Changing Factions

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Changing Factions
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Look, we get it: sometimes life doesn't go like you plan. Sometimes your character decides that having a tree name and studying the Spirit Realm sounds like a good career path. Sometimes they realize that maybe joining the murderous church group wasn't their best decision. In other words, if you are interested in having your character join or leave either POKEGO or The Black Order, this is the post for you.

Please bear in mind this will result in long term consequences for your character and cannot be easily reversed, so think it over carefully before making a decision!

Joining The Black Order

Joining the Black Order can happen in one of two ways: either voluntarily, or as part of a probation sentence due to some supernaturally related crime. Characters that join the Black Order will go under a 6-month training program in which they must do missions with different Guardians in the Order- or people approved by the Black Order to be worthy stand-ins. That said, the training may take longer depending on the conduct of the character and other circumstances.

General Guidelines

• Characters must be 18 years of age in order to join.
• Joining characters must be approved by at least two Black Order members.
• The missions that they complete can either be done through the monthly Black Order missions, missions given by a senior Black Order member, or by engaging with side quests. While threads are not necessary, they are encouraged!
• Enlisting Black Order members will get a yearly starting salary of $60k. However during their training months, they will be given a living stipend of $2k per month. Once they complete their training, they will receive back-payments for held wages.
• Both AU and OU characters can join the Black Order. Once they complete training, their character status will be changed to the Black Order. POKEGO characters would be required to leave POKEGO before they can join the Order.
• Should a character complete their training but then drop, they will remain a member of the Black Order and be transferred elsewhere. Probably Florida. Should they drop before completing their training, they will just return to normal NPCs.
• Outside of drops, a character that abandons their training will have one of two options. If they joined voluntarily and choose to leave without any incident, they will be allowed to do so with no problem. If they joined as part of a probation OR they have failed their training due to serious incident (committing serious crimes or what not), they will be Sealed. Sealing will cause characters to lose abilities and/or memories based on dice rolls done by the mods. This will result in permanent consequences, so think over CAREFULLY before pursuing this route.
• While you can only app 1 character directly as a Black Order character, Players who have a Black Order character may still have another character take on a Black Order trainee and become a member through that way since with the time and effort this route takes - we understand this isn't being done impulsively.

If you want your character to join the Order, please fill out the following form and comment to this post with the subject header "BLACK ORDER RECRUIT". Two Black Order characters must reply to your comment in order to show this recruitment has been approved.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Start Date:</b> (The general month and year is fine, just for reference.) <b>Voluntary or Probation:</b> <b>Notes:</b> (If your character is joining for probation or there's any special circumstances that affect their membership, this is the spot to say it)

Leaving The Black Order

Black Order members who have been in Kaisou at least 6 months will have the option of permanently leaving the Black Order. If a character attempts either of these methods BEFORE six months, it will not work as they simply don't have the spirit power to pull it off. Leaving the Black Order can be done in two different ways:

Now that the leadership of the Black Order has been changed, the process for leaving the Black Order is relatively easy. They will be asked to give up their uniform, lose access to the group chat, have their memory wiped of anything that'd be considered confidential in POKEGO (locations of stable gates, research that could be used dangerously, etc), and will be barred from using any Black Order facilities.

Former Black Order members will have two options for what happens to their character after departure:

• Option A: They will fully become like the regular Normal/Paranormal AUs. This means in the case that they drop from the game, they will lose all their past life memories, as well as some of their abilities/regain points (11 points worth). You can select which abilities you wish to give up, or just pay in straight regain points.
• Option B: They will be in a situation similar to how they were before the Black Order where they are able to retain past life memories and abilities even if they drop - however OOCly they will get reclassified as a "Ronin" character and it will count as your singular ronin slot.

If you plan to leave the Black Order, please fill out this form and put "LEAVING THE BLACK ORDER" in the subject. Please note that this decision CANNOT be reversed.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Option Route:</b> (pick option A or Option B for how you want to go about it) <b>Other:</b> (if you have any notes you wish to add!)

Joining POKEGO

Characters who are interested in joining POKEGO can become an apprentice to a POKEGO member. The apprentice will undergo a waiting period in which they undergo background checks as well as a training program to help them prepare for joining POKEGO. Once they have completed the training and resolved any issues that's connected to their background check, they will graduate and become a full fledged POKEGO member. For most characters, this process will take a minimum of 6 months. However, it may take longer should your characters struggle to pass the training program or their background check has some extra complications.

