Name: Alex(ander) Furst

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Personality:

If this young adult was found in the arctic, Alex probably wouldn't be too out of place due to his frosty demeanor. When around a lot of people, he can become rather cold and often crude towards other people. He will bluntly state his mind and won't hesitate to skip straight to the point unless he feels like snarking off at a person for acting quite demure. He is slightly a hypocrite in this regards as he dislikes people who constantly beat around the bush and constantly toy with them, especially if the situation is foreboding. In this state, unless you trigger him, he will be nigh difficult to fluster or elicit a volatile reaction from him.

Despite this all, Alex actually feels very... disconnected from other people, save for a few people he seems to trust. He often finds himself feeling lonely with this to regard; to be quite frank, he absolutely loathes it. Alex won't exactly admit this, but he seems to act rather clingy at times, or depressed when not surrounded by others he cares for.

Going further on this, he just doesn't like the feeling of abandonment in general to the point of despising it, even when other people do it. This is one of the quickest ways to set him off, into either pure undulated rage or an unexpressive, dull, solemnness young man.

Most of all, he seems to act more open when around pokemon and will more so select them at the expense of others. During this time, he seems very friendly than it looks to be before and has a particular understanding over how they all act due to previous interactions, though he isn't perfect.

History:

Age 1-6

Having interactions with pokemon his whole life, Alex was conceived by a business man and the owner of a day care center in Johto. While it was near the outskirts of Goldenrod, he always had interactions with other children and myriads of pokemon that trainers would often leave there for a time before coming back to pick them up. The young man seemed to have a quick understanding of pokemon more than he did humans as he would often knew how to interact with each pokemon for the most part, either through sharing some berries with them or playing a few games.

Alex's mother was glad the child was making friends in said department, she felt it would be healthy for him if he had a couple of human friends and often urged him to play with some of them while growing up. Of course, he was somewhat adamant at first, but in due time he inoculated a few others into his "clique" of pokemon friends. Of course, his mom thought he missed the point, but let him do his own thing from this point on, seeing as he had a mutual understanding with the others.

She did keep strict control on which people and poke's to interact with however.

Of course, as he grew up more and more, he was eventually required by law to attend school and was often denoted as a wild child who seemed to rouse up the class and often getting in trouble. This almost lead to him being kicked out of school until his parents enforced some stern methods on him which left him isolated from the beings he came to care about so much. Over time, this lead to him mellowing out in class, but he still had his rough patches.

As he grew older, due to a business position, they had to move out, much to the boys dismay. Alex was often found in tears knowing this, not wishing to leave everything he had behind. So of course, like any sensible child, disappeared into the wilds for a week. Worried, his parents spent most of their free time searching for the boy, fearful of what was to come, contacting the police for any signs of their son, anything.

Things were different, as the boy slowly regressed to some of his older habits and survived due to the partnership he formed with familiar faces. Working together with some of his friends, he managed to organize the food they managed to secure, attempt to scare off pokemon trying to steal their resources, etc. Due to this, some pokemon began flocking around a certain area which eventually lead to the child. Once found, sleep powder was used to put them all to sleep and the boy was retrieved.

Rather sorrowful, he continued to beg his parents to let him stay as he didn't want to lose what friendships he made. While they did regret telling their son about this, they cut him a deal - one day would be dedicated to spending time with those he grew closest to; a huge farewell to him.

Alex sounded particularly pleased about this and he looked forward to such an eventful day, whilst suppressing the thoughts.

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Despite all the bittersweet good-byes and fond memories, this left an impact on the boy for the following years to come.

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Age 6-14

After the whole event, there was a two day plane ride in which his father attempted to cheer the young Alex up by explaining all the sites and glamorizing most of the interesting places in the region. He explained that him and his mom would be living in Nimbasa City, often talking about how he would have so many events to attend to. While he did tell him most of his time would be spent in Castelia and would make an even bigger attempt to spend time with Alex since he acknowledged that he wasn't there that much for the boy. While he didn't exactly understand everything at the time, Alex gave him the biggest hug he could for a six year old and told him he was a good papa for trying to cheer him up.

