, ceramics etc) and History (geography, political science, etc). Once they graduate from Secondary school, many students choose to continue their education and get a degree at a University. Some of the bigger towns have their own small colleges, but the most prestigious is the Godai State University in Central. It has the largest campus and the most equipped facilities. A degree from GSUC looks good on any resume. Homeschooling is an option, as well as private tutors, but the family needs to fill out paperwork to get the correct information and avoid Social Services, curriculum is still mandated to be the same or nearly the same as what is taught in private school. The only main advantage to this is not forcing one's child to be around other children more than they want. Flag: The Godian Flag is a relatively simple one. On a crisp, blank white slate, representing purity sits a special symbol. It's two, black, concentric circles, making a donut shape. The outer (or lower depending on your perspective) circle is also crossed by an X, dividing it into four pieces, while the smaller circle in the middle remains intact. This symbol represents the Godian Motto "Out of Five, We are One." Money: The unit of currency in godai is called the Dian. It was originally the Godian Cent, but over time it became shortened to just the end of the first word, the Dian. The current rate of inflation has resulted in any coin subdivisions (despite it originally being an all coin currency) of the Dian becoming wastes of metal. Currently they are printed in 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 5,000 Dian bills. The bills themselves have a picture of the current queen on them, as well an emprodery. On the reverse they have the Godian Unity symbol as well as other emrodery. The exchange rate is 50 dians to 1 US Dollar. Convert to various forms of currencies that way. Food: Since real animals do not exist, all meat in Godai comes from pokemon. Tauros and Buffalant are popular choices for "beef." "Chicken" comes from Pidgey, but Doduo are also farmed for their meat, which is more beefy than chicken but not too much so. "Pork" comes from Swinub, and rarely Grumpig. "But pokemon are super sentient, no one would willingly let itself be caged and slaughtered!" You're right, partially. Godian farmers, even before the unification, had been capturing pokemon in mass and used selective breeding. Thousands of years of this has resulted in, well, stupid, fat farm pokemon. They're amazingly compliant and trusting. They don't seem to know what their lives are used for, and that they have wild counterparts which are leaner and infinitely more free in more ways than one. If you're feeling a little upset at that, don't worry, people in Godai feel it too. Recently there's been technology developed that synthesizes protein into something amazingly similar to real meat. It's completely non-living, but it's essentially real flesh grown from a test tube. Poke-Vegans funded it and are reaping the rewards as a growing movement away from the slaughter of helpless pokemon. Some plant pokemon, like oddish, cherrubi and foongus, have also been bred to be more edible. But real world agricultural products, like wheat, fruits, vegetables all exist in Godai. Zodiacs: Just like in the real world, Some godians decide to follow the practices of Astrology. Godai exists on an Alternate Earth, so the stars above your characters are very similar to the ones you might see (hemispherical differences aside). But in a world with pokemon, instead of naming these things after animals that no human has seen for millions of years, They're named after pokemon. But just as the Zodiacs are named in Latin, these are also named in foreign languages. Largely Old Aguarian and also some Sheran and Beliaen. Western Zodiac Furthermore, there's also an Eastern Zodiac largely built thanks to Mi-yun, a member here, she really did her research~ This Zodiac comes from the land Shitsi to the south east of Godai. Eastern Zodiac Trainer's Licenses and the TIS: Anyone in Godai can own up to three pokemon as pets, self defense, or various other legal means. However, they cannot battle them, which is treated with scaling punishments. They also cannot train them, which means no participation in contests. They are allowed to be kept in pokeballs but that is up to the owner. Once a Trainer's license is acquired, a trainer can carry up to six pokemon at a time. This is largely in place to limit the risk of children being unable to control their pokemon. The only people able to carry more than six pokemon are Breeders, who carry a special Breeder's license. Paperwork needs to be filled out for each extra pokemon. The rules are different if one is at a place of residence. Families need not worry about housing and taking care of their child's pokemon sent home through the PC. The first thing an aspiring trainer needs to do is take at least a Semester of training classes or the equivalent in school. These are provided by all secondary schools and for those that chose to not attend, there are extracurricular classes that don't require full enrollment. Once this is done, the trainer makes an appointment goes to a Pokemon Center to get, fill out, and then turn in the paperwork. They'll be informed when it's processed, usually about a week or so. Once that happens, the trainer goes back to the Center to take a test, which is graded with a computer. If they pass, they then take their picture for the ID, which is then printed out in just two short minutes. And from there the Trainer is officially considered legally allowed to Train and Battle pokemon. They are not provided with any supplies such as pokeballs, holocasters, a journal, or anything of the sort. The ID has a lot of information on it, firstly is many intricate designs both printed, raised, and punctured into the card to prevent forgery (Children under 18 have their IDs formatted vertically, while Adults have their's set horizontally. This is largely for convenience for age restricted places). The full name, address, physical description and birthday are all printed underneath the picture (along with whether or not they are an organ donor). The ID number will consist of a Letter and 5 Numbers. There's an Expiration date. On the back there's a bar-code for easy scanning, as well as a magnetic strip. The latter is used for if the trainer decides to register with the