I could be convinced of this, because I want to do battles but I also want the Espurr+Jacinto combination.
Trails of Tera Steel (Kiseki-inspired Pokemon Academy Quest)
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Speaking of Bonds, I don't know know about you all but I'm going to prioritize our pokemon first and humans second. Not to say I want to shun them but our team is our team, who will be our side constantly. We need to trust them and they need to trust us. Bond 3 seems like a good minimum for that. That's mainly why I'm voting for Espurr and Roland.
Not even mentioning the mechanical benefits.
Not even mentioning the mechanical benefits.
I agree with the focus on pokemon bonds, but the Jacinto option just feels too in character in regards to the pressure of being class president. And not having a first conversation with Espurr after that would feel extremely weird.
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Been going over the vote in the back of my head while I was working, and I think we're giving up too easily on trying to match Nemona. I know OOC the mental health week plan is trying to take Jenkins advice to heart and not burn out, but I don't think Mariana's in the right headspace for that? IC she's more likely to think she has no chance of surpassing her (one-sided) rival, so she's scared of trying.
Instead I looked at the maths, and we actually have a decent chance of both getting Roland to 2nd badge level but also reaching SKLL 13 before FE1! Let me review:
We're at 1100/3200 to SKLL 13 and 0/2000 for Roland, so we'd need 2100 and 2000 respectively. Including this week, we've got 10 actions left. With 2AP for Espurr, 1AP for Class Prez and 1AP for Library, so that's 6 actions left. If we take Advanced Battle each week, we'll get 1200-1800 XP for each. One training action, one normal battle action, and one Ranger action would leave us at 1500-2400 XP to SKLL and PKMN in total, plus whatever we get for SKLL if we pass the Ranger action, which is enough to level up both if we're decently lucky. We could swap the Ranger action for another normal battle if we want more PKMN XP, but that really depends on what the DC's are like and how much money we gain/lose from each action. If we join the Battle Club as well, then that's an additional 250XP to SKLL which would give us a bit more leeway.
If we only take one library action this month, we'll be at 730/1400 at the end of the month (ignoring any club XP). We could then take 1 or 2 library actions in Week 2 next month, to maximise our KNOW gains towards rank 9 while we still have the x2 bonus. Or we could not do any library action this month and pick another Ranger/battle/training action to really focus on getting the rank-ups
[X] Plan: The Promised New Dawn
[X] Plan: Reaching That Distant Sunrise
[x] Feast of the Maiden
[x] Ivy Knight Exhibition
Instead I looked at the maths, and we actually have a decent chance of both getting Roland to 2nd badge level but also reaching SKLL 13 before FE1! Let me review:
We're at 1100/3200 to SKLL 13 and 0/2000 for Roland, so we'd need 2100 and 2000 respectively. Including this week, we've got 10 actions left. With 2AP for Espurr, 1AP for Class Prez and 1AP for Library, so that's 6 actions left. If we take Advanced Battle each week, we'll get 1200-1800 XP for each. One training action, one normal battle action, and one Ranger action would leave us at 1500-2400 XP to SKLL and PKMN in total, plus whatever we get for SKLL if we pass the Ranger action, which is enough to level up both if we're decently lucky. We could swap the Ranger action for another normal battle if we want more PKMN XP, but that really depends on what the DC's are like and how much money we gain/lose from each action. If we join the Battle Club as well, then that's an additional 250XP to SKLL which would give us a bit more leeway.
If we only take one library action this month, we'll be at 730/1400 at the end of the month (ignoring any club XP). We could then take 1 or 2 library actions in Week 2 next month, to maximise our KNOW gains towards rank 9 while we still have the x2 bonus. Or we could not do any library action this month and pick another Ranger/battle/training action to really focus on getting the rank-ups
[X] Plan: The Promised New Dawn
[X] Plan: Reaching That Distant Sunrise
[x] Feast of the Maiden
[x] Ivy Knight Exhibition
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Just woke up
If people wanna ask questions now is the time
Full Disclosure: I'm not writing a Polycule
If people wanna ask questions now is the time
Full Disclosure: I'm not writing a Polycule
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This has a few thoughts buzzing on my head for a while... We've been focusing on the trails aspects because there are plenty of characters that are similar to others that will likely never be there 1 for 1, but what about the pokemon aspect? Like, when do the events of the Scarlet/Violet games start, if they'll even happen? The only frame of reference for recent stuff is the team star incident, which may come to since it seems there's no bullying on any of the prime actors. Idk about Arven's situation tho, since we haven't met him yet, but is possible in one of the actions (I think it was the library one?, but Arvis edited them away) and guaranteed meeting by joining the Cooking Club.
