In recent times, Pokémon have been vanishing from this world. Fewer and fewer appear in the wild anymore, and people only have a guess as to why. It’s believed that their disappearance is somehow connected to the sudden increase in the number of people that own shadow Pokémon…at least, that’s what people are saying. The Pokémon used by these trainers are more powerful than most. Rumor has it that there’s a new group utilizing machinery, very similar to what had been used before, in the Orre region, to create shadow Pokémon out of wild Pokémon. However, that still doesn’t explain the sudden drop in wild Pokémon completely. After all, there are still many more Pokémon missing than there are shadow Pokémon owned by trainers. And that certainly doesn’t explain why the few Pokémon that are still found in the wild are much more vicious lately, attacking to kill, even if they aren’t hunting for food. Their only hope: The School.

Shadow Pokémon: A Pokémon whose heart has been artificially closed, turning it into a mindless, emotionless fighting machine. They fight to kill, and do not differentiate between their Pokémon opponents, and the trainers that back them up, and are likely to attack and kill either.

Purification: The process of purification is a long one, and takes patience to complete. The only way to purify them is to befriend them, and remind them of the feelings and emotions that they have lost. But even then, they aren’t completely purified. They need to be taken back to the school, where teachers and staff have developed machinery that completes the purification process. Their machinery has been based off the original process of completing the purification; they have studied the area around Celebi’s Shrine that was once used to complete this process, and copied it into their machinery.

The School: With the sudden increase in possible shadow Pokémon sightings, a school has been created to attempt to control the problem. They are training young students to be able to catch purify, and release the Pokémon back into the wild. Eventually, they hope to catch and bring down the gang that is causing the problem. Lately, though, they haven’t even come across a trace that might lead them to it.
The school itself exists on an island, where Pokémon are still common enough, but even now they are slowly starting to vanish. The students are split into two separate teaching styles, one for seeing and understanding, and one for catching and training.

Seeing: Students in this section are trained to be able to care for Pokémon, especially shadow Pokémon, seeing as they seem to have slightly different needs. They are then required to train the Pokémon in survival within its own habitat, as far as searching for its own food, shelter, and company, and being able to decide whether or not the Pokémon it ready to be released into the wild. These students use machinery to be able to see the black aura surrounding shadow Pokémon. They receive their first Pokémon in order to practice caring for them, and may ask for help from older and more experienced students, or from teachers. If a teacher suspects that they are not properly caring for their Pokémon, the teacher may or may not insist it be released back into the wild and that the student learn more before catching another. In order to be able to see the Pokémon, the students must be able and willing to learn and understand a Pokémon’s behavior in the wild, and be able to teach them to survive in the wild as they naturally would.

Catching: These students are trained to befriend the Pokémon, and help those that can see to care for them. These students are only required to know how to teach Pokémon to battle, and to survive in fights in the wild. These students use machinery in order to turn ordinary pokeballs into snag balls, that are capable of catching Pokémon that already belong to other trainers. This is only to be used for the capture of shadow Pokémon, and a student will have both their Pokémon and machine taken away if found using it to catch other Pokémon from trainers. The students in this program must be able to defend themselves and their partners should their Pokémon fall, and have an understanding for training Pokémon to battle successfully.

One student from each program is partnered up, to create a team of two that can successfully capture, train, purify, and release Pokémon into the wild. These pairs are not allowed to leave the island except in teams. A team will be made up of several pairs, led by the eldest in the group. These teams will only leave the island on specific missions, and those missions can only be assigned by a teacher, and are to be taken very seriously. Some teams will be sent out more often than others, based on previous accomplishments, and teams and pairs may not be reassigned unless there is a very serious problem.
Pairs and teams are also assigned by teachers, based on evaluations, accomplishments, how well they are expected to get along, and how well their abilities will complement each other. Their only goal is to make up teams and pairs that will work well together, and will be able to survive without any more help than their partner or team can provide.

