Post by Red on Aug 17, 2010 10:30:02 GMT -5
Character
[/size]Name: Shira Tolan
Age: 20 (She thinks)
Gender: Female (Physically, Genetically it’s a different Story, read the Note at the bottom for explanation)
Career: Trainer
Appearance:
- Standing at five feet seven inches, not including the ears, Shira is just above average height. She’s quite slender, her frame lean with small breasts and hips. A thick tail sprouts from where a normal human’s spine would end. The tail itself ends in a sharp point, shaped like a bolt of lightning. Long nimble hands have slender fingers tipped in sharp semi retractable claws. Each foot, rather than ending in the five tiny useless toes of an ordinary human, instead end in three large pads like those of a Raichu.
Shira’s body is covered in a layer of short fine fur, apart from her face, where the fur is more of a layer of soft peachfuzz than true fur. Most of her fur is a pale orange in colour, the same shade as that found on a normal raichu. However her arms from fingertips to elbows, and her feet from paw to ankle, are a mid-brown in colour. Three stripes of the same brown are seen on the upper thigh of each leg, as well as her lower back. A layer of white fur runs from the bottom of her jaw, down her neck, curving out to run over both breasts, and then curves to an end just above the junction of her legs.
Her hair is thick and shaggy, the rough cut indicating that she does it herself. Its colour is the same as the fur which covers her hands and feet. Two long slender ears rise out of her hair, their shape a slightly elongated variant of a normal pair of raichu ears. The outside of her ears are the same brown as her hair, while the insides are a pale pinkish cream in shade.
Large eyes are set over well-defined cheekbones, and are a soft brown which is noticeably darker than the rest of her brown by several shades. They have sometimes been called a chocolate brown in colour. Two small patches of yellow fur can be found just under each cheekbone, the colour an indication of the small electricity producing sacs that can be found hidden under them.
Her clothing is a fairly simple thing, a plain black tanktop and black pants so wide and loose they could easily be mistaken for a long skirt, with a thin slit in the back to accommodate her tail. A wide leather belt with a round buckle with a lightning bolt etched into it and settings for several pokeballs and fingerless black gloves complete the outfit. Because of the shape of her feet, it is impossible for her to wear shoes.
Shira’s Physical Appearance - Image is not mine, it belongs to Xenon001 of Deviant Art but it fits my mental image of Shira perfectly.
Clothed Markings - Images by me from a base by Kidiu of Deviant Art.
Abilities:
- Like many morphs Shira can do things which a normal human can’t. She’s rather more flexible than the average human, being naturally on par with someone like a gymnast or a dancer. She also has a far greater sense of balance, thanks to her tail. More importantly though, thanks to being a raichu morph, she’s completely lightning proof and can in fact generate small amounts of electricity. It’s not enough to really do anything with, mostly she just sparks a bit when she’s upset, can give people (and Pokemon) mild/harmless shocks, and she tends to overload machinery if she’s not careful. Whatever you do, don’t let her near a computer if she’s upset, they tend to blow up.
Personality:
- Shira isn’t exactly the nicest of people. Growing up on the streets, Shira never really learned the social niceties that other people practice every day to get along with others. She’s very plain spoken, always willing to speak her mind and tell it like it is. This brutal honesty in no way means she’s unable to lie, simply that she is not the social liar that most human’s become in order to survive society. Shira is in fact a rather accomplished liar, spinning and weaving words with such mastery that she can leave a person unsure of which way is up, let alone what is right and wrong.
Shira has a very noticeable temper, which often causes her to do stupid things. She enjoys getting into fights and doing dangerous things, addicted to the rush of hormones and adrenaline it brings. Shira is a Traceuses, a practitioner of the art of Pakour, or free running. She loves to race through the cities and countryside, refusing to let any obstacle stand in her way. This practice has stood her in good stead when having to run from angry mobs (And mobs of Fangirls) on several occasions, as she’s been able to get to places where the normal people haven’t been able to reach her.
She’s got a soft spot for other orphans, very young pokemon and for soft and cuddly pokemon. Of course in a life such as hers, such things tend to be in quite short supply, and Shira has learned to guard this soft spot as a precious secret, lest it be turned against her in some way.
History:
- Not much is known about the people who gave birth to Shira. The baby pichu morph was only a few days old when she was found on the doorstep of an orphanage in Rustboro city, her Daemon tucked carefully next to her and a note in scratchy handwriting asking that she be looked after. The caretaker didn’t have it in him to leave the girl child out in the cold, and so he took her in and raised her with the other young children.
The orphanage was a crowded place, as the casualties of the tensions between the elements often left young offspring behind. Shira was one of many and so, while she was adequately cared for, she never had the parental touch that young children crave. The young Pichu morph didn’t get on well with the other children of the orphanage, often being bullied and picked on by the other, larger children. For many years her only comfort was her Daemon, Rin, the small and somewhat sickly looking shinx never far from her side. That was perhaps part of the reason they were bullied so badly. Unlike the other children’s daemons, Rin didn’t change form, not like the others did. She was almost always a shinx, only on very rare occasions becoming a Luxio or even more rarely a Luxray. Perhaps it was because Shira is a pokemorph, perhaps it has to do with whatever strange and unknown people Shira was born to, and perhaps we’ll never really find out. This third option seems the most likely.
