[hider=Cyril Desrosiers][center][img]https://safebooru.org//images/2668/d55314b309a32f31ee9d048a35c25e26a84c91f7.jpg?2789733[/img][/center] [h3][color=ed1c24][u][b]Profile [/b][/u][/color][/h3][b]Name:[/b] Cyril Desrosiers [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 17 [b]Hometown:[/b] Lumiouse City, Kalos [color=ed1c24][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] [list]Cyril is 6', a figure that can easily stand out in the crowds, but struggle with cramped spaces, but that certainly won't cramp his own style. With messy brown hair, burning crimson eyes, and a mirthful grin that taunts the world to try and come at him, his composure seems collected and undaunted, though his personality seems to be the opposite of it all. It doesn't end there, as he has a decently toned body with fair skin, and considers himself to be the epitome of sexy; how modest. The boys usual duds seem to befit more a celebrity or fashionista as opposed to a researchers assistant, much less an up and coming Pokemon Professor, with a simple black shirt and a white coat with extravagantly designed crosses that are on the sides of his shoulders, almost like epaulets. Following that is his own stitched scarf, which, while looking elegant, is showing a few signs of wear and tear; sometimes he flaunts it as a feather boa. To finish it off, he wears black gloves and black jeans that could pass for dress pants.[/list] [color=ed1c24][b]Personality:[/b][/color] [list]First impressions are most important, and let me tell you, he usually makes the worst first impressions, especially with his station. Cyril comes off more as a ditzy, decadent dandy who would rather chase skirts rather than study Pokemon. He often says things that anyone would regret saying later, yet brushes it off with ease, with a laugh and a shrug, or a smirk and a shake of his head. This guy is supremely confident (most of the time), even if it seems like he isn't thinking half of the time. Yet, this approach to the world is nothing but a farce, well, aside from his flirting and no filter. In truth, he is friendly, at least, in his own roundabout way, and while he does rile people up, he does have a stopping point, understanding if something might be going a little bit too far. Furthermore, he does pick his words much more carefully than one might expect of him, swiftly putting it through his head before shooting it out. Even if it is at his own expense, he can laugh at himself; he might have fun at others expense from time to time, but he isn't above laughing at himself as well. Can be fairly zealous at times, especially in regards to his own research, almost to a stuffy, uncomfortable degree, sort of like a helicopter parent who just can't let go. Has a bit of a devil may care attitude at times, and loves learning about new things.[/list] [color=ed1c24][b]Background:[/b][/color] [list]Once upon a time, a boy and his four other friends departed on a journey of their own, experienced hardship, heartbreak, yet also bonded, growing stronger from struggling, each with smiles on their face as they strode forward, attempting the gym challenge before attempting the league, yet only one rose to meet the challenge, with all of them having a blast and becoming better for it, before coming to close, their journey coming to an end. And they all lived happily ever after, and stayed friends forever, right? If only that was so simple. Cyril was born in Kalos and raised by a what was a simple baker who created pastries and a business woman who traveled across the region. It was far from an exciting life, no doubt about that, and Cyril lived placidly in Lumiouse City, making and playing with friends, helping his dad out from time to time at his shop, and even getting to spend some time with his mom who he played chess with. It was quite the simple life, nothing out of the ordinary, and in fact, Cyril probably would of lived out that life with no change, no desires, no real drive; most likely would of adhered to the status quo if not for one fateful day. He and a couple of his other friends, around the age of 10-11, were given the opportunity to go out on their own adventure thanks to the assistance of their parents, who lent them a pokémon they owned to help with the process of capturing their own. They all found what they considered to bit cute, cool, or just plain strange partners, with Cyril capturing an Abra as his starter. Once they all had their pokémon, the usual shenanigans ensured, with each of them battling each other before departing on their journey together, the five of them unanimously deciding they would all take on the Pokémon League. While each of them had their own reasoning as to why, Cyril primarily went along with it because that is what most trainers did when undergoing their journey - take on the gyms and participate in the Kalos League Tournament for the possibility of challenging the champion for their title. There was nothing else beyond that, right? That journey he thought would be short lived lasted longer than expected, and is still continuing up till this very day. Each of them discovered new things about themselves, met new people, fought rivals and gym leaders alike, and participated in events they never expected they would. They found new Pokémon to