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AUGUST 2023 CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: Blue Star
• character tags: Hideo Kino

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• Extraction: Hideo & Doug (Week 1/Aug 3rd)
  
• Somebody Call 911 (Week 2/Aug 8th)
• Lesser Megapolis: CHE #2 (Week 3/Aug 15th)
• Stars of the City (Week 4/Aug 25th)

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. Gym Leaderly Duties[break]
  As the new Gym Leader of Littleroot, Hideo's been a busy ribombee keeping up with his gym challenges. While the battles themselves are straightforward affairs (with the addition of psychic illusions to create fantastical environments to battle in), they're used to help teach the challengers to adapt to unconventional situations, and to learn from the ordeals they face so they may fare better in ordeals to come.
  
  Hideo has completed challenges for the following characters:[break][break]
  
  • Navy - Danger Zone - A 2v2 between Hideo and a (pre-Gym-Leader) Navidson. The lesson taught was to never underestimate an opponent, and to better protect those that may be less able to fight, lest they face an ordeal that proves less merciful.
    
  • Thomas Benoit - The Red Knight - A 1v1 between Hideo and Thomas Benoit, serving as the public debut of Hideo's Shadow Alakazam. Its ability- (and attack-) stealing abilities served as a lesson that one may face foes that don't play by the normal rules, and that one may not always have access to all their resources when an ordeal arrives or may even see those resources turned against them; in both cases, one must adapt and overcome if they want to make it through to the end.
    
  • Eris Halla - Playground Brawl - A 2v2 between Hideo and Eris, the first time they've legitimately battled against each other. Despite Hideo's gym being a Psychic one, one of his Pokemon was purely Rock-type, which was to teach that the circumstance of an ordeal may prove unpredictable and not because his Lycanroc really wanted to battle her Luxray.
    
  • Aaron Toral - Race To The Future - A 2v2 between Hideo and Aaron. One of Hideo's Pokemon was a Rabsca, a relatively new Pokemon to Hoenn, and one the challenger was unfamiliar with. This battle served to teach that one must never stop learning about the changes around them, and to be prepared to deal with anything from the unknown.
  
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  The following challenges are still ongoing:[break][break]
  
  • absalom steel - In It To Win It - 2v2 traditional.
    
  • Alexei Ivanov - strakh - Non-traditional Escape From The Fae Kingdom
    
  • Kazimir Wynter - Knight of the Night - Non-traditional Escape From The Fae Kingdom.[break][break]
  
  
  
  Apart from the challenges, Hideo's also been working to help the community, both in Littleroot and Hoenn as a whole, whether it be simply helping out a summer camp entertain its campers or helping boost the League's image during the Funtasia Carnival.
  
  

• 2. The Hunt for Red October Blue Azelf[break]
  Ever since Uxie joined Hideo, Hideo's been trying to find the one missing member of the Lake Trio: Azelf. Him and Eris Halla have been trying to find any information they could about the missing member, without outing the fact they have members of the Lake Trio to the entirety of either Rocket or the League. It has not been an easy ordeal for either of them.[break][break]
  
  Hideo's attempts have mainly been in actively exploring Wilds areas, trying to find if Azelf is hidden within any of them. He initially started with the Mechanical Kingdom, mainly because of its proximity to where Uxie (and Mesprit) appeared. After 6 expeditions(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) without results, he moved on to exploring Lesser Megalopolis, which is currently ongoing its 2nd expedition. His initial expedition group consisted of Gwyar Wledig , ana fell , and Arashi Akiyama , but he later switched to exploring with boruta maher , Melody Miro , CIAN MAHER , and Eva Morales (the latter 3 being the ones he explored with the most, with the latter 2 being who he's exploring Lesser Megalopolis with).[break][break]
  
  He even attempted to ask the memory!Calyrex about Azelf during Goodbye Galar (Right Here) - though that didn't get any results.[break][break]
  
  Hideo's been very careful about who he reveals Uxie to: so far, the only ones aware are Eris Halla , John Sullivan (Aftermath), Melody Miro (Poke Those Wrinkles), Aaron Toral (Playing Sides), Navy (Extraction: Navy & Hideo (Deep Blue)), Eva Morales (Show And Tell), and Chu-e Choi (Quiche and Questions). He still seeks out other people to confide in, but it's hard when he can never be sure of anyone's true allegiance - let alone if they're trustworthy.[break][break]
  
  Time will tell if Hideo will gain results from his Wilds expeditions - and if he's chosen to trust the right people to help him.
  

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. Uxie[break]
  While Hideo hasn't received any Avatar Powers™ from Uxie, that little pixie has been eating his food like it did.[break][break]
  
  Joking aside, Hideo has been influenced by Uxie to a good degree; Uxie has passively pushed Hideo to try out new things and explore new places, serving as a secondary reason for his Wilds explorations. His Gym is styled as a library, in part because of how they serve as a source of education, with a major theme being teaching people how to prepare for future ordeals.[break][break]
  
  The education aspect was exemplified during Goodbye Galar, where Hideo opted to create a school to teach people the skills needed to survive over a period of 20 years (here). Many characters benefited his help, and at least one character (John Sullivan ) retained enough of their skills from this period that it's influenced how they go forward with their life.[break][break]
  
  In other words, Uxie is turning Hideo into a nerd.
  
  

• any notes/comments: Hideo's first big boy activity check let's goooooo (which also went on during a very busy season of work and life rip)
  

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AUGUST 2023 CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: Nellethiel
• character tags: Naomi Sato

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• WHAT THE THUNDER SAID
• UNOWN EXCHANGE
• YEHIDA
• IL RISTORANTE DI WATSON

SUMMARIZE TWO PLOTS (IN-PROGRESS & BEING THREADED):

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• OUR LADY OF PROGRESS[break][break]
  
  

  As a HEAD SCIENTIST of TEAM ROCKET, Nomi has taken on several important initiatives to strengthen Rocket, oppose the DRK Triad (who she sees as the greatest threat to Hoenn), and better understand the strange, dangerous phenomena plaguing the region.[break][break]
  Recently, she has focused especially closely on the following subjects: the synthetic augmentation of human physiology using TERA ENERGY, the acquisition of more LEGENDARY POKEMON for Team Rocket, and, most recently (due to a mysterious field journal she brought back from the conflict at the Ancient Tomb a.k.a the GOODBYE GALAR raid), the study of INFINITY ENERGY INFUSION (fusing infinity energy into manmade objects, such as weaponry).[break][break]
  
  Through these studies, Nomi has made it her priority to work closely with other Rocket scientists (including training new science-aligned grunts), travel into the various rifts, and make pilgrimages to various locations across Hoenn in search of legendary Pokémon / the answers to awakening and/or finding legendary Pokémon (such as Moltres, Zapdos, Necrozma, and Deoxys).
  

  
  
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  pertinent threads:[break]
  
  — YOU'LL NOT FEEL THE DROWNING with Isaac Merlo[break]
  — PILLAR OF FIRE with BARNABY FINCH[break]
  — LESSER MEGALOPOLIS #1: ZBNK with Zev Harcourt, Kaname Fujihara, and BARNABY FINCH[break]
  — EXOBIOLOGY with Zev Harcourt[break]
  — LESSER MEGALOPOLIS #2: NJL with Julien Demassieux & luke hyacinth[break]
  — XERNEAUSSY with bryan delarosa[break]
  — ULTRA DEEP SEA #2: NN with Neffatari Nzingha[break]
  — EXTRATERRESTRIAL with Kaname Fujihara[break]
  — FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF DUST with Rhys Collins[break]
  — WHAT THE THUNDER SAID with Cillian Quinn & Tempest Quinn[break]
  
  
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• THE FAMILY WE CHOOSE[break][break]
  
  

  One of the primary themes explored through Nomi's character is that of CHOSEN FAMILY. Having grown up without parents or siblings, only a grandmother who passed away when Nomi was still a young girl, Nomi has spent the majority of her life alone. The loneliness of her childhood coupled with an introverted, nerdy, shy personality meant she wasn't exactly the best at making friends. Traumatized by abandonment and convinced she would have to face life without love and companionship beyond what her Pokémon could provide, Nomi hardened her heart, moved to Hoenn to attend graduate school, and decided to focus on her scientific work above all else.[break][break]
  
  Perhaps ironically, it wasn't until she joined the Hoenn branch of TEAM ROCKET that she started to become close with people for the first time: first, former Head Scientist Lulu Flint became her primary mentor and the older sister she'd never had. Lulu's trust in Nomi during the Meteno raid solidified their bond, and Nomi has been extremely loyal to her ever since. Her relationship with Lulu, coupled with Nomi's experience in the Ultra Deep Sea (during which Nomi found out via Cillian's memories of Kanto what happened to her parents), led her to become close with Cillian Quinn, as well (thinking of him like an older brother). After finding out Lulu had disappeared, Nomi and Cillian bonded over her loss, Cillian sharing with Nomi Lulu's real name. When Lulu returned, Nomi was overcome with emotion, relieved beyond belief to see the other woman alive and well.[break][break]
  
  Others in Rocket have also become like siblings/chosen family to Nomi: jayden cross, notably, as well as Kaname Fujihara, BARNABY FINCH, Zev Harcourt, bryan delarosa, and Felix Gallagher. Nomi tried to love Elisabeth Fiorelli, as well, but unfortunately, the other woman's heart was too far gone down the inevitable path of ruination...[break][break]
  
  And then there's Isaac Merlo, Nomi's best friend in the world, who has really helped her come out of her shell and come into her own personal power. Originally, she had a crush on him, but over time, came to realize their relationship was made much richer as a friendship than any sort of romantic bond - especially because someone else had started to capture Nomi's heart in a way she could never have expected.[break][break]
  
  Nomi's romance with parker jones has finally convinced her that she is worthy and capable of being loved. Strangely, she feels she knows Parker better than should be possible for a budding relationship...based on impressions from a time when they might have been...married? due to the strange dream-like events of the GOODBYE GALAR raid.[break][break]
  
  The events of GOODBYE GALAR - twenty years trapped in a memory of Galar - have also further complicated who Nomi considers her chosen family: vague, hazy memories of deepening bonds and growing close with League-aligned folks such as her thesis director and professor GIDEON GRAVES, as well as skyler dross, angelo vestri, and Gunner Graves (as well as collaborating scientifically with folks like FERNANDO SILPH) have sufficiently jumbled up Nomi's understanding of "family". She is currently chasing the answers to why she feels connected to these folks despite being diametrically opposed due to faction loyalties...