TIS. In order to do so, they need to fill out an online application, which consists of a much more difficult written test than is required for the license. If one passes that, then there's the practical exam which is a battle with a government official. An appointment is made and usually they meet at a Pokemon Center or Gym. The battles are simple and just to check for the trainer's capability while wandering the wilds. For those that pass, they have a special bank account set up which is funded by the government and can be accessed by their Trainer ID, which can now be used as a debit card. The Trainer has the option to seek out their professor or researcher or they will be assigned one (Not necessarily one of the three we have on the board), and from there it is up to the professor as to what the trainer is required to do in the field. Religions: There are three primary religions in Godai, and they are Meuism, Jagravanism, and Arceism. Read more about them below. Meuism Jagravanism Arceism These are the most prominent religions in Godai, if you want your character to belong to a different kind of religion, it would probably not have much of a following and he or she would be largely alone in that way of thinking, but it might still be allowed if you speak to a moderator, preferable Mr. Johnapillar. Temporary Note: This list will be updated with more minor religions as time goes on. Holidays: Godai as a whole has some institutionalized holidays that the state recognizes uniformly. These are days that state workers and children have off from work and school, and for which many companies alter their hours so as to give their employees time off if not close for the day. Some of these have their roots in religion, but have been colloquialized to the point where only the religious hold spiritual meaning in them. Holidays If you have any questions or ideas, contact a staff member, preferably Mr. Johnapillar~ |
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20 Mar 2013, 03:40 PM Post #7 |
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PC System Just like in the games, Godai has developed a nifty trick for moving and storing items using Personal Computers. It was developed by Professor Maxwell Ashford in 194 AG and stands as one of his most famous achievements and is what really brought him forward into the lime-light. Between you and me Leigh probably got jealous which is why he developed the reverse-fossilization process a mere 4 years later, but that's neither here nor there~ Anyway, it is a truly mystical system and it seems to work through magic. But really, magic is just science that we don't understand yet, so let me educate you so you're not whispering incantations to your monitor or sacrificing pidgies to appease Arceus. Essentially, it works kinda like the old practice of Alchemy, Firstly, everything sent through the system has an ID tag. This is a small stickers with one side adhesive and the other coated in bits of circuitry. It's micro-thin and can be bought in packs of twelve for relatively cheap and attached to anything, clothes, potions, berries. These are programmable. In their package are platforms with a USB port that plugs into the computer. Through a website you register for, you can input information for the item you'll attach the tag to. For clothes you check boxes about what it's made of and other information like that. Pokeballs have them built into the electronics and your pokemon's information is recorded there upon capture. There's also a series of boxes for trainer items, you simply check if you've got a potion, super potion, revive, full heal, etc. It's suggested that you remove the tag from berries before you feed them to your pokemon though. Now for each item you'll have its information saved on the internet. After that, you set up a "Home Computer." To do that, you need to have an Ashford Transfer Box set up somewhere, for most trainers it's at home with their family computer. It's a Three foot by One foot box that fits snugly under desks and comes in a variety of colors to match the decor. They all come with the Ashford Logo which is a large capital A made to look like an atom with two crisscrossing orbits perpendicular with each of the upward lines.The cross extends out to the right and the rest of the letters in Ashford are written atop that. You can sync this device with any computer and register the box's ID number as the "Home Box." The site's programming will recognize this box as the place that all items are sent to. This can be changed relatively easily as well. After that, from any computer with internet access you can log on and view your "inventory." You should note that your items are still where you left them and not 'saved' onto the internet. If you want to deposit an item, you choose the deposit function and place your item in the Ashford Box at the computer. All pokemon centers are equipped with these, and some internet cafes and libraries have them as well. Then, with a flash of light the item will be gone and the computer will show that it is "At Home." Meanwhile, the box you sent it to will now house the item you deposited. Well, almost. This is where the latter two alchemical steps come into play. At the pokemon center, the box scans the ID tag and e-mails the information to the Home Box. From there the center's box deconstructs the item(s) inside it with a type of energy that acts similarly to anti-matter, in that it annihilates it and turns it into photons. It took a lot of work but this energy will not result in an explosion, just harmless light that shines out of the box in a flash. On the other end, the Home Box gets to work reconstructing the item. It takes the information saved online and uses what Ashford calls "Stem Energy." Just like Stem Cells can regrow body parts, this energy can condense and grow and exact copy of the item that was deposited, ID tag and all. For all intents and purposes, you teleported the item from one point to the other. You can buy different sizes of Boxes so that you can store what you need, or you can set up an alarm to go off so that anyone on the receiving end can retrieve the item. In order to withdraw something, simply choose the item online and click "withdraw." It's best if it is still inside the box, and that can be a arranged through a simple phone call, but if it's an emergency, the home box can send out a signal to the ID tag, which is