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Player Name: Dante E-mail: theirradiated@gmail.com Preferred Contact:teenysanguini Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: None
Character Name: Ember Series: Elemental Timeline: Post-movie Canon Resource Links:Here
Personality:
Ember has a fiery temper.
And with that obvious joke out of the way, she really does struggle with anger and frustration. Her father won't let her take over the shop until she controls her anger issues, but she often gets overwhelmed, leading to a fiery explosion that causes damage to the shop and customer relations. It's her biggest frustration and she has a hard time dealing with it.
Taking over the shop means a lot to Ember. As far as she knows, it's her only dream. Ever since she was a little girl, she wanted to take over the shop. And as her father ages, it becomes even more urgent as she worries about her father's ailing health. She's always had a great relationship with her father, and she wants nothing more than to impress and make him proud.
That is... until she meets Wade, a water elemental. While their relationship starts off rocky, due to Wade almost getting her father's shop shut down. Their relationship grows after Ember finds herself being able to be vulnerable around Wade, and Wade validating her feelings. Soon, she finds herself caught between her duty to her family, and her new relationship with Wade. And unfortunately for Ember, she soon finds herself not wanting to run the shop anymore. Which is devastating to Ember, as she thinks that's her father's dream and it's her duty to run it. She explains to Wade that her family sacrificed everything to build that shop, and that she could never pay back that sacrifice. She feels ashamed about what she wants, which turns out to be glassmaking, her real talent.
So Ember is torn between family duty and her real desire to be independent, and develop a romantic relationship with Wade. At first she chooses her family, unwilling to be a "bad daughter". But Wade crashes her father's retirement party, claiming that Ember needs to let her father know her true self and that they should be together, confessing his love for her. While his confession fails miserably, it does set off a chain of events that eventually leads to Ember almost losing Wade and confessing to her father that she doesn't want to run the shop anymore.
Ember has also faced prejudice all her life. Element City isn't built with fire people in its design, so she's limited in a lot of what she can do there. Other elements also can be cruel of judgmental, such as one of Wade's family members saying how well she speaks, or being kicked out of botanical center for being fire. She's mostly isolated to Fire Town, and has trouble connecting with other elements because of this. She's a bit socially awkward, and has trouble making connections with others - even other fire elements. This changes when she falls in love with Wade.
Ember is also very compassionate, though she can be a little cold to people at times. She learns to grow her compassion through Wade, and is deeply hurt and saddened when she thinks her fire evaporated Wade when they're trapped in her father's shop trying to protect her family's blue flame. She's also afraid of hurting Wade, through things like touch.
All in all, Ember just wants to be a good daughter. And that's all she thinks she needs in life, but opening herself up makes her realize that she wants a life for herself, and that she wants Wade to be part of that life.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Vulpix Password: Atomic Fireball
A few sprinkles at first, and then a full on downpour. Ember won't lie, she felt fear when she heard the rumbling of thunder and the woosh of rain that came through. Back home, she'd always be safe and warm inside the shop whenever the rain came. It was important for fire people to stay inside when the rain came.
She was out on a route when it came, and she didn't know what to do. So she found a nearby cave to hide out the rain. It was... cold. An unusual feeling for her. She found her new skin covered in bumps and she couldn't stop shivering. Her Vulpix had kept her warm as best as he could, but he could only do so much.
But despite the cold, there was another sensation she felt. Incredible curiosity, as she reaches one hand outside the cave, to feel the droplets on her skin. It runs off harmlessly, much to her surprise. Was this... rain all along? It felt so nice. It wasn't the scary thing she'd always grown up believing - not that it wouldn't be scary to a fire person. But here? She was human. And everything was new.
The rain was new. A silent reminder she could be whoever she wanted to be here, not limited by her fire body. It was new, it was exciting. And her Vulpix almost has to pull her back into the cave so she doesn't get sick trying to jump into a nearby puddle right outside the cave. Something she finds herself really, REALLY wanting to do.
"It's really a whole new world out here, isn't it, Ash?" She asks her Vulpix, who gives a small whine in reply. He's not such a fan of the rain, being weak to water. But he tries to join in Ember's enthusiasm.
Ember watches the rain silently, thinking to herself, she's going to have so much fun here.
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Player Name: Indy E-mail: dizzydances@gmail.com Preferred Contact: swirlix @ Plurk and thevoidcritter @ Discord Timezone: US Central Current Characters in Victory Road: None!
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Character Name: Laszlo Tamasi Series: Original (Vampire: The Masquerade OC) Timeline: October 2022 Canon Resource Links: Because László was created for a canon tabletop setting, I will be linking the wiki here.
-The WoD is basically a grimdark urban fantasy version of the real world, with vampires, mages, fairies, werewolves, etc. I'm ignoring most of the other stuff and focusing on the vampire stuff. -Most vampires adhere to this concept called the Masquerade, where they make sure the public doesn't know vampires or other supernaturals are real. -There are three major factions in the modern Western vampire world. The first is the Camarilla, an extremely lawful and bureaucratic vampire government who believes that the Masquerade must be upheld at all costs, and that all vampires must adhere to a rigid hierarchy. Then there's the Anarchs, who rebel against the hierarchy of the Camarilla, but still mostly cling to their humanity and abide by the more common sense rules, like the Masquerade. Finally we've got the Sabbat, a completely batshit insane death cult who rebel entirely against the elder vampires, and who are also preparing for the end of the world when the ancients shall arise from their slumber and eat everyone. Yeah.
Tamási László (if we're using the name order they're used to) was born in the early 1880s in a village in rural Hungary somewhere. I have never actually named this village, but it's a running gag in my game that no one in the party can actually pronounce this shit. Their father was the mayor, which basically just meant that the family could afford a roof that didn't leak and the ability to scrimp and save for their only child to one day afford college in the big city.
That said, László was also nonbinary as fuck, a fact that their abusive father resented deeply. It's hard to overstate how few redeeming qualities their father had, and László as a child quickly developed the essential skills of lying to avoid any sort of confrontation with their father, who they'd come to loathe and resent more with each passing day.
They had few friends as a child, but their best friend was a little girl named Aranka, who they met at the village school at around 6-7 and who they played and hung out with every time they could wrestle a moment away from their shitty ass family. Remember her name, it will be important later.
Over time their father's more physical abuse waned, mostly because their child was taller and stronger than them as an older teen/young adult.
