[@Savo]

Here is my character. Lemme know if there is anything I need to adjust. I do now realize (as it is 5:00 AM by the time I am done with this), that there is alot to read on this sheet lol. 

[hider=Ryuuichi Kashima]

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[h3][u][b]Profile[/b][/u][/h3][b]Name:[/b] Kashima Ryuuichi (鹿島 竜一)
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Age:[/b] 18
[b]Hometown:[/b] Hau'oli City, Alola

[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/albums/1751]Appearance (Link to Other Pictures):[/url][/b] [color=0076a3]Ryuu is a bit on the taller side, standing around 6'1". He is also on the fairly lankier side as well, weighing around 160 when wet. He appears athletic, but doesn't actually have much musculature to his frame. If anything, he might be almost borderline under weight for a young man of his age and height. 

Several years of indoor living have made his skin a bit paler than most. He also doesn't sleep much. This is made evident by the circles one can see around his eye whenever it just so happens to be visible. His long, unkempt blonde hair is long enough to cover even his eye. He has long since stopped combing it and a mass of tangles and split ends shows that he doesn't maintain it well either with the exception of washing it. 

Said blonde hair covers two things on his face. The first is a dull, listless, blue eye. The other is a white eyepatch he wears that covers where an eye should be. The eyepatch's plain, white, circular design make it look more like an eyepatch made for medical purposes. It definitely is not the kind of eyepatch one would wear if they fancied dressing as a pirate. 

Ryuuichi's outfits focus on what is practical and comfortable. He doesn't really care much for color coordination or style. Hence his go to is often shirts and jeans with the occasional jacket. Thankfully his parents bought him enough of a similar outfit to ensure that he would never be too much of a walking fashion disaster. The colors his clothes possess are usually plain colors like beige, white, navy, or brown. Nothing too elaborate or extravagant. [/color]

[color=6ecff6]There is one singular part of his ensemble that is always consistent though: a necklace. Looped onto this necklace are what appear to be three small scales from the "Scaly Pokemon". If he ever moves quickly or roughly enough, sometimes these scales will click and clang softly together on the necklace. Regardless of whatever he happens to wear on a particular day, for the past 4 years he has never once failed to go without this accessory. [/color]

[b]Personality:[/b] [color=6ecff6]Fiery, confident, and curious. These three words were once often used to describe Ryuuichi four years ago. Ryuuichi loved to explore and he never backed down from any challenge. He had the utmost faith in himself as well to the point where it often bordered on arrogance as a matter of fact. He wanted to do everything and try everything. Whenever he picked something up, he also believed he was destined to be the best at it. 

When he [i][b]finally[/b][/i] found something he was truly interested in seeing through to the end though? His passion and drive were like a blazing inferno. His parents name for him, meaning dragon, was not misplaced. This includes the hobby he eventually picked up or helping others. Ryuuichi may have been loud and obnoxious, but that didn't mean he was rude. He was always more than happy to lend a helping hand to whoever needed it. 

Ryuuichi loved to tackle problems head on. He wasn't stupid by any means, he just never really used his intelligence to its fullest. His idea of problem solving was just try first then ask questions later. If he didn't succeed the first time, it would take him several times trying the same solution before finally trying something else. Ryuuichi, first and foremost, was a man truly driven by his emotions, passions, and ambitions. [/color]

[color=0076a3]Nowadays? That bright fire is [s][color=6ecff6]mostly[/color][/s] snuffed out. Ryuuichi's once bright, fiery expressions are now dull like his singular blue eye. He has become apathetic and despondent. Sometimes it can take him a few moments to actually register that someone is saying something to him. There are times when this is intentional, but also times where he just genuinely doesn't notice. He is also far more softspoken than he used to be. 

He takes things slowly now, far moreso than before. Rather than let his emotions and passions guide him, he tries to actually use his brain. He tries to parse things out logically, wanting to do his best to plan things out to their fullest before even daring to give them a try. 

Ryuuichi nowadays is deathly afraid of two things after all: Failure and his own "recklessness".[/color] 

[color=6ecff6][b]Dreams:[/b] Ryuuichi loved to try many things and go through many things. This lasted until he one day found what he finally believed to be his true calling: Art. Specifically though animation! He loved to draw and his favorite thing to draw was, much to his parent's chagrin, explosive scenes of battles between Pokemon. The bigger, louder, and more impactful the battle the better. 

Through his drawing, he wanted to bring these scenes he put on his pages to life on the big screen. So his goal was to become the greatest comic artist who would eventually get their work animated. He realized this dream at the age of 11 and became quite skilled at drawing in just three years. He had also begun to learn how to animate as well on a tablet purchased for him by his parents.[/color] 

[color=004b80]Now he just wants to make it to the next day.[/color] 

[hider=Four Years Ago]
[i]"Be careful. Vast Poni Canyon is dangerous this time of year!"[/i]

Those were the last words Kashima Ryuuichi, often called "Ryuu" by close friends, saw his mother say to him. He had been to Vast Poni Canyon many times before, so he just gave her a thumbs up as he ran towards the harbor. 

