Chezka

The Awakening

Nearly done with mine! Did you care about having a balanced male/female ratio, though? Because I'm currently making another girl.

Pokemon: League of Champions

Can't wait! :D
I might update my CS later, to add abilities and a little more detail for Juliette's Pokemon.

The Awakening

Hi! :) Would I be able to reserve light, or has Nobody taken that spot?

Pokemon: League of Champions

I made Juliette specifically as a sideline character, so I hope it's alright that I went this direction instead of opting for a normal trainer.

Juliette McIver

Name: Juliette McIver
Age: 19
Gender: Female

Why you were accepted:
Juliette was invited to the Mande Region under unique circumstances. Unlike the others, she was allowed to enter not because of her prowess as a trainer, even though she has shown great potential in training her Pokemon, but because of her technological expertise. Despite how eccentric and sometimes downright airheaded she may seem, Juliette is actually an engineering genius. She is known throughout Unova for her incomparable technological innovations... and also for her quirky habits, but that's beside the point.

After graduating from a prestigious tech academy in Unova at only fourteen years old, the Pokemon Researcher Bill approached her and personally took her in as his protégée. He taught her everything he could, and even traveled with her to expose her to the different types of technological advancements specific to each region. Under Bill's tutelage, Juliette was able to dabble in many different fields and get hands-on experience with industry-standard technology. During those five years, she has made considerable contributions in the development of the holo caster and has made improvement upon gadgets like the Xtransceiver and the Pokedex. She also has several prototypes under her belt, which are currently being tested and iterated upon even now.

Juliette was sent to the Mande Region in order to spearhead the maintenance of the region's Pokemon Storage System. She had recently optimized the system and managed to increase storage space, so she was the first choice for the job.

Pokemon:



Klefki
Nickname: Lockhart, or Locke
Gender: Male
Ability: Prankster
Bio: Carefree and fun-loving, Locke is usually quick to go along with his trainers whims. He's often in a playful mood, but if Juliette is ever in danger, he becomes overprotective and serious. Juliette and Locke have been together for as long as she can remember. In fact, her mom once told her that Locke hatched the same day she was born, and that they've been inseparable since. She doesn't know if that was another of her mom's tall tales, but it is true that Locke has been her constant companion. From kindergarten to her academy days, the sprightly Klefki has always been there to support her. Long story short, he's family. Juliette can't imagine not having him by her side.

The two of them are definitely kindred spirits. Locke is perhaps the only one able to get in the same wavelength as his odd trainer, which is actually quite a feat, considering how scattered and random the girl's way of thinking is. He can anticipate when she's about to go into her engineering mode—a state in which Juliette is fixated on her craft and forgets everything else, even eating and sleeping—and knows how to snap her out of it. He can read her like a book, and just one glance is enough for him to tell her current mood. He can even understand her when she starts spouting nonsense! Their tight bond is a blessing during battles.

Other: Locke's most treasured item is a small toy screwdriver keychain, the one Juliette used to play with as a child. He doesn't let anyone touch it.



Porygon-Z
Nickname: Crypto, but Juliette usually just calls him C
Gender: N/A
Bio: Juliette got C to evolve using a boot disk that contains a program she wrote, although it was mostly by accident—she's pretty sure (like, 99.5% sure) she can't replicate it. C is as absentminded as they come, and is rather clumsy as well. It is always earnestly trying to help others, but because of its klutziness, it usually ends up making bigger a mess. Juliette likes to coddle it, especially when it gets startled and goes into a panicked frenzy.



Rotom
Nickname: Tinkerer, or just Tink
Gender: N/A
Bio: Restless and overly energetic, Tink likes to keep moving. It absolutely hates staying in one form for more than a few days, so Juliette has to set up a 'transformation station' for it wherever they go (which is harder than you'd think, considering she has to purchase new appliances every time she stays at a different region). Tink is her engineering partner. It likes to join her whenever she's working on new inventions, and the two of them experiment on her inventions all the time.



Golurk
Nickname: Titan
Gender: N/A
Bio: Titan is the epitome of a gentle giant. Protective and nurturing, it treats Juliette like its child and fusses over her constantly. It's like that for her other Pokemon, as well. Titan acts like a mother hen; it scolds the others (Juliette included) when they're too rowdy and soothes them when they're troubled.



