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Lookat my new sleepy son - done!!

❥ TRAINER

» Name: Roderick Kingsley
» Nickname(s): He doesn't like the name Roderick, so he'll go by anything else. Rodney, Ronnie, Rick, for example.

» Gender: Cis male [he/him]
» Age: 19
» Birthday: July 1st - Cancer
» Height: 5'10''

» Hometown: Kalos Region, Camphrier Town

» Current Residency: He hasn't settled down anywhere, he just left the Kalos region to travel the Seraphic Region, but he's starting at the very beginning in Auburn Town!

» Occupation: He's a trainer doing the league challenge, while travelling around and battling kids for money. He doesn't have a plan for life yet so being a trainer is his way of procrastinating.

» Personality:

Courageous | Laid-back | Practical | Abrasive | Irresponsible | Unresolved

Tired, indecisive and poor self-care? That's most young adults summed up, and Roderick's no exception. After being pushed by his mother and step-father to get a job or to further his education or DO SOMEthing, he decided he'd rather not and went to the Seraphic region to travel and be a trainer, maybe try the league challenge. He doesn't really want to grow up yet and can act pretty immature at times, often giving into his temper and reacting harshly as a result. Most frustration is aimed at himself though, so he's not happy if he does upset or anger others with how he acts. He just growls and gets angry when things don't go his way because he rarely has things go his way and isn't great at acceptance and compromise.

When he's not being told 'no' however, he's laid-back and likes to spend his time doing whatever looks fun or chill or anything that isn't work, so forget grinding and training hard with his pokemon yet. He has a lot of lowkey hobbies, but he just can't seem to commit to one thing so he's not great nor too obsessed about any of them, he just finds enjoyment in doing them. Rodney's pretty indecisive when it comes to responsibilities and feels lost when it comes to his future, letting his opinions or ideas be easily swayed at times, but not enough to act on them unless really convinced. He is practical when it comes to the present at least, he'll think about things like money and supplies rationally and won't back down from a problem without really trying to find a solution first. Rodney's no dreamer though, he doesn't believe he'll make it to the elite 4, but he figures he'll manage to get a few badges before giving up on this too.

Roderick also has pretty bad insomnia, he's not sure why, but he finds it hard to go to sleep and wakes up without feeling rested. Due to that he's just always some degree of tired, and it carries into his personal upkeep, forgetting to eat at times and pushing himself a little too hard. He can be reckless with dangerous situations, but let it be said that Rodney is no coward. He'll fight and stand tall against fear and pain, especially if it's to help someone. He didn't grow up with many friends, and the few he did hang out with in Luminoise City never stuck around for long or he found himself out of touch with due to being bad at making plans and sticking to them. So he's not the most social butterfly, but he does try to be nice on first impressions, and likes to help others where he can.

» Likes: Money, Freedom, Exploration, Cooked meals, Grungy clothes, The Night, Sketching
» Dislikes: Commitment, Repetition, Irrational behaviour, Serious people, Sleeping

» Hobbies:
» Sketching and journal keeping
» Stargazing and pokemon watching (with his telescope)
» Exploring abandoned/desolate/wild areas

» Backstory:
Roderick grew up in the Kalos region with his single mum Victoria in Camphrier town. The town itself was super quiet and old due to its historical heritage, so he often rollerskated over to Luminoise City to hangout between the cafes and with other city kids. His mother groomed and bred Furfrou for living, profiting off trainers who wanted trained and domestic Furfrou for families environments or to show off as opposed to catching and training their own wild ones. Rodney was often made to help with this, so he got used to handling eggs [he did so much skating to hatch them] and raising the hatched puppies. As much as he wanted one of his own though, he didn't get to keep any of the puppies as his mother felt her breeding pair were already a costly handful.
He did have a little pet fletchling, Flicker, who he adored as a kid though. She was his only consistent friend, but he wasn't allowed to battle with her. She was just there for protection from wild pokemon while he went exploring. And exploring he did do a lot. Route 7 was full of flower patches and a beautiful riverside, while just north was route 6 that led to Parfum Palace, either side of which was just hidden among tall grass that reached over his head. Old and full of bugs, he spent a lot of his free time here, finding treasures, pokemon nests and getting injured in all the ways kids do there.

