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ABOUT HIM ! 

Raised alongside his twin brother by their grandmother, Carmichael lived normally. The three lived in Hearthome City, the twins who always played together and their grandmother who watched them with a smile. They looked so much alike but were very different. 

It was Allister who resembled their father, a boy who dreamed of challenging the gym leaders, Elite Four, and the Champion. He was sociable, friendly, and had a knack for Pokemon battles. Carmichael was different. 

Carmichael was softer, kept to himself, and not at all built for battles. Instead, he was like his mother, a coordinator in the making. Despite never meeting her, it was old videos of her contests that pulled him closer to not only her but also Pokemon contests. 

The twins trained separately before splitting ways when they turned fourteen. Allister to conquer as a Pokemon trainer and Carmichael as a Pokemon coordinator. Carmichael took time to perfect his team’s moves in a more artistic and beautiful way. It was Cleo the Glameow and Creed the Shinx at first, the cat Pokemon duo that amazed everyone who watched them. They were his pride and joy. Months later and Carmichael added Champion the Eevee to his team, they were the C-Unit of the contest world. 

And they were good, good enough to earn two badges. However... that was it. Carmichael’s talents were good but not enough to earn any more badges or recognition. Each lost added to his insecurity and each lost made him feel like a failure. 

It didn’t help that his twin brother easily dominated every single gym he came across. Each video chat was of Allister dawning a new badge while Carmichael had to keep himself from crying. 

It was during his next, and last, contest that destroyed him. After losing again, Carmichael walked off the stage with his team, trying hard to keep in the tears before he was approached by a top coordinator. This top coordinator told him that his Pokemon were beautiful but that was it. There was nothing special about them or Carmichael, that the young boy was simply wasting his time as a coordinator and that he should give up. 

That took him to the edge. Heading back to his hometown, Carmichael gave up on being a coordinator and helped his grandmother around the house. 

It was like that until his twenty-first birthday when his grandmother gifted him with a Pokemon egg and plane ticket to the Unova region. “You need to get out there and find yourself again,” she said. “You can’t stay locked inside this house for the rest of your life. You can’t give up like this.” 

He almost denied the ticket, ready to tell her that it was okay, but something told him not to. So Carmichael packed his bags, his team, and a picture of his family as he boarded a plane to the Unova region. Though, he regretted the decision because of the news about Shadow Pokemon. A mystery evil organization and even stronger Pokemon? Yeah, not his thing. 

But he promised his grandmother that he’ll go to Unova and find himself again. So here he is, ready to take on the world and to gain confidence in himself once again. 

RANDOM TIDBITS !

Contest Ribbobs: Two. 

To tell his Pokemon apart from others, Carmichael gave all of them scarves with a lightning bolt on it. Cleo has it tied onto her tail, Creed around his right leg, and Champion around his neck. 

His Pokemon Egg is unknown to him, though he hopes that it’s another cat like Pokemon. 

Currently staying in Castelia City but makes an effort to travel to different cities and explore the region. 

Lacks confidence in both battles and contests. 

When he was younger, him and his brother used to trick people by pretending to be each other. Stopped when they hit ten years old. 

HIS POKEMON TEAM ! 

Cleo the Glameow ( LVL 25 )

Creed the Luxio ( LVL 26 )

Champion the Eevee ( LVL 20 )

Pokemon Egg

WANTED CONNECTIONS ! 

His twin brother, Allister! This will be submitted to the main but if anyone wants to play his cooler, younger twin then please hit me up!

Childhood friends! Either someone from Sinnoh or who used to live in Sinnoh. This person could either be friends with him or with Allister. 