Please note that the apprentice recruitment program while has been used in some form or another throughout POKEGO's history, this specific version of the program is pretty new and was created with the Kaisou situation in mind.

Some guidelines to keep in mind are:

Mentor Guidelines (aka the POKEGO member)

• Mentors must be at least 18 year old and no longer a POKEPUP to take on an apprentice.
• Graduates of the apprenticeship program may take on apprentices after an amount of time that's determined by their age and teaching experience.
  • Under 21: 2 years after graduation.
  • Ages 21-24: 1 year after graduation.
  • Ages 21-24 with teaching experience: 6 months after graduation.
  • Over 25: 6 months after graduation.
  • Over 25 with teaching experience: 3 months after graduation.
• A mentor can only host two apprentices at a time.
• POKEGO mentors are responsible for their apprentices' training and wellbeing. Those who are found to be mistreating apprentices will face consequences.
• POKEGO member are highly encouraged to live with their apprentice in order to keep an eye on them. However, this rule is not mandatory and plenty of exceptions can be made to the rule (like the apprentice is a minor, has a family they can't abandon, etc.), though they will like some system put in place so they can regularly check on the apprentice to make sure they aren't up to any suspicious behavior.
• While there are some standardized lessons that all apprentices must be taught, the mentors have a lot of freedom in what lessons they impart on their apprentices.
• It is entirely up to a POKEGO member if they wish to take on an apprentice. If they need some IC pressuring, that can be arranged - but OOCly POKEGO players should only take on an apprentice if they wish to.

Apprentice Guidelines

• Apprentices must undergo a background check. This include three different types of check: a traditional background check done via technology, a magical background check using NPC seers (so the background of OUs are still accessible), and a psychological evaluation. These background checks will focus on looking for any red flags they should be worried about. Red flags include things like serious crimes, forged identities, unusual amounts of debt (we mean debt that goes past the usual student/credit card/medical debt an average person might have), a worrying disregard for ethics - the usual stuff that'd be concerning!
• Should any red flags pop up, they will be dealt with case by case. Like a reformed villain might have to prove they are truly reformed or be put under more supervision, a person with UNUSUAL levels of debt well be expected to settle that debt, a person with forged documents needs to disclose their real identity, etc. Characters who are actively still planning to do awful shit in general will be denied and removed from the program.
• Apprentices will be allowed to choose a code name (their mentors can weigh in) and a Pokemon. Caring for this Pokemon is part of their training, and is either one they catch with their mentor present - or is given to them by their mentor. The Pokemon can be any kind EXCEPT for Legendary Pokemon.
• They will be expected to complete a training program. This training program while having a few mandatory lessons they all must complete, a lot of it is made up by their mentors based on what they view as important for their apprentice to learn. In other words, good luck some of you.
• During their apprenticeship, they are not allowed to publish their own work or take on POKEGO missions by themselves.
• Apprentices who are under 18 will also be considered a POKEPUP. Once they graduate from training, they will become a POKEPUP until they turn 18 and graduate high school.
• Apprentices will have access to the POKEGO group chat, however they cannot make filters within the chat while the full members can.
• While doing Apprentice duties, they will be expected to wear a uniform that's similar to the look of a Pokemon Trainer. While these uniforms look different to allow for personalization, all of them carry emblems of the POKEGO symbol as well as a Seedot badge indicating their apprenticeship status. Upon graduation, they will receive a proper lab coat.

General OOC Guidelines

• Both AU and OU characters can apply to be apprentices. Once they complete their apprenticeship, their character status on the taken page and everywhere else will be switched over to POKEGO
• Should a mentor drop before the apprentice completes their apprenticeship, the apprentice will either continue under their tutelage as an NPC or be transferred to another POKEGO member.
• An apprentice that graduates to become a full POKEGO member but drops will be able to retain their past life memories. However should they reapp, their regains will be reduced to whatever they can spend 16 points on.
• While you can only app 1 character directly as a POKEGO character, Players who have a POKEGO character may still have another character take on a POKEGO apprenticeship and become a member through that way since with the time and effort this route takes - we understand this isn't being done willy nilly. However POKEGO players cannot take on their other character as their apprentice.
• Unavailable tree code names are: Oak, Willow, Elm, Birch, Rowan, Juniper, Sycamore, Kukui, Magnolia, Sonia, Laventon, Sada, Turo, Rosewood, Wisteria, Azalea, Dracaena, Zelkova, Juneberry, Olive, Laurel, and Larch.