  
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  pertinent threads:[break]
  
  — SKY FULL OF STARS with Cillian Quinn[break]
  — DEATH FIRST TO VULTURES & SCAVANGERS with Cillian Quinn & parker jones[break]
  — CEMETERY WEATHER with Cillian Quinn[break]
  — BLOOMS OF ONCE WAS AND COULD HAVE BEEN with Isaac Merlo[break]
  — MANY DARK PLACES with Elisabeth Fiorelli[break]
  — GOODBYE GALAR: RUSTED SWORD RAID with the CIRCHESTER GANG[break]
  — ONE FLESH, ONE END with parker jones[break]
  — OUR ECHOES with parker jones[break]
  — RADIANCE with priam conrad[break]
  — IL RISTORANTE DI WATSON with parker jones & Isaac Merlo[break]
  — CROSS-EYED STRANGERS with angelo vestri[break]
  — LIGHT UP THE WORLD with Cillian Quinn & jayden cross[break]
  — SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW with Gunner Graves[break]
  — MY PRIVILEGE TO BE YOURS with parker jones[break]
  — POLARIS with Lulu Flint[break]
  
  
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if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• THE EYES OF GOD[break][break]
  Nomi very recently became the THE VISIONARY, the AVATAR OF THE UNOWN. This is the culmination of a nearly year-long effort on her part to befriend the Unown, believing that doing so will be the key to finding Arceus and besting the DRK Triad, thereby saving Hoenn from its predicted doomsday as the ORIGIN POINT. The more Nomi studied and interacted with the Unown, the more she came to think of them as individuals with unique personalities, as opposed to mindless cogs in the universe's wheel. Whenever she acquired a new one, she would name it and spend quality time with it. She even spent time with Rocket's FULL SET OF UNOWN, abandoned in the wake of Underboss del Mar's leaving.[break][break]
  The search for Unown rallied several others to Nomi's cause: Elisabeth Fiorelli (pre-snail), jayden cross, mint frost, Isaac Merlo, and even parker jones (despite her aversion to the floating eyeballs) have helped Nomi look for and understand the Unown. The creation of the RKS Machine further allowed Nomi to interact with the Unown via the UNOWN SIMULATION, transporting her to a version of the RUINS OF ALPH. Each time she entered the machine, Nomi couldn't help but feel as if the Unown sounded sad and lonely when they communicated with her...[break][break]
  It wasn't until her altercation with DR. NISA HOLO in the RKS Machine, in which she and Isaac Merlo were forced to fight the DRK Triad agent or be killed, that Nomi managed to finally convince the Unown (specifically, Holo's Unown-K, Kallistatus) that she loves them, sincerely wants to welcome them into her CHOSEN FAMILY (see plot above), and that she is worthy of their trust.[break][break]
  Nomi's relationship with the Unown CHALLENGE her beliefs about the universe, about the nature of Arceus, and about what's really going on with the DRK Triad and Hoenn's supposed "pre-destined" demise. As a staunch follower of the scientific method, Nomi has been forced to grapple with the supernatural and the spiritual as she has come closer and closer to finding Arceus. What does it mean to meet God? And what does it mean that their universe seems to be an anomaly, a deviation from the expected patterns of creation?[break][break]
  Nomi has so much more to learn and discover, as well as collaborate on with others, now that she has access to the UNOWN DIMENSION and a deeper bond with her beloved Unown...[break][break]
  
  

  pertinent threads:[break]
  
  — TRACKING DADDY with mint frost[break]
  — INTO THE UNOWN with jayden cross[break]
  — YEHIDA with @judicael[break]
  — RKS SIMULATION with parker jones & Yumi Hasegawa[break]
  — RKS SIMULATION with Cillian Quinn[break]
  — RKS SIMULATION with jayden cross[break]
  — RKS SIMULATION with mint frost[break]
  — OPHANIM with Isaac Merlo[break]
  
  

• any notes/comments: Thank you so much for trusting me with a canon position and an avatarship! I love this community so much and the stories we're all telling together! Can't wait to keep writing with you all! <3

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RAIKOURIDER'S CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

august 2023 canon activity check

player/ooc name: RaikouRider
character tags: Josh Devlin
canon position: Mauville Gym Leader

Weekly IC posts for character:

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Week of April 30: A Glimpse of Avatarship with Andrea Vaneau
Week of May 6: I Miss My Gym with Elise Calcifet
Week of May 13: Fly Away Home with lam logan
Week of May 20: Fun in the Sun with absalom steel
Week of May 27: The Determined and the Austere, Act 1 with Callan Young
Week of June 3: Sergei Dachev: League Arc, Pt. 1 with sergei dachev
Week of June 10: Consider with francie myrtle
Week of June 17: Mommy Stalker Day with Calpurnia Kubrick
Week of June 24: Naturally Gassed with caelum reinhardt
Week of July 1: Fulgur with Remiel Calcifet
Week of July 8: Status Report: The Wilds with illeana reyes
Week of July 15: Occupying a Bunch of Gremlins with Hideo Kino
Week of July 22: A Nice Day Out with Mateo Cortés
Week of July 29: A Breakneck Tour with Toshiaki Macallan
Week of August 6: Achilles, Come Down with jayden cross
Week of August 13: Extraction: Josh and Alexei #1 with Alexei Ivanov
Week of August 20: One Final Ride with Camellia Lemaitre
Week of August 27: Horse Race with Asher Baran

summarize 2+ plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

1. Pursuit of Legendary Pokémon Raikou / Eris Halla Fallout

One of Josh's main plots from character creation has been working toward meeting, befriending, and riding on the back of the legendary Pokémon Raikou. Whether it be through a personal bond with Raikou, or friendship with the person Raikou ultimately chooses, he just wants to spend as much time as he can with the Johto Beast of his dreams. Through events covered in past Canon Activity Checks, Josh has learned just how dangerous idolizing a legendary Pokémon can be. After nearly killing Eris Halla last February ultimately over a desire to sit in Raikou's thundercloud saddle, he has taken a step back and realized, through many painful conversations, just how much a single aggressive action can ripple through Hoenn, including through his superiors.

Josh has spoken to many League canons regarding the full details of his altercation with Eris. Being separated from his Gym has given him a wonderful opportunity to have a true introspection, learning just what kind of person he is, where his shortcomings are, and what he can do to change them. In the thread Making Peace, featuring Eva Morales , Josh and the Peacekeeper have a short, but difficult and productive, conversation. Despite being from Rocket (at the time), Eris had many beloved contacts within the League. Josh wanted to shift the blame toward his growing enmity with MATIAS SILPH . Eva, in the most civil and caring way possible, told him that he needed to let go of his hatred for Matias, and while not directly, his hatred for Rocket as a whole. Hatred would only stoke fires he later could not put out.

Eva also brought to Josh's attention how hard he was on himself. He had an empathetic, selfless, and forgiving personality toward almost everyone in the League. The one major exception was himself. He had a hard time forgiving himself... recognizing what he had accomplished as not only a Gym Leader and as an Elite Ranger, but as a person. Ultimately, Eva was able to bring to light the source of being unable to forgive himself: the demon that was his tendency to project others' opinions of himself, rather than listening to what others had to say about him. Through her great skill, empathy, and psychological understanding, she had salvaged a friendship with Josh. Perhaps one day they would get to ride Rayquaza together once more.

In the thread Beyond the Passing Storm featuring Navy , he spoke with one of his best friends and the Dewford Gym Leader-elect about how his obsession with Raikou had nearly destroyed his life and his reputation. He demonstrated his understanding of the difference between Rocket the people and Rocket the organization. It wasn't Rocket as a whole that he needed to direct his anger toward. It was the bigwigs running Rocket, the ones responsible for Raikou's supposed death. The vast majority of those in Rocket weren't criminals for motive to rebel against the League. They were there by circumstances out of their control. Those people did not deserve to be condemned with the rest, in their eyes.

Navy was one of the biggest helps to Josh in getting him to understand that he needed to focus on what he could do without Raikou. What he had already done without Raikou. He helped Josh realize what was truly valuable to him. By making his life revolve around the hunt for Raikou, he had forgotten what was truly important to him: his Gym. Only by having his Gym taken from him made him truly understand he didn't need a legendary Pokémon to make a difference. He was already making a difference in the day-to-day lives of Mauville's citizens, and in the life of every single challenger his Gym got. He didn't have to completely give up his dream... but it had to remain a dream. Not a passion. Not an obsession. As harsh as his words were, they were impactful, bringing to light just how much he needed to change if he truly wanted to lead Mauville and be the best League representative he could be.