befriend, suffer with, grow with, and enjoy life with; they even managed to find the items needed to mega evolve some of their pokémon, which caught the eye of the newest Professor, Sycamore, who was researching Mega Evolution at the time. This lead to him distributing two specialized pokédexes to the group - one to the person who mega evolved their pokémon and the other which he saw the potential to become a Pokémon Professor like him. Of course, he had to explain numerous things to the group due to their questions, such as why did Cyril and their other friend get a pokédex to name an example, as well as explain the functions of the pokédex. After pestering Sycamore with all their questions and learning that these only recorded Mega Evolutions, they continued on their adventure across Kalos, keeping in touch with him to help with his research. This grand adventure felt like a lifetime of happiness to Cyril as the year continued forward as they did, inching closer and closer to collecting all badges. The looming challenge of the Kalos League hung overhead as they rushed full speed ahead to collect all their badges and make it in time to sign up for the tournament. While Cyril was able to qualify and make it past the preliminaries, he didn't even get close to challenging an elite four member, unlike one of his friends who made it all the way to fight an elite four member before losing. He didn't remain sorrowful as a result of this loss for too long, recovered from it, and would eventually go on and attempt the League again in the following year, this time going on to challenge an elite four member! Granted, he still lost to them, but still, it was a huge step. Despite this, however, his priorities had shifted; something over that adventure had changed him, and instead of looking to battling, he looked to the lab Sycamore occupied. Cyril knew what he wanted out of his life, applying and successfully becoming one of a few assistants to Professor Sycamore. However, even with this new drive and ambition, nothing could prepare him for when his friends went their own separate ways over the years. One of them became a protege to the current Champion of Kalos, another actually started a pokémon ranch, and even another began traveling to different regions. Ironically enough, one of his other friends also became an assistant to Sycamore. The irony, however, stemmed from the fact that he felt closer to the former than the latter, despite not seeing her on a daily basis and mostly keeping up with each other by pokégear, though the divide was growing gradually each passing day. Following these years, he would perform different tasks, always feeling some sort of longing as time went on, fully completing his own education, and even going on to see different regions at times with the Professor, sometimes taking on the gyms there with a couple of other experienced assistants when in their off time out of a sense of nostalgia; he even wrote his first theses during this time, two years before he would continue his journey in Issen. When he went to one of the yearly meetings with Sycamore, he ended up talking with the esteemed Professor Oak for a bit, speaking about some of his ideas and theories in regards to evolution, with one topic catching his ear. This intrigued the man who actually put forth a recommendation that he pursue researching this topic and even implored Sycamore to let his assistant do the same. When discussing ideas of how this would function, Oak recommended that Cyril should start in a new region that was unfamiliar to the boy and pointed out that the Issen region might be a great place to go, especially since they had never hosted a meeting there, which meant Issen was completely uncharted territory and played to the strengths of how Cyril stated he would conduct this research. Of course, he would need to make preparations in advanced, drafted a couple of papers, prepped a couple of hypotheses, and even spent more time with his original team than usual, since it would more than likely be a long time before he could interact with them again. After a week, he said his good byes, attempted to text some of his friends about this, but only got voice mail back, and departed for the region of Issen. And so, his adventure continues as he began his first foray into researching about evolutions and paving his way towards becoming a full-fledged Pokémon Professor.[/list] [color=ed1c24][b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b][/color] [list]- Has an incredibly good poker face, even if it is him just smiling and giggling. - Loves sewing and has shown an aptitude for it as well. - Has written a couple of theses, but has only gotten the chance to work on this one. - Enjoys playing chess and incorporates rather unorthodox strategies that either win him games or lose them outright. - His methods of tutoring or teaching someone usually appear unhelpful from the outset. - Excitable when around someone who has a similar passion to his and will pepper them with straight questions, no trickery involved. - At times, can be considered lucky to an almost supernatural degree. - Enjoys pop rock; his favorite band is known as Serene Grace. - Is extremely terrible at navigating even through the simplest of forests and needs a map to generally find his way out.