Ondorus

009; ANONYMOUS text

2013-02-24T04:40:25Z

What makes Pokemon different from humans?

When a human has a desire, they collect Pokemon and go to fulfill it. That is how this world works.

When a Pokemon has a desire, what do they do?

Why must the free lives of Pokemon be the cost of a human's wish to act?

Who decided that Pokemon were possessions to be bought and sold and bartered with?

All beings think and feel and wish.

Please consider this.

[[ooc: Replies will often be short because he's trying to obscure his typing style and avoid any clues as to his identity. Threadjacking is fine!]]

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008; poketext

2013-02-08T05:11:38Z

testing testing

Hello Johto this is Olivia and I am a Xatu and I am bored! My trainer is busy and I have enough boring free time to type all of this

THATS A LOT OF TIME

TYPING IS HARD WITH ONLY TWO TOES

My toes are beautiful the way they are but it would be nice to have more.

So Im practicing typing and spelling because Ive got nothing better to do. you can ask questions on this and people will answer them right? Ill think of some

What are some good books or movies? I finished everything I have.

If there are bird pokemon out there that can use the pokegear we should talk. Ive only met a few others that aren't wild. it stinks.

How do you get butterfree silk off of fabric? its all stuck and gross and i want to use this blanket. water doesn't help it just makes it stick even grosser.

Is there anything to make typing easier? I don't know what kind of thing just anything. this took so long and my feet hurt.

If this ends up being boring I will be so mad. thats twnety minutes im not getting back

[[ooc: replies from either pokemon or trainers are fine! she'll probably swap to video for pokemon; her feet will hurt enough tomorrow as it is...

of course, she's hanging around the goldenrod breeding center house. so is her trainer, though he's been holed up in his room a lot more than usual... olivia must rectify this by being exceptionally social! after this post goes up she can be found in the living room, lying on her back on the couch, laboriously replying to comments with the pokegear clutched in her feet and her "thumb" talons tapping away at the buttons. ondorus can be found at work for the day, and otherwise...is sitting in his room all day, working on something. jeez. all olivia replies will come from capemon!]]

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007; voice/action

2013-01-20T22:36:14Z

Good morning.

[A short pause before Ondorus launches into what he's planned to say.]

The places we hail from have profound effects on us. Whether it's the place we were born and raised or - if the two are separate - the place that's taken us in, our homeland provides the perspective we carry with us into the rest of our lives. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, for good or ill.

...in my experience, anyways.

I imagine there's a fair number among us who miss the worlds we come from. Perhaps it's incorrect of me to make such an assumption, but...well, there's where perspective comes into it. [soft chuckle] So let's talk about the places we know and treasure. What kind of place are you from? And how does Johto compare, with its cities and roads and Pokemon? What is your perspective?

It'd be rude of me to ask without saying anything of my own home, of course. [Another short pause, while he clears his throat off-feed.]

( non-IC cut for WAY TOO MANY WORDS ABOUT A DESERT )

That is my home, in all its glories and hazards. It's sad to think that I will not be able to share it with the Pokemon that I have met here.

[[ooc: feel free to threadjack in this post, if anything interests your character!]]

[edit: WOW GO ME I FORGOT THE ACTION PART uh ondorus can be found around and about the goldenrod breeding center, as usual. reading books, talking to his xatu, sitting out by the pool talking to his lapras, teaching his shiny audino the letters of the alphabet, that kind of stuff. his munna is creeperin' as usual, and the aforementioned shiny audino is a busybody who will go around checking up on anyone who isn't behind a latched door, hugging people's legs and giving them odd things he finds around the house. affectionate baby.]

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It's Winter Veg- I mean Christmas time

2012-12-25T02:56:10Z

Gifts for Descole, Kayneth, Lightning, Raven, and everyone in the Goldenrod Breeding Center House.

( 6+ FP )

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006; video/text

2012-12-14T16:21:21Z

[Today's broadcast comes from the interior of the Goldenrod Breeding Center House, where Ondorus has settled himself down in the living room. The fire is crackling warmly in the hearth, and a Luxray is rolling slowly on the ground in front of it, soaking up the heat from all angles like a giant kitty rotisserie.

'Tis the season.]