Old rivals! For any coordinator, or trainer, who did contests in the Sinnoh region. This can either be a friendly rivalry or something so fucking toxic, please give it to me. 

brief history

born in balonlea, ali’s parents were academics themselves, studying pokemon and medicines that could be provided from different region’s plants and pokemon. he was raised around pokemon as long as he could remember. he was drawn to some of the more “dangerous” pokemon, as most would frame it, but he never saw them as such, really. his interest in educating and introducing people to new pokemon started early, when he caught his dreepy at seventeen. they’ve been quite inseparable since.

current

lucky for him, ali has been studying pokemon in the unova region for just shy of a year and is in a position to help try to curb the current shadow pokemon concerns that have risen. though ali is not of a mind to battle like some other trainers are, he is not one to let pokemon suffer, so it was only fitting for him to join and try to help take care of the shadow pokemon problem.

personality

ali is quite serious, nearly to a fault. he is not known for his sense of humor, but rather his dedication to his work and his willingness to take on tasks that others will not. his sense of humor is lacking, but not nonexistent, though what he finds funny is hardly what most others do and can be quite off putting. part of why he likes to work with ghost pokemon is because he feels like they’ve been misunderstood, and he wants to spread more positivity about them, though he’s hardly a good candidate for this as he lacks the approachability that may be required for that task.

pokemon team

short brief info: leila’s parents live in hearthome city, boasting semi-successful careers in grooming pokemon and enjoying modern life as it goes. her grandmother, however, lives in eterna city, where leila chose to live as soon as she hit the age of twelve. the old woman was caring, albeit a bit strict about tradition and culture and often emphasizing how pokemon and people were meant to live as one in the world they lived in. mostly, leila just liked how present the old woman was compared to the shiny, empty house she lived in at hearthome city. on her thirteenth birthday, her grandmother had acquired a natu from a friend of hers ( a fellow medium ) and gifted it to leila. her own companion pokemon, someone she can be with for as long as she lived. growing up, leila took the natu, affectionately nicknamed “nat-nat”, everywhere. and even if her grandmother was against using pokemon for fighting and sport, leila trained nat-nat for simple, low-stakes battles. eventually, her team grew by a little. which was more than enough. by the age of eighteen, leila was contacted by her parents, citing that they had a friend who was looking for a hip, young reporter for hearthome’s various media outlets and because of their connections, would give her an instant job - if she passed the audition. despite the judgment of her grandmother, leila accepted to audition and found that switching to a more aggressive personality for the cameras came naturally and she was hired. the rest is history, sort of.

personality: outside of work, leila is quiet & soft-spoken. a regression to the epitome of a young lady that her grandmother brought her up to be instead of the wild & upbeat persona she adapts for her reporting job. when not scribbling away interesting factoids about people or nagging trainers for interviews, she has her head in the clouds and can be found mindlessly sipping juice away in a cafe somewhere with nat-nat perched on her shoulder. there’s a certain distance she puts between her job as a reporter and her as a person, as she sometimes forgets the people she’s annoyed into interviewing before. and it could be jarring to some that she’s not actually as energetic as she makes herself seem on the job when she’s not actively doing it. very random note, but when battling, she doesn’t call her pokemon by their nicknames. she only calls them by their nicknames outside of battle.

jobs & hobbies & jobbies: leila is a reporter. initially, she covered some amateur contests and groomers in hearthome city - mostly trainers and coordinators within her age group - but eventually, she was given the freedom to cover events that she may partake in. although, as someone who had the (mis)fortune of acquiring a job through nepotism, leila’s insistence in covering harder-hitting topics came about from trying to prove something to both herself and her nay-sayers. the magic that happened when she auditioned for the first time felt good and leila will spend the rest of her life proving her worth if she has to, because she wanted to be known for her own skill instead of how she managed to get her foot in the door in the first place. how far she’s willing to go when it comes to reporting about shadow pokemon and team stygian is still up in the air. but leila will definitely not go home until she has a story worth something. when not doing reporter things and she doesn’t have her head in the clouds, she likes spending time with her pokemon and taking them to shops with her.

currently: when news of the shadow pokemon first hit sinnoh, leila had her bags packed and ready to go, but not without saying goodbye to her grandmother and heeding her sayings about staying safe. currrently, she’s shacked up in a hotel somewhere and actually does a lot of the camerawork herself since she got into a tiff with one of the producers back at hearthome city about her previous cameraman being too rude to her pokemon for her own liking. you can find her eavesdropping conversations, writing a ton of notes, or worrying about nat-nat evolving into xatu soon. after all, she evolved hay-hay (her heliolisk) by choice a few years back. this would be her first ‘natural’ evolution, if it were to really happen soon.

current team:

nat-nat ( natu , level 23 ) *partner pokemon

dee-dee ( dedenne , level 34 )

hay-hay ( heliolisk , level 37 )

hellooooooo i’m anne and this is a quick lil intro for nalini. you can find a summary of her life story here, so this will just be a little fun fact sheet for her so you can figure out her vibes <3 some pre-thought out wanted connections are on that link as well, but i am always up for brainstorming or feeling some chem.