While his father spent most of the time trying to reconcile due to lost time, Alex seemed happy for the most part... but when they arrived, he was more... "withdrawn" when it came to school. He always seemed to distance other people from him, keeping people at arms length. While this lead to kids trying to bully him due to his demeanor, he would often brush it off and ignore them... which got boring after a while. So they went to a last resort and got physical.

Which ended badly since they kept trying to gang up on him one at a time.

It only served to push everyone else away completely, seeing as he believed they would only want to come to him to use as a verbal punching bag or otherwise. During this time, he didn't have many friends (aside from pokemon) which left his parents befuddled. This eventually lead to more teasing and eventually the other children making him out to be less than human.

When he was ten, he decided to start helping out his mom at the day care she was hired to work at, seeing as he had nothing better to do. This lead to one of his ventures and a chance encounter at making a friend when one of the Darakuma's decided to run off, leading to a full on chase to get her back. While some of the caretakers were faster, they lacked the stamina to keep up which resulted in Alex chasing the pokemon all the way to the ruins, despite pleas and shouts for him to come back.

Upon entering, he got lost in the place, though he found the place to be quite intricate and interesting. He made sure to avoid the obvious traps and pitfalls that looked to engulf others who fell in. He was able to easily find the Darakuma, following the fading footprints that lead from one hallway to the next.

What he encountered next was unexpected.

As he took note of the spellbound pokemon, he swiftly dove and grabbed it, taking it somewhat by surprise. Of course, there was a youth by the sharp corner who looked to be around his age, standing around the corner. She didn't seem to take much interest in the boy, but he almost found it peculiar that she was out here on her lonesome.

Eventually after that incident, along with returning the Darakuma, he would, from time to time, head out there, either with his parents or solo. More often than not, he would always end up running into her afterwards, always taken aback by her sudden appearance, but soon grew to expect it any time he was there exploring.

Of course, one of the days when he decided to go assist his mom at the day care, he ran into said girl on his way there. While she was fairly silent, Alex seemed to be the more talkative of the duo, starting off by commenting on him seeing her often in the ruins. While he was cautious of her, the lady didn't seem to malignant. One thing lead to another and she eventually invited him on a venture to the ruins with her.

The silence spoke much louder than words.

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During this time, he often heard of some of the other kids attempting to get their trainer license. While the test wasn't particularly difficult, he didn't care for the most part as that meant you technically graduated from the trainer portion of school, and for the most part. Alex wasn't too keen on missing out on the fundamentals, along with dropping out too early due to the implications... plus he had made a friend also.

Though, when they got older, during one of their journeys in the ruins, she fell into a sand trap and sunk deeper into the enigmatic building.

Which left him horrified to no end.

Over the next few days, he began to search for her, determined to discern her location and bring her home. He even got his parents on the case, though they seemed to have a grim look on their face when he told them.

Eventually after three days, she came back on her own, completely safe and sound... however she seemed somewhat... different than before. She acted enigmatic in a childish way. Sounds all fine and dandy, except Alex, while happy, felt rather bemused about how she survived in there. Further more, she was accompanied by an unfamiliar ghost pokemon which was holding a mask that looked... eerily similar to her face.

One thing lead to another and eventually a confrontation over how she survived. While she continued to playfully mess with him, it only roused him up and caused him to break down due to him immensely worrying about her safety... and her just making one huge joke of it.

Once again he was friendless and the ruins became less... occupied.

... during this time, he moved away once more due to a business decision. He never got to reconcile...

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Age 14-17

Nothing to really say here except he was lonely and continued his schooling. Along with that, his mom managed to save up for opening a day care in Estoria City and managed to make it stand out due to its greenery. During this time, he managed to graduate from school, but doesn't exactly know what he wants to do with his life. Still sporting a cool attitude, he started working at the pokemon day care before eventually coming to a resolution on how to discover what he was made for.

