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Post by Lydian Nicos on Apr 5, 2018 4:04:47 GMT -6
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i'm going to break down
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your walls, hijack your brain, run through your veins.
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he last thing she expected was to have a violent blast of water slam into her, sending her flying backwards. No second was there to regain her balance as it flung her into a nearby alley. How could she fight against an actual freaking torrent of water? Not even the most powerful Pokemon trainers could stop one without their Pokemon. And Lydian was no powerful trainer. She'd learned to use her skills without them, only raising one Pokemon with specialist abilities. There was no chance to think now though, her thoughts flying everywhere at the same speed as the water around her. Before there were any more chances to do anything, the blonde made contact with a brick wall with her arm wedged between herself and the impacted object.
Hissing Lydian crumpled to the ground. It was definitely broken, not severely but enough to say that she probably needed to see a doctor. But doctors were dangerous; whether they studied the medicinal arts or no. That was a fact she'd come to terms with as soon as she'd left Imum. When she got home she'd have to look up some underground healer or Pokemon Trainer... or she would if her eyes hadn't drifted to her laptop which was now in pieces nearby. "Oh you have got to be kidding me."
Seeing someone walk toward the entrance of the alleyway, her next action was to reach into her pocket to reveal her Pokeball quickly followed by Lucas. Her Pokemon wasn't as fast as some, but fast enough to get a job done. Physical combat was his strong point and based on the shadow now blocking the exit she had been planning to escape out of? Conflict was unavoidable. This was a shitstorm. Her laptop was busted, meaning she'd be out of a job till she got a new one. Her arm was broken, meaning she had one less weapon at her disposal. Her exit was blocked, meaning no escape. Damn she really was gonna die here. "Yeah like you're any better. If anything you're worse than me Mr. Poster Boy. Always the special little snowflake. Like you've never extinguished a human life. You're just as guilty as I am." A smirk crept onto her face. She might be broken, she might be at a disadvantage. But at least she'd cause one of Doctor X's lackeys a bit of grief before she went beyond. If there was one thing she knew, it was that Nicklaus Strauss didn't hesitate at the trigger. No member of their little division did. It was part of why they were so successful at what they did.
The gun pointed at her didn't phase her. It wasn't the first time she'd come face to face with the barrel of a gun. So what caused her to swap from a smirk to outright laughter while flirting with death? The notion that she was still working under Doctor X. The idea that she was still one of those people who killed for not fucking reason. She was done with that. Never again did she want to have to touch her dagger again (damn her ego for leaving her knife behind). "I was done with all you shitbags before the operation was shut down. Now you think you're oh-so-special enough for the great and powerful Doctor to send someone to kill you personally? How egotistically big headed of you. You're not the only one on the hitlist." Propping herself up on the wall, clutching her broken arm, she motioned for Lucas to move in. There was a high chance that he was still gonna pull the trigger and if he did? She wanted Lucas to destroy his gun. Not kill him - she was done with that shit - but destroy his firearm. At least that way it'd be some time before he fried another bullet.
"Go on. Pull the trigger I dare you. It just makes you as bad as X."
Post by Lydian Nicos on Feb 6, 2018 17:44:38 GMT -6
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world where she didn't have to go out each day and kill someone. It felt like a really, really, really realistic dream. But Lydian didn't have dreams this realistic and most of them were nightmares to boot. Usually about pulling the trigger and slitting someone's throat with a golden dagger she used to own. There was oh-so-much blood in those nightmares with people screaming and coming after her because she had made those mistakes. Taken lives without so much as a second thought for the families or the lives she had been destroying. Each breath she inhaled was another lot of guilt landing on her conscience. Whenever she closed her eyes those images still haunted her. Maybe it was just in her head but... that was why she'd run away.
Jeezus she really had some issues.
Sighing, her eyes fluttered open to see the streets ahead of her. They were chaotic, but friendly. Like everything that her life hadn't been before. Still wasn't. There was no escaping what she'd done, even if she had renounced killing other people. Even though she refused to do anything that might hurt people, Lydian had become a freelance hacker. If that meant she fed information to assassins so be it, so long as it would never be traced back to her. But like anyone could do that. She was way too good at what she did for anyone to trace it back to her trusty laptop. "OKAY! THAT'S ENOUGH!" She yelled at no one in particular. It was time to stop moping. Yeah she'd messed up. Big deal. If those victims came back to haunt her memories, so what? Right now what was important was getting back on her feet and focusing on what she'd been given. A second chance. A job. Peace. Or at least better than being on the run from a dangerous revolutionary group which was already better than her situation had been.
