Xavier De'LacrossAge: 19
Appearance: Xavier is a well dressed and slender young man. At about 6' 3” he stands above most of his peers. His hair is white as the purest snow and his eyes are a brilliant turquoise. He is often found wearing a dress uniform complete with tie. His jacket and pants are a dark blue and his tie an emerald green. He usually has his jacket unbuttoned for comfort but is quick to button it up if formality is needed. Xavier has modified his jacket to have a number of hidden pockets on the inside for his various tools and gadgets. His backpack is a worn leather bag that is generally worn with one shoulder. He keeps himself fairly orderly with short hair but he often forgets the fine details of grooming. Often his hair is fairly messy. Without his thin framed square glasses Xavier can still see distances well but up close things are blurry. Behind his simple glasses lies an intense stare that might just be able to pierce the veil or reality. The back of his hands are covered in small jagged scars, which he doesn't bother to hide. The mark of Arceus is on his the iris of his right eye, and shows as a darker turquoise than the rest of the iris. This eye is more sensitive to light than the other. He usually doesn’t try to hide it, but he would hide it by wearing his self built sensor monocle.
Obsessed Eccentric (Other World Researcher as he would call it): With a focus on paranormal and technical research. Xavier is always theorizing and plotting out how to reach other realities.
Gadgeteer: He loves making and taking apart all sorts of tech.
Weapon Master: (Fencing Saber Style) Xavier fences to clear his mind and realign his focus.
Move Tutor: He’s learned how to give pokemon a wide variety of moves to help with any encounters with the unknown that he quests for.
Debater: Xavier is to use his passion for the topic he’s talking about to convince other people to partake of his experiments.
Items: Small set of various wrenches and screwdrivers in his coat pockets, Multi-tool, Sensor Monocle (WIP), Camera, Glasses, Spare suit and tie, Duct Tape, Small pieces of circutry, various nuts, bolts, and screws. Rapier and Practice Rapier, Backpack. Canteen, A box of peppermint tea bags, two packages of peppermint gum, A small peppermint plant growing in a jar he's named Simon, A half dozen granola bars, pocket watch with chain, a small solid piece of wood (used as a portable work table), and one half eaten chocolate bar
Personality: Xavier has a fairly deep voice and an energetic manner of speaking. He tends to get obsessed with his speaking and won't stop for interruptions. If he's really into his topic he won't even notice people leaving in the middle of his talk. Most people would call him a genius but he wouldn't be one of them. Honestly though that's only because he's never bothered to think about it. Pretty much everyone would call him eccentric, and he would wholeheartedly agree. Xavier is rarely satisfied work and considers something that works perfectly right off the back to have been too simple of a design. While slightly egotistical Xavier isn't above admitting when he's wrong and is always willing to reexamine his theories. He is very friendly and inquisitive until he runs into someone so stubborn they can't be wrong or someone completely close minded. He's fairly charismatic and his hard work ethic endear him to a lot of people. His siblings are very important to him. Also he likes dancing and has worked hard to integrate dancing into his fencing style. Xavier is very focused and also forgetful so when he works on projects he often forgets to eat or sleep for days on end. Also over the course of his life he has developed an addiction to peppermint. The smell and taste. He drinks peppermint herbal tea, eats peppermint candies, and has been know to chew on raw peppermint leaves. Even the smell is intoxicating to him. He actually dips vegetables into his tea to soak up a little peppermint flavor. It's not clear where this love of peppermint comes from, it's just been gradually building up to an extreme. It's about the only way he can completely relax. Spearmint can go hell as far as Xavier is concerned.
Special Abilities: He is a top notch fencer and is practically a wizard with a screwdriver. His experience as a child has left him with a super sensitive sense of intuition.. He can usually sense when something is wrong but can't always pinpoint what the source is.
History: Xavier was born to a small family, but they moved a lot so he didn't have much of a home town. As the oldest son he was given a lot of expectations and exceeded them. His grades were always amongst the top. One night there was an incident and to this day Xavier De'Lacross swears he saw a tear in reality and glimpsed another plane of existence. That moment monumentally changed his life. He was only nine at the time but it changed him to the core, everything he was and had built up to at that point was worthless. He would say thing like “What’s the point of this mundane busy work when there’s another existence out there just waiting for us to find?” Science couldn't explain what he so he shuns popular science and easy explanations. That incident also began the manifestation of his intuition and obsessions. Before his mark manifested he was actually about to be kicked out of school for an experiment gone wrong and an argument with a teacher. This caused a falling out with his parents, but Xavier hardly noticed. His family is well off, but he chooses to live a more humble means and provide for himself. His parents are more excited about his training at Faraway Island than he is. He's been practicing fencing since he was five and his older sister taught first taught him how to hold a rapier. He began studying pokemon to see if they could provide the answers he was looking for and naturally that lead him to try and understand the fundamentals of moves and how pokemon learn them. He’s got a knack for picking out strong move sets for various pokemon and encouraging them to think outside of the box when it comes to strategy.