Rodney wasn't great at school or studies, doing under average for most things and early teens was when his insomnia began to kick in which only made things worse. Meanwhile his mother fell in love and married a man, Oscar Austin, who brought one of her furfrou and kept in close contact since, always interested to talk about her breeding job as he would also train pokemon for roles in contests, TV shows and films. Austin was a very modern city man, always on the phone and knowing the latest shows and trends, and he loved to spoil Victoria with all the best restaurants and places. However when Roderick would come home with scraped knees, dirt all over himself and nothing much to explain for it besides 'exploring', it didn't exactly please his new step-father. Especially when added to the poor report cards and the fact Rodney would just shrug at the idea of getting a hobby or doing something more. Austin eventually convinced Victoria that something needed to be done and they began to pressure Roderick into trying harder at school, into trying out new interests, in getting a summer job. All of which he tried and failed to commit to very quickly because none of it was what he really wanted to do.

Roderick began to leave the house more and more, sometimes not coming home at all from a combination of not sleeping and not wanting to deal with his new pressuring parents. After discovering 'Kraven', his honedge partner, on a late night exploration and bringing him home that morning, his step-father joked about the idea of Roderick wasting his time as just some trainer and that was the breaking point. He got into quite a heated argument with his step-father and left shortly after. He didn't want to stay in Kalos anymore, so he looked up boats leaving Kalos and found one heading to the Seraphic region. While travelling over to the docks from Camphrier town, he caught 'Pest', a male nidoran, who had broken into his bag when camping that night. With what little money he had saved up from his summer jobs, he caught the ferry and made his way to Aloha, not sure whether to feel relieved or nauseous that he'd made the big decision to leave home and be a trainer. Now Rodney's going to see how long he can last as a trainer, with a smug haunted sword and a literal Pest of a nidoran as his team.

» Orientation: Panromantic, Demisexual
» Status: Single and totally available

» Family:
» Mother in Kalos, Camphrier Town - Victoria Kingsley
» Step-Father in Kalos, Luminoise City - Oscar Austin

» Additional Information:
» He has chronic insomnia and he hates it, but he hasn't really spoken to anyone about it either, he just accepts it
» Roderick totally has those clip in heel wheels so he can rollerskate at the click of a button. He's pretty good thanks to the nearby skate park as a kid
» Kraven is never in his pokeball and will complain if Rod tries to put him in it. Instead he either clings to Rodney's arm or will even hold himself like a belt around his trainer's waist.
» Terrible with the heat and the cold, he left his home so quickly he totally didn't pack more than two outfits (including the one he wears) so Rod's doomed to die in bad weather.
» He totally wants to catch a fletchling on his journey, to replace the dear lil friend he had to leave behind.
» Rodney never learnt to swim and doesn't even really like water types! Finds them too slimy most times.

» Bag:
» Normal cheap trainer supplies, pokeballs and potion
» Journal and pens
» Small flashlight
» Little telescope
» Pocket Knife
» Smartphone

» Roleplay Example: I'll put one here once I've rped him!

❥ PKMN - 1st caught poke

» Name: Pest
» Level: 7
» Gender: Male
» Species: Nidoran♂
» Type:
» Abilities: Poison Point - The opponent has a 30% chance of being induced with Poison when using an attack, that requires physical contact, against this Pokémon.

» Moveset:
Leer - - Status - An intimidating leer with sharp eyes. The opposing team's Defense stats are reduced.
Peck - - Physical - The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn.
Focus Energy - - Status - The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.

» Nature: Naughty
» Characteristic: Quick tempered

» History:
On the night that Roderick was leaving Kalos, he set up camp to get a few hours of sleep before heading to the docks. It happened to be one of these times Roderick was actually sleeping that this little 'pest' snuck up and headed for his bag to steal any food he could find. Kraven sensed the intruder as he was keeping watch of his sleepy excuse for a trainer and attacked, blade vs horn. Roderick quickly woke up but not before Kraven, who seemed unusually aggressive that night, slashed his blade into the Nidoran's horn, cracking it once before it broke upon next impact. Stunned and half asleep, Rodney snapped awake at the squeal from the nidoran, scooping it up and rushing his way to the nearest pokecenter, where the nurse joys sadly said that this sort of injury couldn't just be repaired with their machines. While feeling massively guilty for this little pest, a nurse offered him a pokeball to catch it, which the nidoran didn't fight at the time due to feeling sleepy and tired. And so Pest joined the team at the start of Roderick's trainer journey.

