Prom 2023 Vote

[indigo_league]

As mentioned by Lance, Elite Four member Will has decided to retire. And after narrowing down the selection to two candidates, they've now turned to your characters to make the final decision! Who will be the next Elite Four member? Bede from the Galar region or Malva from the Kalos region? You can vote until Sunday April 16th, 11:59pm EST. We won't count the vote until then, so feel free to edit your votes if you need to. Important to remember, this time, we ask you for each of your character! So if you play three characters, you'll get to vote for each of them once. Please make a seperate comment for each character. <B>Player:</b> <B>Character:</b> <b>Vote:</b> <B>Note:</b> This is strictly optional, but if your character has had their vote stolen/swayed/otherwise influenced by Team Rocket, feel free to make a note of it here, to help your fellow Rocket players obtain mad rewards after prom is over!

Comments

[sonrise]

Player: Maxwell
Character: Varian

Vote: Malva

Note: Retroactively (oocly), Narancia is helping further sway Varian's opinion towards Malva

[nellacerniera]

Player: Amber
Character: Bruno Bucciarati

Vote: Bede

Note: He considered going with Malva for Narancia's sake but ultimately Bucciarati just feels like there ought to be some Fairy representation in the League!! And he thinks the challenge would be interesting.

[ripetuto]

Player: Fae
Character: Leone Abbacchio

Vote: Bede

Note: He almost went for Malva for Narancia since, like. He doesn't actually give a fuck about who's in the E4 and Narancia asked but then he realized that Team Rocket wanting someone in charge is like the mafia wanting someone in charge and having been in the mafia...yeah sorry.

[psionicmolotov]

Player: Ruka
Character: Kimmuriel Oblodra

Vote: Bede

Note: He'd never cop to it but he has a soft spot for overachieving ambitious people.

[epitaffio]

Player: Naem
Character: Vinegar Doppio

Vote: Malva

Note: Rocket vote, obviously, but he likes her style regardless, honestly! Nice hair.

[dreamsofahero]

Player: AC
Character: Sion Astal

Vote: Bede

Note: No Rocket influence, unless you count what Malva herself said to be an influence. Malva failed Sion's trick question by couching a criticism within her compliment; Bede passed by simply giving a compliment even if a bit grudgingly. Being a manipulative liar himself, Sion's voting against the person who used those kind of sneaky tactics!

[lectus_thermae_et_ultra]

Player: Marcius
Character: Lucius Modestus

Vote: Malva

[incredibulukami]

Player: elle.
Character: amaterasu.

Vote: malva.

Note: swayed by monsoon.

[ladyharpist]

Player: elle.
Character: mai valentine.

Vote: malva.

Note: a mixture of fashion sense love and joey wheeler talking her into it since she's new to the area.

[oncewasblind]

Player: elle.
Character: serenity wheeler.

Vote: malva.

Note: big brother explained why it would be nice to have a fire-type team in the elite four.

[outofsynth]

Player: Joey
Character: Min-Gi Park

Vote: Malva

Note: Obligatory Rocket vote! He is nervous about what Team Rocket's motivations are, but he has tried to influence others where he can.

[chazz_it_up]

Player: Mew
Character: Chazz Princeton

Vote: Malva

Note: Influenced by Team Rocket (Specifically his tent-mates Monsoon (not that he knows this name) and Armstrong). Besides, fairies sound super lame to him. What he doesn't know... can hurt him later.

[duelingexpert]

Player: Mew
Character: Tristan Taylor

Vote: Malva

Note: Totally voting this way to appease Joey, because he has his own ulterior motives.

[crystalmaster]

Player: Insaneladybug
Character: Radley

Vote: Bede

Note: Radley doesn't like either candidate, but Malva gives him the heebie-jeebies reminding him of manipulative and lying Barbara back home. He can't prove anything, but something just feels ... off.

[schachmeister]

Player: Dees
Character: Armin Arlert

Vote: Malva

[nightyorb]

Player: Dees
Character: Riz Gukgak

Vote: Bede

Note: Riz knows that Malva is the more logical choice, but also, he really wants to punch Bede.

[orangesmith]

Player: Absol
Character: Narancia Ghirga

Vote: Malva

Note: Narancia's a Rocket, so he has to vote for Malva.

[cardinaldirections]

Player: Zumi
Character: Hunter

Vote: Bede

Note: Unswayed by Rockets; he empathizes with Bede's whole "I was a problem child and now I have to Prove Myself" thing go figure

[ahew_kha]

Player: Star
Character: Kisara

Vote: Malva

Note: BIG OL' SHRUG. I don't think she'd appreciate Bede's attitude, but also, behind the scenes, when your business partner is a dragon trainer, you go for the one that isn't a giant dragon killer.

[blue_ice]

Player: Zoki
Character: Seto Kaiba

Vote: Malva

Note: Probably had a nudge from IV, but honestly...as a Dragon specialist he does not want a Fairy specialist on the E4.

[torinoko]

Player: Clover
Character: Misaki Yamazaki

Vote: Malva

Note: Totally swayed by Min-Gi's flawless and convincing arguments and not because she adopted Min-Gi.

[cyan_maid]

Player: Elaine
Character: Jane Crocker

Vote: Bede

Note: Listen, the Rockets are welcome to try, but Jane actually quite likes Fairy Pokemon, so even if Bede is a little snot, she can't not. She can't not.

[gachatia]

Player: Elaine
Character: G'raha Tia

Vote: Bede

Note: Asked about where Bede's coming from, and Ballonlea reminds him of Pla Enni (if Bede answers, of course). What can I say, you get Groohoo nostalgic for the First and he's 500% on board. (neeeeeeeeeeeeeerd)

[vrdantwind]

Player: Callie
Character: Claude von Riegan

Vote: Bede

Note: Claude would have been inclined to vote for Bede regardless - Fairy types don't even have a gym in Johto or Kanto, so he's pleased by the thought of an under-represented type getting to be part of the Elite Four! And, of course, Claude is predisposed for his own reasons to think that young blood is going to bring the freshest ideas. But for, shall we say, political intrigue reasons, Claude would also be highly suspicious of anyone who even appeared to be invested in influencing his vote, so anyone trying to convince him away from his initial choice would actually just make him double down harder on his first instinct!

[songofthedawn]

Player: Casey
Character: G'rhyf Kett

Vote: Bede

Note: I could say that G'rhyf thought very carefully about this and considered the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates...

But really it was just a coin flip of Vibes.