Throughout this rp, if your character is young enough, you may catch a Pokémon of your very own. Most are allowed to capture their first Pokémon at the age of 16, though some are considered good enough to capture their Pokémon at 15. Only a few are allowed to capture their own Pokémon so young, and even fewer can catch their Pokémon before even that age. The only requirement is that an elder student observes and helps you catch your Pokémon; this is an attempt to get more of the school to cooperate together so that, when teams and partners are chosen, most will know someone else in their team. There are many places to catch Pokémon on the island, and the types are listed as well, in case someone doesn’t know the type of a specific Pokémon.

Beach:
• Krabby - Water-type
• Psyduck – Water-type
• Wingull – Water/Flying-type
Ponds
• Poliwag – Water-type
• Psyduck – Water-type
• Marill – Water-type
Lakes
• Goldeen – Water-type
• Poliwag – Water-type
• Rattata – Normal-type
• Bidoof – Normal-type
Rivers
• Marill – Water-type
• Bidoof – Normal-type
• Wingull – Water/Flying-type
Mountain Sides
• Geodude – Rock/Ground-type
• Vulpix – Fire-type
• Cherubi – Grass-type
• Phanpy – Ground-type
• Hoppip – Grass/Flying-type
• Gligar – Ground/Flying-type
• Swablu – Normal/Flying-type
Mountain Caves
• Slugma – Fire-type
• Rattata – Normal-type
• Whismer – Normal-type
• Machop – Fighting-type
• Koffing – Poison-type
• Diglett – Ground-type
• Numel – Fire/Ground-type
Mountain Tops
• Snorunt – Ice-type
• Snover – Ice/Grass-type
Forest Floor
• Rattata – Normal-type
• Meowth – Normal-type
• Sentret – Normal-type
• Snubbull – Normal-type
• Slakoth – Normal-type
• Buneary – Normal-type
• Oddish – Grass/Poison-type
• Bellsprout – Grass-type
• Pikachu – Electric-type
• Electrike – Electric-type
• Ekans – Poison-type
• Nidoran – Poison-type
• Weedle – Bug/Poison-type
• Caterpie – Bug-type
• Venonat – Bug/Poison-type
• Wurmple – Bug-type
• Paras – Bug/Grass-type
• Tailow – Normal/Flying-type
• Nincada – Bug/Ground-type
Forest Canopy
• Aipom – Normal-type
• Slakoth – Normal-type
• Mankey – Fighting-type
• Spearow – Normal/Flying-type
• Weedle – Bug/Poison-type
• Caterpie – Bug-type
• Spinarak – Bug/Poison-type
• Wurmple – Bug-type
• Burmy (plant cloak) – Bug-type
• Hoothoot – Normal/Flying-type
• Pidgey – Normal/Flying-type
• Hoppip – Grass/Flying-type
• Tailow – Normal/Flying-type
• Swablu – Flying-type
• Starly – Normal/Flying-type
Plains
• Rattata - Normal-type
• Snubbull – Normal-type
• Zigzagoon – Normal-type
• Skitty – Normal-type
• Buneary – Normal-type
• Glameow – Normal-type
• Oddish – Grass/Poison-type
• Pikachu – Electric-type
• Mareep – Electric-type
• Electrike – Electric-type
• Ekans – Poison-type
• Nidoran – Poison-type
• Gulpin – Poison-type
• Ledyba – Bug-type
• Kricketot – Bug-type
• Doduo – Normal/Flying-type
Town Outskirts
• Growlithe – Fire-type
• Ponyta – Fire-type
• Rattata – Normal-type
• Jigglypuff – Normal-type
• Meowth – Normal-type
• Oddish – Grass/Poison-type
• Pikachu – Electric-type
• Voltorb – Electric-type
• Electrike – Electric-type
• Shinx – Electric-type
• Ekans – Poison-type
• Grimer – Poison-type
• Burmy (trash cloak) – Bug-type
• Hoppip – Grass/Flying-type
• Gligar – Ground/Flying-type
• Starly – Normal/Flying-type
Towns
• Voltorb – Electric-type
• Meowth – Normal-type
• Rattata – Normal-type
• Grimer – Poison-type
• Koffing – Poison-type
• Burmy (trash cloak) – Bug-type
• Starly – Normal-type

