Pokémon: Johto Reboot (OOC) [T]

PLACEHOLDER FOR MY BAG AND TEAM

Rupert Milton Banks, nicknamed: Banks || 16 y/o || Male​

Appearance: Rupert Milton Banks, or Banks as his friends were apt to call him, stands at an average height of 5'10", although the growth spurt most kids of his age have experienced have not yet kicked in. He is crowned with a jet-black hair, shoulder-length of course, that is always kept in a ponytail. Banks was growing the hair since he was fourteen years old but, being a guy, the rate of lengthening is too slow. His chestnut-brown eyes were partially hidden behind his horn-rimmed glasses. He has a thin and curvy mouth, accentuated by a deep dimple in his right cheek and a shallower one on his left. There is a thin stubble of hair growing on his chin. He's somewhere between average-looking and extremely handsome.

Despite being under the legal age (although several artists work with underage people), Banks loved the idea of him being tattooed. Of course, he could not get a proper one without his parent's consent until he is eighteen years old. However, Banks managed to sneak in a small tattoo of an Braviary in flight on his back. It is seldom seen as he tends to hide it under his clothings. The tattoo is a really good piece of art and Banks says that it represents his ascent to freedom, whatever that means.

His wardrobe consists mostly of plain-colored T-shirts and jeans. Banks' usual attire is the said T-shirt, a jeans, and a thick leather jacket with the image of a Gyarados or a Weavile, his parents' signature Pokemon. He wore a simple silver bracelet on his right hand which he claimed he have not removed for three years already, around the time he started growing his hair.

Personality: Banks is a fairly sociable guy. Ever since he was young, people tend to flock to him because of his natural charm. He's the type of guy who people look up to to make the crucial decisions. However, responsibilty is usually thrust into himself, despite his rejection of the duty. Whenever he faces a heavy responsibility, he tends to ignore it up until the right moment when he make big decisions in the nick of time. Fortunately for him, and others, it was usually the correct one.

Banks is also kind of a rebel. When he was young, he was a little terror in Pokemon School, breaking rules and just generally bullying the other kids. When he grew up, he kind of matured and got over his bullying days. However, his tendency to break several socially-constructed rules of conduct still exists within him, as seen by his long hair and his tattoo.

As a prospective trainer, he had his path laid out for him. From the start, he wanted to train a variety of Pokemon and not lock himself into a single-type. He planned on a laid-back adventure, with really few grinding and more of catching Pokemon. However, he still has some plans to train his main Pokemon so that they will still be in battling quality. (I mean, Pokemon are friends. The more the merrier as they say.)

All in all, Banks is a guy who likes to have fun and goof around but is also a dependable guy, past his flaws.

History: (retold in Banks' point of view, so expect a first-person naration)

Oh, hey. Hi. I hope you didn't wait for too long in there? I need to pack a few more things for the journey. So, what'd you want of me? An interview? Well, I never thought this journey would be my stepping stone to success. What? This is just to see if I am fit for the journey? Of course, I am fit. The Professor chose me right? What'd you want to know? Who am I? Well, I am Rupert Milton Banks, although my friends called me Banks back in Pokemon School. What'd else? Wait. You want to know everything? As in, from the start? Oh well. This could be a long story.

Anyway, hi. I am Banks. I was raised in the beautiful region of Johto, in the small city of Mahogany. My parents were trainers too, although they were Hoenn natives. Each of them were average trainers: my mother earned six badges before she got tired of the journey, and my father being in the top 36 of the Pokemon League when he competed. Well, enough of my parents. Being raised in the Mahogany City, I was sent to the Pokemon School in the city and did extra hours of Pokemon training with the gym leader after school. This kind of set-up went on for a few years, from when I was ten years old until my graduation when I was fourteen. Well, training under the gym leader certainly prepared me for the journey. My father expected me to become an Ice-type trainer because of my training but I did not show any specific interest in the said type. Well, I wanted to be an all-around trainer. I just wanted to train with my favorite Pokemon.

