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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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Aero

conrad
he/him
22
december 18
vermillion city, kanto
anything goes
errand boy
grunt
lost in thoughts
ALL ALONE
843 height
843 height
Embrace the dark you call a home, Gaze upon an empty, white throne
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priam conrad
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POSTED ON Oct 29, 2023 9:24:31 GMT
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the setting was fancy, but his look was not. everyone he sees, including himself, did not have any feature. he supposed it's a good thing, given that he doesn't have to contend for being in the spotlight, but at the same time, he's not sure if they're other people in the same predicament or empty husks that are meant to fill the room.

he doesn't care. this was his own dream, and he's going to make it about himself. an adventure in its own right, priam has already decided that he's going to make the best of it. this is his world now, and if anyone else dares to take his spotlight, then they better be ready to face steep competition.

it's such a bother that the banquet was empty and without food, but the hero will have to save the kingdom first before the celebration arrives. that was what the description of the place screams to him, at least.

the screen pops up. trigger fingers were almost responsible to sabotage his plans, but he has the foresight to stop and look first in unfamiliar environments. he makes his choice without a doubt.

[NO]


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Ven

Alex / Lexy
he / him / his
thirty
december 22
Mistralton, Unova
homosexual demiromantic
fortree gym leader
gym leader
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Alexei Ivanov
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POSTED ON Oct 29, 2023 18:10:59 GMT
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Huh?

He blinked at the notification, and then even thought he was losing his shit when he brought it up the next day. Funny how some of these things work, right?

And then there was a riddle… oh, shit, he was terrible at these kinds of things! Yikes! Either way, though, he knew that he was going to fuck this up, however the obvious answer was…

‘NO’

And then it was asking him for a prompt.

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nickname: Alyosha[break]
title: the highflying hemophobe[break]
shadow pokemon: aerodactyl[break]


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Pilo

Melly
she/her
26
July 9
Lilycove
Straight
Idol
Elite 4
Navy
Dating
5'6 height
5'6 height
hoenn
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Melody Miro
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Melody looked at her phone and raised her eyebrow. What in the world? The messaged filled her with some dread as she thought the dreams were harmless for the most part. But ever since she participated in that event, Maksim had been acting strange and begun to manifest strange characteristics...maybe this would be a way to fix that? Or at least get more answers on what exactly was happening to him or if two things were even related. [break][break]

Regardless, she makes her choice [break][break]

"No"


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nickname: Rapunzel [break]
title: The crybaby diva [break]
shadow pokemon: Herdier[break]


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lou

lam
he/him
twenty-six
may 7th
hau’oli city, alola
rooksexual (demi)
lilycove gym leader
gym leader
dinner in bed, and korean food, say ‘i love you’ just a little bit too soon.
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POSTED ON Oct 31, 2023 1:23:28 GMT
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The first time he wakes, in the darkness of his living room to the blue light of the tv screen in power-saver mode and the incessant buzz of the new message, all while sprawled on the couch—game controller fallen out of hand, Lam is far too disoriented to give much thought to the riddle that pops up. Bleary eyed, he stares at it tosses his phone down on the coffee table. Frankly, it takes all of his willpower to make it from point A of the living room to point B of his actual bed before passing out again after shuffling his partner back over to his own side of the bed.[break][break]

He’ll figure it out in the morning. (Something that of course doesn’t happen once the message erases itself.) Though the internet sleuths of Hoenn pose interesting theories that are way bigger-brained than he’d ever work out on his own—he can’t argue. It’s all sorts compelling.[break][break]

When the passes over and he wakes again, it is not to the light in his bedroom, or the coziness of his duvet (annoying.) The brightly lit room and it’s snubbull enthroned do well to sour his mood instantly, as do the unidentifiable avatars that sprout up around him. embody him, he notes with a cursory look at himself. It’s too early for this, for the question that pops up in front of him in blinking font, posturing a query he is simply too groggy to truly think much upon.[break][break]

He has half a mind to say yes, get me the heck outta here. It’s far less cozy than his mundanely domestic dreaming had been. Yes, it was cool and all going down an internet rabbit hole of theories and typed out debates on higher meaning but, like, sleep, man.[break][break]

His finger slips and he selects [NO.][break][break]

So much for that. But hey, he can back out any time— the game said so. Might as well hang out for a little bit.[break][break]

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nickname: lammergeier[break][break]

title: the birdbrained aerial ace of inertia[break][break]

shadow pokemon: psyduck[break]


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Aria

Red
She/Her/Her
23
March 14
Shalour City, Kalos
bicurious
Fashion Designer
Grunt
Single
19 height
19 height
What fire does not destroy, it hardens
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Mirabella Fontaine
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POSTED ON Oct 31, 2023 3:48:32 GMT
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Mirabella raised an eyebrow at all this. Her dreams were just a fantasy. She could never that power she so desired nor the happy from a friend she had betrayed. The only was the bliss while she worked to be an evil abomination. This seem off more than anything one could have expected thus far.  No string attached? Did she look like she was born yesterday?

