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Basic Information
Name: Laurence
Time Spent in Aethara: A Month.
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Whirlipede
Typing:

Level of Expertise: Beginner

Primarina's Kiss: Back of neck. He prefers to keep it out of sight and feels vulnerable when others can see it.

Character Information
Personality: Laurence is cold, and tends to keep to himself as much as he can. He comes off as an asshole to those who try to befriend him, Retaliating poorly to those who are nice. He doesn't trust nice people as he feels like they want something from him, and once they have gotten it, they would leave. It's hard to break his shell, but if you're able to gain his trust, he will lighten up.
He is an introvert, And will only initiate a conversation if he feels like he needs to, In this cast, he is polite, and direct to his point. He's not trying to be your friend.
Getting close to people scares him. He is afraid of hurting them, It feels better to have acquaintances than anything at all. No friends. No one to hurt.
Likes & Dislikes:
Likes:
He likes Quiet areas to think.
He loves to be alone. Its peaceful.
He enjoys floating on the waters surface and drifting off. He doesn't care if he gets lost, the further away from others the better.
Thunderstorms, where the waves get rough and the sound of rain crashing down drowns out any other noise around, where the only light in the sky is from the lighting. It's his favorite weather to be in.

Dislikes:
He avoids smiling around people he doesn't know that well, Smiling shows weakness. He believes that even being happy, Is weak.
Unwanted contact, He keeps to himself and he would like it if your grubby mitts stayed away from him.
He wants to keep to himself, Being asked questions about himself unnerves him, He can't help but feel like others only want to use him.
Parties/Crowds. Too many people, Too much socializing.
Feeling exposed, He hates being seen without a shirt.
Backstory:
  If he could look back to see who he used to be, He would not recognize himself. His younger years Laurence used to be a cheerful, driven individual. He grew up as a only child with his father, His father was a coordinator and participated in contests across the world with his Shinx, The three traveled together, wherever a new contest was hosted, They were headed there. It was not a glamorous life, His father was no one famous, but they got by, and they enjoyed it. Due to the family constantly traveling, Laurance was homeschooled, and found himself often rereading the few books they owned, as a kid, he loved learning whatever he could, His father caught notice to this and started saving up for college young. By time he was old enough, they had accumulated just barely enough poke for the college he wanted to go to.

And it was a law school.

Now it wasn't his first choice, he considered other careers to follow, but his mind would always trail back to becoming a lawyer, Not because it interested him. But because of the income. He wanted the money, not for himself, but for his father. His father always put Laurence first, making sure his son was happy no matter what. Every time his father found himself low on cash for a meal, they would share it, making sure Laurence had the bigger half.
No more. Never again. Laurence was driven, He would pay for anything his father wanted, And that shinx will be the most spoiled pet there ever was. This was for them.

College was a new experience to him, unlike anything he had ever done before, there were people he would see daily, instead of only once. The classes he had weren't difficult for him, the hardest part for him was learning to talk to his new peers. During his time here, He had not quite made friends, he was friendly enough and was willing to help those who struggled with their work, but that was it. He did not take it personally, after all he was here to learn, not to make friends. The years pass and Laurence found himself at the top of his class, and multiple law firms offering him positions. And he took the best one he could.

He worked there for a while, winning cases, slowly getting his name recognized, but nothing huge. He was getting by better than his father ever did, and when Laurence went to share his success with his father, disaster struck. While Laurence was away, his father had slowly became ill, and never told Laurence as he felt it was nothing bad, and it was nothing to worry about. But neglect only made it worse. He was admitted into a hospital, and Laurence became motivated with a furious intent to pay off every bill that came their way. He began to approach cases with a aggression that was unrecognizable to himself. He became blinded by his goal to support his father in need that he eventually grew unaware and uncaring of who all was involved in cases, who he hurt, who he helped soar. And his career skyrocketed, But none of that mattered, he only cared for his father, witch he only had for a few days more, before the illness took him.

