Go for it! And understandable on trying to find how your character really is. I'm using Io in another Pokemon RP currently too to see how different he can be when interacting with others and also trying to see which one is the real him that fits his description better.
Is gender even-ness a thing cuz I was gonna make a lady and that might make it 3:1 and I dunno if tht's a thing you want
Nah the gender ratio isn't a problem for me, unless it is for you all. inb4IOharem
Oof, I definitely have a character idea for this but look at all this interest already!
Honestly, we'll have to see how well my character will mesh in such a modest group. I'll take the chance anyway since I've already sunk the hours in but it'll really depend on who applies overall. Honestly, I think she could fit into the dynamics pretty easily if at least one of the "professors" I reference whom were paid to keep an eye on her are involved with or a part of the main group.
Appearance: A petite Trainer at 59 inches, a delicate one at 76 pounds; with those factors combined with a perceptible sense of girlishness, she irrefutably looks her age. Her other, more prominent features are attributable to genealogy. Portia has the red hair of her father and the grey eyes of her mother, yet, oddly, only seemingly attained the pale complexion of the former.
In the world of travelling Pokémon Trainers, it is much preferred that outfits be as recyclable as possible, an article like a jacket that can be thrown on repeatedly, a dark pair of shorts that don't stain as well. Portia's attire applies to this sense of practicality; it is, at every moment, the same, and regardless of any minuscule nuances or added touches, it appears utterly identical, one day to the next: an outfit dominated by dark-grey, subsequently lightened with vibrant highlights of orange, yellow, and green supplied through accessories and seemingly-extraneous details, such as the button on her chest. It is an outfit born of meticulous crafting and a mind much more attuned to fashion sense and color scheme than she. Truthfully, in spite of the comfortable shoes and thigh-shielding tights perfect for combing tall grass, Portia's ensemble can leave a very dainty and doll-like impression, one additionally ascribable to the sense that she wears pretty clothing chosen for her out of obligation.
Personality / Main Ambition(s): As laconic as she is, Portia retains a sense of ardor imperishable. She has a determined, self-righteous belief in herself and, being a teenager driven to loathe subordination, cooperation is not a privilege she will easily provide. Portia is emotionally-driven and easy to emotionally overwhelm. She is intrepid as well as observant and shrewd. Most predominantly, she is lost. The past year of her life has been bewildering, a consuming nightmare that has eternally branded her, and now, Portia is on a mission to not only pursue her previous passion but to rediscover the spirit that makes up who she really is, for all that fervor and temper only emerges today in fizzling flashes, temperamental sparks of personality. Otherwise, Portia is drone-like, detached from the world around her and gazing outwards with glazed-over eyes, both inquisitive and dispassionate. Instinct urges her to take interest in everything, but what does it really matter if she cannot remember what she sees?
History: Portia's predestination as a Pokémon Trainer was essentially set upon her conception. Assistant Professor Ana Basil had lived in Alola all her life and attempted the island trials herself before becoming a participant in the scientific efforts to study how the distribution of foreign Yungoos had impacted the populations of Melemele Island. Fiacre O'Mahony, an acclaimed fashion designer and avid breeder from Lumiose of mixed Kalis and Unovian origin, met her whilst on vacation in Hau'oli City. It was inevitable their daughter would be deeply involved with Pokémon. In fact, the girl displayed considerable promise in, and observable obsession of, the art of Training, beginning from the moment she tried to catch a Tranquil with a pretend Poké-Ball at six years old.
Portia's parents moved to Lacunosa where she was born, a town isolated from much of the region, framed by tangled woodland and lying just northwest of the mighty Giant Chasm. It was non-ideal for a beginning Trainer and yet Portia studied on. She consumed textbooks in a handful of days. Her room was smothered with written notes and memorandums. She attended a Pokémon-exclusive education right in her hometown at a public Trainer's School, and from there, learning everything she possibly could became even more of an exhaustive effort. Portia was unnaturally convicted—the passion exhibited by her parents only contributed to her pedantic personality—and, therefore, she was perceived to be unnaturally gifted. The greatest moment in Portia's young life succeeded her greatest achievement: she graduated three months early. At 11, her parents knew she was ready to enter the real world, and enrolled her in the Straiton City Trainer's Academy. It was a school toted as the greatest in the region, offering genuine experiences in the field and opportunities to learn from members of the League and Elite Four, providing parents had the resources.
