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Hi, I'm Nocturne. I have never roleplayed on Dreamwidth before, but Route looks like a fun place to start.

So I'm bringing this super cool guy whose name is pretty much shared with the protagonist of the Pokemon anime series...in the dub anyway.

See? Super cool. If you know who made this gif, please let me know because it is beautiful and s/he should be thanked for her/his work.

It would seem that there is already a Tales of the Abyss cast here, so you may be familiar with Asch, who looks like your Luke's mirror reflection. He's not very pleasant, especially if you identify yourself as Kimlascan noble with hair of red and a case of amnesia amnesia, but he could be slightly less unpleasant to other people. He may try to take advantage of cases mistaken identity, but he will probably slip up by saying something dumb. Anyway, he's a trainer, and he'll probably start training in order to access other places and maybe go home. Not to mention, he's one of those proud guys who hates to lose, so becoming stronger should help with that whole not losing thing.

I am on at random hours, so you may be best off poking me with a PM if you want to talk...but I will try to remember that MSN/Windows Live exists!

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Um...that's it. It is very nice to meet everyone, and I look forward to roleplaying with you!

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You know what they say: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

/prepares for rage cannons

To be copied by someone like you is just an insult, dreck!

/fires ze cannons

Hey, I was here first. Technically, you're the one copying me.

Shut up! I refuse to accept that, you inferior copy!

Man, it's gonna be so strange playing Luke, who has basically no canon knowledge whatsoever, against an endgame Asch...JUST WHEN THEY WERE SOMEWHAT STARTING TO GET ALONG, SORT OF...sob.

I would like to work on get their relationship along into 'somewhat-tolerant-if-not-entirely-brotherly' territory, if that's all right with you! Personally, I'd rather Luke be kept mostly in the dark about the specifics of being an 'inferior copy' ifyouknowwhatimean, since I have Big Plans in the wings for him. 8D

Asch is free to nag and annoy him into oblivion, though. Because if Asch weren't flying off the handle 90% of the time, that'd be OOC.

I'm sorry! I hope it's not too weird! Asch is going to be so confused (and probably very pissed), by the way...BUT I really love seeing those two develop some sort of relationship that they refuse to call brotherly when it really is just that. Since Asch is post-duel, he is more capable of this, I think. As for spoilers, I will keep him from blabbing.

Oh, he will nag so much. Do you mind if he mentions that he wants to destroy Van? He'll leave out the whole why because he assumes Luke knows all these things. (or at least, he will for a while)

It's definitely not too weird, don't apologize! Interesting dynamics are a challenge, but challenges make life fun! For us, and for them, hahahaha.

WRT the spoilers thing--he can totally mention Luke 'copying' him and being 'inferior' and stuff, since Luke is from so early game it's highly doubtful he'd believe Asch anyway. (It'll be interesting dealing with a Luke who isn't constantly putting himself down, huh Asch?) I'd just rather him not finding about why Asch calls him names, lol. The rest is fine! o7

I do not mind mentions of Van at all, as long as you don't mind Luke getting all up in Asch's grill like OMG HDU INSULT MASTER VAN HE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY AND HE CAN DO NO WRONG EVER!!!!!!1111!!11one!!!

I am really looking forward to those dynamics. It will be exciting to see how that progresses.

Ahaha. Yeah, I suspect that it would be difficult for him not to call Luke inferior or other names. Since he was supposed to start recognizing Luke, he has a reason to lay off of the r-word or the tale of his past. I'm actually glad that I took Asch from a later canon point, seeing how he spoiled everything right after Akzeriuth. Some time spent getting that off of his chest the whole recognition thing might make him less likely to drop that particular bomb.

Regarding Van, that reaction is the very reason why I wanted him to bring it up. We'll see how quickly Asch picks up on different timelines, so it might be interesting.

By the way, thank you for discussing where you stand on spoilers. I was a little worried about that, to be honest. Long-haired Luke is a very special person, so I did not want to break him.

You don't have to thank me, it would have come up eventually! There's nothing a little OOC communication can't solve.

(By 'special person' I hope you mean 'special in the head' because that'd be more accurate. And trust me, he's gonna get seriously broken. Just not yet. Muahahahahaha. >8D)

I don't suppose you have AIM or a Plurk, do you? Mine are Sickie Beaver and

ara_macao respectively. You can always hit me up on those!

Definitely!

(Yeah, that may have been what I meant. XD As for breaking Luke, that is unfortunate for him, but it makes me curious. )

Ah, I am theaethelbob for AIM, now that you mention it. That might have been useful, since AIM is used more often. As for Plurk, I do not have it yet.

Oh wait I should probably introduce myself, shouldn't I!