A journey.

He had passed his trainer exam a while back and could apply to be a full fledged trainer. Saving up on money, he constantly prepared himself for the task ahead, building up his savings and buying items for the trip. Soon enough the day was there.

It was time for him to encounter his destiny.

Preferred Starter: Gastly

Name:
Lucile 'Lucy' Geroux

Age:
18

Personality:
To say Lucile Geroux is a bit of an eccentric is an understatement. While at first, she'll likely come off as a somewhat mature girl since she speaks with at least some formality and decorum, anyone who spends any length of time around her will quickly find she is, in fact, not.

While she's not unfriendly, she's definitely not overly so either. In fact, if one had to sum of the eighteen year old's personality, it could easily be described as thus: A teasing, somewhat promiscuous, demanding, pleasure seeker who does things solely for her own pleasure or interest. She'll not hesitate to make fun of someone for small giggles at the expense of their own emotional health or tease someone simply for the sake of teasing them.

It should be noted, she's also not going to go out of her way to help a random trainer either. She probably won't even help someone she knows, unless she can get her 'fun' out of it. Calm and collected as well, its rare to see her flustered in some manner. (some might just call this being completely shameless). And if someone truly ever gets upset at her shenanigans, if they seriously tell her to stop she likely will. Of course, they should make sure to be 100% serious about it otherwise she'll simply believe them to be playing along.

That said, she loves her pokemon and they seem to be just about the only ones she consistently will help without a second thought. If someone does anything to them, they gonna have a bad time.

History:
Not much to say here, aside from she's your average Kalosian girl. Her parents weren't anything special, and she doesn't come from money or prestige. Not that she particularly cares or finds it to be much of a trait of character. Success and prestige comes not from ones family, but how they live their life.

She grew up in Laverre city, becoming interested in pokemon from quite a young age, preferring those of the dark and ghost typing. Most of the time, she spent her life growing up playing around in the swamps of route fourteen until her parents moved to the Fordis region, specifically Solstice Town. She didn't particularly have any special attachment to the place, indeed she saw it as a fun adventure. As such, she adjusted to the move quite easily and she's had a fairly easy and decent life growing up. Though, due to her somewhat promiscuous and troublesome personality, she's gotten into no end of mischief and trouble in the name of her entertainment.

Preferred Starter:
Purrloin
Pokemon Team:




Bag items:

Name:
Lynnette Crawford

Age:
16

Personality:
To say Lynnette is troublesome is...an understatement. The perfect word to describe her is simply, a brat. She doesn't take much interest in other people, and tends to spend time more or less alone unless its to purposefully antagonize others. Scathing and catty in her mannerisms, she's not a pleasant person to hang around at all. Indeed, she seems to go out of her way to purposefully make herself out to be a bad guy or villain. Whatever the reason, seems to be only known to her and possibly a few other people.

That said, if one just so happens to get past her snark, purposefully antagonistic remarks and general dislike of people she deems to be 'goody two shoes', or otherwise folks attempting to get close to her, they may just find her able to have a conversation easily enough with them. Granted, she always speaks somewhat cryptically when not insulting others so finding the truth behind her words is always difficult. She gives no truths or answers when she's speaks or is asked a question.

Indeed, it seems she's actually quite intelligent and she has a fascination with ghosts, spirits, and other things in general relating to the afterlife. Perhaps, if one were to get close enough to be someone she tentatively calls a friend, then they will see softer side of her and figure out where this fascination with such things comes from. Such a thing would be difficult to do, unfortunately, and wouldn't be something done in a day.

As of now, she seems to have very few redeeming qualities about her. Though, on very rare occasions, she's show to have some redeeming qualities.