Quote: “Oh? That was nothing. If you want to see the truly impossible I'll need a little more time.” or “I’ve touched another reality, did you really expect anything you could say or do to surprise me?”
Theme Song: ”Stamp on the Ground” by the Italo Brothers.
Pokemon Theme: Paranormal Investigation and Inventing
Team Members: Four out of five
Name: Little Miss
Species: Misdreavous
Type: Ghost
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Quiet
History: Little Miss has been following Xavier since the incident. The most accepted theory is that since that marked the beginning of his psychic powers she was attracted by that and has stayed close since. He scoffs at that theory and claims that she is the key to understanding what happened that day. Little Miss is overly protective of Xavier and tends to watch him constantly. She also fusses over him and reminds him to eat. When he really starts to neglect himself she gets stern. She rarely speaks to anyone other than Xavier and her voice is barely above a whisper. She like him is a volunteer to his experiments, but Xavier takes far more caution when testing things on her.
Moveset: Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Psychic, Perish Song, Thunder Wave, and Mean Look
Name: Sophita
Species: Girafarig
Type: Psychic/Normal
Gender: Female
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Sassy
History: Xavier met Sophita on one of his earliest experiments. He built a device to try and sense disturbances in wind to collect data and detect the flow of energy in the air. His theory was that all energy flowed through air and if it gathered in one spot it would cause misfortune elsewhere. The machine blew up in his face, but he heard laughter coming from a nearby forest. Sophita walked out and the two have friends since. Out of all the pokemon he's met Sophita is one of the smartest and seems to understand his theories. She has given herself the title of Research Assistant, but Xavier would be quick to call her his full Research Partner. Sophita loves to spar verbally with Xavier, and he loves her sarcastic attitude. When it comes down to it though She can always be counted on to help solve a problem, especially in formulas. The other thing that she particularly helps out in is her abilty to psychically sense other people and pokemon. She is very protective of their research and has stopped many a sabotage attempt or accidental interference.
Moveset: Psybeam, Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, Light Screen, Reflect, Trick Room, Shadow Ball
Name: Sparky
Species: Pachirisu
Type: Electric
Gender: Male
Ability: Pickup
Nature: Hasty
History: Sparky found Xavier after crashed his hang glider in the forest after having built it from scratch. Xavier was looking all over for his tools and amused by his attitude, the little Pachirisu decided to help. He was so good at finding and retrieving everything that Xavier was astounded. He asked Sparky to join him as an assistant and the good natured rodent agreed. He prides himself on his searching ability and accuracy while tossing tools. He’s pretty good at getting out of any sort of mess and hiding. Sparky also lets himself be used as a portable generator when he can and is happy to help out. He's also an amazing forager and often scrounges up snacks for everyone in what feel like the blink of an eye. Sparky’s worst trait is that he pushes himself too hard like Xavier does.
Moveset: Discharge, Fling, Cut, Substitute, Double Team, and Endure
Name: Cotton
Species: Lopunny
Type: Normal
Gender: Female
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Adamant
History: Cotton was adopted from the trade station on what most people would consider a whim. Xavier was taking some readings outside of an adoption agency when he stumbled in and decided to take a look around. The moment their eyes met there was an instant bond. Xavier knew that this bunny was important to him. She was excited for a chance to get out of there, but was rather disappointed in his first impression. Cotton was a fighter in a species normally reserved for cute things. Her previous trainer had been a hoarder, but also a combat crazy trainer. And it shows, Cotton is slower than most lopunny, but tough as can be and serious beyond belief. She is also interested in technology, but much to Xavier’s horror she believes in percussive maintenance. She also thinks a quick light jab will solve Xavier’s social problems and is all to happy to bop him when she feels it’s appropriate. Cotton loves to show of her strength and help with heavy lifting, and despite her stoic attitude she is very fond of Xavier. She’s hard to anger but when she does snap she goes into a berserker like rage and not many people can get through to her. Xavier is one of the rare ones who can, usually. Also out of the group Cotton is the only one who is good at hunting and does her best to provide for everyone when needed.
Moveset: Jump Kick, Bounce, Return, Strength, Agility, Dizzy Punch, and Foresight