[20:04:50] <RetailBeard> Well, first of how many of you remember a little myth-y thing I did a long time ago? Involving a Man with a Sword?
[20:06:16] <KujiUn> H. I... think I remember it back in the swamps.
[20:06:27] <~castfromhp> Admittedly I don't really remember that now. @_@
[20:06:33] <RetailBeard> It was more or less the Veilstone Myth from Diamond/Pearl.
[20:06:42] <RetailBeard> Lemme link
[20:06:47] <RetailBeard> http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sinnoh_myths
[20:06:54] <RetailBeard> It was a slightly altered version of that.
[20:08:22] <RetailBeard> More or less how Vsevolod became who he was, renouncing the sword became the first Genetic/King of Kushva. The first and only Arceus Genetic.
[20:08:30] <~castfromhp> :O
[20:08:48] <RetailBeard> He was going to be the secret boss at the end. In his full Plate Armor.
[20:09:04] <RetailBeard> Switching elements on a whim and all that shit.
[20:09:13] <~castfromhp> Wait, why? What reason did he have to oppose us?
[20:09:25] <~castfromhp> ...And what would've happened when he met his Unown copy?
[20:10:39] <Kain> Secret boss doesn't always mean hostile
[20:10:42] <Kain> they can be tests too
[20:10:49] <~castfromhp> Oh that's true.
[20:11:45] <RetailBeard> The way I saw it playing out was if you went to the crypt of the Kings. VSE would merge with the Spiritomb there, the final resting place of the Kings of Kushva. And depending on how you guys ended the game would accept the newest King/Queen or would accept the removal of royalty all together.
[20:12:06] <~castfromhp> So COMMUNISM END was possible?
[20:12:14] <RetailBeard> Of course
[20:12:41] <RetailBeard> But anyway, Alexei I had silly ideas for. Mostly bad, but silly. I think I hamhandedly implied Alexei had some sort of connection to mew/mewtwo yes?
[20:13:06] <Kain> Did you?
[20:13:13] <~castfromhp> You did...? I must've forgotten. The thing I do remember is that all his vodka magic was him injecting himself with TMs while drunk.
[20:13:20] <zoofTop> I don't recall that myself
[20:13:34] <RetailBeard> He had a similar aura to Mr. Jack, who was infact a mew genetic.
[20:13:40] <zoofTop> hrm
[20:13:44] <zoofTop> I think that got overlooked
[20:13:50] <zoofTop> during the fabulousdokens
[20:13:51] <RetailBeard> Well fiddle sticks.
[20:13:56] <RetailBeard> pfft
[20:13:58] <~castfromhp> I think we all just thought "fabulous aura" yeah.
[20:14:03] <zoofTop> I mean yeah that makes sense now that you say it
[20:14:05] <zoofTop> but given the context
[20:14:05] <~castfromhp> And...yeah fabulousdokens.
[20:14:08] <~castfromhp> Hahaha
[20:14:10] <zoofTop> it just sounded like fabulous aura
[20:14:48] <RetailBeard> Well. Do you remember when Alexei started getting Vodka magic? And for the first few times he would get a new one? There was always some one from the 'old country' there?
[20:15:11] <~castfromhp> ...I never caught on to that.
[20:15:25] <~castfromhp> I was too preoccupied with the fact I'd end up with empty TM cartridges.
[20:16:25] <~castfromhp> I mean, in retrospect, I see it, but it never struck me as odd before now.
[20:16:50] <RetailBeard> Alexei was a sleeperagent of sorts and Sinnoh's test subject to mimic the mythic Kings of Kushva.
[20:17:09] <~castfromhp> Oh god was he the Manchurian Candidate?
[20:17:11] <RetailBeard> You guys have read the Pokemon Special Manga yeah? With what Blaine did to make Mewtwo/what he did to himself?
[20:17:12] <~castfromhp> But with boozetrigger
[20:17:22] <RetailBeard> Kinda sorta Cast
[20:17:22] <~castfromhp> The thing where they were linked sort of?
[20:17:29] <@zoofman> this is terrifying
[20:17:32] <@zoofman> who okayed this plan
[20:17:35] <@zoofman> they are terrible
[20:17:42] <~castfromhp> This is hilariawesome.
[20:18:03] <RetailBeard> Soviet Sinnoh: No sense of right or wrong.
