Savo

Pokemon: Dream

Yuu

Bjyerlfal City || Byjerlfal City Docks || Morning

Before Yuu could even get relatively far in discerning the location of the Professor's Lab, a shout pierced through the crowds, causing him to jilt his head away from where he was looking at. He then honed in on the source of the voice almost instantly, which was especially helped with the fact that the person brazenly shouting out to the crowd was holding up a cardboard sign with the words "Camphor's Lab" on it. Yuu shrugged, grunting as he swiped off the application he was on and tossed up Vivi into the air, letting her levitate in place as she stared down at Yuu before glancing over at the lady calling out their name. It gave an excited whir and pointed in the direction to which Yuu nodded, "Yeah, I know. That must be Camila, the assistant we're looking for." Yuu pursed his lips, giving the Rotom-phone a small swipe as he murmured something to himself, "Prompt, good." As he took a small step forward, he immediately came to a pause, all while Vivi continued to float away towards the group before screeching to a halt midair and glancing back at Yuu. Looking back at the Rotom-phone, Yuu gestured with his index for them to come back, "Vivi, hold on for a moment." The Rotom-phone whirred, raising one of its eyes in befuddlement as it hovered back over to the boy, "Yes, I know, the irony isn't lost on me," Yuu couldn't help shrug and chuckle a little, "however, I just realized something rather important. I'm going to be a trainer, right?" Vivi whirred, nodding in response. "So why not use this time to observe and note down the wild Pokémon around here? Who knows, we might catch something interesting worth coming back to when it's time to begin catching them. Get ahead of the curve, you know." The Rotom-phone formed a little o on the screen as its mouth, nodding understandably at the thought process and began twirling around and whirring in excitement as it began scouring the landscape, only to get grabbed out of the air by Yuu. It whirred and beeped in confusion as he began deftly swiping at a couple of things before letting her float away, before she realized what program he activated. "Give me a beep per usual when you want to take a photo. While I don't mind if you take more photos of the city, could you, at the very least, please get some Pokémon in the shots? As for me, I'll be scouring the waters for any Pokémon of note." Vivi whirred, wiggling its antennae as it swirled around and began beeping like crazy. Yuu would continuously tap the Rotom, taking god knows how many pictures all while he began evaluating the the Pokémon on the water, or at the very least some of the ones gliding over it. With a free hand he began to rub his chin, appraising every Pokémon he could take note of, from the Wingull soaring over the waters to the Magikarp that were obliviously hanging around the dock with a few Tentacools hanging nearby. The young man nodded his head, murmuring "How curious," before whipping his head away to look back at Vivi and swiping out of the application. "Alright that's enough for now Vivi," he proclaimed, much to the Rotom-phone's chagrin, "I'm sorry. However, as a promise, I'll let you take as many photos of the city while on our way to the lab, deal?" The Vivi whirred in excitement, doing a little jig before ending it with a flourishing twirl. "Alright, alright, enough messing around. Lets go see what this assistant is like," Yuu snapped his fingers, pointing at the lady as well as the other people who began congregating towards her, his future co-workers, potential rivals, and in general trainers. Yuu couldn't help but sigh heavily upon looking them over before following suit and trudged towards Camila. Of course, it didn't take too long before there was another voice bellowing behind him, causing him to instinctively peer at the sound. The Captain, as well as well as that trainer from earlier, were both striding towards the assembly of new trainers. From there on his eyes shifted over from Captain Tuule to the nameless young man who he caught... staring at him? Yuu grimaced a little, tilting his head as he glowered back at the young man, meeting his own stare briefly before appraising the rest of his attire. Yeah, he was more than well aware that his eyes were set on him a little bit longer than normal and did not know why or what prompted this. Eventually the duo broke their gaze with Yuu snorting and shaking his head as he took note of the gossiping folk surrounding him. It couldn't help but make him wince and uncomfortably shift around, staring at the ground as myriads of thoughts flooded into his head at once. Was he aware of his mom? Oh god, did he know and was thinking he'd do contests or something? Was he... expecting Yuu to participate? He had never even met the guy and yet... and yet. "No Yuu, focus... focus," he sighed the last bit out as he murmured to himself, shaking his head. "You're overthinking things Yuu and imagining silly things that your silly mind keeps conjuring up again and again. He Probably met mom, but there's no way he knows what I look like. No way in hell he knows who I am. It's a new, fresh start, far, far, far from home. No one knows who you are. No one knows who. You. Are." Vivi whirred over Yuu's deathly silent brooding, tilting its antenna as it circled around beeping its concerns which was more than enough to break the young man out of his trance. "Ah? Oh, it's nothing Vivi, just was... reminded of something, that's all," he forced a smile out waving off the Rotom-phone like it was nothing, though they didn't seem particularly convinced. However it seemed like he wasn't going to speak more on the matter, following after Yuu as he merged with the group of would-be-trainers gathering around Camila. The only thing that really seemed to catch his eye was the mysterious purple and white box the Captain was handing over to Camila. While he was curious, it was neither the time nor the place to ask, though he couldn't help but muse on the matter: Did it have to do with their job, a pet project for the Professor, or something else entirely? One could only wonder...

Trainer Information || Yuu Nozomu Pokémon N/A Pokédollars 000.001.000P Inventory x1 Potion Interactions GM | @Rune_Alchemist Camila | @Pyromania99

Pokemon: Dream

Yuu

Bjyerlfal City || S.S. Calliope => Byjerlfal City Docks || Morning

All dreams end when the dreamer wakes. Cold. Yuu observed with cold indifference as the Dhelmise dispatch the Annihilape with aplomb, his face stony and blank before twisting into a scowl the moment one of the awestruck onlookers beside him broke out into an uproar. He glared at the person with a dreadful, piercing gaze before sighing loudly and pushing his way out of the crowd. "That battle didn't warrant that much praise yet some simpleton deigns it appropriate to screech into someones ear." Yuu sighed to himself, "Some imbeciles are too easily pleased." As he broke away from the cheering crowds he began to clear his thoughts and focus on the finer details in the battle, mentally breaking it down step by step. "Disregarding the Aggron, it was no different than a one versus one... and as for their strategies... the one with an Annihilape was overly aggressive to the point of recklessness and the gym leader with Dhelmise played it smart and patiently waited to capitalize on its opponents aggressive style... more over..." While Yuu continued to muse silently to himself over the battle, as a booming voice erupted from the speakers, temporarily severing his line of thought and demanding his attention as he stared up at the speakers announcing their arrival at Byjerlfal City soon enough. The so called "City of Dreams," huh? Yuu shrugged before glancing down at his pocket. "Did the announcement wake you up Vivi? Sorry about that, I didn't realize I was standing so close to a PA system," as Yuu uttered this, a purple Rotom phone lazily whizzed out of his pocket, whirring something to Yuu to which he nodded, craning his neck back while sighing in relief, "Really? Glad to hear it wasn't much of a bother then... moreover, we're almost here." Gesturing to the horizon, the purple Rotom followed Yuu's hand as the latter began to walk towards the railing, with Vivi floating nearby him. The Rotom Phone seemed to be buzzing with activity as Yuu crossed his arms and leaned over the railings, staring over the city. Yuu briefly glanced over at the phone, watching as it was abuzz with excitement as he heard it click multiple times. He was glad one of them was having fun as he took note of the place before ruffling through his belongings. Honestly, he had better things to do over staring at that city, like checking if he procured everything he needed for this journey. Shifting through the rather sizeable bag, Yuu began murmuring to himself about the items in there, whether it was the sleeping bag, the multiple change of clothes, and even the singular potion he remembered to bring. Then he nodded. Good, everything was there and he didn't have to take a short jaunt back to his room to grab anything left behind. Looking back up, he resumed his position of blankly staring at the eyesore of a city, going back over the strategies he saw employed in that battle. However, that wouldn't change the fact that he was far away from home. And he was happier for it. After a couple of minutes the cruise came to an end as Yuu urged Vivi to come back to rest in his pocket so they wouldn't get separated. The Rotom complied and with a heavy sigh, situated itself back in his pocket. Yuu proceeded to then give said pocket a gentle pat and wistfully stated, "Don't worry buddy, you'll get to see more of the city soon enough; just don't want to get separated, that's all." Navigating through the crowds, Yuu merged into a sea of eager tourists and new arrivals as they flowed down the stair steps that had been rolled towards the cruise. Yuu managed to keep his own pace, despite the roaring waves of people trying to force him to go faster. He was choosing to go at his own pace and if anyone shouted at him to hurry up, they would be met with a glare that could paralyze an electric type. Eventually he finished making his descent, his eyes ended up being drawn to the 'marveling' skyscrapers, with plenty bustling with excitement and some even shaped like stadiums. Intricate designs were everywhere as well, with shorter buildings being able to standout with either a sleek or pop-out design. Everything looked so congested; it wa no different to a malevolent, but extremely bright and blazing maelstrom surrounding it all. It truly did remind him of home, except it was way, waaaaaay gaudier. And his first thoughts? "This is going to be hell trying to find the lab with how big this place is." OK, sure, there was going to be an assistant named Camilla that was going to escort them to the lab, but if he could find the location on his Rotom Phone before they arrived, wouldn't really need an escort, right? Whipping out Vivi, he whispered something to it before it buzzed back and began whizzing and beeping. Yuu in the meantime was keeping an eye out for the woman, scanning the crowds of people and keeping his ears pealed for anyone shouting "Hey, looking for a new batch of trainers," or "Excuse me, could the new hires for Professor Camphor please make their way here," well, something like that.

Trainer Information || Yuu Nozomu Pokémon N/A Pokédollars 000.001.000P Inventory x1 Potion Interactions GM | @Rune_Alchemist Camilla | @Pyromania99

Pokemon: Dream

Trainer Profile: Yuu Nozomu

Profile

Name: Yuu Nozomu
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Hometown: Hearthome City, Sinnoh

Appearance:

Yuu is a fairly tall young man, standing at a decently impressive height of 6'2", and weighs 178 pounds. He possesses a fair complexion with an impressive build that is concealed by his lanky appearance due in no small part to the type of clothing he seems to wear and the way he carries himself. While he is a handsome young man, he possesses a notable resting bitch face and seems to always be glaring everywhere he goes with a sullen frown that makes him appear cold to almost anyone who interacts with him... if they even want to interact with him in the first place.

The boy's hair, while appearing disheveled, looks paradoxically well-maintained. The reason behind this is due to how long he has let it grown, as well as how he lets it drape over his face, sometimes obscuring one of his piercing yet dull and lifeless violet irises. If one could call eyes the windows to the soul, despite his cold and stony stare there seems to be hints of regret and emptiness hiding in his stare. Another notable trait involving his hair has to be the color itself: lavender. While he does have a few dark streaks in his hair, his hair (and all hair on his mother's side in general) is completely natural.