At 17 they went to college in Budapest, and began to study medicine.
At 23 they finished their schooling and began their career as an assistant to another doctor in a hospital, which today would be akin to a med student starting their residency. This wrapped up when they were about 25 or 26.
After this, to make a long story VERY short, they married their childhood friend Aranka, who as fortune would have it was both a cis lesbian and also one of the only people on the planet to know László wasn't actually a guy. Their parents didn't approve for a variety of reasons, so things were still kinda tense, but they managed.
They couldn't be themselves in public, but they could at least keep each other safe. As fate would have it though, these two did eventually fall in love, and moved to Budapest where they had a family and met two other cis women who moved in with them as "renters" and Aranka's "very good friends", if you wanna read between the lines.
Things went on fairly normally for about 20 years, during which time László built up a successful medical practice and the secret polycule raised half a dozen kids together (all of whom were Aranka's, biologically speaking.) Unfortunately, things can never last, and the closer it gets to the 1930s, the worse it is to be a queer person (or really any sort of minority) in Europe.
The stress of watching one's country slowly descend into fascism started getting to László, and in the 1920s they started to do what they never thought they would, which is deliberately murder their own patients if said patients were scumbags. Weirdly, they didn't get caught by the authorities, but someone noticed.
Enter Adler (not his birth name), a vampire from clan Tzimisce who had been staking out for a potential new childe for at least a decade, and who saw some promise in a brilliant trans doctor who clearly wasn't afraid to do a few murders. László left their work that evening, but never returned home, and it was assumed they were murdered.
Over the next 10 years, László followed their abusive sire's demands as the two carried out Sabbat business all over Europe, while secretly trying to funnel money and other aid over to their human family. Their human family used this aid to flee the country, with Aranka and four of the kids making their way to America while two of the kids and the two girlfriends made it to the UK or France.
But the stress of doing this while struggling with their inner monster led to them having a mental breakdown and almost experiencing wassail, and as they struggled to recover from this, their shitty ass sire took the opportunity to remake László in his image.
They adopted a more detached, more transhumanist way of looking at their vampiric condition, accepting that they were no longer human, but also becoming more willing to do increasingly monstrous things that their human self would pale at, like human experimentation or just straight up cronenberging people into war ghouls. The sheer depth and breadth of their war crimes was nothing to be scoffed at.
Sometime in the 1940s, they and the rest of their Sabbat pack traveled to Mexico for some official business as Mexico is the sect's capital, for all intents and purposes. The sheer fuckery of what happened with Europe in the end and immediate aftermath of WWII left their pack stranded. At around this point the tattered remains of their pack also were folded into a larger pack, which is where they eventually ended up in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio was controlled by the Sabbat during this time, but that all changed in the 1980s when an Anarch vampire named Sophronia made a push to drive the Sabbat out, establishing herself as Baron of the city. (Vampire authority titles always use the masculine form, even if the holder is a woman.)
The Sabbat found themselves on the losing side of that war, and Laszlo along with their sire and a few other packmates found themselves accused of infernalism (basically demon pacts/worship) for political reasons in the fallout. Having never been that enthusiastic about the Sabbat's political goals, and having endured one too many abuses from their sire, they decided to just fucking kill Adler, release a kaiju science experiment on their accusers, and leave the sect.
This basically made them a wanted vampire, and as the Anarchs took over, Laszlo sought their protection. They received it, but at the cost of basically now being a hostage for the Anarchs.
Fast forward to 2022. They had settled in to their new life, when a letter from an old friend arrived. That's right, Aranka's back. It turns out that decades after Laszlo had "died", she moved to the US and was later, as an old lady, embraced by another vampire into clan Brujah before falling in with the Anarchs over in Austin. This is just about when San Antonio found itself in the midst of another turf war with the Sabbat, with them eager to take back what they'd lost (and also possibly kill Laszlo.)
Personality: On the surface, Laszlo seems like a perfectly personable sort of Cainite. They're polite, friendly, willing to crack a few jokes or acknowledge that they're a weird, awkward person at the heart of it all. This belies a truly fucking terrifying nature, in which, like many Tzimisce, they're willing to commit multiple war crimes as a matter of course all in the name of research or some other nebulous goal. They also take hospitality and holding to one's word very seriously, though, and will refuse to go back on their word or harm anyone they have explicitly given protection to. This seems like a weird combination of traits, but they're good at compartmentalizing like that.
On the subject of compartmentalizing, they're also trying their damndest to make a clear distinction between their pre-vampire and post-vampire self. They'll openly talk about their pre-vampire life to those who they believe won't judge them for it, but in their mind, this is also a chapter of their life that they have a level of detachment from and are now no longer part of, sort of like someone without trauma describing their high school days. This got a bit messier once Aranka was revealed to not actually be dead, but here we are.
Underneath all of this, however, is bits and pieces of their old life that somehow, by the grace of Cain the dark father, still survived the Embrace and their subsequent descent into being a fucking monster. They dote on creatures they take responsibility for, whether that creature is a ghoul or one of their custom-crafted flesh monstrosities...just as they used to be a doting parent in their mortal life. They have the same insecurities about social situations, the same weird sense of humor, the same taste in aesthetics. Sure, the embrace has made them more confident, but that might just be the weight of dysphoria having finally been lifted.
The pain of having to reconcile this with their new reality has lessened considerably than from when they were trying to abide by human morals. They no longer do, and they continue to strive to improve themselves in ways only they understand. This is probably going to be put on hold as they take the life of a Pokemon breeder and get really into the weird eugenics of EVs and IVs as a proxy for the self-improvement they sought after previously.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: Can I please have the old Goomy back Password: Atomic Fireball
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Character Name: Ryunosuke Tanaka Series: Haikyuu!! Timeline: Post ch. 193 Canon Resource Links:here.
Personality:
When most people first meet Ryūnosuke Tanaka, they'll probably think— ah! A delinquent. The skittish might find themselves shaking uncomfortably under his sharpened glare, and the stronger willed might notice that . . . he's not that scary. He's just trying way too hard with the whole intimidation look. Tanaka is just that— a young man that thinks he's a pretty cool guy, and that first impressions should leave the mark you would want to leave. He demands respect in a pretty straightforward way, and tends to loom over other boys and make faces at them, trying to scare and intimidate them with his looks, which is what usually tends to spring glare offs and verbal fight warnings (call it some sort of show of masculinity, if you will). He's no stranger to scuffles, or at least trying to start them— Tanaka is a wired second year, prone to disliking others at first sight; loud, hot blooded and easily thrown off his cool into something fired up, angered and ready to exchange blows at the tip of a hat. From giving him odd looks to being the new kid on the block— this guy is bound to make the face at you at some point, and depending on the situation, he just might call you out, no matter where or when.