Other threads of this nature include Heart to Heart, featuring ghost fireheart , Thundercloud Parting, featuring ollie morales , The Truth Unraveled, featuring John Sullivan , and Thunderstep, featuring Julia Davis . Josh is also confronting MATIAS SILPH about Eris directly in the thread Volcanic Fallout.

Ultimately, his conversations took him to the occupants of two of the highest offices in the land: FERNANDO SILPH and dahlia goode . In the threads Conniving Conundrum and The Trurh Hurts, Josh, dahlia goode , and FERNANDO SILPH had a lengthy discussion about his suspension, about his former self's unhealthy passion for Raikou, and what he can do to make things right with Eris. There was, unfortunately, no way to repair his relationship with her as things stood. She was scarred from the traumatic encounter, perhaps for the rest of her life. What was perhaps more damning, was the Councilman's assessment that any legend, let alone Raikou, would not choose Josh as an Avatar the way he currently was. The Silph's view was consistent with other Avatars he had spoken to. If he wanted to attract Raikou's attention, he first had to prove he could do great things without Raikou.

At the end of his conversation with Dahlia, Josh learned that the Beast's death had indeed not been confirmed, contrary to what he had initially thought. Hearing that gave him a glimmer of hope that he could still be the superhero he dreamed of. Not that he wasn't doing that already; his retrospective made him realize he was already going above and beyond the expectations set upon a Gym Leader!

Josh has also been spending an increased amount of time with kyle lopez to get help weaning him off his obsession with Raikou. In the thread King's Knight, they reminisce on the events of GOODBYE, GALAR while attempting to track Zacian and Zamazenta. Eventually, the Top Champion and Gym Leader spur the Sacred Ash Raikou and Suicune to high speeds, Josh realizing just how much of an improvement he had made in his riding skills since the last time he was astride the Beast. Each ride on the electric tiger's back helped him bottle his obsession back up into the healthy dream he had prior to CYBERCHASE CONUNDRUM.

Avatarship was also not as rosy as Josh first believed. In the thread Cthonic Gods, Elisabeth Fiorelli , the Scorned, showed him just how toxic an Avatarship could be. Even if he were to bond with Raikou, would it be a true partnership? Or would Josh wind up a slave to the one he had once idolized above all else?

A large amount of his potential was lost to losing control of his emotions. The first step not to getting back on the trail of Raikou, but making a difference as a League representative, was getting control of his emotions. It would be a big step, but a rewarding one. Perhaps if Eris saw the changes in Josh, she would be willing to give him a second chance...

2. The Ultra Wilds

At the request of Head Scientist illeana reyes , Josh has taken the initiative to use his SYGNA SUIT for exploration and research of the Ultra Wilds. While this plot has been slow-moving due to the nature of Ultra Wilds threads, Josh has been to Ultra Desert, Ultra Sea, and The Border, collecting atmospheric, biospheric, geographic, and even dimensional data about each of the realms. He is in the process of delivering his report in the thread Status Report: The Wilds, which is a summary of the events of all of his Wilds threads.

In Josh's Exhibit, he and illeana reyes saw the dangers of following the Type: Full recipes to create Aleph, his Type: Null. The procedure for creating the synthetic Pokémon was excruciating and came with great cost. Some of Josh's Pokémon suffered irreversible harm as a result of having their stem cells extracted according to the manual's instructions, and two even died. The repeated harm proved to be too much for even the empathetic scientist to handle, abandoning Josh and forcing him to find another professional to extract the final stem cell culture needed to create Aleph. In the pursuit of power, Josh had lost sight of what was important. Two Pokémon, both important to him, had lost their lives in the mad quest to make a difference in the war of League and Rocket.

3. Ranger Duties

In the absence of Captain annalise henderson , Josh has had to pick up many duties as the Mauville Rangers' second-in-command. As Director of Rescue Operations for Mauville, Josh oversees Search-and-Rescue efforts for people and Pokémon from the Mauville area, and assists Rangers from other cities in rescue efforts when needed. A list of Ranger jobs Josh has completed or are ongoing within the Canon Activity Check period is below.

- In the thread Twister with Mireille Wynter , Josh is responsible for helping Slateport Rangers and Law Enforcement recover from a tornado that ravaged a commercial district.

- In the thread Consider, featuring francie myrtle , Josh saves a large swarm of Ledian from aerial predators while they perform their mating ritual.

- In the thread Gorge in Distress, featuring howard slayte , Josh saves a family trapped in Chimney Canyon, but with a level of violence outside acceptable limits. It was a reminder of the balancing act between Ranger and Gym Leader he had to constantly juggle, with one embracing Pokémon violence and the other trying to stop it.

- In the thread Faster!, featuring Eva Morales , Josh and the Peacemaker team up with their very fastest Pokémon to corral, capture, and release a pack of Varoom wreaking havoc on Rustboro City. The two use their expertise in high speed to relocate the speedy poison-types with relative ease.

- In the thread Rope Bridge Rumble featuring ever blackwell , Josh rescues a middle-aged female that was stranded within Meteor Falls after a bridge collapsed behind her. This was also Rookie Ever's first mission, showcasing Josh's willingness to pass his skills onto the next generation of Rangers.

In the thread A License to Kill, featuring Julia Davis , Josh is responsible for rescuing missing Rangers after a failed attempt to quell a giant, Notorious Hisuian Avalugg by the name of Deep Freeze.

In the thread Historic Heat, featuring Elise Calcifet , Josh is responsible for rescuing and returning beached Pokémon from Petalburg's beaches to the West Hoennian seas in the wake of a historic heat wave threatening the lives of many of the area's aquatic Pokémon.

- In the thread Five-Alarm Fire, featuring Nikolaj Volosenkov , Josh uses his water Pokémon to put out a wildfire started by Rocket operatives with Magmortar equipped to handle Water-types.

4. Gym Leader Duties / Pokémon Racing Federation

Josh's primary job is still Mauville Gym Leader. While his duties have been significantly complicated thanks to his suspension, he had brought on an interim Gym Leader, SHAWN RICHARDS, to handle challenges in his absence. Shawn had kept things running smoothly... until as a direct consequence of the Eris Halla altercation, dorian westcliff laid siege to Mauville Gym, taking the substitute's life before Josh's very eyes. He was forced to assign the position to JACKIE MYERS, one of the top remaining Gym Trainers there... and it did not go well at all. The second interim's inability to lead was shown in the Gym Challenge threads High Voltage featuring Navy , where Josh's Absol, Twilight, suffered a major injury under her care, and Ride On!, featuring El Sunderland , where her inability to control Josh's Jolteon's blistering speed was on full display.

As a result of these inadequacies, FERNANDO SILPH commuted the part of Josh's restitution preventing him from setting foot on his Gym, due to a combination of factors both in and out of his control. He has returned to the office of Gym Leader in full capacity, and is taking challenges as well as helping Mauville in other ways.

As part of a way to promote the Pokémon Racing Federation, Josh has independently registered Mauville Racing Grounds as a business, in the event that he must step down as Gym Leader. He routinely gives up-and-coming trainers riding lessons, both there, and off-site. Threads where he does so include Fun in the Sun, with absalom steel , Enjoy the Little Things with shinobu fujimori , Start your...Engines? with june sleigh , and A Breakneck Tour, featuring Toshiaki Macallan . He has also reworked this exercise into a carnival attraction for Johanna Joy 's Magnificent Funtasia. Threads where he has done so include Fireworks, featuring DESIREE BLOOMS , and And They're Off!, featuring Elise Calcifet .

Josh is also passing his skills as a Gym Leader down to Elise Calcifet , who opened a Minor League Gym of her own. The two set expectations and brainstorm ideas in the thread From Student to Teacher, and Josh becomes Elise's first challenger in the thread Steel and Snare.

Gym Challenges completed since the last Activity Check period include:
- The Beginning of the End featuring Laurence Anderson
- High Voltage, featuring Navy
- Fly Away Home, featuring lam logan
- My Turn Now, featuring absalom steel
- Ride On!, featuring El Sunderland
- Sergei Dachev: League Arc - Act 1, featuring sergei dachev

Ongoing Gym Challenges include:
- The Quick and the Dead, featuring Thomas Benoit
- Lettuce Soar Into the Clouds!, featuring Vanilla Kingsley
- Make the Dream Work, featuring Aubre McKenna-Settentrione
- Beanbean the Musical Fruit, featuring DESIREE BLOOMS
- Surf & Turf, featuring Tempest Quinn
- Adrenaline, feat. MARISOL SIMONE
- Horse Race, feat. Asher Baran

5. Road to Champion Rank / Josh's Restitution

Josh's road to Champion Rank has been full of hardship and introspection of what the title truly means. Being a Champion, as he discovered, is more than having world-class combat prowess. It is about being a true leader, one Hoenn's citizens can look up to. While perfection is not expected, the title required a higher level of responsibility, emotional control, and combat prowess than the Gym Leader had shown thus far.

In the thread The Determined and the Volatile, Act 1, Josh squared off against Elite Four MATIAS SILPH , the Groudon Avatar seemingly toying with him the entire time to keep the battle close. The purpose of the battle was not for Josh to win or lose. It was to help teach the young man what he needed to do to become a Champion. A Champion could not hide. That meant facing his fears and sharing with Matias what he had been afraid to share: that he could not, in fact, blame him for what he did. He had to accept that Matias was not even a catalyst in the heinous act he committed against Eris Halla . The only person responsible for those actions was himself. This is explored in the thread Volcanic Fallout.

