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[these_balls]

So, your soul's been stolen by a Shedinja? Well, that sucks.

As each soul is taken, their minds roam into a special dreamlike world not on any map. Within this world, each person is subjected to strange dreams and nightmares, not just of their own subconscious but of others' as well. As their bodies remain still and lifeless in Johto, their mind can explore and travel and chat to others.

For this, we'll have a group log, to which you guys can roam as far and as broad as you feel like. Feel free to meet others in your strange dreams, or nightmares--injuries are possible, but you may end up popping in a different dream if you're attacked too badly.

But what about those who are still conscious, wondering what happened to their friends?

Well, the first part is to hopefully keep them from getting attacked by wild pokémon or wayward trainers. You'll be babysitting a fairly unconscious friend, or even a random individual you may have spotted on the streets. That is, until Saturday...


On June 18, around one in the afternoon, everyone's PokéGear will begin to go off.

With Gears blipping on, Professor Oak leans back from the video with a somewhat frantic look. "Attention, everyone! It seems there has been terrible mistake in handling some Pokémon, and they are now on the loose. They are called Shedinja, and I highly urge anyone who hasn't, to not look into their backs. While naturally caused Shedinja will not have this ability, these ones unfortunately have been kidnapping souls!" Holding up a black Pokéball, he continues while gesturing to the item. "You can pick up any number of these special Pokéballs I have asked Kurt to design for capturing these Shedinja, and I would greatly appreciate if you sent them all to me. Bringing them to the Center in these will let the Nurses know which are to be sent to me and which are a trainers Pokémon that they are keeping." In other words, don't catch anything but Shedinja in these Pokéballs. Leaning back, Oak then crosses his arms with a concerned expression. "Again, I urge anyone out to capture these Pokémon to be extremely careful. Capturing them will release the souls already taken, and that is why we cannot simply knock them all out. Since these are such a difficult Pokémon to even find, I'm afraid I don't have all that much information for you on them," Lifting a finger in a telltale motion though, he straightens, "But! I can say that they have a special ability; it is called Wonder Guard. It may be incredibly weak, but Shedinja's special ability allows it to be unharmed by many attacks. Since it comes from a Nincada evolving into a Ninjask, we can assume it is a bug type, and due to what it is, we can also assume it is a ghost type. These types may be the key in figuring out how to knock them out." Ending the feed with a single wave, Oak nods then. "Please be careful, trainers, and good luck!"

That's right. You'll be catching pokémon to save these individuals. Each PokéCenter will be given a plethora of mysterious black Pokéballs. Along the trails, carrier Pidgey will be dropping them around, in the hopes that any trainer can find and collect a few. Using them, it'll be your task to defeat and capture as many Shedinja as possible.

They're levels 20-50 and found anywhere.

And with each captured Shedinja, you will free a soul. However, freeing a soul from the Shedinja does not guarantee that you've freed your friends. If anything, you may have freed the spontaneous person who collapsed on the other end of the region! If you're lucky, you could possibly free your character's friend on the first or second catch. For convenience's sake, we're not going to enforce this, but keep in mind that your character's soul can easily be returned to their body by sheer luck alone, or random player in one part of the city could have just perfectly-timed your saving.


By the end of June 25, most, if not all, of the Shedinja should be caught. Stray ones might panic and release the soul before fleeing Johto. Everyone will return to their bodies, probably confused as ever.

Unfortunately, these Shedinja aren't for keeps. If anyone tries to keep one and use it in battle, they'll most likely flee upon first release. Whatever's happened to them, they don't want to be around people... Weird little buggers.

You may, however, keep whichever spare special pokéballs, but there's a downside: they don't work on any pokémon besides the Shedinja for a while. But feel free to keep them, tear them apart, throw them at trees, or jump on them like they're a teenage girl's cell phone.

Comments

[combat_butler]

... man

after this event anytime Hayate uses his Shedinja in battle people are going to at him so hard

[chocolatgenius.livejournal.com]

Gus will be sure to scream like a girl and dive for cover under the nearest table.

[usedsketch.livejournal.com]

hahaha, Sanae's Nincada is about to evolve too.

He feels your pain, bro.

[nasa-dreams.livejournal.com]

Then there's the whole deal of the back battle sprite for Shedinja....

[usedninjathief.livejournal.com]

Yuffie's already terrified of her Shedinja. This is just going to make it a hell of a lot worse. But her Shedinja will be protecting her from this event at the same time.

[fishie]

Assuming there's no way to tell whose soul you've freed if you're not... right there with the person whose soul it was? Like, if you free some random stranger's soul, you're not going to be able to go, 'Oh, hey, I freed your soul!' if you encounter them later, right?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

On that same note...how are we going to know whose soul we've freed?