Tanaka is simply like that— a provoker, and sometimes he doesn't even do it on purpose, even though it may seem like it. It's something in his nature to do; you can bet that when he proves a non believer wrong, he'll howl and yell about his comeback, talk them down with insults and— take off his shirt and wave it in the air in victory. If not that, well— he'll give you his best monk imitation and send hell spikes flying to you. Or maybe you're a friend, and you've done something funny? He'll laugh at it, tactlessly, and depending on the person it could or not cause a disturbance.
As comedic as it can be, Tanaka takes all this and more seriously, and it can tie fairly well into how protective he is with those that fall into his circle of friends. He threatens those that look down on not just him, but his teammates, especially his underclassmen, and uses that to his favor— he doesn't miss a beat, and the day he does back down on his own, you can stop calling him Tanaka. In fact, in such situations he only seems to grow, and the more moxie that's stirred in him, the more unstoppable Tanaka can become. He lacks in composure, but his fighting spirit excels in contrast.
Aside from being a protective dragon uncle, Tanaka is pretty caring under all that macho— he looks after those younger and older than him once they're to his liking, and will go the few extra yards to keep them all in peace with each other. If he has to whip out the FISTS OF FURY, he isn't above it, shown when he comes rushing into the gymnasium after being called by a distressed Yachi, witnessing both Hinata and Kageyama assault each other physically— only for both to get angrily punched out of it by Tanaka himself. He's shown to hold Nishinoya back from doing something more than grabbing and pushing their ace spiker, Asahi, after a lost match, and even go as far as to scold Noya for disrespecting their ace once he returns from his suspension— only because he called him a coward for not returning. He cares, and cares a ton about the well being of his peers, and once earning his respect, you'll pretty much have a guard dog at your heels. He's supportive, earnest and sincere with his words to them despite a certain roughness to it— and also adores being a good senpai (for those who deserve it, at least).
That doesn't go without mentioning the team's beautiful third year club manager, Kiyoko Shimizu, who he sprawls himself out for her to step on along with Nishinoya— the duo drool and cry over her beauty, and despite usually getting ignored, it's what makes him (them) even crazier about her. Completely head over heels, Kiyoko is one of the people Tanaka would fight a crowd for, and quite possibly an outlet to how alone he feels in terms of relationships. It's mentioned that he had once tried to help a first year get around the school, and just one look at him caused her to scream and run away— he's just like any sixteen year old single dude . . . A girlfriend is one of his actual goals, and despite his enthusiasm for Kiyoko, Tanaka is shown to actually be a little shy with girls at first sight, shown when Yachi is first introduced ( possibly because of what happened to him before . . . ). But, that doesn't mean he's a blundering mess— perhaps just a bit cautious nowadays!
We know that Tanaka is an excellent wing spiker, Karasuno's second best right next to the ace— his mental strength is like a steel blockade, making him a frightening attacker that blasts through walls and keeps fighting with his very being, even when he's cornered— and that's what makes his spikes frightening. When he scores, he isn't subtle about it either— he puts on a show. He cheers and yells, he bellows out with every breath his lungs can put forth . . . Tanaka really, really likes spiking, shown during one of the team's training arcs to get so emotional about blasting through blockers that he couldn't speak right. Just like all his other teammates, volleyball plays a pretty big part in Tanaka's life and daily routine, and what's made him more . . . Well, Tanaka.
Unfortunately, all that vigor towards sports doesn't always shine in other important things— school for example. Tanaka's grades aren't that rad (poor all around), shown to sleep in class, skip studying, and overall slack off when it comes to academics, booksmarts and timeliness (he usually over sleeps and shows up late to volleyball practice). Some people could go the extra mile and call him stupid— it's probably true. But if it's support you need, Tanaka's probably your dude and more.
He can be unnecessarily loud and obnoxious, annoying and troublemaking, but if anything— on top of it all, he is a bro, and all you have to do is get on his good side. Or be a lovely young lady, please, just don't be afraid of him.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
• strong willed! Tanaka is a strong guy. Not just physically, but mentally as well. There's absolutely nothing that can hold him back once he gets started, and it's this that makes him a powerful force when it's all about getting the job done. He'll do it his way, though. • protective! Tanaka is a guy that cares about his friends— he's completely loyal, respects them, and keeps a sharp eye out for them. He'll pick fights if he has to, or at least feel like he has to to keep his friends and turf on the higher end. • athletic! The guy's got massive smacking power due to being a wing spiker. He's lean and toned, and while he can slack, he's a pretty adept guy when it comes to moving around (and playing volleyball). That's also if he wants to, of course. ( not part of athletic ability, but he also has excellent hearing ) • provoking. He provokes people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. He bursts out laughing various times at his friends for something they do (such as Nishinoya), and other times he angers people with his own verbal pokes and intimidating stares. He pretty much looks for fights. • temper. He gets angry pretty easily, and what he usually retorts to is violence, needing to be held back by his peers. • GIRLS. they are his weakness. no matter if they ignore or flat out insult him— he'll probably like it, and be completely oblivious to any foul play. because girls are angels. • What's a book? Exactly. He's pretty dumb, s2s.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: trainer. Starter: scraggy. Password: atomic fireball
Samples First Person Sample:
[ the first image that pops up is bam. this one. what's wrong with him??? maybe he's feeling sick? or maybe he does look a bit intimidating— depends on who's looking. and on his shoulders is a little guy who seems to be . . . making the same face, a scraggy that leers and glares ( or at least tries to ) next to her ( yes, her ) trainer's face. ]
You. Yeah, you, tough shit. Who else am I lookin' at, huh?
[ "mmmm?!" chimes in the scraggy, leaning over to better position her stink eye to the camera. ]
We're itchin' for a real battle, y'hear me? You think you're tough enough to take us on? [ he holds the camera over and a little bit in front of him, then leaning back and rearing his head to continue his look, and holding up a hand to give the universal "bring it" gesture— the intimidator. the scraggy continues to mimic, growling between her teeth. fear me!!!! ] 'Cuz Jaeger here? He's gonna rip you a new one. [ jaeger makes a hacking sound, like those macho men getting ready to spit except this happens. she's quickly trying to suck it back up so tanaka doesn't see-!!!! ] Think you can handle it? Huuuu— Uh?
