Name: Nikola Blake Blank
Pronouns: whatever
Age: 21
Appearance: Nikola’s hair is chin length, wavy, and dirty blonde. She has hazel-green eyes. Once you stop trying to figure out which species of carnivorous lizard her resting facial expression resembles, she's quite attractive (though some may find that attractive to begin with). Standing at 5'8" her long legs makes her seem taller than she really is. She’s muscular but soft with the kind of build you get from hauling bags of pokefeed all day and having to wrestle angry injured pokemon. These physical activities have also helped her to become incredibly flexible and agile. She is also quite androgynous.
Personality:
Nikola is… odd to say the least. This of course isn’t surprising as she has a passion for psychic pokemon and “normal psychic type trainer” might as well be an oxymoron. Especially those of the gym leader aspiration.
She can switch from chatty and animated to dead silent and still in a heartbeat. Both modes of behavior are oddly endearing and unnerving in their own rights. If you look into her eyes, it may look like there is either nobody home OR altogether too much going on inside her head.
Despite her odd mannerisms, she’s nothing to be scared of, and really isn’t all that weird when you get to know her. She’ll gladly engage in conversation with anyone and anything. She’s incredibly kind, knowledgeable, always willing to commit to the bit, and not easily pushed around by others. She can, however, be easily frustrated by the limitations of her own body and may push herself further than she ought to go. She also is also easily frustrated when interrupted from deep focus.
History:
Nikola has moved around a lot during her life due to her parents jobs as investigative journalists/researchers obsessed with legendary and mythical pokemon, and with those who try to use those pokemon for their own gain. It’s probably not a good idea to bring your toddler along when you’re chasing ancient gods and power-hungry criminals, but Nikolas survived her childhood without any major injuries or trauma so it turned out alright.
Nikola ended up in a private school during her family's stay in Kalos. She ended up catching Andre’s attention by accident. Andre was just another student to Nikola, and Andre (having never been treated as a normal child before due to being the son of celebrities) found this lack of interest or obsession intriguing. They ended up making good friends for each other as they both had spent their childhoods not interacting much with other children. Nikola has currently settled in Unova and works at a wild Pokemon rehab center and has plans to add a gym to the operation as a means of funding it.
She was surprised to see the letter, and the idea of Andre going on a Pokemon trainer adventure amused her. She wondered if the pampered glitter bomb fully understood what that entailed. It sounded like fun. Even better than fun were the finances to go and stay in the Kalos region, where her beloved Metang was being treated for injury at a specialized poke center. She had been unable to go with them due to the rehab center being understaffed and lack of finances to stay near the specialized center. The rehab, however, had recently gained plenty of dependable volunteers, and this provided the perfect opportunity for Nikola to gain the experience needed to become a gym leader.
Other:
As many psychic specialists do, Nikola has some psychic quirks of her own. A little telekinesis and psychic communication with psychic pokemon.
While she usually wears practical clothing due to her work, she loves a chance to dress up.
When battling she prefers to use a number of code words or signals to communicate with her pokemon.
On the plane ride there, Nikola feels she is missing something, though can’t put her finger on what exactly. Oh well. Feels that way whenever you travel, doesn’t it?
We’ll see how long it takes her to realize she doesn't have a Pokémon with her.