History:
Originally hailing from Nimbasa City, Unova, Lynnette has a somewhat...normal life growing up. Her parents were fairly average, middle class folks. A loving family, really, with her parents doing the best they could to support her. That said, there's always been a bit of rift between them and her. It was nothing as flashy as her actively disliking them, but there has always been a silent strain between the parents and their child. For whatever reason, Lynnette simply felt she was being smothered at home, unable to do what she wanted. Whether that was actually true or not, is something that is mostly lost to history.

Lynnette spent a lot of time growing up in the Desert. More Specifically, Relic castle. As a kid growing up, she never really was all that sociable. She preferred to study the ancient ruins there and the company of the pokemon that lived there. Indeed, most often she was found there doing all manner of things. School work, socializing with pokemon and occasionally helping tourists that possibly had gotten lost in there. Having explored it extensively, she knew almost every nook and cranny there.

It was during one such excursion she met a boy. At first, she took almost zero interest in him. In fact, he was interrupting her, so she more or less told him to get lost on numerous occasions. Well, at least until he seemed to make a point of visiting the ruins. And eventually, after some time, she invited this kid to hang out with her. Honestly, he was the closest thing to a friend she had ever had.

And she went and blew it.

Around the age of fourteen, there was an accident. She tripped, getting careless in her exploration and fell into a sand trap. She doesn't really go into detail about what happened, even to her parents or the doctors they rushed her to upon her return. She was fine. She survived, and that's all that mattered. If they couldn't accept such a fact then well, she had little she wanted to do with them. She didn't need the protection of her parents, besides. She made a new friend there. A friendly little Yamask that may or may not have been the sole reason of her surviving mostly unharmed.

After this incident her personality seemed to change drastically. Instead of the quiet, studious girl she become more outgoing, but not entirely in the good way. Often, she spoke as to purposefully confuse people. Behaving in purposefully confusing manners and often times answering questions about what happened with riddles, half truths, and perhaps even the odd soliloquy or two.

In the end, it pushed her friend away, and he moved shortly afterwards. Her life continued in a similar manner from here. Often times, she simply walked out of her front door and left her home. For days sometimes, much to the horrified dismay of her parents. The longest she left currently? A two way ticket to the Johto region by ferry. How did she get her mitts on it? Well, ghost pokemon tend to be good at stealing things.

Eventually her parents found her, and she returned. Now? her parents are at their wits end with what to do with their daughter. They've tried everything. History is repeating itself, and she's brought herself a one way ticket to the Fordis region with no intention of ever returning to Unova.

Preferred Starter:
Yamask

Fantasia is a prima donna, a typical diva and very proper. She often presents herself as disinterested toward matters that don't pretain to her. Additionally, Fantasia can come across as irrational and blunt at times but she exhibits a soft and more caring side to those whom she cares about. She has a tendancy to be a a pessimist in stressful situations. Fantasia loves competing in Pokémon contests with her Budew and often spends her time fighting for the limelight and coordinating new moves to amaze the audience. She often wears frilly and large ball gowns even to the most casual events, due to her family’s social status and her obsession with beauty. She has an irrational fear of bug Pokémon and has an unhealthy obsession with perfume.

Stubborn and manipulative, Ace wholeheartedly believes that the world belongs to the strong, to him deception is the most defining trait of strength as a means to take advantage of the foolish and respect those capable of seeing what is placed before there very eyes. Despite being elusive he has very strong morals and rarely helps those who are capable of helping themselves. He has a knack for personal gain and material wealth. Despite his somewhat distant personality, Ace has a vulnerable side. He is very ashamed and insecure about his past, doing many terrible things he wish he hadn’t and vowing to never do again. He may appear as a low life con man to people he doesn’t know, yet he is emotionally driven to the needs of those close to him. He has a caring and compassionate side, and always tends to do the right thing when the time calls for it.