[ splat. looks like that earlier spit trail took too much of a dive down with no way back up, sticking to the trainer's jacket with more than enough of a sound to make him turn his head, and totally lose focus! he groans loudly, free hand smacking his forehead as the other holding his device swinging down. ]
You gotta be— C'mon, not again!! [ he sighs, and jaeger hangs her head, displeased with herself— but if tanaka's something, he's a good support, patting the lizard over the head. ] It's fine, alright? Here— Y'need to whip it out!! Like this—
[ . . . no you don't want to see how disgusting that probably is, as it already sounds. at least you can't really see anything other than blurry images or the darkness of his pants— along with the approving squeaks of his pokémon as he spits at the ground. yeah . . .
this is for real. ]
Y'got that, right Jaeger? [ squeak!!!! she's ready now!! ] Alright, make it count this time, yeah? [ eager huffs!!! alright!!! and with that, he grins, raises the camera to get the angle of his face once more, before counting. ] Three, two . . .
[ one. and there's the face again. the both of them.
woops ]
You. Yeah you, tough shit.
[ please intervene ]
Third Person Sample:
Ryūnosuke Tanaka was a tenacious young man— He doesn't make a habit ( or even a happening ) of giving up, and even after his third loss to Falkner, he's hitting his head against a wall, both literally and metaphorically, sitting by a building with his back against the wall, neck craning to look up, and fingers tapping against the metallic bolts of his bagpack. Strategy wasn't something up his alley— he was more of a 'charge through first' kind of guy. But what if charging through just never works? Jaeger, the small Scraggy by him, had a type disadvantage— and one look at the Pokémon makes him sneer at the thought, catching her brief attention as he huffs into the air.
"Ppphh— Disadvantage my ass. As if that's gonna hold us down."
Apparently, he just needs to keep ramming himself into it. At some point, their hard work and determination would pull through, he knew it would. Of course, a second Pokémon could help pretty well, but . . . They've made it this far the way it was, worked to their fullest to get it right, and now he's determined to prove it! A type disadvantage's got nothing on them!! Jaeger just needed to get a good and fast start up to trigger moxie. Then she'd be a freight train.
Tanaka folds his arms against each other, shifts his legs, and dips his head down as he watches her snack. He thinks, blinks, dips his head to the opposite side of his shoulders— until he grins, mouth sharp and quirking lips in a dangerous curve, slamming a fist into his palm and booming with sound—enough to make the Scraggy jump.
"That's it!!" The teen laughs to himself, turning over to his teammate.It's so obvious now! "You just gotta evolve!!"
Man. He felt like a genius— and surly this would work! They just had to train, train, and train even more! But with Bellsprouts and Pidgeys? It makes Tanaka lean back, giving a hum. "It just can't be something too weak for ya' . . . We need some challengers. Good ones."
The Scraggy lifts her head, tiny paws holding onto the loose skin around her waist, and then shrilling with excitement. She'll be so cool. So cool. The lizard was quirky, but definitely hard working and simply dying to be cool—! Meanwhile, Tanaka shifts around for his things, shuffling a hand into his bagpack to retrieve his Pokégear, and boasts.
"And I know the perfect way to get 'em over. Give me your best Scary Face!"
Jaeger squeaks while nodding, and doing just that— giving the trainer her most devastating death glare. Hnnnnnn, she growls, and Tanaka roars with proud laughter.
"Perfect! Definitely well done!!" He holds his arm out and kneels for the Scraggy to grapple on and shift herself to his shoulders.
"Y'know how to spit, right?"
And thus, Tanaka proceeds to prepare to threaten the entire network. Accidentally.
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Player Name: Darkfeather E-mail: blackpidgeot@yahoo.com Preferred Contact: Plurk blackpidgeot Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: Bo-Katan Kryze
Character Name: Hiccup Series: How to Train Your Dragon Timeline: Near the end of The Hidden World, the part where he's falling. Canon Resource Links:HTTYD Wiki
Personality: Hiccup is a Viking, from a clan that historically killed dragons. They’re a tough warring people and he was anything but. Born early, he was always small and scrawny, nothing like his big strong dad, the chief of their people. Quite frankly, he was a disappointment and he knew it. Plus he was just… different. What he didn’t have in brawn he had in brain and nobody knew what to do with that. On top of that he’s sarcastic and witty.
All Hiccup wanted was to be like the others. To be a dragon killer and make his mark! To finally get some respect or even a date. Instead he always managed to, well, mess things up. Determined to prove himself, he built a contraption that was sure to bag him a dragon. Getting his chance when a dreaded Night Fury showed up during a raid. Crazy thing was, it worked! He shot down a Night Fury! Sure nobody saw it and he had to go looking for it the next day, but he did it! Only problem was, when he found the dragon, he couldn’t kill it. Finally he had his chance to make a name for himself and he just couldn’t go through with it. It looked as frightened as he was. So he cut it loose, and instead of eating him, the dragon fled. However it was injured and couldn’t fly away, missing a tail fin. This encounter would change his life forever.
While his father was away searching for the dragon’s nest, Hiccup was assigned to dragon training where he was supposed to learn to kill creatures that plagued them. Only problem was, Hiccup didn’t want to kill them anymore. Over time he slowly befriended the Night Fury, which he named Toothless, and learned more and more about dragons. To the point he learned tricks that got him through dragon training without harming any dragons. While in his off time he developed a prosthetic fin to help Toothless fly, though it wouldn’t work with him riding the dragon and manipulating it. This led to a cooperative bond and friendship between boy and dragon, a relationship that was forbidden. Something he had to face when his crush found out and had to convince that dragons were not bad after all. I’m fact they were only doing what they were told by their queen.
The real test though came when Hiccup was given the opportunity to kill a dragon in front of the whole village. But instead of doing that he used the opportunity to show them that they didn’t have to kill then. Something that enraged his father and caused a commotion where Toothless came to save Hiccup. Only for the Night Fury to get captured and used as a means to lead a hunting party to the dragon nest. Knowing they were doomed, Hiccup and his friends followed on other dragons and helped fight off the queen that overwhelmed the fleet. A battle that resulted in its defeat and Hiccup losing part of his leg. But they gained so much more as he had convinced them all that dragons were friends, not enemies.
