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Updates - 26 September 2017: A bit slow, but journal is finally set up! - 18 September 2017: Whipped up some banners. wh-TSH! - 02 November 2016: Goppiin bounces in today!
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:38 pm
If you have visited these journals before, you probably know what to expect. Even so, refreshers are always a good idea.
Page One - Post 01: Introduction by Orphe - Post 02: Rules, Notes, Updates - Post 03: Table of Contents - Post 04: Personal Profile - Post 05: Gourgeist Basic Stats - Post 06: Goppiin's Learnset - Post 07: Trainer Profile - Post 08: Relationships - Post 09: Home - Post 10: Scrapbook - Post 11: Family and History - Post 12: Growth and Forms - Post 13: Boop - Post 14: Boop - Post 15: Disclaimers
Page Two - Oh! A ghost pumpkin just floated by!
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:39 pm
Ghost Pumpkin is a pokémon of the Small Size Gourgeist persuasion with leucistic coloring.
Ghost Pumpkin, AKA Goppiin - Pronunciation(s): goh-PEEN - Meaning, Given Name: The pumpkin pokémon that looks like a ghost or will 'o wisp. - Meaning, Surname: N/A - Meaning, Nickname: Kind of a shortened version of 'Ghost Pumpkin' - Hidden Meaning(s): Ghost pumpkins are a squash shaped like a pumpkin with very pale, grey-green or grey-blue skin. Nickname(s) - At Home: N/A - In Town: Ghost Pumpkin or shortened to 'Goppiin,' by townsfolk who like the rumors and myths surrounding the Ghost Pumpkin. - By Friends: N/A
Physical Stats - Sex, Gender: Female, non-binary - Pronouns: She/her or they/their - Stature: As a Small Size Gourgeist, she is small in height and shaped somewhat like a pear. - Skin/Fluff: Technically a Shiny Pokémon, she is leucistic. Her upper half is pale grey-blue, lower half a grey-brown, similar to the color of rotting leaves. Her eyes are light-blue and the jack-o-lantern face glows an eerie pale-blue. - Optical Orifices: Solid light-blue in color, without pupils or sclera, and oblong in shape, stretching vertically. - Other Features: She seems to have "hair" made of husk or vine in the color of her upper half. A cowlick in the same color with a stripe of grey-brown curls up over her head. From this hair or husk, stretching downward are two long, broad arms with three fingers each. Her legs are formed from the bottom of the "pumpkin" half, short and triangular, forming a rounded point instead of a foot. This makes her very nimble, and capable of surprising hops and spins as she navigates her surroundings.
Clothing - Style: Not yet applicable.
Personality - Nature: Naughty - Summary: On dark nights Goppiin wanders alone, her green eyes frequently tilting skyward, as if trying to predict the weather. She loves the way the moon casts silvery rainbows on the gauzy clouds, or how the new moon reveals millions of twinkling stars that betray their dimensionality if one watches long enough. Poetry floats through her mind at such times, but never are they uttered except in song. This song curses the ears of those who might be close enough eavesdrop upon her faint and thready voice. Even when she seems catatonic in her languid movements, giggles might seem to surround a person as her mischief reveals a stolen purse or bauble. A bit of a klepto, she always looks innocent and/or inattentive, and rarely gets caught. After all, who can capture a dream?
- Myers-Briggs Profile: - - ESTP - - Extrovert Sensing Thinking Perceiving - - The ???. Flexible and tolerant, they take a pragmatic approach focused on immediate results. Theories and conceptual explanations bore them - they want to act energetically to solve the problem. Focus on the here-and-now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment that they can be active with others. Enjoy material comforts and style. Learn best through doing. (Myers-Briggs Foundation).
- Likes: Spicy food; the silent chill after a nighttime storm and the way the moon peeks out from a curtain of clouds; shiny, pretty, or intricately decorated things. - Strengths: Build for attack, nimble and quick on her feet - Abilities: Pickup; lovely, eerie singing voice
- Dislikes: Bitter food; getting caught - Weaknesses: Weak against Special Attack - Fears: Not discovered as yet
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:40 pm
Gourgeist is a pumpkin-mon, based on the shape of a gourd and the face of a jack-o'-lantern. They are true symbols of Halloween and related celebrations around harvest time, representing the mischievous and sinister side.
Designation - National Pokédex Number: 711 - Type: Ghost + Grass - Species: Pumpkin Pokémon - Habitat: Town streets on moonless nights. - Diet: Carnivorous, perhaps?
Physiology - Overview: Gourgeist come in four sizes: Small, Average, Large, and Super-Size. Focus will be on Small Size, to be similar to Goppiin's physiology. - Height: 2 feet, 04 inches / 0.7 metres - Weight: 20.9 pounds / 9.5 kilograms
Behavior: May be described as sadistic, or merely mischievous. It likes to wander around on moonless nights and sing an eerie song. Anyone unlucky enough to hear it is cursed and may be captured in the gourgeist's vine-like arms where they may suffer unknown doom, at which the gourgeist sings its joy.