equipped with a small cell filled with the Anti-energy and it'll e-mail the box you're using and annihilate the item. Unfortunately it's a one-time-only thing and results in the ID tag shorting out and becoming useless. They're not too pricey to replace, but it's certainly a pain reprogramming them. There is a problem though. Organic matter is incredibly difficult to reconstruct from the Stem Energy in a living manner. Early experiments resulted in very unfortunate and gruesome failures. The most complex things that could be sent through the system are fruits and vegetables, and even then only in small quantities. Luckily for trainers who take the "Catch 'em all" approach, when a pokemon is inside its egg or a pokeball and they're in that "energy state" they can be reconstructed perfectly because everything isn't so structured in a strict form. There was some controversy in the early years following the Ashford PC Transfer System's unveiling because some people were upset that the pokemon sent and received through the system weren't the same creatures, technically speaking. They were reconstructions. It eventually died down when they saw that no harm was caused to their friends and they didn't even seem to realize that they were moved due to them being in their energy state. 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3 May 2013, 05:01 PM Post #8 |
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The Strange Pokemon Classes and You! So, in a world full of these monsters that grow and fight by shooting fire out of their Well, they did, and while I might not have done so much of that, the fanbase of pokemon enjoys it so we've worked hard to incorporate these things into our story~ Primarily, these include Psychics, Ninjas, and Mediums. (Though more can and will be added as questions arise.) Psychics: Just like pokemon, there are certain people whose brains are wired... differently. Science in Godai has yet to explain exactly how it works, other than it is genetic. There is something strange about the north, no one can quite put a finger on what is. Elsewhere in the region, people are born and seem to be rather "In Touch." It's barely noticeable, maybe getting as far as guessing songs on the radio. But rather commonly up north, people are born and something sparks inside them. People are still making guesses about what this spark may be, some say it's purely genetic, though gene research hasn't shown much of anything there, others say that it's a gift or a curse from the gods, and others believe that little bits of magic leak out from the ground and these children are touched by it. Regardless of the cause, a small amount of power flows out of these people, and manifests itself in psychic ability. Psychics focus on one "power" since it's very difficult and therefor rare to branch out and be proficient in a lot of things. One of the most common ones is Empathy. This is a strange concept to grasp a lot of the time because most people think of it as similar to Telepathy, reading minds, and hearing a person as if they were speaking. But that's not the case. The language center of our brain is primarily used for communication, so when people aren't speaking or typing to one another, their brains are usually doing what I call, "Brain Speak." It's thoughts, emotions, images, memories, sounds, and everything else that we use to process the world. Empaths can open themselves up to receive emotional information from others, and the more empathy that's involved with it, the better it works. For a large portion of their lives, Empaths have trouble controlling how open they are to outside emotions, and can often pick up and be trapped by those around them. Most people can focus on one person and get vague information, though it isn't particularly hard to shut out most psychics, even skilled ones because their bond is fueled by common emotion, so cutting emotional strings solves the problem easily (or just think about something else). If they turn their attention to a crowd, they can sometimes get a feeling for people's emotions. Psychic trainers can't really communicate better than any other trainer, at most it's just being instinctually conscious of it. Empaths are basically humans that can communicate like pokemon, and are in tune with emotions. This Empathy directly replaces Telepathy, which we feel is overused, cliche, and overpowered. Having silent conversations, even out of battle, poses problems with the canon. Empathy is a better transition because it allows that unspoken bond, but it does not make an individual type of trainer innately better. It also means that trainers cannot attack other helpless humans as a way to just get an edge on battle." The second common ability is Telekinesis. This always gets under the skin of physicists. "You can't transfer energy without contact!!" They all scream. And that's mostly true, but pokemon have been doing it for millenia without a problem. And it's not as supernatural as it sounds. The nervous system comes into play here. The electricity that flows through neurons in psychics can be focused onto something outside the body with enough force that the energy will condense and create tiny spots of lower and higher pressure. Matter, instinctively, will move to fill in the space, and thus, things move without being touched. It's less about "Pushing" an object too. A lot of psychics find it helps to visualize pulling the object from the other side, since that's mostly what they're doing, by creating lower pressure to one side, the object will be pulled toward it. The final psychic power is a very very rare one, Precognition. It's almost impossible to find a true clairvoyant, and even rarer to find an effective one. Even those born in the north can hardly get past the "Radio Guessing" phase. But it is possible that with practice, humans can open their senses, and activate a type of synesthaesia, (Dagnabbit) with most all of their senses combining, never at one hundred percent, but most of the way. When this happens, their brain can take in paramount sizes of information, more than any human can gather, more than what's in the room, branching outward into the world around them, gathering each iota of what's happening. If their brain is able to process this, they can then assess everything that they've collected, and make predictions based on that. Really, any prediction is an educated guess. Clairvoyants