For several years the village lived in harmony with their dragons, integrating them into their every day life. Dragon saddles and games were developed. All thanks to Hiccup and his efforts. Then Hiccup’s father started talking about him being chief one day. He shrunk away from it, not wanting that sort of responsibility. Then things changed again when Hiccup encountered dragon trappers, led by a mad man who wanted to conquer the world with his army of dragons. A threat that Hiccup’s father knew they couldn’t beat, but Hiccup was determined to find him and change his mind. Foolishly running off to do just that. In the process he managed to come across a colony of dragons with a human who turned out to be his long lost mother, and an alpha dragon that was the king of all dragons.
However, events led to the villain finding them and a great battle ensued. Hiccup’s attempts to talk to the man failed. Instead he managed to turn Toothless on him with a new alpha that could control any dragon. Hiccup may have died right had his father not pushed him out of the way and taken the attack himself. With his father dead and stricken with grief Hiccup pushed Toothless away. Causing him to get caught by the mad man, Drago, who left for Berk to capture all their dragons. After a ceremony for his father, and his determination renewed, Hiccup and his gang rode on baby dragons to get home and save their dragons. Again another battle ensued, with Hiccup managing to get through to the mind controlled Toothless. Their bond able to break the spell the alpha had on him. Toothless then challenged and defeated the alpha and Drago, causing him to become the king of the dragons. The victory restoring Berk’s dragon paradise with Hiccup as the new chief.
A year later would find Hiccup and his dragon riders crashing every dragon trapper ship they could find and releasing the dragons they captured. Growing their dragon population exponentially to the point of overcrowding. He was warned that they couldn’t go on like this and that Hiccup would pick a fight he couldn’t win. Did he listen? No.
Wanting to put a stop to it, the dragon trappers hired a legendary hunter who had killed all but one of the Night Furies. Grimel proved to be a powerful opponent who even used a female Light Fury as bait to try to capture Toothless, on top of burning down Hiccup’s home in an attack. Feeling that they were too vulnerable, Hiccup decided they needed to leave Berk and look for the Hidden World. The legendary home of all dragons. So they all packed up and shipped out, with Grimel in pursuit. The Light Fury, that Toothless had fallen for, even following. Eventually the stopped at a new island and made camp. Toothless growing more and more attached to the Light Fury with each encounter they had. Wanting his dragon to be happy he developed a tail fin that Toothless could control on his own. Allowing to fly off with the Light Fury. Problem is, he never came back, and Hiccup suddenly felt very vulnerable. He was nothing without his dragon. Or so he thought. Especially once they realized that Grimel was coming for them and their dragons. With his girlfriend’s help they went looking for Toothless and came upon the Hidden World. It was there that Hiccup realized that’s where Toothless belonged, where he was happy. Coming to the heartbreaking conclusion that they might have to part ways. However, before they could leave, the dragons discovered them and attacked. With Toothless having to rescue and fly them out of there.
Shortly after returning to the new island, Grimel arrived and the battle for the dragons raged. With all the dragons being captured. Hiccup and his crew having to follow with body suits that functioned as gliders. In the ensuing fight, Hiccup sacrificed himself in a moment where Toothless was in danger. Telling the Light Fury to save him as he plummeted to his certain death, taking Grimel along with him. It’s during this fall that Hiccup was taken and brought to the Pokémon world.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Gible. It's a dragon! A dragon master and trainer like Hiccup needs a dragon! They are his passion and what he will mainly collect here as he has a special connection with that type. Also, Gible is the kind of dragon that would fit extremely well into his canon. So really it's just perfect for him. Password: Atomic Fireball
It’s just another day in Pokémon world! One young man, a trainer, had taken it upon himself to welcome a group of new arrivals. The little group is gathered around, following after the tall but scrawny guy who walks with a prosthetic leg. Unassuming but seemingly knowledgeable as he walks and talks, giving a guided tour. His arms outstretched as he gestures to the small town surrounding them.
“This… is Bark. New Bark, actually. Where’s the original? No idea. The town in a word? Tiny. Its two roads over a village and 12 lights short of a city. But the grass outside it grows taller than a house! You could get lost for days. There’s a guy named after a tree who might give you a pet, and a crazy lady who claims to be your mom. She makes good lunches though, and the underwear is amazing. They say this is the start of your journey. Where you might ask? All over! The point? Catching animals. See some people like to collect rocks, or stamps, or even cats. Here, we have something nobody else has. Pokémon.”
Hiccups gestures to his little Gible, the Pokémon belching as if on cue.
“Sure they look harmless, but these little guys really pack a punch! So much they fight them here! All in good fun of course. If you’re good enough you can challenge the masters. Having the strongest and the best is everything here. Whether that’s by training or breeding them. Or you can just collect ‘em all! There’s something for everyone if you look hard enough. And best of all? These guys are loyal. Treat them well and they’ll be some of the best friends you’ve ever had.”
Hiccup demonstrates by giving the Gible a good belly rub. Its tongue hanging out of its mouth while one of its legs kicks at the air.
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Personality: When you think of a Viking certain things might come to mind. Like big burly hairy people wearing metal helmets with horns that invoke an image of primitive might and strength. A warring barbaric people who yell and scream as they run head first into battle. You wouldn’t be wrong in that! Except when it comes to Hiccup. He is practically nothing of what a Viking should be. He was born early you see, and never grew into the big beefy man that he should have been. Instead he would describe himself as a 'talking fish bone' due to his scrawny size. Feeling that he was a disappointment to his hulking father, who was said to have popped a dragon's head off its shoulders as a baby, because he was different. Not strong enough to wield an axe, and terrified of dragons, he didn't really have the stuff to be a dragon killer. In fact, every time he tried, disaster seemed to follow him. Which only made things harder for himself, and everyone else, to the point nobody wanted him around. But he was desperate to prove himself nonetheless as he just wanted to be like everyone else. To not be the disappointment that he felt he was.
