Post by iamlurking on Jan 18, 2013 14:31:49 GMT -8
-Maylene-
Female/19/Gym Leader
Personality: Maylene is a Gym trainer with strong determination, befitting of a Fighting expert. She is polite and will give respect to strangers, and is very warm and cheerful towards friends and family.
Maylene is, however, very insecure about herself, and takes the comments the ones that have gained her respect to the heart.
She's an avid defender of the bare-foot movement as she thinks it is more natural, pointing that Pokémon do not use shoes. It is also because of her intensive martial arts training that she finds it hindering to put on and take off her shoes very frequently.
Maylene is very sensitive about her finances, scolding her father very frequently because of his gambling habits. She dislikes spending money in things that have no use or can be discarded without strong repercussions, one of the reasons she wears so light clothing even in snowy climates.
She loves to eat, partially because of her previous economic state, partially because her training demands a high energy consumption and partially because she loves the flavors and the feeling of a full belly after a celebratory dinner.
Backstory: Maylene has had her father as long as she can remember, but she does not know who her mother is or what happened to her, and gave up trying to know when she was 12.
Living in poverty courtesy of her father's gambling habits, Maylene became ingenious enough to get money for food since she was very young, scavenging the newspapers for coupons and helping in groceries or restaurants on weekends was the highlight of the week because that meant food and if she was lucky new clothes. Her home was a dreary place, barely holding itself with the meagre repairs so she spent most of the time outside.
Her struggles became more difficult when she was unexpectedly burdened with a baby Riolu, whom she found on the streets sleeping in a cardboard box with a couple of toys and blankets. Someone had abandoned him and the rational part of her told that she should leave it in a pokémon center. Having something to occupy her day as her afternoons were free, she visited him regularly and spent most of what she could spare in the little one, be it toys or a treat, leading in shoes becoming too expensive and deciding to discard them anyways. The pokémon didn't use shoes, why would she?
Once, she won a raffle and won a small tv, the kind that was no bigger than her head and used batteries if you wanted. Instead of leaving it at the house where most probably her father would find it and sell it for more coins, she traveled everywhere with it, entertaining herself and Riolu with a martial arts program that streamed usually at the time she was there. Nurse Joy wasn't amused at all when they broke one of the tables once and they had to move to an empty storage room in the centre after that. The classes were a complete success for her as it helped her when the boys and men in school and streets tried to get smart with her a couple of times.
One day she got an opportunity to study in a martial arts gym that doubled as the city's challenge gym as well, with bed and meals included, courtesy of the brother of a chef from the restaurant she frequently helped and even was a regular holiday staff. She was ecstatic to say the least and told her father she was moving out to a school. Even when he protested he let her go eventually.
When she went to talk with Riolu about that, the little one didn't leave her out of his sight that day and pulled on her clothes when she was trying to leave. He though she was going to leave him alone in the center! Even after explaining again she would visit him, he refused to stay and followed her, gaining a place in her bed roll and training with her every day. When in one of her challenges her Riolu evolved, her position went from cannon fodder to the challengers to the last trainer one had to face before facing the Gym leader. Soon afterwards she would also become one of the best students, being able to put a fight against the dojo teacher and some fighting pokémon. There were four brothers that liked to call themselves the Karate Quads, and got along really well, one could say they became her father/big brother figure between them four.
Eventually, the gym leader resigned because of personal reasons, and she was asked to become the new gym leader. Finding the need to expand on her pokémon to be able to pose a real challenge, she ventured to Mt. Coronet with the help of Candice, Gym leader of Snowpoint city. Many trainers in the area looked at both of them weirdly as Maylene only wore training clothes without shoes, while Candice had only a sweater on. Maylene left the city with a Meditite, a Machoke and a close friendship with Candice, whom she admires for her intelligence, how much more powerful she is than her as a trainer and how she treated her as an equal.
With the whispers of Team Galactic started, she found herself against one of her most difficult challenges, a trainer named Dawn who defeated her after she passed the karate brothers and took her on in the same moment. She gained the respect of Maylene, there hadn't been a trainer that took all five in succession without a quick trip to the center in the time she had been there. She found her again when she was going to visit Candice again and did not think of it much.
She now continues her position as a Gym leader, occasionally traveling to other regions like Unova or Kanto, be it for tournaments or to sight see, attending to the annual eating competition in Celadon city or the Pokémon World Tournament in Driftveil.
Appearance: Maylene had short pink hair and pink eyes. She stands at 5' (152 cm). She is very fit because of her constant training, and since a training accident, always wears a nose bandage. One usually finds her in training spandex with loose pants, on special occasions wearing other pants or a shirt.