Ace was born as Brandon Walker, the only child of the wealthy Walker family whom was born with near total blindness. The Walker at the time were partial owners of the Slateport Marketplace and were careful about allowing Brandon to leave the house. Throughout his childhood, Ace was sheltered by his parents who believed his partial blindness made him fragile and incapable of looking after himself which he wholeheartedly disagreed with, causing him to resent his parents overprotective nature. It was around his mid-childhood that news circulated of a Jirachi surfacing around Mt. Moon, to which his parents spared no expense as a means to cure their son's blindness, but to no avail. With time quickly fading and the odds against them, they reached out to Giovanni in a final plea for help, paying a hefty price for Team Rocket’s elite to capture Jirachi in exchange for a granted wish. Unfortunately the family did not think their decision through, leading Jirachi into the hands of Team Rocket whom certainly would use it’s power to fulfill their destructive desires. His parents knew it was too risky to involve anyone else, so they took it upon themselves to right their wrongs for the sake of the world.

They never returned from their mission, but Ace’s vision soon became crystal clear maintaining their icy grey hue. Weeks turned to months which turned to years and the missing persons case that was his parents had never been solved. With that, Brandon was moved to Petalburg City to live in an orphanage until the age of 18, when the time came for him to leave. For a while, he was left homeless only to take refuge in a cave nearby - it was then he developed the art of scamming and thievery. He regularly would regularly take pokeballs, potions, money and even TM’s left behind by careless trainers while they were distracted. He would then trade the stolen Pokemon on the black market to Team Rocket for a cut of the profit, nabbing him a steady job with the organization for a while. His newly acquired wealth allowed him to take up a modest residence at a settlement just off the coast of Virbank City, Unova. As he grew older he began to ponder his place and impact he has made in his life thus far, sending him into a somewhat major existential crisis. It didn't take him long before realizing the bond between trainer and Pokemon, it was as if he had been kidnapping a family member from some poor soul and selling them to the highest bidder.
After days of pondering, he came to the conclusion of leaving Team Rocket in pursuit of a relatively normal life. Unfortunately, after knowing the many secrets of the organization they weren't so eager to let him walk away unscathed, and they knew everything about him. He was left with no other options, other than to walk away and start a new life under the alias Ace to cover his tracks. With that, he was back at square one, using scams and thievery of a minor scale as a means to sustain a modest lifestyle. Ace was sure to be continuiously moving to differnt places to elude Team Rocket while vowing to never steal another Pokemon again.
Along one of his journeys, he stopped at a small diner a few miles from Undella Town for a quick lunch where he observed a flock of Pidove pecking at the ground for crumbs. Among the bunch was a discolored one that stuck out ever so slightly. He took a bowl of rice outside with him and scattered a few grains amongst the flock for the Pidove to consume, paying close attention to the one of a different hue which showed minimal interest. His old ways of Pokemon theft began to haunt him, he even contemplated for a moment how much someone would pay for an off-color Pidove. He was quick to shake the feeling however, and decided to leave it be. Quickly, he stood to throw away the paper bowl, startling the flock of Pidove which flew away in a bundle; all but one, the discolored Pidove.

The two looked at eachother blankly, he wondered why the Pokemon had been acting so strange. For a breif second he thought maybe the Pidove had been injured and unable to fly, perhaps it would be wise to take it to a Pokemon Center. With good intentions and no hesitation he coaxed the bird toward him, calmly consoling the bird who kept the same blank expression throughout the encounter. It hadn't been long before the Pidove waddled into his hands, still staring into his eyes with an empty expression. At first, Ace wasn’t sure what to do with the bird, it didn't seem to be in any pain or anxious in any way, so he just held it in his hands for a while. Minutes turned to hours as he spoke and vented to the bird as if he were speaking with a friend, it made him happy and the Pidove seemed to enjoy the comapny. Abruptly, as he pet the Pidove he witnessed a rather odd sound mutter from it, almost like a bark. Ace grew very confused, setting the bird down on the ground again where it began to nuzzle his leg with its beak as if it wanted to be picked up again. He looked away to grab his bag for a breif moment, only to see a blue discolored Zorua smiling happily up at him, nuzzling its head into his leg to recieve more attention. It wasn’t long before Zorua had hopped back onto his lap to continue receiving affection from Ace. Throughout the course of a few hours he became more infatuated with Zorua as it shifted into different Pokemon as they would pass by, thinking up a more larger scale scam he could pull with his new friend.

