[B]Name[/B]: Florian Pine (Everyone just calls him Pine)
[B]Age:[/B] 19
[B]Gender[/B]: Male


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[B]Appearance[/B]: Pine is a tall and lean man. He stands at six feet tall, and has a slim physique with toned muscles that he got from spending time working out in the Rocket Gym a little bit. He has abs, and he is quite proud of them. He used to be rather awkward looking when he was younger, but has since grown into himself. He has a heart shaped face with a firm jaw. His eyes are as green as the forest. He has a mop of blonde hair on top of his head

Pine doesn’t have much of a taste for fashion in his day to day life. Some days, he dresses like the scientist he aspires to be one day. Wearing dress shirts and pants in shades of white and gray, as well as a green tie. He even wears a white lab coat. Other days, he dresses in casual jeans and T-shirts, often green in color and with floral patterns on them. Then other days he just wears floral patterns head to toe. He has even been known to wear flowers in his hair. In all of his outfits, he always wears a pair of thick green glasses, as he his near sighted.

While working as a Team Rocket Grunt, he wears the standard Rocket uniform. The uniform consists of a black tight turtleneck with large red R on the chest. He also wears a matching pair of black pants, held up with a big white belt. He also wears white combat boots, and white gloves. The look is completed with a black cap on top of his head.

[B]Personality[/B]: Once upon a time, Pine was a shy and nerdy young man. He didn’t have an easy time socializing with people, and also didn’t have much confidence. He often preferred his plants and Pokemon more than other people’s company. After joining Team Rocket Pine developed a bit more confidence, but he's still awkward when it comes to interactions with people. He is interested in science, and is particularly fascinated with plants and grass type Pokemon. He treats his own Pokémon as if they were his babies. He claims to have joined TR and commit crimes to make the world better for plants and grass type Pokémon, but sometimes he does it for the money or petty revenge. He hopes to one day become a scientist himself one day.

Some days, Pine hates humanity. His experiences with being bullied and how people take the environment for granted contributed to this. He can be rude to people when he first meets them. He can still be rude even after he first meets them. There are moments where he thinks he's smarter than everyone else, and the people around him are idiots. He’s not opposed to using his Pokémon’s attacks on humans if they bother him too much. Even though he often feels like the world would be better off without humans in it, he understands that they are needed. If only to provide carbon dioxide for the plants.

There are other times when Pine longs for human companionship. If anyone shows him even the slightest hint of kindness, he will be all for it. He’ll cling to that person and be their best friend whether they like it or not. He will talk their ear off about whatever he's interested in. Maybe he'll care about what the other person has to say... Maybe. At least until he perceives they did him wrong in some way. Then he’ll be furious and seek revenge. He can even be flirty with people he finds attractive. In general, his emotions can vary wildly at any given time.

[B]History[/B]: Florian Pine was born to a pair of scientist parents. They studied Pokemon in their natural habitats, particularly Grass type Pokemon. Due to the fact that they were often out in the field researching, they weren't around very much to raise their son. Sometimes they took him on research trips with them, but when they did, they often left him to his own devices. Even though his parents didn't show their affections all that much, Pine always knew he wanted to be a scientist just like them.

Growing up, Pine always had a fascination for plants and Grass type Pokemon. Something he got from his parents. On his free time, he would frolic in the flowers, and play with the wild Oddishes that lived nearby. He saw how often people would casually leave their trash on the floor in the forest, which could harm the environment and the Pokemon living there. Pine would tell them to pick up their trash, and they'd just laugh him off. Others found his intense fascination to be odd. He was often bullied by others because he was physically weaker, psychologically delicate, and in their eyes he was just plain weird.

He would be picked on, beaten up, called deaming nicknames, every kind of bullying you could imagine. He was even made fun of because his first name was Florian, which was weird. He also had to sit alone during lunch because no one else wanted to sit with him. Him trying to defend himself by saying it means flower did not help the matter. He bullied by one boy in particularl, who already had a Charizard, when most of the other kids didn't even have Pokemon of their own yet. He was sure to brag about that in everyone faces, but especially Pine. Pine made it no secret that he wanted a Bulbasaur. Of course this got no end of ridicule from this boy. He talked about how much cooler Charizard was than Venusaur because it was a dragon, and that Venusaur was an overgrown frog with a flower on it's back, and that it was uncool. Pine knew he was wrong, but he hated having to hear this kid's bragging every day. It would later come out that this boy brought his father's Charizard to school, and it wasn't actually his, but that didn't make it better.