In the thread The Determined and the Austere, Act 1, Josh does battle with superstar Callan Young , the Elite Four member scoring a PERFECT battle against him. A rare total defeat, Josh did not so much as inflict a scratch on any of Callan's Pokémon. In order to be a Champion, Josh had to toss aside his prejudice of those around him. Toss aside any preconceived notions. Toss aside any assumptions. Evaluate based on hard evidence, not on conjecture. For it was conjecture fueling the strength of his desire, shaping the world around him into exactly what he did not want it to be. The lesson Josh learned from this battle was there was nothing black and white about the world. If he wanted to be a Champion, he had to understand that every situation had complexities and nuances that could not be appreciated right away.

In the thread The Determined and the Unwavering, Act 1, Josh applies the knowledge he had gained from his battles with Callan and Matias to make the match against Melody Miro close, though he ultimately fell just short of the victory. Melody brought up the idea of Josh diversifying his battle strategy. There were so many Pokémon that surely Josh could find a ride Pokémon that wasn't quite so fast, but had extreme toughness. Surely he could find a ride Pokémon that spread debilitating ailments at blistering speed. With the size of his menagerie being close to a hundred Pokémon, there was surely a solution out there. He just had to find it.

In the events of the thread The Determined and the Sentinel, Act 1, featuring Greyson Connors , Josh will be doing battle with the same team he had used against the other Elites. This match has been pre-plotted to be a loss for Josh, but will be a key turning point in his approach to not only the combat aspect of his bid to be a Champion, but the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the journey, as well. This, combined with the weight of his restitution making him unable to claim that title until March 2025, would at last beat into his skull just the potential he was capable of without Raikou. It was a Sign of what he could do if he properly applied all aspects of himself to not just battle, but anything. In his eyes, Determined was no longer the title he wanted to be called by the Johto Beast. Whether it be in his own fantasy world or in the real world, he tossed aside his title of The Determined.

In his own world, he was now The Signer.

In the thread The Signer and the Austere, Act 2, the transformed Josh would bring a totally new team to his re-challenge with Callan Young . This thread is ongoing.

6. Duo Wilds

While not a strict plot point, I would like to highlight that I routinely use Josh to jumpstart the plots of new members through Duo Wilds. I make an effort to start a Duo Wild with every single new member that drops in, helping them take their first steps to getting established in Hoenn. Duo wilds complete or in progress with new members include:

- A Little(root) Getaway with @elliot

- A Visit in the Dark with icarus blooms

- A Nice Day Out with Mateo Cortés

- Some Sort of Ride? with ZAKURO MORINOZUKA

- Speed and Power with Alphonse Gambino

- Just Deserts with NIKOLA SAMSA

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

Josh does not own a legendary Pokémon yet.

Notes/comments:

I can't believe it's been a little over a year since joining Hoenn. I feel I've accomplished so much in my first year here, both ICly and OOCly. Hoenn has really made me step up my writing game, and I feel I've not only become a better writer, but a better person as a result of writing with all of you. I still have a lot to learn from all of the skilled writers here. As much as I'd love to pursue a higher League canon position like Head Ranger, Elite Four or Council, I love my Gym too much to give it up.

One of my greatest resolutions in my second year is to get better at spotlighting other characters in threads, and going as far as to have Josh take a supporting role in other characters' stories. I would like to have more productive threads that advance not only the plots of my own characters, but also the plots of my partners. This is something that I did not realize I was struggling with until late in my first year, and the community has been so willing to help resolve this and point me in the correct direction. I'd like to especially shoutout Toppa, Scarlet, and Gunsmile for their help in this matter. They have made me realize the need to construct less self-contained plots that truly collaborate with other members. That is my single biggest (controllable) goal in year two.

A second thing I would like to do going forward reflects the notion that one of the purposes of canons is to promote faction conflict. While I do not believe this is explicitly stated anywhere in the rules on running canons, I feel it is important for canons to do so. I would really like to throw Josh into the faction conflict a lot more and show that I am willing to take on a greater role that is in line with site plot.

Another thanks goes out to shiv for permitting me to do the levels of worldbuilding I do within Hoenn, both on my canon and on Shalin. One day, when the time is right, I may consider pursuing a Head Ranger seat on Shalin once she's been in her Captain seat a while. Perhaps next year. Again, the work you do is immense, and preparing for the Nariya Expeditions mini-raid has really opened my eyes to just how much work goes into running events for this place, let alone the day-to-day work.

now where's my thundercat I KID SHIV I KID LOOOOOOOOOOL

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AUGUST 2023 CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: nikki
• character tags: illeana reyes

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• the story of us w aaron faust - august 24th
• mechanical kingdom: ai w ALEXANDER STONE - august 16th
• an aqua assembly pt. 4 w aqua initiative - august 11th
• casualty of your dreams w Navy - august 3rd

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. DIMENSIONS, GODS, AND WORLDS UNKOWN
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  as the dimensional stability of the universe slowly crumbles around them, illeana has found herself with a gargantuan task: mending deep wounds of the universe - some of which, she has personally contributed to.[break][break]
  
  initially, she had been pursuing the spatial god for her own selfish concepts and a growing urge to replace what had been lost. at this point, following the events of mt. pyre's meteor raid and the reveal of sea hoenn's survival, she has begun a crucial pivot. hoenn's in danger, ultra space is decaying, and she cannot chase her tail around in circles any longer.[break][break]
  
  by asking some known explorers and/or curious minds (Josh Devlin , Shalin Nariya , freya morningstar , angelo vestri ) to aid her in studying the rifts of ultra space's wilds, she is beginning to put together a plan for completely closing the bleeding wounds we call the rifts. she voices this plan in aqua assembly pt. 4 as a hypothetical she has been giving thought into. megalopolan technology is a blessing and a curse, one she is happy to exploit if it means dimensional stability for hoenn.[break][break]
  
  in that same vein, she has been looking into further information surrounding sea hoenn's survival and ways to defeat them. a trip to the silver spire ruins in the dimensional pocket beneath rustboro with Eva Morales has provided some intel (it is still ongoing) and with the proposed attack of sootopolis in aqua assembly pt. 4, illeana plans to use everything within sootopolis to find answers. she is hoping to form a working relationship with skyler dross , in particular, to learn the workings of her bond with kyogre and apply that logic to sea hoenn's queen. preparing for the inevitable return of sea hoenn as well as equipping hoenn with the means to enter a period of dimensional stability are her main focus at the moment, though aqua assembly pt. 4 has shown another plotline coming into play: dynamaxing and natural power spots within hoenn. i plan to explore those further once aqua assembly pt. 4 has concluded, utilizing former events like the ruins of regirock, excursions, the root of the matter, and primal point locations to begin investigating these new sources of power.[break][break]
  
  relevant threads |[break]
  ★ alumus[break]
  ★ fate is upon us[break]
  ★ anti-hero[break]
  ★ an aqua assembly pt. 4[break]
  ★ primal[break]
  ★ expedition log: the wilds[break]
  ★ status report: the wilds[break]
  ★ casualty of your dreams[break]
  ★ anywhere door[break]
  ★ on the trail of space & time[break]
  ★ personal space[break]
  ★ portal hijax

• 2. LOSS, FAILURE, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SELFISHNESS
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  in her time existing on hoenn, illeana reyes is no stranger to loss, failure, or consequences. she has faced monsters, threats, and herself - coming out stronger than before in the aftermath of each instance... yet, that concept can take a toll on a person.[break][break]
  
  her fall from grace had been subtle at first: fissures in interpersonal relationships, mistakes made under pressure, and a lofty dream crafted up from nothing of substance. it had begun, first, upon my return to hoenn and since then, it has grown to weave into each thread i have done since. sometimes, it is subtle and lingering in the background. other times, it is a screaming monster that must be center stage.[break][break]
  
  the demotion of her position from head professor to head scientist was not taken lightly. in part, it is a main reason why she has a newfound focus in hoenn's survival and safety - not only to get back within the good graces of dahlia goode , but also to mend what she has already broken. the consequences of her selfishness are vast, sure, but feeling ostracized by those closest to her stung more than the loss of title. having to fight for people - those she holds in such high esteem - to even believe her regarding sea hoenn's survival or instances where her experiments involving palkia/dimensions were mildly successful is something she despises. it has caused her to begin to road to redemption, salvation, and climbing back onto that pedestal she once clung to. the road is long, painful, and not without any difficulty. this is still a bit of a work in progress as she works through finding new ways to prove her loyalty to the league and to hoenn.[break][break]
  
  her past transgressions and the enemy she has made out of sea hoenn will not go down without a fight. right now, she is in a good place to continue mending what she has broken by trying to place hoenn before herself (terribly hard for her, i must say...) but there is a fine line she toes between what's good for hoenn and what's good for her own lingering motives. sometimes, they go hand in hand and i look forward to seeing what toeing that line brings for her as we get further into these dimensional threats coming back into play. in particular, the consequences of her actions against sea hoenn have yet to fully drop so i am very excited to see if that will come to truly bite her in the ass.[break][break]
  
  relevant threads |[break]
  ★ wishmaker[break]
  ★ would've, could've, should've[break]
  ★ the great war[break]
  ★ mastermind[break]
  ★ clean[break]
  ★ gaslight![break]
  ★ lab rats[break]
  ★ long live[break]
  ★ an aqua assembly pt. 3[break]
  ★ running buddies[break]
  ★ a broken home

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]
the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. FORMER AVATAR
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  illeana is the former avatar of tapu lele and in the island deity's absence, i believe she has flourished. she is a prime example of avatarship not making the character as well as the concept of what a taste of power can do to a person. while still having some minor powers, i utilize the loss of avatarship as a narrative device to push an introspective study on the mind and what a person will do to have that sense of power back in their grasp.