Zorua took a liking toward Ace, shifting forms to follow along with him on his journey while scamming unsuspecting victims along the way. There was nothing like a spooky blue Ghastly floating around in the middle of a fancy restaurant to cause a panic filled distraction. Zorua seemed to really love the mischief and attention, and Ace loved the hysteria as a ruse to steal money, the duo made a good team. However, it wasn’t long before there routine was uncovered by a wealthy circus ring-leader who also had a keen eye to swindling money.

The ring-leader was named Banhiti and he confronted Ace about the mass theft after being conned himself. Ace offered to bribe him with a hefty amount of cash, more than he had stole from Banhiti as incentive to look the other way. Banhiti didn't seem angry as he was impressed; in fact, he offered Ace and his blue Zorua a job, a 'magician' act at his circus where he can pull higher profiting scams every night provided Banhiti recieved a cut.

Ace and Zorua adjusted extremely well to circus life, it kept Ace on the move away from Team Rocket and gave him and Zorua a sense of family. As Ace became more experianced in the art of theft he was offered position as a main headliner under the name the Amazing Ace. Using a one-way mirror, Zorua and some fog machines; Ace pretends to ‘temporarily duplicate’ a volunteers pokemon to be discolored which the audience seems to go wild with excitement about. There was one thing Ace forgot to factor though, what happens if the volunteers pokemon happens to be shiny as well?

Seastone City

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Charles 'Charlie' Cedar

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_{Sandshrew pumpin' some mad beats}

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Age

17

Personality

Sure, being the professor's son if fun, right? No rules, cool Pokémon, free gear. But for Charles it wasn't like that. For Charles he worried about how his mother would see him as a trainer and how his mother, the Professor of Pokémon, thought he was meeting her expectations. And sure, everyone felt like they had a burden, but Charles' burden seemed heavier to him.

A positive thing about being with Pokémon constantly for the past 2 months has helped him learn to connect with Pokémon. Charles understands them and knows how they feel, and overall it has helped him become an even stronger trainer. But knowing these skills and having been experienced has made him slightly arrogant, and if you're meeting him for the first time he can come off as a complete ass, but once you get to know him, you get to know that he has a caring side to him, which applies to both People and Pokémon. If you truly get to know him and his good side, he'll stand in between you and danger, risking his life to save his Pokémon, his friends, and his family, all of which he puts before himself.

He's ruthless in Pokémon battles. Sure, traveling and having a journey you meet people along the way who may eventually become your friends, but to Charles if it came down to battles and contests, he doesn't play to make friends, he plays to win, by whatever means necessary besides cheating. Cheating would be an ultimate low for him, and really he looks down on anyone who thinks cheating wouldn't be an ultimate low. Even though he has his serious, play to win, putting himself last side, he likes to make jokes, and if he's in a group of people who are laughing, he's the reason.

History

Charlie grew up in Estoria City with his mother and father. He was an only child and always had been. During his early years of childhood his mother had still been studying Pokémon. She had been for four years, and he didn't see much of her in those for years. When the old professor retired and she was offered the job it got better for the family as a whole, but worse for Charlie as an individual. He only saw his mother less since she was always in the lab, and many of the times they came to visit here she was out doing fieldwork. Eventually the fame got to him and his dad, and his mother figured it was better to separate, so that they would t have the stress of press and cameras always on them. His mom naught a hose in a remote part of the Anorsea forest.

