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[Pears Nivans]

Konuju, you're awesome and I apologize for not helping at all. Thanks for putting this together--take a reward point or two if you want!

 

JiMing: If you want to, feel free to.

 

Blade: The last posts relating to Zach and the others are here and here, Blade; aside from plot progression, everything else (like attacks and  targets) can be figured out from the posts preceeding these two, as they happen to be clumped together towards the top of the page. As far as actually continuing things--if you don't remember what you had planned, then you need to figure out a different way of continuing things. Maybe reread what led up to those posts and see if either something clicks and you remember what was supposed to come next, or if something gives you inspiration to do something else with it.

 

 

Regardless of how you choose to deal with it, do note that it's been over three months since any real progression was made in that plot. That's really not fair to JiMing. You need to address this sooner rather than later. If you really can't think of anything, then ask someone to help you find a way to move forward--I know for a fact that at least half of us will offer feedback and help if you need it.

[Colette Llyan]

That's all I need; and I totally understand that, and I'm really not liking the fact that I'm holding his characters up. =/ I'll finish off this silly subplot of mine later, then, because I think I recall the basic idea, I just need to figure out what part was where. ^^''

Again, really sorry about what happened, it just turned really busy really quickly when that all happened, and I should've responded sooner, I really should have... =/

[Phoenix Zero]

Species: Lucario
Nickname: Aria
Trainer: Aspen Seaton 
Appearance: No different from a normal Lucario
Personality: Aria is quite like the standard warrior, brave and relentless in battles. However, outside of battles, she is rather antisocial, wary of others, particularly Aspen. However, Aria trusts Alistair's intentions, and remains loyal to Aspen nonetheless.
Ability: Justified
Specialty: Is equally proficient at both physical and special attacks, at the expense of being slightly less bulky than other Pokemon.
Known Moves: ExtremeSpeed, Aura Sphere, Psychic (TM move), Close Combat, Swords Dance, Dragon Pulse
 
Species: Dragonair
Nickname: Dracos
Trainer: Dahlia Seaton
Appearance: No different from other Dragonair.
Personality: Despite once being Alistair's Pokemon, Dracos is at peace with being left with Dahlia. This is due to them bonding over their time while she was kidnapped, and they hold no animosity towards each other. With other people or Pokemon, Dracos is quiet and observant, judging their character. In battle, he can either be graceful and quick, or brutally savage.
Ability: Shed Skin
Specialty: Quicker than most members of it's species.
Known Moves: ExtremeSpeed, Dragon Rush, Thunderbolt (TM move), Outrage, Safeguard, Dragon Dance

Edited by Edea Lee, Apr 15 2014 - 10:33 AM.

[sonyaxe]

Species: Machop

Nickname: None
Trainer: Jake Harris

Appearance: A normal looking Machop, but with larger leg muscles than most.

Personality: Always looking for a fight and ready to try most new things. Likes having friends, but is serious when needed.

Ability: Guts

Specialty: Although it is very, very strong it is very agile and flexible.

Known Moves: Karate Chop, Low Sweep, Focus Energy, Seismic Toss, Bullet Punch (Egg), Quick Guard (Egg).

[Colette Llyan]

Nickname: Elsa
Species: Weavile
Trainer: Zach
Gender: Female
Appearance: The 'hair' on the Weavile is down, instead of straight up in the air.
Personality: Elsa has a mischievous side to her, however, she is very Rash, and tends to worry about little things she does.
Ability: Pressure
Specialty: Elsa has a focus on physical attacks.
Known Moves: Quick Attack, Metal Claw, Night Slash, Ice Shard(EGG), Ice Punch (EGG), Blizzard (TM Move)
Battles: 8.
Observed Notes: None.

As I mentioned to JiMing when he got the TM moves on his gifted Pokemon, I cna understand them, because Alistair obviously would've taught these Pokemon strong moves. =P

/EDIT: Filter is getting on my nerves. >_^

Edited by -Blade-, Apr 06 2014 - 08:46 PM.

[GLaDOS]

Nice to see this is still going strong. I got an email saying someone was fiddling with pages I was following on the Wikia so I thought I'd pop in and say hi. 

I see you killed off my character Buzz, which is sad but I suppose it's understandable since I abandoned him.

[Konuju]

By the way, GLaDOS, we're all on the group chat on the wiki now if you want to join us. Catch up on old times, perhaps?