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Pokémon:
Lucario
Male
Calm, Strong Willed
Ability: Steadfast
Abandoned as a small Riolu, Lucario didn't even notice what had even happened as he went to sleep in his former home and woke up to see two pink haired women, in a pokémon center. He was, of course, quite unhappy about the whole issue, he wanted to go home again. The Riolu was visited every day by one of the girls with pink hair, Maylene. At first distrusting, he eventually warmed up to her and both went to play and have fun when she came. The day she came in with the thing she called "TV", was the day he actually started to train, gaining new moves when they practiced in a corner in the lobby, getting a scolding from the nurse when he broke a table because of an accidental Force Palm.
When he found out she was going to stop coming so frequently, he adamantly refused to leave her side, grabbing the box that contained all his things in one hand and in the other he clutched her pants, never mind the reasoning and the tries to get him to stay. The nurse was good, but it did not have much sense to stay there if Maylene didn't come.
He did have to prove his worth against the other pokémon in the gym, proving his status as a potential dangerous opponent, often sparring against Maylene herself. Evolving meant little to him as he was a recognized threat even before, and he is proud to be the main pokémon in Maylene's team.
He usually takes the role of peacemaker (Because and not limited to the use of aura spheres and close combat) and is patient with the new pokémon that were added slowly to the team. He does play and mock-spar with the others sometimes but prefers to just observe or train.
Because of his aura manipulation powers, he is able of telepathy and can communicate with Maylene almost in exact words.
Toxicroak
Female
Adamant, Mischevious
Ability: Poison Touch
Recruited as a Croagunk in one of the visits to Crasher Wake when he took her to the Great Marsh, this Toxicroak embodies her species penchant for pranks, especially liking to drop from the top floor above what other pokémon is there, unless it's Lucario, Medicham or Machamp. She likes to wear a pink bow, making her slightly reminiscent of Maylene in a way. Usually leaves food for Medicham when she's meditating.
Medicham
Female
Sassy, Strongly defiant
Ability: Pure Power
One of her first pokémon as a gym leader, this Medicham was captured as a Meditite in Mt. Coronet, putting quite a bit of a fight and gaining the respect from her when they won. Medicham could be taken as the mother in the group, handling no immature jokes usually, except when she's bonding with the other members of the team. Medicham is especially fond of Gallade as he has a similar typing as her, practicing with him (and handing his butt to him too because she is a strong Medicham who need no male pokémon or Ditto). Will send anyone smashing though the walls except for Maylene and Lucario if they dare to interrupt her daily meditation sessions.
Machamp
Male
Hasty, Highly persistent
Ability: Guts
The third pokémon of the original trio, as a Machoke he was too captured in Mt. Coronet. Considered the brute force of the team, he lazes around when in free time. In training or battles however, his focus is almost unparalleled and gives his all even more so than most other team members. He has a bit of a thing for the new Conkledurr in the team. Usually the one that helps repair damages caused by play-fights that went too far.
Infernape
Female
Brave, Often dozes off
Ability: Blaze
Originally given as an egg because of a pokémon mimic contest that Machamp won and hatching, she strived to prove her worth in her team and even taking on some challengers as a Chimchar. She like Machamp likes to doze off after training sessions or spend the day playing. She is very fond of the Karate Quads and likes to train with them. She is the one showing the ropes of the job to the new Sawk in the team. Usually keeps the flames on her head low after accidentally starting a fire once, giving her the look of a short mane.
Gallade
Male
Naughty, Strong willed
Ability: Justified
The last of the usual team, Gallade came in by a chance encounter as a Kirilia on route 212, when Maylene was traveling to meet with Crasher Wake and Fantina to an eating contest in Kanto. Finding the Kirilia abandoned in the road, it remembered her much of how she found Lucario in the first place and decided to take that Kirilia with her. Luck shone as it was in fact a male Kirilia, who wanted to join them so much he agreed to evolve in a Gallade. He did not want to be mistaken for a female Gardevoir either and it was extremely awesome to be able to hand their rear to those Dark and Bug types. Because of his partial psychic typing, he too like Lucario, is able to communicate telepathically, albeit not very well. Likes to cook on occasion and add too much spice to the soup.
Sawk
Male
Adamant, Good Perseverance
Ability: Inner Focus
Sawk was interested in the trainer that fought hand to hand with other pokémon that came one day near his secluded area. He knew that humans were physically weaker than any pokémon, so it was surprising to see a human match the abilities of one of his type. Getting closer, he attracted the attention of everyone in there, putting on guard most except for the girl and the blue pokémon at her side.
