Oh, um... Grey clouds and stuff...
*Chuckles* my guys been in the Legend's Guard for what? A week? Less than that actually... anywho, here's my SU, as promised. As such, let me know if I've missed anything, or have done something completely wrong. There's bound to be summin'!
Name: Thomas 'Grim' Grimshaw
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: Standing just above 6ft, 6'2" to be even more exact, Grim is a fairly tall person, which is something he rather enjoys in all honesty. His skin colour would usually be fairly pale from his family background, but ever since his family moved to a warmer region, coupled with the fact he spends a large amount of time outside, it has tanned slightly. One of Grim's most defining features are his eyes, which are of a pale green colour, which makes him look just a little older than he truly is, although not by a huge amount. His hair, which is kept a little longer than most, covers his ears slightly, and is highly unstyled, since he really can't be bothered with anything of the sort. Luckily, having it that way suits him. With Grim's height, he is fairly thin for his age, although it's barely noticeable.
Clothing wise, Grim prefers to go for comfortable, since it just makes the day easier. For his shirt, he wears a white, short-sleeve T-shirt, which is completely plain, however, over that is a short-sleeved button shirt, which is a shade of purple, which is actually Grim's favourite colour. Simple blue jeans are worn to cover his legs, and are fairly ordinary to be honest. Finally, last but not least, are the kid's shoes. He wears a pair of converse trainers, each purple, much the same as his shirt.
Personality: Grim is your general joker among the pack, as some would put it, rather contradictory to the nickname which has stuck with him since he was young, although he would simply think of himself as comic-relief, although many would prefer him not to be in quite a few situations. He's generally light-hearted a cheerful through most situations, and really only stops being so cheerful when he's feeling ill, which happens every-so-often. Grim tries to keep serious at a few points in his life, but at times he really can't stop himself. His wise-cracks and slightly sardonic attitude is, in a way, a defence mechanism. He tends to do it more often when he's nervous, or in trouble, which tends to be a situation which arises often with his sense of humour. Being funny's his thing, and he knows little else.
He's known to be a little emotionally 'effeminate' so to speak, and often ends up in awkward situations or makes strange comments which make him sound ever-so-slightly homosexual. He's not, but it's comments like "well if I were a guy I'd... did I just say 'if I were a guy?" which can often be comical, keeping in terms with his general joke-like nature.
Grim is often loyal to his close friends, and would tend to play a more defensive role in his Pokémon battles, preferring to defend his allies rather than fight against the foe, although that's not to say he can't if he puts his mind to it.
He's annoyed by people who are overly bossy, or over competitive, preferring just to relax rather than people with those sort of quirks. He can bear them if they're not too extreme, but he can become annoyed by them.
A personal hobby of his is table tennis, in which he is rather good, if he does say so himself. It's not a fact which he openly expresses though. Not because he's embarrassed by it, but he just never finds that it ever comes up in conversation, and never bothers to attempt to bring it up, as it's rarely relevant.
History: Blazing summers and warm evenings were never something that Grim had ever been used to during his early life. Born in the chilly, northern areas of Sinnoh, Snowpoint city to be exact, he had to put up with the half-freezing winters that came every year, something that he hated. Many of the other people he knew, mostly his friends and family had no problem with the cool nature of the area, but Grim just wasn't one of those people. Luckily for him, his mother and father could afford to take a trip abroad every year of so, and they often headed to the sunny south of Hoenn, to stay at a relatives holiday villa in Slateport, which Grim loved. During his travels, he spent many a time exploring the outskirts with the family pet, a Quilava, which was probably what started his love of exploration and adventure, and probably one of the driving aspects which caused him to join the Legend's Guard. These trips happened every year or so, until his father, who worked maintaining ships at the Snowpoint docks, was offered a promotion, and was given the opportunity to move to Slateport to work at the docks there. While the decision was difficult, it was soon accepted, and the three moved to Hoenn when Grim was of the age of six.
A year later, Grim's mother had given birth to a daughter, named Eve. Grim and Eve had the typical brother-sister relationship, with them almost constantly bickering. This usual frame of life lasted for five years, until Grim's parents divorced, with his father staying, but Grim, his sister and mother moving north to Mauville city. Every two weeks Grim and his sister would spend the weekend at their fathers house, although both of them missed the time they usually had before the divorce. But alas, life carried one as it does, and they had a fairly ordinary life, other than the moving between the two homes. During one trip back from Slateport, Grim and his sister came across an injured Pokémon, almost desperately holding off a trio of Poochyena. Using the Pokemon which their father had given them for protection along the trip, Grim sent out Quilava (now a Typhlosion) and fended off the Dark-types. Carrying the injured Pokémon home, they found that it was a Gligar, which Grim names Atunick for reasons even he doesn't remember, a theme which Grim seems to find common.
It was soon that Grim heard of the Legend's guard, located in the Kimuto region, and that he felt it a need to join. He wasn't sure why he did do it now that he looks back, but he doesn't regret it, and simply feels that it was the spur of the moment, which is something he does often. His chosen partner as a new member of the Guard was obviously Atunick, and even though they had had little battle practice, they just went for it, and began to travel to this strange new place. About a week later, Grim had joined, and soon began to hear that something unusual was happening. What happened next you might ask? Well, this RPG is how we find out...
Starter: Atunick the Gligar (M). Atunick and Grim are surprisingly similar, both being rather comedic and unobservant, which makes them a surprisingly good team. However, since they have only known eachother for a few days, and Grim hasn't got a huge amount of battle practise, they still need to work on a few things, and are prone to arguing mid-fight. Atunick is known for being a bit of a prankster, and easily uses his powers of flight to cause all kinds of havoc. Grim manages to subdue him to some extent, but in all honesty, he find almost everything Atunick does hilarious, and usually lets him get away with it.