Despite all the bullying, there was person who seemed to show him kindness. A boy named Evan often defended him from bullies. Evan was handsome and one of the most popular boys in school. Pine was shocked him of all people would take the time to defend him. They hung out together sometimes, and it was the first time Pine actually had a friend! He finally had somebody to sit with during lunch. It didn't take long for Pine to get a crush on Evan. After a long while, Pine finally built up the nerve to ask Evan out on a date. Evan politely turned him down. Pine was not happy about this, but he was able to move on with his life.

Than he heard Evan talking to his girlfriend in the hallway. She witnessed Pine asking her boyfriend out, and wanted to know what happened. Evan basically admitted to his girlfriend that he didn't like Pine all that much, and thought he was as weird as everyone else did. The only reason he defended him was out of pity. He told his girlfriend she was the most important person in his life, and kissed her. Now, Pine was devasted.

Despite all of this, Pine was still an intelligent young man, and eventually graduated from school at the top of his class. Then, he decided to go on a Pokemon journey for a while. If only to get more Grass types, and learn more about them. He finally got that Bulbasaur he always wanted. For a while, Pine traveled alone with his Pokemon. All the other kids traveled with their friends, and this bothered Pine a bit, but he tried not to let it bring him down. People were inherently jerks. It's way more fun doing things alone.

Then, he came across a young man who challenged him to a battle. Despite only having a Bulbasaur at this point, he still managed to beat the man in a battle. Mainly by inflicting his Pokemon with status conditions and slowly whittling down his enemy's health until they fainted. The man was impressed, and made Pine an offer to join Team Rocket. Pine was hesitant at first. This was the first time since school somebody actually was nice to him. Of course, the last time that happened, things didn't end so well. Then, the recruiter spun a story about how Team Rocket was trying to save the world. They steal Pokemon from unethical companies and people. After that, Pine was sold.

That's how he wound up in Team Rocket. He completed the Team Rocket training program successfully. He was still bullied by other students on occasion, but things were different now. Now he had his own Pokemon. If anyone dared to say anything, Bulbasaur could give them a Vine Whip, or a Sleep Powder, or even a good Poison Powder. That would show them. It also helped that he had some people who were as socially awkward as he was to sit with at the lunch table... Now having a place he kind of fit into, Pine had developed more confidence than he ever had before. Now, Pine is currently a Grunt. He still hopes to one day become a Scientist.

[B]Other[/B]: Hates Charizard, blame that bully.
Is Bisexual, but prefers other men.
Has a major sweet tooth
Has other stereotypically nerdy interests like video games and comic books about superheroes. He prefers to enjoy them alone than with others.
Always introduces himself as Pine, never Florian. People have bullied him for that name.

[B]Pokemon SU Sheet[/B]

[B]Nickname[/B]: Leafy
[B]Species[/B]: Bulbasaur
[B]Gender[/B]: Male

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[B]Appearance[/B]: Looks like all the other Bulbasaur.
[B]Personality[/B]: Pine's first Pokemon, and his most loyal companion. Leafy is the closest thing to a real friend that Pine has ever had. The two are practically inseparable. He defends Pine from bullies (or people Pine perceives to be bullies) cheers Pine up when he's down, and basically does what Pine asks him to do. Leafy is a much more friendly Pokemon than Pine is, but somehow the two actually get along.
[B]History[/B]: Pine knew he wanted a Bulbasaur as his first Pokemon as soon as he knew what Pokemon were. Pine got this Bulbasaur from Professor Oak when he wanted to try the whole Pokemon Trainer thing. There's not much of a story here.
[B]Other[/B]: N/A

[B]Nickname[/B]: Fiona
[B]Species[/B]: Deerling
[B]Gender[/B]: Female

[IMG]https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/x-y/normal/deerling.png[/IMG]

[B]Appearance[/B]: Like all Deerling, Fiona changes colors with the seasons. Currently, she is in the Spring form. Otherwise, she looks the same as all the other Deerling.
[B]Personality[/B]: Fiona is an innocent little baby deer. She has no idea that her owner is a member of Team Rocket, or about any life before Pine got her. She thinks Pine is her mother. Fiona mainly acts like a baby, and gets into trouble by chewing things she's not supposed to be chewing on.
[B]History[/B]: A baby Deerling had been stolen from the Day-Care, amongst a bunch of other Pokemon. Pine was given this Pokemon during his time in the Rocket Academy. They loaned out Pokemon to all the new recruits, and Pine was the only one interested in the baby deer. Everyone else went for the Koffings and Zubats for some reason...
[B]Other[/B]: N/A