• any notes/comments: hiiiii ily all ♡ thank you for writing with me & becoming the best friends a girlie could ask for. it's been a long 4 years (almost hehe) and i'm excited to see what ya'll continue to do. thank you for having me, hoenn!

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AUGUST 2023 CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: milky
• character tags: jayden cross

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• BURY ME LOW ft. Ashley Shepard & declan walsh
• MY UNIVERSE ft. fern delaney
• UNTANGLED ft. mint frost
• TRAIN TO NOWHERE ft. Hitoshi Inoue

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• HOW TO BE HUMAN [break][break]
  
  
  to anyone who knows him, jayden cross is inhuman.
  
  [break][break] Yumi Hasegawa and parker jones (THEODOSIA, SINCERITY) think him inhuman and even people who care about him, like Kaname Fujihara (EMPLOYMENT COST) and mint frost, know there's something lacking. something missing. jayden's not a person built with emotion, his father made him that way.
  
  [break][break]
  
  

  SPOILER: Click to show

  he was raised by a psychopathic father who did nothing but abuse him, emotionally, socially, and sometimes physically. it's traits that he shares with many other kanto rockets, like Cillian Quinn and THEO BECKETT. dmitri was a terrifying influence on his life and many others, including @albrecht (MONSTER) and surprisingly Elisabeth Fiorelli.
  
  [break][break] his growth has been a slow growing ache. where he had no emotion before (MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS) and was shy and submissive, his heart has slowly started to unfurl with the many relationships he's made throughout hoenn. it starts with a breakthrough in BROKEN HEARTS CLUB where he learns the tragedy of a broken heart thanks to Chu-e Choi and Cillian Quinn.
  
  [break][break] it grows in his friendship with mint frost. in COME OVER BABY, mint screams at him for not telling him he left for kanto. this parallels later in UNDER THE SAME SUN with Cillian Quinn where jayden is upset at the underboss for not telling him his true name.
  
  [break][break] "you didn't tell me"
  [break] "you never asked"
  
  [break][break] the culmination of that friendship is seen in a post-gg thread UNTANGLED, where both characters expose their darkest secrets to one another. but this is just one of the many friendships that has slowly started to peel back the layers of jayden's formerly non-existent heart.
  
  [break][break] in the last ac check, i talked about his relationships with Ashley Shepard and Isaac Merlo which, too, have broken him. small cracks in his exterior that eventually allow him to open up to people like Naomi Sato (UNOWN EXCHANGE), seeing her as a sibling alongside Cillian Quinn as seen in LIGHT UP THE WORLD. this also allows him later to blindly trust people like Elisabeth Fiorelli, even when all evidence points to otherwise (POISON FOR GOOD, POISON FOR EVIL.)
  
  [break][break] the most important example of jayden's change is to be seen in his relationship with fern delaney. they meet first in STOLEN CABBAGES, where an accidental trigger word causes jayden to reveal more emotions in this single thread than he has shown to others in a lifetime of interaction. eventually, he and fern delaney start to "see" each other in WESTERN WIND, but it takes several more threads (FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT, WHITE WINTER HYMNAL) for jayden's heart to open to them.
  
  [break][break] he can't even admit it, not in those words (SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS & DEJA VU). it's only in superposition, after fighting the monstrous mist-version of his dead brother, that jayden can even admit to being in love with them.
  
  

  [break] slowly but surely, jayden learns not just emotion but the importance of independence as he uses his role as an admin to indoctrinate more people into rocket. he is still working on bringing fresh blood into kanto to replace the losses of meteno, as seen with Kaname Fujihara in EMPLOYMENT COST. he takes on the role of a mentor as usual, including Isaac Merlo, mint frost, Hitoshi Inoue and Kouji Matsubara (KOWTOW, RATS IN THE CELLAR, TURBULENT RECRUITMENT) and even participates in the SPECTRA TRIALS as an evaluator. however, all that is only made possible due to the relationships of people he met over time.
  
  [break][break] for a long time, jayden's emotional journey is on an uphill climb. the death of his father allows this, his subsequent friendships strengthen it. the wings of freedom fly him so high, closer and closer to the sun.
  
  [break][break] until he comes promptly crashing down.
  
  
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  RELEVANT THREADS: [break] [break]
  
  MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS [break]
  MONSTER [break]
  SINS OF THE FATHER [break]
  BROKEN HEARTS CLUB [break][break]
  
  THEODOSIA [break]
  SINCERITY [break]
  EMPLOYMENT COST [break]
  ADORATION [break]
  UNOWN EXCHANGE [break]
  POISON FOR GOOD, POISON FOR EVIL [break][break]
  
  COME OVER BABY [break]
  UNDER THE SAME SUN [break]
  UNTANGLED [break]
  BLACK MIRROR [break][break]
  
  STOLEN CABBAGES [break]
  WESTERN WIND [break]
  SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS [break]
  SUPERPOSITION [break]
  FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT [break]
  WHITE WINTER HYMNAL [break]
  SYMPHONY OF LIGHTS [break]
  DEJA VU [break][break]
  
  SPECTRA TRINITY TRIALS [break]
  KOWTOW [break]
  RATS IN THE CELLAR [break]
  TURBULENT RECRUITMENT [break]
  ULTRA CRATER: JH [break]
  TRAIN TO NOWHERE
  
  
  

• BORN TO BE A MONSTER[break][break]
  
  
  all pokemon exist for the glory of team rocket. for kanto and people like jayden's father, humans too.
  
  [break][break] jayden was raised to be nothing but a tool for rocket. a weapon, if you will. hoenn rocket supports this when they first make him a beast after his selfless desire to protect his underbossses in the SOOTOPOLIS RAID, and to make him admin of offense and recruitment. his fate has been decided for him, as is his birthright talked about with Elisabeth Fiorelli in PRISMACOLOR.
  
  [break][break] nothing jayden ever does matters, which is the exact opposite of what people like fern delaney and mint frost try to teach him.
  
  [break][break]
  
  

  SPOILER: Click to show

  his humanization manifests - weakness - in his arc with Ashley Shepard and Isaac Merlo. when he finds a traitorous Ashley Shepard in I SEE RED, he spares him. this runs parallels to Isaac Merlo and Ashley Shepard's story, where Ashley Shepard does not exercise restraint against his best friend, resulting in the lost of his eye.
  
  [break][break] that hurt tumbles into fresh new ones, each time a member of rocket defects to the league. first Ashley Shepard (even though he ended up coming back), then Remiel Calcifet, Raziel Beckett, CIAN MAHER, Rowan Wrynn, Remiel Calcifet... the list goes on and on.
  
  [break][break] initially, because jayden was not built to be human, these things don't seem to effect him on the outside. his loyalty to rocket reigns true. but a trip to the borders with fern delaney in WOLVES WITHOUT TEETH reveal his true feelings regarding these defections, these betrayals, revealing that even a thousand tiny cuts can create an ever deepening crater of hurt.
  
  [break][break] a hatred burns a hole in his chest, one that he doesn't even recognize until later, starting with MATIAS SILPH and his killing of Chu-e Choi in APRES MOI. then later, when he learns of Raziel Beckett's deceit in CATASTROPHIC. he shares his feelings with Cillian Quinn in under the same sun, which culminates in PREY where he punches Rowan Wrynn in broad daylight. an impulsive gesture, something that he would have never done prior, without all those emotions from the border effecting him.
  
  [break][break] HEY BESTIE highlights the true reunion between CIAN MAHER and jayden cross, exploring jayden's hurt for rocket traitors even further.
  
  [break][break] in EVERY TRUTH, he sees Chu-e Choi. this is the capstone of their arc, where jayden and Chu-e Choi finally can talk about their feelings, and the feelings that were never spoken about. in a former thread, WHAT WE DESERVE, THEO BECKETT implied it but jayden couldn't believe it. hearing it straight out of the ex-underboss' is a shock that rocks him from where he stands, rippling into an argument with fern delaney in DEJA VU. jayden's exploration of his feelings of love is pivotal to him as a character — because he never had it growing up.
  
  [break][break] but that thread also highlights another, catastrophic mistake jayden makes. he allows Chu-e Choi to go, just like he let Ashley Shepard go, only for him to return to rocket.
  
  [break][break] the climax comes in BURY ME LOW, where declan walsh punishes him for his mistakes, giving him a permanent wound in the form of a darkrai branding. walsh reminds him, just like his father would have reminded him, and just like THEO BECKETT will later remind him of his duty to rocket. of his inhumanity. of his failure.
  
  [break][break] jayden was always vicious — it's what people like parker jones are afraid of, and why he became beast — but it's easy to forget. many people mistake him for nonthreatening, thanks to his blank slate of a personality. but these small hurts erode at his slate overtime, revealing the monster that lies within.
  
  [break][break] in postdormitum, he dramatically attacks many members of the league, highlighting his hatred for them and boldening his loyalty for rocket.
  
  [break][break] he fights against Elinor Anderson in CONFLICT, calling back to their fight in littleroot. he accuses her for nepotism in the league, even convincing her of it himself. the end scene is a prelude to the untethered state of his mind — you can see it in the way mint reaches for him, only to pull away, in the burning icy landscape that articuno left behind.
  
