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Name:
Peggy Atkinson

Age:
17

Gender:
Female

Appearance:

Peggy is quite short, about 5'1", but at the same time seems quite sturdy thanks to her broad shoulders, which are almost always tensed. She's pale, but has a splatter of pale orange freckles across her face. Her hair is going to be messy often during her journey as she doesn't know how to brush her own hair, as her mother always brushed it for her, though she will normally put it into two bushy pigtails. In order to cove up the mess, she'll usually wear her green hat, as shown in the picture.

She's often wear quite scruffy casual clothes, often coloured dark colours and usually with at least one piece of clothing (other than her hat) will be green as its her favourite colour. 

Personality:
Peggy is somewhat of a nervous wreck, frightened of almost everything new to her, and considering she's spent a lot of her life locked away at home, many things can be considered 'new'. Thanks to her mother's constant stories of the dangers of the outside world, Peggy is always cautious when making decisions, to the point where she is incredibly indecisive and would prefer someone whom she trusts to make decisions for her. 

She's not used to people and has had very few friends, most she left behind when she and her mother moved to Johto and none now who she's especially close to. She'd like more friends, but she's painfully shy and hasn't spent a lot of time around people so she finds it difficult to start conversations with others. She'll try, oh Arceus, she'll try, but if she feels she's embarrassed herself, she'll become incredibly quiet and even a little sullen. She's very sensitive and can easily be hurt or upset, though she'll often try and hide it (but she's not all that good at it).

The main reason why she's going on this journey? To get away from her mother and perhaps prove to her - and her own self - that she can be independent and be alright on her own, that she doesn't need to be protected and can handle herself.

History:
Peggy and her mother used to live in the Orre region in Pyrite Town with Peggy's father, Nate, who was a police officer. Back then, Peggy's mother, Erica, was nowhere near as paranoid as she is now, though she was often worried for her husband's safety and was never able to be fully comfortable when he was at work, though she tried to hide it. Peggy was much happier then, and often would visit her father at his workplace and talk to him and any of the other officers that were around. She especially like her father's Pokemon, a big strong Mightyena who she used snuggle up with and play with whenever her father wasn't busy.

Things didn't last like that forever though. When Peggy was eight, her father tried to take down some Pokemon poachers and ended up getting badly injured and taken to hospital. This caused her mother Erica to have a panic attack and collapse, meaning she had to be taken to hospital as well, and Peggy had to be cared for by a workmate of her father's and his wife until both her parents were discharged.

After that, Erica became a little... crazy. Every time either Peggy or Nate left the house, she would call them on their mobile every fifteen minutes or so to ask if they were okay, and she particularly threw a fit when Nate decided he was fit to go back to work. They started having constant arguments about this, which Peggy pretended she didn't notice. It was only one year later, on Peggy's ninth birthday, that things became too unbearable. Erica had been trying her best to act cheerful throughout her daughter's birthday, while Nate was trying not to be irritable with her. Then, when Peggy was about to blow out the candles on her cake while her parents were singing 'Happy Birthday', Erica suddenly burst into tears and got into a panicked state. Nate tried to calm her down, but in the end, he became agitated with her, shouting at her that she was ruining her daughter's birthday. This became a full-blown argument, which ended with Nate slapping Erica in the face - the first and only time he had ever hit her - before storming out, leaving his wife crying on the floor.

Peggy's memory of what happened between this time and moving to Johto a few months later is extremely blurry, but it resulted in her parents being divorced and her mother and her heading to go live in Cherrygrove City in Johto with Peggy's grandparents. Her Grandma was a somewhat frosty but still loving lady, who seemed to be overly cautious herself, and her Grandpa was a forgetful but kindly old man who often told Peggy stories about his days as a Pokemon trainer. 

A few days before Peggy's sixteenth, Peggy's grandfather sadly passed away from cancer and her grandmother, shortly after, became a much sadder, quieter woman, very distant, which caused Erica to become even more distressed as well. Peggy had been planning to start her Pokemon journey then, but felt she couldn't as she had to comfort her mother and grandmother. It is now a year later, however, and the atmosphere has become so overbearing that Peggy wants to leave. She argued a lot with Erica about this, and might have been forced to say had it not been for her Grandma stepping in, for once seeming like her old self, and Grandma told Erica that Peggy should be allowed to go on her journey.

"After all," her Grandma said, wistfully looking over at a picture of her with Peggy's grandfather. "It's what he would have wanted."

Erica couldn't really argue with her own mother at this point, and has reluctantly let Peggy go on her journey to New Bark, with a promise that she will call and/or write home often.

Quirks/Habits/Other:
- When she's talking to someone she doesn't know or isn't comfortable with, Peggy has a habit of picking at her fingernails or the skin on her lower lip while she's speaking.
- Despite being easily frightened, Peggy has a morbid fascination with the occult as learning about the supernatural gives her a strange sort of thrill. As such, she's most likely to be drawn to Psychic, Ghost and Dark-type Pokemon.
- Peggy often ends her sentences with a nervous little 'ha' laugh, particularly if she's especially uncomfortable.
- Peggy doesn't like making eye-contact with people even when talking to them because she's afraid they'll think she's staring at them.
- Despite all the fears she possesses, Peggy's greatest fear is that she is just like her mother and that her fear and anxiety will end up driving others away from her and she'll be left all alone.
- Peggy would sometimes take cooking lessons from her grandma, though only when her mother was out as Erica feared that Peggy would burn herself. As such, Peggy only know how to make a couple of meals and her cooking skills are a little rusty. Still, she enjoys it, and will be willing to learn if someone was willing to teach her.

Inventory:
- Pokeballs x3
- Burn Heal x5
- Paralyze Heal x4
- Sleep Heal x5
- Antidote x5
- Potion x4
- Fairly old-fashioned mobile phone
- Stationary for writing letters
- A large journal given to her by her grandma to record her journey
- Several pens for writing of said letters and journal
- Three changes of clothes plus one pair of pyjamas
- A homemade lunch for the start of her journey
- An old fashioned map of Johto
- A pair of binoculars
- 100$
- Sleeping bag and various other camping equiptment
- A raincoat, a scarf and hiking boots
- Repel X2
- First-aid kit
All of this is stuffed into a black and orange backpack, which is surprisingly heavy, though one wouldn't tell with how Peggy carries it.

Pokemon:

Jasper the Houndour
Female
Lvl 6
Acquired from Prof. Elm at Lvl 5
Flash Fire ability
Has a lonely nature
A little quick-tempered

Moves
- Leer
- Ember
- Howl



??? the Sentret
Male
Lvl 3
Caught on Route 29
Run Away ability
Has a impish nature
Impetuous and silly

Moves
- Scratch
- Foresight


TL;DR:
A shy and somewhat lonely girl who has spent her whole life being locked away at home by her over-protective and possibly paranoid mother and is now looking to break free and prove she can live by herself, despite her constant fears that she may fail.

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I'm going to be using green for her text.
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