Blaine 'Jolt' Harlowe
Age: 28
Gender: M
Appearance:
Ten years ago, people would've thought that Blaine was an entirely different man than what he was today. But time changes people, and Blaine was the perfect example of that. At the beginning of his journey as a budding Pokemon trainer, he was tall, gangly, and thin enough that his ribs could be played as a xylophone.
Nowadays, however, he appeared as a menace. Not just by his gruff facial expression, but by the clothes he adorned. Wearing a leather biker's vest, he wore a grey tank top underneath, leaving only his fingerless gloves to cover his hands. For pants, he wore baggy camouflage khakis, fitting his more bulkier frame.
After ten years of constantly on the move, he trained alongside his partner Pokemon. As the years went by, not only did his team grow, but he did as well.
Standing at an intimidating six foot, seven inch height, weighing easily two-hundred and eighty pounds of muscle, he shared a gruff appearance, much like his father before him. His brow was think, his goatee/beard combo fierce. His onyx black hair was no longer than two inches, covered by a black bandanna. The only feature of his face that revealed his true nature were his wise, friendly blue eyes. Where his face appeared grim and angry, his eyes were warm and inviting, much like the man beneath the look.
When the evolved Pokerus' started to spread, his unbound strength allowed him a certain advantage when combating the Walkers, a single swing with a aluminum baseball bat would most certainly be fatal, whether the receiver be alive or undead.
Personality:
Strong, bold, and ever the adventurer. Blaine is both Charismatic, and understanding. His one goal in life was to become a strong trainer. But after many run ins with the many thugs that plagued the world, Blaine has devoted himself to become a stronger trainer. Not only to beat the Elite Four, but to help people who have suffered at the hands of the likes of Teams Rocket, Magma, Aqua, Galactic, and Plasma.
As of the infection, and after a few deceitful survivors have neglected to make him aware of their bites, have nearly cost the lives of him and his two remaining Pokemon on numerous occasions, thus making him very hardy, and rigged. More so than he would like to be, especially in a time of crisis such as this.
History:
Born and raised on Cinnabar Island, the folks that shared the island home with this interesting young gentleman would remember the day 'Jolt' Harlowe had left their midst. After all, in a small community like that, every member that left was a huge deal. When he first started his adventure he was a tall, thin, almost gangly eighteen year old. Many of his skeptical supporters had thought that he wasn't going to make it during his first year as a budding new trainer. He had looked so frail, that even the Gym Leader of the island, Blaine, Jolt's personal hero, suggested that he post-pone his adventure and ready his body.
Blaine, often referred to by friends as Jolt *due to his spiky hair, if left unkept*, was not going to give up on his dream so easily, and left the island to pursue his dream. That was when he reached Pallet Town, the first town on the main land. With his shiny Pichu, Sparky, at his side, he decided to visit Professor Oak.
Surprisingly, however, Blaine had discovered a strange Pokemon washed up on the shore. Bringing it to the Professor, Oak was flabbergasted. Somehow an Oshawott, a Unovian Pokemon, had washed up on shore.
Long history short, Blaine's journey as a Pokemon Trainer was a lively, and unforgettable one. When the Kanto League had out surpassed him, he tried his luck in Johto, scoring himself Scarlet, his female Cyndaquil. As with Johto, his attempt in the league had failed, and he decided to travel the world for stronger Pokemon, reserving the league attempts for when he felt his team was powerful enough to take them on.
That's when the infection hit.
On vacation to Cinnabar Island when Pokerus had become a big deal across Kanto, Blaine, striving to become ever stronger, and to build better bonds with his Pokemon, infected his beloved Samurott, Braviary, and Haxorus. He left Sparky, Scarlet, and his Aggron, Crash, uninfected, being his strongest Pokemon, he felt no need for them to join Samurott, Braviary, and Haxorus.
Their abilities increased exponentially, and the thought of a Pokemon Champion title was finally in his grasp! That was, until things started to turn for the worst. Leader Blaine ordered an island wide quarantine, offering vaccinations for Pokerus to inflicted pokemon. Before Jolt could get his infected Pokemon vaccinated, they had already passed on to the other life.
Knowing they would endanger the island, Blaine did what would haunt him for the rest of his life; he euthanized half of his team. Because of this event, he is very bitter when he is reminded of those that he has lost along the way.
He is some-what trusting of others, but after multiple encounters with Walkers *as an inhabitant of Cinnabar, he goes to the main-land to attempt to find survivors and bring them to Sanctuary*, he shows signs of untrustworthy-ness. Especially when said Walkers are freshly infected people that neglected to warn him they were bitten.
