Player: Katie Character: Ryner Lute Time Spent In-Game: 14 years and 1 month. (Here is a link to his original application on LJ for reference.) Retroactive Retirement?: n/a
How did your character change in Victory Road?: Over the course of many years, Ryner has come to accept that rather than simply being a walking disaster and nothing else, he's capable of actually affecting the world positively, and that yes, he is actively wanted. This has led to him having a significantly more positive view of himself as a person, as well as actually trying to take on some level of responsibility, not just turn his eyes away from anything remotely bothersome. (Not that he's particularly good at this, but he is actually trying.)
What did your character do to impact the setting?: He was more or less dragged into it, but Ryner was the second person to challenge and defeat the Elite Four, and co-founded the Collegiate Gym alongside Sion. He's also technically a breeder, and his team has had several broods of eggs over the years. Many an NPC has received a Magikarp egg that didn't get sold to a PC from him, or a Clefairy with Present.
Why do YOU feel your character should be retired?: Ryner deserves a happy ending where he gets to stay in a peaceful world without constant war and terribleness. Also, Rose (and the rest of his Pokemon, but especially Rose) would be absolutely heartbroken if he ever went home and she was separated from him.
NPC Info: Ryner will continue to be one of the co-leaders of the Collegiate Gym, though he'll let Sion be the main public face, instead continuing to mostly do background paperwork, maintain the gym's library, and also teach some classes, both on Pokemon mechanics and on other topics he finds interesting. He'll also be spending a lot of time at his and Sion's shared home outside Ecruteak caring for their combined menageries - on afternoons when he's not at the gym and the weather is nice, you can often find him at the edge of the Magikarp pond in their yard, tossing them Cherubios.
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Character: Ryner Lute
Time Spent In-Game: 14 years and 1 month. (Here is a link to his original application on LJ for reference.)
Retroactive Retirement?: n/a
How did your character change in Victory Road?: Over the course of many years, Ryner has come to accept that rather than simply being a walking disaster and nothing else, he's capable of actually affecting the world positively, and that yes, he is actively wanted. This has led to him having a significantly more positive view of himself as a person, as well as actually trying to take on some level of responsibility, not just turn his eyes away from anything remotely bothersome. (Not that he's particularly good at this, but he is actually trying.)
What did your character do to impact the setting?: He was more or less dragged into it, but Ryner was the second person to challenge and defeat the Elite Four, and co-founded the Collegiate Gym alongside Sion. He's also technically a breeder, and his team has had several broods of eggs over the years. Many an NPC has received a Magikarp egg that didn't get sold to a PC from him, or a Clefairy with Present.
Why do YOU feel your character should be retired?: Ryner deserves a happy ending where he gets to stay in a peaceful world without constant war and terribleness. Also, Rose (and the rest of his Pokemon, but especially Rose) would be absolutely heartbroken if he ever went home and she was separated from him.
NPC Info: Ryner will continue to be one of the co-leaders of the Collegiate Gym, though he'll let Sion be the main public face, instead continuing to mostly do background paperwork, maintain the gym's library, and also teach some classes, both on Pokemon mechanics and on other topics he finds interesting. He'll also be spending a lot of time at his and Sion's shared home outside Ecruteak caring for their combined menageries - on afternoons when he's not at the gym and the weather is nice, you can often find him at the edge of the Magikarp pond in their yard, tossing them Cherubios.
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