Yuu has no particular taste in fashion and is relatively indifferent to what he wears, though he did bring a few different types of clothes for his journey, the first example being his regular getup. It features a midnight blue jacket with feather-like tufts, a green tank-top, beige pants, and travel boots that seem to be able to weather almost anything. Funnily enough, he also possesses a copy of the same clothes listed above, but with alternate coloration's; instead of a midnight blue jacket it's a dark moss green jacket with a black tank top, followed by carmine-colored pants; the boots remain the same. These are the two primary outfits he'll more than likely be seen with during his travels, though there may be rare times where he changes into something different.

Personality:

Yuu is anything but confident, as from the get go he displays a rather dour and somber disposition that makes him appear quite unfriendly to the point where he seems nigh unapproachable. The sour expression does match the curtains, extending to the way he interacts with others in a cold and sometimes blunt manner, resulting in him being quite rude or standoffish, much to his dismay. However he reacts though is... a mixed bag, with him sometimes doubling down on the manner, constantly pushing despite the fact that it would be better to just stop, or very rarely, trying to (and mostly failing) to awkwardly apologize in his own way. Funny enough, despite the fact that he would be expected to be more quiet (and he is), the moment someone gets his mouth going and he just won't stop talking. Yes, Yuu can have a bit of a motor mouth.

Despite how blunt and aloof he can be, he also generally appears to be emotionally withdrawn, and even detached and unresponsive to the world. This can result in him approaching things with an uncaring glare on his face, making him quite hard to read; it doesn't exactly help either that he doesn't have the most outward reactions, such as an invisible twitch of his cheek or merely raising an eyebrow just a pinch. However that outward apathy does stem from somewhere, this affliction being his regret and self-doubt. The most common way this rears its ugly head is through his self-deprecatory streak, as his words can sometimes be laced with venom that seemingly is targeted at someone, but in actuality is more aimed at the young man.

Beyond these traits though, he can sometimes come off as a bit of a know-it-all and a conceited one at that. While he can back it up with the knowledge he does possess, he can get a bit aggravating at times, explaining things as if he is the smartest person in the room... and in line with his motor mouth. The longer he talks about a subject, the more it can turn into incessant rambling about the most specific and sometimes frivolous details about a subject. At the very least, he can be useful as an encyclopedia, but good luck getting him to shut up when he gets going.

When it comes to battling, he displays a smidgen of emotion but not much. His bluntness is replaced with a more intense and acute sharpness as he puts every thing and anything into focusing on the battle to the point where anything else could be nothing but white noise most of the time. He is analytical to a fault, taking note of his own knowledge of his opponent, how they act in the midst of battle, calculating, dissecting, and acting on it with cold precision, much like a surgeon. Does he know what he's doing when it comes to most battles? Yes. Does he enjoy them? Relatively unknown to most people, though if he did lose he'd probably appear more sullen and vexed more than usual.

While it is hard to get a reaction out of Yuu, there are a handful of things that can put him off-guard. For starters, he seems to get along with Pokémon better than people and is a lot more friendlier to them. Yes, it is possible to get Yuu to smile, at least briefly when it comes to his pokéfriends, and can cause a bit of a mood whiplash when around other people who seem to only see the meticulously cold side to him. There also is a handful of people who can cause him to disperse with his regular attitude and seemingly get him to act fairly differently, though those are far and few between. Oh, and he has horrendous stage fright; wouldn't be able to act or perform on stage, let alone a contest to save his own life and would more than likely stumble over his words as much as his own two feet if forced into one.

Backstory:

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"What would you do if you were born into a monumental legacy that was constantly building itself up, piling up more and more extraordinary achievements and grandeur tales that could be forever immortalized in legends? You'd probably be proud and maybe a bit overwhelmed... hell, maybe you'd be excited to leave your own mark and leave an impression worthy of your family name."

"... but what if you couldn't even do that? What if you didn't even think yourself worthy of even being a footnote because all your life you've been nothing but a huge screw up, failing to do even the most basic of things and even hurting someone dear to you? Do you feel like you'd be worthy of any of it?"

Yuu would rather speak little of his past, though he can't exactly change who he is by blood. He was conceived and born in Sinnoh to quite some exceptional folk; they were nothing to special, with his father being a member of the Elite Four who crushed anyone who faced him in battle and a beautiful pink-haired mother who was a world-famous Pokémon coordinator who turned heads in the limelight as much as she did judge them when not on the stage. He was the second child when it came to the two and he had an older sister who seemed to dote on him as much as tease him, yet the two did get along quite well.

Regardless, the two children were no strangers to the spotlight when it shone on their family, whether it came through interviews with his father and they were featured on it or when they were brought to watch their mother dazzle the audience, they ended up being fussed over one way or another, being adorable children that might grow up to be like their parents when they were older. His older sister always seemed to enjoy basking in the limelight and ate it all up, but Yuu was much a shyer child and always tried to avoid having the attention on him.

Of course due to being a kid and being surrounded by all these bigger people it was always difficult to avoid being thrust into the public eye, even more so when he was put into the same private school as his older sister. It was a little nerve wracking being peppered with all of these questions from all these children, but over time he eventually got used to it all and even began to make a couple of friends... or so he thought. Still to Yuu they liked being around him and he liked hanging around them in turn.

However his own infamy was about to extend when it came to school where he seemed to excel in almost anything. Whether it was his precise knowledge of Pokémon that came as a result of his love for studying and learning more about them to his sharp and adaptable mind when it came to starting Pokémon battles as it was to quickly ending them. He ended up lauded with small amounts of praise and in truth he found a new way to interact with other people, often talking vastly about his own skills, what he did in each battle, how cool it was when it came to these things, and so on.

While charming in its own right, it eventually came grating to his friends and the other students in his class who became annoyed at this posturing. In truth, Yuu was a bit of an unintentional braggart and didn't realize this, nor did he realize that this was slowly pushing away his friends, eventually resulting in there being none. This realization finally hit him when in the midst of a battle with another trainer, the other kids began to cheer against him and even booed the young Yuu when he won. Of course that ended up being rectified by the teacher fairly quickly, but this sudden whiplash in attitude made Yuu realize that he was all alone.

Yuu did have some friends, but the best of them were of the fair-weather variety and would sooner diss him to save their own skin over sticking up for him. Sure, sometimes he'd be bullied, but it didn't sting as much as the lack of true companionship amongst his peers, something he craved above anything else. Slowly he'd become less and less better at things he normally would excel at. A question he could answer with no issue would 'confuse' him and he became less and less exceptional at battles, sometimes going as far as to just throw some matches completely.

Yet nothing would change, aside from the words used to tease and put him down as he would continue to steadily tank his performance in school, further and further, in some vain attempt to regain the friends he had before. At the end of the year this had some of his counselors concerned and talked to him about it, spelling out how he was a bright child and all sorts of blandishments he could care less about. His parents, while figuring out what was going on, did their best to console Yuu and attempt to steer him off this destructive path, but it would be to no avail.

In spite of this, one person would be able to break through this behavior, this box he consigned himself to when the family traveled to Kalos. It was something the entire side of his mother's family did every year where they would meet up at the family estate and have this grand gala and interact with one another to see how everyone was doing. Yuu despising it was an understatement and dreaded going to it, more so this following year due to his failure of a school life.

Like always he kept away from most people and kept quiet for most of the time he had there. Of course by chance he managed to spot someone in a similar vein to him: far away from most of the other relatives and nose deep within a book. Curious, the young boy ended up walking towards her, being sure to dodge any sort of social interaction he could before saddling himself right next to her and began reading alongside her.

On the plus side she didn't seem to mind his presence which was good!... at least until he started chattering about different facts and listing off extra bits of information that weren't shown in the book. Of course successfully reading a book was one thing, but reading the room was not exactly his forte and ended up irritating the girl who ended up making a snide comment about how his friends must think he's fun at school.

The remark went way over his head as he responded in great detail about how he did have friends but how they would usually abandon him when things got rough with bullying, as well as what he did to try and regain those lost friendships. In truth he couldn't tell this was making her more and more irate, but not for the reasons one would expect from a young kid bothering someone who wanted to be left alone.

Instead she stopped reading, much to his chagrin, and and straight up yelled at him over his lack of spine. This caught Yuu off-guard as she began to list off how terrible those people were, as well as how she'd introduce those people to her fist and how Yuu should probably do so as well. The nervous and demure look he gave her told her all she needed to know and in a spur of the moment she decided that she'd teach him how to stand up for himself and not let anyone push him around.

That was an interesting month for certain as Yuu would meet up with the girl, who he now learned was his older cousin by about three years, who began straightening out Yuu's rather meek demeanor by not only telling him how to act, but also leading by example at times. Also helped she was basically getting into scuffles and wrestling the young boy whenever they were out of sight of their more prestige lineage to show him how to physically stick up for himself if his bullies decided to get a little more physical with him. Of course this was also intertwined with large amounts of reading and studying, which Yuu gleefully joined her in on.

To Yuu, she basically made this whole meet up with the entire family tree go from absolutely dreadful to something manageable so long as he was hanging out with her. Of course on one of the days when they were reading something together, a question came to mind: why did she try so hard? Yuu always noticed she was giving more than 100% whenever they were together and was merely curious about why his older cousin did what she did.

Her answer? To be recognized, acknowledged and be liked by others and even be friends with her. There was a somber silence during that all in which neither of them seemed to read that book, just sitting there, together until Yuu broke the silence with six simple words:

"Then... may we please.... be friends?"

This left his cousin silent before she asked why? Why? Because to him she was quite amazing already and found her to be a nice and caring person despite the harsh interaction with him during helping him out, mentioning a few things he liked about her such as how strong willed she is and admitted that he wished he could be like her. He admitted that he enjoyed studying with her, that she was really the only person that managed to make these yearly meet ups with their entire family bearable, and that he liked her for her, as well as stating that he was never really good with people either.

This was probably one of the happiest memories he could be left with at that age and before each family would go their separate ways, she left some parting words to him: that she wanted to hear that Yuu decked those jerks in the schnozz when they next saw each other. Sure, his cousin got a bit of an earful for that, but so did Yuu when he reciprocated her encouragement with a thumbs up and shouted back that he would. He could remember the smile on her face, as well as feeling his own as they both left the estate and returned back to their daily lives.

A year later when the next family gathering came around, she'd get to hear all about it, about how difficult it was for him to adapt to her lessons at first before his first triumph, even if it was small. About how Yuu was getting comfortable with himself again and slowly began to not care about what those bullies had to say. They were dumb jerks obviously and wish they could be as good as him as he began to rise to the top of his class once again. Some of them got infuriated and tried to escalate the bullying to cut him down, and even began getting physical with Yuu.