[pub crowd from beauty and the beast vc] nooooo one's slick like nalini, no one's quick as nalini, no one's pokemon team's quite as strong as nalini!!

she takes pride in bonding with her pokemon, and she believes that's the core of their strength in battle.

that being said, she's one to believe that a few sacrifices are necessary for the common good hence the stygian association.

she's rough and tough like any sailor -- you gotta be to make it out at sea -- so forgive her for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

she's not one to be super sensitive to other's emotions, she's that asshole who would typically say 'i'm not being mean, i'm just being honest' (she's usually being mean).

she's passionate and strong-headed about what's right to her. if you've got a friend in her, you've got a friend for life. it's just a little hard to get there in the first place.

quick to set off, quick to cool down, it's like a little waxing session when you're arguing with her.

if you've got the time, she has plenty of stories to tell. she loves sharing her stories when the vibe's right.

i guess you could say when she's happy, she's a drunk little pirate just trying to enjoy some booze and tunes and when she's upset, she's an angry little pirate trying to k-word you for your belongings. similes <3

her pokemon team is water-based:

kingdra (her first her main her beloved)

lapras

tentacruel

gastrodon - east (sorry to the west one but there’s a blue streak going on)

azumarill (shadow)

ABOUT THEM !

Born and raised in Sootopolis City, Zuri has always been a passionate trainer. When separated from the rest of the region, they spent a lot of their days watching Pokemon battles, Pokemon contests, and even seeing trainers train to go against the city’s gym leader. It excited them and a deep passion for wanting to do the same fueled them. 

At the age of twelve, Zuri left their hometown with a baby Mudkip in their arms. It was the two of them from the start, taking on gym battles and fighting various trainers. Then came Bagon and then Baltoy. They were the fearsome quad that blew through every single gym and battles like they were nothing. 

At the age of thirteen, Zuri was able to beat all eight gym leaders. By the age of fourteen, they challenged the Elite Four and Champion. These battles were more difficult but even so, Zuri pushed through each battle against the Elite Four. A lucky and strong teenager, however, their luck and strength could only get them so far. Zur lost against the Champion and it crushed them. 

They took the next four years off to train and prepare themselves to take another league, the Johto League. At the age of eighteen, Zuri traveled to the Johto region and took on the gym leaders there. 

With the same team as before, they planned on sweeping just like that. But along the way, they picked up two new friends: Togepi and Swinub. With five Pokemon under their belt, Zuri once again swept through each gym like it was nothing. 

Nearing their nineteenth birthday, Zuri earned their last badge and grown closer than ever with their team. By the age of twenty, Zuri won the Silver Conference. 

Months after that, Zuri challenged the Elite 4 and Champion. Just like the Hoenn region, Zuri was able to win against the Elite 4 but the match between them and the Champion Lance ended with a tie. 

It was then that Zuri became a little celebrity in their own way. Trainers from all over would challenge them, radio show hosts asking them to come onto their show, and schools asking Zuri to become a teacher for them. It was amazing, fantastic even, but it wasn’t enough to quench this team’s thirst. Until They arrived.

Cloaked in all black and waiting for Zuri inside of their villa, Citrine wanting to recruit Zuri to work alongside them. Not someone for working on a team, she was ready to deny them until they offered to take her on in a Pokemon battle. Of course, she couldn’t say no to that, especially thinking that she’ll win. 

But the battle lasted five minutes at most, the stranger using a minute each to take down her Pokemon. Far stronger than her and any trainer she has battled, this stranger was on another level. It both amazed and pissed her off. 

