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Name: Felix Conroy
Gender: ♂
Age: 18
Hometown: Born in Fallarbor town, raised on route 111, would teleport to Mauville for school, recently moved to Giervor City for a job with the Eidda historical society
Appearance: Felix' favorite color is green, and it shows in his wardrobe, which tends to lean towards function over form. He is above-average height, standing at 5'11", and has a relatively wiry build from rigidly regimented exercise.

Personality: Felix is an intense person, simultaneously excitable and serious. He has a no-nonsense demeanor that belies his hasty nature, and he generally tries to cut right through to the heart of matters, whether it be because they interest him or so that he can move past them. He is relentless when it comes to his goals, and while he can be patient, he strongly prefers decisive action over the wait-and-see approach. He often becomes laser-focused on subjects of his interest, to the exclusion of all else, and to the extent that he often forgets to eat or sleep. While he may seem impulsive at times, he is enough of a realist to know to prepare properly, and is relatively comfortable taking on inconveniences if it brings him closer to his goals. Because of these traits, he has a bad habit of overlooking or disregarding rules or risks when it suits him, though he isn't particularly competitive, and is generally honest to a fault.

Backstory: Born an only child and raised on the northern end of Hoenn's route 111, Felix grew up lacking any friends his age, and often had to find ways of playing all by himself. For better or for worse, Hoenn's only major desert was always just a short walk away, although the ash-covered route 113 and its devious lurking Skarmory wasn't a much better option. For as long as he could remember, he's always been drawn to the mystery of the desert's ruins, and as a matter of living there, his family had to get him go-goggles of his very own for the rare occasions when sandstorms blew out from the desert. He's been relying on one pair of go-goggles or another for so long that nowadays, he feels naked without them.

Although he originally wasn't allowed to enter the desert without supervision, his proclivity to explore it day after day wore down their wariness until his parents allowed him to go it alone, as long as he brought along one of their teleporting pokémon, Claydol or Xatu. Although he was supposed to teleport away at the first sign of trouble, his desire to explore the bizarre, seemingly disappearing and reappearing structures found there led him to push for more, and sometimes Claydol or Xatu would humor him. While they could handle most wild pokémon themselves, it also offered Felix the opportunity to take up the role of pokémon trainer by commanding them in battle. He liked the experience, and how it brought him closer to the pokémon that were essentially already family.

As he grew older, so too did his hobbies evolve, though his fascination with old ruins and other such liminal spaces remained. During school breaks, he'd ask his family to travel to other ruins and anomalous locations around Hoenn, such as Route 105, Route 120, Sky Pillar, or the Abandoned Ship on Route 108. He even got them to help him look for Mirage Island, but ultimately they couldn't find it.

Felix has always excelled in academics, from math to science to history to P.E. As such, he graduated summa cum laude at Mauville high, and after a couple of applications, he secured an offer from the Eidda historical society thanks to a paper he wrote on Route 111's mirage tower. In essence, they would pay him for his findings on the local ruins and certain other areas of note. Field work in abandoned ruins often meant braving dangerous areas, and Felix certainly had no lack of curiosity regarding legendary pokémon themselves. Both meant Felix needed strong pokémon by his side, and if he was going to document his explorations of mysterious and long-abandoned places, he might as well use it to fund further travels.

After considering his options, Felix decided to try catching a wild Flygon he knew about on Route 111. With Xatu and Claydol's help, he figured he could do it. He even managed to win against it, despite it finally being an even battle with his parent's pokémon. However, after the battle, as Flygon lay on the sand, exhausted, a number of Trapinch emerged from the sand to gather around them. Realizing the Trapinch needed Flygon's protection, he decided to leave, opting to look for a starter on another route. When he returned home, his parents informed him that a Trapinch had followed him home, which he welcomed with open arms.

With his first pokémon by his side, he was ready to move to Eidda. That being said, he'd need to spend time catching more pokémon and raising them all up once he got there, so he applied to the professor of the region, only to get a cryptic email in reply that implied he had gotten the sponsorship. In any case, he packed up his camping gear, preparing to spend inordinate amounts of time away from civilization, and made his way to Byjerlfal.

Talents/Quirks:

• Shockingly good survivalist, was taught camping, foraging, and various water filtration techniques due to all the time he spends outside and the location he grew up in. Could easily have become a pokémon ranger if he felt so inclined.
• Very good at math and logic puzzles. Mostly alternates between Futoshiki, Kakuro, Nonogram, or Sudoku puzzles on his phone when he has nothing else to do. Hates trick questions and lateral thinking puzzles.
• Wants to poke and prod just about every legendary, mythical, and particularly rare pokémon out there. The number he would actually want to own and take responsibility for, he could count on one hand, maybe two if he squinted.

Aspirations: Felix mostly wants to explore and satiate his curiosity about legendary/mythical pokémon ancient ruins, and unexplained phenomena, which are not always different things. He needs powerful pokémon partners to achieve that, though he mostly views that strength as a means to an end rather than part of the ultimate goal. That being said, he also enjoys battling, and wouldn't mind becoming a strong trainer just for the sake of it.

Favorite Genre of Pokémon: Felix has an inexplicable affinity toward pokémon with angular features.

