[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/295216067989602305/595166752758038539/unknown.png[/img] [color=7ea7d8][h2]Haruhana Aoi[/h2][/color] [color=7ea7d8][b]Age:[/b][/color] 22 [color=7ea7d8][b]Sex:[/b][/color] Female [color=7ea7d8][b]Orientation:[/b][/color] Unexplored, Afraid of Men. [color=7ea7d8][b]Place of Birth:[/b][/color] Kunio, A small village on the outskirts of Yaewong.[/center] [hr] [color=7ea7d8][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] Aoi is a young Yaewong woman, standing at roughly average height with her 5'1". She has long, wild, black hair, normally kept in a loose ponytail. Unbound, it reaches all the way between her shoulder blades. Her eyes are deep blue, which are the reason she's named as she is. Her fingers are covered in an abundance of scars both big and small. The only armor Aoi wears is a pair of bracers and sturdy leather boots. She doesn't usually wear shirts, instead favoring to bind her chest and wear jackets with broad shoulders. These clothes offer very little protection, but allow her to move without being restricted. Her clothes are of typical Yaewong design, albeit not traditional. [color=7ea7d8][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Aoi is rather weak-willed and indecisive. On top of that, her self-esteem is as low as it gets. To avoid being used and hurt like she's been in the past, she puts up the front of a bold, noisy thug. This facade suits her ominously well, as she's grown insensitive to death. Despite her persona, she often has trouble asserting herself, and confrontations often end up escalating because of it. She's often overwhelmed by dark thoughts, but despite that and her inability to trust others, she keeps seeking out other people. She has a habit of reaching for her abdomen when surprised, using her hands to cover the spot where her ribs have been broken in the past. [color=7ea7d8][b]Skills:[/b][/color] Unarmed Martial Arts - (B-) Athleticism - (C+) Herbology - (C) [abbr=Barehanded Fishing]Fishing[/abbr] - (C) Sleight of Hand - (C-) Medicine - (D+) Lockpicking - (D) Sewing - (E+) [color=7ea7d8][b]Inventory:[/b][/color] -Spiked Bracers -Padded Silk Jacket -Thick Wool Pants + Silk Obi -Leather Boots -[abbr=Contains miscellaneous items such as a small coinpurse, lockpicking tools and a small number of medical supplies.]Knapsack of Goodies[/abbr] -Map of Arotura [color=7ea7d8][b]Background:[/b][/color] Orphaned from a young age, Aoi never even knew her parents and for a large part of her youth she was living with the foresight of being drafted into Yaewong's army so she could fight and die for her nation should the need arise. Before she was old enough to be drafted however, someone actually decided to adopt her. Never had Aoi even dared to dream such a day would come, and for a while she thought that perhaps she might truly find happiness in her new life. However, happiness was not what life had in store for young Aoi. At first, things weren't even that bad. The man who'd adopted her quickly began her martial arts training, and so long as she quickly was able to quickly grasp the techniques, things were fine... Mostly. Things really started to get out of hand when Aoi reached the difficult techniques. She wasn't particularly talented and soon reached a point where she was always letting down her teacher. Her home situation also worsened. While her teacher had always been strict, he'd also gotten abusive as his patience ran out. Soon, Aoi's life had become a slur of training, being scolded and taking the abuse. Her only relief she found in the forest around the dojo, which had become the only place where she didn't have to worry about living up to her teacher's standards. It was also in this forest that she encountered Kaijin; the Scyther that would later become her Pokémon partner. Time mercilessly marched on and the abuse only grew worse as Aoi's teacher provided her with yet harder techniques she couldn't get the hang of fast enough. Eventually, Aoi reached her limit, and with her partner, Scyther, she killed her teacher and his Pokémon. Ever since, she's been a wanted fugitive. [hr] [img]https://static.pokemonpets.com/images/monsters-images-300-300/2123-Shiny-Scyther.png[/img] [color=7ea7d8][b]Pokémon:[/b][/color] Scyther [color=7ea7d8][b]Nickname:[/b][/color] Kaijin [color=7ea7d8][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male [color=7ea7d8][b]Ability:[/b][/color] Technician [color=7ea7d8][b]Item:[/b][/color] None. [color=7ea7d8][b]Moves:[/b][/color] -[abbr=Kaijin holds still for a moment and sharpens its blades against each other.]Swords Dance[/abbr] -[abbr=Kaijin slashes the target twice in rapid succession, once with each of its blades.]Double Hit[/abbr] -[color=82ca9d][abbr=Kaijin feints with his blades and instead bites at the target.]Bug Bite[/abbr][/color] -[color=skyblue][abbr=Kaijin flies toward his target at high speed and slashes at them as he passes.]Wing Attack[/abbr][/color] [color=7ea7d8][b]Bond:[/b][/color] One day when Aoi was out crying in the woods, she attracted the attention of a small number of predatory pokémon. Aoi could only watch in terror as the pokémon fought each other. In the end, a Scyther emerged victorious, but just as it was about to cut her down, the fatigue overtook it and it collapsed. For reasons she couldn't quite understand herself, Aoi found herself dragging the injured pokémon to the shack behhind the dojo that served as her room, and tended to its wounds. When the Scyther regained consciousness, it once more prepared to attack her, almost causing Aoi to pass out from the fear. The Scyther failed to deliver his attack, once more thwarted by its battle scars and soon Aoi managed to convince it that she wasn't trying to hurt it. Aoi continued to take care of the Scyther in secret, until one day she'd had enough of her teacher's abuse. She came back after lessons that day, and together with Scyther killed her teacher and his Pokémon. Since then, Aoi and Scyther have left Yaewong and traveled from place to place, simply taking what they need to survive. Scyther seems to be the dominant party, and he seems pretty happy that way.