[20:18:12] <Plutonis> Hrrrm.
[20:18:28] <Plutonis> Yes, that would look better when played, indeed.
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[20:19:19] <@zoofman> that is
[20:19:23] <@zoofman> the most hilarious twist ever
[20:19:28] <RetailBeard> Letssee. For Celia I had a more depressing take on her character origin/dreamers in general.
[20:21:04] <RetailBeard> Celia was actualy the dreamsmoke manifestation of a girl named Cecelia. The reason all dreamers are completly off kilter is because they are actually dreams and the result of pure subconscious. Which is what happned during the Tristan Fight. She was crushed by the rocks but just reverted back to dream smoke.
[20:21:28] <RetailBeard> And the woman who was doing the Immortal fight? She was trapped in a nightmare where the Immortals lost.
[20:22:45] <Kain> That's far out D:
[20:22:45] <~castfromhp> hoh shit man
[20:22:51] <~castfromhp> That's awesome.
[20:22:56] <~castfromhp> I'm stealing that for some future campaign.
[20:22:58] : ~castfromhp scribbles
[20:23:28] <@zoofman> what did the lake guardians...do to her then?
[20:24:37] <Plutonis> What in the
[20:24:40] <Plutonis> Absolute fuck
[20:24:51] <Plutonis> Holy shit man
[20:25:38] <RetailBeard> They took a bit of a nibble. That whole being a dream thing
[20:26:06] <RetailBeard> She was delicious
[20:26:13] <~castfromhp> D:
[20:26:47] <RetailBeard> Tentra had alot of her bullshit actually happen to her. But didn't get to see the inner workings of her Order really.
[20:28:09] <RetailBeard> The patron of the order wasn't actually any legendary but a massive dragon. Made of unown. It was the orders history as written and recorded by the Scribes. They would actually write themselves into the dragon, letting it absorb their minds and memories.
[20:28:40] <@zoofman> that's
[20:28:41] <@zoofman> pretty nuts
[20:29:04] <@zoofman> I think my only question there is really, who the hell was in her room and what did they take?
[20:29:39] <~castfromhp> It was Alexei, and he took her secret booze stash from the rebellious teenage years she forgot about.
[20:29:45] <~castfromhp> Obviously.
[20:29:57] <RetailBeard> The head Chronicler, and he took her diary.
[20:30:12] <@zoofman> huh
[20:30:14] <@zoofman> why would he do that?
[20:30:35] <RetailBeard> The whole dragon thing is/was voluntary btw.
[20:30:47] <RetailBeard> So that she wouldn't find out who did it. =V
[20:30:47] <~castfromhp> Was anything gonna happen with Tentra's parents being unsealed again?
[20:30:51] <RetailBeard> (It was him.)
[20:31:42] <RetailBeard> Yeah, they were going to actually snap out of their cycle and freak the fuck out they had been living a lie. If you guys had ever visited you would have been able to meet the real O'doyles.
[20:31:59] <RetailBeard> I only wish Tentra's last name had been Mcoy.
[20:32:00] <~castfromhp> No I mean like, was someone ever gonna try to reseal them?
[20:32:28] <RetailBeard> Oooh, yes. It was a possibility.
[20:33:30] <~castfromhp> Do Molly now :O
[20:34:00] <Kain> You can do Rock first if you like
[20:34:20] * KujiUn doesn't care which way
[20:34:49] <~castfromhp> do....Cornelius. :V
[20:34:57] <KujiUn> :D
[20:35:08] <~castfromhp> But nah do whoever you were planning on next.
[20:35:13] <KujiUn> Do Corneliu- aw.
[20:35:52] <@zoofman> cornelius was obviously in on the alexei sleeper agent thing
[20:38:26] <RetailBeard> Nah he was just mew
[20:38:33] <RetailBeard> =3
[20:38:43] <~castfromhp> I can't tell if you're joking.
[20:38:56] <KujiUn> wha
[20:39:21] <RetailBeard> But any way onto The Royals.
[20:39:26] <RetailBeard> You actually met them
[20:39:29] <RetailBeard> Back in the desert.
[20:40:52] <Kain> They were the ones who dropped off Molly when she joined you guys. Because honestly guys, the truth is? I wasn't a player. I was a guest. And a conspirator trying to help Beard enrich his plot. Molly was in fact not a copy of the Molly from the old scouts. Her real name was Margaret Romanov.