Winter is the cold month of the year. It belongs to the blue spirit and the element of water, and it masters rare minerals and hardy plants. It favors mountains and highlands, and shies away from the tropics and other places ruled by summer.

It also seems to be a time for camaraderie and goodwill, in Johto and elsewhere. A time of harsh conditions, reminding us how we depend on and are depended upon by our fellow creatures - to share what we have, and reconnect with our community.

[...he sounds (and sort of looks) a little sniffly. Three guesses who spent too much time out in the snow this week?]

I have two things to ask. First, there are a number of Pokemon in the Goldenrod Foster Home at this time; Pokemon whose trainers have departed from Johto, leaving them here with the hope that another trainer will step up to take care of them. I encourage anyone who has the resources to care for another Pokemon to investigate the Foster Home, especially in this season of charity.

And the second. If you leave with me a name and location to deliver to and some description of your likes and dislikes where food is concerned, I'll send a small Christmas gift. You may respond privately, of course, and the gift comes entirely free of obligations.

Have a very happy holiday, everyone.

[The video ends, but the post isn't over - added on to the end is a text portion with simplified and travel-friendly versions of these recipes.]

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???; fourth wall

2012-11-24T06:10:22Z

[...This all would be a lot more enjoyable if the past week hadn't been so shitty.

"This all" being the sudden reappearance of Ondorus' monstrous features; his pointed ears, and the spiral-ridged horn attached to the front of his skull. Along with those comes his magic, with which he patches himself up. All is well...

....

yeah no not really. He can make an effort not to wallow, but recent events have him in a rather somber mood.

For now, though? He's got his species back. He's got his magic back. He can play with his Pokemon (...the ones still with him), showing them forms of different elemental spells. Deliberately avoiding any earth-based ones. He can let them touch his ears and poke his horn, just sort of...existing in monstery solidarity.

And hey, look! Wherever they happen to be at the moment, chances are they're not alone. A small, ever-changing crowd of other monsters are here to play. Some slimes, some weegulls, some ants, the occasional buffamoo or mushroom, a handful of ignis and tundras...and, of course...

...a big cuddly pile of woolies. Because it's not a rune party until the woolies arrive. also ondorus emits wooly magnet beams or something

The univir's smiles are a little forced, but the atmosphere of serenity is real, wherever they happen to be. Come hug a wooly. You know you want to.]

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005; pokevideo

2012-11-19T15:52:05Z

[The video starts very abruptly, with a screeching, enraged Sandslash yell.

The camera waves around wildly, and the murmur of a television can be heard behind a loud clattering noise as the Gear is thrown around. It finally comes to a halt, pinned against the ground with a Sandslash glaring down into it, hissing.

The video is coming from the inside of an inn room, and if you listen closer, it's obvious that the television in the background is turned to the Vermilion tournament. A Munna floats overhead, squeaking worriedly, but a louder hiss from the Sandslash makes her flee into an offscreen corner of the room.

To most humans, of course, the rest will sound like a whole lot of Pokemon screaming, but for those who can understand:]

What the hell, what the hell, what the hell?! What gives?? What's up with that, huh?! [She sputters incoherently, jabbing a claw in the direction of the television, then waving the outstretched claw around and slamming it back onto the ground by the camera.] Why do they get to be up there? I want to go there! I'll fight! I'll rip them apart!

[The Gear goes flying again as she thrashes once more in rage, swatting it against a wall.] Stupid, stupid trainer! Wild things are no fun! If I don't get to fight I'll just sit and rot! [More incoherent yelling, then she turns back to the Gear, quickly changing tacks and addressing all the Pokemon out there.] Stupid! I know you're all out there! Don't get cocky! I'll trash this trainer and then you'll all go down!!

[There's a snarl from offscreen, and a Luxio slams into the Sandslash, bowling her over with his own indignant yells ("You're the stupid one!"). The rest of the video is a few seconds of several Pokemon crying in alarm while the two fight noisily, before a Xatu seizes up the Gear, runs to a quieter corner of the room, and shuts it off to prevent further embarrassment.]

[[ooc: Ondorus is not involved in this post at all, and replies will come from various members of his team depending on when people respond. If anyone wants to contact him about this afterwards, they'll have to ping him directly via appointments.]]