If you want your character to become an apprentice, please fill out the following form and comment to this post with the subject header "POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP". The player of the mentor must reply to your comment in order to show both of you have agreed to this.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Mentor:</b> (name of the character mentoring them. Must be a player character unless given special permission by mod) <b>Code Name:</b> (Pick a tree-based code name for your character. Fruits are okay as long as it grows on a tree.) <b>Starter Pokemon:</b> (What pokemon do they plan to start with. It can be any kind except legendaries) <b>Start Date of Apprenticeship:</b> (The general month and year is fine, just for reference.) <b>Area of Specialty:</b> (What do they plan to specialize in?) <b>Potential Red Flags:</b> (Is there anything going in with their life or in their past that would considered a red flag? We're talking violent or major crimes, fake identities, troubling psychological profile, etc? Please go into detail so we can figure out if this will cause a delay to their graduation. Please note that people who are ACTIVELY engaging in evil stuff would be kicked out of the program ) <b>Other:</b> (do you have any other notes that you think may affect their admission into POKEGO?)

Leaving POKEGO

Should a character choose to leave POKEGO, the process is relatively easy. They will be asked to give up their labcoat (or uniform if they're an apprentice), lose access to the group chat, have their memory wiped of anything that'd be considered confidential in POKEGO (locations of stable gates, research that could be used dangerously, etc), and will be barred from using their tree code name. In fact they will find that they are magically unable to use it as their own name moving forward, strange! OOCLy, these characters status will be changed to normal Paranormal AUs.

Former POKEGO members will have two options with their past life memories:

• Option A: They will fully become like the regular Normal/Paranormal AUs. This means in the case that they drop from the game, they will lose all their past life memories, as well as some of their abilities/regain points (11 points worth). You can select which abilities you wish to give up, or just pay in straight regain points.
• Option B: They will be in a situation similar to how they were before POKEGO where they are able to retain past life memories and abilities even if they drop - however OOCly they will get reclassified as a "Ronin" character and it will count as your singular ronin slot.

If you plan to leave POKEGO, please fill out this form and put "LEAVING POKEGO" in the subject. Please note that this decision CANNOT be reversed.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Option Route:</b> (pick option A or Option B for how you want to go about it) <b>Other:</b> (if you have any notes you wish to add!)

Comments

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[lightofkshahrewar]

Player Name: Marzi
Character Name: Kaveh Karim
Mentor: Abasi al-Haytham

Code Name: Juneberry
Starter Pokemon: Bounsweet
Start Date of Apprenticeship: (mid-to-late) May 2023
Area of Specialty: Architecture
Potential Red Flags: Kaveh is the poster child for UNUSUAL amounts of debt. While he is doing his best not to actively add to what he's already racked up (which is, seriously, A STAGGERING AMOUNT, since he took out two sets of student loans and also spent several years enabling a serial gambler) he does have a bleeding heart and he's quick to give away what little he's earned to others he sees as in greater need of aid.
Other: Kaveh is extremely new to... everything, since he was a normie not all that long ago, but he's a hard worker and no intellectual slouch. He's not afraid to demonstrate his willingness to learn or jump through whatever hoops they might initially require of him.

[admonishinginstruction]

Agreed!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[whiteshroud]

Player Name: Yuff
Character Name: Jun Nightroad (birth name Jun Kohinata)
Mentor: Mikleo

Code Name: Olive
Starter Pokemon: Shiny Rowlet
Start Date of Apprenticeship: May 2023
Area of Specialty: He'll do general studies but eventually settle on botany.
Potential Red Flags: Due to his background of being a former Krusnik victim, Jun had a number of fraudulent identification papers that probably wouldn't hold up to a thorough background check. He'd be more than willing to disclose his identity though, and already has to Mikleo.

Also he was connected to the portal incident last year, but completed his community service hours and has not done anything similar since.
Other: Not much to note! He'll be an attentive student and very open minded. Does come with a himbo though.