Conkledurr
Female
Modest, Likes to relax
Ability: Iron Fist
Female/19/Gym Leader
Personality: Maylene is a Gym trainer with strong determination, befitting of a Fighting expert. She is polite and will give respect to strangers, and is very warm and cheerful towards friends and family.
Maylene is, however, very insecure about herself, and takes the comments the ones that have gained her respect to the heart.
She's an avid defender of the bare-foot movement as she thinks it is more natural, pointing that Pokémon do not use shoes. It is also because of her intensive martial arts training that she finds it hindering to put on and take off her shoes very frequently.
Maylene is very sensitive about her finances, scolding her father very frequently because of his gambling habits. She dislikes spending money in things that have no use or can be discarded without strong repercussions, one of the reasons she wears so light clothing even in snowy climates.
She loves to eat, partially because of her previous economic state, partially because her training demands a high energy consumption and partially because she loves the flavors and the feeling of a full belly after a celebratory dinner.
Backstory: Maylene has had her father as long as she can remember, but she does not know who her mother is or what happened to her, and gave up trying to know when she was 12.
Living in poverty courtesy of her father's gambling habits, Maylene became ingenious enough to get money for food since she was very young, scavenging the newspapers for coupons and helping in groceries or restaurants on weekends was the highlight of the week because that meant food and if she was lucky new clothes. Her home was a dreary place, barely holding itself with the meagre repairs so she spent most of the time outside.
Her struggles became more difficult when she was unexpectedly burdened with a baby Riolu, whom she found on the streets sleeping in a cardboard box with a couple of toys and blankets. Someone had abandoned him and the rational part of her told that she should leave it in a pokémon center. Having something to occupy her day as her afternoons were free, she visited him regularly and spent most of what she could spare in the little one, be it toys or a treat, leading in shoes becoming too expensive and deciding to discard them anyways. The pokémon didn't use shoes, why would she?
Once, she won a raffle and won a small tv, the kind that was no bigger than her head and used batteries if you wanted. Instead of leaving it at the house where most probably her father would find it and sell it for more coins, she traveled everywhere with it, entertaining herself and Riolu with a martial arts program that streamed usually at the time she was there. Nurse Joy wasn't amused at all when they broke one of the tables once and they had to move to an empty storage room in the centre after that. The classes were a complete success for her as it helped her when the boys and men in school and streets tried to get smart with her a couple of times.
One day she got an opportunity to study in a martial arts gym that doubled as the city's challenge gym as well, with bed and meals included, courtesy of the brother of a chef from the restaurant she frequently helped and even was a regular holiday staff. She was ecstatic to say the least and told her father she was moving out to a school. Even when he protested he let her go eventually.
When she went to talk with Riolu about that, the little one didn't leave her out of his sight that day and pulled on her clothes when she was trying to leave. He though she was going to leave him alone in the center! Even after explaining again she would visit him, he refused to stay and followed her, gaining a place in her bed roll and training with her every day. When in one of her challenges her Riolu evolved, her position went from cannon fodder to the challengers to the last trainer one had to face before facing the Gym leader. Soon afterwards she would also become one of the best students, being able to put a fight against the dojo teacher and some fighting pokémon. There were four brothers that liked to call themselves the Karate Quads, and got along really well, one could say they became her father/big brother figure between them four.
Eventually, the gym leader resigned because of personal reasons, and she was asked to become the new gym leader. Finding the need to expand on her pokémon to be able to pose a real challenge, she ventured to Mt. Coronet with the help of Candice, Gym leader of Snowpoint city. Many trainers in the area looked at both of them weirdly as Maylene only wore training clothes without shoes, while Candice had only a sweater on. Maylene left the city with a Meditite, a Machoke and a close friendship with Candice, whom she admires for her intelligence, how much more powerful she is than her as a trainer and how she treated her as an equal.
With the whispers of Team Galactic started, she found herself against one of her most difficult challenges, a trainer named Dawn who defeated her after she passed the karate brothers and took her on in the same moment. She gained the respect of Maylene, there hadn't been a trainer that took all five in succession without a quick trip to the center in the time she had been there. She found her again when she was going to visit Candice again and did not think of it much.
She now continues her position as a Gym leader, occasionally traveling to other regions like Unova or Kanto, be it for tournaments or to sight see, attending to the annual eating competition in Celadon city or the Pokémon World Tournament in Driftveil.
Appearance: Maylene had short pink hair and pink eyes. She stands at 5' (152 cm). She is very fit because of her constant training, and since a training accident, always wears a nose bandage. One usually finds her in training spandex with loose pants, on special occasions wearing other pants or a shirt.