can simply make themselves much more educated. The stronger the psychic, the further out they can reach, and the more accurate they can become. If they know enough about a single person, they can hone their search like a search engine using key words and pick out events that could affect their client. Most people with procognition choose not to use it, and if they do they're very careful about it. Think about it - if you go too far and find out too much, you can know when your best friend will die, and there might be nothing you can do about it. The future is generally in flux simply because no one can know everything, so not every prediction is true. But this is also why clairvoyants are so rare. Those who have the ability are usually very old and very well practiced, if they've even lived so long. And with that cheery bit of information, I'll lead on into the next happy class, those that commune with the dead. Mediums: Alright, they don't actually speak to the dead. There is no scientific evidence to prove one way or another that there is an afterlife, or that the dead truly walk among us. However, something similar does happen, particularly with pokemon. When things die, their bodies decompose. When pokemon die, the energy that they collected in their cells does as well, as I mentioned above in the Fossil post. This energy exists all around us, and it has a connection with emotion. Just like psychics, mediums are born, not made. It's a genetic rewiring of the brain that results in a sensitivity, and those born in the north become effectively sensitive. Instead of forming connections with the living like psychics, Mediums connect with the dead or dormant energy in the world. When emotions flare, strange things can happen to the energy around us. Sometimes, it can be imprinted or scarred. When a violent argument or crime happens, or someone is constantly thinking about a departed relative, or even when two people are so very in love with one another, the energy will hold onto that scene. Mediums are people who are able to connect with this energy, and they can see the scene that's transpired. Ghosts are not spirits that have refused to pass on, they are scenes that are repeated over and over again. It was tests with many different claimed-mediums with many "haunted" areas, and most all of them reported seeing the same event. Not just the same people, the same actual event happening. In theory, any place could become haunted, though places like graves tend to be very popular. You can even make your home haunted. If one puts enough emotion onto one thought, they could, in theory, imprint the memory of a person onto the energy around them. Their ability to perceive the memory is questionable, but it can be done. Mediums are also drawn to Ghost pokemon for their ability to "feed on emotions." Ghosts aren't undead pokemon, they're simply pokemon that developed ghostly qualities. One of these is feeding on emotional energy. In a way, this type acts as a sort of "Ghost Buster," ironically enough. As pokemon, they can absorb energy from the world, and ghosts can do this with places that have these scenes imprinted into them. It's like a good meal to them. Places like the Firbird Villa, which have had a history of being emotionally charged, always attract ghost types like a buffet attracts Mediums are basically psychics that have the added ability to see Aura Scars, the ghosts in the world. Ninjas: As fun as Naruto is, I'd rather like to not cross these two drastically different worlds. Being a ninja in Godai is not very magical at all, as opposed to the two classes above. Ninjutsu is more of a martial art and way of fighting, focused on stealth and masking one's presence. In Scurarte, there exists a school for ninjutsu. The Hanzo Martial Arts Institute. It's the only school to learn proper Ninjutsu in all of Godai, not that it gets too much demand these days. It usually runs with about one hundred students who all graduate as a single class, regardless of age. There's a very small faculty, and not much is known about what goes on inside it. One can assume there's classes on fighting techniques, as well as learning equipment. There would probably also be classes on fighting with pokemon. But no one can know for sure. Students and staff are sworn to secrecy. Those that graduate usually find some job that'll keep them busy, and being a ninja is usually a hobby. Most young students go on to be trainers, who usually end up using their skills to capture pokemon, since most people react badly to being stalked, and assassination is illegal. It is also illegal for a trainer to engage themself in a pokmeon battle, but what the police don't see won't hurt them. Rangers: In Godai, Rangers are people who train pokemon and work to maintain the balance between the natural world and the industrial world. Because of the rapid growth of Godai's industry and population after the unification, a lot of natural land was lost to the expanding cities. From this, pokemon activists started banding together in order to fight off what they perceived to be a threat. Most of the work done was political, however. Mainly petitioning for construction to occur in other parts of the region so as to minimize harm to the land. These were primarily small local, and individual groups though. It wasn't until after the Cataclysm that these groups began banding together across the nation. They coordinated and worked together to help rebuild and rescue the pokemon that were hurt during the disaster. These days, they've formed one single group known as the Godian Pokemon Ranger Corps. They work together with a Police force to protect the natural world. There are four large centers which coordinate the rangers in the region. One in the East, between Kagereta Woods and Skytouch Forests, One in the west, North of Durskrim Town. One to the North West, north of the Tribule Karsts. And One in the South, north of the Tiensee Powerplant. Smaller stations exist within cities, built around mailing addresses because getting shipments out into the middle of no-where can be problematic. Having the bases out where they are is beneficial to monitoring the landscape and responding quickly. These bases are similar to Pokemon Centers, but only rangers are allowed to use them (barring emergencies). In order to become a Ranger, a trainer must first get a degree from any college, though ones from GSUC are considered the best. These include classes in biology, general, human, and pokemon. As well as botanical classes, historical, and other classes on forestry and survival skills. Pokemon training courses are encouraged, but not required. If someone is to become a higher ranking ranger, they must either be recommended by an existing officer (which doesn't happen often) or serve time as part of the Godian Police Force, which includes time at a police academy. Officers in the GRPC are assigned to more dangerous missions and also maintain authority over lower ranking rangers, which requires management skills. It should be noted that Stylers do not exist and that Rangers in Godai are based off of the Ranger Trainer Class, not the spinoff game. |