So there was dangerous to the game? Or was something doing this to make a mentally spiral than she already did already with in the fake Galar? The redhead sighed she didn't have time for it.  However what is going on the sight of fighting that mean others tried to say no and where dragged against their will? [Yes.] If she was in for more hell then so bit it.

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nickname: Reddevil[break]
title: Pompous Bitch Biscuit[break]
shadow pokemon: Alcremie[break]


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scrim

Riles
he/they
twenty
december 22
the under
homosexual
student
civilian
oh, only silence can repair... my sense of self i lost somewhere.
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POSTED ON Oct 31, 2023 4:56:06 GMT
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The riddle had first appeared to Riley in a polaroid.

It had been a fairly simple landscape shot, one of his many for a class assignment, so... needless to say, he'd been a little shocked to see words burned into the side of a cliff, but only in the photo. Then, as quick as he could blink, the words were gone.

Now, Riley didn't like a secret he couldn't solve. He may have gone a little overboard trying to figure out, actually. But his gut told him that this was somehow linked to Rook and his... unfortunate personality change. He'd already been losing sleep over the Umbreon, so dedicating more time to solving this mystery had been a easy slope to stumble down. He'd raked his mind for a solution over and over, tried everything, but nothing seemed to work. Except... it couldn't be that simple, could it?

When Riley awoke in the strange dream world, he'd almost been irritated. But that quickly washed away, replaced with curiosity and anticipation. What fresh hell had he gotten into? When the pop-up had appeared, he hesitated. Only for a moment. But then he remembered Asta, who couldn't even stay in the same room as his partner thanks to the Umbreon's newfound possessiveness. And that was all the resolve he needed.

[NO]


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karma[break]
the brooding king of the damned[break]
umbreon[break]


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howitzer

sky, finn charbonneau
he/him
34
february 18
virbank city, unova
demisexual
writer
associate
disguised smoke and mirrors tuning the inner eye, the link the infinite lies within the dreamscape
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schuyler tate
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POSTED ON Oct 31, 2023 14:35:46 GMT
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Riddles were a fine thing to place out there. People often overthought them when the solution was simple when not much thought was poured into it. But prior to the message, he noticed his ace pokemon had begun to act... different. It's ultimately not a concern of his when his Pangoro had begun to manifest darker energy that followed those strange yet vivid dreams he'd experienced. Some of those dreams maybe laced with truth, some laced with his imagination. But that's what dreams were all about right? Imagining things. But maybe the message is a way for him to thank whatever had caused his Pangoro to grow stronger. Because in the end, strength was all that really mattered. As he took in the scene on his screen, he let out a nose exhale at the sprite that was supposed to represent him. It was cute and amusing.

Schuyler was given the opportunity to back out of whatever this was. He shook his head as his thumb pressed on [ NO ].

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rhett[break]
the eccentric eclectic edgelord[break]
pangoro[break]


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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
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Shalin Nariya
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 0:51:08 GMT
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Waking from her dream with her lower arm beet red, Shalin found herself in a banquet hall. She stumbled to her feet upon finding out she could only feel with one arm. She knew her Pokémon team well enough that only a giant bug Pokémon was capable of inflicting such internal injuries. Groaning, she tilted her head toward her belt. Flit's Poké Ball was empty. Worse yet, purple wisps floated around it, like those of a Shadow Pokémon.

Oh no.

Shalin, determined to figure out what happened to her precious partner, Flit, made her choice of [NO].

