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Description

T e a m L a r k s p u r
Join Date: 06 . January . 2018
Guild Affiliation: Solacers
Rank: Skilled
Fullbody refs:
- Avis
[work in progress]
- Chester
Old Team App
Items & Poké

First Team Member
Avis
━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
Species: Eevee
Age: mid twenties
Height: 1’04’’ (0.42 m)
Gender: female
Orientation: "eh"
Nature: Careful
Characteristic: Capable of taking hits
Ability: Adaptability
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Attacks

Bite:
“The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target flinch.”
If Avis is caught up in tight spaces, then this is her go-to attack when she needs to deal some damage in close combat. It mostly serves as a deterrent for opponents.

Dig:
“The user burrows, then attacks on the second turn. It can also be used to exit dungeons.”
Her main melee move. Avis creates a hole right underneath her, disappears in it and then bursts out of the ground moments later to strike her foe with flying debris and a well-aimed tackle. She uses Dig in various ways, not just for dealing damage. This move is great for dodging incoming attacks when she is too restrained in her movement to use Quick Attack. In buildings, Avis can use Dig to just drop to the next floor beneath her.

Trump Card:
“The fewer PP this move has, the greater its power.”
Her strongest move, it never misses its target. God forbid you get hit by her last card. Thankfully, she can only use this move five times a day before she runs out of energy.

Quick Attack:
“The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first.”
Avis’ main getaway move. She uses the mobility granted to her to outspeed and confuse her enemies instead of downright attacking them with it. The speed boost allows her to dash to areas that are normally hard to access, like trees and higher positions.

Personality

╭                                         ╮
Clear-headed | Calm | Empathetic | Polite
Quiet | Aloof | Direct | Observant
Wary | Stern | Proud | Tense

╰                                         ╯

History:

She doesn’t talk much about where she originally came from, nor what she had in mind when she joined the Solacers with her partner.
The handful of people that got to know her better are aware that she came from a barren region in the north called the Great Plains. And that she came to Lakeside with her partner in search of her lost brother, an umbreon called Nivalis.
Both Avis and Nivalis connected a very strong bond since childhood, one their mother would describe as inseparable. Though it was mostly Niva who knew how to use this inner compass to search and find his young sister, Avis always remained to be the one getting found, and that's what she relied on if both of them got separated from each other, when they were young.

When Niva suddenly disappeared one day, his younger sister would make it her task to finally switch the roles and look for her brother herself, no matter the cost. That's when she left the grounds of her homeland to follow a familiar feeling, deeply rooted within her soul. She was certain it would lead her to her brother eventually.
One would call it pure coincidence or fate, the eevee's way eventually led her to an old graveyard, overgrown with reeds and tall, blue flowers. This is where she would meet a ghost just as odd as the graveyard he's been watching over.

As things progressed, with the two of them traveling and working together as a team, they finally came to the revelation of Avis' search, and the somewhat unpleasant truth about Chester's identity. Avis has been growing more aloof to him ever since...

Accessories:
Old, worn-out hat. It's been stitched together a couple of times.

Trivia:
The unproclaimed leader and brain of the team since her partner is incapable of thinking rationally most of the time.
Avis is very uncomfortable if anybody is getting somewhat close to her head, especially her ears. It's one of the reasons why she prefers to keep that old hat on almost the entire time.
Doesn't like mushrooms.
Would be a True Neutral, according to D&D alignments.
Thanks to her grandparents, Avis has great swish control over her tail. Not only does she use it to gesticulate around, she’s also able to lift light objects or strangle her undead brother. Outside of that it doesn't have any other uses other than to add some dynamic swish to comic pages. That's really the biggest reason.
Has a resting frowny face.

Second Team Member
Chester
━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
Species: Banette
Age: ??? / should be three years older than his partner
Height: 3’11’’ (1.2 m)
Gender: male
Orientation: Pansexual
Nature: very Naughty
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Insomnia

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Attacks

Phantom Force:
“The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.”
Chester’s strongest and only melee move so far and the ghost-type equivalent to his sister's Dig. He melts into an inky blob and sinks into the ground, then strikes the enemy from behind with a hefty punch or slash. He loves this attack very much since he can punch and grab people with his big meaty claws.

Grudge:
“If the user faints, the user's grudge fully depletes the PP of the opponent's move that knocked it out.”
Only in emergencies: When Ches is certain that he won’t survive his opponents next attack, he casts a ring of ominous flames that prevent his opponent from using the same attack he’s been defeated with for the rest of the day.

Although barely used in solo fights, this move often helped the team out on their travels when him and Avis were caught up in tight spots.

