[u][b][color=f49ac2]Name:[/color][/b][/u] Melody Avery Hemlock [u][b][color=f49ac2]Age:[/color][/b][/u] 16 [color=f49ac2][u][b]Gender: [/b][/u][/color]Female [b][u][color=f49ac2]Appearance:[/color][/u][/b] Standing at about 5'2", Melody's small stature and general lack of presence make fading into the background pretty much a fact of her existence. As a matter of fact, the most eye-catching thing about her is her hair… but even that's mostly because it's bright pink and really, really long. Despite this, the importance of taking care of one's appearance is one of the few things that Melody's mother took the time to drill into her head, and as a result, Melody is exceptionally good at things like doing hair, applying make-up tastefully, and color-coordinating outfits. While she isn't a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination, Melody always looks presentable... even though half the time, no one's really registered her presence well enough to appreciate it. [img] http://safebooru.org//images/1310/5b50e08fdb0ca58189cc8c51088e43dd4599fe39.jpg[/img] [u][b][color=f49ac2]Personality:[/color][/b][/u] Melody's a fairly sweet girl most of the time. She’s not particularly shy, and really quite talkative, once someone’s actually noticed she’s there. As a girl brought up in a well-to-do family by parents who placed a high value on manners, Melody is polite to everyone and anyone, even if it’s mostly by force of habit. In other words, she’s really quite friendly, and for all appearances, harmless. Beneath that well-mannered exterior, however, is an obsessively clingy girl with a grip like a vice and some incredibly possessive tendencies. Melody cherishes her friends… maybe a little too much, actually. Even though she’s never really experienced a long-term friendship, the concept of “best friends forever” is one that is very close to her heart. Often, she fixates on a person so intensely that she’ll let almost nothing stand between them. When someone she cares about is in danger, she’s more protective than a mother Ursaring whose cubs are being threatened, and more vicious than an Arbok with a grudge. She hasn’t quite crossed the line into psychopathic yet, but back in middle school she [i]was[/i] involved in a quickly hushed-up incident featuring her best friend, a boy who had a crush on her best friend, and a stapler. Melody definitely has a manipulative streak, and isn’t afraid of using underhanded methods to get what she wants. [color=f49ac2][u][b]History:[/b][/u][/color] As the only child of a pair of hard-working, fairly wealthy businesspeople, Melody grew up in a frequently empty house in Goldenrod City, with only the maids to keep her company. Because of her parents’ jobs (and, on one occasion, that one incident in middle school involving a stapler), she’s had to transfer schools many times. As a result, she’s never quite been able to form any solid relationships, and always treasured company, prizing friendship above all else… even her morals, at times. Although she wasn’t home very often, Melody’s mother held manners and the traditionally feminine disciplines in high regard. As a result, Melody grew up to be polite to a fault, and quite skilled in areas such as cooking and cleaning. In fact, since she often had nothing to do but practice cooking, Melody's cooking is actually rather incredible. However, since she never quite figured out how to work the television in the living room or the desktop in her parents’ room, Melody is fairly technologically illiterate. Melody has wanted to be a Pokemon trainer since her childhood, primarily for one reason: the legal mandate on travelling in pairs or more. While there is no question about the fact that she likes Pokemon and the thrill of battling, Melody sees her Pokemon journey as her ticket to a “best friend forever”… and that’s something that she would [i]never[/i] pass up. Because of this, Melody studied hard in every one of the trainer schools that she's attended. As soon as she reached the minimum legal age of obtaining a license, Melody jumped at the chance to become a trainer, and left home the day after her sixteenth birthday. Her parents, unsurprisingly, were on a business trip at the time, but they did call her to wish her farewell... a day or two [i]after[/i] she set out for New Bark Town. [b][u][color=f49ac2]Quirks/Habits/Other:[/color][/u][/b] - Despite her rather fragile appearance, Melody is impressively strong. She doesn't pull her punches, either, so getting into a brawl with her is... not the best of ideas. - Melody is a fantastic cook and a master of all things traditionally feminine, from cooking to cleaning to baby-sitting. - Computers, microwaves, refrigerators... you name it, Melody can break it. She'd probably like video games, but she's never played one before because she can't figure out how to work a PC without completely destroying it. - Melody harbors a secret fondness for cooking shows, animated TV shows and movies, and murder mystery novels. - Melody has a terrible sense of direction. Like, it's really, really bad. [u][b][color=f49ac2]Inventory:[/color][/b][/u] - Pokeballs (x5) - Burn Heal (x5) - Paralyze Heal (x5) - Sleep Heal (x5) - Antidote (x5) - Potion (x5) - First-aid kit, for minor scrapes and injuries (x1) - Switchblade, for... “cooking and self defense” [s]yeah right[/s] (x1) - Full set of clothing (x3) - Cheap and almost indestructible Nokia phone (x1) - Toiletries (x1 bag) - Hairbrush (x1) - Make-up and beauty products (x1 bag) - Agatha Christie’s “Five Little Tepigs” (x1) - Sleeping bag, assorted camping equipment (x1) - Wallet, containing $100 (x1) All of these items have been neatly packed into a shiny new white-and-pink backpack. Well, except the switchblade. That's in her pocket. [b][u][color=f49ac2]Pokemon:[/color][/u][/b] [hider=Tesla the Mareep] [img]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/345/1/c/mareep_sprite_by_hotblackangel-d34p8m1.gif[/img] Tesla the Mareep [color=6ecff6]Male[/color] Lvl 7 Acquired from Prof. Elm Ability: Static Has a modest nature. Often dozes off. [u]Moves:[/u] Tackle, Growl, Thunderwave [/hider] [hider=LOLBAT the Zubat] [img]http://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen3/rusa_action/041.gif[/img] LOLBAT the Zubat [color=6ecff6]Male[/color] Lvl 3 Caught on Route 29 Ability: Inner Focus Has a timid nature. Quick to flee. [u]Moves:[/u] Leech Life [/hider] [color=f49ac2][u][b]TL;DR:[/b][/u][/color] A girl who, despite her well-mannered and friendly appearance, is actually incredibly clingy and obsessive. In other words, a borderline yandere. [color=f49ac2][u][b]Theme Song:[/b][/u][/color] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqYrtnCPfn0[/youtube] Going with pink for her text colour, again. Mostly because of her hair… and so I can transition into [color=ed1c24]red[/color] for her scary moments.