Thread: Instinct [T 16+] (pokemon merger)

Instinct [T 16+] (pokemon)

No matter how far we come, no matter how much time goes by, no matter how civilized we think we are there is always a beast inside waiting to come out. Our primal side is what drives us. It guides our basic actions, the ones we must do to survive. What happens when that primal side is the only thing guiding us though? Forget your conscience, your morality, your humanity and what’s left? A monster so ancient we have almost forgotten it existed.

That’s not what they said when you signed up for this project. Sliph Co. has been working on creating a device to allow everyday people to perfectly understand their pokemon and any pokemon, and now they needed some people to test it. It was good pay and seemed like a simple task, which it was, to start. The device itself could be likened to a large bracelet or bracer, but there was a small interface on it to calibrate the device. The devices, which were nicknamed ‘Pokebracers’, were capable of holding six pokemon similar to a pokeball, but along with being able to send out the pokemon it would partially combine the pokemon and their trainer on a mental level. The two beings could think as one. That was only the start though.

Three months into testing Sliph Co. upgraded the ‘Pokebracers’ to combine the trainer and pokemon even further. The trainers would acquire certain traits from the pokemon and even use some of their moves. It was groundbreaking, but also terrifying. There were some moral implications being debated. They were moving into rather dangerous territory here. Still they pressed on. With the ‘Pokebracers’ fully functional Sliph Co. went into its final stage of development. The ‘Pokebracers’ were mass produced and stored to prepare for distribution in the future, but these ‘Pokebracers’ were based on the original model. They couldn’t combine people and pokemon on a physical level. In thanks for your assistance in testing you were allowed to keep your special ‘Pokebracer’.

There was a catch though. You could only keep it if you challenged the Kanto league. Sliph had already organized it all. The gym leaders and elite four were willing to cooperate with the project, and had set aside a few new rules and standards to fit the new league.

1. Gyms can be challenged in any order, and their teams will be based on the strength and prowess of the opponent.

2. Trainers may merge with their pokemon to battle, but only with one of their pokemon per battle for safety reasons.

3. Trainers can only merge at the point when a pokemon would be sent out, not in the middle of battle.

With your new connection with your pokemon are you ready to take the challenge? Are you willing to trust your instinct and that of your pokemon?

SU:

Name: first and last
Gender: male and female
Age: (15 - 21)

Appearance: only your fully human one here. One paragraph physical appearance and one for clothing please. Pictures are allowed, and you may write out your additions to those pictures.

Personality: two paragraphs. Using one of your character’s quotes earns you a cookie.

Background: you were before Sliph, why you joined the project, and any other important history.

Fatal Flaw: optional, so long as you reveal it through the RP. Just the biggest down fall of your character can be anything from a fear to a traumatic event that still plagues you.

Pokemon: (basic or baby pokemon. [Lucario and Togetic are not seen as those.] and obviously no legendaries.

Lvl: (12- 18) [this affects yours move set and evolution. You can delay evolution if you so wish.]

Moves: six moves total. You can start with one egg or tutor move and one TM/HM move. All the others are based on level.

Appearance: normal appearance and what traits you get when you merge.

Personality: couple sentences

History: a few more sentences.

Pokemon: (basic or baby pokemon. [Lucario and Togetic are not seen as those.] and obviously no legendaries.

Lvl: (12- 18) [this affects yours move set and evolution. You can delay evolution if you so wish.]

Moves: six moves total. You can start with one egg or tutor move and one TM/HM move. All the others are based on level.

Appearance: normal appearance and what traits you get when you merge.

Personality: couple sentences

History: a few more sentences.

Rules:

1. the obvious forums rules and general manners that go with RPs.

2. The gyms teams are using the HG SS pokemon, but levels and number of pokemon change based on how strong you are. Ex. To start Brock would have the team he has at the beginning of red version, but if you went to him last he’d have his full team all at raised levels. Also Koga is still the fuchsia gym leader, (he’ll use a combination of his league and gym teams) and it’s the 1st gen league.