[Colette Llyan]

Username: Blade
Name: Gerald Hikari
Faction: The League of EVIL. (Aka, no faction)
Hometown: Saffron City
Age: 46
Appearance: Gerald has shoulder length silver hair, which frames his gaunt and crazed looking face that fits his evil smile. He has deep purple eyes with wheel spokes in the background from using his psychic powers without control, and an unkept beard. He typically wears a different coloured cloak for every appearance, though his current pick is purple. He otherwise wears a navy blue tattered shirt, and purple tie-up pants. He tends to wear black combat boots as well.
Personality: Gerald is crazed, cruel, and evil right to the bone. This guy is jealous and controlling and hates it when his plans don't go anywhere near the way he thinks they should. He believes most people beneath him, and that the weak should be erased.
Background: Gerald is the very reason that his own family and the family that he was formerly friends with is so messed up, and has even killed his own wife to prove a point and provoke his sons into action. Those actions eventually caused the destruction of southeastern Unova, which was a big part of his plan, however, it had not fully happened as expected, and such, he's starting to try and figure out a way to finish it off for good.

Pokémon: Scizor, Alakazam, Flygon, Cryogonal, Frost Rotom, Hydreigon

Nickname: N/A
Species: Scizor
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: Female
Appearance: Scizor is more or less normal, however, the 'eyes' on its hands have a 'pupil' in the centre of them, and the right eye of the right hand seems to be sealed shut with a Flying Gem which has been sewn into it so that it would remain 'shut' even when it has been used.
Personality: Scizor is one of the only ones on Gerald's team who still seems to have concern for what is happening. However, she obeys Gerald out of a sense of loyalty, despite her moral objections. She can be a big baby at times, however, bawling out of happiness at what seems like nothing.
Ability: Technician
Specialty: Attack+, Speed+
Known Moves: Bullet Punch, X Scissor, Bug Bite (Move Tutor), Quick Attack, Aerial Ace (TM Move), Thief (TM Move)
EXP: 14 (Evolution cost plus battle in Dragonspiral Tower)

Nickname: N/A
Species: Alakazam
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: Male
Appearance: Normal for an Alakazam, aside from purple eyes that look broken.
Personality: Alakazam would be typically disapproving of this situation... However, in the past, Gerald managed to subjugate the will of the Alakazam, turning it essentially into an unquestioning servant of his plans.
Ability: Magic Guard
Specialty: Special Attack++, Speed+
Known Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball (TM Move), Energy Ball (TM Move), Shock Wave (TM Move), Signal Beam (Move Tutor), Teleport

Nickname: N/A
Species: Flygon
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: Male
Appearance: Same as a normal Flygon, aside from purple eyes that look broken.
Personality: This Flygon once created a rebellion among Gerald's Pokemon, disapproving of his actions. However, to stop the rebellion, Gerald broke the Flygon's mind, placing him fully under his control.
Ability: Levitate
Specialty: Attack++, Speed+
Known Moves: Giga Impact (TM Move), Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Steel Wing(TM Move), Crunch, Super Power
EXP: 18(Evolution cost, plus Dragonspiral Tower fight)

Nickname: N/A
Species: Cryogonal
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: N/A
Appearance: Looks the same as a normal Cyrogonal, except with purple eyes that look broken.
Personality: Cryogonal's personality is essentially non-existent, because upon capturing this Cryogonal, Gerald took no chances and placed it directly under his control.
Ability: Levitate
Specialty: Special Attack+
Known Moves: Freeze Dry, Solar Beam, Magic Coat (Move tutor), Signal Beam (Move Tutor), Flash Cannon (TM Move), Explosion (TM Move)

Nickname: N/A
Species: Frost Rotom
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: N/A
Appearance: Its appearance is the same as a typical Frost Rotom, except its eyes seem broken.
Personality: Rotom was caught as a replacement for Emolga, after the battle at Dragonspiral; however, its mind has been broken to ensure it does not rebel.
Ability: Levitate
Specialty: Special Attack+
Known Moves: Blizzard (Frost), Discharge, Ominous Wind, Dark Pulse (TM Move), Confide (TM Move), Double Team

Nickname: N/A
Species: Hydreigon
Trainer: Gerald
Gender: Male
Appearance: Same as normal, except the eyes seem broken.
Personality: Mindbroken after capture, this Hydreigon attempts slightly to hold onto a fragment of its old rebel personality, even though it's being suppressed.
Ability: Levitate
Specialty: Attack++, Special Attack+
Known Moves: Zen Headbutt (Move Tutor), Super Power (Move tutor), Draco Meteor (Move tutor), Crunch, Outrage, Hyper Beam (TM Move)

[Last Son Amakusa]

Ok, let's try again...

What's happened in the RPG and where would be a good place to jump in? I don't have much interest in playing Vincent or Geoffrey anymore, so I guess that leaves Jacob; where could he start up again?

[Konuju]

Jacob was last in Goldenrod, right? Here's a quick summary of what's happened.