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004; action for violet pokecenter/video

2012-11-01T18:55:55Z

( SHEEP. )

[At the Pokemon Center, Ondorus rushes into the building, looks around for the PC, goes to it, and...spends a while fumbling with it, looking worried. When he finally has a grasp on how it works, he notices something, pauses, looks extremely confused, then clumsily withdraws not one, but two Pokemon from the PC.

The first one he lets out is the injured, poisoned, weakly bleating Mareep, which he scoops up and delivers to the Nurse Joy immediately. He then hesitantly lets out the second Pokemon.

....this Sewaddle seems familiar.

Ondorus can be found in the Pokemon Center during that hullabaloo....or after it. Afterwards he is sitting in a chair with the Sewaddle on his lap, the Mareep at his feet, and his Xatu sitting in the chair next to him, all three munching on Pokemon-treats while he rubs idly at the bridge of his nose, looking tired, with his glasses in his other hand.]

[Later in the day, there is a post!]

I believe the girl named Yui has returned home. I found her Sewaddle in the PC today, but it appears he ended up there some time ago...

[He feels kind of awful about that.]

...the PC. It makes me feel rather uncomfortable, to think of leaving Pokemon there...wherever "there" is. But seven companions can't be taken outside of the city, it seems.

[Mmmrr. He folds his hands together, frowning. What is he going to do about this?]

Could someone explain to me what the PC is, and how it works? This world's technology... [He shakes his head in amazement as he ends the recording.]

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003; pokevideo/text

2012-09-19T16:46:05Z

[After switching on, the video flops about in a haphazard, obviously-Pokemon-directed way. As the cameramon struggles to point the Pokegear in the intended direction, the interior of a room at the Goldenrod inn becomes visible. A television is running in the background, but it's turned down and not clearly audible over the noise of the 'Gear being fumbled with.

Finally it settles on its intended target:

( sketchy art )

A pair of small, snoozing, fuzzy Pokemon! They're taking up the whole top end of the bed, and seem to have gotten turned around since falling asleep...

The camera lingers on them for a while, as the cameramon coos quietly to herself. Oh god they're so cute so adorable aaaah.

The video shuts off.

It turns back onto a scene from about half an hour later. The Shinx is galumphing around the edges of the bed, jumping and tripping over the rumpled-up covers. The Absol is lying on his back in the center of the Shinx's circular path, exchanging swats with the smaller Pokemon. After running a few rounds, the Shinx jumps on the Absol's face, and the two squawk and yowl as they bat playfully at one another, rolling back and forth and then off the bed completely.

The video shuts off again.]

[Later in the day, Ondorus makes a text post, unaware of earlier antics.]

These questions are for anyone who wishes to answer any portion of them.

- In and around Goldenrod, what sights and attractions would you recommend to someone who is unfamiliar with cities?

- Do you bother keeping track of your birthday in Johto? If you do, and if the year of your world is not of the length of a Johto year, how do you measure out when that and other dates from your world occur?

- Where raising young Pokemon is concerned, does anyone have any wisdom to share that isn't often found in the books on the subject?

- To misters Sion and Ryder: the eggs I purchased from you have hatched safely and healthily, in case the parents wish to be informed. Thank you, again.

((ooc: If you want to reply to the first, earlier entry, you'll just get Pokeshenanigans for a while. Ondorus might come back to those replies later in the evening after he's caught on, if there's anything in them that begs responding to.))

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002; voice/action for route 30

2012-09-01T02:42:27Z

[The voice post is made just before sunset.]

What an odd place, that a nomadic life is so common.

[Brief pause.]

It's certainly not the kind of life I'm familiar with. Does anyone have any practical tips for the road? Pathfinding, cooking, camping...anything is helpful, really.

...Also, is there some safer method of training small Pokemon with little combat ability? I can't help but be hesitant to order a Caterpie to fend off attacks of any kind...

[End of recording.

Ondorus can be found on Route 30 from the 29th of August to the 5th of September. His shoulder is occupied at all times by his prim little Natu - and from the 31st to the 3rd, the other one is taken up by a snoozing Caterpie.]

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001; video

2012-08-20T17:57:43Z

-it's on? Thank you...

[The screen is at first obscured by something that moves away with a raspy chirp, leaving a bespectacled man to glance away from the screen for a moment before turning his attention to it. He seems worried but composed, letting his hand fall from where he'd been rubbing a knuckle absently against his forehead.]

