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Post-Airlocked CMO
Inventory - We Could Be
Keeping:
Tradeable:
Used/Given:
- Set of Dice: A full set of polyhedral dice of a random design, perfect for randomly coming up with a variety of numbers.
- Onepiece: A simple one piece women's swimsuit. Not actually all that sought after by pirates.
- Mac's Gloves: A pair of boxing gloves infused with a staggering amount of passion and effort. Wearing them makes you want to throw a thousand cross-counters.
- Striped Scarf: A long striped scarf. Wearing it makes you look very Bohemian.
- Fanny Pack: Looks disgustingly tacky, but at least it holds your stuff.
- Everlasting Bracelet: A handcrafted item made with needle and thread. They say that once you put it on, it will never come off again.
- Novelist's Fountain Pen: It once belonged to a late, great novelist. They say the writer's soul is sealed within the pen, and any user can only write one sentence: "I have become something not human".
- The Little Black Dress: An all-purpose classy piece of formalwear.
- ECHO Recorder: A portable voice recording and play device. Looks weirdly futuristic but also...retro at the same time.
- Bath Robe: IT'S SO FLUFFY.
- Floating Array: A small leather pack containing twelve collapsible swords and the highly complicated mechanisms needed to control them. The upper flap has been decorated with a pair of enamel pins, one a stylized rose and one- whatever this is.
- Shoe Lapel Pin: A birthday pin given to someone who enjoys designer and custom shoes!
- Cat Ears: A headband with a pair of cat ears on them. You know, like nya!
- Art Therapy: A medium-sized painting on futuristic-looking digital canvas. The art quality is kind of okay and depicts a jellyfish.
- Gloves: Once a pair of snappy white gloves with a mystical array on the back, these have since been smudged with blood and shredded into many scraps of rough cloth.
- Red Opera Gloves: A pair of long satin gloves that are perfect for a night out at the opera! These ones would be good at hiding stains...you know, from tomato juice or something.
- Grammy: A small medal on a pedestal. Congratulations; you've won!
- Rubik's Cube: A rotating puzzle cube; try to solve it without just taking all the stickers off and putting them back on.
- WILFRED WARFSTACHE: A bright pink, fake mustache.
- Sanic the Hawtdawg Plush: An ill-advised tie-in toy to an even more ill-advised movie. The eyes haunt you.
Tradeable:
- Crustables: A sealed plastic bag filled with bread crust, with remnants of peanut butter on jelly on some of them.
- Black Coffee: Get your cup of roasted coffee, your morning cup of Joey~.
- Handmade Ramen: It's a bowl of ramen with a taste that is familiar to someone here. It's sort of overcooked.
- Bathbomb: When dropped in a tub of water it will turn the water purple and release the smell of lavender into the air. Good for soothing sore muscles.
- Carmine Heifer: IT GIVES YOU ENERGGGGGGY!!!
- Stay-Puft Marshmallows: Some really delicious marshmallows with a cute mascot adorning the bag!
- Cheese: It quivers. It beckons. That luscious, silky texture. That rich so-close-to butter flavor. It's Brie's creamier, decadent cousin, and it wants you to buy it champagne and strawberries.
- Wall Chicken: There's a delicious and hot roasted chicken here- you just have to break through the stone box surrounding it first.
- Crown: A simple gold-looking crown with fake gems inset. For sure not real gold.
- Crustables: A sealed plastic bag filled with bread crust, with remnants of peanut butter on jelly on some of them.
- Red Wine: A refined red wine for a quiet evening in your dressing room. The label says "Chateau Leroux". It has notes of vanilla and pomegranate.
- Harmonica: A silver harmonica.
- Cat-Dog Magazine: You might think it has to do with pets, but it's more related to...beds. It's a guide for junior high and high school students to help with their...um...physical health.
- Tea: A tin full of loose leaf tea leaves. The smell reminds you of home.
- Instant Ramen: A packet of instant ramen. Just add hot water and stir in the flavor packet for a basic college staple.
- Wake-Up Slap: A canned coffee-based energy drink in vanilla macchiato flavor, from Spacebucks.
- The Not-So Good Stuff: It's cheap and tastes terrible.
Used/Given:
- Cool Video Game: It's a new video game! Hopefully, you'll have something to run it on. (IMMEDIATELY given to Pyrrha.)
Winter Non-Maiden
[You might think this kind of thing would start with a threatening message, maybe some photos of loved ones being targeted as an incentive, telling Ruby to come to a private location alone. That would certainly be the smarter way to go about things, especially considering how the more direct approach had gone.]
[But nope. As Ruby's going about her day, as soon as she's reasonably alone, a bolt of Dust-powered laser fire is streaking out of the sky above her and cracking into the the ground at her feet with a sharp explosion.]
[But nope. As Ruby's going about her day, as soon as she's reasonably alone, a bolt of Dust-powered laser fire is streaking out of the sky above her and cracking into the the ground at her feet with a sharp explosion.]
A Whole New World (We Live In)
Oh my gosh, you are so cute!