What Hiccup doesn't have in brawn, he makes up for in brain. He's a genius in more ways than one. Whether it’s using his words with witty and sarcastic comebacks, or his ability to invent things, the kid has it in spades. In fact, that's how he was made useful in his clan by becoming the apprentice of Gobber and learning how to make weapons and other necessary Viking things. He designs and builds his own bola launcher in his ambition to catch and kill his first dragon and even succeeds on his first try! On top of that he builds a prosthetic tail fin for Toothless, a dragon saddle, and a flight vest. All of which he tweaks and adjusts with time, making things easier for himself and other dragon riders. He also comes up with his own unique weapon, a sword that he can light on fire, as well as dragon scale armor. Hiccup is also observant as he manages to figure out how dragons think and react to things. Such as when Toothless freaks out over an eel, Hiccup uses that to push another dragon back into its pen. As well as the fragrant grass that Toothless rolls in, he uses a clump of it to stop another dragon from attacking him.
Despite his initial fear of dragons, and wanting to kill them, Hiccup comes to realize that the beasts are actually kind and gentle creatures. They only attack his clan because they needed food to take back to their queen and defend themselves. This began when he first captured Toothless and tried to kill him, but was unable to do it. As he looked into the dragon's eyes, and the fear that he had, Hiccup saw himself and couldn't go through with it. Instead he released and studied the dragon from a distance, eventually developing a forbidden friendship with him. His understanding and compassion towards the dragons increased to the point that it defined him, for better or for worst. He became passionate in his desire to protect the dragons and convinced others that they didn't need to kill them. Stubborn as any other Viking, he was able to do this, through great pain and effort, with his clan and father. Though his altruistic intentions led him to trying to change the mind of Drago Bludvist about dragons. This had him running off on his own and nearly getting himself killed. His father getting killed instead, and Toothless coming under the man's control. A control that was only eventually broken because of the strong bond Hiccup had with his dragon.
As Hiccup grew and gained the respect and pride of his clan, it was expected that he would one day be chief, just as his father was. A responsibility he first ran away from because he didn't want to be like his father, and didn't think he could be at the same time. His old feelings of insecurity rising to the surface despite the confidence he had found in becoming a dragon master. Though without really knowing it, he always had the makings of a great leader as he was able to strategize and use the strengths of all his companions in ways that were effective in battle. But it took the tragic death of his father to make him realize his own potential and the responsibility he had to his people. Rising to his position as chief while Toothless became the king of all dragons. However, few things mattered more to him than the dragon he considers his best friend. The two of them an unstoppable force for the good of human and dragon kind. While that bond helped Hiccup gain the confidence and skills he needed to thrive, he came to depend too much on his dragon. So much so that once he found himself without his companion, he didn't have the same confidence in himself and floundered. Having to realize his own self worth with the help of those closest to him. With Toothless finding a mate and a place among the dragons in the Hidden World, Hiccup realized that their time together was coming to an end. He had been focusing on what he wanted, and not what Toothless needed. It was these realizations he was facing before selflessly sacrificing himself so that his friend could be saved. Its at that point he would be brought to the Pokemon world.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon! Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
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Player Name: Pyra E-mail: pyrachan@gmail.com Preferred Contact: PM Timezone: AWST (Australian Western Standard Time) Current Characters in Victory Road:N/A
Character Name:Jotaro Kujo Series: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Timeline: Post-death Canon Resource Links:https://jojowiki.com/Jotaro_Kujo.
Personality: You should always beware the quiet ones, especially if that motherfucker is 6'5".
To the unfamiliar eye, Jotaro looks the part of someone who can and would throw a person farther than they can spit. He's physically strong, and his stand is even stronger, but while he can make a fight physical (and will do so if it's practical) his preference is the opposite. Jotaro is intelligent, quick-witted and perceptive. In canon, he is a professor, an oceanographer, and a (supernatural) investigator of sorts. Even before Stone Ocean, Jotaro has helped investigate a serial killer in Japan (while doing his PhD, no less), and has tracked down the illegitimate son of his mortal enemy to Italy (albeit not in person).
It is also easy to mistake Jotaro Kujo as someone who doesn't care. At first glance, he seems like a callous and abrasive man. He appears in the prison his daughter, Jolyne, has been arrested in and asks if she has the amulet he sent her through her mother. No explaining where he's been for years. No acting like a father. When Jolyne trips and falls, Jotaro reaches out to Jolyne, but Jolyne realises that he was actually trying to give her the pendant that she had dropped and not reaching to help her up. He doesn't even ask if she's okay. He just reminds her that she needs to keep the pendant safe. One would think explaining that the pendant has a transmitter that is actively being tracked and followed by the submarine they intend to escape with would be something to tell your daughter but Jotaro doesn't see the need to until he literally has his soul torn out of him. Jotaro consistently doesn't tell others his plans, intentions or motives, mostly because he doesn't see the need to.
Jotaro's biggest flaw is that he doesn't express himself. Ironically, he thinks he's easy to read (he's not) and doesn't think it's necessary to portray how he feels further. He doesn't tell people what he's planning or how he feels. Jotaro never explicitly shows how much he loves his mother and grandfather, even though he respects them both. Similarly, his neglect of both his wife and daughter stems from a need to protect them from the supernatural world of Stands. Naturally, he explains none of this, leading to a divorce and a strained relationship with Jolyne. In fact, Jotaro was so focused on getting Jolyne out of prison, that he actually seemed stunned when she finally called him out on being an absent father.
Despite his stoic exterior, Jotaro has a lot of bad one-liners a gentle heart and a strong sense of justice. If someone is in trouble right in front of him (or if his family is involved), Jotaro will do the right thing, come to their aid and he will not hesitate to sacrifice himself to do so. The biggest evidence of this is when he was facing the final antagonist of Stone Ocean. He could have killed them but he chose not to, opting to instead push his daughter out of harm's way instead.
Above everything, Jotaro is determined and everything he does is for one goal and one goal only: to protect his family. He constantly pushes his body past its limits for the people he loves and has put himself in mortal danger to protect his friends and family. He even survived for a couple of minutes after having his soul ripped out in order to make sure Jolyne would have a safe escape route out of prison. However, as a consequence, to protect his family, Jotaro also pushes them away so they can't be hurt. For years, he constantly works to near-death to protect them while emotionally they drift further and further away.
Until he dies alone, bleeding out into the ocean.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Breeder Starter: Finizen Password: Atomic Fireball
Victory Road Sample: Jotaro remembers his eyes filling with red. Then it going black. If he tries hard enough, he can vaguely recall the smell of blood and then salt water filling into his skull as he collapses into the ocean...
Pucci was right - his greatest weakness was his daughter. He was two steps behind. Two steps too late.