3. This is 16+ based on violence. I do expect pokemon battles to be a lot more painful, and when you merge with your pokemon I expect to see you feeling about to die when you are unable to battle. The 16+ also carries over to romace which I want to see kept in line. Finally the 16+ is for the moral implications of the messing with nature, and what it will lead to. SPOILERS!

4. Accuracy. I don’t approve of the whole 100% accuracy system so here is the one we will be using:

RANGED moves with 100% accuracy hit based on accuracy of the pokemon, evasiveness and speed of the other pokemon, and terrain. If you are in a very jagged and rough field with a lot of rocks and boulders it’s much easier to find cover.

PHYSICAL moves with 100% accuracy hit based on accuracy and speed of the attacker, and the speed and evasiveness of the other pokemon. Terrain is not taken into account since it would end up as a chase instead of an attack.

NO MISS attacks do always hit, but they will leave you open since you attack so directly.

5. Levels will hopefully be simple to all of you:

Wild pokemon = 1/2 of a level
Trainer pokemon= 1 level for battling, and one level to the winner. ½ level to the loser.

Gym pokemon= 2 levels if they are bellow lvl 50 and 3 if above. Lose win mechanics still apply.

Elite four pokemon= 4 levels and are all high levels.

Champion pokemon= none. You have to be prepared.

Excellent concept! I have just one question, and beware, it might be a really stupid one ;). Is the given model the model that combined the trainer and their Pokémon physically?

yeah thats why its their 'special' pokebracer. it also is kind of obvious when you check the SU. anyway players get the special pokebracer while Sliph is only going to mass produce the normal one(which haven't even been sold yet).

I'm also just finishing up my own SU at the moment, so if you want to see and example SU it will be up soon.

Okay ^^ Sorry.

TADA! took me long enough considering I wrote the dang RP. note I went a bit overboard with most things. I don't expect you to go this far out of your way in your SU. just make one that covers all the points.

Name: Seph Orion Tylers
Gender: male
Age: 17

Appearance: Seph stands around six foot and has a lean build. He has shaggy dark brown hair that falls in jagged angles around his neck and hangs down to his eyebrows. Below his eyebrows are a pair of dark amber-brown eyes that have seen a lot more then most. Seph tries to keep a smirk or smile on his face, but its been rather hard for him the last few years. The claw scars down his back, and bite scar on his right thigh are not even nearly enough to describe what Seph has gone through.

Seph tends to stick with dull and solemn colors these days though he used to be a bit more out going. He wears a few different long sleeve shirts, and a dark red fleece vest over top. He has a couple of black and navy jeans to wear on his journey, and some good old hiking boots as well. Seph pulls a black and dark red baseball cap on over his mop of hair and slings a good old fashioned backpack over his shoulder.

Personality: Seph tries to be a kind and good person, but he often is simply unable to relate to those around him. His life has always been trying, and he has had to sacrifice a lot. He ended up very reserved and in conflict with himself. The entire world around him is so often shut out that Seph is almost not a part of it.

Things aren’t always so bad though. When things are going well for a while Seph is able to pick himself up and actually start getting somewhere, but those times are few and far between. Seph tries so hard, and dedicates himself so much that it is a shock to most when they find out how cruel the world has been to him.

Background: Seph Orion Tylers was born late spring seventeen years ago, the second child of Elizabeth and Michael Tylers. At age two his mother died in a car accident. Another two years later Seph’s father lost the ability to use both of his legs during an electrical storm. Only three years his elder Seph’s older brother Luke became the man of the house. Luke worked hard to do all the things his dad couldn’t do anymore especially for Seph’s sake. Luke despite only being seven understood how this world worked. He knew their mother was dead and that their dad was never going to be able to walk again, but Seph needed to be protected from that truth, at least for then.