Psychic:
“The target is hit by a strong telekinetic force. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.”
Chester grabs and lifts opponents with psychic energy and throws them against any sort of hard surface, preferably against the ground, face first. Rinse and Repeat until the opponent is too beaten to get up.
Since Chester’s defense leaves a lot to be desired, he uses this move to keep opponents at bay. He also uses this to lift and carry heavier objects.

Will-O-Wisp:
“The user shoots a sinister, bluish-white flame at the target to inflict a burn.”
His favorite move. Not only are the flames a pretty and great light source, he also loves to use this status move in combination with Psychic, when possible at the start of a fight: Apply burn and then let the effect slowly take its toll on the enemy.

Personality

╭                                   ╮
Charismatic | Compassionate | Enthusiastic | Loyal
Flirty | Macabre | Confident | Excitable
Obnoxious | Pesky | Impulsive | Incessant

╰                                      ╯

History:
The shuppet woke up in a strange, barren place with no memory of past or present - His past and present. In fact, he couldn’t even remember his own name. The only thing he was definitely aware of was that, yes, he died. And that he came back as a ghost not so long ago.

Searching for clues on how he came to end up in this place, the freshly (re)born ghost came across numerous pokémon who were calmly waiting for their end to arrive. Some were old, others wounded, but they all were here for the same reason.
“It’s instinct,” one explained. “Nobody wants to die alone in the middle of nowhere, so we chose to come here. It’s a special place, not even ferals follow you here.”

The place, a graveyard the ghost learned later on, was very special indeed. It wasn’t just the end of a long and eventful road for those who want to rest in peace, it also didn’t allow the shuppet to leave. Or at least that’s what he thought when he found himself returning to the very same spot he tried to leave not so long ago. Leaving simply didn’t feel right in his nonexistent guts, so all the ghost-type could do was to stay. So how do you pass the time? You start to pick up and fuss with things. Ensure that the graveyard doesn’t look too shabby after a while, with people coming and going. Make sure that the macabre nature of the scenery stays intact. Even start gardening when boredom hits you too hard. The ghost found out that those weird blue flowers were growing wonderfully on these grounds.
He started to talk with the dying. Gave them a bit of company in their last moments and received stories in return. They were thieves and outcasts, heartbroken romantics and lustful adventurers, all with their own good and bad quirks that rubbed off on the shuppet like paint on a blank canvas. They all shaped him to be the ghost we all love and hate now: Chester.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t jealous of the adventurer’s tales, for they had seen the world beyond the graveyard’s boundaries. That was something he could only dream of. He wanted to see cities and that thing called "the ocean" and people. Especially the people.
Ches was starting to think that he would be forever bound to the graveyard, that it was solely the only reason why he was alive and stuck as its caretaker. In comparison to other pokémon, that was kind of a shitty purpose, right?
That was until an eevee showed up who's wish, strangely enough, wasn't to die.

With recent developments and Ches learning about his origins and his relation to his partner, Ches has been acting more and more reckless ever since. Perhaps even more reckless than usual.

Accessories:
None, other than the junk he’s carrying inside his body

Trivia:
His alignment is chaotic stupid. (Thanks test)
Ches' head functions as a storage for small stuff. People hate it when he has to pull out items and it looks and sounds absolutely disgusting, but hey! It's like having a bag of holding with legs.
Gives everyone he knows a nickname. Nobody is safe.
One of his old mentors back from the graveyard days showed Ches how to dance in a more or less acceptable manner. Back then he was only a waggly tissue, but now he finally has legs he can put to good use!
The physical traits he shares with his previous life are his ears, his eyes and the paintbrush-like tail. [Author's note: To this day I wonder how I've come to set on his design as it is today, because funnily enough, his original design was very close to the og Banette! Perhaps it was to break it up a bit from the usual Banette design as I love seeing different interpretations of this murder puppet. Don't get me wrong, huggable round gremlin Banette is a peak design, and to this day I wish I had 10 of these plushies in my room. There's just something about a lanky ass murder doll with pointy demonic features chasing you down that tickled me greatly- less pillow more point! I can't imagine myself drawing Ches in any other way now.]
Is a jerk.
Avis' ex-brother. Not a big surprise to many others. But for those two, it took longer than they'd want to admit. Doesn't stop the bickering between the two of them. It somehow got worse after this came to light.

Mission Log

Mission 2 [getting scrapped & revamped]

Mission 3 [currently getting revamped]
4.1 - 4.2 - 4.3 - M4 Bonus

5.1 - 5.2 - 5.3

[Due to technical difficulties as Eclipse disabled community icons for people without core, the author had to revamp the entire written description again in a much more barebones format. Goodbye, old description.]

