Upon reread, I worried this rule could be a little confusing, so I decided to make a comprehensive list of what, exactly, your muse should know about Pikachu. This is sorted into three categories:
1) Total strangers or those who only know of him through word-of-mouth
2) Those who’ve met him, are close to someone who’ve met him, or have a friend-of-a-friend connection with someone who once met him
3) Close personal friends, family, or frequent partners during his investigations
This list will be updated as the blog progresses and more canon-divergent qualities/plotpoints are added, and will be linked in my rules for future reflections and easy accessibility. If you’re ever in doubt, don’t be afraid to come speak to me privately for further clarifications!
This isn’t to say that your muse has to have any of this knowledge! I organised it based on what would logically be available with a little internet research, but you’re welcome to throw all of this out of window for your muse. It’s never compulsory, just here for those that wish to use it or would have an easier time when doing so.
UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE - everyone has the potential to know about these without needing an in-person meeting
That he’s an amnesiac talking Pikachu formerly associated with Inspector Harry Goodman, employed at Ryme City’s Baker Agency.
That Harry Goodman has been officially declared dead following an extended disappearance and the discovery of his car wreckage. No body was ever found.
All Harry’s former colleagues, including Chief Inspectors Hideo Yoshida and Mike Baker, and assistant Amanda Blackstone. All of these people believe Harry to be dead and are not pursuing his disappearance.
That Pikachu has an excellent track record with his cases and is willing to take on anything that catches his interest.
Related to the above: that Pikachu currently defines himself as freelance and refuses to be associated with any one region, town, or police department in particular. He takes on whatever clients approach him or receive no closure from their human-led police departments.
CASUAL KNOWLEDGE - most have the potential to know this, though an in-person meeting with the individual or someone close to them is usually required
That he’s tracking down the manufacturer of the mysterious R gas and on a journey to discover the extent of its effects. The most notable effect at this time is the ability it has to make pokemon go beserk, attacking everything in sight even if they’d been previously docile or even captured by a Trainer.
That he doesn’t believe Harry Goodman to be dead, and is on a longer, full-time investigation to uncover why someone would go to such lengths to stage a fatal accident.
That Pikachu’s morality lies firmly on the ‘chaotic’ end of things (chaotic good specifically), and believes the pursuit of truth is worth breaking a few, unimportant laws for. No formal charges have ever been brought against him.
PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE - things restricted to close friends or investigative partners
The exact details of his past crimes, namely trespassing, breaking and entering, deception, minor theft and property destruction (seen here, where he destroys a Ranger Styler to access the information inside).
The origin of R*, namely that it can only be created using Mewtwo’s DNA. He’s confiscated some of the DNA vials and returned them to the pokemon in question, but there are still many that he needs to find.
That he rents apartments under Harry Goodman’s name. His main base of operations remains in Ryme, but for the sake of staying clean and keeping his clues organised, it’s necessary to spread his homes throughout the regions and always keep a safe space accessible. For safety reasons, he doesn’t like his addresses getting too widely known.
*Can be ignored by those muses that wish to be a part of the R mystery. Either on the manufacturing or investigative side.
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