apologies that this took a while, been busy the past few days, but here we go :) 

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[b][u][color=FFD606]Full Name:[/color][/u][/b] Alyssa Hudson

[b][u][color=FFD606]Age:[/color][/u][/b] 17 (3rd year)

[b][u][color=FFD606]Favorite Color:[/color][/u][/b] Purple

[b][u][color=FFD606]Favorite Subject:[/color][/u][/b] Math, as she finds it comes naturally to her. 

[b][u][color=FFD606]Favorite Teacher:[/color][/u][/b] Jacq, as she admires his work on the Pokédex. 

[b][u][color=FFD606]Appearance:[/color][/u][/b] Alyssa is on the shorter side, standing at five feet, with a small build. Over the top of her uniform, she wears a large green coat, originally belonging to her father, and on her feet she wears a pair of black combat books. Around her neck, she wears a necklace with a purple gemstone attached, handed down to her from her mother. 

[b][u][color=FFD606]Personality:[/color][/u][/b] Upon meeting Alyssa, your first instinct may be to just say that she’s shy and move on, which isn’t entirely false. She can be quite a reserved person, preferring to keep to herself and supposedly not having much of an interest in making friends, though in general most would consider her a nice enough person, if a little quiet. But when she’s alone, or around people that she trusts, her true self shines through - she sees all sorts of beauty in the world, not just in the landscape or the wildlife of Paldea, but also in the little things, absolutely fascinated by how things work, why things do what they do. She speaks passionately when it comes to her interest, often going on long rants even if the other person has no idea what she is talking about, and when it comes to her pokémon she couldn’t be any closer to them, enjoying every single moment spent with them. 

[b][u][color=FFD606]Backstory:[/color][/u][/b] Whilst she was originally from Galar, both her parents being international students in Papas Academy before moving back to their home country, Alyssa grew up in Madeli in the Paldea Region, having moved there at the age of three. She doesn’t have many memories of her life back in Galar, so always considered Paldea to be her home. Especially as a child, she loved to explore the landscape with her parents, the family of three often going for picnics or walks through the countryside - perhaps in her parents case to relive their school days, though Alyssa was always happy just to spend time with them. Even more so as she got older and they got busier with work, those quiet days wandering along winding paths and through the fields were the ones she treasured most. 

Moving into her pre-teen years, her parents only grew busier, and she ended up spending a lot of time alone, though she found that she didn’t particularly mind. Around this time, she gained a particular interest in pokéballs, teaching herself how to pull them apart and put them back together again, trying to learn and understand their inner workings. This interest expanded into machines in general, much to the slight dismay of her parents as she began to take apart household appliances for fun (she stopped after they explained why that was a bad idea, but they still supported her interests, instead seeking out already broken beyond repair machines for her to mess around with). Later, she began to actually study mechanics, reading whatever books she could get her hands on though mostly just waiting in anticipation for her time to attend Papas Academy, already knowing that the STEM track would be perfect for her. 

She finally got her first pokémon at the age of thirteen. After her parents had finally deemed her old enough to explore on her own, provided that she stayed away from areas with the more dangerous pokémon, she spent a lot of time out in the fields of Paldea, often just sitting alone and fiddling with some machinery in the fresh air, or even sketching out mechanical drawings. And often on days like this, a few pokémon would surround her, sitting at her feet as she worked, and she never really minded - pokémon had never been something she had been super interested in, other than finding a few of them cute, though catching and battling had always been more of her parents thing, and something that they’d never quite managed to instill in her, but she was more than happy to let the local wildlife flock around her, as long as they weren’t bothering her. One Mareep, however, took particular interest in [i]her[/i], always sitting by her side, especially if she offered head scratches, and eventually she followed her home, refusing to leave her side. Her parents allowed her to keep her, and she named the Mareep ‘Rosie’. 