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nickname: Wydwen[break]
title: The Vibrating Vexation[break]
shadow pokemon: Yanmega[break]


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Epic BugCatcher

009
He, him, his
40
March 31
Freezington, Galar
Irrelevant.
INTERPOL Agent / Police Deputy Chief
Lieutenant Officer
Widowed.
With daughters!
119 kg (262 lbs) / 196 cm (6' 5") height
119 kg (262 lbs) / 196 cm (6' 5") height
Was doing swords and shields before it was cool.
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Gwyar Wledig
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 1:14:45 GMT
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He considers the text box in front of him briefly, head cocked ever so slightly.

[NO]

No one ever learned or gained anything in Hoenn by minding their own business.

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nickname: 009[break]
title: The chivalrous delusional has-been [break]
shadow pokemon: Aegislash[break]


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rysa

June Bug
she/her
twenty-six
April 21
Mauville City
Bisexual
Delivery-Person
civilian
5"4' height
5"4' height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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June never was the 'smart' type. Riddles, puzzles, anything that required critical thinking skills-- forget it. Beyond her scope of skills. But this simple riddle, this simple task? Hand crafted for people like her. Others struggled to piece it together, but she solved it in about two minutes. Just wanted the damn Shadow Pokemon in the machine, right? 

Once she 'loaded into the dream', she looked at her surroundings. Such a weird place, so unlike where she started last time. But maybe this was a hub world, or something. As long as she could go back, then nothing mattered. When the prompt came up, she answered in record time. Surely a new record, she slammed her hand onto the right.

[NO]


Anything at all. Please. Just as long as she didn't have to deal with that weird Gholdengo. June needed to see her Dad again. Please.



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nickname: Junebug [break]

title: Fast as Fuck Boi[break]

shadow pokemon: Galvantula[break]





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Pilo1

B
He/Him
30
July 9th
Little Root
Gay
Beast
Rocket Beast
Priam conrad
nappy pals
637 height
637 height
Well if it's war that you want then you got it, if it's pain then I got what you need.
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bryan delarosa
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 3:44:56 GMT
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This message was strange...he could leave at any point? according to this thing? He didn't really get tech all that much..but...he doesn't exactly dwell on it for too long and presses "No"
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nickname: Wolf [break]
title: The big stupid brute [break]
shadow pokemon: Chestnaught [break]


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spiral

silph
SIR
twenty-nine
august 12th
saffron
oppressive
silph co. ceo
council member
POWER IS TAKEN, NEVER GIVEN—SO TAKE WHAT YOU ARE OWED
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FERNANDO SILPH
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 6:58:25 GMT
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a man who is never wrong does not fear his choices. for no matter which options he picks, he will twist and turn the world onto itself until it bends to his whim. that is why they hate him. that is why they despise themselves for never living up to him.

the screen dissolves at his touch.


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detested dogmatist[break]
cloyster[break]


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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
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 8:08:26 GMT
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What was he even looking at with this riddle. Was it someone asking people for some kind of internet date or something? Well whatever he wasn't one to turn down going on fun little adventures. After all that snubbull was pretty adorable. So he picked the option to let him stay here; [NO].

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wynter soldier[break]
bull-headed beefcake babyface[break]
(shadow) roserade[break]


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Teddie

Navy
He/Him
32
October 13th
Slateport
Heterosexual
E4; Gym Leader
Sheriff
I'd go through hell
to hold your hand
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"
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Michael Navidson
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 9:07:15 GMT
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"This feels like a trick question." The sheriff muses when he gets asked a simple question. Leave it to the discount detective to overthink things. Finally, he settles on his answer: no. He doesn't want to leave. Not yet. After his scrap with the All-Father, he wants to see what happens next.

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nickname: Navy[break]
title: SHERIFF BY DAY, GUMSHOE BY NIGHT, IIIIIT'S THE DISCOUNT DETECTIVE [break]
shadow pokemon: Infernape[break]


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Tsukistar

They/Them
21
May 14th
Ecruteak City
Pansexual
Phantom Thief
Grunt
5'11" / 180.3cm height
5'11" / 180.3cm height
Fox tails hidden under wedding dresses
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Makoto Kurumi
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POSTED ON Nov 1, 2023 12:12:11 GMT
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This was different, from the dreams that they had experienced before. Something about it felt less kind, less warm - even aside from the ruined banquet hall they found themself in. A number of faceless avatars milled about - and looking into the reflection from a broken painting, they found that they were the same.

The temptation was there, to wake up. But if this was just a dream... Then there was no harm in lingering,

right?

[NO]

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nickname: Kyubi[break]
title: The Many-Faced Trickster[break]
shadow pokemon: Ninetales[break]


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