[reenforces]

Confirming!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[ibuki_theater]

Player Name: Ryuu
Character Name: Ryouta Ibuki
Mentor: Mikleo

Code Name: Laurel
Starter Pokemon: Fuecoco
Start Date of Apprenticeship: May 2023
Area of Specialty: Self-defense and social skills as a counselor figure, most likely
Potential Red Flags: No real red flags. He's just a dude with normal parents. Just... every month he goes all werewolf and he's got some issues as a selkie, but he's fine! His academic record isn't stellar, so he's not going to be the fastest in getting through the studying parts of training.
Other: Ryouta is Ryouta, a simple idiot himbo.

[reenforces]

Confirming!

Pokego apprenticeship

[droptheious]

Player Name: TF
Character Name: Varian (It'll be Varian Vasiya once all the adoption paperwork is done)
Mentor: Sorey

Code Name: Larch
Starter Pokemon: Zigzagoon
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Probably early June by the time he's spoken to the folks he needs to speak to.
Area of Specialty: Engineering
Potential Red Flags: OKAY HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS HERE WE GO.
- Long history of dangerous experiments in his youth- he blew up his village AT LEAST twice.
- One of his experiments almost created a black hole but this is one of the few times it wasn't his fault as someone else messed with his work- he managed to turn it off before it killed everyone.
- Delved into dangerous chemical concoctions against magical black rocks, got his father trapped in magical amber.
- Created a truth serum and infected the entire castle with it.
- Stole a priceless magical artefact - baby's first act of treason!
- Gave his raccoon a short-lasting mutating serum and sicked him on the palace guard.
- Built a bunch of murder robots. So many murder robots. Tried to murder people with them.
- Kidnapped the queen. Threatened to kill her.
- Attempted to crush both the queen and the princess's lady in waiting to death with a robot.
- Attempted to kill the princess. Like. A lot.
- Went to prison for a year.
- Broke out of prison. Joined a terrorist sect. Helped erase the king and queen's memories- ran his kingdom through them as a slave state, forcing the people to work in mines.
- Planned to erase the memories of literally everyone.
- This ended up creating effectively a nuke. He helped stop that because he didn't actually WANT to murder everyone.
- Had a rough attempt at redemption. Really did try his best.
- But still created a gun solely with the intention of murdering a threat to the kingdom.
- Also made a portal to try and trap a demon which backfired and nearly got a bunch of people stuck there.
- Also made a stun helmet to stop his sleeper agent dad from harming them.
- In Kaisou he was one of the main culprits for creating the portal to try and get people home. He served his community service in full.
- Experimented on the immortality peach which exploded and gave him and his boyfriend lesser effects from the dang thing.
- Worked with Zodiac so he could sabotage the whole peachgate debacle. Managed to prevent Zodiac from growing MORE immortality peaches.
- Probably remains a constant fire/explosion hazard- even if he learned better lab safety in Zodiac.
Other: As he's a minor, he's still living with Amal and co and would prefer it that way! He'll be getting letters of recommendation from Amal as his (almost) legal guardian and Elliot as his teacher to help with his case that he is truly TRYING with the whole redemption arc thing. Sorey is also his therapist so he's fully aware of Varian's...everything. Thanks to the peach he's also stuck with slow ageing and will live for a good few hundred years so he'll be around for a long time.

[notevensorey]

Confirming!

LEAVING BLACK ORDER (OPTION A)

[switchaxe]

Player Name: Fae
Character Name: Ash Carbide/Ash Cabbot
Link to Activity Check-in: Here

Date of Leaving the Order: September 6th
Changing Element?: No
Retained Regains: ARCUS II + the Master Quartz it came with, his switchaxe, and the Class VII photo
Retained Gacha/Goodwill Items: Geo vision, his dog, and the magic matchbook
Retained Monster Changes: Animal tail, full transformation, and Low Fae Cursing (it's on the regain sheet as "minor", but that pre-dates the updates to the monster revamp)
Birthday Skeleton Items: Laptop

DEPARTURE APPROVED

[kaisoumods]

Ash's departure from the Black Order has been approved! Starting September 6th, he will no longer be considered a member of the Order and will lose access to the Black Order chat.

You have 0 regain points remaining. Please note this comment on your AC comment.

Enjoy your freedom Ash, you've earned it.

LEAVING BLACK ORDER (OPTION A)

[infezione]

Player Name: Amber
Character Name: Pannacotta Fugo/Patrizio Fugo
Link to Activity Check-in: here!