Good...afternoon. [pause, then a sigh.] And a strange one. I don't know who is or how many are listening, but I hope my situation isn't common among you.

[More of that chirping, and Ondorus looks to his side as a green blob of feathers flutters its way up to his shoulder and shuffles around there for a moment, cooing. He smiles wordlessly for a moment and then looks back at the Pokégear.]

She offers her greetings, too. Anyhow - is there anyone listening to whom Sol Terrano means anything? Or, at least, Norad? Or...[His smile falls a little, and he breathes in as he thinks how to word this]...any for whom being a human comes as a bit of a shock?

-or knows of the Forest of Beginnings. [It comes out more rushed than the rest of what he's said, as though the thought came to him suddenly. The Natu on Ondorus' shoulder taps her foot firmly against him, and he nods a little.] Nobody here seemed to respond to any inquiry.

[He glances down (fiddles with something-) and back up.] I hope I'm using this correctly. [A tired smile.] Apparently there's a town of some size that I should get started on reaching. Thank you for your time - and I hope to make acquaintances with some of you.

[Ondorus bows his head politely, then the Pokegear tilts back so that it is receiving a shot of the sky. Offscreen, his voice can be heard - how do I shut this off, now? - along with some chirping from the Natu, and after a few seconds the entry ends.]

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Character Information/Resources

2012-08-20T01:05:35Z

-- ~~R29 Application, with history and personality~~ OUTDATED i need to rewrite a personality section for him

-- One of his very, very few lines of voiced dialogue in the game. Ondy has a nice voice!

-- World info from the Rune Factory Official Memoirs artbook (warning: contains character spoilers for RF1-3 and Frontier)

-- The Rune Factory 3 side story manga, which prominently features Ondorus! Boy am I ever thankful for this.

-- Images of the monsters in the Rune Factory series!
----- Demon, fairy, goblin, wooly, chipsqueek
----- Dragon, necro, golem, mushroom, wooly, wizard
----- Dragon, wooly, flower, orc, mushroom, buffamoo, mimic
----- Wolf, chipsqueek, troll, slime

Image of the univir settlement from Official Memoirs (middle right)

Image of Ondorus and Kuruna from Official Memoirs

The interior of Ondorus' tent

( Quotes related to Ondorus' life, home, and personality )

Icon Trick (for Pokemon icons)

Color Codes
Olivia: #458B00
Zaidra: #CFB53B
Gunther: #50A6C2
Sanja: #EE6AA7

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Pokémon Listing

2012-08-19T13:56:33Z

Currently Owned

Pokemon whose names have a lavender background are in Ondorus' active party. TM moves are listed in italics.

Olivia	Henry	Theo	Gunther	Sanja	Konoha

Xatu ♀	Butterfree ♂	Absol ♂	Luxray ♂	Munna ♀	Sewaddle ♂
Lv. 82	Lv. 18	Lv. 28	Lv. 78	Lv. 25	Lv. 18
{Synchronize}	{Compoundeyes}	{Pressure}	{Rivalry}	{Forewarn}	{Chlorophyll}
Mild -- Somewhat vain	Naive -- Likes to relax	Careful -- Often lost in thought	Naughty -- Impetuous and silly	Sassy -- Somewhat of a clown	Quiet -- Good endurance
Peck Leer Night Shade Teleport Lucky Chant Miracle Eye Me First Confuse Ray Wish Tailwind Psycho Shift Future Sight Stored Power Ominous Wind Power Swap Guard Swap Psychic Protect	Tackle String Shot Harden Confusion Poisonpowder Stun Spore Sleep Powder Gust Supersonic Protect	Scratch Quick Attack Hidden Power Pursuit Bite Slash Night Slash Psycho Cut Razor Wind Feint Sucker Punch Me First Future Sight False Swipe Strength Rock Smash Protect Detect Leer Taunt Perish Song Double Team Swords Dance	Tackle Signal Beam Thunder Discharge Strength Thunder Wave Charge Light Screen Spark Bite Roar Swagger Thunder Fang Crunch Scary Face Wild Charge Protect	Psywave Defense Curl Sonicboom Swift Baton Pass Lucky Chant Yawn Psybeam Imprison Moonlight Hypnosis Zen Headbutt Synchronoise Protect	Tackle String Shot Bug Bite Razor Leaf