[20:40:53] <RetailBeard> But before that. Molly's story should get told. It'd make more sense
[20:41:20] <KujiUn> Oh.
[20:41:31] <~castfromhp> That's rad.
[20:41:51] <RetailBeard> She was Knight Aquas and Knight Hexxus. Water and Psycic.
[20:41:54] <~castfromhp> ...What was the discrepancy between what Molly was told she'd have to deal with then and what...she actually saw?
[20:42:01] <Kain> Hold on Beard
[20:42:03] <Kain> let me tell this
[20:42:08] <RetailBeard> Your show then
[20:42:18] <RetailBeard> I am going to get some cake in the meantime
[20:42:26] <@zoofman> my mind just exploded
[20:42:38] <Kain> She was in fact, a Tri-Face plant sent to keep tabs on the Scouts. Her mother was the one who gave Fir the information he needed to kill the old royal family during their masquerade ball.
[20:42:52] <Kain> Molly's mother is not only the head of human resources but the leader of the Red Eyes, Fir's secret police
[20:43:18] <Kain> Molly on the other hand, worked inside the league on Tri-Face's side. The Prince and Princess were also employed within the league, secretly.
[20:43:27] <Kain> To complicate matters she has a split personality
[20:43:46] <KujiUn> Which explains why she has two knight titles.
[20:43:50] <Kain> She is in fact both Knight Errant Aqua, and Knight Errant Hexxus, two of Tri-Ace's knights
[20:43:54] <Kain> *Aquas
[20:44:14] <~castfromhp> Oh god. Please explain the loyalties involved here between Fir, the prince and princess, Molly's mother, etc.
[20:44:20] <~castfromhp> This is getting complicated.
[20:44:28] <Kain> She was meant to disrupt your activities and swing things in Tri-Face's favor, but she grew fond of you guys when she found out you had no love of Fir
[20:44:43] <Kain> Okay basically
[20:44:45] <~castfromhp> Like, who was loyal to who and who was there in secret to backstab who?
[20:44:50] <Kain> Molly's family was one of the noble lines of the country
[20:45:05] <Kain> Molly's MOTHER backstabbed the royals and joined Fir during his revolution
[20:45:17] <Kain> Molly on the other hand, joined Tri-Face in secret, but publically joined her mother and Fir
[20:45:43] <~castfromhp> Which side of the split was she on?
[20:45:53] <@zoofman> jokes on us
[20:45:55] <@zoofman> when there wasn't one
[20:46:11] <Kain> Mollys loyal to the princess either way
[20:46:22] <Kain> Her two personalities are "Molly" as Knight Errant Aquas, and "Margaret" as Knight Errant Hexxus
[20:46:28] <Kain> Both serve the Princess as her right hands
[20:46:53] <Kain> I was meant to stick with you guys for a few towns then flip my card and suddenly INTRIGUE
[20:47:17] <~castfromhp> (and suddenly no healer)
[20:47:30] <Kain> Savage leaving because of Molly was sort of an OOC shock
[20:47:39] <Kain> and I got really worried about you guys once I knew I would turn
[20:47:51] <Kain> Molly was in fact going to try to convince you guys to join Tri-Face
[20:49:18] <Kain> But I figured that wouldn't happen, at least not on the Princess's side, and I figured there'd be a boss fight down the line.
[20:49:26] <Kain> There were to be three boss battles total if we went that route
[20:49:39] <Kain> One against Aquas, one against Hexxus, and one with both personalities at the forefront.
[20:49:53] <Kain> Molly is 'less loyal' to the Princess than her other personality, mind you
[20:50:05] <Kain> and actually had a crush on the prince
[20:50:34] <Kain> This would have been really complicated later on
[20:50:40] <Kain> but it didn't get to pan out
[20:51:36] <Kain> Molly was Psychic/Empath/Rain Waker/Air Adept, for the record
[20:52:23] <Kain> while Hexxus was Psychic/Hex Maniac/Influential/I don't think I decided
[20:52:27] <Kain> Tag Battler maybe
[20:52:49] <~castfromhp> You know...