Wow, I'm off to a great start.

NAME'S ARA, nice to meet you! I'm a mod here, and also I play this giant douchecanoe. If you have any questions about the game or about playing on DW, let me know and I'll be happy to help you out! Welcome to Route!

HI ARA. Best say that it's nice to meet you too, since Asch will be a massive dick in-character.

Thanks for the offer and the warm welcome. This place looks like a ton of fun.

It really is! It's been my RP home for nearly two years now!

If this is your first time RPing on DW, may I ask what brought you to our little corner of the interwebs? I'm assuming you roleplayed before, elsewhere?

Wow, that's great! I hope to make it my home as well.

I've roleplayed at various places over the years. This included places on LJ once in a while. A friend told me many RPs had moved to Dreamwidth, so after some deliberating, I decided to try it out.

Ooooh, so you're not a total newcomer to journal-based RPing then, I'm sure you'll fit right in. If you need codes for pokemon rosters/cr charts/activity tracking, let me know, I'll be happy to toss you mine! ♥

Actually, if it doesn't bother you, could I borrow those codes? They look both organized and visually appealing.

Pokemon roster code!

CR chart code!

As for activity tracking, I just use this for my headers:

The rest is plain text with a [small] tag.

If you have any problems, let me know!

Thank you very much for your help!

Asch Ketchum. /gigglefits ~~Jade's just glad it's not Peony.~~

Anyhoo, hello! Welcome to the game, Nocturne~

I'm Sunny, also one of the mods here, and I play this walking douchecanoe, along with Miyako Inoue (

digital_bingo) from Digimon and Flora Reinhold (

icansolvethemtoo) from the Professor Layton games.

I hope you have fun with us!

Yep. Maybe someday he'll be able to travel with a Syncachu to complete the imagery.

Thank you, Sunny! I am glad to have Asch join the two douchecanoes and Dist.

By the way, it's really exciting to see Adventure 02 characters at this game. Super nostalgic. And I don't know Flora, but the Layton games are said to be fantastic. TL;DR your characters sound like fun to tag.

wow that gif is pretty glorious.

Hullo Nocturne, nice to meet you. I've not played Tales of the Abyss, although I've played a bunch of other Tales games if that matters at all. >_>

But, hey, my name is Fearless, and I play Haou from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

It seemed fitting, given the game.

Hi Fearless! I am not very familiar with GX, beyond what comes up in YGO Abridged, sorry to say...But I would love to tag with Haou, nonetheless! And out of curiosity, which games have you played?

I think YGO abridged is what most people know, tbh.

Me? I've played Discedo for almost two years now, and I also play a bunch of DRs. I also played at a_facility for like a month last year. >_>

Hello, Nocturne! It's so nice to meet you!

My name is Rune, and I play Sisuca from Suikoden Tierkreis, Miu Matsuoka from Strawberry Marshmallow, Chihaya Kisaragi from THE iDOLM@STER, and Owen from Harvest Moon! DW can be kind of a scary place to RP, but the Routers are all really nice. If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask one of us. c: You've already got two mods as castmates, so I think you'll be fine, but I really hope you enjoy your experience!

Hi Rune!

I suspected DW could be somewhat intimidating, but Route seems like a fun place. I hope Asch can meet your characters sometime...but please be patient with me because I only know Suikoden!

So far, I'm having really warm and fuzzy feelings about this place, so it seems like it's bound to be a good experience.

God-Generals represent! (because these two totally have a reason to be friendly to one another...)

Hi there, Nocturne! Welcome to Route! I'm Seto, and I play Dist here, as well as Larry Butz (

failures) from Ace Attorney.

I'm looking forward to playing with you. :D

Oh, I'm so sorry this is late.

REPRESENTIN' (oh indeed no altercations will happen here)

Hi Seto! I'm looking forward to playing with you too!

I had some kind of cool greeting planned but then I saw that gif and my brain was just like POOF WHAT AHAHAHA.

SO UM. Hi I'm Tay and I just play Kobato here and I'm pretty sure you're awesome so I look forward to playing with ya!

JUST AS PLANNED.

Hi Tay! Thank you for the vote of confidence. I look forward to playing with you too! :)

Hi, Nocturne!

Welcome to Route!

It's a good place for newbies (I'd never played at journal RP before I joined it, either!) so I hope you'll enjoy it here!

I'm Kit and I play Heather Mason from Silent Hill.

Hey Kit!

I'm glad to hear! I do have a little experience on other journal RPs, but I never stopped feeling like a newbie. It's good to know that Route is so welcoming.

In any case, it's nice to meet you! I look forward to future encounters.

Likewise! c: Looking forward to seeing you around in the game.

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Eeep this is super late. @_@

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