Date of Leaving the Order: September 8th
Changing Element?: No
Retained Regains: Violet eyes, Physical Side Effect: Warm Skin
Retained Gacha/Goodwill Items: ARCUS II and the Katze MQ it came with, Rhyming Couplets Curse, Electro Vision
Retained Monster Changes: Voice Mimicry, Danger Sense (pre-monster revamp style), full transformation
Birthday Skeleton Items: Magic Care Bear Plush

DEPARTURE APPROVED

[kaisoumods]

Fugo's departure from the Black Order has been approved! Starting September 8th, he will no longer be considered a member of the Order and will lose access to the Black Order chat.

Since you didn't spend all your alotted regain points, you have 4 regain points remaining. Please note this comment on your AC comment.

Enjoy your freedom Fugo, you've earned it.

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[fionnuisce]

Player Name: Nao
Character Name: Waver Velvet
Mentor: Persephone | joies

Code Name: Blackthorn
Starter Pokemon: Sprigatito
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Early October 2023, probably?
Area of Specialty: Chemistry/alchemy, with intent to eventually study the Sprit Vein's elemental aspects.
Potential Red Flags:
-One incident of stealing mail containing an ancient artifact as a teenager.
-Directly responsible for his former teacher's death, largely in self-defense.
-A few incidents of more recent magic-based patent fraud: using his skills for analyzing the research of other mages to replicate items or concepts and file patents under his own name for profit. However, this hasn't been used to cause any damage or been weaponized for nefarious purposes.
-Occasionally turns into a bird. (He'll be forthcoming about all prior points without attempting to hide it.)
-His psych profile is probably worrying in the sense of 'this man is riddled with largely untreated complexes and PTSD', but all things considered he's somehow relatively stable and functioning.
Other: Nothing offhand except being heavily involved in running Cygnus and therefore already likely known to Rowan/Juniper/Sycamore.

[joies]

Confirming!

LEAVING BLACK ORDER (OPTION B)

[lapislazily]

Player Name: Saffy
Character Name: Zhongli
Link to Activity Check-in: here

Date of Leaving the Order: 11/20/23
Changing Element?: No
Personal Effects: His passport, a very old photo of himself and Xiao, and the book Azhdaha is sealed in.
Birthday Skeleton Item: None!
Monster Changes: None

Remaining Points: 36
Retained Regains:
Jade Shield (Stone Stele must be regained separately) (4 pts)
Master elemental manipulation (4 pts)
Planet Befall (6 pts)
Canon outfit (2 pts)
Fake vision (2 pts)
New Abilities:
Archon (8 pts) which includes:

Immortality (ageless, can still be killed)

Divinity, can't be scried on

Shapeshifting into his true form, a dragon (only up to 7 feet long though for now?)

Hair and eyes glow when using magic

Leyline markings on his body

Godly constitution (not affected by severe hot/cold I guess)

By my math, this leaves 10 points left over!

DEPARTURE APPROVED

[kaisoumods]

Zhongli's departure from the Black Order has been approved! Starting November 20th, he will no longer be considered a member of the Order and will lose access to the Black Order chat. Anyone outside the app will retain no memory of his existence as well.

Since you didn't spend all your allotted regain points, you have 10 regain points remaining. Please note this comment on your AC comment.

Enjoy your freedom Zhongli, you've earned it.

LEAVING BLACK ORDER (OPTION B)

[medicgunner]

Player Name: Bon
Character Name: Eunie
Link to Activity Check-in: Here

Date of Leaving the Order: 11/20/2023
New Name: Eunie Cabbot
Changing Element?: Nope!
Personal Effects: Just her Passport
Birthday Skeleton Item: Her notebook from Taion.
Monster Changes: She only has her Animal Transformation into a Magpie.

Remaining Points: 28
Retained Regains: Head Wings (2), Term Tattoo (1), Gunrod (3), Healing Ring (3), Myopic Screen (3), Shield and Mace (3), Group Heal (3), Electro Field (3), Taunt Pulse (3), Shield Wall (4)
New Abilities: N/A

DEPARTURE APPROVED

[kaisoumods]

Eunie's departure from the Black Order has been approved! Starting November 20th, she will no longer be considered a member of the Order and will lose access to the Black Order chat. Anyone outside the app will retain no memory of her existence as well.