[20:53:08] <RetailBeard> It was Tag Bat
[20:53:11] <~castfromhp> I think Alexei would have opposed Molly. Just on principle of "THIS SHIT OF BULL IS TOO COMPLICATE. WHO DO I VODKA MAGICK?"
[20:53:11] <RetailBeard> I have notes.
[20:53:35] <~castfromhp> But I guess that's no surprise, the conclusion that is.
[20:53:58] <~castfromhp> the reason might be, because if it got that level of complicated I'm not sure I would have been able to keep the loyalties straight.
[20:54:16] <Kain> Anyway beard sorry to interrupt you
[20:54:18] <Kain> please continue
[20:54:25] <RetailBeard> Psh no worries you said it better than I could
[20:54:35] <RetailBeard> And cast. I actually had a plan for that.
[20:58:02] <Kain> Oh one more note
[20:58:10] <Kain> When Tentra saw Molly's aura
[20:58:11] <RetailBeard> It would be shortly after yoru encounter with Hex depending on how it went you would either have been captured by Tri Face or encountered the Royals back at HQ after hearing of Fir's "sudden illness".
[20:58:13] <Kain> he saw part of Hexxus's as well
[20:58:28] <Kain> *she
[20:58:53] <RetailBeard> Mr. Fir would have had symptoms of heart attack and be caused to step down.
[21:00:33] <RetailBeard> But anyway. The scene would have played out depending on how it went you would face off against Maksimilian. The ace/tagbat/chaser/Waterace and as he got into Low Hp. Irina would have showed up. Only to stab her brother in the back.
[21:01:06] <~castfromhp> >Rival water ace
[21:01:08] <~castfromhp> FABULOUS WAR
[21:01:12] <Kain> Nasty work, Princesses killing Princes
[21:01:56] <RetailBeard> Indeed. Irina doesn't care how she rules. Head of the League or as Queen as long as she is in power she does not care.
[21:02:04] <Kain> That would have been a mark of contention for Molly, making her question her loyalty. And that struggle probably would have had some importance later.
[21:02:18] <Kain> Her split personality however, 100% loyal to the nutcase
[21:02:28] <RetailBeard> And that would have ushered in the second phase of the game. Do you keep the facade or do you start your own rival faction/own revolition.
[21:02:43] <~castfromhp> ohboy COMMUNISM PHASE
[21:03:16] <RetailBeard> You already had several people to fall back on as allies.
[21:03:28] <RetailBeard> OH
[21:03:30] <RetailBeard> I forgot to mention.
[21:03:36] <RetailBeard> Remember those doodles I did?
[21:03:48] <RetailBeard> Prince was Empoleon Princess was Vespiquen
[21:04:27] <RetailBeard> She was Ace/Bug/Steel/Attack Ace and as last boss version tacked on a Genesect Genetic.
[21:05:18] <Kain> (Molly's Koffing was steel shifted by the princess)
[21:06:33] <~castfromhp> Did she have an Escavalier?
[21:06:37] <RetailBeard> And yeah. againd epending on the routes taken you could have ended up as the Elite Four
[21:07:58] <~castfromhp> >Alexei in charge of being an Elite 4
[21:08:23] <~castfromhp> Everyone battles him last because of the mandatory drinking clauses.
[21:08:51] <RetailBeard> She had an Escavlier, a Scisor, Bug/Steel Shuckle a Bug/Steel Vespiquen, bug/steel Scyther , Bug/fight Machamp, and a steel/dragon Haxorus
[21:09:09] <RetailBeard> And genesect in the last fight
[21:09:42] <~castfromhp> Hmm. I guess we DIDN'T have much in the way of fire offense, huh?
[21:09:48] <~castfromhp> Otherwise trololololo
[21:10:18] <Kain> Molly's bossfight was going to try and turn your water reliance against you. <:3
[21:10:38] <~castfromhp> I was trying to pick up non-water moves. ;_;
[21:10:50] <Kain> Being an air adept, she was going to fly above the battlefield and snipe during the rain with Rainy Mood
[21:11:27] <~castfromhp> I think...I would've spent that battle rolling metronome and hoping for as much shenanigans as I got during the invading -Tentra's-parents-minds thing.
[21:11:31] <Kain> also her armor set had rain dish
[21:11:35] <RetailBeard> Th eplan I had for the Hex fight was individual battles fought in the brainosphere. Margaret preying upon the characters weakneses.