From that point onward, Portia's experiences fail to matter until the night she returned to Lacunosa to bid her parents farewell before her journey. She got her license at some point after her participation at the academy ended. She got a Pokémon partner of her own too, eventually—Tapu forbid she remember what it was. Their partnership was promising, she can recall, but ephemeral.
It felt very cold that night, unnaturally cold. The townspeople huddled in their homes, once out of tradition, now out of fear. A battleship cut through the sky. Were they at war?
The ice came down in massive spates and Lacunosa was frozen over by the Neo Plasma brigade. Portia woke up hospitalized in the succeeding hours of the early morning and soon found she could remember barely anything at all. Since then, she felt her flame succumb to the chill. Though, on a more positive note, she is recovering relatively well. Her memories are slowly, but undeniably, returning to her and over a year of recuperation in the less-stressful Flocessy Town beside her father has worked substantial wonders on her. However, even in the midst of their success, the doctors, counselors, and various neurological experts paid bountifully by Fiacre—as well as the desperate father himself—could not remain ignorant towards Portia's unhappiness. Mourning over her mother and her condition could not monopolize her life—this was for certain—and she eventually made a rousing plea to her overseers to let her Train again, and yet this yearning was waved off by almost the entirety of them. They "knew" what was best for her: healing here through their means. Portia was incensed and Fiacre, finally, noticed. Most importantly, he understood. If his daughter was to be a Trainer, then so be it, and she surely wouldn't be one here.
Mr. O'Mahony, through conviction and, patently, cash, convinced Alolan professors to prepare for his daughter's arrival and, unsuspectingly to her, watch over her. While doctors were hesitant about sending their patient overseas, their client was not, and Portia was thus set free. No longer a caged bird, but also with only one of her father's Pokemon, a notepad, a few changes of clothes, and the bare essentials; with all her father has provided for her, he could afford little else, not that Portia wouldn't feel distasteful about relying on further assistance. As she sees it, this is her moment, the point where she can grope for the reigns directing her life and eventually hold them tightly in-hand.
Added Context: The crash caused Portia to sustain serious neurological damage, to the point where she acquired anterograde amnesia, or the inability to store short-term recollections. While Portia can easily, unconsciously remember long-term memories, concepts ingrained into her consciousness through thorough practice, like how to speak, how to ride a bike or even, because of how zealous she was about Training, how to catch a wild Pokémon, she cannot remember declarative details: what she may have eaten for lunch—regardless of when that was—, questions she has been asked, the name of someone else or the color of their shirt. Portia can obtain new procedural ("long-term") memories through repeated exposure and is usually able to respond to a direct inquiry or statement after it is repeated once or twice, possibly without reiteration at all if she can latch onto familiar words or phrases. Much of her semantic memory remains in tact and doctors have attested to the possibility of Portia being relieved from amnesia altogether with gradual exposure to experiences which trigger her remembrance and the own, unalterable healing of her brain with time.
Pokémon Team
Pokémon Nickname: Uranus O'Mahony XCVIII Pokemon Species: Meowstic, the Constraint Pokémon Gender: ♂
Uranus is actually the descendant of Fiacre O'Mahony's loyal Mewostic partner, Rosetta, and the son of the original Uranus who, in this case, was Fiacre's Ditto. Uranus was the 98th in a long string of shiny Espurr attempts; obviously, the ambition never paid off, though Uranus was a particularly frustrating find as, prior to his evolution, he arose from his egg with a gleaming pink patch on his chest, and the breeder must have decided, in his vexation, that such a find would do, so while the ninety-seven other Uranuses were relinquished for adoption, Uranus XCVIII remained under Fiacre's care. At first, his destiny seemed to lie in battling, an activity Fiarce was less than adept in but showed interest in mastering, before, of course, the incident in Lacunosa that claimed his wife and impaired his daughter. With his priorities shifted, Uranus was assigned a different role as Portia's right-hand caretaker and, even more importantly, main substitute for her forgetfulness. As a Psychic-type with great telekinetic potential and perspicaciousness, the Meowstic is able to access Portia's mind and supplant absent memories through brief visualizations. An ample amount of these can be disorienting to the girl, however, so Uranus is entrusted to show a level of restraint, such which is assumed to be occasionally out of his control as a Pokémon. Therefore, the Meowstic wears an electric collar that can intercept telekinetic projections when activated; the ability to active the device is granted to Portia through an unsuspecting yellow button that has been fastened to the front of her dress. Uranus understands the intention, though is offended of the prospect that he cannot control his power, being far past his inexperienced Espurr phase, and in-general, the Constraint Pokémon takes himself very seriously. He is the punctilious type, trumpeting order and logic over all else, and due to his value of propriety, he is greatly self-conscious of the streak of gold on his chest intercepting the blue pelt he seeks to keep continually groomed in all instances. As for his opinion of Portia, he likes her well enough, though majorly out of pity, and is easily frustration when her infrequent temperamental showings, but he does intend to keep her adjusted and well-defended so, at the very least, her father can understand he is not a ticking time bomb. As long as Portia respects him, he ought to return the esteem.