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20 Jun 2013, 01:03 AM Post #9 |
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Pokemon Centers Art Credit to Evan Liaw Hello~ So one of the best parts about pokemon is the battling. But what's a trainer to do when they battle too much and their pokemon is all worn out, or even worse, injured? Well in Godai, your kind and just State Govornment has provided you with state run institutions designed specifically to help trainers in this time of need. The Pokemon Centers for Rest and Recovery or simply, Pokemon Centers. (And if you're really in a rush, PokeCenters, but I digress). Founded soon after the TIS was established, these facilities were built and paid for partly by tax money and partly from wealthy donations. Sizable donation came from the Queen's pocket herself! People all across Godai were more than happy to fund the tradition of trainers, especially since it was their children and spouses that were leaving home. If their pokemon couldn't be taken care of, then what was to defend them from the more untamed places in Godai? So up came the red-roofed buildings in towns across Godai~ Small towns like Wisteur and Vlostik have just one Pokemon Center, and other, larger towns like Cascadia and Tiensee have several, of varying quality and funding. Granted, back in the day, funding primarily meant that a Center could hire more staff and deal with more trainers since the healing methods were generally the same. Potions and other physical healing methods, along with rest, are all very effective ways of treating pokemon, and remain to be to this day. However, now that technology has progressed, those Centers that had the money for extra staff were able to spend it on the Negative-Ion Regenerative-energy Generators, NRGs for short. What's an NRG exactly? Well there are many different models. Some can be as simple as a Big Box with sections available for pokeballs, or they can be incredibly large CAT Scanner-looking things that are capable of a lot. At a fundamental level, they generate negatively charged particles and send them to the pokemon. What happens is that they actually self-destruct in a process similar to the annihalation of Anti-Matter with Matter, but only the negative particles are damaged. This creates a very small burst of energy that, when around a pokemon, converts into the energy they use for attacks. Small injuries and fatigue are cured in a matter of seconds~ The more basic models are basically recharging stations. Modern pokeballs are equipped with an adapter on the inside that allows the negative ions to be injected. This is the cheapest way to do it as it requires less energy since the pokemon isn't in a physical form. More well funded pokemon centers have Advanced NRGs. These are really fancy stuff. They do exactly what the basic models do, but more! With more energy, they can actually heal major wounds in a significantly shorter period of time. They have settings that look like a shower of fairy dust as well as direct laser beams. (The lights are caused by the negative energy annihilating in the air, but only the outer ones do this, plenty of energy reaches the pokemon.) The "Dust" Setting is usually to heal broken bones and other internal damage, such as paralysis and poison, as well as any minor surface injuries, such as burns and general wear-and-tear. The "Laser" setting is for injuries along the line of gashes or deep wounds caused by fangs and claws. It can also be used to reattach a limb, if it was severed relatively recently, but please keep your pokemon out of these situations. However, Pokemon Centers are more than just Pokemon Hospitals. They're also places for Trainers to rest and recuperate. While their pokemon are being healed, many places have Common Areas where trainers can relax and socialize Through one set of doors, trainers can enter what's known as a Trading Area Which, using the PC System, allows trainers to send and receive pokemon through trades with people all across Godai. Some Pokemon Centers have these right next to the Public PCs, and not a completely different area. But hey, if you've got an extra wing you might as well fly with it~ Futhermore, many pokemon centers serve as hostels for trainers. Some are separated into Boys' and Girls' Dorms and others aren't. It depends on who happens to be running the Center, and both are available in most all cities (Wisteur and Vlostik are segregated). The well funded hostels have rooms complete with a personal bathroom and private room (though usually with a fee). More commonly there are bunk rooms with as many as a dozen people sleeping in one room. These have communal showers. The shyer trainers might want to save the money they can for privacy, or buck up and play nice~ All hostels are equipped with a laundry room as well. "That's a whole lot of energy though! Generating Negative Ions aside, how much electricity do these places use!?" A lot. But luckily, a lot of Pokemon Centers are equipped with generators. No, they aren't powered by little Pikachu running on wheels, pokemon rights activists prevent that. These are pretty ingenious machines that are sort of like artificial pokemon in a sense. They harness the same energy that pokemon do, form the world around it, and just like electric types, convert it into electricity. These are kinda like thousand pound Joltiks, though infinitely less cute~ Every now and then, one of these will become faulty, but thankfully all they need is a good zap from a pokemon to get running again most of the time. I hope this clears up any questions about how these staples of our universe work. Thanks for your time~ Extra Artwork for Reference