[In the labs of Professor Iris Hawthorn, in the Ranoh region, a young girl stands meeting her first Pokémon. Penny snuggles her head into the cool, apparently indifferent surface of the Magnemite she's been given.]
[The most important day in a young trainer's life- or rather, the first day of their life AS a trainer. Being trusted with their first Pokémon. The start of brave adventures and dear friendships - and deep rivalries.]
...I'll have to think up a nickname.
[Something appropriate for a steel miracle-orb. She turns to one of the other prospective trainers.]
What about you, which Pokémon did you pick?
[In the labs of Professor Iris Hawthorn, in the Ranoh region, a young girl stands meeting her first Pokémon. Penny snuggles her head into the cool, apparently indifferent surface of the Magnemite she's been given.]
[The most important day in a young trainer's life- or rather, the first day of their life AS a trainer. Being trusted with their first Pokémon. The start of brave adventures and dear friendships - and deep rivalries.]
...I'll have to think up a nickname.
[Something appropriate for a steel miracle-orb. She turns to one of the other prospective trainers.]
What about you, which Pokémon did you pick?
Life Aftr App
Player Information
Name: Phas
Age: 31
Contact:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
Phasma
Current characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Penny Polendina
Series: RWBY
Appearance: Available on the wiki here.
Age: Yes. (She’s a robot, she could technically be less than a year old in canon. For purposes of RP, she looks and acts about 14-16.
Canon Point: s3e9, ‘PvP’ - immediately after the Round 4 intermission event in Airlocked
Transferring From:![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
theairlock
Canon History: Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Canon Personality:
One of Penny's greatest strengths and weaknesses is the ability to latch onto almost anyone that's even basically decent to her. It took very little for her to attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. She displayed intense loyalty very quickly, responding with efficiently brutal violence when Ruby was attacked, to the point of bringing down several military-grade airships. She further displays notable loyalty to her father and General Ironwood, expressing a desire to obey their orders even if it meant staying away from Ruby (the discrepancy between this loyalty and her drive to wander off and explore is largely reconciled by Penny’s exhibiting of the psychological phenomena known as Not Thinking About It Too Hard). Ultimately her loyalty to Ruby and her desire for friends and acceptance wins out over familial loyalty, prompting her to concoct an unknown plan to stay at Beacon Academy as a student. This desire for acceptance stems from her highly isolated, lonely upbringing; her status as a nonhuman was treated as something that needed to be kept deeply secret, either due to its military nature or because it would frighten people, or both. Regardless, Penny took the latter reasoning to heart, fearful of exposure as “not real”. At the start of canon, she has a shallow understanding of humanity and friendship; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, -demonstrating a trouble grasping shades of gray- and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. She’s also deeply curious, repeatedly wandering off to explore despite instructions to the contrary. Penny maintains an upbeat and cheerful attitude despite her circumstances, even during battle; only showing distress when her secret is exposed to Ruby.
Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection. She demonstrably learns quickly; when she first appears her movements are very stiff and awkward; after only two meetings with Ruby, she moves much more like the average human being.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. She doesn’t tend to respond with half-measures; favoring more direct methods of dealing with obstacles. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Also worth noting is that Penny possesses negative amounts of poker face; whenever she tells a direct lie, she hiccups.
Personality Shift:
Penny had the actual worst time in Airlocked. On the upside, she got to go into space, and meet lots of new people who slowly became friends and family, to whom her identity as non-human was not a big deal and accepted immediately. The downside, being told they would have to kill to go home, watching those new friends and family members die over the course of five weeks unable to stop it, and ultimately setting off the final case that resulted in everyone left dying along with her or getting stuck on an isolated space-station for a year before being forced to run the next iteration of the deadly game. Saying she’s dealing with some residual guilt would be putting it mildly; not actually helped by the insistence of most of her new friends that it wasn’t actually her fault - instead of coming across as absolution, to Penny such assurances feel almost like a denial of the events that makes it all worse.
The killing game also severely challenged her usual black and white thinking; the accidental deaths or mercy killings were relatively easy to roll with, but the deliberate killings by people she had consider friends stung deeply as betrayals. Worse, two of the culprits who killed with forethought and without remorse couldn’t even be dismissed as evil people, despite Penny’s initial knee-jerk reactions. The first, Slaine Troyard, killed for a chance to save someone very close to him, and Penny was later unable to say for certain whether she wouldn’t have done the same in his position. The second, Manaka Sajyou, committed a horrible murder for selfish reasons and attempted to further kill all the other remaining characters, but the circumstances that had driven her -not considering herself human or capable of feeling until meeting the one person dearest to her- hit uncomfortably close to home for Penny, who found herself unable to entirely dismiss Manaka, questioning how similar they might actually be, or could have been.
The game ended with Penny accidentally killing a close friend, and most of her other remaining friends -and herself- dying in the immediate fallout. As a result, Penny now severely questions her own capacity as a fighter and Huntress, and has a very difficult time engaging in even mock or training combat, for fear of hurting others.