Breeding - Egg Group: Amorphous group - Gender Ratio: 50% male, 50% female - Gender Differences: No apparent differences. - Courtship: Unknown. Perhaps singing is involved?
Abilities - Pickup: See Ghost Pumpkin's Learnset (below) for more information. - Frisk: Description - Insomnia (hidden ability): This Ability is available to Average and Super Sizes only. Description. - Mega Ability: N/A - Other: Unknown
Base Stats - Note: Stats of each size are different. This set applies to Small Size only. - Hit Points: 55 - Attack: 85 - Defense: 122 - Special Attack: 58 - Special Defense: 75 - Speed: 99 - Total: 494
Type Effectiveness - Damaged Normally By: (1x) Poison, Rock, Bug, Steel, Psychic, Dragon, Fairy - Weak To: (2x) Flying, Ghost, Fire, Ice, Dark - Immune To: (0x) Normal, Fighting - Resistant To: - - (½x) Ground, Water, Grass, Electric - - (¼x) N/A - Notes: 1x Normal and Fighting if Foresight, Odor Sleuth, Scrappy, or Ring Target is in play.
Base Learnset - Explosion: Normal-type Physical Attack, strongest power in the game - Phantom Force: Ghost-type Physical Attack, STAB, semi-invulnerable turn followed by attack turn - Trick: Psychic-type Status Effect, switches held items - Astonish: Ghost-type Physical Attack, attack with war cry that may cause Flinch - Confuse Ray: Ghost-type Status Effect, may cause confusion (description?) - Scary Face: Normal-type Status Effect, lowers Speed of target
Lore - Japanese Name: パンプジン, Pumpjin, probably meaning "pumpkin" + "jinn" - English Name: English is probably "gourd" + "geist" or ghost. - Pokémon Origin: Most likely, the design is based on a jack-o'-lantern with a lit and melting candle seated on top, with the cowlick serving as a flame. - Trivia: - - N/A; suggest some?
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:41 pm
Goppiin is a difficult Gourgeist to locate. "And which ones are not," you might ask. It is easy to understand that Goppiin's moves are difficult to determine with any certainty. Myth and truth confuse and misdirect. However, with careful study, the following is believed to be true.
Ability - Pickup: - - In battle: She may pick up an item consumed and/or discarded by her opponent. - - After battle: Teammates have a 10% chance of creating a new held item for themselves. - - Provisions: Pokémon may not be already holding an item.
Current Learnset - Astonish - Explosion - Scary Face - Trick
Level Breakdown - Phantom Force (Ghost Dive): Level 57 Stage?. Ghost-type, Physical attack, STAB, 100% accuracy, ??high power. She seems to disappear in place and later appears suddenly to attack. Replaces Shadow Sneak.
- Seed Bomb: Level 48, Adult stage. Grass-type, Physical attack, 100% accuracy, ??high power. She jumps up over the opponent's head and shoots at them a barrage of seeds from at her jack's mouth. Replaces Explosion.
- Shadow Ball: Level 36, Stage?. Ghost-type, Physical attack, 100% accuracy, ??high power. Forms a blob of shadows and throws at any adjacent party, with a small chance of lowering Special Defense. Replaces Bullet Seed.
- Shadow Sneak: Level 30, Stage?. Ghost-type, Physical attack, 100% accuracy, ??low-med power. Always goes first. Her shadow extends toward foe and grows upward behind foe, attacking as if a tangible fighter. Replaces Astonish.
- Bullet Seed (Seed Machine Gun): Level26, Stage??. Grass-type, Physical attack, 100% accuracy, ??low power. She shoots a series of seeds that may hit an adjacent party 2-5 times. Replaces Leech Seed.
- Leech Seed: Level 20, Stage??. Grass-type, Status effect, 90% accuracy, ??power. Plants a seed upon the opponent that will siphon energy to her for several moments. Replaces Razor Leaf.
- Razor Leaf (Leaf Cutter): Level 16, Stage ??. Grass-type, non-contact Physical attack, high??% accuracy, ??med power. High crit rate. Slashes opponent with sharp-edged leaves, close range or at a distance. Replaces Worry Seed.
- Worry Seed: Level 11, ??Stage. Grass-type, Status effect, 100% accuracy. Plants a seed that grows into sleep-stealing worry, changing foe's Ability to Insomnia. Replaces Scary Face.
- Trick-or-Treat (Halloween): Level 6 pokémon. Ghost-type, Status effect, 100% accuracy. She takes the other party on an enchanted trip Trick-or-Treating, changing their Type to Ghost. Replaces Trick.
Starting Learnset - Astonish: Level 1 pokémon. Ghost-type, Physical attack, STAB, 100% accuracy and low power. An attack accompanied by a war cry that may cause the target to flinch.
- Explosion (Giant Explosion): Level 1 pokémon. Normal-type, Physical attack with 100% accuracy and highest base power.
- Scary Face: Level 1 pokémon. Normal--type, Status effect, 100% accuracy, affecting adjacent party. Makes a horrifying face that shocks the target and strongly lowers their Speed.
