NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)

i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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lou

lam
he/him
twenty-seven
may 7th
hau’oli city, alola
rooksexual (demi)
lilycove gym leader
gym leader
his hands keep turning into birds and flying away from him. eventually the birds must land.
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NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2023 14:22:54 GMT
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sorry??? is she really saying this dope robo-delibird is an abomination that should be destroyed?? Look at it! It's super cute! No way, no way. Lam's choice is immediate. Kill it? Definitely not.[break][break]
catch it for ourselves.[break][break]



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gunsmile

"Lancer"
he / him
34
September 5
Fallarbor Town, Hoenn
pansexual
paralegal / special agent
agent
6'1" / 185 cm height
6'1" / 185 cm height
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Gunner Graves
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2023 16:17:00 GMT
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Gunner was unfazed by the description of the Delibird-like Pokémon. He read all manner of sci-fi novels; Macro Cosmos weren't the first people to imagine how Pokémon might evolve in a distant future.[break][break]

Its disposal was another matter entirely. If it was an abomination, killing it seemed the right thing to do — an act of mercy, as it were. But Gunner hesitated. Was it truly an abomination, or only in the eyes of Macro Cosmos?[break][break]

His thumb hovered over his phone's screen for a long moment before he finally made his selection.[break][break]

❤️ Catch it for ourselves.




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Eli
She/Her
24
May 10
Rustboro City
Bisexual
Ranger
Verdanturf Ranger Captain
Single and Ready to Mingle
Available
170 CM height
170 CM height
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Elinor Anderson
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2023 19:01:54 GMT
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She had fetched a snack. She’d been gone five minutes tops. And BAM she’d missed a piece of the scenario.

She wasn’t about to let that happen again. And so she quickly pressed the next option, not really reading what it was.

She clicks OPTION NR 3: Catch it for ourselves.


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nellethiel

Nomi; The Visionary
She/Her
25
November 9
Ecruteak, Johto
Bisexual
Prophetess
Head Scientist
I cannot conceive of a universe
without you in it
5'2" / 157 cm height
5'2" / 157 cm height
Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.
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Naomi Sato
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2023 19:20:04 GMT
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Was the robotic Delibird a real Pokémon? Nomi's mind whirled at the possibilities. Were there other robotic Pokémon, and if so, where did they come from? If this was a glimpse into the future, did that mean humans would eventually build such things? Excitement surged through her. She needed to find out if had played this route. Maybe they could work on something like this now...Genesect was a Rocket creation, after all.[break][break]
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Otome Event!


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Josh Dragomir
He/Him/His
30
Feb 5
Lavaridge Town
Eyes For Izumi
Exec VP of RaiCorp
Senior Ranger
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Josh Dragomir
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 24, 2023 19:39:21 GMT
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Overruled again, huh? Josh was honestly surprised there were enough people insane enough to still be playing this bullshit after the first bit of expose. How many people playing this were actual sociopaths? Enough to pick the future option, apparently. Who wanted to try to think up futuristic things when you get enough of those in movies? Sheesh. Either way, it didn't go well. And now he was kind of hungry too.
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Except then there was a Metal Delibird. It was pretty freaky, to be honest. Like, in a soulless and disturbing kind of way. Killing it though? Kind of excessive, it wasn't doing anything wrong.
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He picked to Catch It Himself, hoping that he wasn't in a server again where everyone involved would pick to kick a baby if allowed.
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crow

will
she/her
twenty-nine
november 12
rustboro
heterosexual
horticulturist
civilian
we sewed all the holes we had to breathe
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willow atkins
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 2:49:19 GMT
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an abomination? but wait, isn't that what they created with their dreams? she squints down at the screen and examines her options. surely it's not a real pokemon so catching it wouldn't work. that'd be like throwing a pokeball at her toaster.

if it is real, she doesn't want to kill it.

well, that only leaves...

❤️ Send it into another dimension or universe.
NISA OTOME
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BD

The Peacemaker
She / Her
32
January 25
Pallet Town, Kanto
Heterosexual...?
Veterinarian
Head Prof / Major
I HOPE
you dream of me
5'3'' height
5'3'' height
My legacy is in the lives I save
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Eva Morales
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 4:10:02 GMT
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 A strange new pokemon is always worth studying! Eva elects to go for science!


OPTION 3 – Catch it for ourselves!





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Alicia Jewel

she/her
23
October 18
Pyrite Town, Orre
bisexual
"Freelancer" (Rocket)
Elite
Single
102 height
102 height
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NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 17:15:55 GMT
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Scatterbrain? Ruby wasn't a scatterbrain. Stupid game. But the scatterbrain-ing summoned what looked like a robotic Delibird, which Holo said was an abomination that should not exist. If this were any other scenario, Ruby would say to capture it and use its power for herself. But this was the DRK Triad. Ruby didn't fully understand how they worked, but if this robot wasn't supposed to exist...