That's fair. Trails of cold steel doesn't have harem endings, as far as I know.
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Are we going to see other examples of the subplots alluded to in Rattata and Shuppet's votes, or are we focusing on the Pokémon experimentation plot since that's what we picked up the hook for when offered?
Any major changes based on changing the setting to a fantastical Spain from a fantastical Germany other than aesthetics?
Is the Great Crater/Area Zero still a no-man's land of mystery or had it been replaced by an industrial heartland?
Where the hell is Rime? Every time I Google it I just get Mr. Rime.
Actually now that I make a joke about Carlists, the Erebonian Civil War is actually closer to a Carlist uprising than most other historical revolts, because...look. It's an alliance between absolutely buttmad reactionaries who are annoyed that the wrong person was on the throne centuries ago, feudal landholders fighting for their priveleges against a central power, and significantly more progressive decentralists who just really hate the central government's authoritarianism. And the bleedover between these groups is very hard to pin down concisely, when you get down to it, even if different wings are clearly only working with each other because they hate Osborne personally.
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So incidentally, here's some dialogue from a Team Star Grunt outside of Eri's base in Scarlet and Violet, named Carmen;
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Regarding Team Star and the potential Scarlet/Violet plot...I also can't help but notice that the time gap between "Operation Star" and the events of Scarlet and Violet is the exact same length as the timeskip between Trails of Cold Steel 2 and 3. Make of that what you will, but I have a feeling that we might still see those guys be a thing but with a different origin than a group chat getting out of hand.
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All three are kind of interconnected, but Experimentation gets main billing and will be the focus of Field Exercise 3
The Great Crater Exists and is blocked off from anyone below Clearance Level E4 as per order of the Paldean League
Rime City is me slightly changing the name of the Detective Pikachu Setting of Ryme City. Mostly cause Scarlet and Violet have a character named Ryme. If Paldea is Not!Spain and Kalos is Not!France. Rime is around Toulousse or Marsaille. It is basically Crossbell.
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Thank you!
I figured the Crossbell connection from context clues, but the Detective Pikachu connection is something I didn't think of. It makes sense and definitely fits the setting of like, one big city that's its own thing with some outlying territories. Added bonus of Occitanian autonomy too, of course.
Also while we're talking about Trails here, I guess the Liberl parallel in this setting is Galar? I believe they're established as being on the bleeding edge of "quality" Orbal technology, plus I always took Queen Alicia as a Queen Victoria figure (albeit without the infamously enormous family).
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Considering Team Star certainly do remember the mention that after that incident the teaching staff gets replaced. Also the deputy Director erasing it as ever happening.
Do wonder about the sister academy in Unova.
Wonder how the events will factor in that the protagonist from what I can guess are twins now based off that twins from Galar line? Are both Scarlet and Violet so past and future relevent or just Scarlet based off of the uniforms? Not sure if this has been asked before...
Do wonder about the sister academy in Unova.
Wonder how the events will factor in that the protagonist from what I can guess are twins now based off that twins from Galar line? Are both Scarlet and Violet so past and future relevent or just Scarlet based off of the uniforms? Not sure if this has been asked before...
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Class VII have Red Uniforms. The Noble Classes (Class I-III) have Purple Uniforms and the Commoner Classes (Class IV-VI) have Green Uniforms
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Bit funny that people keep talking about the trails side and not the pokemon side.
Mainly cuz I only know trails from fanfic (that SI by Randomguy on SB is neat enough), and thus am approaching this mainly from the pokemon side of things.