  [break][break] he fights ruthlessly against Greyson Connors in CAVE, and attacks freya morningstar point-blank in GATEKEEP, accusing her of her uselessness in the sootopolis raid of letting it fall. all this impulsive and ruthless aggression, which is only pushed because of his punishment with declan walsh, culminates in ALL THINGS END, when he makes the drastic mistake of going against THEO BECKETT's order. later, he's punished for it in BLACKHOLE.
  
  [break][break] these feelings only continue forth in GOODBYE GALAR where, despite years of peace, jayden cannot know it. he feels unsettled and experiences night terrors all throughout those twenty years, the influence of his father within him still. in DISSEMINATE II, he's strongly vocal about his hate for the league and MATIAS SILPH, believing him to be the true threat to rocket's power with their poisonous, foolish ideals.
  
  [break][break] when he goes into the RKS, and sees the fake WALSH, jayden's reaction to him is immediate, strengthened by the reminder of his punishment. with both priam conrad and BARNABY FINCH, he flees away from the hologram. even though he knows better, even though normally he would have been professional and held his feelings at bay, the emotions he feels are too strong. and getting stronger still.
  
  

  
  
  [break] as jayden's frayed mind spirals further, you see him become blind with rage and hatred in CRUCIFY. at BARNABY FINCH's request, he tortures their prisoner Caleb Harcourt. although caleb and jayden do not have much of a history, jayden is vicious in his treatment of the ranger — using him as an example of all the other traitorous rockets that he cannot take his feelings out on.
  
  [break][break] the control rocket has on jayden is imminent.
  
  [break][break] the push and pull of his two sides — the side that made people like fern delaney fall in love with him and the impossible birthright of being dmitri's son — will continue to be in flux until they all but tear him apart.
  
  [break][break] which side will win?
  
  [break][break] or will, one day, he tip over completely into the other?
  
  [break][break] does he have a choice?
  
  
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  RELEVANT THREAD [break][break]
  
  APRES MOI [break]
  I SEE RED [break]
  CHOKE & SWALLOW [break] [break]
  
  CATASTROPHIC [break]
  PREY [break]
  HEY BESTIE [break]
  WOLVES WITHOUT TEETH [break] [break]
  
  EVERY TRUTH [break]
  DEJA VU [break]
  BURY ME LOW [break][break]
  
  WHAT WE DESERVE [break]
  CONFLICT [break]
  GATEKEEP [break]
  CAVE [break]
  ALL THINGS END [break][break]
  
  BLACKHOLE [break]
  MIGHT MAKES RIGHT [break]
  DISSEMINATE II [break]
  RKS: BARNABY & JAYDEN [break]
  RKS: PRIAM & JAYDEN [break]
  CRUCIFY
  
  
  
  

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. LEGENDARY[break]
  i eat avatars for dinner

• any notes/comments: THANK YOU #MYADMIN1 AND #MYADMIN2. as always, i have so much fun rping on hoenn and spending time with all of you!!! it is a truly an amazing place to be. thank you everyone who threads with me and im excited to thread with more people soon!! <3

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AUGUST 2023 CANON ACTIVITY CHECK

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• player/ooc name: milky
• character tags: ollie morales

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• PICTURESQUE FOR A PLOT TWIST w/ Yujin Ha
• EXCALIBUR w/ Raziel Beckett
• ACTA NON VERBA w/ FERNANDO SILPH
• CHEERS w/ GIDEON GRAVES

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• THE RISING SUN[break][break]
  
  
  after goodbye galar, ollie is promoted to HEAD RANGER by way of dahlia goode.
  
  [break][break] where this would be a moment of happiness and pride for many, this is actually quite jarring for ollie and allows an introspective look at what makes ollie who he is.
  
  [break][break] from an external viewpoint, it makes perfect sense: ollie has been a ranger almost as long as Laurence Anderson, having been trained alongside him which can be seen in early threads like THE THIRD SPARK. he shares a close relationship with Raziel Beckett, as seen in A RUDE MEETING. it's what makes him the perfect mediator in RANGERS RISING 2, where the other two head rangers are forced to butt heads with Raziel Beckett's promotion. on top of that, he has close relationships with other well-known league members, including his sister Eva Morales, PENELOPE LIVY, and illeana reyes.'
  
  [break][break] from an internal one: it's not as green as one might think. commitment has always been a difficult thing for ollie. his rise to evergrande's RANGER CAPTAIN was a big decision for him because of that too. he's not a man who likes to be in one place for very long, which is exactly why he traveled spontaneously to kalos three years ago (all you had to do was stay). thanks to his relationships on hoenn, however, that has changed.
  
  [break][break] becoming head ranger is the next step to that deviating path — it forces him into a position of power and leadership that makes him feel uncomfortable. this is alluded to in espirit de corps with Callan Young and he then explores this with Raziel Beckett in EXCALIBUR, where he discusses his feelings of imposter syndrome, for lack of a better word. i plan on having him continue these themes in THE HERO'S CROWN and HEAD RANGER. he admits to them to freya morningstar in OPEN ARMS and is forced to confront them in AQUA ASSEMBLY PT 4, when his job really begins.
  
  [break][break] ollie's not usually someone who wears his vulnerable emotions on his sleeve, much to popular belief. but cracks have happened in his confidence, starting with the betrayal of TRAITOR and the concurrent capture of people close to him like annalise henderson and Caleb Harcourt.
  
  [break][break] long story short — being head ranger, to ollie, is a double-edged sword.
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  RELATED THREADS [break][break]
  THE THIRD SPARK ft. Laurence Anderson [break]
  A RUDE MEETING ft. Raziel Beckett [break]
  RANGERS RISING 2 [break]
  HOUSE OF CARDS ft. Caleb Harcourt [break]
  THE HERO'S CROWN ft. Eva Morales [break]
  HEAD RANGER ft. willow atkins [break]
  EXCALIBUR ft. Raziel Beckett [break]
  CHEERS ft. GIDEON GRAVES [break]
  OPEN ARMS ft. freya morningstar [break]
  AQUA ASSEMBLY PT 4 [break]
  
  
  

• ANNALISE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (URGENT)[break][break]
  
  
  if there is one thing to be known about ollie morales, it is that friends and family are important to him.
  
  [break][break] he cares more about them than he cares about the factional war currently wrecking hoenn, of which he often stands at it's center. he's a character who would be more willing to put his job and life on the line for a friend than he would be for the league, a fact that he will continually be forced to deal with as other plots progress.
  
  [break][break] of those friends, annalise henderson is one of the most important to him. after years of writing letters, she's the one who re-introduced him into the hoenn rangers when he first landed on site in LONG TIME COMING.
  
  [break][break] their relationship also showcases the importance of platonic friendships, as well as displaying how important rangers are to ollie. they're family to him. anna accompanied him in both ranger rising events, in mt. pyre, and when he last saw her, which was in POSTDORMITUM. in that thread, he witnessed a fake, interdream version of his mother. annalise is the first and only person - on site - that he's talked about her to. once again, this shows a sort of vulnerability that ollie doesn't usually show to most people.
  
  [break][break] but then she gets kidnapped. he finds out in FLASHFIRE with Greyson Connors. then, dahlia goode announces that the league cannot go after her due to lack of resources. ollie is not so arrogant enough to betray the league's faith in him, but it frustrates him to no end. in the end, he and DEREK HOFFMAN go on a failed excursion FIRE ON FIRE in an attempt to save her. things only change when PENELOPE LIVY provides Greyson Connors information so he, as well as the other people who love annalise, put their differences aside and bind together in SAVE OUR CROWN.
  
  [break][break] this will finalize in a three-part adventure with MATIAS SILPH, Greyson Connors, DEREK HOFFMAN and our guest of honor, annalise henderson.
  
  
  
  
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  RELATED THREADS [break][break]
  LONG TIME COMING ft. annalise henderson [break]
  CARGO:OA ft. annalise henderson [break]
  FLASHFIRE ft. Greyson Connors [break]
  FIRE ON FIRE ft. DEREK HOFFMAN [break]
  SAVE OUR CROWN. ft. MATIAS SILPH, Greyson Connors & DEREK HOFFMAN [break][break]
  
  TITANS ft. MATIAS SILPH & Zev Harcourt [break]
  DEMIGODS ft. DEREK HOFFMAN, ollie morales & bryan delarosa [break]
  WARPATH ft. Greyson Connors & Felix Gallagher
  
  
  
  

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• N/A

• any notes/comments: SMOOCH SMOOCHES THANK YOU MY ADMINS

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• player/ooc name: ven
• character tags: Alexei Ivanov (Laurence Anderson has been listed in a separate post)

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• i’m coming home (july 31, however this falls within the first week of august)
• birb bonding (august 9)
• gleam (august 15)
• boys just being boys (august 24)
  

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. FORTREE GYM: BUSINESS AS USUAL[break]
  Between the previous and the current time, more challengers are showing up at his doorstep to ask for a badge. While most of the challenges are done to the tune of the good ol’ traditional battles, there are some who completely subverted his expectations and asked for a non-trad fight—something that makes him immensely happy.[break][break]
  
  Challenges that have been completed between then and now include:
  
  • homing pigeon (with lam logan)
  • laying low (with aaron faust)
  • D4C (with Navy)
  
  [break]
  Challenges that are ongoing and being processed include:
  
  • june (with onyx straub)
  • sergei dachev: league arc pt. 2 (with sergei dachev)
  • wyvern riding course (with Elise Calcifet)
  
  [break]
  More challengers are lining up for future badge battles, including absalom steel (currently meeting in making memories) and DESIREE BLOOMS (mentioned in gleam).
  