Ryuu loved going around Alola to record Pokémon wild Pokémon, specifically whenever they battled. Trainer battles were cool, but to Ryuuichi seeing wild Pokémon battle each other was legendary. Why did they fight? Territory? Instincts? Food? Grudges? He was no Pokémon researcher so he didn't know. 

Instead he often made up stories in his own head about why they fought whenever he saw them. His favorite Pokémon though was "the Scaly Pokémon": Kommo-o and its evolutions. The way they brandished their fists. The way their scales clanked with each punch. Their explosive roars. Their fiery auras! It was seeing this Pokémon fight a Machoke on his first visit to Vast Poni Canyon that gave him his dream. Not just to draw Pokémon, but to truly bring them to life on the big screen. 

Now Ryuuichi was headed to that place once again. Kommo-o are very rare Pokémon though and, despite going for three years every weekend to that canyon he had only seen its first evolution a handful of times. He had yet to see an actual Kommo-o since that faithful day. 

[b][color=6ecff6]"Today is DEFINITELY gonna be different though. I can feel it!"[/color][/b] he shouted to himself with a large grin as he arrived at the canyon entrance. There were definitely more Pokémon than usual on this particular day. His hand holding his camera was already twitching from his palpable excitement. 

It took a few hours of moving carefully before he finally found just what it was he was looking for: a Jangmo-o. It may have only been the first evolution, but he loved it just as much as the final form. He also knew that whenever a Jangmo-o showed up, the chance of seeing a Kommo-o was above 0%. It was also fighting! The small scaly dragon was standing strong, yet hurt, against a rather imposing Boldore. Its back seemed to be against the canyon wall. Ryuuichi couldn't help but feel concerned... and excited! Surely a Kommo-o would show up soon right? Before Ryuuichi even realized it, he was already recording. 

Just as Ryuuichi hoped, the Jangmo-o soon cried out for help. This caused not just one, but TWO Kommo-o to show up. Needless to say, Ryuuichi was over the moon! Of course, the Boldore also called for reinforcements. Soon it was an earth shattering, explosive battle between three Boldore and two Kommo-o. Ryuuichi was so absorbed on recording that he didn't even realize he was getting closer. He wanted to see it. To feel it. To hear it. All from close by. In his mind, only by getting closer and experiencing these sensations close up could he get closer to his dream of recreating this impact in his pages and on people's screens. Unfortunately for this aspiring animator, he had gotten... too close. 

The Pokémon all noticed him. In this moment, the Kommo-o both faced him as Ryuuichi was closer to them than he was the Boldore. This distraction gave the Boldore the perfect opening. A Rock Slide. An Earthquake. The canyon face began to collapse as rocks fell and the earth shook. The Kommo-o were both powerful enough to endure and get out of the way. The Jangmo-o, however; was not. 

[i]*clak*[/i]

The camera fell to the ground. Ryuuichi lunged without thinking. His hands grabbed and tried to throw that scaly body. 

The last thing he saw was rocks. Rocks smashing down on him... and that small scaly Pokémon. 

He could hear it. Noble Roars of fury, powerful explosions, and a never ending clanking of scales. 

Yet the pain and darkness drowned it all out. No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't stop him from being consumed by the darkness. Yet... for a moment he could have sworn he... saw something right before he was swallowed up. 

He remained in darkness. Even when he felt himself awakening, he remained in darkness. In the darkness he sat as he heard his parents' choked sobs. The darkness continued to remain as the doctors told him that he had lost one eye completely while his other had been damaged beyond repair by small rocks that had gotten in. 

Yet those words, those terms, sailed right over his head. Only one thing was on his mind. 

"[b][color=6ecff6]W...Where is the... Jangmo-o...?[/color][/b]" he asked. 

He couldn't see it... but he felt it. Even before the doctor could say anything... Ryuuichi felt it. A movement of [i]something.[/i] It seemed like the shaking of a head. A turbulence of... negativity? 

Tears began to flow down the right side of his bandaged face. 

[i]"There was... nothing remaining. I'm sorry"[/i] said the doctor. 

Already he reached out his hand, where his father's hand had been reaching out to him. 

[i]"You were holding these at the time..."[/i] his father said, placing three rough objects in that already outstretched hand. 

They were three scales. 

Wailing filled the room after that as Ryuuichi clutched them tightly in his barely working hand. Yet despite being only surrounded by darkness... he could still somehow [i][b]feel[/b][/i] the light of his parents by his bedside. [/hider]

[hider=Backstory]
State of the art medical care and rehabilitation had been expensive. Alola couldn't really provide the best of these things either, so his family had moved to Byjerlfal in the Eidda region. It is thanks to the great care he received there that slowly, but surely, Ryuu's body was repaired. 

The Alolan doctors stated that there was a high chance he would never be able to walk again, yet in just two years he had recovered in every way... with one exception. His eyes. No matter what, the one that remained couldn't be fixed and one of them had been completely taken out. He'd have to wear an eyepatch for the rest of his life. 

"[color=0076a3][i]What best animator? Number one Kommo-o lover? More like number one Jangmo-o killer...[/i][/color]" These words flooded his mind every day. They dragged him further down into the darkness. He wanted to let it swallow him up, yet it couldn't. Every time he tried to lose himself to it... he felt two lights that over the past few years had grown more powerful. 