Pokemon:
Now I have two opening posts available, A and B. Decide which one you like better, and I'll use that one :) *assuming I'm accepted of course :P *
Opening Post:
A:
It was a mistake, and Blaine knew it. It had been five years on this day that he had done it. Done what he had to do to ensure the survival of everyone else on Cinnabar. The day he had to say goodbye to Champ, Uncle Sam, and Soul. The thought of what he had to do, what he had done, caused him to clench his fists, squeeze his eyes shut, and grit his teeth, as his bare toes dug deep into the pure white sand.
He heard his knuckles pop from the strain, and he regained himself. They had changed him for the good. He didn't appear sickly anymore, and they had gotten him to where he was at that very moment. He had gathered at least four, maybe five badges in each region before it became too much for his team. He had returned to Kanto on the rumor that a bacteria was available that encouraged rapid growth in Pokemon.
Champ, his Samurott, had actually been against the idea. Uncle Sam and Soul, on the other hand, had had no problem accepting the bacteria. But his strive to be the best, to help people, got the better of him, and he forced Champ to do the same. He had single-handedly killed half of his team. Gazing at the horizon, Blaine sat on the beach to think about his actions, listening silently to the waves crash gently on the shore.
"Ah Jolt, it's odd seeing you here." A familiar voice spoke behind him.
Tensing himself, 'Jolt' stood to face his visitor. An elderly gentleman approached Blaine.
"Time marches on, hard to believe it's been so long." Andrew Delerie, Blaine's mother's best friend approached him. "I know it's been a rough five years, their loss was hard to all of us. Watching you all grow from a distance. But their sacrifice for the rest of us has not yet gone in vain."
"Thank you, Mr. Delerie." Jolt replied, bowing his head, his lip quivering. "It wasn't easy, I still regret giving them that damn disease."
"Many other trainers, like yourself, have said the same thing, young Blaine." the elderly gentlman replied. "Especially the ones trapped on the main-land. They have to constantly survive hordes of the undead, Pokemon or not. I fear their numbers continue to grow thin. Communication with the main land has become scarce. It's my fear that our outposts scattered around the area have gone down."
"You're asking me to head to the main-land again?" Jolt asked. "I almost died last time, and since resources to create my vaccination have been low, I'll be in lot's of danger."
"Precisely. You are the most qualified of us to go out there, and your strife to help others is exactly what we need. Someone charismatic that can bring hope to the hopeless." Blaine replied, his cheeks rising with a sage grin. "We're asking you to search Kanto, find any survivors, and try to reestablish any communication outposts that you can. Then bring the survivors to Pallet Town, where we'll begin an evacuation checkpoint. You could also find the resources needed to create more of the vaccine while you're there too."
Blaine sighed, handing a pokeball to Andrew.
"I'll do it, but Scarlet will stay here. She's to protect my mother."
Andrew nodded, as he raised his own pokeball. After a brief flash of red, a Kedabra appeared before them. Focusing on Blaine, the Kedabra's spoon bent downwards momentarily, and when Blaine opened his eyes again, he found himself on Pallet Town.
"Well then." Blaine muttered to himself. "Better have a look around."
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B:
Blaine Harlowe sputtered as he sat up, blinking his eyes open. Glancing around, his room was the same as he had left it the night before, Sparky and Crush standing guard by his bed while he rested. Peeking out of the boarded windows, he shook his head with disgust. Hordes of the undead littered the streets. He wasn't sure if they had migrated from Viridian City to Pewter City or not, all he knew was that his transit to Cerulean wasn't going to be easy.
Glancing back at Crush and Sparky, the two nodded with smiles as they sighed in relief, their trainer was awake, and very much alive. Sighing, Blaine removed himself from his bed, crouching low to the floor as he did his routine exercise. Eighty push-ups with Sparky on his back, and attempting to lift Crush's tail for a few reps. In these times, top shape was required to deal with the walkers. He remembered his previous encounters with the monstrosities, shuddering at their grotesque facial features, how the flesh had been slowly peeling from their bones, their milky white eyes, and their rotten teeth.
Shaking his head from the visual, Blaine nearly threw Sparky off of his back. There was knocking at his door, and he knew for a fact it wasn't the good kind. If someone knocked on a door in these times, it usually meant one thing;
Looters Blaine thought to himself.
Grabbing a wrench, he knew his day would only get worse from here. Especially being the fifth anniversary of the day half of his team succumbed to the disease.
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I'm going to safely assume option B will be picked, if I am accepted. I know both are dense, that's my writing style. If it's too much, I can weed it out. Either way, looking forward to hearing back from you, and I apologize for the lateness of my post. This one has taken a good part of the day to complete.
Also note: I know Sparky and Crush are evolved pokemon, and are very strong. But don't worry, Sparky can still be infected, and therefore is weak to infection. Blaine himself, if option A is chosen, is still susceptible to the virus, and I explained why in the post. As for Crush, while his move set is incredibly strong, his attacks can easily be avoidable by infected Pokemon, putting him at severe risk too.