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[SIGN UPS] [DISCUSSION] The Rowan University of Pokémon Studies REDUX

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In the coastal town of Sandgem, there lies a school for the training of future Pokemon professors. Founded and named after the renowned Professor Rowan of the Sinnoh region, The Rowan University allows students from sixteen to eighteen years of age to be selected from all over the world to spend four years at the university after a painstaking application process.. Students are offered the best of many classes from many trained professional Pokémon researchers and are able to research on site for certain classes. More information will be given on move-in day and the following day where an opening assembly will be given to freshmen students.

Students who live far away from Sandgem or outside the region of Sinnoh are given dorms among the campus. The Students' dormitories are designed to be apartments with single rooms for each student but have a shared space in between said rooms featuring utilities like a small living space and kitchen. These dorms are co-ed but only two of the same gender may room together unless of permission given for gender-neutral housing or special circumstances given, students also have the option to room individually in specialized dorms. Student attendees are required to wear provided uniforms when attending classes. Students are also allowed up to two of their Pokémon companions to bring with them for their studies if they have them. Students will be able to obtain other various Pokémon partners through their studies.

Now, let us venture forth, there is much to learn and much more to do. The journey begins for many promising young researchers across the world.


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  1. Standard Bulbagarden Forums and Writer’s Workshop/Role-Playing Section Rules apply as always.
  2. No Godmodding/Bunnying/Auto-hitting.
  3. Inactivity for long periods of time will be punished unless there is contact with myself before this occurs.
  4. Once Sign-Ups are finished, the thread will be turned into Discussion Thread, spaced out by Threadmarks.
  5. Remember to be nice to your fellow RPers, if anything gets out of hand I will be forced to bring a Moderator in.
  6. The GM words are law, and of course the Moderator’s law is higher.

Some Character Rules cause I’m lame:
  1. I’ll limit you to two characters per player, unless special permission is granted.
  2. Spin-off regions with proper region names (Fiore, Almia, Oblivia, Orre, Ferrum, Pasio) are available as region origins for your characters (Hisui and Ransei are banned for obvious regions, time travel is complicated). Anime exclusive locations cannot be used.
  3. The uniform is a white button-up shirt with a choice of a black blazer or sweater with an optional choice of including a tie or ribbon with the shirt. The school’s logo is featured on the left breast pocket of the blazer and sweater: a gold shield featuring the Lake Trio, as well matching gray pants and or an optional choice of an ankle-high skirt for female-identifying students.
  4. Romance is fine, but don’t go past second base. If you wish to continue, please do it in DM’s.
  5. For Pokémon: obviously no Legendaries/Mythicals are allowed. But I’m also removing the choices of starters, fully evolved Pseudo-Legends and Eeveelutions. Try to be more unique with your choices. They may also be shiny if you wish, just remember to put it in the Sign Up post.
  6. Majors: You are allowed to choose anything that previous Pokemon Professors have studied(I.E. Evolutions, origins, etc.) and wild stuff like Shadow Pokemon and Ultra Beasts. The Battle Bond Phenomenon will be excluded from this list however, since that is exclusive to one Pokemon and little explanation has been given about it. For the purposes of this role-play, I am more leaning to the games canon than the anime canon outside of some stuff for battling purposes. If you are unsure about what you have chosen for a major, just ask.

Why the REDUX in the title?
  • Well, you may have seen that this role-play has been done before by me and was abandoned after a while (it's in the archives. But I've always been a fan of this idea and ended coming up with new ideas for the story aspects of the role-play so I decided to open up the role-play again and see what happens. When it doubt try again, they say.
  • If you were part of the former version of this role-play and want to be part of it again, GO AHEAD!! If you want to reuse a character you used for it, you are also abled to: I just recommend updating some stuff from it and such.

Sign Up.
Name:

Age: (16-18 years of age).

Gender: (Male, Female, Transgender, Non-Binary, etc) (Preferred Pronouns)

Sexuality: (Heterosexual (Straight), Homosexual, Bisexual, and all the others).

Appearance: (A picture may be used if you wish within a spoiler tab).