He snuck a picture with him to show off to his cousin with a huge smile on his face, showing off the black eye he got before telling her that those other bullies got it worse thanks to the moves she taught him... both parties also might of gotten suspended for a week as well, but for the most part the bullying stopped when he returned, assuming the position of a top ranked student and trainer of his class. That was a fun family meet up that year, especially whenever they started sneaking away to either explore, study more, or even do a bit of wrestling.

However on one of those years Yuu and his family would miss the Kalos Family Get Together as a result of not only the Sinnoh Championships having a much higher turnout of trainers than usual, but the large influx of coordinators undertaking different types of contests at the Super Contest Hall, as well as having their mother participate in the biggest contest event of that year. So instead their dad suggested to send them over to Unova to stay with his younger brother and his family for the summer instead.

Specifically Castelia City. The towering architecture wowed the young Yuu as it was like nothing he had seen before. Sure there were plenty of huge buildings in Kalos and Sinnoh, but not on a scale as grand as this one with each Skyscraper overlooking the city streets and something new to be discovered around every corner. It was honestly a blast exploring this place with his sister, but nothing could compare to Relic Castle.

Yuu read about the mythos surrounding it and was more the ecstatic to head there and delve into the ruins to see what the place look like, take in the grand and ancient architecture that one of the twin heroes created. While both him and his sister were told not to wander too far away from them, one of the siblings only adhered to this warning. The first time Yuu did this he looked for an opening between a bunch of people nearby and snuck away from his aunt and older sister while they weren't watching. Thankfully nothing bad happen despite how dumb this would be and he made it out into Route 4 with nothing but an xtranceiver he and his sister received from their uncle and aunt to stay in contact, as well as a bottle of water.

He might of had to turn the former off for a bit due to the ludicrous amount of calls he received from his sister, but regardless he managed to make his way to the desert resort and, thanks to the abundance of research he did, was able to navigate his way to Relic Castle with little to no issue. Of course when he was inside he was dazzled by the place, instantly poring over any sort of design and markings he found, as well as any sorts of small relics or trinkets he managed to find.

After some time, he eventually turned a corner and saw her: a pale girl with brown hair who looked to be a year younger than him looking up at a mural in the ruins with the same amount of interest he had, possibly more. Out of curiosity he went up to the young girl and instead of striking up a conversation with her stared up and studied the mural. He didn't know how long they stood together in that vast ruin without breaking the silence, but it must of been hours before she ended up moving on, with him following after her like a lost Rockruff.

Yuu ended up learning plenty of things about the ruins during this time and made a mental note to bring a notebook as he ended up inadvertently walking back to the city with the young girl. Of course upon arrival he was scooped up into his aunts arms and was getting a concerned look from his uncle and younger sister. However while that was going on, Yuu was looking around the city streets to see where that other girl went. He couldn't find her.

Yuu expected that to be the last time he would ever see her since he figured she wouldn't pop up at Relic Castle again. Yes, despite the scolding he got after that and the worried warnings he received Yuu proceeded to go off back towards the Desert Resort and Relic Castle. While it was plenty more difficult this time, he managed to find a way to sneak off and managed to make his way to the ruins once more, this time with more preparation.

He did the usual, making sure to navigate the ruins and start from where he last left off while drawing a map and making notes about the place, jotting down any bit of information he could glean from the crumbling castle. Strangely enough he ended up encountering the girl again, but this time she was examining the layout of a room, or more specifically the worn out furnishings, if it could even be called that at this point, in there. Like last time, Yuu would end up joining her in observing the place, taking note of what this room could of been used for before moving on to study more of the ruins. The same freak out that happened when they both finished exploring ensued.

At this point he began making more frequent trips to Relic Castle after managing to get his aunt and uncle to relent and travel there so long as he stopped turning off his xtranceiver whenever he went out there. Whenever he was there, Yuu would always manage to find that same girl overlooking and appraising something different in those ruins. And in turn he would always join her. Eventually he worked up the courage to say something to her and she in turn told him to get lost, but this didn't dissuade Yuu, nor did she ever really try to ditch him either.

The summer flew by as he spent a majority of his time exploring Relic Castle and spending time with that mystery girl, looking through each nook in cranny and learning more and more about the place, what its people were like, and so on. On the final day when he was heading back with her he finally broached another question: what was her name. She remained quiet for a few minutes as they walked, keeping Yuu unsure if she ignored his question or was contemplative of it. Just before they entered Castelia City she would tell him.

Yuu would never forget it nor would he forget her, and gave her his name before promising her that he'd come back next summer and requested if she could meet him at the gates to Route 4 when he arrived. Those days would be forever etched into his memories because of his first, true friend. And of course Yuu would make due on his promise. Sure, it took a lot of pleading and begging to go to Unova again, even going the extra mile in school, as well as excelling in any sort of extracurricular activities he could participate in. Eventually they relented after seeing how motivated Yuu was, much more than usual and let him go.

Of course the following day after he stepped off and got settled down with his aunt and uncle, as well as spending some family time together with them and their new baby he was off to Route 4. As soon as Yuu arrived, he saw a familiar girl standing by the entrance and broke out in a dash towards her waving to her and jubilantly yelling out her name with the biggest smile on his face. Once he joined up with her, the duo went off to Relic Castle once again. That silence between the two would speak louder than words.

The next summer Yuu wasn't able to head out to Unova, but forewarned his friend in advance about this, explaining to her about the whole Family Meet Up in Kalos and how they decided to have it this summer. Thankfully she was a bit understanding though Yuu thought she looked a bit sad about that all; at the very least he did promise to try and come back next summer if he could.

And, of course, he was able to head out to Unova for the third time once again, finding his best friend in the ruins before she began meeting up with him at the gate to Route 4. However, tragedy was about to strike on one of the few days when the duo were traversing through Relic Castle. To Yuu it was all a blur, between the haggard breathing, the yelling through his xtranceiver, the burning of his lungs, and the scene of his best friend and abject horror on her face as she was sucked into some quicksand burned into his skull.

Some of the authorities and Pokémon Rangers were quick to arrive to investigate the reports of this missing girl, with his uncle coming to get the young Yuu to try and comfort him. However that comfort mattered little to him with her on his mind: was she still alive, how was she doing, please survive. There were more intrusive thoughts going through his head each passing day. He hated every second of it and would even make attempts to go out to Relic Castle to try and find her. Yuu wanted to save his best friend. Even if he was stopped by his relatives or escorted back by the rangers, he never stopped. Because she meant the world to him.

Eventually a week passed and they found the girl and quickly extracted her from the ruins and took her to the hospital to do any sort of check-ups. Yuu ended up learning about this and ended up visiting her as one of her friends to see how she was doing. She seemed... different than the last time they met; she was way more talkative than before, always speaking in a peculiar matter, and was strangely accompanied by a Yamask. Of course the two would talk for a bit, but he always couldn't get that Pokémon, that single Yamask, out of his mind.

During this time Yuu recalled something he learned during school about ghost type Pokémon, specifically Yamask. Yuu began to investigate this whole situation further, sifting through what he learned in school, as well as reading up on Pokémon at one of the city's libraries. And then it hit him and he was awash with terror and worry. His mind was a muddled mess and that self-same intellect that allowed him to discover the supposed change in his best friends behavior would ultimately be his downfall.

A few days after she was released from the hospital Yuu would end up meeting his friend and confronting her about the incident that had transpired, prodding and interrogating her about what happened. Of course she led with cryptic messages and was generally acting a lot more childish. It didn't help that she was accompanied by the Yamask as well, especially when he saw that the mask it was carrying looked eerily similar to he own face. At that point his own heart sunk, his questions more emotionally charged and closer to pleading, her answers more playful, enigmatic, and unhelpful. Yuu was scared and frightened at this new girl, scared of the change, scared that there was some unknown soul inhabiting her body while she was stuck as a Yamask.

Yuu messed up and ended up fracturing that friendship he had cultivated with her over these past years. The rest of that summer was miserable and nothing seemed to be able to shake Yuu out of his funk, his depressed state. And before he knew it summer vacation was over as Yuu flied back to Sinnoh. Once again he was truly friendless, bitter, alone, empty. Yuu never got the chance to reconcile with her.

Yuu struggled to find the same motivation, the same joy he did when learning about Pokémon or winning in battles, drifting listlessly as the world continued to move on without him, whether it was his sister and cousin starting their own journey in their respective regions or the new discoveries being made. He knew he couldn't stay stagnant forever and thus took to Abigail's advice once again to make his heart nothing but steel.

He shouldn't let this affect him, whatever she said didn't matter at all, he was fine without her. Yuu didn't care, or at least that's what he would tell himself. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he went back to Unova for the fourth time. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he found himself ambling towards Relic Castle. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he listlessly wandered through the ruins, searching for and failing to find her again.

Yuu could tell himself all he wanted that he didn't care, but the reality was that he obviously did, even going so far as to blame himself for how he lashed out on that fateful day. The reality was that he couldn't steel and harden his heart no matter how hard he tried. And it hurt.

Time would continue to unremorsefully forge ahead just as he would continuously try to do so as well. It would eventually all came to a head at the next Kalos Family Gathering where Yuu, for the most part was left alone to stew and brood; he couldn't even indulge in his cousin's antics alongside her since she wasn't even there to begin with this year... which made this gathering more unbearable than normal. It didn't help that he began hearing things about everyone, what each and every person there had accomplished.

What did he even manage to accomplish? Sure, he graduated at the top of his class, but that didn't really mean much to him. After all his dad was still an extremely tough member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and his mom was still a judge and coordinator of huge renown. His sister and cousin had also managed to accomplish much over these past few years, with his sister establishing her own fashion brand in Kalos and his cousin being a runner-up in the Indigo League, basically becoming the second strongest trainer in those regions.

What did he have to show for all this? The only things that came to mind was alienating himself from most of the people at his school and ruining his friendship with someone he cherished. To him, he deserved five stars for being a Grade-A fuck up. He couldn't take it, this agonizing reminder of his substandard "accomplishments." Yuu wanted out, to be as far away from everyone and everything he once knew.

That fervent wish of his would be granted the following year when his mother returned after she had finished guest staring as a judge and coordinator in a far off region known as Eidda. She had brought home numerous souvenirs as well as a few pamphlets about the region. Most of it was advertisements, but one particular one managed to catch his eye. An advertisement about how a Pokémon Professor named Camphor was looking to hire trainers to help her with her research.

Yuu did further research, discovering that she was specifically investigating the flood of nonindigenous Pokémon that began occupying the region. There was a spark in his eye as he began scrambling to sign up. This job was perfect for him! The Eidda region was much farther away from most other regions he frequented and was the perfect place to just leave everything behind. Sure he'd help out, but for the most part Yuu just wanted to get away from everything, and leave it all behind.