Years had passed since then, and in his life, nothing was changing. It went on in a blur, He would travel region to region to work the cases that wanted him. And he would win. Every case he got would make his clients happy, and the prosecution wither in defeat, but he wasn't happy. He was at the top of the ladder dying to climb down, He had all the success, fame, and fortune you could ask for, and he hated it. It was on two sides of the same coin, He would win in victory and the opposition ruined in defeat. He ruined lives, and he was well aware of it.
He no longer had a family to support, It was always just him after it all, and he had it all, He didn't want more, He wanted out, But you can't just jump down from the top of your game without a worry or care. He needed a reason to leave, and this next case would be it.

Kasey Theodore, Accused of Assault
Kasey was on her way to tackle the trials of Alola along with her Rival, Vance Arvel, She is accused of allowing her pokemon attack the victim in question, who has withstood injuries.
There are no witnesses, Only the report, and her alibi. She claimed to have been facing one of Alola's trials at the time. Laurance decided it would be best for her to plea guilty. She had no evidence to prove she went to the trail, She lost very early on, Not even the captain recalled seeing her there. It was a hopeless case.
  "But I'm innocent!" Cried Kasey, when Laurence told her his plan of pleading guilty. "We can't just let him lie!"
Laurence sighed, taking a drink of water in thought before responding "Look. I'm only doing what's best for you here, You're a Rattata in a Trap now, We just gotta do what he wants, And that unfortunately is pleading guilty"
"B-But you're a lawyer! It's your job to set this straight and prove to the judge that he's lying!"
  "My job is to give you the best outcome I can. This isn't a TV show. Listen to me, The Judge is not going to believe your alibi, The Prosecutors are going to throw you on the stand and call you delusional and crazy if you tell the court you're innocent, At least they wont get that satisfaction if you just plea guilty from the beginning. When the Judge asks you what happened, Tell them you did it. You attacked Vance. Its the false truth they want to hear, and they might even cut your sentence for complying. Cases like these happen all the time, Trainers attacking their rivals out of spite. Its believable. Are you listening to me? Do you understand?"
With tears welling in her eyes, Kasey nodded her head in agreeance.

"My client has chosen to plea guilty" Were the last words spoken by Laurence in his human life.

The case started and ended before Kasey knew it. She was fined and sentenced probation, Her pokemon in question taken from her until the probation period were to finish.
While being escorted away, She yelled at Laurence, blaming him for this outcome. "You are heartless"

You are heartless, You are heartless, These words would dig into Laurences mind for the nights to come. He thought about the case in his head, He should of done better for her, He didn't even try proving her innocent, He could of tried something but decided not to, how could he justify wanting to lose to ruining his clients life... Another life ruined. Why do I keep ruining lives?

He set out to the airport, Planning to return to Kanto for his next case, But then he heard something unlike anything he had ever heard before. And it drew him in.

Extra Information
Occupation: Weatherman. Due to his habit of going to the surface to bask and float, Laurence had gotten better at predicting weather patterns for the other Mers to know.
And while a Lawyer seems, unneeded, in Paradise, Laurence is good at settling a debate, if needed.
Hobbies: His favorite thing to do is float on the waters surface and enjoy the weather, regardless what it bay be.
In rough storms he lets the waves toss him around violently, usually laughing to himself as he waits for any dizziness to go away. However, He will leave if he is caught smiling. Its his alone time, and so he prefers it alone. You're someone special if he lets you stay with him while he's enjoying the weather.

  Companion: ((NA, Yet....))

  Weapons / Accessories: The clothes on his back, and a Red Tie from when he was human. He hopes to expand his tie collection.
  Trivia:
He has a hard time expressing appreciation, So he shows it in small ways, Like keeping a flower someone gave him.
Probably will get a tie collection. He loves ties.
He is a shark.. because lawyers.. are sharks..