Ability: Infiltrator; Uranus is naturally proficient in barrier techniques and is therefore immune to instances where his go-to technique is titled against him.
Battle Style: Purely support-based and, arguably, a touch meek. Uranus is the sort to stand off to the side as someone more "capable"
Battle Moveset:
Quick Guard; an invisible barricade obstructing damage from priority-granting techniques like Fake Out that Uranus can summon in an instant.
Reflect; Uranus conjures a barricade lessening the damage taken from physical attacks, though he often forgets it is not inpenetrable.
Helping Hand; Uranus invests power into an ally to increase the power of their succeeding attack.
Psyshock; an unleash of brilliant-green build-up from Uranus' ears used solely in-defense.
Trivia:
Coming into Alola, she was issued a special license qualifying her as a Trainer of Psychic-type Pokémon. This is a necessity to have due to the potential, pernicious power Psychic Pokémon can present.
Portia's favorite snack is crackers with cheese.
"O'Mahony" is an Irish surname that means "bear-calf".
The population of Cuba is 11.26 million.
wow that transparency did not come out as i hoped it would
I can age her up a little bit depending on your interpretation of the world, GM, but I do want to keep her pretty young (it's not because I'm creepy, it's just how I imagine her). My personal head-canon is that the Unova region distributes Trainer's licenses to Trainer's School graduates—courses which last up to six months and can be taken starting at a pretty age—starting at age 12.
I apologize if Meowstic seems like a bit of an extreme choice for a beginner, no matter how much that beginner studied, but I did try my best to justify the decision, it is her only Pokemon so far, and, honestly, I just really want to use the title "Of Meowstic and Memories" at some point and it would devastate me if I lost access to that chance.
Also please correct Portia's weight if it's too unrealistic! There's so much research I can do on the ideal weight for a 4' 9" girl in one sitting before I begin suffering serial boredom... (It's a pedantic detail but a detail none the less.)
Wow she's an interesting character, Portia. But as for fitting her into the group, I'm pretty sure we can find a way to connect her to Io as he is an assistant researcher to both Professor Kukui and Professor Oak in Alola. I'm pretty sure we can also make a connection to her mother.
With that said, welcome to the team Portia.
NOTE FOR EVERYONE ELSE:
I know I said I was only looking for a few people (3 others), I'm extending that offer now as I didn't expect so much people to be interested in joining me. So right now the role-play is still open so keep on applying!
Question, though. Are we keeping up with levels and such? If not, how will evolution work? Just whatever makes sense as long as we don't go overboard? Same with moves, in that case? I'm starting off with Salandit around 15-20.
"Hmm~ hold on dear, you've got crumbs on your mouth. Lemme get that~"
(she then proceeds to lick said crumbs off your face)
Lucille 'Lucy' Geroux
(color=#A9A9A9) Gender: Female Age: 18
Appearance: Standing at five foot seven, Lucille is fairly tall. With pale blue eyes, a thin frame and exquisitely pale skin that one could only find outside of Alola. She has stark white colored hair, though whether its dyed or somehow natural she never gives a straight answer too. Typically, she wears either a bored, somewhat passive expression or a playful smirk if her gears are turning. Most often, she dresses in white and blacks, sporting knee length boots and a black skirt and white, long sleeved top. Sometimes wears a black bow in her hair.
Personality: To say Lucille Geroux is a bit of an eccentric is an understatement. First impressions, she'll likely come off as a somewhat mature girl since she speaks with at least some formality and decorum and for the most part seems to carry an air of sophistication and maturity to her, anyone who spends any length of time around her will quickly find she is, in fact, not.