With that she began walking along the streets. Or at least she tried to until her gaze settled on one particular person. She remembered him - of course she did how could she not? Nikki had been one of the best operatives she remembered in the Operation which always had rubbed her the wrong way. Sure he worked closely with DX himself but did that really make him the best? Wow even now she was thinking competitively when she didn't even work that way anymore. Old habits die hard it looked like.
He'd been captured - Lydian knew that much. Probably interrogated considering they used to kill members of the Pokemon association. In a way she felt for him; but was also glad that it hadn't been her. Were they still in the same situation? The whole 'I ran away for reasons oops' thing. Actually Nikki was part of the reason she ran away in the first place. Her inspiration for it. Not that she would ever say that but if he had done it, why couldn't she? Plus DX had disappeared off the face of the planet (as far as she was aware) so she was safe. Yeah that was right.
But how should she approach this? Just going up and talking wasn't right. Nope. Ugh this was annoying. She would even let out a groan as she paused to think about this, unaware of what the other's reaction might be.
Wow Nikki take a chill pill. At least she won't have to watch her back unless she walks into a dark alleyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[break][break]
Leap pls I always love the 'I gotta attack them before they attack me' mentality. It's so much fun and I get to put my child in a life-or-death situation where I know she'll probably make it out the other side. This time around (given that they're both more in tune with their actual timelines rip) Lydian is gonna do her best to get Nikki not to shoot her because she knows how dangerous he is and was also??? part of her inspiration for leaving??? Like if he could do it why couldn't she now that she's done killing Association members? Although whatever works for me. I guess it might come down to what actually happens when it happens.[break][break]
I doubt that Lydian will look down on Nikki's way of doing things. She doesn't mind hanging around people who would kill others for their own ideals she was a member of Mindcrime after all but she just doesn't want to be the one pulling the trigger. She won't tell him to stop or anything, but maybe just be careful if/when they get to that stage. It's his life after all she can't tell him what's right or wrong. There's a reason she's just hacking now. Heck if he needs it she'd probably offer up her abilities because there are definitely going to be a few targets out there she does agree need to be removed.[break][break]
you gotta face the music one day[break] but today ain't gonna be that day
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family
How does someone get a family? People say it just happens.[break][break] Or are you born with it?[break][break]
Kindness and comradeship. Her family gave her those things. The sense of belonging that 'everyone' got. But she was special, she had to be. If she wasn't special then what was the point of being around her family? Especially with four other siblings to rival. It was so difficult to make her parents look at her.[break][break]
No one else would even be given a second glance.[break][break]
She was above them all. Lydian Nicos was the best in her family. The strongest and the smartest. It was evident from her grades. Not just that but whenever her father took them all out in the backyard to practice martial arts she would come out on top every time.[break][break]
Beating them all was easy.[break][break]
school
Everyone sucked. They were all dumb in comparison to her.[break][break]
But they were nothing.[break][break]
Year after year she came out on top. 'Lydian Nicos is special' they said. 'She never get lower than an A-' they said. [break][break]
Whoop-de-do for them.[break][break]
But even with such grades there was always two specific areas where she excelled. Digital Technologies and Sports. Anything to do with them and Lydian was there kicking their asses and taking names. Everyone wanted her on their team and she even hacked into the school website a few times. But that was when the rumors started.[break][break]
They didn't know what they were getting into.[break][break]
'She hacked into the school and changed her grades'. 'Lydian Nicos is a cheater'. No one came near her out of fear. Lydian's life became exceedingly easier without people crowding around her.[break][break]
But it was oh so boring.[break][break]
revolution
There was something in the air, an air of change. Well there was a chance for her to revolutionize the world... there was no way that Lydian was going to miss out on that. [break][break]
They were all going to regret what they did.[break][break]
Doctor X. He acknowledged her skills. He knew what she was capable of. As a member of Imum she was one of their best hackers, but that wasn't all. They taught her to be an assassin, to clean things up quickly and leave. To kill without any remorse because it was right.[break][break]
