[center][img]https://avatarfiles.alphacoders.com/362/362466.png[/img] [colour=#ed9c5d][h3]"The light picked him up [i]like[/i]... like he was just an action figure or something."[/h3][/colour][/center] [colour=#ed9c5d]Full Name:[/colour] Tofu / ‘Cedar’ [colour=#ed9c5d]Age:[/colour] 24 [colour=#ed9c5d]Year at the Institute: [/colour] First [colour=#ed9c5d]Favorite Color: [/colour] Orange [colour=#ed9c5d]Thesis Subject: [/colour] [s]The Existence of Extra-Terrestrial Pokemon[/s] Communication Methods of Mouthless Pokemon [colour=#ed9c5d]Appearance:[/colour] • Tofu has a large backpack that contains audio and visual recording equipment as well as radio transmitters and receivers. [colour=#ed9c5d]Personality: [/colour] [colour=01e220]"I'm your host, UFO Tofu - annnd today-ay we're discussing Staryu transmissions and their potential [i]eXtRa-PlAnEtArY[/i] receivers..."[/colour] Tofu secretly hosts a podcast in his spare time under the name, 'UFO Tofu'. He's gained a modest following that he's proud of and likes to think his personality has grown alongside the show. Tofu covers topics that aren't mainstream therefore he'll never garner an audience on par with Professor Oak but Tofu is content with that, in fact, being an underground radio pirate makes him feel pretty cool. UFO Tofu is a sizable chunk of his identity yet it's something he doesn't disclose to his classmates. It's likely he believes if they knew, it would discredit him as a scientist. Any friend might listen and hear what an enthusiastic researcher he is or how excellently his audio essays are argued - but what if his peers just thought he was crazy? It's best to keep it quiet. Tofu speaks like a satirical depiction of a typical radio presenter, bouncy words that are potentially obnoxious in certain scenarios. He hasn't learned how to lower the volume on his charisma yet, could he be sending the wrong signals? Authenticity is a lesson he hasn't aced. [colour=#ed9c5d]Bio:[/colour] [colour=01e220][right]10 Years Ago - Viridian City Police Department The validity of the following statement is questionable. The witness was questioned in the presence of a guardian.[/right] "We were playing on the mountain but it got so - it got all... it got foggy so quick - I couldn't see where he was, I could only hear him. I was shouting, 'I can't see, I can't see anything!' And he was like, 'get over here, come quick!' - but, y'know, it kinda sounded like he was - all around me. I didn't know which way to go. So... then a green light lit up the mountain and I saw him. The light picked him up like... like he was just an action figure or something."[/colour] Tofu grew up in Viridian City as the notorious 'UFO Kid'. The trajectory of his life was decided forever after an incident that made national news resulted in the disappearance of his childhood friend. Tofu wholeheartedly believes what he saw that night was his friend levitated by an otherworldly tractor beam and abducted in an alien spacecraft. Tofu's alien obsession has become a covert mission now that he has a reputation as a scientist to uphold. He's savvy enough within the academic circle to realise that the title of 'UFO Guy' will only detract from his credibility. One day, he'll prove the truth - that his friend really was abducted by aliens... all those years ago... [colour=01e220][i]"get over here! come quick!"[/i][/colour] Tofu went to university in Unova where he majored in the study of Pokemon and specialized in Pokemon Linguistics. [center][hider=Pokemon]Pokémon: [img]https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/137.png[/img] [h3]Porygon[/h3] Porygon was Tofu's first pokemon. It lives inside his laptop, rather than a pokeball. [img]https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/120.png[/img] [h3]Staryu[/h3] It's said that Staryu are connected to celestial bodies in space. Tofu has studied their nighttime transmissions extensively although he's unable to decode their language. This specific specimen took a liking to him. [img]https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/605.png[/img] [h3]Elgyem[/h3] Tofu is particularly fascinated by the Elgyem family of pokemon. He's certain they hold the key to his research. [img]https://www.serebii.net/swordshield/pokemon/337.png[/img] [h3]Lunatone[/h3] Tofu participated in a student exchange program with a university in Sinnoh and caught Lunatone during his year there. [/hider][/center] [colour=#ed9c5d]Quirks:[/colour] • Tofu goes by the pseudonym, ‘Cedar’ at the Laventon Institute. • His fake thesis exists to disguise his true research at the Laventon Institute.