Anyway, unlike most trainers, I never dreamt of becoming the Pokemon Champion. Well, it's nice to follow the footsteps of other more powerful trainers (like that guy who was said to train in Mt. Silver. I mean, whoa) but I think it is better if I try to complete the Pokedex for one. Hold your horses, I know it is practically impossible during the beginning of my journey as I need to focus on fewer Pokemon to train before I expand my horizon but, hey. The completion of my Pokedex would be a long-term goal. Let's start off with a full team of six Pokemon, have a few Pokemon for back-up, collect the badges, participate if needed in the Pokemon League, not go cry if I lose, then collect the other species I have left throughout my journey. Well, that at least, is my plan.

The beginning of my Pokemon training is a great opportunity for me. Not for the Pokemon collection thing, although it would help, but with my lifelong dream of becoming independent. I wanted to be free from my parents' control over me (I'm not a bitter kid. I was just really bounded by their rules) and society itself. I want to do what my heart wants to do, you know? I'm an idealist and an optimist. I also like to think of myself as kind of a rebel, although in a more subtle way.

Well, I think that's all I have to say for myself. Wait, more? What else do you want to know? Oh, no. I don't really have an answer yet to "Who's my favorite Pokemon?" The only Pokemon I have ever interacted with is my Mom's Weavile, my father's Gyarados, and the Seel I occasionally snuck put from the gym after training hours. Plus the countless Swinub I had already mock-battled.

I have to leave. My father is going with me towards Newbark Town and the travel time is pretty long and uncomfortable as we have to ride his Pidgeot. Have I already mentioned uncomfortable?

Spoiler:

- 4 Pokeballs

Spoiler:

Charmander

Pidgey

G/S/HG/SS CANON RP?! I'VE GOT TO JOINNN

2nd generation was my favourite generation, so if there's any RPs based in Johto I have to be in it. This sounds perfect. Consider me interested!

(insert Scyke's SU here)
Before anyone takes him - I choose Cyndaquil.

Would like to reserve Totodile, I should be able to put up my SU by tonight

Edit: Personality done

Edit: Appearance finished

Only the history left to do and I will be finished.

Finished

(Hey EliteBeats, does that name look familiar?) Will finish tomorrow morning. Done! I think. Not sure if there's more to add.

Name: Noelani "Noel" Darius

Age: 10

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Noelani is an odd little Ducklett, name aside. She's a nice height, about four feet and three inches tall. A lass who frequently ran after the ocean waves since childhood, she has a light tan occasionally marred by thick layers of sunscreen. She could burn after all. A little muscle from working at home makes her no one special, but plenty to look at, even at this young age. Her hair is white, a trait she managed to receive from her family, birth family mind you. Puberty has not completely begun to bless her, nor does she want them to yet. She likes looking a little boyish.

Her eyes are striking, a surprising heterochromic pale blue with a ring of purple around the pupil. She enjoys them, finds them a lot of fun to scare people with because they look like a cat Pokemon's eyes. Noel frequently has a smile on her face, mischief and good cheer keeping her cheeks tinted a slightly pink and dimples on her face. On her forehead is an odd scar like a nick. She got it by accident when she was very little. Barely remembers it. At least there was no brain damage... probably.

Noel dresses with a mite of forethought. That would be because she is well aware of how much trouble she will be tempted to cause. So she wears blue jeans that are cut off just past her knees and a black short sleeved shirt. She loves short sleeves. If she has to wear a jacket, she will, but it's mean to make her. Her shoes are typically purple, because purple is AWESOME, you know. Closed toes shoes at the moment, like a mixture of sandal and gym shoe.

Noel also has no accessories, finding accessories silly and meant to be kept in bags for your rooms or something. So she has a black bag on her back but that's it.

Personality:

Noel is chipper, social, and also a terror to be handled on any given day.

She is, in other words, the near opposite of her father.

Noel is a vibrant ball of energy who would try to run across the region if given the chance. Full of pep, and capable of skipping almost anywhere, this just-past-ten-year-old is everything good and happy in the world, and she won't let you forget it. Bouncing on the balls of one foot half the time, she is not a loud person, but you would think she was. She can be all up in people's business sometimes, honestly. Her favorite thing to do is make friends. She will be the outstretched hand or peek over your shoulder.

Introverts beware.