Description

Basic Information
Name: Laurence
Time Spent in Aethara: A Month.
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Whirlipede
Typing:

Level of Expertise: Beginner

Primarina's Kiss: Back of neck. He prefers to keep it out of sight and feels vulnerable when others can see it.

Character Information
Personality: Laurence is cold, and tends to keep to himself as much as he can. He comes off as an asshole to those who try to befriend him, Retaliating poorly to those who are nice. He doesn't trust nice people as he feels like they want something from him, and once they have gotten it, they would leave. It's hard to break his shell, but if you're able to gain his trust, he will lighten up.
He is an introvert, And will only initiate a conversation if he feels like he needs to, In this cast, he is polite, and direct to his point. He's not trying to be your friend.
Getting close to people scares him. He is afraid of hurting them, It feels better to have acquaintances than anything at all. No friends. No one to hurt.
Likes & Dislikes:
Likes:
He likes Quiet areas to think.
He loves to be alone. Its peaceful.
He enjoys floating on the waters surface and drifting off. He doesn't care if he gets lost, the further away from others the better.
Thunderstorms, where the waves get rough and the sound of rain crashing down drowns out any other noise around, where the only light in the sky is from the lighting. It's his favorite weather to be in.

Dislikes:
He avoids smiling around people he doesn't know that well, Smiling shows weakness. He believes that even being happy, Is weak.
Unwanted contact, He keeps to himself and he would like it if your grubby mitts stayed away from him.
He wants to keep to himself, Being asked questions about himself unnerves him, He can't help but feel like others only want to use him.
Parties/Crowds. Too many people, Too much socializing.
Feeling exposed, He hates being seen without a shirt.
Backstory:
  If he could look back to see who he used to be, He would not recognize himself. His younger years Laurence used to be a cheerful, driven individual. He grew up as a only child with his father, His father was a coordinator and participated in contests across the world with his Shinx, The three traveled together, wherever a new contest was hosted, They were headed there. It was not a glamorous life, His father was no one famous, but they got by, and they enjoyed it. Due to the family constantly traveling, Laurance was homeschooled, and found himself often rereading the few books they owned, as a kid, he loved learning whatever he could, His father caught notice to this and started saving up for college young. By time he was old enough, they had accumulated just barely enough poke for the college he wanted to go to.

And it was a law school.

Now it wasn't his first choice, he considered other careers to follow, but his mind would always trail back to becoming a lawyer, Not because it interested him. But because of the income. He wanted the money, not for himself, but for his father. His father always put Laurence first, making sure his son was happy no matter what. Every time his father found himself low on cash for a meal, they would share it, making sure Laurence had the bigger half.
No more. Never again. Laurence was driven, He would pay for anything his father wanted, And that shinx will be the most spoiled pet there ever was. This was for them.

College was a new experience to him, unlike anything he had ever done before, there were people he would see daily, instead of only once. The classes he had weren't difficult for him, the hardest part for him was learning to talk to his new peers. During his time here, He had not quite made friends, he was friendly enough and was willing to help those who struggled with their work, but that was it. He did not take it personally, after all he was here to learn, not to make friends. The years pass and Laurence found himself at the top of his class, and multiple law firms offering him positions. And he took the best one he could.

He worked there for a while, winning cases, slowly getting his name recognized, but nothing huge. He was getting by better than his father ever did, and when Laurence went to share his success with his father, disaster struck. While Laurence was away, his father had slowly became ill, and never told Laurence as he felt it was nothing bad, and it was nothing to worry about. But neglect only made it worse. He was admitted into a hospital, and Laurence became motivated with a furious intent to pay off every bill that came their way. He began to approach cases with a aggression that was unrecognizable to himself. He became blinded by his goal to support his father in need that he eventually grew unaware and uncaring of who all was involved in cases, who he hurt, who he helped soar. And his career skyrocketed, But none of that mattered, he only cared for his father, witch he only had for a few days more, before the illness took him.