• Dack, Madison, Luke, and Cassius left Snowpoint for Sinnoh's Battle Frontier to recruit Palmer. Geoffrey was assumed to have stayed behind in Snowpoint. Cassius left the group after meeting Palmer (due to yet another case of player abandonment), and Dack, Madison, Luke, and Palmer are now in Stark Mountain looking for clues about the person who planted the Magma Stone in Snowpoint.
• Ryan, Kyle, Sonja, Ray, and Jenny all met on Four Island, along with Evan, who was escorting Jupiter to explain to Goldhawk and the other TL executives about Galactic's base getting destroyed. In the R&D department, James tested out the newest model of Vert's elemental power suits. Evan got a mental forewarning of something bad about to happen in Opelucid, so after Jupiter had talked to Goldhawk, Kyle and Ray took her to Chapel, TR's Kanto base, to inform Sleight about the attack on Galactic's base. This left Ryan, Jenny, Sonja, and Evan to teleport to Opelucid, with Kyle, Ray, and Jupiter joining them soon after.
• Feral met with a mysterious man named Kane who has some connection to the late Seth Vicens, the Hero of Time. The two appeared in Opelucid, where Kane brainwashed all the citizens except for Drayden. Evan and the others arrived to stop him, but Kane revealed that he was allied with the Ancient Darkrai Gaigan, also known as Six. After Evan managed to destroy Feral, three other Darkrai -- Seven, Five, and Three -- appeared to stop Six from placing all his opponents in a Dark Void. Amanda Zarth, a Plasma Agent, arrived to escort Jupiter to safety. After Seth's Luxray appeared, Kane and Six vanished, meaning the battle in Opelucid is supposedly over for now.
• Lust and Greed appeared in the Alamo's R&D department to confront James and Vert. The battle is still going on, but Goldhawk is on his way to investigate.
• Aspen and Olivia, with the help of Zach, and Ryan ("Black"), managed to locate their sister Dahlia, who had been taken captive by Alistair Hakuda, the long-lost older brother of Ray and Jenny. Alistair fled from the scene after realizing that he had been deluded by Gerald Hikari (Zach and Ryan's father).
• Arius "Jacob" Jacobson, Jake Harris, and Ruth Fishers formed a group in Jubilife City and are now traveling together.
• Ethan, Gavin, Jamie, and Lucia are in Celadon's Department Store confronting a seemingly-incompetent group calling themselves Team Zephyr.
• Ellen left Fortree and after her Purrloin, Chrono, fell into the nearby river she jumped in after him. They ended up around Route 118 and from there made their way to the Berry Lady's house. There Ellen was informed of a woman in the Kalos Region who can read Pokémon's memories and might be able to find out why Chrono still refuses to bond with Ellen. Ellen is now on her way to Sootopolis, where the Kalos woman's cousin lives. She is currently on Mt. Pyre, facing an ambush of Ghost Pokémon.
• Paul Burks, Ellen's father, traveled to Fortree after his Skarmory spotted Ellen there. He is searching along the riverbank after finding a torn shred of her shirt among the rocks.
• Ford has recruited the Eighth Child.
• Surge, Sabrina, and Koga have gone crazy in Cianwood. Silvermind, Jayron Aaron, and someone else (Blackskull, maybe?) just arrived to bring the situation under control, where they encountered a woman already fighting the Rocket Triad. The woman introduced herself as Esen Windred.

That's pretty much everything that has happened/is happening. If I've forgotten something, let me know.

 

Also, we've set the current IC date, but because the battle in Opelucid took so long, the timeline's gone a little wonky. The Lust/Greed battle and everything in Opelucid takes place on July 7. But Ellen, Paul, Dack's group, Alistair, and Amelia Zann are currently on July 8.

[Flipz]

Also, apparently Celadon is a happening--*shot*

[Claus Von Minun the 4th]

*Blows smoke off gun*

 

Also I am retconning my Percival's (Chandelure) ability from Flash Fire to Infiltrator, with permission from Pears, mostly because it makes more sense with both Percival's specialty, and what he has actually done in this RP.

[Pears Nivans]

• Surge, Sabrina, and Koga have gone crazy in Cianwood. Silvermind, Jayron Aaron, and someone else (Blackskull, maybe?) just arrived to bring the situation under control, where they encountered a woman already fighting the Rocket Triad. The woman introduced herself as Esen Windred.

Legit a bit surprised that no one has commented on this yet. I guess I'll let it sit for a bit and let the grit hit before I quit...

 

 

Anyway, Konuju's list is pretty accurate. While not all of those things can be jumped into right now, a few of them can, so feel free to ask about any that catch your interest, Constructman. Alternatively, you might be able to collaborate with someone from the Opelucid group--that whole deal should be wrapping up pretty soon, and at least two people that I know of are going to be doing independent plots in Kalos right after.