The schools rules are very simple:
1. Try to get along with your fellow classmates.
2. You may not own more than one Pokémon at any given time; however, you may release your present Pokémon to capture another.
3. You will work with your partner, and not another partner, unless your partner is unable to help at that time.
4. You listen to your team leader; they are the ones guiding you, and know what they are doing.
5. Respect your Pokémon; they are living, breathing creatures, just as you and your partner are.
6. Boys are not to enter the girls dorm, just as girls are not to enter the boys dorm.
7. You will be in your dorm, and at the very least be quiet, by 10PM. You are to remain quiet, or asleep, until 7AM, when everyone is to report for breakfast.

That’s not to say that, in this rp, you must obey the school rules or you can’t rp here anymore; rather, keep in mind that teachers are capable of punishing you for it and, if you break enough school rules, you will be sent home, and will not be allowed to attend.

Here s the character skeleton; we will only be playing out students; teachers will be controlled by the gm and co-gm. Remember to do well when typing everything up; how well you write out your character sheet will aid us in deciding whether or not we accept your character.

Description
Name:
Nickname (if any):
Gender:
Age:
Physical Appearance(Even if you use a picture, write it out, too):
Catch or See:
Pokémon (if over 15/16):
Pokémon Nickname:

Personality:
Personality:
Fears:
Likes:
Dislikes:

Equipment:
Equipment:

History:
History – Include why you chose to attend the school, what you hope to accomplish, etc. as well as an actual history:

1. Be respectful to other players. Your character can disagree with other characters, but don’t argue amongst other players.
2. Check OOC for updates, questions and concerns, and random chatting. :P
3. Romance is encouraged, but follow site rules. We don’t need to know everything.
4. Unless you are at least 15/16, you cannot have a Pokémon already caught.
5. You do not need to much, if anything, about Pokémon. We are willing to help anyone with a question about the rp, or about Pokémon.
6. No canon characters; original characters only.
7. A typo here and there is fine, but please use proper grammar and spelling. Do not use * or / for actions; actually type it out!
8. Make sure you fill out the skeleton completely; it’s part of what’s being used to test your literacy. Please try to do a good job.
9. No one-liners. Give others something to reply to, and something for everyone to actually read.
10. Remember, no god-modding.
11. If you are starting out with a Pokémon, you must start out with a Pokémon that eists on the island. You can change that Pokémon when you leave the island, but until then, you are stuck with our selection.
12. No character can see and catch shadow Pokémon; people are split into pairs in which one can see and the other can catch shadow Pokémon. There will be several pairs in one team.
13. Partners and teams (possibly only one) will be decided in OOC. We would like to have an even number of people that can see, and people that can catch Pokémon, so that we can have even pairs.
14. With the exception of one (already claimed), anyone that can see shadow Pokémon must use a machine to see the Pokémon.
15. Trainers must work together, within their pairs and their teams, to capture and purify shadow Pokémon.
16. There will be no legendary Pokémon: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Suicune, Entei, Raikou, Lugia, Ho-oh, Jirachi, Celebi, Regice, Regirock, Registeel, Latios, Latias, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus.
17. No Pokémon from the Unova region; only Pokémon from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions.
18. Do not make a character and then not post. You will receive a pm if you do this. And don’t make a post and then never come back. You will receive a pm for this as well.
19. If anything comes up, let us know, and don’t just disappear. Your character will hold up your partner if this happens, and that’s not very nice.
20. If you have any questions, ask in OOC, or PM the GM or Crystal Flamedance. It’s okay; we don’t bite. :P

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