Personality: (Just more than one sentence please).

Origin: (City, Region).

History: (Optional, may be revealed later on).

Skills: (Anything your character can do that would you like to share, just don’t make them perfect).


Major:(Pokemon/Human Relationships, breeding, habitats, evolution, etc).

Pokémon: (Limited to two, refer to character rules above for what is banned).

Extra: (Any extra information you'd like to add such as likes, dislikes, etc.)

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: (Yes or No: Roommates will be randomized, you will be excluded out of the Neutral pool if opt no)

Name: Castoro Atzeni

Age: Eighteen

Gender: Male (He/Him)

Sexuality: Demisexual

Appearance: 5’8 in height. Slightly pale skinned, black crew cut hair with greenish hazel eyes. School uniform is the blazer and tie variant. Outside of school, he wears a hoodie sweater under a jean jacket of some kind with khakis and sneakers.

Personality: Castoro is one who would rather be by himself than be in most social gatherings. But despite that he will strike up a conversation on his own sometimes and most will see he is a very nice person just with some asocial tendencies.

Origin: Neos City, Ferrum

History: Castoro grew up in Ferrum, despite its big culture for battling he was never really that into it like the people in the region. He prefers the quietness of life but never really knew what to do moving forward. He threw an application to the university for the hell of it, not expecting some random dude from some unknown region to be accepted. Well, that random dude from some unknown region was accepted.

Skills: Before applying, Castoro was studying to be an analyst who studies various Pokémon battles, so he has various analytical skills, it does not help in social situations however.

Major: Pokémon Types

Pokémon: Elisenda (Misdreavus ♀) - Castoro’s sole Pokémon and close friend. The two are not ones for battling, since the Misdreavus line is a support line in Ferrum Battles but know their way around a battle if necessary.

Extra: He’s always had a strange celebrity crush on the famous Ferrum tournament advisor Nia, she who’s inspired him to become an analyst in some form. It embarrasses him to no end so little to no one knows about it.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: Yes


Name: Tsukiko Nakagawa.

Age: Seventeen

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Sexuality: Bisexual with a leaning more towards girls, though very few know of this.

Appearance: 5’4 in height. Normal skin. Light black hair with a red-dye streak of hair that can be easily hidden if Tsukiko wanted to. Black-colored eyes. Black-rimmed glasses. Her choice of school uniform is the sweater vest with ribbon and skirt variant. When not in class, she wears a long sleeve shirt under a short sleeved-parka, with any type of pants that is not jeans, or an ankle high skirt. Tsukiko may sometimes wear a shrine maiden outfit as well.

Personality: Though a timid and shy girl, Tsukiko is always trying her best with many things. But mostly she will remain quiet and do as she is told. Regardless, Tsukiko is a kind and caring individual. However, she is very skeptical of others due to her shyness, and will only come out of this if she thinks they are fully trustworthy. Though since she was a former Kimono Girl, she transforms in some scenarios being a practically different person.

History: Tsukiko’s mother died when she was very young. In order to provide for themselves, her father took on a job where he had been away from home very often, because of which Tsukiko lived in and out with her grandparents most of her life. While she was there, her grandparents tried to convert her into the perfect “Kimono Girl” like the ones at the Ecruteak Theater. Though Tsukiko did enjoy learning to dance with the group at the theater, she realized it wasn’t for her to do her whole life. Her father, who always wanted her to be more than her grandparents' kimono girl, recommended she apply to a university abroad to spread her wings and explore.

Skills: Due to formerly being a member of the Ecruteak Theater, Tsukiko knows various traditional Johtonese dances. Tsukiko also handled a lot of the housework at home in place of her grandparents and father, so she knows cleaning tricks, how to cook and other household duties.

Origin: Ecruteak City, Johto.

Major: Pokemon & Human Relationships.

Pokémon: Mamoru (Houndoom ♂) - Her first Pokémon, given to her by her father as an Houndour as a gift when he returned from a business trip. Mamoru means protector in Tsukiko’s language which he takes very seriously.
Rio (Aipom ♀) -A Pokémon she took in after they showed up at the shrine she worked at injured. Rio’s tall is still a bit injured, but fully functional.