Mainly cuz I only know trails from fanfic (that SI by Randomguy on SB is neat enough), and thus am approaching this mainly from the pokemon side of things.
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I think part of it is that there is a lot on the Trails side that you can talk about, but on the Pokemon side we don't have that much ammunition right now.
Team Star doesn't exist yet, the Gyms are something we'll get to eventually, the Stakes for the 4 Calamities or whatever are a good possible talking point, they're also locked behind having a 6-Badge Pokémon, the politics are somewhat Trails based too.
Point is, Trails comparisons are there and ready to fire, but we need to progress a little more if we want to get to the real meat in terms of Pokemon comparisons.
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What I know about Trails amounts to stuff from a fanfic, another quest, and what I looked at on TvTropes. And the first two I didn't really get far with.
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Changing Votes
[X] Plan: The Promised New Dawn
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] Advanced BATTLE
-[X] Grade 8 Ranger Work
-[X] Phantasmal Feline
-[X] Espurr
-[X] Jacinto
[X] Plan: Reaching That Distant Sunrise
[X] Masked Maiden Masquerade
[X] Feast of the Maiden
[X] Plan: The Promised New Dawn
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] Advanced BATTLE
-[X] Grade 8 Ranger Work
-[X] Phantasmal Feline
-[X] Espurr
-[X] Jacinto
[X] Plan: Reaching That Distant Sunrise
[X] Masked Maiden Masquerade
[X] Feast of the Maiden
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[X] Plan Mental Health Week
-[X] Phantasmal Feline
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] Grade 8 Ranger Work
-[X] Roland
-[X] Espurr
[X] Masked Maiden Masquerade
-[X] Phantasmal Feline
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] Grade 8 Ranger Work
-[X] Roland
-[X] Espurr
[X] Masked Maiden Masquerade
People You've Met
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People you've met:
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Your Best Friend. Was supposed to go with you to Mesagoza Academy but she failed the exams. Will be undergoing her Trainer's Journey this August.A friend you met in Levincia. Really young despite being in Mesagoza Academy. Troubled background.
Pokemon: Argy the Beldum, ???, ???, ???A friend you met in Mesagoza. Really intelligent but also suffers from foot-in-mouth syndrome in social situations
Pokemon: Cornelia the CarbinkYour Rival. One-sided on your end. Loves Battling and is a savant when it comes to Pokemon training and battle.
Pokemon: Sunny the MonfernoYour Co-worker and Classmate. Kind of unlucky. Really kind person
Pokemon: Rin the Honedge -
Jamukha: Your dad. Kind of a Goofball. Can get deadly serious.
Fadime: Mom. Loving. Caring. Terrifying. Was the daughter of a Shaman
Michel: Your older brother. Likes Pokemon more than people
Tamara: Your younger sister. Playful. Loves teasing people she like. Likes Timothee.
Timothee: Your adoptive brother. Family died in a Mightyena raid. Certified Brat. But he's your brat -
You talked a bit but you really don't know her. Is apparently a noble. A member of Class IIYou met them while wandering Mesagoza. A friend of Atticus. Informal. A student from Class V
Bond Level 0
1/2 to Bond 1The third member of your Club's cooking group. Is kind of like Erika but a guy, so way more insufferable. Is nice to Ostia. A student from Class IV
Bond Level 1
0/3 to Bond 2
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Aliya
Someone I might become
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So, gonna shill for the Advanced plan a bit, and point out that Mariana probably won't feel better about falling behind, she will feel worse. Sure, it is pricey, and feeds into the crush the obsession, but for now keeping up and taking some W is the best way to soothe Mariana's complex, IMO.
[X] Plan: The Promised New Dawn
[x] Feast of the Maiden
[x] Ivy Knight Exhibition
Voting for this plan because I want to do some battling and I also want the Espurr+Jacinto combo (start trying to talk things out with our new mon and do our class president duties).
[x] Feast of the Maiden
[x] Ivy Knight Exhibition
Voting for this plan because I want to do some battling and I also want the Espurr+Jacinto combo (start trying to talk things out with our new mon and do our class president duties).
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