Once he submitted the application, he figured it would take some time before he was either accepted or rejected by the professor and was about to begin prepping to head out to Eidda... well, before he received an e-mail less than five minutes later that he was hired for the job, along with the details of when he needed to arrive there, what to expect, etc. Yuu... did not expect them to get back to him that fast, but he wasn't one to complain.

After all, he now had an out.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:

- Yuu seems to be overly analytical to the point where he might just be dead silent, staring at something for minutes to end. A hint to when he's in this state? See if he's biting the tip of his thumb.
- Yuu seems to be extremely competitive when it comes to battling, but doesn't seem to show it all that well, even seeming quite reserved when faced with a loss. However, if one looked a little bit closer they'd be able to spot signs of agitation.
- While he admittedly does like Ghost type Pokémon, there is a certain species of Ghost type that seems to leave him with a relative sense of unease and dread.
- Has a terrible amount of stage fright and would freeze up the moment he would have to perform in front of a crowd; the reason he does fine with battles is due to him putting all of his effort into the fight, essentially tunnel-visioning it.
- Yuu is physically fit and quite durable in spite of his lanky appearance. It probably has to do with wrestling his cousin and her Pokémon. Whether he's beaten them in a fight... no comment.
- Knows a bit of martial arts and can easily defend himself in a scuffle; he totally didn't learn this from being turned into a pretzel by his older cousin.
- He is a battling protegé and seems to pick up quite quickly on certain things when in a fight, as well as come up with strategies on the fly.
- Analytical to a fault, he seems to be extremely informed and well learned when it comes to Pokémon, to the point where he could potentially be used as a living Pokédex.
- In spite of his strengths when it comes to being a trainer, he seems to prefer to put more time and effort into studying Pokémon and attempting to learn something new about them every day.
- Yuu loves to study about mythology and is generally fascinated by the stories, as well as what can be gleaned from them. This, of course, goes hand in hand with also wishing to learn more about past cultures and how these stories came to be.

Favorite Kind of Pokémon:

"Favorite kind of Pokémon? That is... a complicated question, as if we went into the semantics you could diverge off in a multitude of directions. Example, you could decide to take the context of 'kind' and be reductive, and whittle it down to the bare meaning of Pokémon typing, or you could take it in a relatively more intricate way, such as tough and strong, cute and adorable, pretty and beautiful, tricky and scheming, you catch my drift."

"For the more complex side of things I have no true preference, as each mon has their own intricacies, personalities, strengths, flaws, etc. Would be a disservice to not only those Pokémon but myself as well to say I favor one quality trait over the other. All Pokémon are multifaceted, complex beings with their own hopes, desires, and dreams with a unique personality to boot!... though I will say I have an aversion to... some, but I digress. As for the more simplistic typing portion I mentioned, Psychic, Ghost, Fairy, Dark, Fighting, and Steel types. Yes, quite the handful I know... you can blame my cousin for the last two."

Pokémon

Current Team:

Jojo the Riolu | Lvl 5

Pokémon Caught:

Jojo the Riolu


Species: Riolu
Type: Fighting
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Moves: Quick Attack, Endure, Feint, Bullet Punch
Ability: Inner Focus. Jojo's pure drive prevents him from flinching, as well as stops him from being Intimidated by other Pokémon. This will not prevent flinching when using Focus Punch.
Held Item: N/A

Personality | Jolly:
In spite of this Riolu's happy-go-lucky nature, he can be quite an independent pokemon, happily poking his nose where it doesn't belong and generally being an optimistic nuisance. He generally likes to interact with any sort of pokemon, regardless of their size and disposition, whether its a large Nidoking with a big dopey heart, or a mischievous Natu that likes to prank and mess around with other pokemon and people. In general, he just seems to enjoy life to the fullest and seems to approach every new day with a jolly, little smile. In hindsight, it is a bit ironic that a pokemon like him was saddled with a melancholic trainer, yet the duo seem to enjoy each others company in spite of it.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:
- TBA

Inventory

Pokédollars: 1000p

Items:

x1 Potion

Pokemon: Dream

I have finally finished this chary sheet!... somewhat. Probably will add some stuff to Riolu later, but for now mlem.

Yuu Nozomu

Profile

Name: Yuu Nozomu
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Hometown: Hearthome City, Sinnoh

Appearance:

Yuu is a fairly tall young man, standing at a decently impressive height of 6'2", and weighs 178 pounds. He possesses a fair complexion with an impressive build that is concealed by his lanky appearance due in no small part to the type of clothing he seems to wear and the way he carries himself. While he is a handsome young man, he possesses a notable resting bitch face and seems to always be glaring everywhere he goes with a sullen frown that makes him appear cold to almost anyone who interacts with him... if they even want to interact with him in the first place.

The boy's hair, while appearing disheveled, looks paradoxically well-maintained. The reason behind this is due to how long he has let it grown, as well as how he lets it drape over his face, sometimes obscuring one of his piercing yet dull and lifeless violet irises. If one could call eyes the windows to the soul, despite his cold and stony stare there seems to be hints of regret and emptiness hiding in his stare. Another notable trait involving his hair has to be the color itself: lavender. While he does have a few dark streaks in his hair, his hair (and all hair on his mother's side in general) is completely natural.

Yuu has no particular taste in fashion and is relatively indifferent to what he wears, though he did bring a few different types of clothes for his journey, the first example being his regular getup. It features a midnight blue jacket with feather-like tufts, a green tank-top, beige pants, and travel boots that seem to be able to weather almost anything. Funnily enough, he also possesses a copy of the same clothes listed above, but with alternate coloration's; instead of a midnight blue jacket it's a dark moss green jacket with a black tank top, followed by carmine-colored pants; the boots remain the same. These are the two primary outfits he'll more than likely be seen with during his travels, though there may be rare times where he changes into something different.

Personality:

Yuu is anything but confident, as from the get go he displays a rather dour and somber disposition that makes him appear quite unfriendly to the point where he seems nigh unapproachable. The sour expression does match the curtains, extending to the way he interacts with others in a cold and sometimes blunt manner, resulting in him being quite rude or standoffish, much to his dismay. However he reacts though is... a mixed bag, with him sometimes doubling down on the manner, constantly pushing despite the fact that it would be better to just stop, or very rarely, trying to (and mostly failing) to awkwardly apologize in his own way. Funny enough, despite the fact that he would be expected to be more quiet (and he is), the moment someone gets his mouth going and he just won't stop talking. Yes, Yuu can have a bit of a motor mouth.

Despite how blunt and aloof he can be, he also generally appears to be emotionally withdrawn, and even detached and unresponsive to the world. This can result in him approaching things with an uncaring glare on his face, making him quite hard to read; it doesn't exactly help either that he doesn't have the most outward reactions, such as an invisible twitch of his cheek or merely raising an eyebrow just a pinch. However that outward apathy does stem from somewhere, this affliction being his regret and self-doubt. The most common way this rears its ugly head is through his self-deprecatory streak, as his words can sometimes be laced with venom that seemingly is targeted at someone, but in actuality is more aimed at the young man.

Beyond these traits though, he can sometimes come off as a bit of a know-it-all and a conceited one at that. While he can back it up with the knowledge he does possess, he can get a bit aggravating at times, explaining things as if he is the smartest person in the room... and in line with his motor mouth. The longer he talks about a subject, the more it can turn into incessant rambling about the most specific and sometimes frivolous details about a subject. At the very least, he can be useful as an encyclopedia, but good luck getting him to shut up when he gets going.

When it comes to battling, he displays a smidgen of emotion but not much. His bluntness is replaced with a more intense and acute sharpness as he puts every thing and anything into focusing on the battle to the point where anything else could be nothing but white noise most of the time. He is analytical to a fault, taking note of his own knowledge of his opponent, how they act in the midst of battle, calculating, dissecting, and acting on it with cold precision, much like a surgeon. Does he know what he's doing when it comes to most battles? Yes. Does he enjoy them? Relatively unknown to most people, though if he did lose he'd probably appear more sullen and vexed more than usual.

While it is hard to get a reaction out of Yuu, there are a handful of things that can put him off-guard. For starters, he seems to get along with Pokémon better than people and is a lot more friendlier to them. Yes, it is possible to get Yuu to smile, at least briefly when it comes to his pokéfriends, and can cause a bit of a mood whiplash when around other people who seem to only see the meticulously cold side to him. There also is a handful of people who can cause him to disperse with his regular attitude and seemingly get him to act fairly differently, though those are far and few between. Oh, and he has horrendous stage fright; wouldn't be able to act or perform on stage, let alone a contest to save his own life and would more than likely stumble over his words as much as his own two feet if forced into one.

Backstory:

49/50
"What would you do if you were born into a monumental legacy that was constantly building itself up, piling up more and more extraordinary achievements and grandeur tales that could be forever immortalized in legends? You'd probably be proud and maybe a bit overwhelmed... hell, maybe you'd be excited to leave your own mark and leave an impression worthy of your family name."

"... but what if you couldn't even do that? What if you didn't even think yourself worthy of even being a footnote because all your life you've been nothing but a huge screw up, failing to do even the most basic of things and even hurting someone dear to you? Do you feel like you'd be worthy of any of it?"

Yuu would rather speak little of his past, though he can't exactly change who he is by blood. He was conceived and born in Sinnoh to quite some exceptional folk; they were nothing to special, with his father being a member of the Elite Four who crushed anyone who faced him in battle and a beautiful pink-haired mother who was a world-famous Pokémon coordinator who turned heads in the limelight as much as she did judge them when not on the stage. He was the second child when it came to the two and he had an older sister who seemed to dote on him as much as tease him, yet the two did get along quite well.

Regardless, the two children were no strangers to the spotlight when it shone on their family, whether it came through interviews with his father and they were featured on it or when they were brought to watch their mother dazzle the audience, they ended up being fussed over one way or another, being adorable children that might grow up to be like their parents when they were older. His older sister always seemed to enjoy basking in the limelight and ate it all up, but Yuu was much a shyer child and always tried to avoid having the attention on him.

Of course due to being a kid and being surrounded by all these bigger people it was always difficult to avoid being thrust into the public eye, even more so when he was put into the same private school as his older sister. It was a little nerve wracking being peppered with all of these questions from all these children, but over time he eventually got used to it all and even began to make a couple of friends... or so he thought. Still to Yuu they liked being around him and he liked hanging around them in turn.

However his own infamy was about to extend when it came to school where he seemed to excel in almost anything. Whether it was his precise knowledge of Pokémon that came as a result of his love for studying and learning more about them to his sharp and adaptable mind when it came to starting Pokémon battles as it was to quickly ending them. He ended up lauded with small amounts of praise and in truth he found a new way to interact with other people, often talking vastly about his own skills, what he did in each battle, how cool it was when it came to these things, and so on.