When Shira was eight, the day after a particularly vicious bully beat her black and blue, she made her decision. She could not stay at the orphanage any longer. The adults who ran the place tried their best, but it was not enough, it would never be enough. Here in this place, the strong were rewarded, and the weak were ignored and pushed aside. The bullies were getting worse, stealing food from the weaker children and getting more and more vicious the older they got. Shira was only a pichu morph, she didn’t have the strength or speed to defend herself. If she stayed here any longer, she would waste away to nothingness, become little more than an empty husk and then die, her precious partner withering and dying with her.
Carefully and quietly, under the cover of darkness, Shira gathered the few things she could call her own, a small fluffy mareep toy, a thick pillow and the tiny pink blanket she had been found in. all of it was put into a small bag and then carried on her back as she shimmied out the window and ran into the night.
Shira’s life as a street brat was not that much different now to what it had been at the orphanage. She still had to fight for her food, and to keep her sleeping place. However the pichu morph and her shinx Daemon thrived in the harsh conditions in a way they never would have in the semi sheltered existence of the orphanage.
When she was ten, Shira had her first experience with Evolution. Two whole years had passed since she had left the orphanage, and life was going remarkably well for the young girl. In her wandering search for food, She and Rin happened to pass by the area in which the orphanage stood.
Curiosity got the better of her, and Shira began to wonder what had happened at the orphanage during her absence. Deciding to take a look, she was surprised to find the place boarded up, no one there and no sign as to what had happened. Questioning of the neighbors produced a rather interesting story. Shortly after she had run away, an investigation into the running of the place was sanctioned by the city government. The end result of the investigation was the recommendation to, and subsequent closure of the orphanage for crimes against children.
Pichu evolve from Pikachu via happiness. The joy Shira felt when she discovered that the place of her torment was gone triggered within her that same change. By the time Shira regained her senses, her body had changed, becoming larger, stronger and faster. Her evolution had triggered a similar change within Rin, and the tiny shinx was now spending all her time as a small Luxio.
With their new and improved bodies, the life of a thief and a street brat became that much easier. The pair lived well on their new abilities, and for many years things were good.
The year Shira turned 17 things changed once more. Scouting a potential new home near one of the electricity sectors, Rin picked up on a faint cry of distress. The Luxio insisted that they check it out. Whatever they had been expecting was not what they found. An Igglybuff had been cornered by three viscous looking Magnetric, the pokemon’s only possible escape blocked by crackling electrical lines.
No matter how tough she might seem on the outside, Shira did not have it in her to leave the defenceless little pokemon behind. A quick whispered instruction to Rin, and a plan was put into action. Shira reached out, gripping the crackling wires and pulling them apart, doing her best not to cry out at the sheer amount of energy flowing through a body not meant to channel that much electricity. Doing her best to ignore the odd half painful sensations coming from the human half of the bond, Rin dashed out, grabbing the Igglybuff by the scruff of the neck and running back through Shira’s legs to get away before the Magnetric could attack them both.
Shira let go of the wires, just before the feral Magnetric reached her. She turned and managed to walk several steps before she fell to her knees. Though the electricity no longer flowed through her, the tingling sensation remained. Shira looked down and shaking hands to see a white glow beginning.
When she awoke, she was slumped in the corner of a doorway, the Igglybuff from earlier and an unfamiliar Luxray looking at her. All it took was Rin speaking her name for Shira to work out what had happened. The electricity had mimicked the effects of a thunderstone, causing herself to evolve once more, this time from a Pikachu morph into a Raichu morph. And just like last time, her evolution had set off her Soul Partner, causing Rin to finally settle, now and forever a Luxray.
It would take some time for Shira to get used to her new body. As a Raichu she was heavier than she had been as a pichu or pikachu, sacrificing the lightning fast agility of the lighter form for the extra power and stamina, the more robust raichu form granted. While she got used to her new self, Shira avoided their old haunts, unwilling to risk any trouble until she was certain that she would be able to get out of it.
The Igglybuff stayed with them, unwilling to venture out on its own and feeling safe around Shira and Rin. Though she would never admit it, Shira was glad of the extra company and of the extra warmth during the long cold nights. It didn’t take much for Shira to snitch a pokeball from one of the pokemarts. Unfortunately she managed to steal the display model, the only non-working ball in the whole store. After that the stores were watching their merchandise to closely for her to steal another one easily. It was not until many months later, during an escape from some rather unhappy flying types that her friend was one of the rare, shiny pokemon.
