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C0D13 • Bug Maniac Administrator Posts: 2,111 Trainer Class: Player Name: C0D13 OOC Username: Ladybug	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by C0D13 on Jun 12, 2022 23:46:07 GMT 9 NOW LOADING: STARTER LAB WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF UNOVR! You arrive at the Pokemon Lab on the edge of a new frontier— miles of unexplored wilderness that hide secrets, corrupted Pokémon, and unknown potential. Outpost 1 is little more than a tent city encircling the Research Lab. Professor Ash, your region professor, has been studying the area with her assistants in preparation for receiving new explorers. As you are teleported from the starting screen into the Lab, a tall woman with sleek silver hair straightens up from her desk. "Perfect timing," she says, cool and collected. "I just received your details. Momo, was it? I gather you're here to apply for your Starter Pokemon." Your eyes are drawn to the display case behind her, where 24 sealed Pokeballs wait quietly behind the glass. Picking up a clipboard, Ash gestures for you to take a seat across from her at the desk. "Before I assign you a partner, I need to confirm a few details of your personality," she says, tone measured. "Pokemon are complex creatures. It's essential to match them with their trainers correctly. If you don't mind, I'd just like to ask you a few questions." She clicks her pen, offering you a reassuring smile. "Don't think of it like 'an interview.' Think of it like... a game." Momo: REPLY TO START THE INTERVIEW!

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jun 12, 2022 23:46:07 GMT 9

Momo • Retired Posts: 127 Trainer Class: Player Name: Momo Matsushita OOC Username: M00K Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Momo on Jun 17, 2022 11:12:55 GMT 9 Breath issued from her lips in a burst of vapor, like the opening scenes of a humanoid robot being released from its chamber. She rose from the linoleum, where she'd spawned in on one knee from the last pose she'd been practicing in the character creation screen. "I am Momo." She clenched a fist, then brought it closer to her face to examine her nails. Did this avatar come with nail art? It all started to sink in. The girl cracked her neck, then turned her head to take in the Pokemon Lab. Strange instruments. Posters detailing Pokemon anatomy. It was a far cry from the science lab at her high school. "I'd like to ask you a few questions." Momo looked back at the woman, immediately replying "Ye-es!" Hands at her sides, she bowed, then took a seat at the chair in front of the NPC. She scooted up to the desk, distracted for a moment by the sight of her own legs. They seemed so small and cu—weak, like this body had never done a set of drills in its life. Then again, she had chosen to make it that way. With perfect posture, she stared Ash back in the eye, shoulders back, hands in her lap. She said nothing else: she seemed to be waiting for the questions. Where she came from, it was not considered positive to speak out when it wasn't necessary.

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jun 17, 2022 11:12:55 GMT 9

C0D13 • Bug Maniac Administrator Posts: 2,111 Trainer Class: Player Name: C0D13 OOC Username: Ladybug	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by C0D13 on Jun 17, 2022 11:21:08 GMT 9 Ash seems unfazed by your despite your dramatic entrance pose. She has seen far stranger. As you follow her instructions promptly, you sense the tension in the room change, settling into a familiar power structure of teacher and student. Master and pupil. Once you're sitting down, straight-backed and receptive, Professor Ash gives a single nod. "Excellent. Let's begin." The Professor's attitude remains calm and detatched, and she asks you the following three questions. [AshQ]cF79zN691d50 [AshQ]1d50 [AshQ]1d50 Momo: ANSWER THE THREE QUESTIONS TO RECIEVE YOUR STARTER! 1d50·1d50·1d50

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jun 17, 2022 11:21:08 GMT 9

Momo • Retired Posts: 127 Trainer Class: Player Name: Momo Matsushita OOC Username: M00K Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Momo on Jun 17, 2022 20:53:13 GMT 9 Momo hesitated. Cinderella, she thought, then dismissed it immediately. She couldn't imagine herself saying it out loud. The Professor was asking for real fairytales, not Disney Princess movies that she might have a passing knowledge of. "Momotaro," she said, settling on the safe answer rather than anything too meaningful. "He fights admirably against the demons, and returns bearing treasure to thank his family. He is a model son, even though he was... born from a peach." Her cheeks blossom with color and her bottom lip tightens as she realizes she also picked a fairytale that loosely corresponds to her own name. What fairytale did she hate? The girl frowned, trying to find any strong feelings about fairytales. She finally found one in the back of her mind, tinged with unfairness. "The Nighthawk Star," she said aloud, then looked down at her lap, trying to remember the tale enough to justify her decision. She'd spoken from her gut. The Nighthawk Star was a story about a nighthawk who was told to change his name, lest he be slain by the hawk. Because the nighthawk didn't want to fight or hurt anyone, he flew away, and begged the sun to kill him. Then he begged the constellations at all four corners of the sky, and all refused. In the end, through sheer willpower, he flew all the way into the heavens, and became a star himself. She couldn't explain why she hated this story. It was just... sad. "The Nighthawk was weak," she said finally, though it didn't feel right. She looked up, meeting Professor Ash's eyes squarely. "If he had fought the hawk, he could have won, and kept his name." She tried to ignore the fact that it was a story about nonviolence. "He should have asked the stars for training, instead of death." Still, she couldn't make herself call the Nighthawk a coward. She looked like she wanted to say more, but couldn't settle on what to say. After a long pause, Ash asked the next question. This one was easier. "Yes," Momo said, relieved to have a black-and-white answer, "I have... hay fever? Pollen allergy. To cedar." The last question was not so easy. She folded her hands in her lap, thinking carefully. "I'm not sure," she said, "But I believe it has to be something a person does to themselves." She looked up, tone serious. "Self-imposed suffering. When it comes from someone else, you can always fight. But when it comes from you... there is no escape, I think. You are the only enemy you can not win agai—" For some reason, Momo didn't like what she was saying. She went back on it immediately. "...Unless you have iron will and resolve." Like me, she thought fiercely, and looked at Professor Ash with a mixture of defiance and uneasiness, as if afraid the woman might challenge her.