- Trick : Level 1 pokémon. Psychic-type Status effect with 100% accuracy. Fools the target into switching held items.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:42 pm
She doesn't have a trainer. But maybe she did in the past. No one knows.
Who needs a trainer, anyway? :'c
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:43 pm
Family - Unknown: Probably non-existent, currently.
Friends - Unknown: No interactions yet.
Acquaintances - Unknown: No interactions yet.
Enemies - Unknown: No interactions yet.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:44 pm
Home Sweet Home
Boop.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:45 pm
Scrapbooking, scrapbooking
Photo Album - Official art, by Mewmouse: Each rectangle links to fullsize artwork! Unless No Photo Exists; then it does not exist.
Art Gallery - Artwork Name, by Artist Name: Description and other info. None yet.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:46 pm
What environment is she a product of?
Family This is with regard to family as it relates to rearing, values, etc. that are directly from the family, if any. But it is unknown whether Goppiin has any. Perhaps their identities will be revealed with more RP.
History Unknown. As above, RP may reveal more than rumor and myth. This starts out as background info but may evolve as RP affects it. As such, spoilers may be made, and will then be hidden behind spoiler tags, if not referencing specific roleplays.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:47 pm
Growth stages
Pokémon to Child
Requirements ☑ 2 Weeks' Time: 03 November 2016 --> 17 November 2016 ☑ 1 Journal Set Up: Good to go! ☑ 1 Decision on Gender: Female ☐ 1 Solo RP - - None yet ☐ 1 RP with another Pokémon - - None yet ☐ 1 Receiving a Star from Jirachi - - No plan yet
Form Name: Ghost Pumpkin (Goppiin for short) Stage: Child Pokémon Breed: Gourgeist (Small Size) Shiny: Yes, Leucistic (I think she counts as shiny?) Gender: Gender Hair Style: Similar or reminiscent to the pokémon's (I love the cowlick, it's really cute) Attitude/Nature: Naughty; klepto, impish and innocent, musically-inclined (dance and song) Clothing Style: Elf-like and/or Halloweeny; maybe a cute sundress or overalls, patches on pockets Pokémon Features: - - Eye color, leucistic, skintone - - The cowlick - - The "arms" -- can be real arms, hair (like pigtails maybe?) or clothing (armsocks, gloves, etc.) - - Jack's face on her torso, as a glowing marking or real (wow, that'd be pretty horrific!)
Child to Teen
Requirements ☐ 2 Months' Time - Date Grown to Child --> Date to Grow to Teen ☐ 1 Response to Star Finding - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) if any (played by Whom), plot summary ☐ 4 PDs (play dates) - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary ☐ 2 Solo RPs or Journal Entries - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary ☐ 1 Skill Learned - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) if any (played by Whom), plot summary ☐ 1 Evolution! - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) if any (played by Whom), plot summary
Form Name: Ghost Pumpkin (Goppiin) Stage: Teen Pokémon Breed: Gourgeist, Small Size, leucistic Evolving: No Gender: Female Hair Style: Eyes: Like her pokemon form (green-blue) Attitude/Nature: Naughty nature Clothing Style: Body Style: Pokémon Features: - - ...
Teen to Adult
Requirements ☐ 3 Months' Time - Date Grown to Teen --> Date to Grow to Adult ☐ 1 Response to Growth - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) if any (played by Whom), plot summary ☐ 5 PDs (play dates) - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: With which child(ren) (played by Whom), plot summary ☐ 2 Solo RPs or Journal Entries - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary ☐ 2 Skills Learned - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary - - Title is Linked Here: plot summary ☐ 1 Evolution! - - N/A
Form Name: Ghost Pumpkin (Goppiin) Stage: Adult Pokémon Breed: Gourgeist, Small Size, leucistic Evolving: No Gender: Female Hair Style: ... Eyes: Greeny-blue Attitude/Nature: Naughty nature Clothing Style: ... Body Style: ... Pokémon Features: - - ...
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All sprites and pokémon concept art obtained from Bulbapedia's Bulbagarden Archives; Bulbapedia (the unofficial, online pokémon encyclopedia) was the primary source for pokémon info. Character concept art was created expressly for Jirachi's Wish. Each piece is listed below, and owned by its respective artist. Any omissions from this list are unintentional; no infringement is ever intended. If anything seen here is in error, please let me know in a nice way, and I will do my best to correct it in a timely manner.
Sprites and Concept Art - Ghost Pumpkin's pokémon concept art, and the art for the consecutive growth stages, by Mewmouse. - Original Gourgeist pokémon concept art by Ken Sugimori. - Tiny sprites are the menu sprites from the games.
Layout Design - Pokémon stats informational layout borrowed heavily from Bulbapedia's Gourgeist wiki page. - Some design layout ideas were borrowed from MoogerMint and used with permission. - Banners and Photo Album pics by me (Melomar) for this journal only. Do not use! - Banners and Photo Album pics use Starstruck TrueType font, for personal use only.