He had a good time there. His mother's natural charm for Pokémon led to fun encounters with wild Pokémon in the forest. The only downside was that for the 5 years that he lived there he only saw his mother 3 times. Now he was pretty much cut off from her and had a better connection with his dad. He didn't blame her for it, she didnwhat every Fordisian did. She went to school, studied, got a degree and got a job, but he couldn't help think that she didn't notice that she was cutting him out. When the plans to demolish the forest were announced and his mother had them return home, he didn't really have an emotional connection. The only thing he was looking forward to was getting his Pokémon, and that's when he saw the flyers. The professor was having an event in the sanctuary where you could capture a Pokémon to accompany you on your journey. Then he saw the print date. It was announced before she had them return home. She hadn't even bothered to tell her own son.

Now that he's back he tends to shut out his mother and spend his time in solitude, watching TV, waiting for the day that he would obtain his lifelong friend, and leave the new over protectiveness of his mother.

Pokémon and Bag

Preferred Starter: Beldum

Age: 18




Preferred Starter: Sneasel

Name:
Mitch "Micky" Hill

Age:
16

Personality:
Micky is an extremely active guy. He has always been highly energetic. He loves exploring his surroundings and meeting new people and Pokemon. He is one of the friendliest people one could meet. He considers everyone around him a friend even if they make a point that they aren't. He is very trusting nearing on the edge of gullible. He isn't even that complex of an individual. He knows what he wants, says what he wants, and has no screen between his brain and his mouth. Just talking to him for about 10 minutes and you'll be able to understand him fairly well.

History:
Micky was born to Nathan and Taylor Hill. He has two older brothers and an older adopted sister. However, he never got to know his parents due to their death when he was young. He was raised by his oldest brother, Oliver, and sister-in-law, Noelle, alongside his sister, Sadie. About this time his other brother, Alex, was going on his adventure as a Pokemon trainer.

During this time period Micky became very close to various people and Pokemon. Oliver and Noelle ran a Pokemon daycare and both Sadie and Micky assisted them daily. Through his close contact to Pokemon and the constant messages sent by Alex to the family, Micky came to love Pokemon so much and he developed the desire to meet and befriend every kind of Pokemon out there in the world.

Jumping to the present Micky's turn to go out into the world adventuring as a trainer has nearly arrived. He was required to wait til Alex came back home from adventuring before he himself could go, and the brother he desired to be like arrived merely a few days ago with many stories and much advice. Now the time has finally come for Micky to take his turn out in the world of adventure.

Preferred Starter:
Poliwag

Name: Orion Craft

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Personality:
Depending on the person you ask, Orion could be a no-nonsense type, or some aloof guy you'd mistake for a crazy person if you saw him on the street. When he's doing work, or talking about something he considers to be serious, he's the former. This is usually when he's doing his research, or talking about topics that have made him think.

When he's with friends, he's usually more aloof, cracking stupid jokes whenever he finds an opening. With friends who like to talk about topics more in his area of interest, he can have a calmer and more thoughtful manner of speaking, yet with also a strange excitement.

History:
Originally, Orion lived in a region named Ardosia in one of the bigger cities where he studied at a school for orphans. That was his home, where he grew up, and got a family. There, he was treated well, educated, cared for by the his peers with whom his bond he considered stronger than that one could ever have by blood. They shared the same rooms for the entire time they were there, which was, until the year they left, almost their entire lives.

Children under the age of six would be taught to read and write and would mostly be more at leisure. Once a child turned six, they would start taking courses according to their age and progression in a competitive environment. Mostly, younger students would take courses on simple arithmetics, science and geometry, along with history and lingual courses. The older students would usually specialize, courses sometimes on the biology of pokemon, philosophy, mathematics.... Once they'd completed their mandatory courses and reached the age of 16, they would be allowed to catch a pokemon and go on a journey, or even work as an aide for someone the school would lead them to in the area they want to continue learning about or work in.

Orion chose the latter, choosing to work for a professor at a university in Ardosia. He studied under the man for a year before he was sent to do field work and record data on pokemon. So he came to Nexus, in order to use this chance to go see a new region in the meantime with his pokemon partner.

Preferred Starter: Froakie