[21:12:54] <Kain> Hexxus would have used a different statset each time, assumedly, to throw you guys out of whack. If there was a fight afterward, it was going to be in a dancing hall full of fake dancers obstructing the terrain and an illusion of Molly up on stage rocking off to Maniac
[21:13:05] <Kain> when in actuality she would have been hidden in the crowd or something
[21:13:32] <RetailBeard> I think the original idea for Rocks was fighting some sort of crazy idol while this song played in the back round : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kDQj6z51QQ
[21:13:40] <RetailBeard> FOr his individual fight that is
[21:13:50] <Kain> Yeah
[21:13:53] <Kain> That was the idea
[21:14:03] <~castfromhp> I was gonna guess Pleather for Breakfast before clicking.
[21:14:14] <~castfromhp> Another NMH song, so I was close!
[21:14:19] <RetailBeard> Heh
[21:14:21] <~castfromhp> (my second favorite after the former actually :3)
[21:14:40] <@zoofman> this is pretty nutso
[21:14:42] <Plutonis> Hmm, guess that's where i leave... Good night guys.
[21:14:52] <Kain> Night plut :<
[21:14:53] <KujiUn> Aw. Good night Plut.
[21:14:55] <~castfromhp> 'Night
[21:14:58] <RetailBeard> Night Plut
[21:15:01] <Kain> So what was the hidden plot associated with Rock
[21:15:04] * Plutonis sighs. Yes, yes, another game that ends without a conclusion...
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[21:15:15] <KujiUn> I honestly have no idea.
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[21:15:37] <~castfromhp> I wish Plut wouldn't be that way. He's been real down lately. :<
[21:15:47] <KujiUn> I have a few guesses, but all of them I chalked up to being completely nuts.
[21:15:52] <~castfromhp> Well Kuji
[21:15:56] <~castfromhp> Looking at what we have so far
[21:16:01] <~castfromhp> "completely nuts" is more likely to be right!
[21:16:19] <@zoofman> it's just a lot to absorb
[21:16:20] <KujiUn> Yeah, I noticed. It makes me go back to my previous guesses and look them over again.
[21:17:02] <Kain> On another note
[21:17:08] <RetailBeard> I was in sort of a hard place for Rock (=V)
[21:17:09] <Kain> If we ever have academy again
[21:17:17] <KujiUn> My most likely guess is that I didn't have one at all. During the time I played Rock, I was going back and forth a lot.
[21:17:18] <Kain> Bella is going to be depressed as all hell that Scoots was canceled
[21:17:34] <KujiUn> Yeah D:
[21:17:36] <~castfromhp> There's no way you didn't have something.
[21:18:10] <KujiUn> Yeah.
[21:18:11] <~castfromhp> Listening to We Are Finally Cowboys now. Aww yeaaaa
[21:18:55] <RetailBeard> The thing is I didn't really know Rock's history so what I have drafted up for him are the SILLIEST.
[21:19:46] <KujiUn> ohwhat
[21:21:42] <RetailBeard> Like, a Croc Dundee type figure hunting him down for what he did in the wilds. Or some Punisher esq fellow hunting down Rock for what he did when he was younger. Or His family looking for him after he shot some on after a hunting accident and went all IAMHUNTER status.
[21:22:49] <KujiUn> Huh. That's interesting.
[21:22:58] <RetailBeard> I did have a battle of a Saxton Hale analog hunting down Rock and Biter for the fun of the fight. But nothign super concrete.
[21:23:16] * KujiUn nods
[21:24:17] <RetailBeard> Am I missing anything? Oh the regi trio.
[21:24:43] <RetailBeard> It was Water, Ground, Then Flying/Electric. Wake, Dune and Bolt/Storm.
[21:25:14] <RetailBeard> Which may or may not have fused to become a gigas of some sort
[21:25:41] <@zoofman> man
[21:25:54] <@zoofman> it's bittersweet to think about all this but it probably is for the best
[21:26:14] <@zoofman> I think it sucks more that it feels like all the PTA games going on might end this way shortly.
[21:26:25] <Kain> mhm :<
[21:26:48] <~castfromhp> Now I'm feeling even more bad, cause I feel like if I leave that'll put a nail in Academy's coffin. But I still can't find it in me to be interested. :<