 

 

On an unrelated note--since apparently people were wondering about this--be aware, everyone, that it was canonized a long, long time ago that people don't typically eat Pokémon. The meat that has been seen has either been artificial or has come from obscure and not-shown-because-they-aren't-important animals that coexist with Pokémon--whichever headcanon you prefer. Regardless of the specifics, instances of people eating Pokémon are few and far between, and are more likely than not part of some kind of illegal operation.

Edited by Pears Nivans, Apr 24 2014 - 02:43 PM.

[Claus Von Minun the 4th]

On that first bit, maybe no one cares? I care, but no comments yet.

 

On the last bit, to everyone, please keep that in mind, as you watch the rest of the Celadon Department store episode.

Edited by Claus Von Minun the 4th, Apr 24 2014 - 03:45 PM.

[Colette Llyan]

It took me a bit to realize that the Windreds were actually having some purpose here. =P Especially when they're supposed to be one of the top trainer families in Hoenn. =P I jsut haven't had much of a chance to realize that and comment. =P

Also, on the 'illegal' part... SLowpoke tails. That is all. =P (Now I wanna replay HGSS)

[Konuju]

... wait, I thought Windred was related to Ace. My first thought was that she was Ace's younger sister or possibly her daughter. I would've commented on it, except I didn't want to go into theories in my summary. Probably would've brought it up in our next chat, though.

 

Also, on the subject of theories, it seems to me like Team Zephyr is almost a parody of the abundance of factions we had early on. (The Searchers in particular come to mind, since they didn't really do a whole lot that was consequential.) Almost as if Zephyr was just a group of people that wanted to jump on the third-party-faction bandwagon. Perhaps after the Zephyr goons are stopped the knowledge that such a "copycat faction" formed will spur on the need to defeat of some of the more competent factions like Energon and Magma.

[Colette Llyan]

Wait, is that cor- that is right. Dang it, now it makes better sense. xP

Though, who was I thinking of, then? xP

[Konuju]

Oh, I think you were thinking of the Winstrate family, on Route 111. I literally just got to that point in my playthrough of Emerald.

 

Incidentally, apparently there's a bard in the Mauville Pokémon Center who sings you a song. The words are probably random, but he sang "Shake it do the diet dance." Afterwards he lets you change one word of the song to make it better, so I made it "Shake it do the happy dance." The melody itself is really weird, though... it makes it sound like my Game Boy Advance's speakers are about to die. Either way, it looks like Richard's got competition.

[Colette Llyan]

YES, that's them. Whoops; too similar that I made the connection wrong when distracted. ^^'

Also, hm, that's odd that there's a melody that sounds glitchy... I should look up about this. I'd go see this bard myself, but I have neither Sapphire nor Emerald here. xP

/EDIT: Okay, so, I just looked up about the melody in question. Huh. I don't remember that in any of my playthroughs. ._. Sounds like something out of Animal Crossing, to be honest.

Edited by Tiz Arrior, Apr 24 2014 - 07:56 PM.

[Claus Von Minun the 4th]

...Apparently not if the best he can come up with is "Shake it do the diet dance."

[Konuju]

I just said Richard has competition. I didn't say if it was good competition or not.

Apparently the bard is one out of five people you can get to appear in the Pokémon Center, so it's no surprise you don't remember him, Blade. I don't think I'd ever seen him before today.

[Colette Llyan]

Oooooh; tHOSE people. xP Now I remember. =P

[Flipz]

OK, so I lied about Didi post; will be up when I have time. :/

[Colette Llyan]

So I had some free time tonight.

Sprite for comparison.

[Claus Von Minun the 4th]

I take full credit for making him do it.

[Colette Llyan]

And here's a drawing of Ray.

[Konuju]

I take full credit for making him do that one.

EDIT:
Also, Blade can take credit for inspiring this.

Sprite for comparison.

Personally, I think Ellen looks a little too tall, making her seem more like she's twelve than nine or ten.

I also made this less-than-stellar depiction of this scene. The image was also inspired by the opening to Pokémon Conquest.

I thought Chrono turned out alright, but I failed horribly at Ellen's legs. :\

Edited by Konuju, May 03 2014 - 08:41 PM.

[Colette Llyan]

Species: Clauncher
Nickname: Clara
Trainer: Lucia
Appearance: The appearance is normal, aside from a twig hanging out of her mouth.
Gender: Female
Personality: Clara, unlike Lucia's other Pokemon, is more willing to battle; however, is a total ditz to make up for that.
Ability: Mega Launcher
Specialty: Special attack, at the cost of physical attack.
Known Moves: Bubble, Water Pulse

Species: Gothita
Nickname: Gothy
Trainer: Lucia
Appearance: Same as a normal Gothita, except with the ribbons on her head dyed red.
Gender: Female
Personality: Gothy is slightly cheerier than a normal Gothita, however, it is one that is shown of ignorance.
Ability: Competitive
Specialty: Gothy has a higher special attack than normal.
Known Moves: Heal Pulse (EGG), Dark Pulse (EGG), Confusion

[Flipz]

I'll finish up this battle with Alistair tomorrow, I promise! :]

[Konuju]

So... I finally managed to comb through the entire topic and fix all the formatting issues in my posts. That should make them easier to read, if anyone cares enough to go back and read the entire topic.
 