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jun 17, 2022 20:53:13 GMT 9 Edited by System Admin Jun 18, 2022 0:13:54 GMT 9

System Admin • Administrator Posts: 1,474 Player Name: System OOC Username: M00K	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by System Admin on Jun 29, 2022 1:04:44 GMT 9 The Professor nods, taking notes on her clipboard as you give your answers. She treats each response with the same level of professional seriousness, as if even your opinions on Japanese fairytales is significant in her calculations. "Thank you, Momo," she says simply once the player character is finished. She checks the time on a thin wristwatch, tapping her chin with the end of her pen. "That's all the data I need for now." She tears off the sheet of paper she was writing on and swivels in her chair, standing up in a smooth, fluid motion. She crosses to the display case, unlocking it with a satisfying click. After consulting her notes one more time, Ash selects a single Pokeball from the case and returns, settling back at her desk. "Based on your personality profile, I've determined this will be the ideal starter Pokemon for you," she says, tone even, then sets the Pokeball in your hands. On the front is a piece of white tape with the name of the Pokemon written in precise, angular letters. Interview complete! Reply one more time to complete your starter lab thread.

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jun 29, 2022 1:04:44 GMT 9

Momo • Retired Posts: 127 Trainer Class: Player Name: Momo Matsushita OOC Username: M00K Arena Points: 0	Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Momo on Jul 7, 2022 23:58:42 GMT 9 Momo released the Pokemon she'd been given, unsure what to expect. I hope it's strong, she thought, and at the same time, I hope it's cute. She wasn't sure where that last thought came from. She pushed it away as the light from the Pokeball coalesced, becoming a bright green gecko with a large, leafy tail. She looked at it uncomprehendingly, brow furrowing as she sought to classify the Treecko into one of the two boxes she'd already predetermined. Strong, or cute? The Treecko was... neither. It was small and flimsy, its arms and legs little more than smooth green skin stretched over bone. As for being cute... Momo struggled to contain her disappointment. It was something boys would like. But that was fine. It was better this way. With discipline and commitment, even children could be taught to defend themselves with the correct application of training and martial arts. The 'Treecko', whatever that was, would be no different. "Thank you," she said, inclining her head. Her expression remained serious and stoic, her eyes far too sharp and steely for her adorable face. "I accept this judgement." She attempted to collect the wiry lizard, but it stuck to the Professor's desk. Momo frowned as she tugged at it, trying to un-stick it from the wood, but it let out a yell. <Noooo! I don't wanna go!> Momo frowned, tugging harder. She managed to unstick its feet and the Treecko grabbed onto the edge of the desk instead, still yelling. <You can't make me! I'm not goiiiiiing!> "Quiet," the teenage girl said sternly, prying up the Pokemon's fingers. "A true warrior should acknowledge the path set for them." The words came without her consciously realizing them. "And... not complain," she added a little more forcefully, hands now wrapped around the Treecko's midsection. <Well, I'm not a warrior, then! I wanna stay here! It's supposed to be my birthday today! Actually it's next week, but come oooon!> The Treecko's wailing had descended into tears that splashed from the lizard's big yellow eyes like something out of a Studio Ghibli movie. Momo would never admit to watching such pastoral cinema, so she refused to give in. "You have a duty," she said through gritted teeth, working to hold back her frustration. She planted one foot against the edge of the desk, increasing her leverage on the Treecko's surprisingly elastic body. <Duty, schnoody! Wait, no! Let go! Stop! I get sick in my Pokeball! It's always bumping and bumping around! You don't know what it's like!> Momo finally detached the Treecko from Ash's desk, lifting it into the air and holding it at arm's length so it couldn't hit her with its lashing, palm-sized tail. The ridiculousness of what had just happened finally occurred to her and the teen blushed, looking up at Professor Ash like she couldn't believe the grown woman had just witnessed her failing to discipline her howling new lizard-child. "Thank you for your time," she said hurriedly, then turned and darted out the door, the Treecko still dangling from her grasp. QUIRKY NATURE A little quick-tempered Likes fine art, dislikes traveling. Cries easily. Whines and complains a lot.

STARTER LAB: MOMO Posted Jul 7, 2022 23:58:42 GMT 9 Edited by Momo Jul 8, 2022 0:03:40 GMT 9