At the tender old age of 18, Shira finally allowed herself to be convinced by Rin that they should leave the city that she had known her whole life and take up a different way of life, that of the pokemon trainer. Together with her Daemon and her Igglybuff friend, she set out, aiming to make a name for herself as one of the greatest trainers of the region. And boy did she ever. Starting out with nothing but the literal clothes on her back, Riya the Igglybuff and Rin, Shira headed for Littleroot Town and Pokemon Professor Birch. At the lab a young Charmander attached itself to her and pretty much refused to allow her to consider anyone else. Birch was reluctant to part with Navi, since she, like Riya, was a shiny pokemon, but the Golden Charmander made it clear that even if Shira left with another Pokemon, she would simply break out of the lab and follow them. So Shira set out on her journey through Hoenn with two shiny pokemon and her
By the time her 19th birthday rolled around, Shira had a full team of pokemon. Riya had evolved twice, from a pale Igglybuff to Jigglypuff to Wigglytuff. Navi had become a Charizard, her shining hide as black a night. Nyx had been caught early on in their journey, the fairly ordinary poochyena becoming a powerful Mightyena. Aiko the timid little Ralts who had joined them around the same time s Nyx, she who had long been the baby of the team had become a graceful confidant Gardevior. Yeth the trapinch, captured on their way through the desert, had evolved into a Flygon, still as gallant and white knightly as ever. The final member of the team was not a pokemon native to Hoenn. Sven was a Dragonite, abandoned as a Dratini for not evolving fast enough to please his previous owner. Shira and Rin took him, nursed him back to health and under their care he thrived and evolved to his greatest form.
The team was exceedingly well trained and their loyalty to the human(ish) leader of their pack was absolute. They took on the Hoenn pokemon league by storm, beating opponent after opponent until there was no-one left. Shira, Rin and their team, were now among the Hoenn League Champions.
Fame, and the legions of adoring fans which go with it, did not sit well with Shira. The pokemorph tried to lay low for a while, hoping it would all blow over, but people kept finding her and bothering her and in the end it all became too much. She used part of her winnings to purchase a ticket on the next ferry away from Hoenn, not really caring which region it went to as long as it was somewhere that she wasn’t going to be constantly mobbed.
And so, after a long and rather boring trip at sea, Shira found herself in the Region of Enera. She spent several weeks exploring the region, before deciding to settle near Silav Town, using a large chunk of what remained of her winnings to purchase a decent sized house and a fair sized bit of land just outside of the town. It was a bit dilapidated, having been left to slowly go to ruin after the death of the last owner. The last of her money went to fixing the place up, buying the materials so they could make their new home habitable and self-sustaining and in setting up a complex computer system to run everything which needed running, as well as grounding said computer system so that Shira (And any other electric types) couldn’t accidentally (Or deliberately) fry it.
Shira had always been a get up and go kind of person. It was somewhat inevitable that she would eventually get bored with her nice stable life. Surprisingly it was Navi who suggested the Shira should look into taking another pokemon journey. Between the original team and Helm, the AI who ran the computer system, the house and grounds would be fine. It would give Shira something to do, provide them with a bit of spending money, since the money Shira had made in the Hoenn league was almost all gone now and, most importantly, make them all some new friends.
It didn’t take long before Shira was convinced that this was a good idea and she and Rin geared up to head to Lab of the regions Pokemon professor, seeking a new ‘starter’ with which to being their journey through the region they now made their home.
The Dæmon
[/u][/center][/size]Name: Rin
Form (if settled): Luxray
Appearance:
- In appearance Rin seems to be a perfectly normal Luxray, though she is a bit on the small and slender side. The only thing to tell her apart from a normal Luxray is the thick black collar she wears around her neck.
Personality:
- Rin appears in many ways to be the complete opposite of her human half. Openly caring and the proud owner of a mothering streak a mile wide, Rin is definitely more approachable than her human is. Where Shira struggles with a sometimes explosive temper, Rin is calm and collected, seemingly icy cool in almost every situation. Rin is usually the voice of reason in Shira’s little group.
She does have a daredevil side to her, and Rin is always a willing participant in Shira’s crazy schemes, though she will step up and talk Shira down if the plans start getting to far fetched.
Notes:
I wanted to have Shira have been an experiment by an 'evil team', basically an attempt to see what would happen if they created a pokemorph with the XXY chromosome Pattern and if it would affect the daemon in any way. Shira was created from a set of female (XX) human DNA being combined with the DNA of a male (XY) Raichu. This XXY combination is why she has the physical traits of a female human, but also the physical traits of a male Raichu (Namely the full lightning bolt tail rather than the blunted tail of a female Raichu). This is also why Rin is a female Daemon to a female Partner, rather than the more Common male Daemon to female Partner. When she was ‘Born’ the fact that she is technically both male and female, produced a Daemon which was female. The reason she was raised in an orphanage rather than by said evil team is because one of the scientists went all mother hen on them and smuggled her out, not just out of the base, but out of the country as well.