When was the first time you went onto a MUCK of any kind?

Way back in the day, I played a, well... a Growlithe named Peppy! This was on a place called PokeMUSH: Pokemon Evolutions, in the last 90s.

What kind of stories do you have from Evolutions, if you can remember any?

It's been a long time (25-ish years), but Peppy got into a lot of trouble (in a fun way). He got carried off to Cinnabar Island by a Charizard, he was the Pokemon of TWO trainers before being free, and eventually he settled down with a Growlithe named Aurora and had five pups -- Braska, Dakota, Dusk, Flame, and Karen (Karen being the name of Aurora's original trainer). I've taken three of these names as names for Sam's nieces and nephew, and Aurora was also the name of Sam's only-held-hands girlfriend when he was like... 12.

The MUSH went down when I was 18, so I guess around 2002, 2003 or so, but I like to think Peppy and Aurora had a few more litters.

Jack gives me the vibes that he used to be a bit of a mischievous guy when he was younger. Did he ever pull off really elaborate pranks?

The sad truth is that Jack (and his wife, Hannah) were both experiments and used in the Rocket army in the years before Sam's birth, so he didn't really get much of a childhood. Sad past, but that sad past is the exact reason why Jack and Hannah sheltered Sam and his sisters so much -- they wanted to give them a better childhood than they got.

I think, once they settled down, Jack would be more the 'verbal' sort of prankster than physical. No buckets of water or rattlesnake egg packages, but making jokes about how Sam's butt is broken ("it's got a crack in it!"), or spontaneously changing Sam's name. You know, Bandit from Bluey pranks, or maybe Calvin's dad.

I think the most elaborate one would have been convincing Sam that he had been born from an egg (morphs give live births in our settings), and leading him along about it for nine years until finally settling him down to blow his mind through the Birds and Bees talk.

I’m always a sucker for the lore behind characters, so it’s appreciated you like to share!

I appreciate you asking!

what does Rinto and Dacre dor for fun and a living. also how tall are they?

Dacre is actually played by another person, though for what it's worth, he's 205 cm. That's about 6'8"!

Rinto is mine though, and his favorite hobbies are playing tennis, Go, and drinking tea. He occasionally watches TV (he secretly really likes mushy soap operas and romcoms), though that's a secret. He also enjoys cooking, though he doesn't really think of cooking as a hobby -- it's just something you have to do. He hasn't discovered microwaves yet.

Rin in general has a hard time unwinding though, so he spends a lot of time working. He is a lumberjack who lives far outside of Ultra City, but brings the wood to the city every couple of weeks or so to sell.

Owing to his heritage, Rin is actually pretty short for a Pangoro, which is something his brothers and sisters teased him about. But short for a Pangoro is still pretty tall, as he's 200 cm -- that's about 6'6" or 6'7".

very interesting.

who's the tallest of your characters? is there a list of your characters?
is Rinto active sexually? if so what's he into? does he live by himself or with someone? also whar's his neighborhood like?

My tallest has got to be Brunn, my Ursaring who's 216 cm -- that's 7'1". He's a big guy!

There's not a list per se, but my five active ones are Samson the Growlithe, Brunn the Ursaring, Rin the Pangoro, Tess the Nickit, and Kala the Marowak. Those are the five I actively RP, and there's art of all of them (the guys more than the gals) in my gallery.

Rin is not sexually active unless you count his right hand LOL. He lives by himself way almost a full day outside of Ultra City, near a little forest of trees that he cultivates and keeps growing sustainably. He doesn't have any neighbors in sight. So he's a pretty reclusive guy, really only getting his tennis and Go time in when he visits the city to sell his stuff.

so how do things like moves, and dynamaxing work with your characters,is it different than the main games?
what's Rinto into and his sexual orientation? also how old is he? what's his home like?

On our MUSH, there is no dynamaxing. Moves do work a little different -- characters start with 10, and can learn more over the course of roleplaying. You can also inherit moves from your father that you normally couldn't know -- for instance, Rin using Belly Drum was his first clue that his dad wasn't actually the Pangoro man who raised him.

Rin thinks he's straight and has gone on dates with women, and he's internally frustrated by not being able to get into it. He was raised very traditionally and is fighting his gay urges with everythint he's got. He's in his late 20's, and he has a neat little home, a nothing-fancy cabin with some plants and just a little decor.

are you alright with gift art of your characters?

I'd be flattered honestly, though truly only if it's a gift, like, "I like your character enough to draw them".

I got a "gift art" once where the person got upset with me for not drawing their character back, and that was just a really awkward situation haha.

uh I wont be drawing them, this doggo has NO artistic talent lol, i'll be getting a commision at some point.

and i see, i'd be lying if i said i never did that, but that was back when i was barely 17 (2014) i know better now and that is no where near the intent. i just think rinto is interesting and would like a picture or two of him and one of my OCs interacting.

Oh I see, hey, that's cool! I actually have a finished picture of Rinto playing tennis that I'll be posting in the next week.

Sure, you have my permission, go crazy.

Do you do commissions?

What's with that big sexy feraligatr?

How do you feel about tickles? 👀

Do you strictly draw Pokemon? Are you into any other fandoms? :3

No commissions at this time, I mostly just draw my RP characters and friends and whatever pops into my mind. Commissions sound really stressful, and this is just a fun hobby, so I like to keep it casual.

The Feraligatr is based off of a friend I used to RP with. He hasn't been on the MUSH in a while, but he loved to fish and was just a silly, fun guy.

Tickles I guess I'd best say, "like not love". I'm not really very into them, but I'm at least a little into them -- and since there are a lot of kinks I'm not even a little into, that's actually higher up there than it seems.

In my gallery there's a smattering of non-Pokemon stuff, but yeah, Pokemon is like 95% of what I do. Although I enjoy all sorts of things (Final Fantasy, RPGs in general, Stevie Nicks, Stephen King, tons of stuff) I'd say Pokemon is the one fandom in which I most actively and publicly engage.

Aye fair enough :3

Oohhh :o fair enough

Fair enough! Had to ask with paws as nice as how you draw them 👀

Ooohhh :o nice nice nice~