❥ PKMN - Starter + Partner Poke

» Name: Kraven
» Level: 10
» Gender: Male
» Species: Honedge
» Type:
» Abilities: No Guard - The accuracy of all moves known by this Pokémon and all Pokémon targeting this Pokémon raises to 100%

» Moveset:
Tackle - - Physical - A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body.
Swords Dance - - Status - A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. It sharply raises the user's Attack stat.
Fury Cutter - - Physical - The target is slashed with scythes or claws. Its power increases if it hits in succession.
Metal Sound - - Status - A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly reduces the target's Sp. Def stat.

» Nature: Brave
» Characteristic: Strong willed
» Trivia: Uniquely this old honedge has the ability to talk telepathically with whoever he's holding onto, its rather unnerving and can only be heard by his wielder. (I got this checked out by the admins, ask first before doing this with your pokes please!)

» History:
It was on one of those nights where Roderick couldn't sleep and instead chose to go wandering. At 4 in the morning, he quite literally tripped and noticed something shining that stuck out from a pile of old stone rubble. With some determined rock renovation, he managed to uncover an old blade which sprang to life - he knew what it was though, he was all too used to seeing Honedge floating around this route. However he'd heard the stories of them sucking the life source out of people too and he hadn't brought Flicker with him on this trip, so he was rightly nervous. But when this one wrapped around his arm, he heard a chuckle and voice in his head, thanking him for being freed. Sort of freaked out but curious too, Rodney replied 'Um, you're welcome?' and the blade introduced himself as Kraven, a very very old honedge that had been trapped for sometime. When Roderick tried to make the blade let go or to leave, the sword seemed to just chuckle again and tighten his grip, replying he'd rather stick with such an interesting human. While thoroughly freaked out and feeling light headed (was that sleep deprivation or was his life energy literally being eaten?), Rodney eventually sighed and shrugged, feeling he didn't have a choice with this.

Description

Lookat my new sleepy son - done!!

❥ TRAINER

» Name: Roderick Kingsley
» Nickname(s): He doesn't like the name Roderick, so he'll go by anything else. Rodney, Ronnie, Rick, for example.

» Gender: Cis male [he/him]
» Age: 19
» Birthday: July 1st - Cancer
» Height: 5'10''

» Hometown: Kalos Region, Camphrier Town

» Current Residency: He hasn't settled down anywhere, he just left the Kalos region to travel the Seraphic Region, but he's starting at the very beginning in Auburn Town!

» Occupation: He's a trainer doing the league challenge, while travelling around and battling kids for money. He doesn't have a plan for life yet so being a trainer is his way of procrastinating.

» Personality:

Courageous | Laid-back | Practical | Abrasive | Irresponsible | Unresolved

Tired, indecisive and poor self-care? That's most young adults summed up, and Roderick's no exception. After being pushed by his mother and step-father to get a job or to further his education or DO SOMEthing, he decided he'd rather not and went to the Seraphic region to travel and be a trainer, maybe try the league challenge. He doesn't really want to grow up yet and can act pretty immature at times, often giving into his temper and reacting harshly as a result. Most frustration is aimed at himself though, so he's not happy if he does upset or anger others with how he acts. He just growls and gets angry when things don't go his way because he rarely has things go his way and isn't great at acceptance and compromise.

When he's not being told 'no' however, he's laid-back and likes to spend his time doing whatever looks fun or chill or anything that isn't work, so forget grinding and training hard with his pokemon yet. He has a lot of lowkey hobbies, but he just can't seem to commit to one thing so he's not great nor too obsessed about any of them, he just finds enjoyment in doing them. Rodney's pretty indecisive when it comes to responsibilities and feels lost when it comes to his future, letting his opinions or ideas be easily swayed at times, but not enough to act on them unless really convinced. He is practical when it comes to the present at least, he'll think about things like money and supplies rationally and won't back down from a problem without really trying to find a solution first. Rodney's no dreamer though, he doesn't believe he'll make it to the elite 4, but he figures he'll manage to get a few badges before giving up on this too.