It’s probably also worth noting that her vocabulary has gotten significantly more profane due to stress and exposure to new language.
Abilities:
Inventory:
Sample
Thread Sample:
A TDM Thread
TDM Toplevel
Q&A: n/a
Name: Phas
Age: 31
Contact:
Current characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Penny Polendina
Series: RWBY
Appearance: Available on the wiki here.
Age: Yes. (She’s a robot, she could technically be less than a year old in canon. For purposes of RP, she looks and acts about 14-16.
Canon Point: s3e9, ‘PvP’ - immediately after the Round 4 intermission event in Airlocked
Transferring From:
theairlockCanon History: Penny on the RWBY Wiki
Canon Personality:
One of Penny's greatest strengths and weaknesses is the ability to latch onto almost anyone that's even basically decent to her. It took very little for her to attach herself to Ruby, her now one and only friend; being called ‘friend’ as a generic greeting of sorts. Taking the nickname literally, she immediately began acting as if she and Ruby were already incredibly close. She displayed intense loyalty very quickly, responding with efficiently brutal violence when Ruby was attacked, to the point of bringing down several military-grade airships. She further displays notable loyalty to her father and General Ironwood, expressing a desire to obey their orders even if it meant staying away from Ruby (the discrepancy between this loyalty and her drive to wander off and explore is largely reconciled by Penny’s exhibiting of the psychological phenomena known as Not Thinking About It Too Hard). Ultimately her loyalty to Ruby and her desire for friends and acceptance wins out over familial loyalty, prompting her to concoct an unknown plan to stay at Beacon Academy as a student. This desire for acceptance stems from her highly isolated, lonely upbringing; her status as a nonhuman was treated as something that needed to be kept deeply secret, either due to its military nature or because it would frighten people, or both. Regardless, Penny took the latter reasoning to heart, fearful of exposure as “not real”. At the start of canon, she has a shallow understanding of humanity and friendship; she talks excitedly about sleepovers and makeovers, sounding more like someone describing a teen sitcom than anything based in reality. Her grasp of social subtleties is loose, at best – she reacts with genuine confusion to the idea of two friends fighting, -demonstrating a trouble grasping shades of gray- and her emotional reactions are more than a little exaggerated. Additionally, she doesn’t have the best grasp of personal boundaries, at least once taking a statement of “let’s go” as an invitation to come along herself. She’s cheerful almost to a fault, on at least one occasion happily greeting someone who literally ran into her and knocked her down. As far as Penny was concerned, this was a totally ordinary first encounter – she further saw nothing wrong with carrying on a conversation prone on the city streets, only rising when asked if she wouldn’t like to get up. She’s also deeply curious, repeatedly wandering off to explore despite instructions to the contrary. Penny maintains an upbeat and cheerful attitude despite her circumstances, even during battle; only showing distress when her secret is exposed to Ruby.
Social awkwardness aside, Penny is more observant than one might assume – she realizes that Blake Belladonna is a Faunus after only a short meeting, despite Blake successfully keeping her species a secret from the people she’d been living with for months. Her line of questioning in conversations also seems to focus on people, and specifically social interactions and mores – trying to understand friendship and conflict. Her relationship with Ruby carries great importance to her; strongly implied to be Penny’s first and only friend, Ruby is thus far the only one Penny has revealed her true nature to. The importance of this friendship is also the only thing so far seen to cause Penny to directly lie (badly); first in an attempt to conceal her true nature from Ruby, and then to protect Ruby from possible trouble or harm from the soldiers charged with her protection. She demonstrably learns quickly; when she first appears her movements are very stiff and awkward; after only two meetings with Ruby, she moves much more like the average human being.
Very eager to prove herself, Penny is supremely confident in her own abilities. Despite her awkward appearance and behavior, she expresses great excitement at testing herself in a biennial fighting tournament, repeatedly stating that she is “combat ready”. This confidence is at least partially due to her awareness of her own strength and durability; Penny knows for a fact she can withstand far greater punishment than even the aura-empowered humans of Remnant can withstand, and uses it to her advantage. When she sees Ruby falling under attack Penny twice jumps into action without hesitation, once stopping a speeding truck barehanded and once taking on a large squad of heavily armed criminals without fear, even though her actions ultimately lead to her exposure as an artificial being. She doesn’t tend to respond with half-measures; favoring more direct methods of dealing with obstacles. As stated above, this exposure as a robot is one of the few weaknesses in Penny’s self-confidence. She’s aware of how different her origins make her from everyone else, and rejection as not being “real” is her greatest expressed fear. The dichotomy between her desire to fit in and find acceptance in the real world and her desire to please her father and General Ironwood, fulfilling her ultimate purpose of “saving the world” is a great source of conflict to her. She largely seems to deal with it by glossing it over mentally, striking out on her own as much as possible despite her father’s wishes, and quietly acquiescing when she’s ultimately brought home.
Also worth noting is that Penny possesses negative amounts of poker face; whenever she tells a direct lie, she hiccups.
