ancient past uncovered (part 2) (Patreon)

keep on keepin' on
keep on pasting random spaces into the quotes when there are none in the forum i'm copying them from for ????? reason

Sigmund
Birthday: Augst 13th
Alternate Name: schadenfreude
Original Concept: shock therapist is pretty straight forward after all...
Other: to be honest, i feel like his online self never really lived up to the potential he had as an online gym leader. my original idea for how he would interact with challengers was that he would psychoanalyze them all throughout the battle and try to unnerve them or get at something that way. unfortunately, he was never really as into that concept as i was.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  Welcome, have a seat . Are you nervous? I'm going to need to take your vitals in a moment... 
• First Blood:  You might feel a little shock... 
• One Left:  Interesting. Have a seat, we're not through yet. 
• Half HP:  Don't get too worked up...  You'll be astounded by the survival instincts built into our very core.  
• Leader Loss:  You've sacrificed treatment for mere material reimbursement. My office door is open whenever you'd like to move on with your life. 
• Leader Victory:  Diagnosis complete. I'll see you next week, if not sooner. 
• Rematch Start:  I've clients to attend to and appointments to fill. Let's make this quick   
• Rematch Loss:  I believe we've made a breakthrough today. 

 
Shelly
Birthday: February 14th
Alternate Name: Starfly
Original Concept: bugsy no imouto-chan desu.
Other:  at the start she was a lot more upbeat like him. we don't see that in-game but it was events during the league that eventually made her so timid. it's kind of surprising how she in particular ended up having one of the most dramatic developments in the game, because there was nothing like that planned from the online league. in retrospect it just feels random.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  ...Um... Good luck! 
• First Blood:  ...Oh, oh... I should have seen that coming...  
• One Left:  Hehe... Failing... 
• Half HP:  ...As usual...  
• Leader Loss:  Yeah... Um, you did well! Hehe... I... well... Good job?  
• Leader Victory:  ...I'm sorry! Um, I must have just gotten lucky! Please don't be mad... 
• Rematch Start:  ...Um... Hi again!...?  
• Rematch Loss:  I'm really sorry... 

  
Anna
Birthday: November 29th
Alternate Name: Nostra
Original Concept: twins, one hyper, one calm; some kind of fortune-teller
Other: before we got the twins, our fortune-teller route with this was going to be something more along the lines of what you'd expect from a stereotypical nomad. that likely would have been problematic by now, so i'm glad we didn't end up going that route...
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:   Will you help my wish come true? 
• First Blood:  ...I guess  not... 
• One Left:  They're all disappearing... 
• Half HP:  I can hear them singing, softer and softer still... 
• Leader Loss:  But it's okay... If stars never fell, how would anyone else make their wishes? 
• Leader Victory:  My friends and I are looking forward to next time! 
• Rematch Start:  If you won't help me, I know Nostra will... 
• Rematch Loss:   Keep trying! Maybe you're not wishing hard enough...? 
• Rematch First Blood: I know it's out there somewhere...

  
Shade
Birthday: his archive topic is just empty because of course it fucking is so who even knows.
Alternate Name: Lithium
Original Concept: ??????
Other: even though it's not in the topic, i remember his alternate name because it is extremely cursed. i've told this story a couple times but we had another user who came to reborn and wanted the name lithium, so we asked shade if he would mind giving it to her. he did. she later chose to end her own life. you can find her trainer that she had requested before passing, with a similar name in the onyx school.
but really, what the fuck.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening: ...
• First Blood: ...Closer
• One Left: ...Shine.
• Half HP: ...She will wish for you...
• Leader Loss: ...Stars are reached, never touched
• Leader Victory: ..Suffer
• Rematch Start: ...Again
• Rematch Loss: ...Suffer in abyss

  
Ciel
Birthday: June 17th
Alternate Name:  Allure&Agility
Original Concept: several circusular concepts were explore: the ring master, a magician pulling birds out of their hat, trapeze artists and other acrobats.
Other:  i don't really know when the aerial ballet idea got pulled into it but i'm fairly certain it was from me after seeing cirque du soleil's allegria.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  What a handsome  selection of performers! But can you stick the landing? 
• First Blood:  The dance begins! And such a promising beginning it is!
• One Left:  You've yet to see the final act! 
• Half HP:  Teetering above the audience, the lone star floats gracefully over the crowd! But oh, is she about to slip?! 
• Leader Loss:  Congratulations on the win, rookie. Maybe one day you'll measure up to my fame and glory!  
• Leader Victory:  And our heroine sticks the landing, dazzling the audience with her immeasurable beauty and grace!  
• Rematch Start:  Ah, an encore? Anything for my dearest fans! 
• Rematch Loss:  Simply astounding! What will she do next?!  

Luna
Birthday: October 30th
Alternate Name: Embrace
Original Concept: a girl obsessed with the beauty of darkness.
Other: all the alice in wonderland connections, even that to radomus (despite him always having been a thing with her), came later. either the mad hatter thing working out for her was a coincidence or they never deigned to inform me of that plan.
also here's a list of nicknames she used during the league. a couple got shuffled for the game for clarity of the theme. because even i couldn't tell you what the moorish idol is:

• Umbreon - Cheshire
• Murkrow - Mad Hatter
• Sharpedo - Absolem
• Mandibuzz - Jubjub Bird
• Spiritomb - HumptyDumpty
• Tyranitar - Bandersnatch
• Hydreigon - Borogrove
• Krookodile - The Walrus
• Bisharp - TheCarpenter
• Cacturne - Tumtum Tree
• Scrafty - Bill
• Weavile - KnaveOfHeart
• Absol - White Rabbit
• Zoroark - Dormouse
• Sableye - March Hare
• Darkrai - Red Queen
• Liepard- Dinah
• Honchkrow- Agazie
• Houndoom- Bayard
• Yveltal- Jabberwocky
• Greninja- Boojum Snark
• Pangoro- Mome Rath
• Malamar- Moorish Idol

Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  Oh, my old friend- I've come back! Scattered and fractured, let's return piece by piece... Are you ready? 
• First Blood: ...Always full of surprises... How appropriate!  
• One Left: It seems like now I'm the one that's lost my way after all... 
• Half HP: I only hope love doesn't melt away this easy, too... 
• Leader Loss: You have overcome the greatest of energies, the gateway into the soul of eternity... Though its beauty is tarnished, your soul shines with hope. I pray you farewell. 
• Leader Victory: It's a wondrous chaos, isn't it? In the ebony illusion, reality is decorated with the streams of fantasy and so, dreams come true.
  I hope you reach your dream one day too.
  Until then, farewell... 
• Rematch Start: Like I said before, just returning? If only they would as well... 
• Rematch Loss:  And maybe, just maybe... Someday it'll all be okay. 

  
Hardy
Birthday: February 8th
Alternate Name: ClassicInRock
Original Concept: ya basic rock and roller
Other: i mentioned in the first post that aya was always going to be his love interest. apparently we were trying to get him some more interaction with the other leaders deliberately after he didn't do that much during season 1 but argue with his sister ^^;
not that he was negative or anything but people tended to enjoy the drama, so... maybe we stoked the fires a little bit. oops.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  Some things never change... If only I knew how accurate that was. 
• First Blood:  Gonna take  more than that to stop our roll!  
• One Left:  What happens here is one thing... But we've come full circle, and we ain't stoppin' now! 
• Half HP:  Just gotta stay strong... don't crack... let's rock this...   
• Leader Loss:  Geode Badge is yours, mate. But I ain't givin' up. Espec ially not now.  
• Leader Victory:  If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And we don't break  for nobody. Not even her. 
• Rematch Start:  We're on a roll now, can you stop us this time?  
• Rematch Loss:  Told ya  we don't break for nobody. But don't worry, you'll get your encore.  

  
Samson
Birthday: March 23rd
Alternate Name: Virtus
Original Concept: a love interest for terra opposite to her personality type; a cool and mysterious acrobat
Other: similar to with hardy above. terra was noisy, but didn't have much going on. but good to realize that neither of the above things happened, since we went for strongman rather than acrobat, and and terra and ciel were just determined to shove samson to the side. so much for that.
Battle Quotes:

• Match Opening:  This'll be over quick. 
• First Blood:  Already beginning to end. 
• One Left: No sweat. I've been in worse positions. 
• Half HP: But you know, whatever 
• Leader Loss: This isn't the worst thing I've lost. 
• Leader Victory: It's nice to win something for once. 
• Rematch Start: It'll end as fast as it did the last time. 
• Rematch Loss:  Winning isn't everything.
  But it is very important.

  
Terra
Birthday: Augst 8th
Alternate Name: "what ever the actual fuck she feels like" (...no really, that is literally what's written down for her)
Original Concept: a girl who's personality is like an earthquake.  i think we delivered on that one pretty well tbh.  
Other: i don't have a list of her nicknames :[ but there are some that wouldn't be appropriate to add in-game, for instance i think her nidoking was originally named "hitler"... the others on in-game her team save pallosand are accurate to online though. i wonder what "giovanni" originally was if not nidoking... she definitely did use that.
Battle Quotes:

• none are recorded because she didnt give a shit about them anyway.

Amaria
Birthday: January 31st (shared with Bennett ???)
Alternate Name: OceanSoul
Original Concept: she was my best friend before she was a character i guess so there wasn't much of one
Other: this is a very incomplete list because she used a lottttt of different pokemon over the years, but here's some of her nicknames. I think some were shuffled around for the game again here:

• Carracosta- Breakaway
• Empoleon- Cumulus
• Gyarados- Poseidon
• Jellicent (F)- Her Majesty
• Sharpedo- Current
• Swampert- Kipkip
• Cloyster-  Shelle
• Tentacruel- Whirl Girl
• Starmie- Twinkle
• Gastrodon- Maelstrom
• Slowbro- Stratus
• Politoed- Nimbus
• Lapras- Deliverance
• Kingdra- Atlantica
• Seismitoed- Pacifica
• Azumarill- Riley
• Vaporeon- Cirrus
• Qwilfish- Southerna
• Alomomola- Bubblez
• Kabutops- Arctica
• Ludicolo- Indiana
• Omastar- Nacreous

Battle Quotes:

• also missing for whatever reason, but she referenced The Awakening a lot, as she does in game

Th-th-th-th-that's all folks!

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i drew for like ten hours straight today and that was after working on reborn... and i still want to keep going.
but i could feel my brain turning to mush. and that is probably not good for final products. but... i wanna............

for the past ????many episodes on reborn i've tended to do all the mapping and then all eventing and then all  the story but i think this time i'm gonna be going step-by-step-by-step so i can get a better feel of how to make each map around what the story needs. that said, most of labradorra city is done for maps. im a story girl for now.

i want to stream today but i'm not sure what. it'll probably be on twitch tho cuz i gotta stream there at least two more times before the 21st... so actually i guess i actively need to stream today. i'll have to figure that one out quick. might be art if i remotely know what i'm doing, which i do not because i'm trying  a new way of breaking things apart for skeletal rigging... or it might be some other random indie game. dan and i will be finishing iconoclasts on wednesday or thursday. nothing will go wrong.