Rarely is this girl unhappy. Rarely is this girl unenthusiastic. She's even happy if she loses. That means there's bigger and better chances to kick butt next time! Because there will be a next time, she just knows it. She's so happy for the winner that it hurts sometimes. Earnest and loyal are Noel as well and she makes it seem rather easy. She is confident too. She won't say she can do something if she absolutely can't. She'll certainly try anyway though. Silly. One of the few things her father taught her was to be kind to other people. Which is hilarious considering who he was. He doesn't want anyone else to be treated as he was, a freak, outcast. So he taught her to never do it. That wonderful Golden Rule comes in very handy. Help others as they would help you. Treat others as you wish to be treated. She lives by these rules and they are easily applied to Pokemon.

However, she also is a very childish kind of kid. She pouts easily. Not very spoiled, as a few adventures left her in quite a bit of danger, but things going wrong for someone else of generally going wrong can start the patterns of sulk or a tantrum. They can quickly fizzle out but we can never be too careful. Also, though she can be really, really smart, she also has a lot of trouble with listening. Or sitting still. She also is very quick to the punch and has this horrible habit of assuming things. Though Noel has been taught to observe like a superPokedex, she can't yet. Nor can she shut up when she does. It was a habit as a toddler of not lying. Well, we know where that got her.

Something that also gets her in trouble is her bad habit of teasing people. She never does it to make anybody angry persay, but she likes seeing people squirm. It's always made her giggle. Of course,embarrass her and it's a whole other can of beans. She has a habit of shouting when she gets mad. Otherwise, she never shouts. She just sometimes talks a little loud, a little awkwardly to cover silence. Noel is also prone to punching. Look out gaiz.

History:

Noel knows she was born to an unconventional teenager at the wrong time, and doesn't particularly care. Her father works very hard for her. She is not always happy, and sometimes was left wanting. However, she was always safe, and he always loved her. Still does, even. And he always had super strong Pokemon too. Apparently her name was her mother's idea. Bad one mom, really. So embarrassing. Oh well, it makes her different. She likes different.

Noel was born in Sinnoh. At least, it was supposedly Sinnoh. She spent the first few years of her life there, with her father and a man named Alexander, her unofficial "uncle". She remembered very little of that time, other than runes and letters and times spent in a large backyard chasing a Pokemon with white fur and a creature made of leaves.

Even faintly, she remembers those happy days.

Then, her father was not a constant, but he was around so often that he was practically there all the time. If he wasn't, a Pokemon was there, typically a mildly insane Raichu or a vain Milotic. They were good Pokemon, kind, if a little weird. At that time, she was very sick. Her father will never tell her what she was sick with, but it was something that should have never gone away, ruined her chances of becoming a trainer or much of anything. In normal circumstances, the age of ten would have been her last stop, if that long.

But... by a miracle, or perhaps divine meddling of some sort, Noelani recovered slowly for two years. Her father had done something but that something was a question never meant to be answered as far as she was concerned. She simply knew that he had solved it and come home. That was enough. It had to be enough for this very moment. Whatever it had done, it had changed her papa. He had been a rather rough, harsh man with a squishy core that a few people could see. After that, she saw more of his squishy, earnest core. And that was good. Yes, that was very good.

They moved to Olivine City not long after she had turned six and remained there. Uncle Xander had remained behind, but he visited once in a while and that was good. That was very good. Often enough, her father's Milotic took her to the beach while he worked. He was a cook. For someone like him, who was reputed to be one of the most knowledgeable archaeologists of the age, it seemed too humble and modest. He shouldn't even have to work. However, Noel knew her father. The anonymity of it was what he wanted. It was where he flourished, in quiet attention. She did wonder if that man he had met would ever actually find them. Or maybe Papa was going to look for him himself. She wondered a lot about that. Never aloud though. Aloud, she wanted him all to herself.

Sometimes, it bothered her that she only got phone calls from her mother. Then, Noel simply got over it. She was fickle at times, and she was busy even more. She was happier with her father.

Most of the time, if she wasn't outside towards the seawater, Noel would sit behind the counter in the restaurant, learning things with crayons and sailors telling old tales in her ear. Or she was bothering the Ampharos in the lighthouse. She would quite like an Ampharos. They were nice Pokemon, and strong too.