While charming in its own right, it eventually came grating to his friends and the other students in his class who became annoyed at this posturing. In truth, Yuu was a bit of an unintentional braggart and didn't realize this, nor did he realize that this was slowly pushing away his friends, eventually resulting in there being none. This realization finally hit him when in the midst of a battle with another trainer, the other kids began to cheer against him and even booed the young Yuu when he won. Of course that ended up being rectified by the teacher fairly quickly, but this sudden whiplash in attitude made Yuu realize that he was all alone.

Yuu did have some friends, but the best of them were of the fair-weather variety and would sooner diss him to save their own skin over sticking up for him. Sure, sometimes he'd be bullied, but it didn't sting as much as the lack of true companionship amongst his peers, something he craved above anything else. Slowly he'd become less and less better at things he normally would excel at. A question he could answer with no issue would 'confuse' him and he became less and less exceptional at battles, sometimes going as far as to just throw some matches completely.

Yet nothing would change, aside from the words used to tease and put him down as he would continue to steadily tank his performance in school, further and further, in some vain attempt to regain the friends he had before. At the end of the year this had some of his counselors concerned and talked to him about it, spelling out how he was a bright child and all sorts of blandishments he could care less about. His parents, while figuring out what was going on, did their best to console Yuu and attempt to steer him off this destructive path, but it would be to no avail.

In spite of this, one person would be able to break through this behavior, this box he consigned himself to when the family traveled to Kalos. It was something the entire side of his mother's family did every year where they would meet up at the family estate and have this grand gala and interact with one another to see how everyone was doing. Yuu despising it was an understatement and dreaded going to it, more so this following year due to his failure of a school life.

Like always he kept away from most people and kept quiet for most of the time he had there. Of course by chance he managed to spot someone in a similar vein to him: far away from most of the other relatives and nose deep within a book. Curious, the young boy ended up walking towards her, being sure to dodge any sort of social interaction he could before saddling himself right next to her and began reading alongside her.

On the plus side she didn't seem to mind his presence which was good!... at least until he started chattering about different facts and listing off extra bits of information that weren't shown in the book. Of course successfully reading a book was one thing, but reading the room was not exactly his forte and ended up irritating the girl who ended up making a snide comment about how his friends must think he's fun at school.

The remark went way over his head as he responded in great detail about how he did have friends but how they would usually abandon him when things got rough with bullying, as well as what he did to try and regain those lost friendships. In truth he couldn't tell this was making her more and more irate, but not for the reasons one would expect from a young kid bothering someone who wanted to be left alone.

Instead she stopped reading, much to his chagrin, and and straight up yelled at him over his lack of spine. This caught Yuu off-guard as she began to list off how terrible those people were, as well as how she'd introduce those people to her fist and how Yuu should probably do so as well. The nervous and demure look he gave her told her all she needed to know and in a spur of the moment she decided that she'd teach him how to stand up for himself and not let anyone push him around.

That was an interesting month for certain as Yuu would meet up with the girl, who he now learned was his older cousin by about three years, who began straightening out Yuu's rather meek demeanor by not only telling him how to act, but also leading by example at times. Also helped she was basically getting into scuffles and wrestling the young boy whenever they were out of sight of their more prestige lineage to show him how to physically stick up for himself if his bullies decided to get a little more physical with him. Of course this was also intertwined with large amounts of reading and studying, which Yuu gleefully joined her in on.

To Yuu, she basically made this whole meet up with the entire family tree go from absolutely dreadful to something manageable so long as he was hanging out with her. Of course on one of the days when they were reading something together, a question came to mind: why did she try so hard? Yuu always noticed she was giving more than 100% whenever they were together and was merely curious about why his older cousin did what she did.

Her answer? To be recognized, acknowledged and be liked by others and even be friends with her. There was a somber silence during that all in which neither of them seemed to read that book, just sitting there, together until Yuu broke the silence with six simple words:

"Then... may we please.... be friends?"

This left his cousin silent before she asked why? Why? Because to him she was quite amazing already and found her to be a nice and caring person despite the harsh interaction with him during helping him out, mentioning a few things he liked about her such as how strong willed she is and admitted that he wished he could be like her. He admitted that he enjoyed studying with her, that she was really the only person that managed to make these yearly meet ups with their entire family bearable, and that he liked her for her, as well as stating that he was never really good with people either.

This was probably one of the happiest memories he could be left with at that age and before each family would go their separate ways, she left some parting words to him: that she wanted to hear that Yuu decked those jerks in the schnozz when they next saw each other. Sure, his cousin got a bit of an earful for that, but so did Yuu when he reciprocated her encouragement with a thumbs up and shouted back that he would. He could remember the smile on her face, as well as feeling his own as they both left the estate and returned back to their daily lives.

A year later when the next family gathering came around, she'd get to hear all about it, about how difficult it was for him to adapt to her lessons at first before his first triumph, even if it was small. About how Yuu was getting comfortable with himself again and slowly began to not care about what those bullies had to say. They were dumb jerks obviously and wish they could be as good as him as he began to rise to the top of his class once again. Some of them got infuriated and tried to escalate the bullying to cut him down, and even began getting physical with Yuu.

He snuck a picture with him to show off to his cousin with a huge smile on his face, showing off the black eye he got before telling her that those other bullies got it worse thanks to the moves she taught him... both parties also might of gotten suspended for a week as well, but for the most part the bullying stopped when he returned, assuming the position of a top ranked student and trainer of his class. That was a fun family meet up that year, especially whenever they started sneaking away to either explore, study more, or even do a bit of wrestling.

However on one of those years Yuu and his family would miss the Kalos Family Get Together as a result of not only the Sinnoh Championships having a much higher turnout of trainers than usual, but the large influx of coordinators undertaking different types of contests at the Super Contest Hall, as well as having their mother participate in the biggest contest event of that year. So instead their dad suggested to send them over to Unova to stay with his younger brother and his family for the summer instead.

Specifically Castelia City. The towering architecture wowed the young Yuu as it was like nothing he had seen before. Sure there were plenty of huge buildings in Kalos and Sinnoh, but not on a scale as grand as this one with each Skyscraper overlooking the city streets and something new to be discovered around every corner. It was honestly a blast exploring this place with his sister, but nothing could compare to Relic Castle.

Yuu read about the mythos surrounding it and was more the ecstatic to head there and delve into the ruins to see what the place look like, take in the grand and ancient architecture that one of the twin heroes created. While both him and his sister were told not to wander too far away from them, one of the siblings only adhered to this warning. The first time Yuu did this he looked for an opening between a bunch of people nearby and snuck away from his aunt and older sister while they weren't watching. Thankfully nothing bad happen despite how dumb this would be and he made it out into Route 4 with nothing but an xtranceiver he and his sister received from their uncle and aunt to stay in contact, as well as a bottle of water.

He might of had to turn the former off for a bit due to the ludicrous amount of calls he received from his sister, but regardless he managed to make his way to the desert resort and, thanks to the abundance of research he did, was able to navigate his way to Relic Castle with little to no issue. Of course when he was inside he was dazzled by the place, instantly poring over any sort of design and markings he found, as well as any sorts of small relics or trinkets he managed to find.

After some time, he eventually turned a corner and saw her: a pale girl with brown hair who looked to be a year younger than him looking up at a mural in the ruins with the same amount of interest he had, possibly more. Out of curiosity he went up to the young girl and instead of striking up a conversation with her stared up and studied the mural. He didn't know how long they stood together in that vast ruin without breaking the silence, but it must of been hours before she ended up moving on, with him following after her like a lost Rockruff.

Yuu ended up learning plenty of things about the ruins during this time and made a mental note to bring a notebook as he ended up inadvertently walking back to the city with the young girl. Of course upon arrival he was scooped up into his aunts arms and was getting a concerned look from his uncle and younger sister. However while that was going on, Yuu was looking around the city streets to see where that other girl went. He couldn't find her.

Yuu expected that to be the last time he would ever see her since he figured she wouldn't pop up at Relic Castle again. Yes, despite the scolding he got after that and the worried warnings he received Yuu proceeded to go off back towards the Desert Resort and Relic Castle. While it was plenty more difficult this time, he managed to find a way to sneak off and managed to make his way to the ruins once more, this time with more preparation.

He did the usual, making sure to navigate the ruins and start from where he last left off while drawing a map and making notes about the place, jotting down any bit of information he could glean from the crumbling castle. Strangely enough he ended up encountering the girl again, but this time she was examining the layout of a room, or more specifically the worn out furnishings, if it could even be called that at this point, in there. Like last time, Yuu would end up joining her in observing the place, taking note of what this room could of been used for before moving on to study more of the ruins. The same freak out that happened when they both finished exploring ensued.

At this point he began making more frequent trips to Relic Castle after managing to get his aunt and uncle to relent and travel there so long as he stopped turning off his xtranceiver whenever he went out there. Whenever he was there, Yuu would always manage to find that same girl overlooking and appraising something different in those ruins. And in turn he would always join her. Eventually he worked up the courage to say something to her and she in turn told him to get lost, but this didn't dissuade Yuu, nor did she ever really try to ditch him either.

The summer flew by as he spent a majority of his time exploring Relic Castle and spending time with that mystery girl, looking through each nook in cranny and learning more and more about the place, what its people were like, and so on. On the final day when he was heading back with her he finally broached another question: what was her name. She remained quiet for a few minutes as they walked, keeping Yuu unsure if she ignored his question or was contemplative of it. Just before they entered Castelia City she would tell him.

Yuu would never forget it nor would he forget her, and gave her his name before promising her that he'd come back next summer and requested if she could meet him at the gates to Route 4 when he arrived. Those days would be forever etched into his memories because of his first, true friend. And of course Yuu would make due on his promise. Sure, it took a lot of pleading and begging to go to Unova again, even going the extra mile in school, as well as excelling in any sort of extracurricular activities he could participate in. Eventually they relented after seeing how motivated Yuu was, much more than usual and let him go.

Of course the following day after he stepped off and got settled down with his aunt and uncle, as well as spending some family time together with them and their new baby he was off to Route 4. As soon as Yuu arrived, he saw a familiar girl standing by the entrance and broke out in a dash towards her waving to her and jubilantly yelling out her name with the biggest smile on his face. Once he joined up with her, the duo went off to Relic Castle once again. That silence between the two would speak louder than words.

The next summer Yuu wasn't able to head out to Unova, but forewarned his friend in advance about this, explaining to her about the whole Family Meet Up in Kalos and how they decided to have it this summer. Thankfully she was a bit understanding though Yuu thought she looked a bit sad about that all; at the very least he did promise to try and come back next summer if he could.