Since you spent all your points, you have 0 regain points remaining. Please note this comment on your AC comment.

Enjoy your freedom Eunie, you've earned it.

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[medicgunner]

Player Name: Bon
Character Name: Eunie
Mentor: Josuke Higashikata

Code Name: Trifolia
Starter Pokemon: Gossifleur
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Early December 2023
Area of Specialty: Medical and Magical Healing
Potential Red Flags: Eunie is a recently exited Former Black Order member and performed operations for them including possible murder and set up to sealing without question. She has performed a lot of shady operations for them on top of being one of their medics and as a result of leaving the way she did she is suspiciously without a record elsewhere. That aside, save for some severe psychological trauma she has yet to unpack from the Order, her orphanage, fucking Canon, and the reason she was recruited to the Order in the first place she’s just a normal girl if a short tempered one.
Other: Nothing specific, we just got a regular college girl here.

[onahairtrigger]

Confirming!!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[lapislazily]

Player Name: Saffy
Character Name: Zhongli
Mentor: Persephone (Jay)

Code Name: Ginkgo
Starter Pokemon: Drampa (Shiny!)
Start Date of Apprenticeship: December 2023
Area of Specialty: History and archaeology. This shouldn't overlap too much with Mikleo though since he hates Zhongli's guts (and Mikleo's focus is specifically on Spirit Gates)
Potential Red Flags:
• is a god
• he's killed lots of people and other gods
• just wiped his entire existence from the known world
• he does, however, have papers to prove he is who he says he is. and he trusts Oak enough to let him look at the Azhdaha book
• he also knows Oak's old name so he can confirm Zhongli smuggled him out of the Order way back when & other details
• is terrible with money. Just awful. Dan Heng is underlining this on the application and suggesting that they put 2 factor authentication on everything so someone else has to approve any big purchases.
• He also owed Persie 40k for an Incident back in Amsterdam several hundred years ago, but used his long overdue backpay from the Black Order to repay this debt and fulfill their contract before burning his book in the Library of Alexandria.
Other:
• Dan Heng is his very distant relative via an adjacent family tree and like 2000 years removed
• technically he doesn't need a tree name but he likes ginkgo trees and they're His Thing. call him gecko if you want. god to god communication.

[joies]

Confirming! Despite Persie's great reluctance

JOINING THE BLACK ORDER

[fiddlestick]

Player Name: Yuff
Character Name: Elliot Craig

Start Date: January 2024
Voluntary or Probation: Voluntary
Notes: Elliot is signing up voluntarily and there is nothing suspicious about it, oh no.

[noblerise]

Jusis Albarea approves and signs off on this!

LEAVING THE ORDER (OPTION B)

[eiternity]

Player Name: Jade
Character Name: Raiden Ei/Ei Inazuma
Link to Activity Check-in: Here!

Date of Leaving the Order: 1/31
New Name: Nope!
Changing Element?: Nope!
Personal Effects: An old photo of her and Makoto
An elaborate kimono with her family crest
Her hairclip

Birthday Skeleton Item: Dango Milk
Monster Changes: Nope!

Remaining Points: 32
Retained Regains:
Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu (4)
Transcendence: Baleful Light (4)
Spatial Creation (Gacha Goodwill) (3)
Musou no Hitotach (4)
God Power: Electro Archon Form (8)

New Abilities: None ATM

DEPARTURE APPROVED

[kaisoumods]

Ei's departure from the Black Order has been approved! Starting January 31st, she will no longer be considered a member of the Order and will lose access to the Black Order chat. Anyone outside the app will retain no memory of her existence as well.

Just a couple quick corrections on your point counts:

Since December is a month with double points, Ei's starting amount of points is 34 instead of 32

As Spatial Creation was a Gacha goodwill purchase, it is not required to be rebought so you don't need to spend points on it.

With those corrections in mind, Ei now has 18 points remaining. Please note this on your next AC comment.

Enjoy your freedom Ei, you've earned it.

[adtendo]

Player Name: Jade
Character Name: Kafka

Start Date: Feb 2024, around the same time as Blade
Voluntary or Probation: Voluntary
Notes: I'd attach her resume, but it's just her wanted poster.

[crisantemo]

Lapis will be approving this!

