[center][h1][color=DB7E07]Jason Connor[/color][/h1] [hider=Inventory] Pokédollars: 1250p 3x Potion 10x Pokeballs 2x Antidote Camping Kit Spelunking Equipment Good Rod, Red Link Heart [/hider] [hider=On hand] [center]Slayer[/center] [center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/b7e864e4-28fe-4e82-9f1e-7ec0faf851df.png[/img][/center] Species: Ralts Gender: ♂ Type: Psychic/Fairy Personality: Jolly Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Takes great interest in watching Jason’s bladework Level: 16 Moves: Disarming Voice, Growl, Double Team, Confusion, Hypnosis, Draining Kiss, Teleport Ability: Telepathy-Allows avoiding friendly fire from allies. Held Item: Oran Berry [center]Murus[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/DOnMgQh.png?1[/img][/center] Species: Golett Gender: N/A Type: Ground/Ghost Personality: Relaxed Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Enjoys lining up boulders and small stones. Holds long conversations with Slayer. Level: 17 Moves: Astonish, Mud Slap, Defense Curl, Pound, Shadow Punch Ability: Iron Fist [i]Causes the power of affected punching moves to increase by 20%.[/i] Held Item: None [center]Sable[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/JqNat8A.png?1[/img][/center] Gender: Female Type: Water Personality: Naive Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Stays close to the group at all times after nearly being poached. Level: 17 Moves: Scratch, Leer, Water Gun, Mud-Slap, Bite Ability: Sheer Force [i]Removes added effects to increase move damage.[/i] Held Item: None [center]Occisor[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/lNGTEo8.png?1[/img][/center] Gender: Male Type: Bug/Flying Personality: Serious Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Talented at carving, holds a small grudge against Sable for getting it caught, though nothing serious. Is slightly gruesome. Level: 12 Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Fury Cutter, Ominous Wind, False Swipe, Wing Attack Ability: Technician [i]Technician increases the power of moves - that are usually base power 60 or below - by 50%.[/i] Held Item: None. [center]Avem[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/R2f83hc.png?1[/img][/center] Gender: Male Type: Normal/Flying Personality: Hardy Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Loves all the berries. No seriously, he'll hold you at beak point, just handover the berries Level: 13 Moves: Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Double Team Ability: Keen Eye [i]Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon's accuracy.[/i] Held Item: None. [center]Lucha[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/yGI8yq8.png?1[/img][/center] Gender: Female Type: fighting/flying Personality: Feisty Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Spends a lot of time training and practicing and...Jason thinks it's working out, but he isn't sure. Level: 16 Moves: Tackle, Wing Attack, Hone Claws, Detect, Aerial Ace Ability: Unburden: [i]Unburden doubles the Pokémon's Speed stat when the Pokémon's held item is used or lost.[/i] Held Item: Oran Berry [/hider] [hider=PC] [center]Iratus[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/LlkNNM9.png?1[/img][/center] Gender: Female Type: Bug/Poison Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 11 Moves: Poison Sting, Harden, Twin Needle, Fury Attack Ability: Sniper- If the Pokémon's attack lands a critical hit, the attack is powered up even further. Held Item: [/hider][/center] The trip from the depths of the forest all the way back up to the sunlight, or what at least made it around the massive trunks of the trees that were here, saw the aspiring champion mulling over things, the details of which kept popping into his head as he reached the village. He had travelled, so far at least, by himself, from the Professor's lab all the way to Starbor, had fought off a poacher, had outbattled a Hawlucha, avoided getting decapitated by a Scyther and now had won a battle with a flaming specter from the forest's past, met Celebi, and-[i]Stop, stop, you're gonna send yourself into a fucking spiral. Just...shoot a message to a couple of other aspirants, see if they'd be up for meeting up and traveling together. Maybe I'll be less likely to keep dodging death by the skin of my teeth that way...[/i] As he reached the lift to the Scholar District, he pulled out his Pokedex, picked two names he didn't recognize from the people he'd interacted with and sent the following message to them, hoping they were fellow aspirants. [quote]Hey, names Jason. I, uh, hope you're also aspiring to become a champ in the region, and if you aren't, just ignore this text. I'm just lookin' for a travel companion and potential friendly rival, someone I can sit and BS with around a campfire and have friendly battles with when the urge takes us. If you're interested, I'm in Starbor right now, but can meet ya somewhere else if that works better for ya. [@Lunarlord34][@Sanguine Rose][/quote] He sent the text and then leaned against the railing in the cart, praying one of the two answered and were up for the idea. When the lift stopped, Jason stepped off and headed to the library, where the coffee addicted scientist seemed to be more human today and helping out by working the front desk. However, when she saw him, she rushed him with excitement, saying she was glad he was save and then asking how he was and what he learned. This was where he had struggled to decide. The Professor had warned against talking about it and Helga likely didn't want a bunch of people snooping around, so he improvised, though some of it he'd decided on earlier; a white lie in many ways, but mingled with some truth. "I'm doing alright, Jacquelin, just tired. Spent a lot of time out there, but, well, I didn't find anything concrete. There were [i]some[/i] areas that looked like they could be ruins, but with all the wild Pokemon there were, I wasn't able to get close enough to confirm much. Sorry."