Inventory

• 1000
• Go-Goggles
• Escape Rope
• Camping Gear
• Various Hygienic and Personal effects

Items:

• Potion x1

Species: Trapinch
Type: Ground
Gender: ♂
Level: 5
Moves:

• First Impression
• Astonish
• Sand Attack

Ability: Arena Trap
Held Item: N/A
Nature: Hasty, not unlike his trainer.

Name: Miharu Agawa
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Hometown: Kantona City, Eidda

Appearance:
Stands tall at 5’10”, with a generally calm demeanor and a moderately fit build. Has enough tone to show signs of favoring cardio.

Typically wears comfortable street clothing such as bomber jackets, jeans, and sensible shoes. The cut and quality of her garments are good enough to suggest a decently comfortable background, though they’re certainly not luxury pieces. An old C-Gear model Poketch with attached Xtransceiver is wrapped around her left wrist, and she lugs a worn canvas backpack along on both shoulders.

Personality:
Serene and polite, Miharu has the benefit of not suffering from a raging overdose of puberty-induced hormones, owing to being a grown adult, if just barely. As such, she usually strives to put forward a composed front, greeting unexpected situations with a slight smile and a subtle tilt of the head.

It’s a testament to her training and experience in the service industry that even people and scenarios she dislikes are met with the same smile, if slightly colder. Even when breaking from this front and expressing something rude, Miharu will say it in either a deadpan or a canned, cheery retail worker voice.

There’s little interest in books or the indoors for Miharu, and she seeks adventure in the outdoors. The thrill of Pokemon battling is something that brings genuine excitement from her, even if it’s not too noticeable at first glance.

Backstory:
The Agawa Teahouse was a Celadonian institution spanning two hundred years of rich history. Two hundred years that were wiped out in the span of a particularly bad year of business, followed by the offer of a corporate buyout for the building and land from Silph.

It was to two Kantonian immigrants from Celadon rebuilding the family business that Miharu was born to, and subsequently saddled with the expectation of one day inheriting the New Agawa Teahouse in the outskirts of Kantona City. Her childhood was otherwise normal outside of constantly working in and learning about the family business, with no small amount of training regarding the preparation and serving of traditional tea and accompaniments.

While Miharu tolerated all of the expectations and hassle, her true interest laid in the outdoors. The vast majority of her free time was spent exploring as best she could on a tiny island with nothing surrounding it but sea, eventually finding a few hidden grottoes here and there on the shores. Outside of that, she whiled away afternoons fishing up catches to eat and dreaming of having a real adventure in the wilds. This chafed with her parents, both of whom would have preferred she take up hobbies more suited towards her future, namely flower arranging or some other sort of refined, traditional pastime.

This friction only grew as Miharu went through her teenage years and high school, but she managed to keep her balance for a time. Until graduation, at least. Once she was finished with school, Miharu’s parents expected her to devote all of her time to the family business. Absolutely minimal time to herself, and all work and teahouse from then on. As expected, this went poorly. The final straw on Miharu’s end came from when she befriended a Mankey that had hitched a ship ride from Kanto and brought it home, only to be told by her parents that such a Pokemon wasn’t suitable to the establishment’s atmosphere. In their eyes, they would have preferred something such as a Grass or Psychic type. But a Fighting monkey? That was beyond the pale to them. And their reaction was beyond the pale to her.

It was this specific clash between Miharu and her parents which convinced her that acting according to their wishes was hardly the blueprint she wanted for her future. She never cut ties with the Mankey, of course. Instead, Miharu helped him establish a shelter in one of the coastal grottoes she’d discovered in her childhood, and brought food and potable water over regularly.

Over the course of the next several months, she started to look for a way out. Something to support herself while living the life she wished for. As it turned out, the Professor’s job listing was perfect in that regard. She sent her application out, and when it was accepted, promptly packed up everything she needed and formally captured the Mankey she’d befriended, finally bestowing it with a name before setting out by boat. Perhaps she’d come to terms with everything and return one day. Perhaps she wouldn’t. Either way, Miharu resolved to not have to regret the choices she made from then on.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:

• Extremely knowledgeable regarding tea, ranging from specific varietals to optimal serving temperatures for each.
• Aspires to have what she deems to be a real adventure out in the wilds.
• Is fairly good at both fishing and cooking. One talent leads into the other, as her preferred dishes all tend to be seafood.

Favorite Kind of Pokémon: Strong, fierce, and savage Pokemon. The opposite of what would be expected from the role her family would seek to put her in.

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Pokédollars: 1000p.
Items:

• Potion x1
• Camping gear: Tent kit, sleeping bag, butane stove, and small cast-iron skillet.
• Human and Pokemon grooming supplies and toiletries.
• Collection of several small tins of tea of varying types, ranging from hojicha to oolong.

Species: Mankey
Type: Fighting
Gender: Male
Appearance: N/A
Level: 5
Moves:
Covet, Scratch, Leer, Focus Energy, Fury Swipes, Night Slash (Egg Move)
Ability: Defiant (Hidden Abiilty)
Raises attack when stats are lowered.
Held Item: TBD

Personality | Nature: Jolly, although still experiences the same spikes of anger common to the entire Mankey line.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:

• Very fond of the tea that Miharu prepares on occasion. Favors the calming sensation of jasmine over anything else.
• Enjoys martial arts movies and instruction manuals. A brief look through his search history on Miharu’s devices indicates that he’s picking up bajiquan as a fighting style through Poketube and instructional videos.