The coming of these lights were always followed by voices on the other side of his door. His parents. He could feel them. He knew they were coming even when he plugged his ears. Yet it was only in brief flashes when he focused. 

The existence of those strong lights kept the darkness at bay. He hated it. So he tried to get the lights to go away via other means. Distracting himself seemed to work. So long as he didn't focus, the lights didn't appear. So long as the lights didn't appear... could he just forget everything. Be blind to everything. 

[i]"[color=0076a3]Damn lights... why don't you just--[/color]"[/i] began a listless Ryuuichi as he sat on his bed with his tablet. He had just turned 18. His parents had gotten him a new tablet complete with special controls and access functions that could read stuff on the screen for him. It was just like his computer that could do the same thing. 

"[color=0076a3][i]Thanks I guess...[/i][/color]" had been his response to them. It made him feel sick. Yet he was used to it. It was his attempt to get those lights to go away. To let him be swallowed by the darkness. Now this new tablet was his other form of escaping from the lights. 

Yet after saying that and seeing those lights of his parents flicker and dim ever so slightly... it made his fingers tap at the tablet harder. It made him focus on those lights harder. It made the right side of his face wet while the left side of his face ached. He could feel other lights. The lights of their next door neighbors and their Pokémon. 

The more he tapped at his tablet, the more he tried to focus on the dark and forget the lights the clearer they got as his focus made them clearer. Each time he sensed those lights it made him remember the Jangmo-o that he saw right before the dark. It also made him remember those Kommo-o. 

"[color=00aeef][b]DAMMIT, TURN OFF![/b][/color]" he screamed right as he attempted to push the power button. Yet, his finger missed. 

Instead it pressed a message notification that appeared. 

The darkness returned. Yet silence did not. Hearing it made him remember the last four years of his parent's lights. How they fluctuated at times when his heightened hearing heard them mention money. 

[i][color=0076a3]"How much... was this..."[/color][/i] pondered Ryuuichi as he ran his fingers over the tablet. He couldn't help but think of everything they had done for him. He also couldn't stop himself from grasping those scales hanging from his necklace as if grasping at a possibility.

All it takes is a spark. 

A spark so tiny, yet so blinding that, before Ryuuichi even realized it; had him hitting the "submit application" button on a filled out application. [/hider]

[b]Favorite Kind of Pokémon:[/b] 
--[s][b]"[color=6ecff6]Passionate, loud, and powerful Pokémon! One's with massive explosive impact![/color]"[/b][/s]
--"[i][color=0076a3]Sturdy Pokémon[/color][/i]". 

[b]Other:[/b]
--[color=6ecff6]Ryuu liked video games before[/color], [color=0076a3]but now he really likes video games. Even if he can't see what's going on in them, just the mindless pressing of buttons helped to distract his mind so he wouldn't focus on the "lights" or the darkness that brings about said lights if he focuses on it[/color].
--[color=00aeef]His favorite game series is the Mario series ([i]which is canon in Pokémon I believe[/i]).[/color]
--[color=6ecff6]Ryuu once wanted to be a Pokemon trainer. He painted a baseball like a Pokeball and attempted to catch a rattata with it. It did not go well[/color]. 
--[color=00aeef]Whenever Ryuu focuses, he can "sense" other living beings or life as "lights". He isn't really sure what this is and thinks he is going crazy. Sometimes these "lights" fluctuate, dim, or brighten in some circumstances. He can kinda tell when its good or bad[/color]. 
--[color=6ecff6]Ryuu's favorite food is cheeseburgers[/color]. 
--[color=0076a3]Ryuu is not a fan of Rock type Pokémon.[/color]
--[color=6ecff6]Ryuu learned how to play guitar, but quit after two months.[/color] 
--[color=6ecff6]Living in Alola surrounded by water meant learning to swim was mandatory, which ie did.[/color][color=0076a3]He may be no match for a true swimmer, but he can swim well enough to survive.[/color]


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[h3][u][b]Inventory[/b][/u][/h3][b]Pokédollars:[/b] 1000p.

[b]Items:[/b]
[list]Potion x1[/list][/hider]

[hider=Koopa the Squirtle][b]Species:[/b] Squirtle - [img]https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/squirtle.gif[/img] [img]https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/back-normal/squirtle.gif[/img]

[b]Type:[/b] Water
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Appearance:[/b] No particular differences. 
[b]Level:[/b] 5
[b]Moves:[/b] Tackle, Tail Whip, Water Gun, Mirror Coat (Egg Move)
[b]Ability:[/b] Torrent
[b]Held Item:[/b] N/A

[b]Personality | Nature:[/b] Bold. This Pokémon loves adventure and is quite bold and confident. It is also more than willing to step up when the time comes and may get upset if its trainer tries to play it too safe or run away. 

[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] 
--This Squirtle wants to roam and travel everywhere. 
--[i]Koopa is what "Bowser" is called in Japan. As such, this nickname is more of a play on that. No he does not want to kidnap any Princesses.[/i] 
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