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1 Nov 2013, 05:15 PM Post #10 |
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Trainer Technology! Since the beginning of recorded history here, Godian society has become incredibly centered around pokemon. With that premise, it should be no stretch of the imagination to conclude that when we make technology, it’s also focused around pokemon. We all know about pokeballs, but what of the other trainer tools we’re all foolish to be found without? First off is the Pokedex. Literally, this is a Pokemon Index, a reference guide for all the information we know about pokemon. In the early days of the TIS, this was an actual paperback book that people could carry around and thumb through, and buy updated versions at their local book stores (those with a trainer’s licence got a discount of course). In the coming decades, we developed the first generations of an electronic version which got increasingly more efficient. The most recent model available is a very minimalistic design. Consisting of a touch screen that varies in opacity. Around this there are two covers that slide vertically to reveal the screen and then close in order to protect the screen. They come with a camera to quickly scan the appearance of a pokemon you encounter and bring up its pokedex entry which will include average sizes, types, the list of moves it might know. This does not actually scan details about an individual pokemon, this just brings up an electronic field guide, like what our pokedex looks like (without game stuff like health, levels and division) for those people who haven't been able to memorize what pokemon look like and their types. This will not tell you stats, the exact movesets of a pokemon, or even how strong it is. There is no way the pokedex can tell if a pokemon is a level 1 or 100 if it's the same species. Alongside the Pokedex, many trainers also carried an XTransceiver, which was Cobalt Corporation’s fancy name for “Mobile Phone.” However, this was much more than a simple phone. Delightfully small, it could be worn as a watch and functioned as one, complete with alarms as well. It also featured a camera which could record live video and also be used for “face-to-face tele-comunicating”, basically you could chat via webcam. If one was more visual or enjoyed multitasking, there was also a voice-to-text function as well as a touchpad keyboard (that some complained was too small to be functional). Along with this, there was a built in MP3 player so one could plug in headphones and listen to music as they please, or have it playing aloud. And beyond this there were many apps that could be downloaded and/or purchased. One that many trainers use was a Town mApp that showed computer generated models of the region and its cities for navigational purposes. An MPS (Mobile Positioning System) also helped lost travelers find their way, but it was never very reliable because many places in the wild change so frequently that the way it would take you would sometimes get you even more lost. Games, Internet, you had it all on your wrist. Now though, Cobalt has pushed for a brand new, wonderful device called the Holocaster! It takes everything that was possible in the Xtransceiver, and brings it out of the world of a two dimensional screen, and into the bright new world of 3D! Using the new holographic technology, the small device sits nicely on your wrist and can project holograms around you. For typing, it can generate a holographic keyboard that senses finger movements, along with navigating through other holographic menus using similar movements. These are treated like phones in our world, and thus, are not provided by the TIS. Characters who have them will have already bought them or been bought them from a Cobalt store or something similar. Next are TMs and HMs. These are a mysterious bit of technology, produced and sold by Firebird and to a lesser extent Cobalt. They are small discs that are roughly the size of small donuts in diameter. In their coding, they can temporarily make the pokedex execute a function of making it Candorous, from there it can interact with a pokemon's Aura and alter it in a way that allows it to use a move it is not genetically inclined to do naturally. These only modify the Aura and not the actual pokemon, think of it as a piece of clothing or a weapon that can be permanently equipped. The Process is similar to and inspired by how some pokemon are born with moves that their species normally doesn't know. However, only up to 4 moves can be added this way before the Aura destabilizes and shirks off one of the moves it has learned, making the pokemon incapable of using it. But what would technology be without built in obsolescence? Since Firebird and Cobalt are basically each other's only competition, they both include a function in their TMs. When the Pokedex loads up the disc, it both scans the ID number of that disc, and also imprints its own ID into its coding. What this does is make it so that that TM can only ever be used by that Pokedex. This prevents trainers from borrowing TMs from a friend , thus cutting into the companies' profit margins. Some trainers like to collect these and even keep them in a case, since many of the TMs are limited edition and have to be bought found or stolen from other people. Looking into one TM, TM150 Secret Power, we find another facet of life as a trainer, Secret Bases. Through the use of the move, a character can turn a set of trees, bushes, caves, really any natural formation that could possibly become akin to a tree-house. Secret Power can be purchased for 3000. If a player does not want to take up a move slot, a contractor can be payed 4500 to do the work for them. These can be built in any wild location, barring Djenganti Monastary, Eveline Temple, Firbird Villa, Tiensee Powerplant, The Safari Zone, or until Dive is learned, Shoaltide Path Once the structure has been made, a character can furnish and decorate in almost any way they see fit within the realms of possibility for no OOC cost. If one Chooses though, a player can spend their money on certain perks, akin to having benefits of a city in a wild location. for 1250 a character can buy an Ashford Box, PC, and Wifi set up to transfer pokemon to and from the base. 1500 buys supplies to plant and nurture up to 4 Berry trees, on top of those being grown in a pot. 6500 can buy a small NRG to reinvigorate tired pokemon inside their pokeballs. This won't heal major wounds but it will give them energy to keep going after long battles. And for 500 off your character's Monetary rewards each evaluation you can subscribe to a mail-order service with the Local Pokemarts (those within the prefecture of the base), to buy, sell, and deliver items to and from the base.OOC rules include that each character is allowed Two secret bases. Bases do not act like repels. And a base can only be used if its owner is in the thread. For Example, Seth cannot use Sonak's base unless John is writing with Bones. But, as time goes on, technology progresses, who knows, maybe we’ll be downloading our brains into our phones next~ |