Description

T e a m L a r k s p u r
Join Date: 06 . January . 2018
Guild Affiliation: Solacers
Rank: Skilled
Fullbody refs:
- Avis
[work in progress]
- Chester
Old Team App
Items & Poké

First Team Member
Avis
━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
Species: Eevee
Age: mid twenties
Height: 1’04’’ (0.42 m)
Gender: female
Orientation: "eh"
Nature: Careful
Characteristic: Capable of taking hits
Ability: Adaptability
━━━━━━━━━▼━━━━━━━━━

Attacks

Bite:
“The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target flinch.”
If Avis is caught up in tight spaces, then this is her go-to attack when she needs to deal some damage in close combat. It mostly serves as a deterrent for opponents.

Dig:
“The user burrows, then attacks on the second turn. It can also be used to exit dungeons.”
Her main melee move. Avis creates a hole right underneath her, disappears in it and then bursts out of the ground moments later to strike her foe with flying debris and a well-aimed tackle. She uses Dig in various ways, not just for dealing damage. This move is great for dodging incoming attacks when she is too restrained in her movement to use Quick Attack. In buildings, Avis can use Dig to just drop to the next floor beneath her.

Trump Card:
“The fewer PP this move has, the greater its power.”
Her strongest move, it never misses its target. God forbid you get hit by her last card. Thankfully, she can only use this move five times a day before she runs out of energy.

Quick Attack:
“The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. This move always goes first.”
Avis’ main getaway move. She uses the mobility granted to her to outspeed and confuse her enemies instead of downright attacking them with it. The speed boost allows her to dash to areas that are normally hard to access, like trees and higher positions.

Personality

╭                                         ╮
Clear-headed | Calm | Empathetic | Polite
Quiet | Aloof | Direct | Observant
Wary | Stern | Proud | Tense

╰                                         ╯

History:

She doesn’t talk much about where she originally came from, nor what she had in mind when she joined the Solacers with her partner.
The handful of people that got to know her better are aware that she came from a barren region in the north called the Great Plains. And that she came to Lakeside with her partner in search of her lost brother, an umbreon called Nivalis.
Both Avis and Nivalis connected a very strong bond since childhood, one their mother would describe as inseparable. Though it was mostly Niva who knew how to use this inner compass to search and find his young sister, Avis always remained to be the one getting found, and that's what she relied on if both of them got separated from each other, when they were young.

When Niva suddenly disappeared one day, his younger sister would make it her task to finally switch the roles and look for her brother herself, no matter the cost. That's when she left the grounds of her homeland to follow a familiar feeling, deeply rooted within her soul. She was certain it would lead her to her brother eventually.
One would call it pure coincidence or fate, the eevee's way eventually led her to an old graveyard, overgrown with reeds and tall, blue flowers. This is where she would meet a ghost just as odd as the graveyard he's been watching over.

As things progressed, with the two of them traveling and working together as a team, they finally came to the revelation of Avis' search, and the somewhat unpleasant truth about Chester's identity. Avis has been growing more aloof to him ever since...

Accessories:
Old, worn-out hat. It's been stitched together a couple of times.

Trivia:
The unproclaimed leader and brain of the team since her partner is incapable of thinking rationally most of the time.
Avis is very uncomfortable if anybody is getting somewhat close to her head, especially her ears. It's one of the reasons why she prefers to keep that old hat on almost the entire time.
Doesn't like mushrooms.
Would be a True Neutral, according to D&D alignments.
Thanks to her grandparents, Avis has great swish control over her tail. Not only does she use it to gesticulate around, she’s also able to lift light objects or strangle her undead brother. Outside of that it doesn't have any other uses other than to add some dynamic swish to comic pages. That's really the biggest reason.
Has a resting frowny face.

Second Team Member
Chester
━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
Species: Banette
Age: ??? / should be three years older than his partner
Height: 3’11’’ (1.2 m)
Gender: male
Orientation: Pansexual
Nature: very Naughty
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Ability: Insomnia

━━━━━━━━━▼━━━━━━━━━

Attacks

Phantom Force:
“The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.”
Chester’s strongest and only melee move so far and the ghost-type equivalent to his sister's Dig. He melts into an inky blob and sinks into the ground, then strikes the enemy from behind with a hefty punch or slash. He loves this attack very much since he can punch and grab people with his big meaty claws.

Grudge:
“If the user faints, the user's grudge fully depletes the PP of the opponent's move that knocked it out.”
Only in emergencies: When Ches is certain that he won’t survive his opponents next attack, he casts a ring of ominous flames that prevent his opponent from using the same attack he’s been defeated with for the rest of the day.

Although barely used in solo fights, this move often helped the team out on their travels when him and Avis were caught up in tight spots.