[/list] [color=ed1c24][b]Favorite Kind of Pokémon:[/b][/color] [list]If he had to go for typing, it would be Psychic, Fairy, Dark, and Ghost. Going more into specifics, he would state, almost boastfully, that he loves pokémon that he considers to be "tricky."[/list] [h3][color=ed1c24][u][b]Pokémon [/b][/u][/color][/h3][color=ed1c24][b]Current Team:[/b][/color] [list][quote]Budew [b]|[/b] Lvl 9 Happiny [b]|[/b] Lvl 8 Buneary [b]|[/b] Lvl 8 Shinx [b]|[/b] Lvl 8[/quote][/list] [color=ed1c24][b]Pokémon Caught:[/b][/color] [list][hider=Aster the Budew][center][img]https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/budew.gif[/img][/center] [b]Species:[/b] Budew [b]Type:[/b] [color=8dc73f]Grass[/color]/[color=92278f]Poison[/color] [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Level:[/b] 9 [b]Moves:[/b] Absorb, Growth, Water Sport [b]Ability:[/b] Leaf Guard. Prevents Aster from being affected by status effects when in strong or harsh sunlight. [b]Held Item:[/b] N/A [b]Personality | Timid:[/b] Aster comes off as a bit shy, sometimes cowering behind his trainer like a frightened child or even latching on to the top of his head. Despite this, he is often friendly and usually will be the first to reach out when something is amiss. Gets embarrassed when other Pokémon learn about how he pretends to act like some mysterious thief when left alone. After the little push by Cyril, he seems a little more open than usual towards his teammates, though he gets extremely nervous around other Pokémon unless they are calm. Possibly the defacto leader of the Pokémon squad. [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] - Is incredibly curious about the world, despite his incredibly shy nature. - Immerses himself in his own fantasies, one of which where he believes himself to be a mysterious phantom thief of sorts. - Can be a bit of a thrill seeker at times, which again, heavily contrasts his normal nature.[/hider] [hider=Mimi the Happiny][center][img]https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/happiny.gif[/img][/center] [b]Species:[/b] Happiny [b]Type:[/b] [color=tan]Normal[/color] [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Level:[/b] 8 [b]Moves:[/b] Charm, Copycat, Pound [b]Ability:[/b] Friend Guard. When in battle with a friend, the damage their ally takes from attacks decreases. [b]Held Item:[/b] Stone(?) [b]Personality | Timid:[/b] Mimi has some similar traits to Aster, which is possibly why they get along so easily. She's a bit shy, and will generally hide behind Cyril, but doesn't adopt a thief persona like the Budew. Funny enough, she seems to be the type of gal to enjoy a bit of archaeology and has a large fascination with rocks, regardless if it's an oval stone or not. Does horribly in large crowds and may have a panic attack should plenty of unfamiliar souls gather around her. [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] - TBA[/hider] [hider=Velvet the Buneary][center][img]https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/buneary.gif[/img][/center] [b]Species:[/b] Buneary [b]Type:[/b] [color=tan]Normal[/color] [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Level:[/b] 8 [b]Moves:[/b] Defense Curl, Endure, Foresight, Pound, Splash [b]Ability:[/b] Klutz. Velvet won't be affected by any item she holds, save those that affect experience. [b]Held Item:[/b] N/A [b]Personality | Sassy:[/b] Sugar, ice, and everything nice, Velvet could easily be categorized as a tsundere at a typical glance. However, its less that and more that she is unsure of not only herself, but the world at times. Despite this, she's more than willing to try and take risks should the opportunity arise. Acts like a serious princess of sorts who is in control, but can be incredibly klutzy at times, regardless of her ability. [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] - TBA[/hider] [hider=Cation the Shinx][center][img]https://projectpokemon.org/images/normal-sprite/shinx.gif[/img][/center] [b]Species:[/b] Shinx [b]Type:[/b] [color=fff200]Electric[/color] [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Level:[/b] 8 [b]Moves:[/b] Leer, Tackle [b]Ability:[/b] Guts. Cation's attack is significantly boosted when afflicted with a status effect (Burn, Paralyze, Sleep, Poison, and Freeze). The stat altering effects of Burn is not applied. [b]Held Item:[/b] N/A [b]Personality | Naive:[/b] Cation is an easily excitable little Shinx/Luxio/Luxray with an affinity for glomping or pawing at the first thing he sees as a result of his overly enthusiastic curiosity. While friendly, he can be moderately overbearing at times as a result of these traits, though he doesn't exactly realize this in the slightest. Cation also has a short attention span. [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] - TBA[/hider][/list] [h3][color=ed1c24][u][b]Inventory [/b][/u][/color][/h3][b]Pokédollars:[/b] 900p [color=ed1c24][b]Items:[/b][/color] [list][quote]x1 Everstone x2 Potion x6 Pokéballs x1 Pokédex x2 Escape Rope x20 Regular Stones x1 Repel x1 Antidote x1 Paralyze Heal x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Empty) x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Filled)(Two flavor items for Cyril and the Team; doesn't really impact much)[/quote][/list][/hider]