It was at one trip to the beach when she, eight years old, tried to catch a Pokemon without a Pokeball. It was a Krabby. She tried to carry it home and tame it. In return, she got a scar on her head. Oh well. It was funny, That was when she decided: she would have a Pokemon, no matter what.

And now, at the age of ten, that was exactly what she was going to do.

Her father had laughed at this. What had taken her so long to decide, he had asked.Even Alma the Absol had giggled at her. However, she was undeterred. She would go on a journey and she would beat everyone in her way until she had a team, just like her Papa's, a happy team. Maybe she would find a friend while she was at it.

It couldn't hurt to look.

@Fuyu. I has no idea what you're talking about! tehehehehe!
Well, maybe I do? Who knows for sure? :D

Also, Turkish, is there a chance that our character can be an exception (as in, couldn't get to Elm's but did get a Pokemon from someone else as a gift)?. If not then Imma sign-up for Bulbasaur :D

Is it fine if I reserve a spot with Chikorita (if you don't mind a new member in your RP)? :)

Just wondering if there are any spots left open for a little roleplayer like me. I love the Johto region and so I would love to participate in your roleplay! Is there any possible way to squeeeeeeze me in? I will do anything for a spot! 8)

Damn you water-types! Umm... reserve me up with... ANY POKEMON LEFT!

If there is anything left to reserve (Bulbasaur?) count me in! This shall be my SU placeholder. If there isn't... curse my lateness!

If there are none, is it possible to have the Ash Ketchum of the group, y'know, the guy who misses out on the options given 'cause he slept in?

Sheeeeeeeeeit I wasted too much time debating on who I wanted to reserve that everyone is taken.

Dem PokeCommunity RPers, mang... they be like vultures.

It's OK. Good luck with your RP!

TurkishDelight said:

Wow this has filled up really quick! I was expecting it to take a little longer but I suppose Gen II is pretty popular and journey roleplays are pretty fun (in my experience at least). Due to demand this has gotten I've decided to add in Togepi as an extra starter, mainly because it doesn't get much love, and partly because it's just so god damn cuteeeee.

@Scyke - Cyndaquil has been reserved for you.

@EliteBeats - You have a spot reserved for you. For now I'll reserve you Bulbasaur but I'm considering doing something to help people get a Pokémon of their choice in Cherrygrove town. Sorry for the inconvenience!

@YogiOne - Totodile has been reserved for you.

@Fuyu - Squirtle has been reserved for you. P.S. I can't remember, but did you get Squirtle in my Kanto roleplay too? Just wondering haha, glad to have you onboard again!

@Spectic - I hate to be this guy, but considering you only have 1 post it'll be hard to trust you to stay active. I'm sorry bud but I'm going to have to decline you.

@Curious - Anything you say? Just kidding, you have Chikorita reserved for you.

@jov0006 - I decided to add in one extra spot, since you were the seventh viable person to request a spot, Togepi has been reserved for you.

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...I'm reading all the lines here and I am fairly certain that Charmander is not yet reserved. If that is indeed the case and I'm not just missing something, which I think I might be since, c'mon, it's Charmander, would I be able to reserve a slot for the little guy?

Edit: Yeah I was missing the second freaking post to the entire thread. Crap. >.< Sorry guys. I'll just sit here and lurk.

Oh darn it. Well, if it's not too much to ask, may I be put on that list where if there is an open spot I can try for it? xD

& Good luck guys, and have fun!

Puppeteer Mask said:

...I'm reading all the lines here and I am fairly certain that Charmander is not yet reserved. If that is indeed the case and I'm not just missing something, which I think I might be since, c'mon, it's Charmander, would I be able to reserve a slot for the little guy?

Edit: Yeah I was missing the second freaking post to the entire thread. Crap. >.< Sorry guys. I'll just sit here and lurk.

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Puppeter, if you really want to join then I'll give my spot to you, and you can have Cyndaquil. I don't mind at all, I'm already part of a few RPs so this way I can be more committed to them ;)

I very much appreciate the offer, Scyke, but I wouldn't want to force you out just because I was a bit slower on the draw. Not to mention, Sovereign actually got his first request in before me. If you'd like to hand over your spot to anybody, it should be him.

Again, I'm very thankful, but I wouldn't want to take anyone's spot if they still want it. It just wouldn't sit well with me.