Personality Shift:
Penny had the actual worst time in Airlocked. On the upside, she got to go into space, and meet lots of new people who slowly became friends and family, to whom her identity as non-human was not a big deal and accepted immediately. The downside, being told they would have to kill to go home, watching those new friends and family members die over the course of five weeks unable to stop it, and ultimately setting off the final case that resulted in everyone left dying along with her or getting stuck on an isolated space-station for a year before being forced to run the next iteration of the deadly game. Saying she’s dealing with some residual guilt would be putting it mildly; not actually helped by the insistence of most of her new friends that it wasn’t actually her fault - instead of coming across as absolution, to Penny such assurances feel almost like a denial of the events that makes it all worse.
The killing game also severely challenged her usual black and white thinking; the accidental deaths or mercy killings were relatively easy to roll with, but the deliberate killings by people she had consider friends stung deeply as betrayals. Worse, two of the culprits who killed with forethought and without remorse couldn’t even be dismissed as evil people, despite Penny’s initial knee-jerk reactions. The first, Slaine Troyard, killed for a chance to save someone very close to him, and Penny was later unable to say for certain whether she wouldn’t have done the same in his position. The second, Manaka Sajyou, committed a horrible murder for selfish reasons and attempted to further kill all the other remaining characters, but the circumstances that had driven her -not considering herself human or capable of feeling until meeting the one person dearest to her- hit uncomfortably close to home for Penny, who found herself unable to entirely dismiss Manaka, questioning how similar they might actually be, or could have been.
The game ended with Penny accidentally killing a close friend, and most of her other remaining friends -and herself- dying in the immediate fallout. As a result, Penny now severely questions her own capacity as a fighter and Huntress, and has a very difficult time engaging in even mock or training combat, for fear of hurting others.
It’s probably also worth noting that her vocabulary has gotten significantly more profane due to stress and exposure to new language.
Abilities:
- Robot Physiology: Penny was built for combat; she’s incredibly strong and durable, shown to be capable of stopping a speeding truck with only minimal superficial damage to the skin on her hands; and has been previously shown as capable of physically pulling a military aircraft out of the sky with the aid of her weapons. She’s also incredibly heavy, especially considering her physical frame; another physically fit and specially trained character like Ruby is able to lift and carry her, but only for a short distance before becoming exhausted. It’s not clear if she ever needs to recharge, or if she’s got a magical super-science power source with an absurdly long battery life; either way, she’s never shown to have to go plug in anywhere or be low on power. She lacks a true sense of touch beyond rudimentary pressure sensitivity (presumably she will still be able to feel the pain of blight because magic), lacks senses of smell and taste, and is not capable of consuming food or drink. She is vulnerable to intense electrical discharge or magnetic fields, and is not capable of swimming. Any damage sustained must be fixed by someone with technical knowledge (in canon this is her father, the man that created her) rather than healing naturally.
- Aura: What sets Penny apart from the rank and file automatons on Remnant (aside from being built to look like a chipper and perky young woman instead of a militarized member of Daft Punk) is her ability to generate and control a personal forcefield known as an Aura. This functions as a defense mechanism in battle, allowing the user to physically block attacks that would otherwise be very dangerous or even fatal. It can also allow the user to heal small wounds quicker than normal (not that this is possible for Penny) and can be actively used to power a special ability called a Semblance; a superpower unique to every fighter capable of using Aura. Unfortunately, we have no idea what Penny’s Semblance actually is.
- Combat Ready: Fighting and combat is Penny’s sole purpose; she’s literally built for it. Removing her weapons is a huge handicap, but she’s still very good at tactical thinking and even unarmed she can be a serious threat in a fight.
- Perception: Penny’s pretty good at picking up tiny details, such as deducing Blake’s identity as a Faunus in a few seconds when her roommates had not managed to do so in a space of months. However, she’s less good at assigning meaning to those details.
- Literal Actual Ray of Sunshine Penny Polendina: Penny is just. So fucking cheerful? She’s gonna love and support the shit out of everyone here.
- Brew-novice: She can’t drink it, but in the course of the murdergame she picked up at least the basics of brewing some darn good coffee.
- Time to Duel: She’s also picked up the basics of
the Yugioh TCGA Children’s Trading Card Game“Duel Monsters”. It’s a thing. Panfandom games can get weird.
Inventory:
- The Clothes On Her Back: A business suit consisting of a black jacket and slacks over a white shirt; sized for a grown woman larger than Penny is. Also includes a blue ribbon tied in her hair in place of her normal pink bow.
- One Deck of (now waterlogged) “Duel Monster” Cards: Includes forty Konami-branded trading cards, a fifteen-card side deck, and an extra deck of specially-summonable monsters. Mostly centering on the HERO archetype. Includes a deck box and bright green card sleeves, which did jack shit to keep out the water.
Sample
Thread Sample:
A TDM Thread
TDM Toplevel
Q&A: n/a
[005] Video for ???? - backdated to 5/19
Salutations, Johto!