Also, remember how a while back we were discussing what voices our characters would have? Well, in going back through my old posts, I realized that I imagine Entei to sound a bit like Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia movies.

Link for reference.

Also, when I rewatched Prince Caspian a few months ago, I saw a bit of Ellen in Lucy. Can't believe I never picked up on that before.

[Colette Llyan]

Update to Zach's appearance:

Zach has messy brown hair. He has recently decided to not wear his hat as often. He has green eyes, and what seems to be a tired look on his face most of the time. He likes to keep himself clean shaven at all times. He usually wears a green short-sleeved coat that has black shoulders and crimson lining, over a weaving green and black tank top and navy blue jeans. He has black and grey running shoes with a ruby-like inset on the 'tongues' of the shoes. He is also 5'11" and weighs 150 pounds. He also carries a blackish-grey backpack with green highlights.

Future update to Ryan's appearance:

Ryan has black hair that's usually messy or parted with a blue headband to keep it out of his eyes. Ryan has subtly bluish grey eyes that exude his former darkness, and his hidden rage. Ryan usually wears a long black jacket over a dark blue and black tanktop, with a faded blue emblem of sorts on the back of it, that looks like a blue version of Wrath's symbol. Ryan also wears black fingerless gloves with the emblem repeated on the back of the hands as well. He wears dark navy blue jeans, and pure black shoes that look more like combat boots than anything, with what looks almost like a sapphire on either side of the ankle part. Ryan is 6'1" and 155 pounds.

[Konuju]

Here's a sketch of Ryan Sanders to add to the collection.

He came out a little skinnier than I intended, but I wasn't sure how to fix that. Also, consider this confirmation that Ryan is left handed, since he's holding his Pokéball in his left hand (as opposed to Ray, who's holding his in his right).

[sonyaxe]

Would anyone want to volunteer to temporarily be the Oreburgh gym leader maybe? If not, I could probably do it myself, but...

[Colette Llyan]

You mean... Like me? =P

[sonyaxe]

Hehe... Uh, yeah, if you want.

[Colette Llyan]

Alright, Ican do it, then, if you want. =P

[sonyaxe]

Cool, that would be awesome, thanks.

[Colette Llyan]

Username: Blade

Name: Colette Natalie Llyan

Faction: Team Liberty

Hometown: Floe Island/Four Island Town

Age: 16

Birthday: July 4th

Appearance: Colette has wavy beige hair that goes to halfway between her shoulders and her elbows. Her hair is held up in the middle in the shape of Lucario ears to either side of her head with the aid of of a headband that has a small sunflower on the left of it. She keeps her forehead covered by her bangs, and tends to cover her ears over with her hair as well.

Colette's face is rather average; yet has a subtle edge to reflect her uniqueness as a person, and her reluctance to trust people. Colette's eyes are a shade in between magenta and dark magenta, and seem to have a design that looks like the colorless energy symbol embedded in the irises, with the pupil forming the circle in the middle of the symbol. Her teeth aren't totally even, however, her canines seem a bit longer than normal.

Colette's outfit consists of many different articles of clothing. She has a wide crimson red bandana that she wears all the time around her neck for fashion, to act as a windguard when riding a flying Pokemon, and to try and prevent dust or smoke inhalation. She also wears a pale cyan long sleeved wind jacket over a normal goldenrod t-shirt. Colette has yellow and black fingerless gloves that go over the sleeve of her jacket and hold it in place.

She has Light Steel Blue colored track pants which zip up at the bottom cuffs of the legs, the pants giving her comfort and mobility while fighting, and allow wind resistance as well. She wears pink socks, and her shoes are typical sports shoes with a combination of pale cyan and yellow patterns, and pink circles on the soles.

As an aura wielder, Colette can see auras; and her own aura is a rather jagged yellow aura, which can become visible to non-aura readers when she focuses heavily on her aura powers. The yellow tint from the aura tends to turn her hair and eyes brighter, to a more golden and teal shade respectively.

Personality: Colette is friendly and upbeat; however, her past socialization attempts combined with her isolation from most people that aren't her aunt on training days has left her unwilling to trust most people. She believes that people lie and will betray others at a given moment. Despite that, she tries her best to succeed in everything she does to try and seem trustworthy to others, on the off chance that someone might be trustworthy to her. Colette gets along much better with Pokemon than she does with other people because of the trust issues that Colette has.

