Traveling Legendary Researcher.

// PKMN-IRL / Pokemon Sideblog // A woman who travels from region to region to learn the history of the world's legendary pokemon. Oh, and Fomantis-line too!

[lurantis-legends]

Right.. Right.. greetings first.

Call me L or Livion. Whichever fits your image of me better. I am a traveling researcher that focuses on Legendary pokemon and the like.

Card's basic but that's all I want. Team's been with me from the start and I take great pride in caring for them, we are companions after all. (Tap the Read more, I don't want to clog this.)

Oh, and I do have this little dastard with me every now and then, raising 'er. Her mother's a beast when it comes to battling though.

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Alright so team name is as follows.

Oblivion the Lurantis, my first pokemon and partner, she's a little beastie but a good leader.

Everest the Corviknight, he's not a fighter, moreso a flight specialist and is the one who takes us in between regions.

Cortez the Zoroark, a bastard, not literally but he knows what he's doing, a good fighter and always on high alert.

Tiny the Wishiwashi, shy but an absolute menace of a lady, her school of fish? Hell if I know where they came from, they're all a menace in battle.

Luren the Leavanny, he's a great lad, helps when the little Fomantis is being unruly but that's normal for them, it's like looking after others is his natural trait.

Canyon the Gigalith, they are unusually big for a Gigalith but they don't really care, gets aggressive when any of us are in danger. Give them an offering of a rock and they'll be kind to you for life.

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I am native to Kitakami and I've since been curious about the world of legends and what they do when it comes to the changes of this earth, though I make sure not to get too close to these creatures, respecting their space. And I have seen the hubris of man in action and what it led them to do as well..

If you have any questions or you want to me to investigate a situation where you believe a legendary may be involved, I'd be happy to help.

But if you're part of an evil team seeking said legendary, I'm beating your arcdamned ass with a wooden stick and my boot.

Good day.

[ OOC Below! ] Current arc #unova explorations

Hello, this is @/leaf-storm-40, I run this blog for fun. It can get from high to low stakes whenever but it'll be low stakes for the majority of the time. Here are some small rules.

Sentient pokemon are ok, she's a little skeptic at first but she'll believe them.

Legendary blogs are the same as Sentient [but for the sake of the funni, they're ok to interact with!]

Don't go too far with asks (as in, don't go bordeline NSFW because I'll just get uncomfortable.)

Take note, this OC is rude by nature, but she's approachable.

[crossbones-n-skull]

Not dead.

[uncle-dusknoir]

in honor of the shuppet blast post getting notes again:

[lurantis-legends]

If anyone's wondering, I'm lost in Castellia and haven't found my way out so I'm taking a break in this small bar I found.

[lurantis-legends]

No one told me the weather in Unova was gonna be absolute shite, why is it HOT

[gaia-channel]

Travis: PSA, Water specialists do not gain the ability to walk on water.

Keith: In my defe—

Travis: Keith, you already have a terrible medical track record this year, you cannot have a suitable defense for this.

Keith: :(

[lurantis-legends]

Oh that's something.

[thatfailedpokemontrainer-deacti]

bored. So this

What would fix you

Being put in a pokecenter machine

Winning a battle against the champ

3 weeks straight of sleeping

Being turned into a pokemon

Being turned into a human

Therapy

Going on a trainer journey

Money

Having all of your responsibilities given to someone else

A long hug

A trip to another reigon of your choosing

More pokemon

Voting ended onApr 30, 2024

[normal-paldean-student]

Trainer journey.

[aura-acolyte-archive]

I don't think a hug could fix me but it would be nice...

[pinkhairandpokemon]

MORE POKÉMON!

-Blake

[oh-shinx]

Being turned into a pokemon might help............ Nothing else really would, even with how many hugs I already get.......

[lurantis-legends]

Been very quiet, simply studying rechecking my old notes on Keldeo behavior.

and other news, Calico the Tatsugiri has a little bowl I use for when we're not near a body of water. Since usually most of this area I'm in is just woods. I forgot the route

[uncle-dusknoir]

printed a few of these out and stuck them up where i know a lot of trainers pass by

[lurantis-legends]

Honestly I think my research on Keldeo has been pretty much cut-out for me.

Why are your hooves like that?

[were-ralph]

New REBLOG Game

Just fucking lie about the previous poster

[lurantis-legends]

Tropical Pelipper mail! This lil guy is wearing a lei and smells positively fruity. He very carefully hands you a full glass, which according to the note contains a virgin Moscow Mule and is known to attract Keldeo. Enjoy!