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❤️ Kill it with our Pokemon.
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raikourider

She/Her
24
March 18
Ecruteak City
Straight
Expeditionary
Rustboro Captain
Single; Not Looking
5'4" height
5'4" height
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Shalin Nariya
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 17:29:57 GMT
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Wait, what?! That wasn't a Pokémon! That was a robot shaped like a Pokémon! If this same from the Interdream Zone, Shalin wanted nothing to do with it. If this was the future, then it was a future she was not interested in. Just what kind of world was out there that Pokémon had to evolve metallic frames to survive?

Make it go away.

> Send it into another dimension or universe.



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balance

Al
he/him
twenty-six
June 17
Blackthorn City, Johto
bisexual
gym leader
gym leader
53 height
53 height
This soul of mine breaks over and over ...
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NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2023 17:40:53 GMT
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Alec blinked quizzically, unsure of what kind of pokemon it was. It looked like a Delibird, but it looked like a machine ... Alec didn't want to kill it, but he didn't know what kind of power this unknown pokemon had. If they did send it to another dimension without prior knowledge, wouldn't it just destroy the people or whatever in that universe? Alec sighed, unsure of what to choose. That was when his finger pressed on the option Catch it for ourselves. Despite this being just a game, he wasn't going to be responsible for destroying an entire universe all because he sent an unknown creature there.
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Aura

Lena
she/her
26
July 10th
Anistar City
Bi-curious
Trainee fire-fighter
Heir to the Duchy of Anistar
Searching
For my fairytale ending
1m64 // 5'5 height
1m64 // 5'5 height
Taking back control, defiantly
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Galayne Valois
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2023 1:47:17 GMT
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Sending it to another universe was not the answer; saddling another with this creation of her mind? Distracted creation, but still... never. And why would she want to catch it? So others could conduct experiments on it (because in all honesty, who could she possibly protect it from at this point)? Being overrun was easy, and the abomination being misused by others all the more so.

Even if killing it wasn't her go-to reply either, it was a thing that did not truly exist. A prisoner of the dreamscape; and if she was its creator, it could meet its maker by her hand. That was her responsibility now.


[❤️ Kill it with our Pokemon.]
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Dyfalu

Madd
She/Her
27
April 1
Circester
Asexual
Tackle Shop Manager
Grunt
Got My Wingman
Ace's Basses
34 height
34 height
Someone's always criticizing. You might as well do what the fuck you want.
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Madeline McKenna
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2023 3:42:47 GMT
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Wow. Miss Smiley here was definitely a bit too ho-hum about killing things.

The mechanical Delibird wasn't some Eldritch monstrosity. It was just a new thing trying to make its way in the world.

But there was also no telling what kind of havoc anentirely new species would wreak on the universe. So, after a moment, Madd goes for the only option that isn't asking for trouble.

❤️[Catch it for ourselves]


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illie, sap sipper
she/her
27
september 23rd
snowpoint city, sinnoh
bi curious
geneticist, alchemist
head professor
consumed
with what's to transpire.
5’8” height
5’8” height
you caged me and then you called me crazy; i am what i am 'cause you trained me.
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illeana reyes
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2023 3:43:34 GMT
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[attr="class","illeana i"]aw, it's kinda cute!

you know, in a no thoughts, empty metal kind of way.

she draws a little doodle of it in her notebook before making her selection.

option b is tapped quickly, as if it'll unlock something else. something more interesting...

otome: nisa holo.


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mad

saoirse quinn
she/her
29
october 27
circhester, galar
bisexual
physicist / inventor
head scientist
the shadows breathe
whispering me away
5’8” height
5’8” height
every night i burn, dream the black crow dream
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NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2023 4:48:44 GMT
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so, the dark triad were also killing dreams? was it a dream, and if so, was it waking, and if so, did that make it an idea— and then, if it was an idea, and the unown were running rampant through the interdream zone…

it was an interesting development at the very least. difficult not to run away with what if’s.[break][break]

was it an abomination because it had not been created by arceus or the unown themselves?[break][break]

she lingered on this screen for a while before finally making her selection.[break][break]

kill it with our pokémon.

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kodiak

Pokkenger
he/him
24
Nov. 25
Ballonlera, Galar
bisexual
vigilante
ex-elite four
single
6 ft 3 in height
6 ft 3 in height
victory is in the pocket!
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Kazimir Wynter
NISA HOLO (CO-OP RVL)
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2023 4:56:32 GMT
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Now that? That was honestly one of the coolest things he's ever seen. A metalic Delibird? No... A robot Delibird! Robot Pokemon?! He thought those were only in his tokusatsu shows! Oh like Arceus he was going to pass up this chance, even if this was just some otome game. Its not everyday games like these have fun little twists like these. He definitely would have to start a second playthough to see if he could get other options.

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NISA HOLO's route

"catch it for ourselves"



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