And, of course, he was able to head out to Unova for the third time once again, finding his best friend in the ruins before she began meeting up with him at the gate to Route 4. However, tragedy was about to strike on one of the few days when the duo were traversing through Relic Castle. To Yuu it was all a blur, between the haggard breathing, the yelling through his xtranceiver, the burning of his lungs, and the scene of his best friend and abject horror on her face as she was sucked into some quicksand burned into his skull.

Some of the authorities and Pokémon Rangers were quick to arrive to investigate the reports of this missing girl, with his uncle coming to get the young Yuu to try and comfort him. However that comfort mattered little to him with her on his mind: was she still alive, how was she doing, please survive. There were more intrusive thoughts going through his head each passing day. He hated every second of it and would even make attempts to go out to Relic Castle to try and find her. Yuu wanted to save his best friend. Even if he was stopped by his relatives or escorted back by the rangers, he never stopped. Because she meant the world to him.

Eventually a week passed and they found the girl and quickly extracted her from the ruins and took her to the hospital to do any sort of check-ups. Yuu ended up learning about this and ended up visiting her as one of her friends to see how she was doing. She seemed... different than the last time they met; she was way more talkative than before, always speaking in a peculiar matter, and was strangely accompanied by a Yamask. Of course the two would talk for a bit, but he always couldn't get that Pokémon, that single Yamask, out of his mind.

During this time Yuu recalled something he learned during school about ghost type Pokémon, specifically Yamask. Yuu began to investigate this whole situation further, sifting through what he learned in school, as well as reading up on Pokémon at one of the city's libraries. And then it hit him and he was awash with terror and worry. His mind was a muddled mess and that self-same intellect that allowed him to discover the supposed change in his best friends behavior would ultimately be his downfall.

A few days after she was released from the hospital Yuu would end up meeting his friend and confronting her about the incident that had transpired, prodding and interrogating her about what happened. Of course she led with cryptic messages and was generally acting a lot more childish. It didn't help that she was accompanied by the Yamask as well, especially when he saw that the mask it was carrying looked eerily similar to he own face. At that point his own heart sunk, his questions more emotionally charged and closer to pleading, her answers more playful, enigmatic, and unhelpful. Yuu was scared and frightened at this new girl, scared of the change, scared that there was some unknown soul inhabiting her body while she was stuck as a Yamask.

Yuu messed up and ended up fracturing that friendship he had cultivated with her over these past years. The rest of that summer was miserable and nothing seemed to be able to shake Yuu out of his funk, his depressed state. And before he knew it summer vacation was over as Yuu flied back to Sinnoh. Once again he was truly friendless, bitter, alone, empty. Yuu never got the chance to reconcile with her.

Yuu struggled to find the same motivation, the same joy he did when learning about Pokémon or winning in battles, drifting listlessly as the world continued to move on without him, whether it was his sister and cousin starting their own journey in their respective regions or the new discoveries being made. He knew he couldn't stay stagnant forever and thus took to Abigail's advice once again to make his heart nothing but steel.

He shouldn't let this affect him, whatever she said didn't matter at all, he was fine without her. Yuu didn't care, or at least that's what he would tell himself. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he went back to Unova for the fourth time. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he found himself ambling towards Relic Castle. Yuu didn't care, he would say as he listlessly wandered through the ruins, searching for and failing to find her again.

Yuu could tell himself all he wanted that he didn't care, but the reality was that he obviously did, even going so far as to blame himself for how he lashed out on that fateful day. The reality was that he couldn't steel and harden his heart no matter how hard he tried. And it hurt.

Time would continue to unremorsefully forge ahead just as he would continuously try to do so as well. It would eventually all came to a head at the next Kalos Family Gathering where Yuu, for the most part was left alone to stew and brood; he couldn't even indulge in his cousin's antics alongside her since she wasn't even there to begin with this year... which made this gathering more unbearable than normal. It didn't help that he began hearing things about everyone, what each and every person there had accomplished.

What did he even manage to accomplish? Sure, he graduated at the top of his class, but that didn't really mean much to him. After all his dad was still an extremely tough member of the Sinnoh Elite Four and his mom was still a judge and coordinator of huge renown. His sister and cousin had also managed to accomplish much over these past few years, with his sister establishing her own fashion brand in Kalos and his cousin being a runner-up in the Indigo League, basically becoming the second strongest trainer in those regions.

What did he have to show for all this? The only things that came to mind was alienating himself from most of the people at his school and ruining his friendship with someone he cherished. To him, he deserved five stars for being a Grade-A fuck up. He couldn't take it, this agonizing reminder of his substandard "accomplishments." Yuu wanted out, to be as far away from everyone and everything he once knew.

That fervent wish of his would be granted the following year when his mother returned after she had finished guest staring as a judge and coordinator in a far off region known as Eidda. She had brought home numerous souvenirs as well as a few pamphlets about the region. Most of it was advertisements, but one particular one managed to catch his eye. An advertisement about how a Pokémon Professor named Camphor was looking to hire trainers to help her with her research.

Yuu did further research, discovering that she was specifically investigating the flood of nonindigenous Pokémon that began occupying the region. There was a spark in his eye as he began scrambling to sign up. This job was perfect for him! The Eidda region was much farther away from most other regions he frequented and was the perfect place to just leave everything behind. Sure he'd help out, but for the most part Yuu just wanted to get away from everything, and leave it all behind.

Once he submitted the application, he figured it would take some time before he was either accepted or rejected by the professor and was about to begin prepping to head out to Eidda... well, before he received an e-mail less than five minutes later that he was hired for the job, along with the details of when he needed to arrive there, what to expect, etc. Yuu... did not expect them to get back to him that fast, but he wasn't one to complain.

After all, he now had an out.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:

- Yuu seems to be overly analytical to the point where he might just be dead silent, staring at something for minutes to end. A hint to when he's in this state? See if he's biting the tip of his thumb.
- Yuu seems to be extremely competitive when it comes to battling, but doesn't seem to show it all that well, even seeming quite reserved when faced with a loss. However, if one looked a little bit closer they'd be able to spot signs of agitation.
- While he admittedly does like Ghost type Pokémon, there is a certain species of Ghost type that seems to leave him with a relative sense of unease and dread.
- Has a terrible amount of stage fright and would freeze up the moment he would have to perform in front of a crowd; the reason he does fine with battles is due to him putting all of his effort into the fight, essentially tunnel-visioning it.
- Yuu is physically fit and quite durable in spite of his lanky appearance. It probably has to do with wrestling his cousin and her Pokémon. Whether he's beaten them in a fight... no comment.
- Knows a bit of martial arts and can easily defend himself in a scuffle; he totally didn't learn this from being turned into a pretzel by his older cousin.
- He is a battling protegé and seems to pick up quite quickly on certain things when in a fight, as well as come up with strategies on the fly.
- Analytical to a fault, he seems to be extremely informed and well learned when it comes to Pokémon, to the point where he could potentially be used as a living Pokédex.
- In spite of his strengths when it comes to being a trainer, he seems to prefer to put more time and effort into studying Pokémon and attempting to learn something new about them every day.
- Yuu loves to study about mythology and is generally fascinated by the stories, as well as what can be gleaned from them. This, of course, goes hand in hand with also wishing to learn more about past cultures and how these stories came to be.

Favorite Kind of Pokémon:

"Favorite kind of Pokémon? That is... a complicated question, as if we went into the semantics you could diverge off in a multitude of directions. Example, you could decide to take the context of 'kind' and be reductive, and whittle it down to the bare meaning of Pokémon typing, or you could take it in a relatively more intricate way, such as tough and strong, cute and adorable, pretty and beautiful, tricky and scheming, you catch my drift."

"For the more complex side of things I have no true preference, as each mon has their own intricacies, personalities, strengths, flaws, etc. Would be a disservice to not only those Pokémon but myself as well to say I favor one quality trait over the other. All Pokémon are multifaceted, complex beings with their own hopes, desires, and dreams with a unique personality to boot!... though I will say I have an aversion to... some, but I digress. As for the more simplistic typing portion I mentioned, Psychic, Ghost, Fairy, Dark, Fighting, and Steel types. Yes, quite the handful I know... you can blame my cousin for the last two."

Pokémon

Current Team:

Jojo the Riolu | Lvl 5

Pokémon Caught:

Jojo the Riolu


Species: Riolu
Type: Fighting
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Moves: Quick Attack, Endure, Feint, Bullet Punch
Ability: Inner Focus. Jojo's pure drive prevents him from flinching, as well as stops him from being Intimidated by other Pokémon. This will not prevent flinching when using Focus Punch.
Held Item: N/A

Personality | Jolly:
In spite of this Riolu's happy-go-lucky nature, he can be quite an independent pokemon, happily poking his nose where it doesn't belong and generally being an optimistic nuisance. He generally likes to interact with any sort of pokemon, regardless of their size and disposition, whether its a large Nidoking with a big dopey heart, or a mischievous Natu that likes to prank and mess around with other pokemon and people. In general, he just seems to enjoy life to the fullest and seems to approach every new day with a jolly, little smile. In hindsight, it is a bit ironic that a pokemon like him was saddled with a melancholic trainer, yet the duo seem to enjoy each others company in spite of it.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:
- TBA

Inventory

Pokédollars: 1000p

Items:

x1 Potion

Pokemon: Dream

And so it returns and I am all for it; should have my app potentially up by tomorrow.

Pokémon: Start

Cyril Desrosiers

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Important Information

Location
Southern Silent Forest

Interacting With
Aster, Cation, Mimi, Velvet, Chloe(@PlatinumSkink)

Current Team
Aster - Budew - Lvl 11 - Happy Little Fwees
Mimi - Happiny - Lvl 8 - In My Restless Pi's
Velvet - Buneary - Lvl 10 - Experiencing Something Electrifying | [PAR]
Cation - Shinx - Lvl 8 - Ignorance is Bliss

Inventory
900 P

x1 Everstone
x2 Potion
x6 Pokéballs
x1 Pokédex
x2 Escape Rope
x20 Regular Stones
x1 Repel
x1 Antidote
x1 Paralyze Heal
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Empty)
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Filled)(Two flavor items for Cyril and the Team; doesn't really impact much)
x1 Balm Mushroom
x1 Net Ball
x1 Super Potion
x1 Luminous Moss

---

Hah, and just like that their victory was claimed. With a smile and a wink, Cyril performed a pirouette and extended one of his arms out to the side... which Cation seemed to freely hang onto without a care in the world, "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiii~!" Now it was time to get some answers from th-

"H-hey, wait a sec," Cyril suddenly exclaimed as he quickly scrambled around and stumbled forward a bit, calling out to the two virtue grunts as they both darted off. Still, that was... annoying. Cyril could only pout as the duo fled from him and Chloe, leaving a victorious young lady and her stylish compadre behind.

