Username: Cio

Name: "Lorie" (short of Lorraine)

Age: 19

Native or visitor: Visitor from Virbank City, Unova

Appearance:
Lorie has a tan complexion and bushy eyebrows that match the plum colour of her curly hair. Lorie's eyes are the most vibrant shade of teal, surrounded by heavy eyelashes and a foul expression. Her nose has a slight downward curve to it and her lips are often pressed into a fine pout. Lorie wears a worn, black baseball jacket that has a hood. Underneath she wears a crop top, worn jeans and a pair of mismatched sneakers. On her other shoulder Lorie carries a backpack that matches the washed out colour scheme of the rest of her clothes.

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Personality:
Lorie comes off as closed off and rude. She uses aggression as a shield and is used to handling conflicts in battle rather than a conversation. The girl has an exceptionally strong will and she's quite resourceful too, but unfortunately her poor social skills prove a stumbling point on her path more often than not. Despite her crude nature, Lorie's first instinct isn't to punch, but to evade. The socially awkward girl only relies on fists if that's her last resort, and when civil conversation isn't an option, it often ends up being the only course of action to take.
That said, Lorie isn't intentionally mean. Or rather, she doesn't want to be, even though she seems to always be on the defensive. The girl has found that only few people in the world are truly trustworthy, so she usually steers clear from making friends, perhaps out of the fear of getting herself hurt.
The softest you'll ever see Lorie is when she's with her travelling companions and trusted friends - her pokemon. She's no softie, but there is a clear difference in how she acts when she doesn't constantly have her guard up. Besides, under that stubborn shell is someone who has a lot of emotional growing up to do. Perhaps in a different world, Lorie wouldn't have grown up into a bitter, resentful young adult but a confident, friendly person with a love for adventure. Circumstances are what brought her up, though.

Background:
Lorie doesn't know who her real parents were. She used to wonder - fantasize even - about them though, all the way back when she was still living in the orphanage of Unova's Virbank City: the city more commonly known as the "city of falling fog and rising stars". The most home the girl ever had were the graffiti-clad, gray steets of her town. She lived day to day with the Virbank Complex as her playground, evading the industrial complex workers and pretending they were friends she was playing tag with. The young Lorie never quite got along with her fellow children in the orphanage, so she grew up extremely lonely, her dreams slowly dying off as she realised her parents had probably abandoned her and left her to grow up in a place where the streets were filled with aspiring but failed artists. This is also why she spent most of her time outside regardless of the season, often even attempting at a foolhearted escape, only to be shortly returned for the sake of her own safety.
One winter was espeically cold. This was when Lorie first met her companion, Sneasel. Lorie caught the pokemon trying to steal the meal of an industrial worker, only to bail it out when it failed. Seeing a fellow underdog with a feisty spirit, Lorie quickly became acquaintances with the wild Sneasel. Years of friendship and mischief together, Sneasel and Lorie became partners in crime and adventure. When the time came that Lorie decided to embark a new adventure to gain success and a wealthy life on her own, Sneasel wished to tag along.
Finally running away for good, Lorie and Sneasel left a final "screw you" at the city that had brought them up, continuing on a new adventure full of stealing, surviving, and companionship.
Later on Lorie and Sneasel got a new member on their team, as a fully grown - and rather friendly - Scolipede crossed their path. The new team member was especially useful, since now they didn't have to do all their travelling on foot, but mounted on the jolly and fast Scolipede.

Other:
Lorie is kind of a wanderer, so she and her team are just travelling without an aim. Lorie gains most her money through stealing and pokemon battles, so she has money to keep travelling. Now she's ended up in the Rorie islands, no doubt looking for a way to get more successful and earn some cash.
Lorie has a love for food, especially all sorts of baked goods.
Since she never became "officially" a pokemon trainer, Lorie never recieved a pokedex or any of those handy tools. She has a handful of pokeballs, regular potions and other supplies, but nothing fancy. She does keep track of what pokemon she has met, though - with good ol' pen and paper, of course.
Lorie's Sneasel is very protective of Lorie, and vice versa.