Citrine asked her again to join them and Zuri agreed, only to one day take down Citrine and be known as the strongest trainer alive. Or at least, that was the plan at first before they explained their goal. To create the strongest Pokemon in the world by turning them into Shadow Pokemon. I

Once a ridiculous plan to her became one that she took a liking to. Zuri has earned herself the title as one of the four Admins and came with the alias Apatite. For five years, Zuri traveled to various regions to help with recruiting and stealing Pokemon for Team Stygian. Arriving just a month ago, she is followed by new recruits and Shadow Pokemon in hopes to help Citrine’s dream come true. 

RANDOM TIDBITS !

Personality wise, Zuri is a combination of Red and Green from Pokemon Adventures. But like... early Red and Green. 

Her own personal goal is to help Citrine create Shadow Pokemon and then one day, using her current team, defeat those Shadow Pokemon. Just to prove that she’s the strongest in the world. 

Only has one Shadow Pokemon which is Phanpy. It’s a stolen Pokemon from the Johto region. Phanpy has been a Shadow Pokemon for four months now and listens solely to Zuri. The rest of their team are just normal Pokemon, Zuri doesn’t want to turn them into Shadow Pokemon. (”They’re strong as they are now, why change that? I’ll just change stolen Pokemon.” - Zuri Robinson )

As Apatite, Zuri uses random Shadow Pokemon given to her by Citrine or whomever. But Shadow Phanpy is still the only Shadow Pokemon that she uses constantly. Her main team is to remain hidden because they are publically known by everyone. 

Despite being a villain, Zuri does love their team more than anything else and they love her. They’re a strong team who can take down anyone they want. 

Due to an intense battle back when they were nineteen, Zuri has a scar on their right arm. It happened after protecting from being Baltoy from being truly hurt during the battle. 

Still takes part in battles but now it’s to help with teaching children or taking part in various radio shows for trainers. 

THEIR TEAM ! 

Leo the Swampert ( LVL 55 )

Mamoswine ( LVL 48 )

Togekiss ( LVL 45 )

Salamence ( LVL 52 )

Claydol ( LVL 52 )

Mimi the Shadow Phanpy ( LVL 28 )

WANTED CONNECTIONS ! 

Rivals! Either someone from the Johto or Hoenn region. I honestly feel most of Zuri’s rivalries would be terrible because Zuri is a cocky bitch, but friendly ones could also work. 

A fan of theirs! Probably someone who watched Zuri blow through the league in the Johto region and instantly became a fan. Could be someone who wants to learn from them or who constantly asks for an autograph. 

Enemies! Mostly as a Team Stygian Admin, could be someone who fought against her or watched her steal a trainer’s Pokemon. I just want someone to hate her with a burning passion <3

Two Executives under Zuri! Each Admin has two executives under them so I would love to have someone who willingly follows Zuri. We can talk more about this dynamic and relationship! 

BACKGROUND;

was born in saffron city, with unimpressive parents and a boring childhood

always found it a little difficult to form a connection with others; perhaps they found him too competitive or assertive, but either ways, he figured he didn’t need them too so it all worked out

self-reliant and calm, especially in the most dire of situations, because he knows trusting someone other than himself will only lead to disaster; others were too slow, so he only had himself

his first encounter with team stygian would be through a battle with a grunt, easily defeating him and that’s when he first hears of the team

naturally, his interest was piqued and ends up being recruited as a grunt

was introduced to the workings of the team; lacklustre at best to him at first, but it paid him decently so he wasn’t complaining

he likes the existence of shadow pokemons though; if the other trainers weren’t strong enough to protect their pokemon, then they didn’t deserve them

after a while, he ended up getting really involved in the team’s affairs, mainly the identity of the boss, and realised that he wanted to unmask who citrine really was. but to do that, he would first have to become an executive, then an admin

so, he does what he has to, ends up being promoted to an executive two months later due to his ‘outstanding’ performance and is on the track to becoming an admin soon - as long as he keeps it up, and no one gets in his way, he’ll meet citrine soon, and who knows what might happen after that