While she's not unfriendly, she's definitely not overly so either. In fact, if one had to sum of the eighteen year old's personality, it could easily be described as thus: A teasing, somewhat promiscuous, demanding, pleasure seeker who does things solely for her own pleasure or interest. She'll not hesitate to make fun of someone for small giggles at the expense of their own emotional health or tease someone simply for the sake of teasing them.
It should be noted, she's also not going to go out of her way to help a random trainer either. She probably won't even help someone she knows, unless she can get her 'fun' out of it. Calm and collected as well, its rare to see her flustered in some manner. (some might just call this being completely shameless). And if someone truly ever gets upset at her shenanigans, if they seriously tell her to stop she likely will. Of course, they should make sure to be 100% serious about it otherwise she'll simply believe them to be playing along.
That said, she loves her pokemon. Her 'darling little babies' and they seem to be just about the only ones she consistently will help without a second thought. If someone does anything to them, they gonna have a bad time. Really, to sum up her personality saying she 'does it for the lulz' or 'Screw you, I do what I want' is not a bad description.
Hometown/Region: Laverre City, Kalos
History: Not much to say here, aside from she's your average Kalosian girl. Her parents weren't anything special, if somewhat more well off than most. She grew up in Laverre city, with her parents which ran a clothing store in the city. Lucille became interested in pokemon from quite a young age. Most of the time, she spent her life growing up playing around in the swamps of route fourteen, often getting more than a little dirty from the swamps themselves, much to the chagrin of her parents.
Just as she turned Eighteen, Lucille decided to travel. It was easy enough, her parents were wealthy enough to allow for a bit of freedom in that department. She decided to see the tropical region of Alola, famed for its beauty and the rare pokemon that lived there. Of course, she would need a place to live for the duration of her stay, and what better place to than Akala and the Tide Song Hotel? Not the fanciest of places to be sure, but it certainly was a lovely place.
She's been in Alola for a few months now, though certainly not long enough to see all of the islands and places, though she did manage to pick up a rather adorable pokemon partner.
Pokemon Team
Pokemon Nickname: Lazza
Pokemon Species: Salandit
Gender: Female ♀
Ability: Corrosion (The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type.) Moveset:
Poison Gas
Dragon Rage
Smog
Ember
Trivia:
Currently has a permanent room in the Tide Song hotel. Paid for a year in advance.
Doesn't really like battling
will definitely try and get in your pants
shameless pervert
Yeah levels are kind of like how I see in the anime. Your Pokemon's known moves and ability to level up depend on the relationship with the trainer and yeah also on level. I guess an example would be if Io caught a Magikarp and evolved it right away. It could evolve right away from two reasons that I guess I deem realistic. The two are:
The magikarp was being stressed out to the max and it was getting angry, flipping and splashing about that it evolved (uncontrollably, mind you). The second being that after traveling with Io for sometime the two develop a friendship/bond strong enough that the magikarp wants to prove to his trainer that he can do so much more.
Those are just two examples that I came up with, but I'm sure there are plenty more creative ones you all can come up with.
As for Lucille, I told myself I'd wait for most if not all the character applications to be posted before picking people up, but I think she would make an interesting traveling companion for whoever else is going to be involved... So welcome aboard!
It had only been a week since his return to Alola. Ioane had spent the past eight years in the Orange Islands studying regional variations of Pokemon under Professor Philena Ivy to further his research and that of his original mentor Samson Oak, a well respected and well-known Pokemon Researcher. Right as he returned Ioane rushed himself to his mentor's lab and began comparing all of his notes from the past eight years. The young adult had gone home one day to say hi to his family for about an hour before he returned to the laboratory and that was where he has been since.
"... the wings of the Butterfree's in the Orange Islands are differ due to-"
"Eeeeee-yo!" A voice chimed in. "You're late!"
The young researcher turned to see a bright face staring at him from the doorway of his little research room of Professor Oak's laboratory. It was one of his little sisters, Kai. She glared at him with her big, caramel colored eyes, nodding her head with a shot of annoyance and disappointment.
"Late for what?" Io responded, returning to his notes. He continued jotting down notes as he felt his sisters eyes piercing in his direction, which sent an icy chill down his back. "I'm pretty sure I have nothing planned. I mean, I would know if I did or not."
"You don't remember that you volunteered yourself to Professor Kukui?" Kai sighed. "You volunteered to help with a new trainer."