[Penny's sounding cheerful as usual, but for some reason she's whispering and holding the Gear much closer than usual.]
I don't want to worry anyone, but I think something seems to have gone wrong with- um.
[She chews her lip for a second, searching for the right word.]
Um. Physics, I think? Maybe just reality. I'm fine, but I don't know exactly where I am? I left work today, but when I stepped outside I was here-
[And turning the camera briefly to show a dimly-lit warehouse of some kind. A stray Koffing floats past blissfully as Penny returns the view to herself.]
It's really confusing in here. There's all these people in black outfits who don't seem very nice, and these spots on the floor that-
INTRUDER SPOTTED! CALLING ALL GRUNTS!
Whoop! Sorry, I have to go!
[The Gear is hastily dropped, but doesn't shut off as it's fumbled to the floor. There's a brief shot of Penny running to engage the aforementioned men in black. She's surrounded by what looks to be an entire team’s worth of Doublade, moving in an oddly synchronized manner as they go into battle. Unfortunately, it's then that an errant boot, presumably from another Rocket, kicks at the dropped Gear, sending it spinning and shutting it off.]
((OOC: Responses will come later, after she's escaped the base.))
[Penny's sounding cheerful as usual, but for some reason she's whispering and holding the Gear much closer than usual.]
I don't want to worry anyone, but I think something seems to have gone wrong with- um.
[She chews her lip for a second, searching for the right word.]
Um. Physics, I think? Maybe just reality. I'm fine, but I don't know exactly where I am? I left work today, but when I stepped outside I was here-
[And turning the camera briefly to show a dimly-lit warehouse of some kind. A stray Koffing floats past blissfully as Penny returns the view to herself.]
It's really confusing in here. There's all these people in black outfits who don't seem very nice, and these spots on the floor that-
INTRUDER SPOTTED! CALLING ALL GRUNTS!
Whoop! Sorry, I have to go!
[The Gear is hastily dropped, but doesn't shut off as it's fumbled to the floor. There's a brief shot of Penny running to engage the aforementioned men in black. She's surrounded by what looks to be an entire team’s worth of Doublade, moving in an oddly synchronized manner as they go into battle. Unfortunately, it's then that an errant boot, presumably from another Rocket, kicks at the dropped Gear, sending it spinning and shutting it off.]
((OOC: Responses will come later, after she's escaped the base.))
[004] - Video/Action for Goldenrod
Hey, come back here! Stop that!
Pi-i-i!
[The video is shaky, nausea-inducing, and very obviously accidental. It’s possible, barely, to identify the interior of the Goldenrod Trainer’s Market as it blurs and bounces past in the video.]
You have to give those back! Please?!
Ka-chu!
[Pikachu are indeed everywhere today, and two have not only managed to get inside the Department Store, but they’ve absconded with what looks to be a fair amount of merchandise for a pair of giant rabbit-mice.]
Oh, I didn’t want to- Amber!
[There’s the brief, familiar flash of a Pokéball releasing its occupant, and the screech of a Bug-Type.]
Amber! Use Sticky Web!
Pi-KA!
[That sure is a Thundershock flashing at the screen.]
Oh, fi-
[The video cuts out in a short burst of static.]
( ”Text” )
Pi-i-i!
[The video is shaky, nausea-inducing, and very obviously accidental. It’s possible, barely, to identify the interior of the Goldenrod Trainer’s Market as it blurs and bounces past in the video.]
You have to give those back! Please?!
Ka-chu!
[Pikachu are indeed everywhere today, and two have not only managed to get inside the Department Store, but they’ve absconded with what looks to be a fair amount of merchandise for a pair of giant rabbit-mice.]
Oh, I didn’t want to- Amber!
[There’s the brief, familiar flash of a Pokéball releasing its occupant, and the screech of a Bug-Type.]
Amber! Use Sticky Web!
Pi-KA!
[That sure is a Thundershock flashing at the screen.]
Oh, fi-
[The video cuts out in a short burst of static.]
( ”Text” )
[003] - 2/26; Video/Action for Goldenrod
( Don't cry over spilled Miltank )
[A second broadcast comes about half an hour after the first, this time with Penny grinning and holding up a freshly-acquired Plainbadge with pride.]
I won another badge! The battle was definitely more challenging than Faulkner, but Iris pulled through for the win!
[Her smile fades a little as she stows the badge somewhere offscreen.]
I just wasn't expecting Whitney to take the loss THAT hard. I'd heard losing upsets her -and I don't blame her, losing sucks!- but to actually start crying like that? If nothing else you'd think a gym leader would be used to losing.
[Penny chews her lip for a second.]
If those waterworks are a regular thing, I'm surprised she's not completely WASHED UP! Ha! ...sorry, that was a little mean.
((OOC: Badge is mod-approved!))
[A second broadcast comes about half an hour after the first, this time with Penny grinning and holding up a freshly-acquired Plainbadge with pride.]
I won another badge! The battle was definitely more challenging than Faulkner, but Iris pulled through for the win!