Because she considers how she is like to others, she tends to not totally speak her mind on different things. She tends to be softspoken, however, if caught off guard or in the heat of a moment, how she truly feels about something might slip out before she realizes it. When she is free to have fun, however, she tends to lighten up even more, showing signs of her unguarded self.

Colette despises anyone who causes harm in general; especially to Pokemon. If she witnesses people talking down to Pokemon, or actively causing harm, she will step in angrily. If she really gets mad, she might lose control of her emotions and start using her aura powers to stop whatever situation is happening.

Colette likes to relax with her sister in the down-time between missions; something which was brought up from when her sister used to visit her in Kalos while she was training there. She tends to be called "Collie" as a shortening of her name, which her sister coined a few years prior. Her sister also has a nickname for her based on her 'Lucario Ear' hairstyle; 'Dog Ears'. Colette will accept that nickname from her sister, however, she gets annoyed if anyone else says it, since it tends to be said to her in a demeaning way.

Background: When Colette was born, the power of aura was detected in her. Due to that, and due to her parents being a part of different rebel groups at the time, she was given the name 'Colette', meaning the people's victory. Unfortunately, the rebel groups fell apart constantly over time, which gave them no time to actually formulate any sort of strategies. When she was three, however, her parents joined up with Team Liberty, though was kept out of missions for a few months, especially after Colette's sister was born. This rebel group managed to stay alive for longer than six months, and the parents proposed their idea. Because Colette was able to use the powers of aura once she had training, she could become the trump card for Team Liberty, utilizing the powers against Team Rocket, something none of the present members of Team Liberty could do at the time.

Four days after she turned four, Colette went to Kalos to start her training, her parents and sister accompanying her to her aunt's house in Anistar City, where Colette stayed for her training. The day after, her family headed back to Kanto, and Colette met her mentor in the ways of the aura, a female Lucario named 'Lucina'. Over the next week, Lucina taught Colette how to fish, as a method of teaching her focus and calm herself. As a test of battling and capturing Pokemon, Lucina had Colette catch a Squirtle, which Colette named "Kamé", but mispronounced it as Kammy because she was still young. Lucina had chosen this particular Squirtle to be fished up because it had a particular affinity to Aura, allowing it to use an imperfect form of Aura Sphere. Over the next little while, however, Lucina alternated each week between teaching her stuff that was learned in schools normally, and teaching her how to battle with her Pokemon, with Colette's aunt watching over them while they did so, and Colette interacting with the neighbour kids as much as she could.

The next summer, her family visited again, and her sister, Zoe, fawned over Colette, her gift to the elder sister being a locket with Zoe's picture in it. Colette happily spent the ten days together with her family, before they returned, taking the present that Colette had found for her sister back as well. After the week and a half had passed, Colette returned to her training, as Lucina moved them to the nearby mountains, heading back every weekend to spend time in Anistar City. In the process of training, Lucina pointed out a Mienfoo, and, determined to show her efforts had been improving, Colette challenged the Mienfoo, and caught it with some work, and named the serious Mienfoo "Myriam".

As she turned six, her family visited again, and Zoe gave her a pair of gloves to Colette, since her hands typically got dirty while training. In thanks, Colette showed off her powers to the girl as the ten day days progressed, the two sisters having the time of their lives.

As the year progressed, Colette began to make more and more friends every weekend, and began to get more of a grip on her powers, as best as she could. However, one day, Colette showed off her powers to her friends, rhyming off every little secret they had without realizing that it was a bad idea to do so. In the aftermath of that, all her friends left her alone, calling her a freak, and leaving Colette feeling betrayed and alone. When Colette's family arrived the next day, the seven-year-old simply cried in Zoe's arms, not knowing what else to do. Not wanting to worry Zoe, however, she cheered up the next day and suggested a game called "Liberties and Rockets", and began to play it with Zoe for the rest of the time she was in town. For her gift, Zoe gave Colette a hairband with a flower attached to it, which Colette found sweet. Colette, in return, picked a flower from a nearby field, and placed it in Zoe's hair, as well as giving her the present to take home.

As she trained, she began involving her Pokemon as well; if she did training by balancing on a fence and walking along, her Pokemon did too. If she was sparing, she'd spar along with her Pokemon, taking turns to do so. Colette kept practicing her fishing as well, and caught a Clauncher at one point, startling herself in the process. after a brief battle, she caught it, and got the idea to use her fishing for training with her Clauncher; the Pokemon in question shooting off Water Pulses at the Pokemon she fished out of the water. Colette would heal the Pokemon after each fight, however, as thanks, which the Pokemon appreciated. When Zoe visited that year, Colette received a second pair of gloves to replace the ones she had lost earlier that year, and gave her younger sister a locket like the one Colette had gotten three years prior. They continued to play around as the ten days passed by, Colette wishing this happened more often.