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2 Jan 2014, 05:16 PM Post #11 |
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Berries and Apricorns These delightful little items have been with Pokemon for a very long time, and it really wouldn’t be pokemon without them~ But where did they come from? How do they work? What even are they? Do not worry, I am here to answer all of that. Berries are distantly related to Apricorns much in same way that Oranges are related to the Venus Fly Trap. This means, that at one point, Plant pokemon and Berries and Apricorns all had a common ancestor, which is why they can all work together in those mysterious ways. Berries are a type of fruit that have a connection to the same energy that Pokemon do. Because of this, they can do really special things to pokemon. They do this by either being ingested or by being “Activated.” Ingestion is rather obvious, and how most of us assume berries are used. The pokemon simply eats the fruit and the effect takes place. This is pretty much a guaranteed way to get the effect, sparing a few specific berries. If your pokemon is tired, and it eats an Oran Berry, it’ll become less tired. If it’s paralyzed, it eats a Cherri Berry and its muscles and nervous system return to normal. Chewing the berry breaks down its cell walls which results in the structure that stores the mystical energy release. They react with the pokemon and bam~ The other way is more mysterious. Activating a Berry usually requires something special to happen. Some berries need to be near a pokemon hit by an attack, others need a specific status to afflict their bearer. But when they are activated, they start to glow, similar to a pokemon during evolution, and the effect happens. This happens because the berries react to the pokemon’s energy that changes depending on if it’s attacked or tired or injured. This isn’t always reliable because we still don’t understand the mechanics of Pokemon energy, so the berries simply don’t always activate. This is how Persim berries cure confused pokemon who can’t figure out how to eat their held item, and how sleeping pokemon wake up when they have a chesto berry, and how pokemon coated in Ice can thaw from Aspear Berries. Berries also have flavors. These flavors respond to more than just a creature’s taste buds though. The flavor also corresponds to a “color” of energy associated with the berry. Thusfar we have 5 different colors which generally respond to a flavor. Spicy Red Berries, Sour Yellow Berries, Dry Blue Berries, Bitter Green Berries, and Sweet Pink Berries. They’re not always so black and white, some berries have complex flavors and sometimes even balances. In that case we tend to go based off of what the physical color is when categorizing it. When a pokemon eats a berry, or something made from a berry, the color of energy it possesses reacts with the individual pokemon’s energy. Depending on how they’re built physically and trained, their energy can react positively or negatively with a flavor, making it happier, or unhappy. Cooking a berry with other pastry ingredients will result in making a Poffin. Just like cooking anything caramelizes sugars and carbs, this happens with energy. Cell walls are busted and the energy shifts and changes in a way that, instead of granting a physical benefit when eaten, it makes the pokemon appear different and changes their energy slightly to be like the poffin. Berries can also be juiced, this alters their energies differently as well. When the cell walls are broken without heat, and away from a pokemon, then the mixture is drinken, it results in something similar to a vitamin. The Vitamin companies won’t tell us if this is how they make their product, but this homeopathic approach reaches the same end as them. The stat affected depends on the color of the berry. Mismatching berries simply make a delicious treat. Two berries of the same color alters a stat. Mixing the rare Lansat and/or Starf Berries acts similarly to a rare candy! And mixing a Kee and a Maranga Berry will remove the effects of both Vitamins and Juices. (Some berries are labeled as purple for the HP stat, since we don’t have HP, use whichever their highest flavor is for the color (Ganlon berries are Blue even though they tie)) Finally, Berries all have to come from somewhere, in this case it’s kinda obvious, they’re grown! Berries, when planted in the right soil and watered and taken care of, one berry can beget many! Because of their latent energy, berries grow very very quickly compared to most plants. Only about 24 hours (and 5 RP posts) and a berry bush will be grown and have fruits for harvest. The berries are listed into three different groups depending on how many fruits they yield. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Growing berries IC is a relatively simple process. Speaking OOC, it requires five posts of activity to havest a berry, and only four berries can be planted per thread. It isn't as easy as "Plant all my berries, say 24 past and get more berries." No, you have to be active. Firstly, a trainer needs to have a berry they’re willing to sacrifice, you can’t use a berry once it’s planted, Obviously. Second, the trainer needs to find a suitable place to plant the fruit. Use common sense in this, dark moist soil is good for growing things, sand on the beach is not. Time of year, Location, and climate can play a role in this. Again it should come down to common sense. If you’re in a large city, you’re probably not going to be able to find a place to grow a berry unless the trainer is good friends with someone who will let you dig a spot in their garden. If you do decide to plant a berry in a city, make sure it ties into the plot somehow and isn’t just an excuse to get more berries. If you’re somewhere else, then, again, try to make it someplace believable and not too convenient. Most places are able to grow berries during the Spring and Summer, Up north it becomes less possible to do this during the Autumn, and by Winter only South Godai remains warm enough to not freeze most plants out. Of course if you don’t want to be constricted by the laws of nature, you could always buy a Berry Pot~ These delightful inventions collapsible environmental control units for the purpose of growing berries when it’s not possible otherwise. When not in use the plastic dome collapses into the base, which then folds down into an almost flat circle that can fit into most bags and is relatively portable. When it’s not folded down and growing a plant, it is not portable though. Simply fill the base with soil that can bought for a negligible price from any store that would sell it and plant the berry and extend the dome. All at once a semi-portable environment in which to grow berries year round~ During the Spring and summer, in Pokemarts across Godai, they are sold for 5500. In the cities with contest halls though, they often run prices lower because of the influx of coordinators, and sell them for 3500. In the colder months, prices drop everywhere due to the rise in demand, 3500 Everywhere, and 1500 in the Contest Cities. A Trainer can carry a maximum of Four Berry Pots, and only one plant can be grown in a pot at a time.Which brings me to the Third Step, Watering. This is very important and should be a focus for the process of growth. For a very small price of 250, a Watering Can can be purchased in a variety of styles~Thoroughly saturating the soil around a plant after the soil has dried out counts as an act of watering with one of these babies. For those of you with pokemon though, these may be totally redundant because water moves can do basically the same thing: Water Gun and Water Sport water the plant a little. Water Pledge waters it a little more. Water Pulse and Soak do it moreso, And Whirlpool and Aqua-ring, with their lingering effects, water plants the most. Rain also works, artificially created or not: An Hour of rain waters a little, 2-3 hours does it more, like Water Pledge 4-6 hours is like a good Soak, 7 and on give it a really good watering as well. Of course, like with all plants, it is possible to water them too much, Any other water move either doesn’t provide enough water, physically damages the plant, or drowns it. Be careful when watering, it’s easy to go over the threshold and waste the berry you planted. After watering, there are hazards like Weeds and Wild pokemon attracted to the flowers and budding fruit. If you want to ensure your berries are safe, keep a watchful eye. Arceus doesn’t always look upon farmers with a smile~ Assuming your plant survives its full day of growth (and 5 posts of plot), congratulations! All you need to do is post an Item Request and a mod will come in (perhaps not for the first time) and tell you how many berries you got. You will however need to make a note of a few things.
Next, Apricorns! As stated above, Apricorns are vestigial structures on what used to be a plant-like pokemon that grew to be more plant than pokemon. And if you find one, you can send it to either Professor Marshal or Professor Ashford and in around a day, depending on the workload and the level of sleep deprivation each is dealing with, they'll send you back a nice special pokeball. If you don't want to do that though, then you can plant and grow an apricorn just like with berries. Unfortunately apricorns have always proved to have a problem with not producing too many replicas. Still, with careful watering and care, you can multiply your natural born pokemon catchers. The same rules apply as with berries, 5 posts and 24 hours and the same values for watering. These can also be grown in a berry pot as well. There are Seven known varieties of Apricorn that are grown in Godai: Apricorns Good luck with collecting them all~ In case it wasn't obvious above, I'll restate: The Five post rule does not mean that you have to make an entire thread about growing berries. It is just an activity check to keep from rampant over-rewarding. Thanks for reading all this, if you have any questions ask a mod. Happy Farming! |
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5 Mar 2016, 11:33 PM Post #12 |
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The World of Godai's Earth Analogous Countries Godai is a country that exists in an alternate universe to our own. There are seveal differences between Godai's earth and our own, the most notable being that pokemon evolved 15,000 years ago and have replaced almost all of the animal kingdom, barring small bugs, some fish, and other similar creatures that help found stable ecosystems. But beyond that, the world looks physically different, with different landmasses that have affected a few facts of the history and the different cultures that developed as a result. Most all the nationalities that exist in our world exist, with some differences. We cannot have 196 countries with their own histories and role in the world, unfortunately, so there has been a lot of consolidation. There are Five Main Landmasses, Aquile, Ochiorient, Insulae, Murus, and Salatauna. These are broken up into different Continents before being broken down into countries, and in some cases, Regions. The difference between the latter-most two specifications is that a Country is autonomous, and a Region belongs to a Governing body of a Country or in some cases, a Continent. An example of this would be that the Country of Godai exists on the Continent of Scairo, which is just a classification of land, and doesn't exist as a central governing body anymore. Here I will now explain the continents.
As you can see, many of these have a lot of similarity to our world. And there is, of course, much much more information than is presented here, the world is a large place and each creature has its own story that actively shifts and draws new stories in the vast complexity of the world. If there are any questions, comments, or concerns, contact Mr. Johnapillar through PM or post a discussion about it in the Suggestions and Questions forum. I hope you enjoy this! |
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