So Seph grew up with his brother always right beside him. Luke was the driving force of the entire family. He got everyone up in the morning, made breakfast -and the majority of meals-, and got Seph off to school. Luke still attended school until he was of age for pokemon training, but he was never able to travel. He had to take care of Seph and his dad. Over the years Seph’s dad was able to return to a much more active life, but was never going to get out of his wheelchair. Luke was happy for the help, but even then he had to do the majority of work. With Seph going into his teens Luke knew that he couldn’t protect his little brother forever. Luke knew that the burden he carried could never be given to his brother. Luke insisted that Seph begin practicing with pokemon, and eventually become a real trainer. Seph did so, but he refused to leave home. Being the age he was Seph knew what had happened to his family, and realized that Luke had held that weight on his shoulders for many years. He couldn’t let his brother handle that alone, but Luke flat out refused to let Seph remain at home. Luke had given up his chance at becoming a real trainer, so Seph had to be the one to do it.

Seph was reluctant at first, but he eventually admitted he wanted to go and become a trainer. It was something he had always desired, but he never thought he’d get the chance to. Not to mention the bad experience he already had with them.

When Seph was ten he wandered out onto the routes where pokemon and trainers often went. Seph didn’t have any pokemon himself, but he wanted to see them up close. What he saw was a lot more up close then he wanted. Some kind of dog pokemon rushed him and dragged him into the forests along the route. Lucky for Seph Luke was never far behind him. Luke ran after his brother and literally wrestled the pokemon away. Seph ran back to the route with Luke right behind him and not too far behind him was the beastly black pokemon. When the thing ran out onto the route a nearby trainer saw the two kids and sent out their own pokemon to fight the thing. Seph didn’t remember much more then terror, pure bloody terror.

With that seven years behind him Seph officially set out, and was doing alright for himself. He still was a low level trainer, but he at least was one. When he heard about Sliph Co. and its new project Seph felt it might be just what he needed. Everyone besides his brother and pokemon felt so distant. Being able to finally understand his pokemon fully could give him the support he needed.

Fatal Flaw: Seph has not only felt the loss of his mother, but seen the daily challenges of his disabled father, been attack viciously by a wild pokemon, and only ever been able to find understand in one person. He over all hasn’t been able to see good in the world for the majority of his life, and now it makes it so hard for him to try against all the odds to get anywhere in his life.

Pokemon: Cyndaquil

Nickname: Raizer

Lvl: 16

Moves: leer, ember, smokescreen, quick attack, crush claw, aerial ace

Appearance: Raizer has a dark gray top coat, and a darker brown underbelly. The flames on his back also burn blue.
When Seph and Raizer merge blue flames erupt from Seph’s back, and Seph loses almost two feet in height. He also gets the long maw of a Cyndaquil, but it’s not the best part of the transformation. Seph finally gets paws like that of Cyndaquil complete with the matching claws inside.

Personality: Raizer is rather timid and reserved like Seph. The two feel safe and comfortable around each other. Seph is able to trust and confide in Razier just as much if not more then he could his brother.

History: Seph caught Raizer as his first pokemon. Seph stumbled across the Cyndaquil and they both scared each other. The two ran off in other directions then looped around and both hid behind the same tree. Seeing the other was just as surprised the two calmed down, and laughed for a bit. Raizer seemed to be all alone out here, so Seph brought him home. He got his nickname when Luke said that Seph’s new pokemon would end up razing the entire town. Seph just added the I to make it different.

Pokemon: Hoothoot

Nickname: Isaac

Lvl: 14

Moves: tackle, foresight, hypnosis, peck, faint attack, fly

Appearance: deep purple eyes instead of red. When Seph and Isaac merge he gains the large eyes of a Hoothoot as well as the black plume around them. Again Seph loses some height from the merge around two and a half feet. He also grows some feather on his arms, but just enough to get off the ground. Finally he gets Hoothoot talons for feet.

Personality: Isaac is a very attentive pokemon. He never lets anything escape his gaze, but the big problem with that is he is very jumpy. There is never a moment he isn’t on watch.

History: There isn’t much to tell about Seph and Isaac. Seph woke up one morning with the Hoothoot nestled up in the trees above him. With the Hoothoot being nocturnal Seph caught it off guard with a pokeball and caught it.