The introduction of Rosie in her life came at the perfect time, it just so happened, though perhaps not for the best of reasons. A few months afterwards, her mother grew suddenly ill - to begin with, she was just more tired than usual, finding everyday tasks harder and harder, until one evening she collapsed in the house, falling into unconsciousness. After being rushed to the hospital, she woke back up, but was never really herself again, constantly slipping in and out of consciousness, unable to even get out of bed. No one ever told Alyssa exactly what was wrong with her, but she knew pretty early on that her mother… wasn’t going to make it. She died just a few days after Alyssa’s fourteenth birthday. 

After that, Alyssa grew more reserved, spending more time in the house, her father also taking some time off of work but obviously not in the best of mindspaces either. In this time of grief, she pushed back the start of her academic life by a year, despite being due to start soon. Thankfully, Rosie was by her side the whole time, and through the experience she grew very close to her, unsure exactly what she would have done without her. 

Though eventually, shortly after she turned fifteen, it was time for her to start her education at Papas Academy, and she immediately got stuck in with her studies, trying to forget about the past year, push everything deep, deep down. And perhaps she studied a little too hard - as seen in her treasure hunt in the first year, which she spent the majority of still in school, reading random things in the library or doing extra work for classes, especially the more science-heavy ones which she did find extremely fascinating. She did head out into the wilderness a few times, having been pushed to do so by a couple of her classmates, who… she wouldn’t exactly class as ‘friends’, since she certainly wasn’t in the mood for making friends at the time, but she appreciated briefly having them by her side at least. In the end it didn’t matter too much, as the first year passed by quickly, and then it was time for her second year. 

Her second year went by in a similar fashion, mostly focusing on her studies, though she did make a little bit more of an effort with her treasure hunt, deciding to go out into the world and get a closer look at some of the pokémon that Paldea had to offer. Though she still wasn’t particularly interested in battling or building a team, during this time she ended up catching a Shinx, named Danny, who she quickly grew to love just as much as her Mareep Rosie, even if Danny took a little longer to warm up to her. It was also around this time that her father decided to travel back to Galar, supposedly just for a short while to visit some family, though a short while turned into a few months which turned into a year, and eventually became permanent. Alyssa continued to attend the academy, still, staying on campus during the school year and staying in Galar over the summer. 

As summer came to a close, she headed back to Paldea with a bit of a fresher mind, deciding that she would try to make the most of her third year. With the treasure hunt coming around, she figured that it may be a good time to try something new, get herself out there more, and her father had recommended trying out the gym challenge, which is something that he had done during his time at school. Certainly not something that Alyssa had ever considered trying, but she figured it was worth a shot, if only to actually force herself to get out of school for a bit and explore more of the region, maybe catch a few new pokémon along the way, and train up the ones she already had. 

[b][u][color=FFD606]Pokémon:[/color][/u][/b]
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[b][u][color=FFD606]Pokémon:[/color][/u][/b] Mareep
[b][u][color=FFD606]Nickname:[/color][/u][/b] Rosie
[b][u][color=FFD606]Personality:[/color][/u][/b] Rosie is extremely affectionate, and seems to be quite empathic, always seeming to know when Alyssa is upset and wanting to be by her side the entire time. She isn’t much of a fighter, far more interested in chewing grass or having her head scratched. 
[b][u][color=FFD606]Ability:[/color][/u][/b] Static
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[b][u][color=FFD606]Pokémon:[/color][/u][/b] Shinx
[b][u][color=FFD606]Nickname:[/color][/u][/b] Danny
[b][u][color=FFD606]Personality:[/color][/u][/b] Danny is quite feisty, very active, enjoying running around and causing mayhem. He seems to have more stamina than Alyssa thinks should be feasibly possible, easily able to run circles around her, though she loves him all the same. 
[b][u][color=FFD606]Ability:[/color][/u][/b] Intimidate 
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[b][u][color=FFD606]Quirks:[/color][/u][/b] 
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[*]She prefers to keep her pokémon out of their balls, letting them run around at her feet or sit with her as she works, finding their presence to be comforting. 
[*]She is pretty much always fiddling with something, whether that be a piece of machinery she left in her pockets or the necklace around her neck. 
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[b][u][color=FFD606]Relationships:[/color][/u][/b] (To be filled out as the RP progresses.)
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