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[x]
Pokémon:
Lucario
Male
Calm, Strong Willed
Ability: Steadfast
Abandoned as a small Riolu, Lucario didn't even notice what had even happened as he went to sleep in his former home and woke up to see two pink haired women, in a pokémon center. He was, of course, quite unhappy about the whole issue, he wanted to go home again. The Riolu was visited every day by one of the girls with pink hair, Maylene. At first distrusting, he eventually warmed up to her and both went to play and have fun when she came. The day she came in with the thing she called "TV", was the day he actually started to train, gaining new moves when they practiced in a corner in the lobby, getting a scolding from the nurse when he broke a table because of an accidental Force Palm.
When he found out she was going to stop coming so frequently, he adamantly refused to leave her side, grabbing the box that contained all his things in one hand and in the other he clutched her pants, never mind the reasoning and the tries to get him to stay. The nurse was good, but it did not have much sense to stay there if Maylene didn't come.
He did have to prove his worth against the other pokémon in the gym, proving his status as a potential dangerous opponent, often sparring against Maylene herself. Evolving meant little to him as he was a recognized threat even before, and he is proud to be the main pokémon in Maylene's team.
He usually takes the role of peacemaker (Because and not limited to the use of aura spheres and close combat) and is patient with the new pokémon that were added slowly to the team. He does play and mock-spar with the others sometimes but prefers to just observe or train.
Because of his aura manipulation powers, he is able of telepathy and can communicate with Maylene almost in exact words.
Toxicroak
Female
Adamant, Mischevious
Ability: Poison Touch
Recruited as a Croagunk in one of the visits to Crasher Wake when he took her to the Great Marsh, this Toxicroak embodies her species penchant for pranks, especially liking to drop from the top floor above what other pokémon is there, unless it's Lucario, Medicham or Machamp. She likes to wear a pink bow, making her slightly reminiscent of Maylene in a way. Usually leaves food for Medicham when she's meditating.
Medicham
Female
Sassy, Strongly defiant
Ability: Pure Power
One of her first pokémon as a gym leader, this Medicham was captured as a Meditite in Mt. Coronet, putting quite a bit of a fight and gaining the respect from her when they won. Medicham could be taken as the mother in the group, handling no immature jokes usually, except when she's bonding with the other members of the team. Medicham is especially fond of Gallade as he has a similar typing as her, practicing with him (and handing his butt to him too because she is a strong Medicham who need no male pokémon or Ditto). Will send anyone smashing though the walls except for Maylene and Lucario if they dare to interrupt her daily meditation sessions.
Machamp
Male
Hasty, Highly persistent
Ability: Guts
The third pokémon of the original trio, as a Machoke he was too captured in Mt. Coronet. Considered the brute force of the team, he lazes around when in free time. In training or battles however, his focus is almost unparalleled and gives his all even more so than most other team members. He has a bit of a thing for the new Conkledurr in the team. Usually the one that helps repair damages caused by play-fights that went too far.
Infernape
Female
Brave, Often dozes off
Ability: Blaze
Originally given as an egg because of a pokémon mimic contest that Machamp won and hatching, she strived to prove her worth in her team and even taking on some challengers as a Chimchar. She like Machamp likes to doze off after training sessions or spend the day playing. She is very fond of the Karate Quads and likes to train with them. She is the one showing the ropes of the job to the new Sawk in the team. Usually keeps the flames on her head low after accidentally starting a fire once, giving her the look of a short mane.
Gallade
Male
Naughty, Strong willed
Ability: Justified
The last of the usual team, Gallade came in by a chance encounter as a Kirilia on route 212, when Maylene was traveling to meet with Crasher Wake and Fantina to an eating contest in Kanto. Finding the Kirilia abandoned in the road, it remembered her much of how she found Lucario in the first place and decided to take that Kirilia with her. Luck shone as it was in fact a male Kirilia, who wanted to join them so much he agreed to evolve in a Gallade. He did not want to be mistaken for a female Gardevoir either and it was extremely awesome to be able to hand their rear to those Dark and Bug types. Because of his partial psychic typing, he too like Lucario, is able to communicate telepathically, albeit not very well. Likes to cook on occasion and add too much spice to the soup.
Sawk
Male
Adamant, Good Perseverance
Ability: Inner Focus
Sawk was interested in the trainer that fought hand to hand with other pokémon that came one day near his secluded area. He knew that humans were physically weaker than any pokémon, so it was surprising to see a human match the abilities of one of his type. Getting closer, he attracted the attention of everyone in there, putting on guard most except for the girl and the blue pokémon at her side.
Conkledurr
Female
Modest, Likes to relax
Ability: Iron Fist