-Poke-Jimmy-Butchett 🌞

Oh I can finally get a drink to myse-

ʷʰᵃᵗ

[sacrificial-jewels]

Hey guys uh I'm in my home region right now, so the shop's closed cause it's pretty far from other regions and it doesn't seem like pellipers are common here

[lurantis-legends]

Supposed you don't have any other flying-types to help with such deliveries?

[poke-jimmy-butchett]

//ooc

Reblog this post for Jimmy to send you ONE (1x) mocktail that will attract a random pokemon, regardless of region. I'm using a random generator, and legends will be included.

[pokemoncenter]

On RP Etiquette

While this post is mostly intended for the Pokemon IRL RP community, the basic rules and thrust of this post should apply just as well to all RP.

(Written with help from @wingsofachampion!)

On “Yes, And”

RP, when you get right down to it, is a form of improvisational theater. Comedy, drama, the exact genre doesn’t matter, but it’s still improv all the way down. And that means the golden rule of improv still applies.

“Yes, And” is the basic rule of improv. It means: ‘Accept what came before without just shutting it down’ (“yes”), and then build on it and continue to iterate on The Bit (“and”). Sometimes, ‘Yes, But’ works just as well. What’s important is that you build on what came before without simply shutting it all down.

“No, And” can also work well. What doesn’t work is a flat ‘no’.  Those are generally discouraged, because it shuts down the RP-  Where do you go when your contributions have simply been discarded and swept away like nothing? This isn’t to say you can’t ever refuse; keeping your boundaries is just as important in RP as it is in life. But RP is a collaborative sport, and you have to keep the other party in mind as well.

As Professor Oak says, there is a time and place for everything.

Building off the previous post in a constructive way, even if it is denying it, is what is important.

To use an example:

If Sophora says legendary Pokemon do not exist, a reply of “Really? But what about [a specific legendary]?” can be acceptable or fun. So can “Yeah, and neither do flying-types!” or something similarly ludicrous. But what is not fun, is when a reply is simply “[a picture of legendary Pokemon waving at the camera right now]”. 

Similarly, for those playing sapient Pokemon or humans-turned-Pokemon, the post could be “I hate having a tail!”, and the responses could fall into several categories. “Humans don’t have tails!” would be acceptable, or “the furry RPers are weird” would be… less so but still on the safe side of the line. “[picture of you as a human right now] STOP LYING” wouldn’t be. Because, it goes back to the same thing: How is your RP partner supposed to reply to that?

Which brings us to our next point.

On Thinking Two Replies Deep

When I reply in a post, one thing I always try to keep in mind is that I have some sort of ‘hook’ in my reply for the other person to reply to. If it’s just shutting someone down entirely, there’s no possible reply other than a ‘nuh-uh’ ‘yuh-huh’ chain that would be more at home on an elementary school playground. 

It is related to “yes, and”, but still distinct. The point of it is that when you reply, you be sure to consider how others can reply. You can think of a few ways people can reply, and then go even deeper, and try to predict entire conversational flows. This way, you’re prepared, and you have a constant supply of ‘hooks’- And that means you can keep the RP going, and not shut it down.

In my case, the most common cause of me stopping replying in an RP thread is simply that I do not have anything I feel I can reply to. I have no contributions, and so I do not contribute. If there’s no hook, I can’t reply. On the other hand, just because you have a hook, doesn’t mean the thread will go exactly how you think, and a lot of the fun in RP is seeing how things go differently from what you expected.

But it’s always best to try to think two replies deep- Never just consider your reply, but consider how others will reply to your reply. 

On Checking the Pinned Post

This one, I’m not sure needs to be said, but I will re-emphasize it anyway. If you’re going to be interacting with someone to build off them, please be sure you read their pinned post. So many times I get people who are directly contradicting everything in my pinned post and it’s difficult to deal with.

On Giving and Receiving Engagement

Many people do wonder why they aren’t getting engagement. The secret answer to that is not actually secret: People will interact with who they know. If you want engagement from others, you have to give engagement to others yourself. 

If you have a new blog, no one will really know anything or interact with it until you get out there and start interacting more. And even if you are a well-established blog, that can still dry up fast if you don’t keep it going. RP is a communal sport- You have to give in order to get. This is true for engagement, for interaction, and even for the replies I was talking about from the start- You can’t get replies if you don’t give hooks.

[freerangeranger]

happy flat fuck friday

[lurantis-legends]

Nimbasa has been a good stay so far, but I need to head down to Castelia city. That's another big point of interested.

If I do managed to get there, I should be able to ask around regarding stories such as the myths of Meloetta or Victiny.

There's not much around them and I'd like to know more..