• 2. NEW CONNECTIONS MADE, OLD FRIENDSHIPS REVISITED[break]
  “Time really has a way with messing your perception of reality, doesn’t it?”[break][break]
  
  Ever since the ‘incident’ that involved him and a lot of other people being warped to an ‘alternate’ version of Galar, he’d returned with… with much more than he could really emotionally handle. Twenty years apart from the person he deeply cares about, in an alternate reality? It can sure do things to you.[break][break]
  
  Along the way while trapped in Hammerlocke, he’d rekindled old friendships such as the ones with Thomas Benoit (in the dark of the night) and Selena Desmarais (a lost queendom, besieged) and found new ones along the way with Miss Elise Calcifet (two decades in an instant).[break][break]
  
  Though he wasn’t sure if what happened there did happen, fact of the matter is that he has all the notes to prove it (as seen here between him and Guillermo Marceliño in i’m coming home) upon return, and all the mental… anguish that came along with it.[break][break]
  
  In an effort to get himself back to some semblance of normalcy, Miss Elise Calcifet pays him a visit (as shown in trauma central) where they have a deep dive discussion about what really happened between themselves in the alternate universe—how some missing things can never be filled (did the kids they adopted along the way really exist) but new friendships have been forged in their place.[break][break]
  
  During the Funtasia Carnival, he also finds time to reconnect with people he hadn’t heard from in a good while: Isaac Merlo (them just being idiots in boys just being boys) and Shalin Nariya (hanging out at the fairgrounds in step right up). Previous friendships are also revisited, like the one with Miss freya morningstar (old friends having a picnic with their Pokémon companions).
  

• 3. SEARCHING FOR CLUES[break]
  Until now, he hasn’t found a single shred of any information as to how he can make the Wandering Stormbringer, a.k.a. Tornadus change from his current humanoid form to the one that he saw in the mirror (last seen in journey), so he’s been bringing him along almost everywhere now, especially straight into the heart of League-related business.[break][break]
  
  Regardless, though, his search for answers continue—even if he has to face one of his most deep-seated fears head on while looking for information on the League’s behalf into the Ultra Deep Sea:
  
  • extraction: shalin & alexei #1 (with Shalin Nariya)
  • extraction: josh & alexei #1 (with Josh Devlin)
  • extraction: alex & johanna #1 (with Johanna Joy)
  • extraction: alex & doug #1 (with John Sullivan)
  
  [break]
  So far, though, he hasn’t a clue… maybe it has something to do with the feathers? Or are there other conditions that have to be met for him to find answers?
  

• any notes/comments: As the see-saw swings from one end to the other, so does the content. Either way, I’m prepared for what’s coming next… bring it on, Hoenn!

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• player/ooc name: Teddie
• character tags: Navy

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• Turnip the Beet
• The Longest Night
• You're in my way
• Golden Wind

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. THE WARRIOR'S ROAD // BAPTISM OF FIRE[break]Before the battle for the Seal Stone in Dewford, Navy was content to be a fence-sitter. Everyone in Hoenn who cares to have a part in the region’s fate undergoes baptism of fire. His was in the granite under the town he would come to defend in the coming months. Through battle with Cillian Quinn , Tempest Quinn , and most importantly Kouji Matsubara , he came to understand who he really is. For better or worse, the Battle of Dewford helped kindle Navy’s fighting spirit. [break][break]
  In the days that followed, at the recommendation of Councilwoman PENELOPE LIVY , Navy took up post as Dewford’s sheriff and gym leader. Deputizing Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki , he resolved to defend the town from the wider world. The fight between Rocket and League should be of little consequence to the hipsters that live in his little town. In the span of four short months, he’s come to thoroughly enjoy living in the small town.
  

• 2. SHEPHERD OF LOST CHILDREN // HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER[break]Navy’s always had a weak spot for children. It started with his brother. kyle lopez witnessed his shortcomings as an older brother firsthand when Navy told an innocent lie to Gabe. Instead of letting his brother live and have the opportunity for reckless mistakes, he sheltered him. Coddled him. Some might say Navy killed his brother with kindness.[break][break]
  Fate delivered him a second chance with a call from Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki ’s father. The girl’s father called in an old favor to procure Navy’s help smuggling Tsubaki out of Kanto. Most of the work was already done, all Navy had to do was take a cruise, pick her up, and help her settle into her new life. Things did not go as planned. After helping clear her name of murder, Navy took this new younger sister under his wing.[break][break]
  Tsubaki and Eris Halla have both been foundational for Navy as a character. Through the guidance, friendship, and camaraderie he’s shared with these girls, across multiple threads, he’s found the strength to keep fighting. Whether it’s watching a movie with Tsubaki, playing arcade games with Eris, or being there for them at a difficult time in their life, he’s always got their back.[break][break]
  He also made two promises. One to FERNANDO SILPH that he will try and persuade Hideo Kino to move somewhere safer. Failing that, he will look after him. The second promise was to himself, that he would look after Vanilla Kingsley while she searches for her father.[break][break]
  One can only hope he does not repeat the same mistakes…
  
• 3. THE WARRIOR'S ROAD // PATH OF CHAMPIONS[break]Navy makes no secret of his aspirations to be a Champion rank trainer, and even make a bid for kyle lopez ’s spot as Top Champion. Ironically, Kyle is Navy’s best friend. They grew up together in Slateport. Their circumstances in life are not so different from one another. Ironic that the chronically lazy Kyle should soar to such heights while the workaholic Navy was content to remain out of the spotlight.[break][break]
  Many of their threads explore what it means to be champion. Navy’s answer is that Hoenn’s champion must be a warrior, ready at a moment’s notice to rise up and defend their homeland. Kyle has picked up on how Navy’s ideals might lead him to an early grave in his battle at the Dewford gym.[break][break]
  Hoenn is also a land rife with strife. The theme of Navy’s gym is warfare. Rocket does not play fair. In an attempt to show the trainers of Hoenn the realities of the battlefield, his augmented gym challenge is designed to be unfair.[break][break]
  He tried to teach lam logan that you can’t always rely on your preferred format in his challenge thread.[break][break]
  Amor Rose and Navy fought in a battle of wills and ideals over whether it was morally correct to support the League in his challenge.[break][break]
  Vanilla Kingsley , perhaps the girl who needed this lesson more than anyone else, is shown that not every Pokemon battle plays out like it does on TV.[break][break]
  Josh Devlin was given the opportunity to showcase his resolve and how far he has come as a trainer in his explosive challenge.[break][break]
  He prays that, through helping others walk the path of champions, it will help him along his own journey. They’re all in this together.
  

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• The Warrior’s Road // Path of Legends[break]Michael Navidson is not an avatar. Through his friendships with avatars past, present, and future, he has come to believe that might be for the best. Navy knew Kyle before he was blessed by Ho-oh. He has seen how avatarship has changed Kyle and awakened a hero complex in his favorite slacker.[break][break]
  The way both Thomas Benoit and illeana reyes talk about her avatarship with tapu lele and his with yveltel frighten him. He describes avatars as “heroin addicts” to Kyle.[break][break]
  He has seen Josh Devlin ’s parasocial relationship warp his perspective. He hears the desire in Illeana’s voice when she speaks of Palkia. Everyone wants to be someone in Hoenn. If you court a legendary, your wildest dreams can come true.[break][break]
  He fears the toll they demand is too high. It is a price he would not pay lightly. Kyle thinks that he will inevitably catch something’s eye. Navy wants to be enough without a legendary. Time will tell where the Path of Legends takes him. For now, he is content to be a bystander. Life’s better without a monkey on your back.
  

• any notes/comments: Tempest Quinn is getting the free gym badge for this canon AC period. They conducted a successful attack on Navy's gym that was eventually repelled.

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• player/ooc name: crow
• character tags: freya morningstar

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• open arms
• rising water
• new leaf
• strays

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. SHED SKIN[break]freya has been on the council before. six months ago, she would have bared her teeth and laughed in your face if you told her she'd willingly take this position again. but then, with the lingering memories of galar fresh in mind and a crown cradled in her hands, she saw her bristling defenses as nothing more than an excuse - she's been running from the truth. follow-up discussion threads with Eva Morales , angelo vestri , illeana reyes , and more have made her realize she is not looked at only for the mistakes that she's made. that she is (though some would disagree) at her core, a good person. [break][break]that being said, she is not without skeletons in her closet. she hates MATIAS SILPH with every fiber of her being. her relationship with FERNANDO SILPH is complicated (though he might argue nonexistent) and she knows she has an uphill battle with doing right by the people of hoenn. sometimes that means stepping away from untangling the intricacies of corruption in the league and instead focusing on those directly affected by their pencil pushing actions, which she's currently exploring with John Sullivan .

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RELEVANT THREADS[break]
treacherous waves[break]
role model [break]
sorry about sima [break]
simmer [break]

• 2. UNSUNDER[break]freya has always loved monsters. before it was KING WAYLAND , it was Emma Wolfe . in the past couple of years, while she's been a rogue agent, she's fancied herself on the edges of it all, painfully and blissfully away from faction wars. she found companionship in the likes of Mei Liu , knowing full well who she works for. after learning her true identity, she solved a riddle with Elisabeth Fiorelli . this sympathy is a side to her that her companions, nevermind her colleagues, know about her.[break][break]she thought for a while she'd gone soft. to have her rage at the evil of all rockets tempered by a few surface-level kinships (and twenty years of nearly forgotten memories, but i degress), it's only steeled her resolve against what really matters: protecting their home and its people.[break][break]she admires the likes of Gunner Graves and John Sullivan for their work ethic. she considers ollie morales an ally and has plans to help with his and Raziel Beckett 's rehabilitation program for defecting rockets.

