Offscreen Activities

[Namohysip]

This is a thread to post any offscreen activities that your characters have been doing with one another or with NPCs. The format is generally informal and you can discuss in the discord what things have happened in advance with other players, but when it comes to NPCs, there may be some things that would warrant proper scenes instead of offscreen summaries here.

This is experimental based on some suggestions and ideas aired to me previously!

For now, I am going to open the floor to unlimited activities for a few days so you guys can "catch up" on anything that your characters may have been doing during the first half of the campaign to better establish relationships with one another or NPCs. A lot of these I have already discussed with other players.

Feel free to ask questions to me if you are unsure about formatting. For now, I'll leave Owen as an example:

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Owen:
Regularly chats with Diyem about the goings-ons about Cibus and Team Spectrum. Diyem sometimes lets slip things said in confidence; Owen is easy for Diyem to read.
Sometimes talks to Maple and Joule about light and Radiance. Maple appreciates his enthusiasm; Joule seems to gain energy from it.
Tried to trail after Soda during the spy hunting, but Soda told him to "fuck off, you flaming scalebag."
Spars with Potluck. Has grown used to his explosive battle strategies.
Learns basic Guzzlord vocabulary thanks to the occasional talk with Flesh.
Sometimes speaks with the Creation Trio about life as a fusion. Helps with coordinated movement and strikes.
Regularly spars with Brisa, both against and alongside.
Is one of Leg's favorite test subjects.
Is one of Chip's favorite test subjects.
Frequently reorganizes the Guild study books because the books being out of order bugged him.

Cal:
Regularly spars against random Pokemon at the Colosseum to get better at fighting. She's not very good at it.
Fast friends with Surf and Turf.
Has offered to take Cola out for walks, but she doesn't like the way he talks when he's around her.
Avoids Joule as much as she can.
Frequently puts the books in the Guild study out of order.

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Under normal circumstances, only one thorough activity per character you have should be posted once the limit is implemented, since realistically your character can probably only do so much with their time. Everyone's busy, after all.

 

[Disco]

Mellow:

Started brewing potions and making salves and supplying them to the infirmary after arriving in Destiny Village
Eventually began working at the infirmary
Talks to Zinc very often, and probably also her teammates when they came by
Visited and was visited by Cynthian and Icetales on a regular basis as time allowed
Communicates and keeps up with more recent happenings through Raven, as Raven has opted to go explore the world to learn more about it while also assisting Team Spectrum. They talk very often.

Raven:

Has traveled and wandered around Destiny Village, and other towns and cities, but always returns to the Tree of Life.
Talks to Bahamut a lot.

 

[Cresselia92]

❄️ Entries from Icetales’s Diary

- I have enjoyed a pleasant stargazing session with Sir Celeste today, and we got to meet Sir Bahamut starbathing or something. We ought to invite him someday.

- Miss Cynthian really enjoys teatimes and feeling like some member of nobility. Or perhaps she just loves spending time with me. I am content anyway. My heart is light.

- I read a couple of new books: “The Hidden Mister” and “Metamorphosis”, written by some angst-filled Ditto whose name escapes me, who believes that everyone has a side which we keep hidden from others. Oh, he could not be any more accurate.

- I met Sir Koamaru at the library again. He really loves books. We should try to read something together some time.

- It is so lovely that Miss Mellow is around more often. I missed sharing tea with her and brewing new blends.

- My darkness is augmenting and I am starting to feel the constant urges to hunt, so I am spending more and more time in the woods as of late. Ever since I returned from the Void, I felt this wilder side of me emerging. Could Keo’Keo have something to do with that?

- Void. I still have nightmares. I wonder if Sir Dave, Sir Nip, Miss Vix and Sir Owen did not get side effects from the cognitive miasma. I should check on them when I get the chance.

- So, I have heard there are therapists, but I do not desire to meet any of them. What would they say, anyway? ‘No, thou art not a monster. It is all in thy head.’ Yes, I am a monster, and my head is brimming with dark forces. Do not try to convince me of the contrary.

- I have been crafting more ice swords. They are getting better and more polished with time, and Miss Kate was glad to test them with me. She has a talent for fencing.

- Miss Brisa has convinced me to spar with her these past days, mostly as a preparation to whatever threat we will see at the Worldcore. She told me that I have a talent for dueling and that I should participate to the Colosseum more often to become a better help for the cortège. I should consider that.

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🔥 Petram’s Sticky Notes

- Meet Ivy and Soul at usual spot! Gonna bring cupcakes!

- New cupcake recipe: today I’ll try salmon and chocolate with tamato sauce! Never do that again. Only Flesh liked it. Maybe. Dunno, I couldn’t tell.