But... I know Dad's gonna come save me. He'll be here, definitely. Dad will be here soon... to save me...
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Jotaro stares at the ceiling, blurry-eyed and groggy. What was that? Was he dreaming? Or was he waking up from another coma? He's not sure but this is definitely not somewhere he's familiar with. The large man grimaces as he gets out of the tiny and cramped bed, and brings his hand over the left side of his face. From the top of his forehead to his chin, there's a deep scar Jotaro didn't remember getting over his multiple adventures. But before Jotaro can even comprehend what's going on, the door opens and out steps a woman, perhaps a decade younger than he is. An enemy? Or is it a hallucination? Fuck... he's not in the mood for this.
"Oi, woman. Where am I?"
But 'Mom' is a trained professional who doesn't take questions or 'fuck offs'. Despite Jotaro's towering height and build she gets him out of the house, and somehow the door holds when Jotaro violently slams his fist against the wood, demanding Mom to give him some answers.
It's fruitless, of course, so Jotaro is left out in the unfamiliar town, bag in hand. Where was this? What was this? Heaven? Hell? A Stand Attack? Jotaro cautiously looks around, half-ready for an enemy to jump out and kill him. This has to be a trick, right? Right? He balls his fist so hard it shakes. He needs answers now. As far as he knows, his only daughter is in danger and-
"Star Platinum!" Jotaro throws the bag aside with the war cry. The bag slams against the ground and there's a violent flash of light.
But his partner isn't brought forth. The familiar visage of his wild-haired spirit (his very soul) is nowhere to be seen. Instead, in front of him is an empty Pokeball that's rolled out of his bag and a floating, light blue dolphin.
"Finizen!"
"... You're not Star Platinum." As he says the stand's name again, the creature (Finizen?) chitters excitedly, like a dog hearing their master call their name. Jotaro's good at reading people and animals, and he can immediately tell that the Finizen thinks he's calling it Star Platinum - Fucking idiot.
Jotaro holds out his hand and the Finizen immediately floats over, nuzzling it affectionately. It doesn't feel like a stand... Maybe they weren't in battle?
"Yare Yare..." Jotaro's not sure what it is. Maybe it's the creature's adorable appearance (he does love dolphins almost as much as starfish). Maybe it's cheery background music that's weirdly playing around him. Maybe it's how peaceful everything is... but he takes a moment to breathe. Right... so this wasn't a battle... so where was this?
He needs to get information. He needs to ask around and figure out what was going on. The man pats the Pokemon on the head once more and then starts to walk away, looking for someone else to give him answers. However, the creature 'swims' through the air after him, jolly as ever. Jotaro frowns over his shoulder.
"Are you following me?"
"Finizen!" Thankfully, Jotaro is used to understanding mono-word speech and knows a 'yes' when he hears one. The man stares at the dolphin for a long moment before he sighs and turns away.
"Fine. I need help getting answers, anyway." He backtracks and scoops up the bag, the Finizen's ball included. "I need to find my daughter, Jolyne. So if you're going to follow me, make sure you help me out... Star."
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon! Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
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Player Name: Casey E-mail: decend.to.darkness@gmail.com Preferred Contact:Gryphcat, gryphcat#5471 Timezone: PST Current Characters in Victory Road: G'rhyf Kett
Character Name: Chip Abaroa Series: Original Character Timeline: After being officially adopted by Grant Original Character Background: Canon History: The world of Magitroika is, superficially, much like our own. In the broad strokes history has played out in the same way, with most religions, countries, and cultures remaining intact. The largest difference is the presence of magic, and the planes of reality that give this canon it's name. In simple terms, the planes are connected in a balance of a triangle, with the Earth we know in the center and the three realms of fae, angels, and demons surrounding. The interactions of energy between each realm (both magical and physical) are complex and incredibly interesting...but not really important for these purposes. What is important is that while some religions make claims of one, two, or all of these being divine in origin, such cannot be proven and is accepted in the academic community as being a specious claim at best. Of course, this doesn't stop the public from allowing such ideas to color their view of both the extraplanar entities and those humans who inherited their bloodlines, for better or worse.
In early history, magic was a well known and common part of life. However, as society progressed and trade expanded further than 'Olaf just down the river has some eggs he can spare', certain ancient parties began to spread their influence and keep esoteric realities under wraps. Over the ensuing centuries, vampires created a web of power that threaded through nearly every civilized nation, quietly steering events for the personal gain of various generational factions. It wasn't a perfect secret, but the balance of power remained stable for several thousand years, even through the discovery of the Americas. However, as technology advanced and communities could rapidly communicate across longer and longer distances, the illusion was starting to slip, and around the time of the industrial revolution a decision was made to allow the rediscovery of supernatural forces in a controlled manner, for both the safety of the public and to keep some measure of control over the world governments.
These days, magic is treated like any other field of science, though one that is couched heavily in long-established symbolic correspondences and more than a few head-scratching questions about the relationship between sentient will and reality. While some sentient beings of Earth such as dragons and elementals can use what is called 'natural magic' through focused will, humanity uses a practice called 'ritual magic' in order to manipulate not only the red magic that is tied to their plane, but also the green, white, and black magics of the three other realms. The practice is common enough to be part of the average school curriculum, and most people have a basic understanding of how to execute very simple spells. Basic rights for intelligent zombies, ghosts, and other forms of undead were fought for and won in the late thirties, and in recent years there has been a surge of protest against bigotry towards werewolves and extraplanar-descended humans, a movement that marches alongside the fight against more mundane racism, sexism, and similar prejudices.
Character History: For the first few years of their life, Chip was raised alone by their mother, a human who had a brief but turbulent relationship with a half-demon that left her paranoid and fearful of demonic influence. From the first moment Chip began to exhibit the power their blood granted them, she scolded them and tried to force them to suppress any evidence they were anything but human. As they grew older they learned more and more to hate their heritage, and by extension themself. While their mother did care for them, her personal traumas left their mark on Chip as well, and when she found a new husband things only grew worse. While he was kind and loving to their mother, for Chip the entrance of their step-father into their life marked the beginning of an even more vicious campaign to squash out the demon blood in them--or, perhaps, to simply punish them for existing. The punishments their step-father laid out for any time they misbehaved (all blamed on their 'evil nature') were extreme and ranged from locking a white-aligned and painful 'protection' charm onto Chip's arm to long periods locked in isolation, often multiple days in length. When they were ten, Chip finally found the courage to run away from their abusive home life, and for several weeks they lived on the streets doing their best to avoid police or any other authority figures.