It was more fun than anything she'd done before.[break][break]
She belonged there. A place where Lydian felt like she could make right all the wrongs done to her. Because this was where she thrived. This was where she could do what she wanted for a cause she believed in.[break][break]
Why did he betray them?[break][break]
renegade
She didn't want to kill anymore. Lydian Nicos didn't want to hurt another person because she'd lost sight of what she was fighting for. Seeing so many die in front of her, being the cause of that, it had blinded her to whatever her missions was.[break][break]
It just felt wrong.[break][break]
Innocent people were getting hurt. They were meant to be guilty, but the targets weren't. With that, there was only one choice. She ran for it. Leaving Imum behind her Lydian took no personal possessions aside from her Pokemon and instead used her only savings to buy an entirely new laptop for her own protection. [break][break]
Hacking was the best skill to have.[break][break]
Doctor X would come after her. There was no doubt in her mind about that. Somehow they would find her and kill her the same way that she had killed so many.[break][break]
Fear was foreign, but not anymore.[break][break]
Imum fell to pieces and she watched. She was glad. If Imum no longer existed that meant that she could stop running. Stop trying to get away from the dangers of her past.[break][break]
It was clear to see why he had left now.[break][break]
But there was still that ominous feeling. Someone - something - was coming she could feel it. Something watching her every move, waiting. The danger hadn't passed yet. Lydian stopped constantly moving around but it was there. Someday soon something was going to happen.[break][break]
there is nothing left to take, but i still try to reach. try to swallow it all down, yet i can't seem to breathe. just a single pill of mine, nothing else would suffice - i take it in, now i'm alive. my phone is set on lock, and i don't really care. there's a tangle and a knot that i cannot repair. i'm a tragedy, i'm ugly, i'm trying to hide. i say "hello", then wave "goodbye". see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honestly. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see it run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i still refuse to believe.
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>>> FRIENDSHIP
see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.
PLOT IDEA #1 every day would be the same. nothing more, little change. if i cared, it would mean nothing: it's all such a pain. friendly bonds are so unneeded, i don't give a dang. a busy life is what i am. could it be that family was a way of escape? didn't know if it was right, so i threw them away. couldn't take it anymore, i had taken enough, so then i hide my need for love.[break][break]
PLOT IDEA #2 lay me right down, let me sleep, i'm restless. cover my eyes. when i'm up, i'll finally fade away, here, today. give me a reason: then i'll stay. if i could fly, if for only a moment, there wouldn't be such a need for casualty. i'm alone, and that is how it'll be.
>>> HATESHIP
see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.
PLOT IDEA #1 every day would be the same. nothing more, little change. if i cared, it would mean nothing: it's all such a pain. friendly bonds are so unneeded, i don't give a dang. a busy life is what i am. could it be that family was a way of escape? didn't know if it was right, so i threw them away. couldn't take it anymore, i had taken enough, so then i hide my need for love.[break][break]
PLOT IDEA #2 lay me right down, let me sleep, i'm restless. cover my eyes. when i'm up, i'll finally fade away, here, today. give me a reason: then i'll stay. if i could fly, if for only a moment, there wouldn't be such a need for casualty. i'm alone, and that is how it'll be.
>>> LOVESHIP
see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.
PLOT IDEA #1 every day would be the same. nothing more, little change. if i cared, it would mean nothing: it's all such a pain. friendly bonds are so unneeded, i don't give a dang. a busy life is what i am. could it be that family was a way of escape? didn't know if it was right, so i threw them away. couldn't take it anymore, i had taken enough, so then i hide my need for love.[break][break]
PLOT IDEA #2 lay me right down, let me sleep, i'm restless. cover my eyes. when i'm up, i'll finally fade away, here, today. give me a reason: then i'll stay. if i could fly, if for only a moment, there wouldn't be such a need for casualty. i'm alone, and that is how it'll be.
>>> WANTED
see me fall down - let me die here slowly. nothing goes right, not a trace of honesty. i'm to blame, so i'll remain. black, white; day, night; it's all the same. see is run down - cut away, no worries. say no more. i can surely say that i've had enough. i can't remember - that very day, that very day changed me. happiness died like a light i carried. i'll sleep tonight and hope to finally leave a world which i don't believe, a life which i don't need, and then i'll finally be free.