Years had passed since then, and in his life, nothing was changing. It went on in a blur, He would travel region to region to work the cases that wanted him. And he would win. Every case he got would make his clients happy, and the prosecution wither in defeat, but he wasn't happy. He was at the top of the ladder dying to climb down, He had all the success, fame, and fortune you could ask for, and he hated it. It was on two sides of the same coin, He would win in victory and the opposition ruined in defeat. He ruined lives, and he was well aware of it.
He no longer had a family to support, It was always just him after it all, and he had it all, He didn't want more, He wanted out, But you can't just jump down from the top of your game without a worry or care. He needed a reason to leave, and this next case would be it.

Kasey Theodore, Accused of Assault
Kasey was on her way to tackle the trials of Alola along with her Rival, Vance Arvel, She is accused of allowing her pokemon attack the victim in question, who has withstood injuries.
There are no witnesses, Only the report, and her alibi. She claimed to have been facing one of Alola's trials at the time. Laurance decided it would be best for her to plea guilty. She had no evidence to prove she went to the trail, She lost very early on, Not even the captain recalled seeing her there. It was a hopeless case.
  "But I'm innocent!" Cried Kasey, when Laurence told her his plan of pleading guilty. "We can't just let him lie!"
Laurence sighed, taking a drink of water in thought before responding "Look. I'm only doing what's best for you here, You're a Rattata in a Trap now, We just gotta do what he wants, And that unfortunately is pleading guilty"
"B-But you're a lawyer! It's your job to set this straight and prove to the judge that he's lying!"
  "My job is to give you the best outcome I can. This isn't a TV show. Listen to me, The Judge is not going to believe your alibi, The Prosecutors are going to throw you on the stand and call you delusional and crazy if you tell the court you're innocent, At least they wont get that satisfaction if you just plea guilty from the beginning. When the Judge asks you what happened, Tell them you did it. You attacked Vance. Its the false truth they want to hear, and they might even cut your sentence for complying. Cases like these happen all the time, Trainers attacking their rivals out of spite. Its believable. Are you listening to me? Do you understand?"
With tears welling in her eyes, Kasey nodded her head in agreeance.

"My client has chosen to plea guilty" Were the last words spoken by Laurence in his human life.

The case started and ended before Kasey knew it. She was fined and sentenced probation, Her pokemon in question taken from her until the probation period were to finish.
While being escorted away, She yelled at Laurence, blaming him for this outcome. "You are heartless"

You are heartless, You are heartless, These words would dig into Laurences mind for the nights to come. He thought about the case in his head, He should of done better for her, He didn't even try proving her innocent, He could of tried something but decided not to, how could he justify wanting to lose to ruining his clients life... Another life ruined. Why do I keep ruining lives?

He set out to the airport, Planning to return to Kanto for his next case, But then he heard something unlike anything he had ever heard before. And it drew him in.

Extra Information
Occupation: Weatherman. Due to his habit of going to the surface to bask and float, Laurence had gotten better at predicting weather patterns for the other Mers to know.
And while a Lawyer seems, unneeded, in Paradise, Laurence is good at settling a debate, if needed.
Hobbies: His favorite thing to do is float on the waters surface and enjoy the weather, regardless what it bay be.
In rough storms he lets the waves toss him around violently, usually laughing to himself as he waits for any dizziness to go away. However, He will leave if he is caught smiling. Its his alone time, and so he prefers it alone. You're someone special if he lets you stay with him while he's enjoying the weather.

  Companion: ((NA, Yet....))

  Weapons / Accessories: The clothes on his back, and a Red Tie from when he was human. He hopes to expand his tie collection.
  Trivia:
He has a hard time expressing appreciation, So he shows it in small ways, Like keeping a flower someone gave him.
Probably will get a tie collection. He loves ties.
He is a shark.. because lawyers.. are sharks..