Roderick also has pretty bad insomnia, he's not sure why, but he finds it hard to go to sleep and wakes up without feeling rested. Due to that he's just always some degree of tired, and it carries into his personal upkeep, forgetting to eat at times and pushing himself a little too hard. He can be reckless with dangerous situations, but let it be said that Rodney is no coward. He'll fight and stand tall against fear and pain, especially if it's to help someone. He didn't grow up with many friends, and the few he did hang out with in Luminoise City never stuck around for long or he found himself out of touch with due to being bad at making plans and sticking to them. So he's not the most social butterfly, but he does try to be nice on first impressions, and likes to help others where he can.

» Likes: Money, Freedom, Exploration, Cooked meals, Grungy clothes, The Night, Sketching
» Dislikes: Commitment, Repetition, Irrational behaviour, Serious people, Sleeping

» Hobbies:
» Sketching and journal keeping
» Stargazing and pokemon watching (with his telescope)
» Exploring abandoned/desolate/wild areas

» Backstory:
Roderick grew up in the Kalos region with his single mum Victoria in Camphrier town. The town itself was super quiet and old due to its historical heritage, so he often rollerskated over to Luminoise City to hangout between the cafes and with other city kids. His mother groomed and bred Furfrou for living, profiting off trainers who wanted trained and domestic Furfrou for families environments or to show off as opposed to catching and training their own wild ones. Rodney was often made to help with this, so he got used to handling eggs [he did so much skating to hatch them] and raising the hatched puppies. As much as he wanted one of his own though, he didn't get to keep any of the puppies as his mother felt her breeding pair were already a costly handful.
He did have a little pet fletchling, Flicker, who he adored as a kid though. She was his only consistent friend, but he wasn't allowed to battle with her. She was just there for protection from wild pokemon while he went exploring. And exploring he did do a lot. Route 7 was full of flower patches and a beautiful riverside, while just north was route 6 that led to Parfum Palace, either side of which was just hidden among tall grass that reached over his head. Old and full of bugs, he spent a lot of his free time here, finding treasures, pokemon nests and getting injured in all the ways kids do there.

Rodney wasn't great at school or studies, doing under average for most things and early teens was when his insomnia began to kick in which only made things worse. Meanwhile his mother fell in love and married a man, Oscar Austin, who brought one of her furfrou and kept in close contact since, always interested to talk about her breeding job as he would also train pokemon for roles in contests, TV shows and films. Austin was a very modern city man, always on the phone and knowing the latest shows and trends, and he loved to spoil Victoria with all the best restaurants and places. However when Roderick would come home with scraped knees, dirt all over himself and nothing much to explain for it besides 'exploring', it didn't exactly please his new step-father. Especially when added to the poor report cards and the fact Rodney would just shrug at the idea of getting a hobby or doing something more. Austin eventually convinced Victoria that something needed to be done and they began to pressure Roderick into trying harder at school, into trying out new interests, in getting a summer job. All of which he tried and failed to commit to very quickly because none of it was what he really wanted to do.

Roderick began to leave the house more and more, sometimes not coming home at all from a combination of not sleeping and not wanting to deal with his new pressuring parents. After discovering 'Kraven', his honedge partner, on a late night exploration and bringing him home that morning, his step-father joked about the idea of Roderick wasting his time as just some trainer and that was the breaking point. He got into quite a heated argument with his step-father and left shortly after. He didn't want to stay in Kalos anymore, so he looked up boats leaving Kalos and found one heading to the Seraphic region. While travelling over to the docks from Camphrier town, he caught 'Pest', a male nidoran, who had broken into his bag when camping that night. With what little money he had saved up from his summer jobs, he caught the ferry and made his way to Aloha, not sure whether to feel relieved or nauseous that he'd made the big decision to leave home and be a trainer. Now Rodney's going to see how long he can last as a trainer, with a smug haunted sword and a literal Pest of a nidoran as his team.