BLACK ORDER RECRUIT

[unreachableside]

Player Name: Saffy
Character Name: Blade

Start Date: February 2024
Voluntary or Probation: Probation
Notes: Blade was offered a deal to join the Order fully in order to avoid sealing or imprisonment/institutionalization after the demon possessing him killed two NPCs. He's already been accepted as the Black Order's blacksmith for several months, but this would basically grant him missions and access to the chat, which he didn't have before. He understands if he fails to complete his training he'll be Sealed, but as any craftsman would, he chose to work.

[noblerise]

Jusis signs off on this dog!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[actnormal]

Player Name: Fae
Character Name: Caleb/Caleus
Mentor: Josuke Higashikata

Code Name: Carambola or "Star Fruit"
Starter Pokemon: Minior!
Start Date of Apprenticeship: May 2024
Area of Specialty: Undecided!
Potential Red Flags: Eh just the usual sort of "parents are shits and has some Issues regarding that and his childhood"? Also he was in a Mental Hellth.
Other: Not that I can think of!!

[onahairtrigger]

Confirming~!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[infezione]

Player Name: Amber
Character Name: Pannacotta Fugo (AU: Patrizio Fugo)
Mentor: Argenti

Code Name: Arbutus
Starter Pokemon: Budew (shiny)
Start Date of Apprenticeship: early June 2024
Area of Specialty: Music (particularly Spirit Realm music)
Potential Red Flags: The biggest thing is that Fugo is former Black Order (he was immediately assigned to Kaisou after his training was finished and he's been out since September of 2023, but the time in still affected him). Also frankly, he's probably in need of (... more) therapy after his recent experiences with the Metaverse. (And he will straight up admit this.) Also he participated in the fight that ended with Dickson dead. So. Yeah.
Other: Just one smart as hell boy with a bit of a temper.

[roseandsilver]

Confirming!

[pranas]

Player Name: Kiku
Character Name: Jing Yuan
Mentor: Wei Wuxian

Code Name: Acacia
Starter Pokemon: Shinx (shiny)
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Late August 2024
Area of Specialty: Undecided, likely something to do with animal care.
Potential Red Flags: Red flags? What red flags? There are nothing but green flags here. He goes for a long night walk once a week but that isn't a problem right?
Other: Yes he likes to take naps and you will lose him only to find him covered in pokemon also taking a nap.

[conseqweinces]

Confirming!

[anyprice]

Player Name: Prince
Character Name: Sampo Koski
Mentor: Dan Heng

Code Name: Bristlecone
Starter Pokemon: (Does he NEED one he has 5, but if he gets a 6th--) Purrloin
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Mid-August !
Area of Specialty: Pokemon Communication. He can use his shapeshifting and voice mimicry to communicate with Pokemon/tame them.
Potential Red Flags: Sampo has been on the Run from the Black Order for the last 15+ years. Any research into his file in Asgard now that it's been cleared out would reveal that it is because he has a God-level possession--however, the god in his head only makes him pull mostly-harmless pranks and chase fun so it's not as bad as it could be. He's had to resort to some underhanded means of survival for the last decade and a half but listen, he's gotten better since
Other: He will admit he's spent a few years in Kanto on and off while he was on the run so he's actually not only very familiar with Pokemon but he's pretty familiar with some of the places in Kanto already.

[heng_like_a_dragon]

Here to confirm~!

POKEGO APPRENTICESHIP

[illucesco]

Player Name: Effy
Character Name: Noctis Lucis Caelum | AU: Noctis Cameron
Mentor: Yuuki Shinomiya

Code Name: Grandiflora (after the Southern magnolia tree)
Starter Pokemon: Pikachu that he names Fulgur
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Late August 2024
Area of Specialty: you'd think gaming or fishing but he's already an expert on those. I'm thinking something marrying modern-day technology and magic—Noctis has an interest, I believe, in focusing on how magic and technology interact and how one can boost the capabilities of the other if used right and used in an ethical manner. he also might want to look into yokai, though this is more of a side thing and he just wants to make sure what happened to his dad doesn't happen again.
Potential Red Flags:

a history of loss due to either death or disappeance: his mother, his old babysitter Sampo, his former college roommate Aventurine, and most recently his father Regis in November. this last one is the one that's affected him the most, as Regis died in the November demon invasion.

an active participant in taking out Dickson, a Black Order Zealot, and Jun Wu, one of the Undying.

has a weird and complicated familial relationship with Ardyn Izunia. he'll admit that he hid the man in his apartment for some time during the Black Order crisis and that they used to be on opposite sides during their past lives.