[dreamship]

You don't! It's more of a keep-trying-until-something-happens deal. That way, everyone ends up waking up without having to worry about who specifically does it.

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh gotcha! Thanks! :D

[dreamship]

There's no real way to tell, but if said freed soul coincidentally makes a post or something upon waking up around the same time, people can guess.

[used-glare.livejournal.com]

EXCELLENT

[urbaninja.livejournal.com]

Oh good. Barney will try his hardest but other people will need to save Larry's soul. Barney's pokemon are far to underlevelled.

[hintcoinplz.livejournal.com]

I'll have to think of something eviiiil for Luke's nightmare.

Someone can use his mons while he's passed out in Cianwood.

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

Question! Can people whose souls were stolen enter the dreams of people whose souls weren't stolen, when they go to sleep?

[dead-black-eyes.livejournal.com]

This would be so cool. *_*

[thebelsareinert]

... I would also like to know the answer to this.

[islandshore.livejournal.com]

That would be absolutely amazing. Just sayin'.

[subvertio.livejournal.com]

No, only those who are all stolen. It's part of the darn special Shedinja's problems. Such as why they're being captured and not allowed to be kept XDDD THEM SPECIAL SHEDINJA ARE BAD OH NOES

[bakaitoukid]

Okay, for clarification... does this mean our characters would wake up anytime between the 18th and the 25th? And when they wake up in that time frame is basically a "use your best discretion" type thing? THIS... is probably the most obvious thing but I'm asking just to be on the safe side /)_(\

[dreamship]

Yep! Once the capturing begins, they can wake up whenever during that time frame.

[show_my_cannons]

S-so... if the characters are in their own dreams... so to speak. Would they look as they did in their normal world? Since that would be how they saw themselves in their heads?

Would Ironhide look like a robot in his dreams, basically?

[dreamship]

They can look however they'd like. So Ironhide could dream of himself in his robot body or he could dream in a human form, anything you'd like!

[show_my_cannons]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Welp, looks like Shelly's just going to fall over somewhere between the National Park and Goldenrod. That reminds me... if nobody else comes along to keep his body safe from attacks, can his own Pokémon do it?

[dreamship]

Yep!

[airwinged.livejournal.com]

DREAMWALKING YOU SAY?! I love you guys ;w; sdlasldjfhalsdkjlaksdf

[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Harry shall attempt to help.

He is not likely to be terribly successful, but that's never stopped him before. Except when it has.

[ahokonakamori.livejournal.com]

HEY CROW, COME ON. WE HAVE A MISSION. LET'S GO GET SHEDINJA.

Also, this plot is great. Thanks you guys!!!

[serpensrex.livejournal.com]

When they wake up, will they be able to remember things from the dream world?

[these_balls]

Yep! :D

[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

Hey, I actually need to hiatus to move myself out of state right around the time Ritz would be out... could I keep her out for a few days after that to give me more time to pack and work without worrying too much about tags and give Kuja more metaphorical gray hairs over Ritz?

[digital_bingo]

That'd be alright. If anything, she could be glitched in the process.

[thebelsareinert]

... Question!

Are we supposed to handle the posting and general handling of the dream log ourselves or will it just be going up later tonight or something? Since people should be already in the dream place and all. :|a

[digital_bingo]

I'll be putting it up soon! I wanted to give people some time to get started.

[in-adaydream.livejournal.com]

I decided to have Merry's soul stolen rather than help others. I hope this is okay!

[tarotcards]

Late question here!

Is it possible for Pokemon to have their souls taken away, such as when battling the Shedninjas, they have accidentally looked into their backs? Won't be posting a thread at the dream log, but just curious.

[these_balls]

No, the Shedinja wouldn't steal a pokémon's soul. The people's souls are just far more valuable to them.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, I've got one last question. Is there any chance we could put a log up for Shedinja-catching? I think it would be good to have since it would reduce clutter on the friends list.

[digital_bingo]

We could do that! Would you like one of us to do it or a player volunteer?

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Either or is fine with me! I'd do it myself, but unfortunately, I have to leave for work soon and won't be back until about six hours from now.

[digital_bingo]

That's okay! Don't overwork yourself~

We'll get one up, if anything :3c

[these_balls]

Ta-da~

[shiromadoushi]

Random question! Since Bakura's had his soul removed from his body once before, would it be kosher for when his is freed, to have it just... not know how to go back at first to allow some very brief interaction between his soul and the person who freed it? [Since last time it was removed it had to be intentionally put back]