[Her smile fades a little as she stows the badge somewhere offscreen.]
I just wasn't expecting Whitney to take the loss THAT hard. I'd heard losing upsets her -and I don't blame her, losing sucks!- but to actually start crying like that? If nothing else you'd think a gym leader would be used to losing.
[Penny chews her lip for a second.]
If those waterworks are a regular thing, I'm surprised she's not completely WASHED UP! Ha! ...sorry, that was a little mean.
((OOC: Badge is mod-approved!))
[002] - Video
Jiminy evolved today! I was honestly getting a little worried, he's been gaining levels so slowly, between the weather making it hard to train and just not having many effective attacks, I don't think there's much around here that's weak to Bug types. Not much that offers a good challenge, anyway!
[If the Kricketune in question is offended by any of that, it's not showing it. Since the video began, it's been happily chirping away away in a weirdly rhythmic tune. The overall effect is probably best described as 'hip-hop violin', accented by the Chatot hopping around excitedly and adding her own chitters and vocal contributions. Whatever your opinion, at least it's covering the usual background music?]
He's having fun with Reina, at least! I wasn't sure having them out together at the same time was a good idea since he's a bug and she's a bird, and Jiminy's level is so much lower than hers, but it looks like they've found some kind of common ground! It's sort of strange that Pokémon that would be natural enemies in the wild can get along so well once they've been captured. Do you think that's a side-effect of the Pokéballs somehow, or just comes from even really basic training? Most of my other Pokémon aren't the kind who'd seem like they'd be more inclined to fight than usual in the wild, so this is the first chance I've gotten to see something like this. I mean, Amber's a spider too, but she's also electric-type and much stronger than Reina so that's not really a fair comparison?
[Please remember to breath, Penny.]
Whatever causes it, I just think it's great that Pokémon and trainers have such a chance to make friends in so many unlikely places. I have more friends here than I ever had back home, and I'd hate to think of my Pokémon missing out on the same chance.
[If the Kricketune in question is offended by any of that, it's not showing it. Since the video began, it's been happily chirping away away in a weirdly rhythmic tune. The overall effect is probably best described as 'hip-hop violin', accented by the Chatot hopping around excitedly and adding her own chitters and vocal contributions. Whatever your opinion, at least it's covering the usual background music?]
He's having fun with Reina, at least! I wasn't sure having them out together at the same time was a good idea since he's a bug and she's a bird, and Jiminy's level is so much lower than hers, but it looks like they've found some kind of common ground! It's sort of strange that Pokémon that would be natural enemies in the wild can get along so well once they've been captured. Do you think that's a side-effect of the Pokéballs somehow, or just comes from even really basic training? Most of my other Pokémon aren't the kind who'd seem like they'd be more inclined to fight than usual in the wild, so this is the first chance I've gotten to see something like this. I mean, Amber's a spider too, but she's also electric-type and much stronger than Reina so that's not really a fair comparison?
[Please remember to breath, Penny.]
Whatever causes it, I just think it's great that Pokémon and trainers have such a chance to make friends in so many unlikely places. I have more friends here than I ever had back home, and I'd hate to think of my Pokémon missing out on the same chance.
[001] Video/Action - New Bark Town - backdated to 11/08
[Video]
Salutations, Johto! And- Kanto, I believe?
[She's heard of neither of these places, but that's no reason not to be proper about it.]
I'm not sure who would need to be alerted to a medical emergency, but the nice lady who greeted me seemed VERY confused. But very kind, too! She gave me all KINDS of supplies that I'm sure will be MOST helpful.
But- um... I'm very certain she is NOT my mother. And this device says I'm someplace called 'New Bark Town', but it doesn't seem to have an actual map of the area, or anyplace to go for emergency services. If anyone could offer help, I would be VERY grateful!
[She looks about to click off the transmission, but stops herself.]
Oh, I'm sorry! My name is Penny. It's a pleasure to meet you all!
[And with a small, mechanical wave, the video ends.]
[Action]
[Not too long after her video transmission, Penny can be found in the general vicinity of everywhere, New Bark Town. Depending on when you find her, she's alternately sitting somewhere sheltered and thoroughly pouring over her Pokégear and Trainer's Handbook, or just sort of... exploring everything. Literally, almost everything, like it's a brand new experience. A Joltik is with her, typically perched on her shoulder and managing to look bored with everything.]
Salutations, Johto! And- Kanto, I believe?
[She's heard of neither of these places, but that's no reason not to be proper about it.]
I'm not sure who would need to be alerted to a medical emergency, but the nice lady who greeted me seemed VERY confused. But very kind, too! She gave me all KINDS of supplies that I'm sure will be MOST helpful.
But- um... I'm very certain she is NOT my mother. And this device says I'm someplace called 'New Bark Town', but it doesn't seem to have an actual map of the area, or anyplace to go for emergency services. If anyone could offer help, I would be VERY grateful!
[She looks about to click off the transmission, but stops herself.]