Starmie
Nickname: Nova
Gender: N/A
Bio: Nova is meticulous with its appearance. It likes to preen and always ensures that its gem is perfectly polished. It often acts haughty, especially in front of people and Pokemon it isn't familiar with, but those who know better have seen that it has a surprisingly meek side. Nova gets along with Titan the best, most likely because it feels like the others are too exuberant and childish for its standards.



Genesect
Nickname: Juliette can't name Genesect, but she likes to call it Genny or Gen.
Gender: N/A
Bio: Juliette met Genesect when she visited one of her academy's labs. It was put there for protection after the whole Team Plasma incident transpired, but it was starting to feel suffocated after years of confinement. After being assigned to make tweaks on the cannon that was attached to it, she and Genesect bonded and she managed to befriend it not long after. The scientists in charge of Genesect saw that her companionship was having a positive effect on Genesect, so they decided to temporarily leave it under her care.

Genesect is unexpectedly very naïve and often falls for Locke and Tink's pranks. It hasn't gotten a lot of chances to see the current world, so it's always amazed by everything it sees.

The Pokémon Ranger Association

Noah ignored the prickling feeling that ran through her body, brushing it off as a sense of excitement rather than one of foreboding. It was probably just a weird temperature dip anyway; everyone else looked like they felt it, as well. Shrugging, she shaped her hands into two circles and looked through them as though they were binoculars. She joined Dirge as he looked around for their missing partner, although it was a little difficult looking for someone shebdidn't know. There weren't that many still without a group, but she couldn't find one that looked like a 'Hao Ryota.'

"I don't see him either," she said, just as Viva called for everyone's attention.

Noah turned to Viva to cheer along with everyone else and hurriedly dug into her Aipom backpack for her capture styler, following Viva's instructions. She mimicked the experienced ranger's actions, raising her styler high up enthusiastically. The pledge that came after was a little harder for Noah to follow, but she managed to repeat the most important parts. She grinned widely, suddenly feeling a surge of resolve and zeal. To protect the innocent; people or pokemon. That was what she came here to do!

She watched in awe, starry-eyed and mouth agape, as all of the rangers' capture stylers began to glow, covering the area with a constellation of light that reminded her of a group of Illumise. Her quick reflexes kicked in when the styler emitted a slight electric shock, and she was throwing her styler up before she realized, but she managed to catch it before it fell to the ground. Noah turned to Dirge then, just as he received their mission from Annemarie. He was pointing at something behind her, seemingly at the hooded boy slowly approaching them.

"Ah, you think that's really Hao?" She waved at the boy excitedly, calling him out. "Over he-"

A shiver ran down her spine, and the prickling feeling from before coursed through her once again, but with ten times the intensity. She was going into a fighting stance before she could comprehend what was happening, digging her feet into the ground and lifting her arms into position. Noah looked like a Zoroark ready to pounce. Her eyes darted this way and that, scanning for whatever danger was looming about.

There was nothing at first, but then she saw it. It started out as a strange distortion, slowly taking solid form until it was completely visible. Driven by instincts, Noah was running toward it before she could even tell what it was. A ghost Pokemon! she realized as she neared it, although she hadn't known what it was called. All she knew was that it evolved from a Duskull. The ghost Pokemon let out a terrifying moan, and she watched in horror as it left a trail of ruin in its wake.

"Hao, get back!" she called out, as she realized it was fast approaching the hooded boy. "Hurry!"

The Pokemon attacked before Hao could react, and it sent him sprawling on the ground. Noah threw herself at the Pokemon with a strangled battle cry, but she had simply gone through. Too startled to roll in time, she landed on her stomach, just across Hao's body. No… Hao's corpse. Noah choked back a sob and tried to move out of the Pokemon's reach, but she was frozen. She couldn't take her eyes off the poor boy across from her. He was going to be in her squad. He didn't even get to go on his first mission.