- It’s my turn to accompany Cola. Dude’s been acting strangely in recent times… gotta try to figure out what’s up with him.

- Cuicatl is so nice, and apparently we will sleep in the same house! Aaah! Can’t wait! (Why did I write down the scream? And why I’m writing down my thoughts now?)

- Storytelling time with Daddy! :3

- Spy hunting!

 

[Flyg0n]

Koa regularly makes trips to the library to study about Cibus, read about things, or just relax and get away
Koa acquired one of those Shades
Koa has met, said hi to, or otherwise has been made aware of each member of team Spectrum, so he has a passing basic knowledge of all of them

 

[Negrek]

Nate:
- Can often be found watching fights at the Colosseum
- Frequently visits Silver's team (and Silver, if he's there) and invites them to come and do things outside the lab
- Sometimes talks to Chip about his research when making these visits
- Often visits the Northern Pines to look for/feed feral pokémon living there
- Often joins Mia and Rocky for battle practice
- Sometimes grabs a meal with Buffet
- Often found brooding on the beach if not doing one of the above

Rocky:
- Likes to bother Millijoule about joining the God Squad and about their adventures
- Often joins Nate and Mia for battle practice
- Liked to visit Arceus occasionally to chat, but hasn't done so since the Joule boss fight
- Doesn't have strong attachments to anyone in particular, but will usually approach anyone he recognizes while out and about for a chat. Has at least a little familiarity with all the members and familiars of Team Spectrum.

 

[unrepentantAuthor]

Brisa's Working Hours
- training, both solo and with the team
- giving combat lessons to promising Cibus natives at reasonable rates
- sitreps with Diyem, coordinating team efforts together with other high energy PCs, especially Owen
- some side missions, dungeon clearing type stuff, to earn cash and stay in shape
- lots and lots of colosseum fights and interviews
- studying Cibus' geography and history, personae celebre, combat styles etc.

Brisa's Social Hours:
- with teammates generally (especially her high affinities)
- with god squad (mainly Truffle/Leg and Maple)
- with Cream when she can get a chance 😏
- with Team Spice and other Omen Heroes
- with misc. individuals more occasionally

Luz' Time:
- lmao she just sort of does whatever takes her fancy
- lots of spyhunting though, on Brisa's request
- also she spams the groupchat constantly

 

[Negrek]

Rocky's going to take Darkwhite's core and hand it over to Chip, retaining a small piece (with purple on it) for himself.

While he's there, by Nate's request, he's going to ask Chip to check the logs and see if there was any badge activity in the logs from a) within five miles of Lush Prarie the day the meteor fell there and up to three days after b) within five miles of the Sea of Wonders the week before Meringue showed up in Treasure Town, or c) within five miles of Aegis cave the week before Team Spice showed up down there.

 

[Disco]

Mellow does go and try to research the move the glitchmon used in the study.

 

[Namohysip]

he's going to ask Chip to check the logs and see if there was any badge activity in the logs from a) within five miles of Lush Prarie the day the meteor fell there and up to three days after b) within five miles of the Sea of Wonders the week before Meringue showed up in Treasure Town, or c) within five miles of Aegis cave the week before Team Spice showed up down there.

It would take a few days. However...

A. S'more and Protein were there at a time that corresponded to a few hours after Zeraora had escaped. They had split up to cover more ground. Protein's badge had regular reports back to S'more revealing essentially nothing being found. S'more's badge had similar activity with a seemingly innocuous ten minutes of no activity. It no longer seemed innocuous. The mission had ended with nothing of value being discovered. There were no abnormalities in Protein's movements except for a pause in movement that corresponded to a lunch break with S'more in the field. This took place after S'more's odd pause.

B. No unexpected or unaccounted activity.

C. No unexpected or unaccounted activity.

Mellow does go and try to research the move the glitchmon used in the study.

After many hours of looking through texts as well as going back to recall just what the move had been like, Mellow was able to rule out the vast majority of Water attacks. Her Fire instincts were very tuned to the presence of excess water; that attack did not conjure liquid water, but only "Water Elemental Energy," which is seen alongside Water Pokemon attacks in high amounts, but is not in itself the traditionally recognized type of matter known as drinkable water. It is a special energy and very rarely seen in its pure form. This type of pure energy is usually only seen, isolated, in variants of attacks that do not necessarily involve matter-water, like Hidden Power, Multi Attack, or Judgement.

 

[Disco]

Mellow continues her research! She looks into which moves are specifically labelled as "Pure Energy Attacks".