Psychic:
“The target is hit by a strong telekinetic force. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.”
Chester grabs and lifts opponents with psychic energy and throws them against any sort of hard surface, preferably against the ground, face first. Rinse and Repeat until the opponent is too beaten to get up.
Since Chester’s defense leaves a lot to be desired, he uses this move to keep opponents at bay. He also uses this to lift and carry heavier objects.

Will-O-Wisp:
“The user shoots a sinister, bluish-white flame at the target to inflict a burn.”
His favorite move. Not only are the flames a pretty and great light source, he also loves to use this status move in combination with Psychic, when possible at the start of a fight: Apply burn and then let the effect slowly take its toll on the enemy.

Personality

╭                                   ╮
Charismatic | Compassionate | Enthusiastic | Loyal
Flirty | Macabre | Confident | Excitable
Obnoxious | Pesky | Impulsive | Incessant

╰                                      ╯

History:
The shuppet woke up in a strange, barren place with no memory of past or present - His past and present. In fact, he couldn’t even remember his own name. The only thing he was definitely aware of was that, yes, he died. And that he came back as a ghost not so long ago.

Searching for clues on how he came to end up in this place, the freshly (re)born ghost came across numerous pokémon who were calmly waiting for their end to arrive. Some were old, others wounded, but they all were here for the same reason.
“It’s instinct,” one explained. “Nobody wants to die alone in the middle of nowhere, so we chose to come here. It’s a special place, not even ferals follow you here.”

The place, a graveyard the ghost learned later on, was very special indeed. It wasn’t just the end of a long and eventful road for those who want to rest in peace, it also didn’t allow the shuppet to leave. Or at least that’s what he thought when he found himself returning to the very same spot he tried to leave not so long ago. Leaving simply didn’t feel right in his nonexistent guts, so all the ghost-type could do was to stay. So how do you pass the time? You start to pick up and fuss with things. Ensure that the graveyard doesn’t look too shabby after a while, with people coming and going. Make sure that the macabre nature of the scenery stays intact. Even start gardening when boredom hits you too hard. The ghost found out that those weird blue flowers were growing wonderfully on these grounds.
He started to talk with the dying. Gave them a bit of company in their last moments and received stories in return. They were thieves and outcasts, heartbroken romantics and lustful adventurers, all with their own good and bad quirks that rubbed off on the shuppet like paint on a blank canvas. They all shaped him to be the ghost we all love and hate now: Chester.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t jealous of the adventurer’s tales, for they had seen the world beyond the graveyard’s boundaries. That was something he could only dream of. He wanted to see cities and that thing called "the ocean" and people. Especially the people.
Ches was starting to think that he would be forever bound to the graveyard, that it was solely the only reason why he was alive and stuck as its caretaker. In comparison to other pokémon, that was kind of a shitty purpose, right?
That was until an eevee showed up who's wish, strangely enough, wasn't to die.

With recent developments and Ches learning about his origins and his relation to his partner, Ches has been acting more and more reckless ever since. Perhaps even more reckless than usual.

Accessories:
None, other than the junk he’s carrying inside his body

Trivia:
His alignment is chaotic stupid. (Thanks test)
Ches' head functions as a storage for small stuff. People hate it when he has to pull out items and it looks and sounds absolutely disgusting, but hey! It's like having a bag of holding with legs.
Gives everyone he knows a nickname. Nobody is safe.
One of his old mentors back from the graveyard days showed Ches how to dance in a more or less acceptable manner. Back then he was only a waggly tissue, but now he finally has legs he can put to good use!
The physical traits he shares with his previous life are his ears, his eyes and the paintbrush-like tail. [Author's note: To this day I wonder how I've come to set on his design as it is today, because funnily enough, his original design was very close to the og Banette! Perhaps it was to break it up a bit from the usual Banette design as I love seeing different interpretations of this murder puppet. Don't get me wrong, huggable round gremlin Banette is a peak design, and to this day I wish I had 10 of these plushies in my room. There's just something about a lanky ass murder doll with pointy demonic features chasing you down that tickled me greatly- less pillow more point! I can't imagine myself drawing Ches in any other way now.]
Is a jerk.
Avis' ex-brother. Not a big surprise to many others. But for those two, it took longer than they'd want to admit. Doesn't stop the bickering between the two of them. It somehow got worse after this came to light.

Mission Log

Mission 2 [getting scrapped & revamped]

Mission 3 [currently getting revamped]
4.1 - 4.2 - 4.3 - M4 Bonus

5.1 - 5.2 - 5.3

[Due to technical difficulties as Eclipse disabled community icons for people without core, the author had to revamp the entire written description again in a much more barebones format. Goodbye, old description.]