For the long look on his face, it wasn't going to last long as a happy little Aster wobbled on over to him, bouncing in glee as he cried out, "Fwee, fweeeee!" That certainly quashed any sorts of negative vibes as he shined a small smile to his partner, "Nice work out there lil' Buddy, you, Buneary, Growlithe and Pidgey sure put on a wondrous performance."

And of course, he didn't forget his other partner as well as he stood up and glanced over to her with a thumbs up as Cation blissfully hung on his arm, with Mimi peering over nervously, "Hapi?"

And aye, indeed we did Missy; you did a great job taking control of the battle at times and formulating your own strat," Cyril proclaimed, grinning widely at the lass before peering off in the direction those two grunts ran off in before slightly wincing, "But beyond that win I am a bit worried about a couple of things." He could only ruffle his hair as he stared blankly at the ground, lost in a couple of thoughts.

"Sure they never got our names but our faces is another story," Cyril grumbled to himself as he felt Aster rest against his leg, "and based on my limited knowledge of Amethyst, I am a bit worried about what they could be doing with some of the Pokémon in this forest." Cyril merely sighed crossing one arm over whilst propping his other arm on top of it to rest his head as he rubbed at his chin.

And then Cyril snapped his fingers, "So, how about one more decision from our future champ? You wanna figure out what's going on with those Amethyst chumps, or head back to town for some shopping or put that on hold for now?"

Pokémon: Start

Cyril Desrosiers

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Important Information

Location
Southern Silent Forest

Interacting With
Aster, Cation, Mimi, Velvet, Chloe, Virtue Grunts(@PlatinumSkink)

Current Team
Aster - Budew - Lvl 9 - Happy Little Fwees
Mimi - Happiny - Lvl 8 - In My Restless Pi's
Velvet - Buneary - Lvl 8 - Experiencing Something Electrifying | [PAR]
Cation - Shinx - Lvl 8 - Ignorance is Bliss

Inventory
900 P

x1 Everstone
x2 Potion
x6 Pokéballs
x1 Pokédex
x2 Escape Rope
x20 Regular Stones
x1 Repel
x1 Antidote
x1 Paralyze Heal
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Empty)
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Filled)(Two flavor items for Cyril and the Team; doesn't really impact much)
x1 Balm Mushroom
x1 Net Ball
x1 Super Potion
x1 Luminous Moss

---

Alright, now here was her grand slam of a plan! Cyril merely watched as the Pidgey took Aster out of range of the attacks as well as the frantic wiggling of his partners legs. Despite the planning, most of his other friends seemed a little worried for the safety of their friend, especially with a panicky Mimi tugging at his pants.

"Ha... hap, h-hapi?" She posed this question to Cyril, staring up at him with those big round eyes of hers as she alternated between that and Aster being hoisted into the air. This prompted Cyril to give the Happiny a gentle smile as he crouched down and scooped her into his arms, positioning herself by the much more curious Cation.

Who then proceeded to lick her face.

"Happhtthphhth," she could barely get a word out before giggling a little at Cations antics as she found it somewhat ticklish. That got a chuckle out of Cyril, "Heh, well, no need to worry Mimi, Aster will be fiiiine," he calmly proclaimed to her over the frustrated voices of the Virtue grunts.

"Pidgey isn't gonna drop him!... yet."

Despite the calm they all felt moments before, they were left with stunted silence as Mimi was extremely flustered, wiggling around constantly in his arms. Velvet was a lot more relaxed, but giving him this sort of "really" look, eyebrows up and frown to boot. And Cation, well, was being Cation.

Aster on the other hand was a smidge pale from hearing that. Dropped?! From this height?! There was no way he was serious! The Pidgey most likely felt Asters buds tightening around their claws, as if praying to some god that they would not let go, "FWEEEEE!" As exciting and heart stopping as this was, he was starting to lean more into the former as he stared directly at the two enemies.

"Uh, Missy, you do have other commands other than to send Pidgey out, right?" Cyril turned his head, still looking quite collected, albeit a little laid back as he tilted his head a little. "Right," OK, now he was a little worried, despite it only be evident in his slightly wavering voice and flickering eyeballs between her and her partner.

Clearing his throat, he took a deep breath before breathing out and leaning in to whisper to her, "I know I said I was gonna leave it to you, but your Pidgey looks ready to drop him. Don't go for that just yet," he hissed, looking back up to the two Pokémon in midair.

"Instead have him soar around the attack and while the Spheal is recovering, get Budew in close to do a quick Absorb and get out," Cyril rapidly jabbered out this plan, relaying it as quickly as possible before she left it to her Pidgey.

"Have him hide around the trees and use that as cover, but also try to have him come from either an odd angle or from behind those two," Cyril continued his instructions before pointing and wiggling his index finger between their opponents. "Then you can have Pidgey chuck Budew directly at the Spheal and leave them little time to react. Maybe after the first hit and run you could direct your partner on where to go by doing stunted pointing so they struggle to follow along?"

With that set of advice out of the way, Cyril partially felt he was helping a little too much right now, but maybe that could be sorted out later. For now, he merely watched and waited for when it was his and Asters time to play their roles.

Pokémon: Start

Cyril Desrosiers

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Important Information

Location
Southern Silent Forest

Interacting With
Aster, Cation, Mimi, Velvet, Chloe, Virtue Grunts(@PlatinumSkink)

Current Team
Aster - Budew - Lvl 9 - Happy Little Fwees
Mimi - Happiny - Lvl 8 - In My Restless Pi's
Velvet - Buneary - Lvl 8 - Experiencing Something Electrifying | [PAR]
Cation - Shinx - Lvl 8 - Ignorance is Bliss

Inventory
900 P

x1 Everstone
x2 Potion
x6 Pokéballs
x1 Pokédex
x2 Escape Rope
x20 Regular Stones
x1 Repel
x1 Antidote
x1 Paralyze Heal
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Empty)
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Filled)(Two flavor items for Cyril and the Team; doesn't really impact much)
x1 Balm Mushroom
x1 Net Ball
x1 Super Potion
x1 Luminous Moss

---

"Er, uuuhh, yeah," Cyril awkwardly chuckled as he glanced to the side as a small sweat droplet formed on the side of his face. Right, she had a cute lil' Pidgey. "Yeah, faint is probably a better term," he gently murmured to her. Smooth Cyril. Regardless, he could apologize to her later as he returned his attention to the battle as Chloe followed along with his plan.

Cyril merely observed what was going on before shaking his head with a wry smile on his face as the man brought his own partner to a screeching halt, skidding and digging its body into the dirt, leaving it not only paralyzed but basically embedded in the ground. Yeah, it was little more than a turret until it dug itself out... or someone else did.

That dry smile only seemed to grow wider as he gloated, unaware of what was to come as Chloe announced their own plan in tandem whilst Cyril nodded as well. "Also, what are you talking about," he tilted his head as he put an index finger to his lip inquisitively.

"Your partner did hurt your ally!" As he bellowed this, he held one arm out before snapping his fingers with it whilst holding his other hand up, wide open and nearby his face, "Missy, have Growlithe grab the Spheal with a Bite and toss them directly at Grimer, Budew, assist Growlithe in tossing Spheal with your buds!"

Until he issued that attack, Velvet was staring at him in bewilderment, pondering on what alternate reality Cyril was living in before uttering a single "Bun." While that was going on Cyril deftly swooped down and scooped up Cation into his arms, prompting the little Shinx to not only paw at his face for a little bit, but remember who he was talking with and now paw at her.

"Shiiiiii!"

While that small tangle was going on, Aster peered behind him and nodded to Cyril whilst taking a gander at his unfurling bud. He had no idea if he was going to be as physically adept as the Growlithe but he had to try as he puffed out his chest, stuck his tongue out at the two opposing trainers and ran over to assist Growlithe.

Should there be some success, the duo would heave the Spheal together and hopefully make him take the brunt of the poison, if not all of them whilst having its fat body slam directly into the Grimer, dealing some damage to it in the process. Following this success, if it was, Cyril smirked as he began rubbing his chin before eyeing Chloe briefly.

"A'ight, since the Spheal is poisoned and both our partners are speedier than these two, I've got a handful of other strategies up my sleeve," he extended his arm once again and tugged on his sleeve in an exaggerated manner with his other hand before chuckling and placing a hand on his hip, "Whaddya feel like going for, safe and slow but boring, or fun and fast but risky?"

Play it safe for now

"Hah, fair enough! No shame in discretion," he gave a gentle, understanding smile to the girl as he looked at Growlithe and Aster before looking back to the paralyzed Spheal and Grimer. "It's time I teach you the J-... Gostars secret family technique, a technique so powerful it could shake the very foundations of society!"

Cyril, using his free hand slapped the side of his legs, his face suddenly gone cold and serious, causing some tonal whiplash as Cation wondered what was wrong, Mimi shivered a little, and Velvet wondered what was going to happen this time with a less than impressed glance. "We, or rather Growlithe and Budew, are going to use their legs."

"Missy, follow my lead!" There was some small giggling under his breath as he pointed towards Aster.

"Budew... run away!" And there it was. The biggest slap in the face that probably confused the heck out of Aster as he spun around and raised an eyebrow. Why run now? Regardless, Aster kept his faith and did his best to sprint away from his opponents. Beyond just distancing themselves, the plan as well was simple.

"And furthermore take the hit for Growlithe if it uses Water Gun," Cyril nudged Chloe as he turned his attention over to her and murmured, "As for you, if you hear them say Powdered Snow have Growlithe take the hit for Budew."

Time for some fun

"Hah, alright, lets bring this to a close with some flair," he announced before holding a hand to his mouth and winking while pointing an index finger at their partners. "Swap out Growlithe for Pidgey, Budew distance yourself from those two for now."

Aster was expecting them both to just wail on the Spheal until it fainted, but hey, hopefully this would be a lot funner as the Budew perked up and swiftly sprinted away from the two while they were still in a daze.

Why did he have a feeling he was either going to love or hate heights after this?

Once the swap in was completed, Cyril merely struck a pose as he stretched one arm high into the air, pointing past the canopy of the trees, nay, past the heavens! Brandishing his canines with a smirk he bore his plan in full view of the world, "Alright, Missy, have Pidgey pick up Budew and have him fly around with him, Aster use your buds to hold on tight and Absorb when I say so!"

"Fwee?!" Wait what?! Oh no, he was serious. This plan sounded ridiculous as he felt his little heart beating at a hundred miles an hour and furthermore there was no time to negotiate as the Pidgey had already picked him up with their claws.