 

[Adamhuarts]

Cynthian regularly hangs out with Leg and makes all sorts of dolls and plushies with her. On occasion, Cynthian also spars with Leg to improve her fighting capabilities.

Cynthian also receives assistance from prominent textile professionals, if there are any in DV, to get better at making clothing items after being inspired by Leg through doll making.

Cynthian hangs out with Icetales frequently whether it be for having quiet tea parties or learning about the latter's world and customs. And she also stays with him just to chill as well.

Mellow is also someone Cynthian spends time with and they spend a lot of time doing gardening. Cynthian enjoys the tea Mellow makes and notes how different, but just as pleasant they are to the ones Icetales makes.

Cynthian sometimes goes to the library to do some light reading on mostly folklore and mythology. She also reads up botanical encyclopedias and spends some of her free time cataloging the plant species on Destiny Village.

When Leg isn't available for sparring, Cynthian sometimes spars with Icetales mostly through fencing (she's bad at it) or with Brisa whenever the opportunity for it arises. Cynthian mastered Bullet Seed through spars with Brisa as well.

 

[Namohysip]

Mellow continues her research! She looks into which moves are specifically labelled as "Pure Energy Attacks".

There is little extra to glean beyond what had been discovered already. The number of pure-energy attacks is very small, and that narrows their options down to the point where nobody seemed to be a perfect fit.

 

[Dragonfree]

Dave spends most of his time with Mia, though less so since coming back from the dead. The other person he hangs out with most is Brisa, although he's also spent a fair amount of time with Owen, as his roommate. He is a regular at the X-Eye Cauldron. Mia likes to train at the Colosseum, often with Nate and/or Rocky.

He largely avoids most of the God Squad, but likes Soda and will talk to him if he sees him at the Cauldron.

 

[Disco]

Raven spends a day following Potluck to see what he does.

 

[Namohysip]

Raven spends a day following Potluck to see what he does.

This one warrants a scene.

 

[Virgil134]

Cabot

- Regularly sees both Meringue and Lugia
- Talks with Diyem about every other day
- Regularly hangs out with Starr
- Regularly spars with Brisa
- During his stay in the Voidlands, Cabot learned how to control his shadow, use Void Meteor, and use Void Stance.

Pleo

- Has become good friends with Melanie since she hatched. The two regularly hang out and play together
- Ever since Cabot's death, he and Potluck regularly play together, something they still do even now Cabot's been revived.
- On Cabot's request, Pleo asked Potluck during their most recent play session about what it's like for him to have his mask on, how many times he's worn it in Cibus, and when the last time was that he put it on.

 

[unrepentantAuthor]

Brisa has sent word around Team Spectrum that Cream is looking to interview members for an anthology on the 'Dark Warriors'.

Brisa has been texting Cream – a little, better not come on too strong – and offered to meet at a cafe any time if she wants to talk more.

Brisa has sent word around Team Spectrum that they are encouraged to schedule a check-in with a Guild therapist of their choice, and required to undergo a brief scan to check for mnemonic seals. She notes that Owen has been checked and such seals found, and she has been checked and no such seals have been found.

Luz has taken to wandering Pasta Plaza looking for cheap distractions. She's doing her best to strike up a rapport with the vendors there.

 

[Disco]

Mellow goes to see a therapist and probably cries a lot.

 

[Cresselia92]

❄️ Entries from Icetales’s Diary

- So, it appears that we will need to visit the therapists to screen our minds in search of psychic locks. I think I would rather skip — we both know we never had good experiences with therapy.

- I’m going to therapy. Miss Mellow convinced me to go attend the session in her company. May the stars help me!

- The therapist found a weak lock in my mind. Something that is blocking what seems to be half a century or so of past memories, and some of those mementos have slipped through already. Half a century. I know what those memories are. It was suggested to remove the lock. My answer was no. Do not break the lock.

- Just to be safe, I will sleep in the bathtub from now onward. I fear what might happen to my comrades if I were to awaken that side of me in the middle of the night…

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🔥 Petram’s Sticky Notes

- Cupcakes for the team! Done!

- Work on my evolution!

- Pajama party with Ivy! Done! Planning a new one soon!

- Work on my evolution!!

- Finish to read the draft of Daddy’s story. Done! Can’t wait to read the reviews!

- Work on my evolution!!

 

[Namohysip]

On Cabot's request, Pleo asked Potluck during their most recent play session about what it's like for him to have his mask on, how many times he's worn it in Cibus, and when the last time was that he put it on.

Potluck is generally evasive and remarks that it is heavy and small, that he hasn't worn it often, and that he thinks it was very recently thanks to that time seeing the spy. While he doesn't like the mask, he does acknowledge its necessity.