As time passed onward, the presents became more and more fun, and Colette became more and more skilled with her aura, and managed to slowly get understanding on the basic skills of her abilities, and a normal understanding of school and the like. When she turned ten, she received a scarf from Zoe, which she still wears to this day. She took more and more frequent trips across the region once she turned ten, marveling at all there had to be seen. Closer to her twelfth birthday, she went to Lumiose City, accompanied by her Aunt because of the size and danger of the city. She met Professor Sycamore there, who entrusted a Fennekin to her, after she explained how her sister really wanted to become a Pokemon Trainer, and was going to be turning ten soon. When Zoe showed up for Colette's twelfth birthday party, Colette gave her the Fennekin as well, not wanting her to want for the gift, and Zoe was ecstatic about receiving a Pokemon finally.

The next year, Colette sent a fishing rod back with Zoe, since the sister had been interested in Colette's training and wanted to try for herself. In return, Colette got another set of gloves, since she had accidentally ruined her last pair attempting to use Aura Sphere during training one day. This pair was yellow and black, and was made to be grown into this time, which would hopefully prevent more early destruction. As the second-last year in her training program progressed, Colette became more and more involved in her training, but still managed to get Zoe a present even still... And arranged in secret with her parents for them to still head to Kalos the next year; albeit slightly earlier, so that her parents would leave on Colette's birthday.

The day came and passed; Colette teared up as she remembered the look on her sister's face three days before, the look of heavy disappointment when she got nothing to take back for September. However, Colette simply looked at the locket she still wore around her neck; the updated picture from just that week staring back at her. And she smiled to herself, as she looked across the ocean, standing on the front deck of the boat she was traveling on, her Pokemon partners by her side; and in Vivian's case, in her arms. And she knew she didn't have to worry much, because the surprise would make up for it.

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Pokémon: Squirtle, Mienfoo, Clauncher

Nickname: Kamé/Kammy
Species: Squirtle
Trainer: Colette
Gender: Female
Appearance: Kammy has two darker stripes going across her head and down the back of her neck, two stripes around her eyes, and darker swirly patterns on her shell, but is otherwise normal.
Personality: Kammy is upbeat, and a reflection of her trainer; however, without as much of the reluctance to trust people, since she isn't able to read auras like Colette can.
Ability: Torrent
Specialty: Special Attack+
Known Moves: Incomplete Dragon Pulse (EGG), Incomplete Aura Sphere (EGG), Bubble.

Nickname: Myriam
Species: Mienfoo
Trainer: Colette
Gender: Female
Appearance: Has a triangle on her chest and right hand.
Personality: Myriam is rather serious, and likes to focus on combat, taking the nature of a fight seriously, even for training battles. However, she will never go overboard and continue a fight when it's finished.
Ability: Inner Focus
Specialty: Special Attack+
Known Moves: Aura Sphere, Quick Guard, Force Palm, Calm Mind, Fake Out, Detect

Nickname: Vivian
Species: Clauncher
Trainer: Colette
Gender: Female
Appearance: Vivian has two 'eye' patterns on her claw.
Personality: Vivian is calm and collected, and tends to think things through before acting. She likes to focus while preparing her attacks, not liking to miss, which is why she keeps training against moving targets.
Ability: Mega Launcher
Specialty: Long Range Sniping +1(ability to hit moving targets from a distance)
Known Moves: Water Pulse, Endure (EGG), Splash

Edited by Tiz Arrior, May 14 2014 - 10:04 PM.

[Flipz]

From the chat, prompted by a discussion about the villainous teams in the games:

"Sympathetic villains need to be either so pathetic that we sympathize in spite of their being evil (Dr. Doofenshmirtz) or so passionate that they don't realize they're evil.

Otherwise, they come off as stupid, insincere, or both."

[Konuju]

So we were brainstorming for Colette when this happened.


Name: Zoe Natasha Llyan
Faction: Team Liberty
Hometown: Floe Island/Four Island Town
Age: 12
Birthday: September 19
Appearance: Zoe is of average height and has bright blue eyes. She has light beige hair, a little less wavy than her sister's, which falls about halfway between her shoulders and elbows. She wears her hair in a ponytail and is often seen with a decorative Chrysanthemum flower in her hair. The color of the flower changes every so often as she continually picks out new flowers. Currently she has a yellow flower to match her sister's sunflower. She often tries to put her hair up in a 'Lucario Ears' style similar to her sister; however, the tufts of hair often end up falling flat on her head, much to her disappointment. Zoe wears a white long-sleeved t-shirt with white and sky blue striped sleeves. She wears a silver bracelet on her right arm, a birthday present from her sister. Around her neck she wears a golden locket with a picture of her sister Colette. She also has blue Capri jeans and white sneakers with a splash of blue. Although Zoe herself cannot read auras, to those who can her aura appears a deep blue, smooth compared to her sister's jagged aura.