PERSONALITY;

might appear carefree or happy-go-lucky to strangers but there’s this sort of unspoken quiet confidence about him (and an undeniable air of dispassion about things that don't involve him)

deep down, he prioritises himself, so while he might entertain you at the start, if you show no use to him, he wouldn’t hesitate to ignore or avoid you

he is usually quite compassionate towards pokemons; it is weak trainers he despises. his mindset is simple: if your pokemon respects and loves you, at the very least, you should train them well so they don't ever get hurt or lose

so, he looks down on trainers who don’t train their pokemon well and as a result, if you end up losing to him, he just might mock or spite you a little (eg. “you don’t deserve your pokemon.” “they’d be better off with me.” “at least i wouldn’t let them get hurt.”)

as for his position in team stygian, he might be new, but the grunts and executives are aware of how fast he has made a name for himself and his steady climb up the ranks. he’s aiming for the top spot everyone, and he’s not afraid to make enemies in order to get that (so watch out)

TEAM;

METANG (STEEL/PSYCHIC) - level 39 STEELIX (STEEL/GROUND) - level 37 LAIRON (STEEL/ROCK) - level 37 SCIZOR (BUG/STEEL) - level 36 SKARMORY (STEEL/FLYING) - level 35

CONNECTIONS;

friends (or somewhat positive relations at the very least): poke puff enthusiasts, someone he can be a mentor too, someone that can mentor him - try to lead him in the right direction y’know, complete opposites but it somehow manages to work

enemies: can be people in team stygian, or just trainers he doesn’t respect, can even be people he accidentally pissed off just by being himself

stats.

full name. emile langley

age. twenty - two

gender. cis man

pronouns. he & him

orientation. bisexual

occupation. ace trainer

birthplace. nimbasa city , unova

residence. undella town , unova

partner pokemon. mawile

please note, emile is Indigenous. specifically, Navajo, Hidatsa, Mandan and Tsimshian and i acknowledge this identity as an integral part of the character, even while i am writing him in a setting outside of the real world !

team.

mawile , lvl 53 , partner

mienshao , lvl 50

seismitoad , lvl 47

maractus , lvl 42

growlithe , lvl 35

metang , lvl 38

biography.

i. 

in the heart of nimbasa city, emile spent his childhood looking across the cityscape from the glittering ferris wheel and cheering on competitors in the big stadium. not a day went by where he felt bored. the only son to a mild-mannered engineer father and a driven, shining star of a mother who held tenure as one of hoenn’s former elite four, it was only a given emile favoured the ambitions of his mother as a flighty, ambitious child. he is impatient, hates the waiting until he is ten before he can set out to become a trainer. finally the day arrives ; his mother’s return from visiting family in hoenn shrouded in secrecy, the pokeball is heavy in his hand and his eyes shine in bewilderment at the companion he now has. his pokemon.

ii. 

emile’s goal never lost traction. he moved to his mother’s birthplace of undella town, only serving to make him more determined. mornings began early to train, train, train. nights were spent poring over books, sorting through what precious technical machines his pocket money let him buy. rambunctious pokemon formed part of his team — his parents liked to joke about how they were exactly like him — setting him back briefly. a particularly defiant tympole left emile discouraged, refusing to involve himself in anything to do with battling. with lots of coaxing from his mother, all too understanding of his dilemma, he eventually returned to training.

between undella town and humilau city, he trained with a ragtag group of friends, all driven to earn a new gym badge or two. for emile it wasn’t difficult. what else had he raised himself on, except the want to become stronger? but getting older tends to leave people aware of those they outgrow. quietly, it was one by one someone wouldn’t show up, wouldn’t be heard from. he realised strength could be lonely.

iii. 

championship still feels too far away. he nurses the collected eight badges carefully in his case, a frigid well of doubt beginning to weigh in the pit of his stomach as he notices it dulling beneath new layers dust on a bookshelf. he knows he is good, but not good enough. he says as much when he trudges away from his final elite four battle defeated when he is twenty. there’s buzz for how far he reaches, echoes of ‘ you’ve done well ’ and ‘ you’re famous, now ’, hands clapping him on the back ; even if it does not feel quite that way.

wanted connections.