I placed everything I know and learned at RPing into this character. I'll clean it up when I have the time (I forgot my coding.) I can't help but think I forgot something. That's what I get for working on this for a few hours straight... Please tell me if something is off? Hmm, now that I think about it, the Goals are a bit too general. I should polish it off later...
I really didn't want Slurpuff as a Starter, but choosing that as a starter is so IC for my character. Other people may feel free to judge my character.
Name: Gabrielle Recette; she is also nicknamed "Gabby"
Age: 14 going on 15
Gender: Female
Hometown: Born and raised in Kalos, Lumiose before moving to Johto, Altomare together with her father. Currently owns a condominium in Celadon City.
Appearance:
The closest lookalike.
Gabrielle is approximately 155cm tall, with fair skin and a slim build. Her wavy auburn hair, when free, falls down to her mid-back, is pulled into a ponytail over shoulder. She wears contacts to make her eyes appear blue to not stand out, but instead changes it to violet.
She packs many clothes on the road, her favorite being a pin-stripped, sleeveless, collared, white, button-up shirt she leaves untucked over her pleated grey skirt. She also wears a black vest with red trim and the word "Recette" emblazoned on the left side and her family's coat-of-arms under it. She wears black stockings and black boots to go with it. On her arms are stripped black-grey elbow-length silk gloves and a wristwatch on her right hand.
For color, Gabby has a red tie loosely fitted around the collar, tucking into the vest. She also alternates white and black berets, while a red satchel slung across her left shoulder where the straps act as her Pokeball belt.
She also has pastel colored Chef's uniforms in her pack for when she cooks, with a matching scarf depicting a Shiny Klefki as a logo. Most of her supplies are carried by her Chansey, which walks with her on her journeys.
Interests and goals: Her life-long dream to be a Pokemon Pâtissière (her own definition), a person who can make sweets that can be enjoyed by both people and Pokemon, first bloomed when she and her family first visited a restaurant her father was going to write an article for, and was enchanted by the food and the atmosphere of the room, where everyone is smiling and having a good time.
She aspires to become a successful Pâtissière that can make anyone smile, and create a dessert that any person can safely eat, and any Pokemon would love to have.
Her goal for her journey is not only to learn more techniques of preparing food, but also to prove to herself and her parents that she can be independent and travel the world. While on her travels, she hopes to capture a slew of Pokemon to help her in becoming a Pokemon Pâtissière. Among the list is a Miltank, a Chansey, a Cherubi, a Lickitung, a Vanillite, and a Swirlix.
She also seeks to prove that she can be a capable trainer by earning all the badges of the Kanto Region, while dabbling in Pokemon Contests to test the effectiveness of her Pokeblocks and Poffins.
Family: For the first 10 years of her life, she lived at Lumiose with her mother and father.
Her father is an accomplished artist and critic, often traveled to many places around the world to write his articles. Often times, Gabrielle's father would bring her or her younger sister along on the trips when he can. He is a big softie, and likes to dote on his daughters and his wife. He was able to catch his wife's attention with his art. He would sometimes guest as a judge in Pokemon Contests in other regions.
Her mother on the other hand is part of Kalos's First-Response Team that dabbles into competitions from time to time. Due to her work, she rarely leaves the region. While Gabrielle's father is the dotting father, her mother is the reliable, strong-willed breadwinner of the family. The few times she left Kalos is during exchange training in other regions, sharing her experiences with officers, peacekeepers, and Rangers.
Because of his work, Gabrielle and her father moved to Altomare, leaving Gabrielle's mother and Gabrielle's sister in Kalos. The two stayed there for around 4 years, Gabrielle's father teaching art at the local school and history in the museum.
Gabrielle, in the meanwhile, met a girl named Bianca and her grandfather Lorenzo and became good friends with them, learning how to sketch and the effect of a different climate has on the vegetation. Though Gabrielle's father taught her most of what she knows about art, it was Bianca and her sketches that inspired the Pâtissière-to-be to learn how to draw. To this day, she wonders why Bianca is sometimes a lot more playful and silent.
Soon, Gabrielle's father's job called him to another place, this time in Kanto. The two bought a condominium in Celadon. It was this event that finally urged her to start on her Journey, as she didn't want to stay in a dirty (in her point of view) city after living in Lumiose and Altomare.
Strengths: As expected of her, Gabrielle is skilled in the kitchen. She places her whole being in her creations, keeping in mind the people who would eat it. From humble Zwiebacks, to complicated
Pièce montées, and to delicate Poffins, she could make it. With the help of her Pokemon, she can even bake a cake, make ice cream, and craft candy sculptures in the middle of cave or forest.
Gabrielle is also quite dexterous, shown by her capability to juggle spatulas, scrapers, and ingredients when preparing meals as if it was a performance. This is not limited to her tools, as she can do the same to bottles, cups, and drinks without spilling a single drop. Her dexterity translates into her skill with the inline skates.
To help with her craft, she also has an eye for detail, observing the slightest tells from a person and say whether they prefer bitter or sweet. She can also tell which fruits, vegetables, fats, or Berries are the best among the ingredients. Her palate is very well developed, and could distinguish what were used for a dish.
She also learned how to take care of Berries and grow her own garden, and is quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of Berries from her travels. She even has collected quite a number of them, with only a few missing.
Finally, Gabrielle is a bit of a linguist, from which she learned from her father. Even when speaking Kantonese, she often peppers it with Kalosian.
Weaknesses: Despite her prowess in cooking, there are areas where Gabrielle's skills need polishing off. For example, 4 times out of 5, she would either overcook beef when using a pan, ruin a fish trying to fillet it, and the less said about her de-boning a chicken the better. She is also lacking in her repertoire of spicy foods.
Gabrielle is a City Girl and has little experience travelling on her own. Though she may like to travel, if she should try and walk a road less taken, a day of travel from one town to another would usually stretch to three days. This doesn't stop her, but the next time you see her she would be less than presentable.
Because of her past, she abhors a dirty environment, is frightened of Trubbish and deadly afraid of Garbodor. She avoids most Poison-types when she can, but is only wary of them.
Gabrielle is patient and forgiving, to a fault. Do just about anything to her, and the most she'll be is upset with the person. The only thing that could trigger her ire is insulting a person's passion or downplaying how hard work and practice plays a role in a person's accomplishment.
She is also a bit of an air-head when she isn't focusing on something, which is one of the reasons why she is easily lost, trips on air, and loses track of time. She is quite open-minded, but this causes her to think that each person deserves their own opinion, even if it is wrong in the eyes of society.
Pokemon:
(I gave up trying to find a sprite)
Slurpuff "Sweet" (
Female) [Kebia Berry] - Sweet Veil - Met at Lumiose
- Sweet Scent
- Fairy Wind
- Draining Kiss
- Endeavor
- Cotton Spore
- Cotton Guard
Chansey "Euphy" (
Female) [Lucky Punch] - Serene Grace - Met at Saffari Zone (Kanto)
- Soft-boiled
- Ice Beam
- Charge Beam
- Aromatherapy
- Counter
- Dazzling Gleam