Personality: Zoe's parents are high ranking Liberty agents, and her older sister has been away in Kalos training to become an Aura Master. As such, Zoe feels the need to prove that she is just as capable as her sister and parents. Although she has a very close bond with her sister, she can't help but feel like she's living in her sister's shadow. And yet she idolizes her sister and wishes she could be just like her. After receiving her Fennekin from Colette, she caught her Meditite and Feebas in an attempt to emulate her sister's team.

Overall Zoe is much more trusting of others than Colette, which is natural given that Zoe doesn't have even a trace of aura powers, so she doesn't know how untrustworthy some people can be. She often fantasizes about having aura powers and being as important as her sister. As such she can come off as a bit aloof, often having her head in the clouds. Once someone gets to know her, however, she is a very sweet and caring girl. She tends to create nicknames for people; she affectionately calls her sister 'Dog Ears' in reference to her tufts of hair that stick up like Lucario ears, and a few years ago coined the name 'Collie' as a shortening of 'Colette.'

Background: About a year after Zoe was born her older sister Colette was sent to Kalos to hone her aura powers. Zoe grew up on Four Island, where her parents were often busy helping Team Liberty. As such, Zoe was placed in the schooling system that all children of Liberty agents go through. Every summer she and her parents would travel to Kalos to visit Colette. The two sisters often played 'Rockets and Liberties.' Since Colette's birthday is in the summer, they were able to celebrate it as a family every year. However, Zoe was born in September, so Colette would send her gifts, starting with her second birthday. She received the gifts at the end of their July vacation but always had to wait until her actual birthday in September to open them. For her fifth birthday she got the golden locket that she always wears around her neck. For her tenth birthday she was allowed to open her present in July while they were still in Kalos -- she received a Fennekin, her first Pokémon, who she nicknamed Esmeralda. One day while playing with Esmeralda on Four Island, Zoe came across a Meditite who fell on her head after losing its focus in meditation. Recalling Colette's Mienfoo, she decided to catch the Meditite, who she nicknamed Merida. For her eleventh birthday she received a fishing rod. Knowing that Colette had fished up both her Squirtle and Clauncher, Zoe would spend hours fishing on Four Island Beach. She didn't have as much patience as her sister, but eventually she managed to fish up a Feebas, who she nicknamed Eilonwy. For her twelfth birthday Zoe received the silver bracelet that she wears on her right arm. Zoe has just returned to Four Island from her annual vacation, which was earlier than normal -- they actually left on Colette's birthday rather than a few days after. Stranger still, she did not receive a present for her thirteenth birthday, which is only a couple months away. This left Zoe curious, although she didn't question it too much, assuming Colette would mail her a gift in time for her birthday.
Pokémon: Fennekin (Esmeralda), Meditite (Merida), Feebas (Eilonwy)


Species: Fennekin (female)
Nickname: Esmeralda
Trainer: Zoe Llayn
Appearance: The red tufts coming out of her ears are not as pronounced as with a typical Fennekin. The red fur on the tip of her tail also covers more of her tail than usual.
Personality: Esmeralda is a very jolly Pokémon, as upbeat as the Llyan sisters. She sympathizes with Zoe wanting to prove herself, but Esmeralda would be just as happy simply relaxing and playing on Four Island.
Ability: Blaze
Specialty: She has a powerful special attack
Known Moves: Scratch, Ember, Psybeam, Fire Spin, Light Screen, Wish (egg move)

Species: Meditite (female)
Nickname: Merida
Trainer: Zoe Llyan
Appearance: Her head is more rounded than most Meditite
Personality: Merida is a little hasty. She is easily distractible and as such has a hard time focusing on her meditation. This is often a source of concern for Merida as she struggles to prove that she's just as capable as any other Meditite.
Ability: Pure Power
Specialty: Merida is better at physical attacks than special attacks, although she's still clumsy. Her special attacks are below average due to her issues with meditation. Every now and then one of her special attacks will be more powerful than intended.
Known Moves: Meditate, Confusion, Feint, Calm Mind, Force Palm, Bullet Punch (egg move)

Species: Feebas (female)
Nickname: Eilonwy
Trainer: Zoe Llyan
Appearance: Her tail fin is more tattered and frayed than usual
Personality: Eilonwy is an adamant Pokémon, insisting that she is more than capable of fighting battles even when she is at a disadvantage (which is more often than not). She is a little stubborn in that regard, but one can't deny that she always tries her hardest.
Ability: Oblivious
Specialty: Eilonwy is very durable when it comes to special defense. Even if she can't do much to attack, she will still endure the battle as long as she can.
Known Moves: Splash, Tackle, Flail, DragonBreath (egg move)