Noah only realized that the other rangers had taken care of the Pokemon after someone ran up to Hao to give him CPR. He's dead. She repeated the girl's words. Dead, and she couldn't do anything to save him. She was right there, and she couldn't save him. Didn't she just vow to protect the innocent?! Noah pushed herself up weakly and ran straight to Dirge, tears welling up in her eyes.

"H-Hao, he--" was all she could say before she burst out crying.

Caelbury Academy [Version 2]

Shhh... Blaz can't prove anything.

Caelbury Academy [Version 2]

Pro
24/7 access to stories
Easier to destroy from inside
Hawthornes not so hard to get to

Con
24/7 around shitwads

After spending his first full day on campus yesterday (his dad wanted him to get used to the layout of the academy), Jack Riley was beginning to rethink this whole infiltration thing. He weighed the pros and the cons repeatedly, hoping that he'd eventually find that staying in Caelbury wasn't really worth it, even though he knew that it was. It's just… these people were annoying as fuck. He honestly didn't know how long he'd last around them. Everywhere he went, there was a friggin' heirling crying about something stupid. Dad's only getting me a BMW. Oh, my god, should I get Prada or Gucci? Ugh, my custom Santoni boots won't arrive from Italy until tomorrow. Boo-fucking-hoo. Listening to their griping wasn't even the worst part. He was forced to spend a lot of his time around the pretentious Wallenberg son. Jack thought they'd at least round up all the "commoners" and stick them all together, but no. He had to be roomed with one of the few people who knew about his dad's "business."

Jack groaned as he reached for the silver phone on his side table, struggling to keep his eyes open. He looked blankly at the screen and had to blink a few times to get his still hazy vision to focus. It was past seven, and he had six new texts and three missed calls from his dad. Fuck me. His dad probably wanted him to scope out the students in the assembly. With a sigh, he opened his messages and scrolled through the new ones.

Mon, 4:20 AM
that Wallenberg kid shouldn't be a problem.
4:21
just don't leave your shit out.

He noticed the time and frowned. That was in response to the text he sent Sunday afternoon, after learning of his roommate's identity. If his dad was responding in weirdass hours, that usually meant he was all caught up in writing another story. It always worried him when his dad got like that. He'd just sit in front of his computer, writing and editing all day long, and forget to do anything else. This was the first time he wouldn't be able to check up on him, to force him to eat and take a break once in a while, and he wondered how that would affect him.

6:37
i'll call you later so I can teach you to encrypt your phone
7:03
fuck, are you still sleeping???
7:31
go to that damn opening shit.
7:31
fuck, jack.

He groaned again but typed up a quick reply anyway: go eat something and go to sleep. I'm going. Well, not exactly that second, but his dad doesn't have to know. Jack took his time showering and getting ready, stretching his morning routine as long as he can. By the time he finished, the bell that signified the assembly's end rang, so he made his way to his first class instead. Or, that was his plan. It would've helped if he knew where he was going.

"Oh, shit." Jack grabbed a crumpled piece of paper from the side pocket of his backpack and hastily unfurled it. He skimmed over the names and list of subjects, taking note only of the room the class was held in, and made his way there. It wasn't like he really cared about going to classes. As far as he was concerned, the only reason he was in Caelbury was to bring it down. He's only going to class to not look suspicious until that happened. Didn't really matter what class it was or who taught it.

Well, that's what he thought at first. But then he went to his classroom and saw a quick glimpse of his homeroom teacher.

Jack bolted out of the room before anyone could notice. Of course, it wasn't enough that his roommate was one of their few victims in the know (they usually do a pretty decent job staying anonymous, but even they couldn't completely hide from the Wallenberg's expensive PI). His fucking homeroom teacher had to be Pierce, of all people. Since when did he become a teacher anyway?!

Whipping out his phone, Jack sent out a hastily typed text. fcuk pirce is here

The Pokémon Ranger Association

Won't be able to post until Monday, but whoa. Sen's right, it'll be interesting responding to that!

The Pokémon Ranger Association

Just wanted to let you know I'm still here! :D

The Pokémon Ranger Association

Skybreaker said
No, she (or he, whatever) is allowed to take another slot, just not on the same team.

She. ;D

And yeah, it'd be less fun if Sky or I were to play two out three members of a squad. It'd make for less interactions!