Meredith	Felix	Arielle

Lapras ♀	Audino ♂	Houndoom ♀
Lv. 20	Lv. 6	Lv. 34
{Water Absorb}	{Healer}	{Early Bird}
Gentle -- Scatters things often	Docile -- Highly curious	Serious -- Hates to lose
Sing Growl Water Gun Mist Confuse Ray Ice Shard Water Pulse Body Slam Protect	Pound Growl Helping Hand Refresh Protect	Leer Ember Howl Smog Roar Bite Odor Sleuth Beat Up Fire Fang Protect

No longer owned

Zaidra

Sandslash ♀

Lv. 57

{Sand Veil}

Brave
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Quick tempered

Scratch
Defense Curl
Sand-Attack
Poison Sting
Rapid Spin
Swift
Fury Swipes
Rollout
Crush Claw
Fury Cutter
Magnitude
Sand Tomb
Slash
Dig
Gyro Ball
Swords Dance
Sandstorm
Earthquake

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Inventory & Timeline

2012-08-19T13:36:22Z

( Inventory )

( Timeline )

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grapecape @ 2012-08-19T07:55:00

2012-08-19T11:58:16Z

After this point, this journal will be used for entries to route_29. If you are in Luceti, have not yet unfollowed, and don't want non-Luceti posts cropping up on your reading list, now is the time to unfollow.

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02 cactus flower - voice/action

2012-06-21T21:32:24Z

[In the afternoon of the 21st, Ondorus can be seen or encountered going back and forth from CH2 to the grocery, for nearly two hours despite the awful weather. He isn't even bothering with an umbrella, using both hands to carry bags - it looks like he could use some help, if anyone else is crazy enough to be out in this.

In the evening, this post goes up over the journals:]

Several apartments in Community Housing 2 are stocked with water and food, if anyone needs to escape flooding or is not comfortable staying in a house during the storm.

In addition, there are two unused bedrooms in my own apartment, which anyone is more than welcome to occupy if they need.

...I hope that everyone can stay safe.

[The next morning, he's fussing around CH2, spending short bursts of time outside to cast fortifications against the wind and longer periods in the halls to recover and make sure whoever passes him by is alright.

He's never seen this much water in his life, and it's making him more than a little nervous.]

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01 cactus flower - action/video

2012-05-10T02:47:50Z

[Action]

[This new arrival is determined not to fly blind into Luceti. The first thing he does upon gathering himself is pick up the journal, examine it, find the guide, and read it from end to end. It raises many worries, but answers all of his questions, and, thus prepared, he heads for the village.

...Still wet from his unfortunately placed landing, and with far less clothing than he would like. His glasses would be nice to have, too...

Ondorus stops when he comes within sight of the village, his worry and wariness becoming too much to ignore. Is this a human habitation? Might they chase him away if he comes too near? Or is it a town unlike Sharance, where all people would be welcomed?

The hesitant New Feather in the field to the village's west could use some reassurance. Anyone conducive to crossing his path there in the morning?]

[Video]

[The man that appears on the journals later in the day has been restored to his usual dignity, soft purple cape over dark robes and thin-framed glasses resting on his nose. His spiraled horn and pointed ears are very visible in the video, as are the few tattoos patterned over his forehead and cheekbone. He looks straight at the camera with calm, steady purposefulness, and when he speaks, his voice is steady and his words are precise.]

Good evening.

My name is Ondorus, and I am a new arrival to Luceti. I am very grateful to the kind residents who pointed me in the right direction when I was searching for my personal effects. [He bows his head for a moment.] Thank you, sincerely. I also would like to thank the author of the guide found in the journals. It is very well-laid-out and -written, and eased the surprise of arrival considerably.

[He bows his head again.

Ondorus wonders if he should say something about the village's diversity - ask if it is usual and accepted, thank the villagers for their openmindedness, speak to his fellow nonhumans? No, no -he all would draw too much attention to himself. And there didn't seem to be any problems...best to let a sleeping shadow panther lie.]

…Ah. To the community as a whole...this village seems to be quite well-equipped to meet our needs in such a way that renders many normal tasks unnecessary. What sorts of activities do you recommend to fill the spare time? If you'd like to share your own preferences, I would appreciate that as well.

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