However, one night they happened to fall asleep in the alleyway behind the owner of an occult supplies store. Grant discovered Chip there and, after a day or so of persuasion, Chip agreed to come inside and stay with Grant for a while. Chip did not entirely trust this situation to last, as their demonic nature would show itself and force them to flee or face the same they had dealt with at home--or worse. But to Chip's shock and confusion, when Grant realized they had a negative reaction to contact with quartz (a common white magic amplifier) he expressed only sympathy and understanding. Even when Chip let their aggression get the better of them he was calm and never struck them, instead talking them down out of their rages and helping them to reason through their feelings. Soon Chip learned part of why Grant himself was so tolerant of their issues: he himself was a werewolf, and in his youth struggled with similar aggression issues and prejudice from society at large. As the weeks wore on Chip grew increasingly attached to Grant, and was fearful for anything that might threaten their place in his home.
Soon they would face just one such threat. Around the same time that Chip was invited into Grant's home, he had been guilted into assisting a man by the name of Foster in a highly illegal but theoretically impossible necromantic ritual to raise himself as a zombie under his own control. Chip had known of Foster and distrusted him for many reasons, but the tension came to a head when Foster, in a fit of psychotic delusion brought on by the disease physically destroying his brain, became convinced that Grant was going to turn him in to the authorities and made an attempt on his life. Chip saw this and broke into a rage so strong that they forgot everything from the moment they saw Foster stab out Grant's eye to when Sophie, a mutual acquaintance of the two men, pulled them forcefully off of Foster's profusely bleeding form. While Sophie and Grant tried to figure out what to do about the situation, Chip fled from the store.
For several days, they remained missing. Running and hiding where they could, Chip was completely ready to leave the tiny family they had been building behind. They'd just proven that they couldn't be trusted, and they were terrified of how close they had come to killing someone, even if they hated that person. However, they aren't able to hide forever, and eventually Sophie finds Chip again and talks to them about what happened. She explains that Grant had assumed that Chip ran away because it was Grant that hadn't been acceptable, and that he didn't blame them for what happened at all. She also talks to them a bit about her own neglected background, and encourages them to come back to the shop. Chip reunites with Grant, finally admitting to themself that they really do love him like a father.
After this, Grant tells Chip that he had been speaking with CPS for a week prior out of concern of what he had been able to work out of their history, and asks them to speak with the case worker that has taken on the case. Chip agrees, once Grant promises them that they won't have to go back to their old family if they don't want to, and over the next few weeks they interview with both the case worker and a therapist to build a case for Chip being placed under Grant's legal custody. Chip is nervous about the whole process, but with Grant's encouragement they answer the questions as honestly as they can. Most of the preparation goes over their head, but on the day of the trial Chip is terrified. It's the first time in two months that they've seen their mother and step-father, and despite every reassurance they're sure that the judge will send them back and they'll never see Grant again. However, the worry turns out to be completely unfounded, and the judge rules in Grant and Chip's favor--they have a new dad, and a new life to look forward to.
Personality: Chip is a very difficult child to get to know. Prickly at best and aggressively contrary at worst, they are not inclined to trust and assume the worst of any situation regardless of the facts. Their temper, partially due to their demonic blood but mostly a run-of-the-mill product of their traumas, is easily provoked and they often get themself into fights over completely ridiculous things. This is simultaneously a defense mechanism and a source of self-hatred for Chip, as they isolate themself through the proof of how 'evil' they are. They tend to act before they think, running head-first into any situation without thinking about the consequences. While they do hold grudges, Chip is not particularly inclined to think that others are irredeemable for their actions--rather, it is Chip themself that brings out the bad things in others, and any harm that comes to them is only what they are owed for their existence.
As a result, Chip is terrified of both their own nature and any authority figure that is painted as being 'good'. This is particularly true for religious figures or those who are aligned to white magic, whether through blood or personal allegiance. They have suffered abuse through the use of white magic in the past, and anything that even smells vaguely of angelic power will have them cowering or lashing out, depending on the immediate danger they perceive. Chip has no faith in their own self-worth or their ability to do anything but harm, and any compassion they receive is met with confusion and disbelief.
Chip does not trust easily, especially adults. With a history of abuse, neglect, and growing up in a society that often paints not only their magical heritage but also their status as mixed-race as lesser, they tend to assume that no matter the situation they will be made the enemy, and that anyone who sees them will assume the worst. They yearn for positive relationships, as evidenced by how swiftly they latched onto Grant and how long they tried to defend their mother and step-father's actions against them, but opening up to people leaves them in a position of weakness that they are afraid to allow. They are more willing to open up to those they consider closer to them in terms of status, either children or other 'unsavory' magical types.
Even given all of this, however, Chip is still a kind and caring person. They hate themself because they want with all their heart to be good and help the people they care about. They save scraps of food to feed to stray animals because they don't want them to go hungry, and climbed down into the basement where Grant locks himself up during full moons because they were worried he would be lonely down there. When they care for someone they will go to any lengths to protect them, including throwing themself into harm's way and fighting someone twice their size. It takes a lot for them to admit they care about someone, but once they do it would take far, far more for them to stop caring for that person. Chip might run away for that person's sake, if they perceive themself as a danger, but if a loved one was in need they would do anything they could to help. Chip might not be able to understand why anyone would care about them in return, but those who do are treasured for life.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: BABY TRAINER TIME Starter: Salandit Password: Atomic Fireball
The video opens to Chip with their Salandit sitting on their head and a Sentret curled up in their lap. They look concerned, and juggle their hold on the Gear for a moment before they speak.
"Okay, so, I know this place's rules are all weird and the names are different but I know all the Paliens stuff really, really by heart and...I mean, Lazzo's a Toxic-Pyro, he makes sense, and Dad's got a Earth-Cryo little pig guy, but I just caught this--um, hang on..."
The camera tilts off while Chip reaches for their Pokegear, tapping a few buttons before the automated voice chimes with 'Sentret, the Stout Pokemon'.
"Sentret! Sentret, right. Like I love her a lot and she's really sweet, but she...she's only got one type? It just says 'Normal'." Chip pulls Sentret closer, who chirrups and looks up at them, while Lazzo stares and flicks out his tongue. "Is she okay? She's not broken or sick or anything, is she?"
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