Oh, I'm sorry! My name is Penny. It's a pleasure to meet you all!
[And with a small, mechanical wave, the video ends.]
[Action]
[Not too long after her video transmission, Penny can be found in the general vicinity of everywhere, New Bark Town. Depending on when you find her, she's alternately sitting somewhere sheltered and thoroughly pouring over her Pokégear and Trainer's Handbook, or just sort of... exploring everything. Literally, almost everything, like it's a brand new experience. A Joltik is with her, typically perched on her shoulder and managing to look bored with everything.]
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[OOC]
Backtagging: Yes
Threadhopping: Yes
Fourthwalling: Yes
Offensive Subjects:
I don't have any triggers, but please ask before diving into subjects like torture, gore, rape, or abuse. When in doubt, check with me.
[IC]
Hugging this character: Yes
Kissing this character: Please Ask
Flirting with this character: Yes
Fighting with this character: Yes
Injuring this character: Ask
Killing this character: Askwhy would you do that
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Check with me first, as in canon she's non-organic and doesn't have a human/biological brain, which I can only imagine would affect most mind-reading. If this is an everyone's-human type AU, everything in brackets is fair game; check with me for any deeper readings.
Warnings:
Penny was created for military action despite appearing physically and mentally as a teenager, and her caretakers have tried keeping her highly isolated. If any of that bothers you, drop me a PM or leave a screened comment here and I'll make sure they don't come up in our threads.
CRAU Warnings:
Penny has CRAU from several murdergames, and all the trauma and violence that entails. If you'd like to avoid those subjects, let me know.
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Backtagging: Yes
Threadhopping: Yes
Fourthwalling: Yes
Offensive Subjects:
I don't have any triggers, but please ask before diving into subjects like torture, gore, rape, or abuse. When in doubt, check with me.
[IC]
Hugging this character: Yes
Kissing this character: Please Ask
Flirting with this character: Yes
Fighting with this character: Yes
Injuring this character: Ask
Killing this character: Ask
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Check with me first, as in canon she's non-organic and doesn't have a human/biological brain, which I can only imagine would affect most mind-reading. If this is an everyone's-human type AU, everything in brackets is fair game; check with me for any deeper readings.
Warnings:
Penny was created for military action despite appearing physically and mentally as a teenager, and her caretakers have tried keeping her highly isolated. If any of that bothers you, drop me a PM or leave a screened comment here and I'll make sure they don't come up in our threads.
CRAU Warnings:
Penny has CRAU from several murdergames, and all the trauma and violence that entails. If you'd like to avoid those subjects, let me know.
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Inventory
Key Items:
- Pokégear
- Trainer Handbook
- Change of clothes
- 3 changes of undergarments
- Sleeping bag
- P3000
Training Supplies:
- 5 Potions
- 1 Repel
- 1 MaxRepel
- 1 Escape Rope
- 5 Pokéballs
Travel Supplies:
- 12oz Liquid Soap
- 8oz Shampoo
- 8oz Conditioner
- Bento Lunch/Trail
- Toiletries: 1 washcloth, 2 towels (one small, one larger), 1 toothbrush, 1 travel-sized pack of toothpaste
- clothes line, 6 clothes pins, and rubber gloves
CR Chart - Airlocked
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Champion Waste of Space Friend? He was VERY upset about his title. I felt sorry for him, but then he acted like he was taking that stupid 'incentive' seriously! He apologized and said it was a joke, but I still can't believe anyone would even pretend to consider something like that.
He helped with the gathering after Mister Slaine's trial. I think Prompto and Luna would've like that. Champion Exalt FRIEND!!! A new friend! A soldier from a world she says has magic; might just be what her world calls Semblances? But she also says she traveled back in time, which definitely does sound like magic. Very kind, but doesn't seem to know much about technology. I want to help her world with these "Risen" she's talked about.
What happened wasn't her fault, it's not fair. I promise I'll tell Ruby all about her. Champion of War killer Comes from somewhere where space travel is common? He says he doesn't understand a lot of his profile. He seems nice, despite his title.
Showed me how to move around in zero gravity! I think he might be in love with the princess on his profile, but he doesn't want to talk about it. why did you trust them more than us Champion Landscape Artist Friend? He's studying to be an artist! Very kind, he's helped Mister Max set up movie nights for all of us.
I don't think he's been taking the trials very well. Champion Trickster Friend He was punished for helping someone! Once we get out of here,
I want to help clear his name. Someone else who was patrolling at night.
We could've saved Chloe together, but I messed up. He called me his friend. He's keeping my secret for me. I feel like we'll definitely need his help to get out of here, I want to help him as much as I can. Champion Portrait Artist Friend? Another artist, like Mister Jamie! Hosted a movie night for everyone,
it was absolutely sensational!
Champion Mother Friend? She says the wrong information in our profiles might be due to time-travel that isn't time travel? I don't really understand it.