HUGE emotional avoidance problems. the last thing Noctis wants to do is to talk about his problems and how he feels about them, and he only lets that guard down around his close friends and family.

lots of grief that he is only just beginning to actively process.

is worryingly okay with sacrificing himself to some degree, whether it's his own health, his time, or even his life. he's sincerely doing his best to be better about this. his success is variable.

why are there so many weapons in your closet that do damage to you when you strike with them, Mr. Cameron?

Other: none that I can think of!

[killerapp]

confirming!! also Yuuki emailed the bigwigs before this with a "hey btw got a guy who wants to apprentice under me" as a warning since

like

he knows himself

LEAVING THE BLACK ORDER

[wiseoldbartender]

Player Name: TF
Character Name: Husker Agapov
Option Route: B
Other: Sayonara fuckers.

Departure Approved!

[kaisoumods]

Your departure has been processed! From now on, Husk will be considered a Ronin AU.

There is no change to your regain points, so it is still 0 points.

Enjoy your freedom, Husk.

LEAVING THE BLACK ORDER

[crisantemo]

Player Name: Jay
Character Name: Lapis Agapov
Option Route: B
Other: At the request of Tsuchigomori she'll be hanging around Asgard's library but that's just to harass people if they mess shit up

So besides that;

bye guys

Departure Approved!

[kaisoumods]

Your departure has been processed! From now on, Lapis will be considered a Ronin AU.

There is no change to your regain points, so it is still 1 point.

Enjoy your freedom, Lapis.

LEAVING THE BLACK ORDER

[unreachableside]

Player Name: Saffy
Character Name: Blade
Option Route: SECRET OPTION C: he never actually passed his probation due to aiding and abetting the rebellion
Other: His forge will continue to be "loosely" affiliated but will no longer have TBO as its main source of funding unless Jusis puts in an order personally. That's ok though.

Parole Granted!

[kaisoumods]

Blade will be allowed to end his official duties with Black Order!

However, due to previous crimes, he'll still technically be on parole. This means he's free to go, but he'll be checked on occasionally by the Black Order. Should he commit more crimes, it'll be discussed what to do then (likely time in Meropede).

There'll be no change to his regain points, so he still has 0 points remaining.

[youwouldntdownloada]

Player Name: Usagi
Character Name: Yasuho Hirose
Mentor: Waver Velvet

Code Name: Bauhinia
Starter Pokemon: Fomantis
Start Date of Apprenticeship: Sep 30, 2024
Area of Specialty: Psychotherapy and Cartography
Potential Red Flags:

Early suicide attempt in her young teens; attended therapy for this, and has had no relapse in recent years.

Experienced highly traumatic incidents due to the Black Order's activities the last number of months; is in fact now activelly seeing a therapist recommended to her via Waver, who himself spoke to Pokego therapists to do this.

Currently works for Gil- if were to come up, she's gotten his go-ahead to apply (provided she show him the 'weird dogs'), and she's willing to take less pokego-pay if necessary. She's already on Gil's payroll after all.

Other: ICly part of the reason Yasuho is applying to join Pokego relates to her existing career goals in counselling and therapy. She'll make this clear during any interviews, but her hope is to work with Pokego when the time comes for her to do the practicals of her program. Late program students are expected to work within a practice as part of their training, and Pokego specifically allows her to gain that experience as one working with an awareness of the supernatural- as any connections her university has are mundane.

She also has a deep personal love for map making (hence Cartography as a specialty), having been attempting to map Hyrule in her free time. She'd be happy to join in similar map-making efforts to that end (though suffice to say, she's no professional- just a very passionate hobbyist).

[fionnuisce]

confirmin he is a magnet for nerdy teens and whatever frieren is

BLACK ORDER RECRUIT

[twofoldfury]

Player Name: Bon
Character Name: Diarmuid ua Duibhne

Start Date: October 2024
Voluntary or Probation: Voluntary
Notes: Nothing specific here, Diarmuid has cast his lot with the TBO Kaisou Team since the start of the year. This is just making it official!

[sg09r]

poot poot signing off on this!