RELEVANT THREADS[break]
strays[break]
we knew each other once[break]
monsters [break]
rising water [break]

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. LEGENDARY[break]N/A

• any notes/comments: would love to do a small mini-thread series that i take on with league characters who want to express something important to them to a member of the council. make their voice heard. that kinda thing. idk, dm me or @ me in plotting if ur into that. councilwoman freya is here for U. 

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• player/ooc name: Pilo1
• character tags: Melody Miro

4 ic posts for avatar character:

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• Wanna be her (Past) (August 6th)
• Summer time fun (August 13th)
• Melody and Dahlia go on a date (August 20th)
• Skull and bones (august 27th, teddie took 5 years to edit his post to the correct one)

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• Pokemon Home.[break]
  Melody has officially recruited someone to assist her with moving the plot along a bit as they work on taking care of some of the pokemon they've already brought to the island thanks to Navy 's effort's! In addition to having Navy take on a more direct hand in the assistance of developing the island. Me and crow have also been discussing having freya morningstar become more involved in the development of project home as well since it is right up the council woman's alley! Thread pending tho hehe. [break][break]
  
  
  To recap: The goal of Pokémon home the acronym that stands for for Homeless, Orphaned, Mistreated, Emancipated. This project is meant to rescue and rehabilitate Pokémon who have suffered from the actions of humans and are in need of care. Currently, Pokemon Home is located on the mirage island north of FORETREE city and is an island that is very underdeveloped due to a lack of resources which is why Melody wants to rope in Freya and is going to look to have Eva Morales join so they can have someone who can treat the injuries of the pokemon there.[break][break]
  
  Star power is melody and navy's interactions while carrying out Pokémon home duties and also talking about their personal aspirations. Skull and bones is about them gaining more Pokémon they've rescued.

Some relevant threads:[break]
Star power[break]
Skull and bones[break]

• 2. I think therefore I am [break]
  Now that Melody has gotten used to living with not knowing who she was and this new found freedom of hers, she's having doubts on this. She thinks about trying to go back to how it was when she was under madeleine's influence in wanna be her as she found life a lot easier back then in the thread named Wanna be her, where she confronts ollie morales and the conversation he and MATIAS SILPH had during the christmas party that made Ollie distance himself from Melody. [break][break]
  
  Then in the thread where Melody and Dahlia go on a nice little private walk together, Melody shares her insecurities with Dahlia. They talk about their shared trauma of dealing with Nihilego Neurotoxin where Melody reveals more personal insecurities to the commissioner which ties back into a thread an old thread with FERNANDO SILPH pointing out her past failed actions. [break][break]
  
  Lastly, post Goodbye Galar event. kyle lopez, MATIAS SILPH, and Melody all go to the silent icelands for a little trip. Once they set up camp and get cozy in, the three begin to talk a bit about their past upbringings and the conversation shifts over to the subject of GG. Melody shares with the group some insecurities and things she can remember about the dream. Mostly that her insecurity with Cobalion was confirmed and that she was happily married and with kids. However the piece that bothers her is not being able to remember how she got over her current problems which they try to help with.[break][break]
  
  

Relevant Threads:[break]
Wanna be her[break]
Dahlia and Melody go on a lil itty bitty date[break]
Summer time fun[break]

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. LEGENDARY[break]
  N/A
  

• any notes/comments: Aside from the stuff listed above! Melody is also currently doing a league interview with Navy .

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• player/ooc name: pilo1
• character tags: bryan delarosa

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• Anastasis
• Headed straight for the floor (GG au)
• Piratical defense
• Flowers for Xerneas

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• 1. Old Habits die hard [break]
  
  Bryan has begun to take a different approach when it comes to garnering influence in rocket. Instead of just using fear and aggression against people in the past to get them to fall in line. He has begun to employ a different variety of methods to get people to fall to his desires and expand his social circles to types of characters he wouldn't normally interact with. Such examples would be like the recent threads with Naomi Sato, Amor Rose, and mint frost. [break][break]
  
  Bryan used his status as an avatar to gain favor with both Naomi Sato and Amor Rose to have them studying his blood with the promise of Liquor, booze, and information. The information piece I think will be the most interesting piece as Bryan wants to understand more about the nature of his avatarship to see if there is anything he can do to defend himself against necrozma coming to feast upon the new tree of life. [break][break]
  
  In terms of mint frost, Bryan had used mint to satisfy his own carnal desires and me and kimmy are currently still threading out what happen in GG (cause of me in school sadge) but it's going to expand over a long period of time that slowly starts to affect his relationships with other characters such as Bryan and priam conrad's eventual break up due to a fight with priam being ok with his actions.[break][break]
  
  All in all it's a fun lil plot of bryan re-learning how to manipulate others into getting what he wants without being obvious and expanding his social circles a bit.
  
  Relevent threads:[break]
  Xerneaussy (Nomi thread)[break]
  PC BF (priam thread)[break]
  Flower for Xerneas(Amor thread)[break]
  Anastasis
  
  

• 2. Necrozma[break]
  Bryan was always terrified of Necrozma since he discovered what it had done to his good friend Chu-e Choi and how it made him into an evil creature. In an attempt to say Chu-e Choi from his fate like he had promised him way back when (in a thread that I cant fuckin find, yams lmk if u can find it) Bryan accidentally unleashes Necrozma from Chu-e's body and the parasite finds a new suitable host. One that is perfectly health and able bodied to handle it's abnormal nature. [break][break]
  
  
  Since then bryan has been rather stand off-ish and avoidant of Zev Harcourt but has slowly grown to understand that this situation is different compared to when Choi was the host for Necrozma and he seems to exercise better control over it. He pushes Zev a bit during a sparing match just to see how well Zev could control the creature and despite the numerous close calls bryan encountered, it wasn't enough for the fellow beast to feast upon him for his energy. [break][break]
  
  Not only has he begun to feel comfortable, but he's starting to drop his guard around zev and see him as a friend? Pog?
  
  Relevent threads:[break]
  Excision[break]
  Shields up[break]
  Piratical defense
  
  

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• 1. LEGENDARY[break]
  Since becoming the avatar of Xerneas, Bryan quickly became someone who was fearless due to his fear of death being effectively staved off and feeling like he was a god amongst men which was explored in a very old thread with elijah gardner. Since then, Bryan has learned he is not as powerful as he though as such things being able to work around his regenerative abilities such as ultra deep sea adapting to him and creating poisons that can tear into him faster than he can heal, Necrozma's presence returning to Hoenn via Zev Harcourt, and Elisabeth Fiorelli possibly posing a new threat with her ability to absorb the life of nearby fauna. Such feelings were shown briefly in dissmeninate 2 as Bryan tells walsh he wants to stay as far as possible away from Necrozma but is told by walsh he is expected to assist if it is asked of him. Bryan going forward now I think is going to become selfish in a different way where he is more likely to run away from situations he might actually die in now going forward in an effort to preserve his own life with these new threats.

• any notes/comments:

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• player/ooc name: aero
• character tags: kyle lopez

4 ic posts for canon characters:

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• my king
• campfire stories
• talkies
• the florist

summarize 2 plots that are in-progress and being threaded:

• ex challenges[break]
  kyle continues to be the ever so curious person who starts to get excited as his dreams of being isekai'd to a fantasy world is starting to become reality. as such, he will still be active in poking dangerous areas of the region despite the lack of necessity to do so.
  [break][break]
  he joins Josh Devlin in hunting for the dogs, exploring caverns of the previous site of the galar adventures with his coincidental rendezvous with Zev Harcourt, and attempts to understand glaciate ice with Raziel Beckett and Thomas Benoit among others. he writes it off as champion duties, but they are, before anything else, personal indulges.
  [break][break]
  more experiments concerning the ultra space, such as attempts to play with megalopolan items with MATIAS SILPH and other things concerning zygarde cell they found on mechanical kingdom are to come.

• sync pair scout[break]
  when dahlia goode assigns kyle and Katherine Fairburne the opportunity to scout for potential members of aqua, kyle doesn't seem to take it seriously at first, though the reason lies with his standards.
  [break][break]
  enter Navy, who is willing to die for the cause and be a body in front of him. over the span of multiple threads, kyle probes the ex-private investigator's motives, witnessing the transformation he took. he goes to understand that he teeters on the line of dumb enough to risk consequences but smart enough know those consequences.
  [break][break]
  the assessment ends with their gym challenge, where the challenger becomes the tester. recruitment comes late since kyle is too lazy to acquire the form in time.

if an avatar, summarize how you've utilized[break]the legendary/avatarship for collaborative narrative:

• sync grid[break]
  goodbye galar has given kyle an excuse to familiarize himself with the extent of his abilities off-screen. although they still come off as natural reflex for him, nostalgic familiarity makes for a good reason to use it without breaking the narrative of kyle being uncertain of their usage. this will hopefully allow him to use them more liberally on future events, with the dagger memento from goodbye galar that can be utilized as a means to activate the aftermath ability more liberally.
  [break][break]
  the free use of sacred ash beasts makes things easy for kyle to display strength and versatility as an avatar, making it a cheap tool to use when needed. examples of the showcase includes aqua assessment for Navy and weaning Josh Devlin from his obsession.
  [break][break]
  ho-oh remains estranged to kyle, although their bond remains unconditionally strong from blind faith. purity remains to be the value upheld by the legend, and as long as kyle remains true to his heart, there was no need for guidance to be given by the patron.

• any notes/comments:

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