From another game like this?? Says she's in love with someone hundreds of years old??? Manaka what in the world is your world, I'm worried for you. Examined Miss Luna's body. She was very important in finding out what happened. Champion Accomplice Neighbor friend? A VERY kind man who seems concerned for others, but also very nervous himself. He collected all the information about people's worlds from my note. I promise to keep him safe.
He trusted us enough to tell us about some very bad things he's done, in case he's tempted to do them again. I trust him in return. Champion Scorpion Other neighbor friend? Another swordsman. I like him! I think he might be his world's equivalent of a Huntsmen, but he doesn't call himself that? He fights monsters called "Worms", not the Grimm. He doesn't like roses though, I don't understand that.
I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DOESN'T LIKE ROSES AND I WISH I DIDN'T What happened wasn't his fault. This isn't fair. Champion Rotten Girl FRIEND! Definitely not rotten! Except maybe a little literally. She's been very kind, and her world sounds interesting. Lots of people who aren't human, but not Faunus either? I want to know more about it.
Another new friend! She's been very good to everyone, and made sure no one was alone after what happened. I trusted her with my secret, I'm glad I did. Told me I was real, like Ruby. I don't know what I've done to deserve another friend like her. Champion Support Friend? Likes to read a lot, showed me one of the books from her world.
VERY worried about her friends, I need to make sure they're all all right once we escape here.
Told me more about her world and her friends. They don't have any Grimm there, and I can't believe how many people there must be! I want to visit her world if I can. Miki, I'm so sorry. I promise I'll take care of your friend's shovel. Champion Inner Child Friend Sensitive about his weight. NOT from 'Niflheim'. Another person from a world with "magic" that might be Semblances and Dust called other things? A wonderful, friendly person! Made an obstacle course in the cafeteria.
He really is wonderful, promised to take care of the video of Ruby Mister Dudely gave me. I didn't realize he and Lucina were so close. Please take care of yourself, Prompto, for her sake. Champion of Mediocrity Killer She was very upset about her title. Seemed interested in the vacation the Overseers promised for killing someone, but promised she wasn't actually considering it.
she didn't need to do that Champion Barista Dungeon Master He seems nice! Offered to make me a milkshake when we first arrived, and then to take me to "Real Vegas" once I turned 18.
Teaching everyone to play "Dungeons and Dragons", I think it's really helping keep everyone's spirits up. Called Mister Max "precious", didn't realize they were that close, but I'm happy for them! Champion Oracle Friend! A very kind woman, she comes from the same world as Mister Prompto. I don't know why he would think she's dead, but I'm very glad he's wrong!
One of the kindest people I've met. She called me her friend after this was wrong she never hurt anyone why Champion of Max Caulfield Friend? She really doesn't like her hometown. I hope once we escape here we can get her someplace better!
I'm sorry. I should've been able to stop this and I hella messed up. I'm sorry. Champion Figure Skater Friend? He's very angry about almost everything. I understand being upset at the situation, but he doesn't need to be so rude!
Champions of Explosions Friend? A very excitable girl! Someone else who comes from space, I think.
Champion Avatar Friend? Her Semblance is amazing! If we get the chance, I want to try fighting her.
Champion of ████████ Friend? Very friendly and smart! She's funny, too, I wonder if we could be friends someday.
Champion of Denial Friend? He seems very. Serious? Discovered that the PIPs can deliver shocks. Seems to like games too?
Champion of the Full Title Broke My Formatting Friend? The Champion of Painful Secondhand Embarrassment That's So Cringe Inducing, Narcissistic, And Eye Blindingly Glittery It Makes You Wish He'd Go Away. He seems very kind, and must have really impressed someone to get such a detailed title. He has a lot of friends back home, and it sounds like they're all very close! I want to help him and his brother get back to them.
Overseer Enemy One of the people running this experiment. I'm not sure what's supposed to be funny about his name?
Overseer murderer I hate you Champion Excellence Control Environment Cyber-friend? something something obviously-have-nothing-in-common hic hic hic
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Impressions - Airlocked
    ☄ First Impressions ♚ VISUAL: Penny appears to be a slender, young caucasian girl standing at 5'5". She has a pale, freckled complexion and bright green eyes, with curly orange-red hair kept at about neck length. Her typical fashion is vaguely steam-punkish, including a tan coverall-dress with glowing green highlights over a lighter khaki blouse, and long black leggings that blend into her similarly-designed shoes. She frequently has a pink hair bow, and precisely one out of place curled lock of hair sticking up from the top of her head. ♚ DEMEANOUR: Penny is a chipper, cheerful young girl, and this translates into her otherwise slightly stiff, mechanical movements. ♚ SOUND: Penny sometimes puts inflections in odd places, over-emphasizing words that shouldn't necessarily be. In English she's voiced by Taylor McNee and can be heard here starting at about four minutes. ♚ SCENT: No particular scent, but clean, usually? ♚ OTHER: Sharp-eyed observers might note that while Penny's build is fairly slender and not noticeably muscular, she is incredibly strong, casually lifting heavy weights without noticing. Also perhaps notable is that she doesn't sweat, blush, or breath heavily from exertion. |