Aster's legs wobbled and wiggled in midair as he was taken off the ground and peered about the vicinity. He didn't know whether to feel exhilarated or scared. Probably both. "I'll let you decide when its best to strike, but make sure you utilize the trees for cover to avoid their attacks, especially the Spheals."

Pokémon: Start

Cyril Desrosiers

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Important Information

Location
Southern Silent Forest

Interacting With
Aster, Cation, Mimi, Velvet, Chloe, Virtue Grunts(@PlatinumSkink)

Current Team
Aster - Budew - Lvl 9 - Happy Little Fwees
Mimi - Happiny - Lvl 8 - In My Restless Pi's
Velvet - Buneary - Lvl 8 - Experiencing Something Electrifying | [PAR]
Cation - Shinx - Lvl 8 - Ignorance is Bliss

Inventory
900 P

x1 Everstone
x2 Potion
x6 Pokéballs
x1 Pokédex
x2 Escape Rope
x20 Regular Stones
x1 Repel
x1 Antidote
x1 Paralyze Heal
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Empty)
x1 Extra Large Bento Box (Filled)(Two flavor items for Cyril and the Team; doesn't really impact much)
x1 Balm Mushroom
x1 Net Ball
x1 Super Potion
x1 Luminous Moss

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"Aye aye Missy! Buneary, return," Cyril gave a wry grin as he retrieved her Pokéball and gave it a click before chucking it in the air. Red energy enveloped the Buneary as static coursed around her body as she warped back into the ball. As Velvet was returning into the soaring Pokéball, Cyril did a pirouette as Aster stood up on his partner's shoulder, looking to balance himself.

"And now, looks like it's your time to shine," he exclaimed as he held one of his arms out as Aster began dashing down it, albeit somewhat wobbly as a result of not being too used to the brisk whirl of his partner. The moment he reached the end of his hand was when Cyril finished spinning as Aster crouched on the back of his hand. With a combination of the Budew's small jump and the momentum of his hand, he sent Aster flying through the air with... some success.

"FWEEEEEEEEEEE!" Aster could only cry out in surprise, anticipation, fear, but most of all, he sounded plenty excited. While him flipping through the air wasn't exactly his idea, the Budew just did his best to play it off as well as he could since it would look extremely cool for the dashing Phantom Thief!

Just ignore the fact that his tiny legs were wriggling frantically in a panic as he soared through the air. Of course, while he was about to stick the landing in a couple of seconds, there was also the Pokéball Velvet was stored in began tumbling downwards, back to the loamy earth. Cyril was on top of things as he stuck an arm up, hand wide open to catch the ball.

Of course, due to being totally stylish, it descended straight into the palm of his hand. Hah, just as expected~. Clicking the ball open, he held it towards his shoulder as a red glow began to envelop one of his shoulders as a somewhat roughed up Velvet found herself sitting there, wincing a little as static coursed around her. She couldn't help but give Cyril a slight glare before her visage soften the moment he gently patted and scritched her head.

"Good work out there; you gave us quite the glamorous performance," he softly smiled at her before she gave a light tap to his face with one of her ears. It was somewhat slow, albeit jittery but it did give him a little static shock, causing him to flinch a little. "Ayckphth," he reacted a little in surprise, which elicited a small giggle from Velvet and a fake, annoyed pout from Cyril...

... whose facade faded away almost instantly before coming back to the battlefield.

While he was doing that, it appeared Aster had stuck the landing! Well, more or less. Looked a bit roughed up and teetering a little, attempting to re-balance himself, but for the most part, he did it. The moment he was properly on his own two feet again, he puffed his little chest, giving a victorious little "Budeeeeee," with Mimi giggling and giving Aster a little encouraging cheer, "Hap, hapi!"

The little Bud spun his body and shone a smile at her before turning to face their opponents. Alright, now what did Cyril want him to do?

Clicking his tongue, he gave a cheerful little smirk as he snapped his fingers as Cation pawed at his legs, attempting to get Velvet's attention, "Excellent work Missy," he praised the girl before shifting his eyes back to the field.

"While he's going to keep rolling until that move ends, it perfectly sets us up for our next lesson," if he could recall, the fact that it was paralyzed would slow it down its move. Holding his arm out, Cyril rolled his fingers before snapping his fingers.

"Budew, run directly at the Grimer, Missy have Growlithe follow behind Budew," he bellowed out with a large smile on his face, "trust me on this, we should be able to kill two Pidgeys with one Rock Tomb."

Dang, smooth saying there Cyril, gotta write that down somewhere later as he waited for Chloe to issue the command to her own partner. Aster on the other hand decided to not look too bewildered and trusted his partner as he dashed directly towards the Grimer. "Budeee, fweeee," he cried triumphantly out as he felt his little heart beat into his head.

Assuming Growlithe follows directly behind Aster, Cyril was banking on leading the Spheal directly behind the duo instead of splitting them off. To him, the plan was to not only root their little spherical Spheal in place with the gooey glop of the Grimer, but to hurt the Grimer as well. Hopefully these two grunts didn't pick up on the plan too quickly, but hey, there were contingencies in case this failed.

But for now, he had to relay the next part of the plan as he leaned in close to Chloe and whispered, "Alright, on my mark, have Growlithe jump to the left." Looks like it was closing in soon. Whether or not the Grimer attacked Aster and managed to damage him, that just meant it was staying in place, but ideally it would end up attacking the Spheal as it barreled toward the group.

Should this strategy begin to bear fruit Cyril would then command, "Now Budew, jump to the right!" Aster would follow up with diving to the side and doing a little roll before tumbling back onto his little feet with hopefully Growlithe doing the same as the Spheal would potentially ram straight into the much slower Grimer.

Once that occurred, Cyril would place a hand on his hip while the other two's Pokémon were caught in a bit of a daze before issuing an attack, "Now, time for an all out attack on this Spheal, Aster, Absorb!"

Danganronpa Alternate: Apologies to Hope (Reboot) [Deader than Disco]

Aurel // Hiroki // Hibiki

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Location:: Mess Hall (Aurel), Dock (Hiroki), Cabins (Hibiki)
Aurels Interactions:: Ginshi, Taya (@Ammokkx)
Hisakawas Interactions:: N/A
Matsuos Interactions:: Flare (@addamas), Momoe

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Hibiki's Perspective

As much as Hibiki wanted to sleep like a baby, his dreams were plagued with that same gruesome scene with the aftermath set onto replay. Sure, he managed to handle it well in the courtroom, but when left to his lonesome, he couldn't stop seeing it all happen.

It lead him to waking up much earlier than anticipated, causing him to stare up at the roof of this cabin for god knows how long. The world was much more blurrier than usual, though the fact that he wasn't wearing glasses probably didn't help out with that too much as he decided to close his eyes and reflect on the events that had happened.

"What exactly did Flare want to talk about with those two anyways," that was something that remained on his mind as he just lied on his mattress, running through the scenarios, before opening his eyes as the monitor in the cabin flickered and fizzled to life. Hibiki didn't even bother staring at the monochromatic bear as he made his announcement.

Scooting off the bed, the young man stretched and stifled a yawn or a brief moment as he grabbed his glasses and began wiping them off with his shirt before getting dressed and ready for the day. As much as he didn't want to stick his nose where it didn't belong, he felt there was some necessity to it all due to some conflicting personalities.

Setting out, Hibiki wasted no time in seeking Flare out, only to notice that the Smuggler was waiting right by the blonde girls cabin door. He didn't bother making himself scarce as he rested himself against one of the cabins nearby, keeping a soft smile plastered on his face as he patiently waited for the opportunity to enter the conversation.

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Hiroki's Perspective

Silence. The docks were eerily quiet this early in the morning as Hiroki sat near the waters edge, letting his feet rest in the cold depths. Sometimes he would swing his foot and let out a small splash of water, focusing intensely on the ripples that were made as a result. His head sunk and he groaned.

Despite his seemingly relaxed posture, there was a stringent worry that permanently enraptured him as he stared at the lake, glancing over at each and every other dock. "I wonder if there are other people like us across the lake," he pondered.

Suddenly he kicked up a huge wave of water, letting it all splash down in a torrent of rain, spreading myriads of ripples across the lake, each small wave coming into contact with one another before vanishing. Hiroki couldn't help but shake his head and recline before staring up into the pale blue sky. Maybe there were, maybe there weren't.

It didn't feel comforting to think that there were other people that this bear was quite possibly torturing as well. And if there were a collection of students like him, it made him think even further, if they had gone through that same class trial. The thought made him shiver for a brief moment as he glanced back at the cabins before sitting straight up, wondering if he should go to check on Ayu.

Then, his thoughts came back to how he acted at the end of it all, shouting at Shirou. The student bit his lip. She didn't need to deal with this right now, plus he did still hold some resentment towards the so called "Hero" for his actions. Who did he think he was?

Sitting back up, he just sat there by his lonesome, continuously thinking about the trials and tribulations they would all have to possibly endure as he drifted onto another lingering thought of someone he once knew. Hopefully they were doing better than the rest of this motley group.

And then, another kick.

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Aurel's Perspective

"The cups are over there," a third voice interjected in-between the duo, possibly startling at least one of them as the thief suddenly appeared out of thin air, pointing directly at one of the unopened cabinets before returning to whatever task he was working on.

From the looks of it, he seemed to be have a carton of eggs resting in his arms as he brought it to his part of the counter, which seemed stacked with a couple of miscellaneous items ranging from frozen sausages to pancake mix. Gently placing them down, he grunted and crouched down, sifting through certain cabinets before retrieving a whisk, bowl, and other utensils before placing them on the side.

Despite the atmosphere of the situation, Aurel remained deadly silent as he went about preparing the meal, mixing eggs, milk, pancake mix, and other components in the bowl as he ponder on what might occur during the rest of their time trapped here. As he beat away and blended the materials together, his thoughts instantly went over to Snow and Ryuma as he paused for a brief moment, letting the whisk rest in the mix for a brief while.

The thief's shoulders drooped as he sighed, staring at the pancake batter as he began to ruminate on the duo's actions and words. Snow was lashing out at everything and rebuffing his statements, and Ryuma had just crumbled and caved in to the hopelessness of the situation. He was worried about them a lot as he began mindlessly stirring, blankly staring at the batter before perking up.

"Sorry if this breakfast is different than what you're used to," Aurel murmured to the two as he made sure the batter was well beaten with no thick lumps before pouring it into the measuring cup. Getting a light bit of butter, he sliced a thin portion of it and placed it into the pan and rolled it around.

Following that up, he began to pour some of the batter in and just let it cook. Aurel sighed, he missed his mom's pancakes. As his shoulders sunk, his mind drifted back to the other campers as he pondered on how they were all handling the situation. To him, it seemed like Taya and Ginshi had everything settled. What was going to happen going forward from here?