Extra: She gave herself the red-dyed streak right before she left, her grandparents would be really upset if they saw that, her father was indifferent. Tsukiko also worked part-time as a Shrine Maiden, she still wears her shrine maiden uniform on occasion cause she finds it real comfortable to the point she custom ordered herself more in various colors.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: Yes

If there is any questions, just let me know and I get to you as soon as I can. Have fun with this!
 
Name: Renée Vernier

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Appearance: Renée is five feet and three inches tall, with short and shaggy light brown hair and hazel eyes. She is fair skinned and has a few freckles across the bridge of her nose. For her uniform, she has opted to wear the blazer, skirt, and ribbon variants. Outside of class, she usually wears a sweater with an overcoat, a scarf, knit cap, skirt and tights, and boots.

Personality: As far as she could remember, Renée has always been fascinated by the world around her, and has a tendency to wander off with little warning to investigate anything that has caught her attention. She is talkative, confident, borderline obsessive about things that catch her interest, and will usually go out of her way to meet to new people.

Despite her extroverted nature, Renée can be quite introspective regarding everything going on around her, and can frequently be found lounging around by herself, as she considers that her best method of organizing her thoughts regarding assignments, projects or anything else going through her mind. Unfortunately, this, combined with not getting much sleep in general, occasionally gives people the impression that she is lazy.

History: (Will be revealed in story)

Skills: Renée is fairly confident in her cooking ability. This extends to her ability to prepare dishes, poké puffs especially, for Pokémon as well. Since arriving in Sinnoh, she has slowly started practicing to cook poffins at the same proficiency.

Origin: Laverre City, Kalos

Major: Pokémon Evolution

Pokemon:
Mawile (Mila) - female. Renée’s first Pokémon and best friend, received as an egg from one of her cousins.

Feebas (Lucien) - male. Caught while visiting family in Hoenn. Noting the unique way his species evolves, she decided to take him to the Academy in order to test the details of his evolution as a personal side-project.

Extra: Loves to go fishing, and considers it her best way of thinking and relaxing. She is reluctant to go out after dark and has trouble sleeping at night after stumbling upon Route 14’s scary house and listening to the owner’s story.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: Yes
 
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Name: Renée Vernier

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Appearance: Renée is five feet and three inches tall, with short and shaggy light brown hair and hazel eyes. She is fair skinned and has a few freckles across the bridge of her nose. For her uniform, she has opted to wear the blazer, skirt, and ribbon variants. Outside of class, she usually wears a sweater with an overcoat, a scarf, knit cap, skirt and tights, and boots.

Personality: As far as she could remember, Renée has always been fascinated by the world around her, and has a tendency to wander off with little warning to investigate anything that has caught her attention. She is talkative, confident, borderline obsessive about things that catch her interest, and will usually go out of her way to meet to new people.

Despite her extroverted nature, Renée can be quite introspective regarding everything going on around her, and can frequently be found lounging around by herself, as she considers that her best method of organizing her thoughts regarding assignments, projects or anything else going through her mind. Unfortunately, this, combined with not getting much sleep in general, occasionally gives people the impression that she is lazy.

History: (Will be revealed in story)

Skills: Renée is fairly confident in her cooking ability. This extends to her ability to prepare dishes, poké puffs especially, for Pokémon as well. Since arriving in Sinnoh, she has slowly started practicing to cook poffins at the same proficiency.

Origin: Laverre City, Kalos

Major: Pokémon Evolution

Pokemon:
Mawile (Mila) - female. Renée’s first Pokémon and best friend, received as an egg from one of her cousins.

Feebas (Lucien) - male. Caught while visiting family in Hoenn. Noting the unique way his species evolves, she decided to take him to the Academy in order to test the details of his evolution as a personal side-project.

