Auditions

Prompt - “Jumping Through Hoops”

Every one of us has our talents and skills, but it is rare to find one who is truly the best at what they do.  We strive for greatness, seeking fulfilment, but…  What happens when we get there?

Hoopa’s talents are completely unique - it is the best at creating interdimensional portals simply by doing so at all.  These gates form in the centre of its rings, and are dubbed “Hyperspace Holes”.

Though this skill is unmatched, Hoopa sought more from it…  Not only did it observe Pokémon from alternate dimensions, it travelled to their worlds and interfered in their matters.  More and more, Hoopa used its Hyperspace Holes, discovering its capabilities as it travelled.  It even discovered dimensions where non-Pokémon creatures roamed - sometimes alongside familiar species, sometimes not.

But soon it found its limit.  Dimensions containing foreign beasts were inaccessible from its side of the portal - distant dwellers could travel to it, but Hoopa could not step through to their side of its rings.

Rumour has it Hoopa has seen every jungle, every desert, every river and lake known by Pokémon who roam Mystery Dungeons.  It has walked the streets of every city, the roads of every field, climbed to the highest point of every mountain and crawled to the depths of every cavern, legend says.  But still…  There were countless worlds left to explore.

Pushing beyond its limits, Hoopa attempted to enter a world housing no Pokémon, but instead strange bipedal creatures… Humans. However, the recoil from such an unnatural act devastated one of its hoops and scarred it severely. It never made it to this alien land.

Its right ring is forever tied to this gate to the human world.  Hoopa hasn’t opened it since, and intends to do so just once more…  For the winners of the Hyperspace Tournament.

With its expedition teammate Merriweather and some of her friends, it seeks teams to compete in its game - the winners get two priceless tickets to the human world: without a return journey, of course.  Across dimensions it is seeking contestants - though to those far enough away from its home dimension, all it can do is beckon from beyond a portal (perhaps with help from its fellow tournament staff).

Competitors in the Hyperspace Tournament must gather in Hoopa’s pocket dimension, a temperate forest with a quaint camp at its middle…  There’s no escape unless Hoopa allows it.

Rules

You must show your characters passing through one of Hoopa’s rings to arrive at its base camp in order to compete in the Hyperspace Tournament with the promise both winners will be taken to the human world (to the characters’ understanding, this is our world - with no Pokémon: while your characters in particular can have other ideas about the portal's destination, the Judge NPCs do not).

Please keep in mind our regulations for auditions  -

• If your characters aren’t Pokémon to begin with, whether they get transformed into Pokémon upon passing through Hoopa’s ring specifically or somehow beforehand is up to you.

• Don’t show other competitors being harmed in your audition. This is to avoid heavily conflicting canons.

• You may not severely injure / kill any of the Judge NPCs. They have jobs to do! Additionally, you may not show them evolving or learning new moves.

• Don’t show your characters with their team accessories in your audition (though they must be on your refs, in white, as described on our Character Creation page). Purrmageddon will issue these at the start of round one once we (the judges) have assigned your teams’ colours.

…And the tournament in general -

• Your characters should have a reason to want to win (regardless of what that is).

• Contestants who’ve been knocked out will stay in the pocket dimension (base camp) until the tournament is over. Then Hoopa will take them to either the dimension they came from (if they hail from a PMD-like dimension with just other Pokémon) or they will have to choose a dimension solely inhabited by Pokémon to live in for the rest of their lives. An in-universe rule, this describes characters’ expectations - things may go down differently in finalists’ entries.

• Hoopa (and other Pokémon) can’t go to dimensions which harbour any species other than Pokémon (humans or otherwise) - Hyperspace Holes limit them to PMD-like dimensions, but Pokémon’s moves, light, and sound travel through the portals.

• You can characterise the Judge NPCs how you would like to an extent, but keep in mind the basic info on their refs.

How to Enter

Check our How to Enter page for a guide on submitting your characters and audition - remember, your characters must be screened via a character application before you can audition!

If you're reading our site for the first time, remember to check all of our pages before you audition for further details on our rules and tournament structure.