"I... did?" Io muttered. He dropped his pencil and thought hard, trying to remember when he had done that. He remembered coming to the lab right away, being greeted by Professor Oak, dropping off his notes, going home to visit his family, talking with Professor Kukui once he returned to the lab, then with Professor Oak for a second time, and finally staying in his room with the notes he had dropped off. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, biting his lips to induce some more stimulant to get his mind going even more. "Oh... I did."
The scene quietly replayed in his mind as he remembered his conversation with Professor Kukui.
"I've got a new cuzin coming to Alola. His parents asked me to find him a friend to help him out a bit." The professor said. "The first person who came ta mind was you. I know you just came back and all, but how's 'bout it?"
It all came flying back to Ioane that he said yes. The young researcher hadn't really been paying attention to the professor when they had their conversation as he was just excited to be back so he just said yes out of excitement.
"Here," Kai said, handing her brother a bag. It was a backpack full of clothes and other supplies that he would need along the way. "I knew you would forget so I packed your stuff for you. I saw the guy you're going to be traveling with when I was coming here." His sister's glare turned into a big, bright smile. "Have fun."
Io questioned his sister's smirk, but knew he didn't have too much time to think about it as he was already late. He thanked Kai with a quick hug and was out the door, on his way to Professor Kukui's to meet his new friend.Ioane neared the lab and noticed someone standing outside. They were with their Pokemon petting what Io believed to be a Swablu, a Pokemon native to the Hoenn region. Kai had made the comment that she had seen his new companion so he came up with the assumption that this person was just that, his new traveling companion.
"Excuse me..?" Io said nearing the trainer. He threw up his hands and waved with an awkward and forced smile. "Are you..?" That's also when Ioane realized that not paying full attention to Kukui meant he didn't know what the name of the person who he was going to help was.
Appearance: Growing up in Alola with his parents and ancestry being native to the islands, Ioane has been given the sun-kissed skin. He is tall, dark, and handsome. He has a head full of messy chocolate hair with a pair of piercing copper-colored eyes. He has a very chiseled face with a protruding chin. His physique is lengthy, lean, and full of muscle having spent most of his childhood swimming and running around the beaches and oceans of the tropical islands.
Often told he has an overall attractiveness but a grim and unsmiling face, he tries his best to be more open and appealing to others.
Personality: Io is a very quiet and reserved person who doesn't have very much to say unless asked. He is keen and intelligent, coming from a very big family on research. His specific area of study is that of the regional variations found throughout the world. The young researcher can often be seen as somber and distant as he is always lost in his own train of thought and day dreaming about the world around him.
Io has been told he has a very cold aura around him even though he is from the Alola Region. He tries his best to showcase a friendly and personable attitude but often comes off as extremely awkward creepy.
Hometown/Region: Hau'oli City, Alola
History: Ioane was born and raised in Alola. His parents raised him in Hau'oli City alongside his four siblings, with Ioane being directly in the middle. Both his mother and father are researchers in various subjects as are his siblings. His mother studies Oceanography where his father studies the Pokemon deep within it. Io's older brother and sister study prehistoric or fossil Pokemon and Fairy types respectively. His two younger siblings, two sisters, are budding researchers in the areas of the stars and space. With his family being so focused on Pokemon research, Io spent a lot of his time with Samson Oak as his area of expertise was on regional variations. That is where the boy inherited his peaking interest in the differences Pokemon cousins had from one another from different regions.
Io studied with Samson until he was ten, then was given the opportunity of a lifetime to research a different region with another professor in the Orange Island who was also studying regional variations. The professor in question was none other than the well respected and admired, Professor Philena Ivy. During his time in the Orange Island he was able to research and collect and immense amount of information and data on the differences between the Pokemon in the Orange Islands and their cousins in the similarly, tropical Alola Region.
It has been eight years since the last time he was back home in the Alola Region and Io is happy to be back to show his family what he has learned.
Pokemon Team
Pokemon Nickname: King Augustus Tales, better known as Auggie Pokemon Species: Aipom Gender: ♂
Ability: Skill Link Moveset:
Fury Swipes
Tail Whip
Tickle
Power-Up Punch
Trivia:
The Alani is a native plant to Hawaii.
His mom's name is Paia and his father is Kimo.
His siblings are: Danny, Leilani, Kai, and Kona.
Io has spent four months in Johto studying their regions specific Pokemon's gender variants and differences.
That'd be interesting. I'm not sure Io would be that willing to take their money for his research, but I'm pretty sure I can figure out a way to fit that in somehow! That would bring an interesting dynamic to the duo!
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