Extra: Loves to go fishing, and considers it her best way of thinking and relaxing. She is reluctant to go out after dark and has trouble sleeping at night after stumbling upon Route 14’s scary house and listening to the owner’s story.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: Yes
Hey welcome back! In good old role-playing section faction, accepted! Renée was always a favorite character of mine in the original RP and it's could to see her back!
 
Hello! This sounds so awesome! I'd love to join

Name: Rory Rivers

Age: 16

Gender: Male (he, him)

Sexuality: straight

Appearance: Rory is a pretty average teenager. He’s white with sun-tanned skin, has brown, short(ish) hair and brown eyes. He is physically fit and has the muscles to show for it. He feels most comfortable in work-pants and usually wears a light jacket over his t-shirts.

Personality: Rory is an open, outgoing person who assumes the best in people and likes to make new friends. He is pleasant to be around, but his true passion lies in technical problems, and once one of them presents itself, he will talk about it for hours. He dislikes his full name, since he thinks it’s too tacky (his parents obviously had a poetic streak when they named him).

Origin: Anville Town / Unova

History: Ever since he was little, he helped his father at the train maintenance workshop. Rory is a very gifted student and succeeded in school, but his mind was always in the train station. Initially, he wanted to go into engineering himself, but as he learned more about workers’ rights and unions, he got more interested in how pokemon and human could work together outside of competitive battling. When he came across the advertisement for Rowan University, he applied there immediately.

Skills: He’s good with mechanical and electrical components, as well as hydraulics, pneumatics etc. Whatever is not to do with a computer, because there he is hopelessly lost. He also always carries a multi-tool with him.

Major: Pokemon/Human workplace collaboration.

Pokémon:

  • Nuzz (female emolga): Rory found her one evening tangled up in the catenary and brought her home. Since that day, she has accompanied him everywhere, and has become his de-facto starter. She is quite shy, but as much into mechanics as Rory. Her most priced possession is a wrench she picked up in the workshop.​
  • Sprocket (klink): Sprocket once got it into his stubborn head to replace a set of gears on the Super Single line. However, maintenance guidelines forbid anything but the approved replacement parts. But no matter how often the workers would chase out the klink, it would always be back the next time the train came into maintenance. After replacing the gear for the third time, Rory got impatient and caught the little bugger. Sprocket is well-meaning, but its stubbornness often gets in the way. It’s still a bit cross with Rory for getting between it and its deserved place on the Super Single line, but is overall happy with their arrangement.​

Extra: He is a big fan of the subway masters and has a large collection of autographs, posters, cards and other stuff. One of his fondest memories is the time he got to talk to Emmet when they dropped by Anville and he learned how much the twins knew about trains.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: yes

A second character is in the works, but that needs a bit more time to stew.
 
I'm thinking of signing up, but I have 2 questions.
1 - How long would this go on for?
2 - What site would this be on?
 
1 - How long would this go on for?
Unsure, sometimes roleplay's end up becoming dead due to lack of posters or people getting busy. So it depends.
2 - What site would this be on?
Uh, here. All roleplays start here and will finish here. It will move to the main Writer's Workshop for the actual roleplay when signups are complete and this will turn into a Discussion thread.
 
Name: William Flint

Age: 16.

Gender: Male, He / Him

Sexuality: Straight

Appearance: He is 5 foot 4 inches, with short, messy black hair. He wears large glasses, and a hat to protect himself from the sun. He is often carrying around a large pile of books or research papers. He claims he needs it all, but he really doesn't.

Personality: He is very smart and gifted, but he is very disorganized. He is an introvert, and likes to be left alone. He prefers digging at archaeology sites, and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty.

Origin: Unova, Nacrene City.

History: Not finished, will edit in later.

Skills: He is very gifted in the subjects of natural history and evolution. He knows all about fossil pokemon and the revival process.

Major: Fossil Pokemon.

Pokémon: Plume (F Archeops). Plume is very playful, though she is very chaotic. She tries to help William with his work, but she isn't very good at it, often causing him to drop all his papers or knocking things over. Due to all these factors, William keeps her in her ball (an ultra ball) most of the time.

Wish to be in Gender Neutral Housing: Yes
 
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