» Orientation: Panromantic, Demisexual
» Status: Single and totally available

» Family:
» Mother in Kalos, Camphrier Town - Victoria Kingsley
» Step-Father in Kalos, Luminoise City - Oscar Austin

» Additional Information:
» He has chronic insomnia and he hates it, but he hasn't really spoken to anyone about it either, he just accepts it
» Roderick totally has those clip in heel wheels so he can rollerskate at the click of a button. He's pretty good thanks to the nearby skate park as a kid
» Kraven is never in his pokeball and will complain if Rod tries to put him in it. Instead he either clings to Rodney's arm or will even hold himself like a belt around his trainer's waist.
» Terrible with the heat and the cold, he left his home so quickly he totally didn't pack more than two outfits (including the one he wears) so Rod's doomed to die in bad weather.
» He totally wants to catch a fletchling on his journey, to replace the dear lil friend he had to leave behind.
» Rodney never learnt to swim and doesn't even really like water types! Finds them too slimy most times.

» Bag:
» Normal cheap trainer supplies, pokeballs and potion
» Journal and pens
» Small flashlight
» Little telescope
» Pocket Knife
» Smartphone

» Roleplay Example: I'll put one here once I've rped him!

❥ PKMN - 1st caught poke

» Name: Pest
» Level: 7
» Gender: Male
» Species: Nidoran♂
» Type:
» Abilities: Poison Point - The opponent has a 30% chance of being induced with Poison when using an attack, that requires physical contact, against this Pokémon.

» Moveset:
Leer - - Status - An intimidating leer with sharp eyes. The opposing team's Defense stats are reduced.
Peck - - Physical - The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn.
Focus Energy - - Status - The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that critical hits land more easily.

» Nature: Naughty
» Characteristic: Quick tempered

» History:
On the night that Roderick was leaving Kalos, he set up camp to get a few hours of sleep before heading to the docks. It happened to be one of these times Roderick was actually sleeping that this little 'pest' snuck up and headed for his bag to steal any food he could find. Kraven sensed the intruder as he was keeping watch of his sleepy excuse for a trainer and attacked, blade vs horn. Roderick quickly woke up but not before Kraven, who seemed unusually aggressive that night, slashed his blade into the Nidoran's horn, cracking it once before it broke upon next impact. Stunned and half asleep, Rodney snapped awake at the squeal from the nidoran, scooping it up and rushing his way to the nearest pokecenter, where the nurse joys sadly said that this sort of injury couldn't just be repaired with their machines. While feeling massively guilty for this little pest, a nurse offered him a pokeball to catch it, which the nidoran didn't fight at the time due to feeling sleepy and tired. And so Pest joined the team at the start of Roderick's trainer journey.

❥ PKMN - Starter + Partner Poke

» Name: Kraven
» Level: 10
» Gender: Male
» Species: Honedge
» Type:
» Abilities: No Guard - The accuracy of all moves known by this Pokémon and all Pokémon targeting this Pokémon raises to 100%

» Moveset:
Tackle - - Physical - A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body.
Swords Dance - - Status - A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. It sharply raises the user's Attack stat.
Fury Cutter - - Physical - The target is slashed with scythes or claws. Its power increases if it hits in succession.
Metal Sound - - Status - A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly reduces the target's Sp. Def stat.

» Nature: Brave
» Characteristic: Strong willed
» Trivia: Uniquely this old honedge has the ability to talk telepathically with whoever he's holding onto, its rather unnerving and can only be heard by his wielder. (I got this checked out by the admins, ask first before doing this with your pokes please!)

» History:
It was on one of those nights where Roderick couldn't sleep and instead chose to go wandering. At 4 in the morning, he quite literally tripped and noticed something shining that stuck out from a pile of old stone rubble. With some determined rock renovation, he managed to uncover an old blade which sprang to life - he knew what it was though, he was all too used to seeing Honedge floating around this route. However he'd heard the stories of them sucking the life source out of people too and he hadn't brought Flicker with him on this trip, so he was rightly nervous. But when this one wrapped around his arm, he heard a chuckle and voice in his head, thanking him for being freed. Sort of freaked out but curious too, Rodney replied 'Um, you're welcome?' and the blade introduced himself as Kraven, a very very old honedge that had been trapped for sometime. When Roderick tried to make the blade let go or to leave, the sword seemed to just chuckle again and tighten his grip, replying he'd rather stick with such an interesting human. While thoroughly freaked out and feeling light headed (was that sleep deprivation or was his life energy literally being eaten?), Rodney eventually sighed and shrugged, feeling he didn't have a choice with this.