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Hey Kyuu-chan, who's Karen? I know you said I should edit my post because you said that the Gym Leader was Karen's sister, but I don't even know who she is! Let alone why it should matter for my post.
Hey, I'm really sorry to do this but I'm gonna have to drop out. I'm on school holidays at the moment and I'm still having trouble keeping up with two roleplays (as in I owe you like, four posts or something) and I know that next year when school starts again I'm going to be swamped with homework and study because it's my final year of school. What I'm saying is that if I'm having trouble keeping up to speed with this now then I won't stand a chance next year, so I may as well drop out now rather than waste everyone's time and dropping out in a month and a bit. But yeah, it certainly looks like you've got enough people to continue the RP without me. Also it means nokyo-chan can take my Sandshrew if he wants.
But yeah, if you want the thread to look more organised or something I can delete my posts for you if you'd like. But yeah, good luck with the roleplay and I'm sorry I can't continue with it. I hope you understand.
Appearance: Liana is of average height and build. Her brown hair is long and tumbles down her shoulders, and her eyes are piercingly green and almond-shaped. Her skin carries a sun-kissed tan, and her eyelashes are long. She usually doesn't wear makeup, but when she does, she accents her eyes with eyeliner and they look as though they are about to pop.
Liana loves all different types of clothes, and wears whatever she feels like at the time. Usually this consists of a miniskirt over leggings or even pants, a somewhat stylish top, and a jacket---ALWAYS a jacket. She has a collection of interesting hats.
Personality: Liana is usually rather intense and dramatic; she has quite a temper and small anger issues, but she usually tries to repress this. Otherwise, she is quite friendly. She is quick to smile and laugh, and she shows affection by mercilessly poking fun. She is very fluent in the language of sarcasm, and sometimes people misunderstand her jokes. This gets her in trouble.
Liana is quite an emotional inividual. She is the type of person who cries at movies, and if something touches her, at least one tear will leak out. She grows attached to things very quickly and loves fiercely.
History: Liana was raised by her mother, Evelyn, in Cerulean City. Even though she has lived in the city for so long, she much prefers the country. At the age of six, she saw a commercial for the Pokemon Leauge and that was it---she was going to be a Trainer.
As for Liana's childhood, it wasn't rougher than most; her mother worked as a receptionist and volunteered at the Pokemon Center, and they didn't need a lot of money since it was just the two of them. Evelyn never mentioned Liana's father, and Liana seldom wondered about him. Why would she wish for him when she had all she needed?
Liana wanted to set out on her Pokemon Journey at 10, the traditional age, but she fell sick with a strange disease that no doctors could figure out. She was sent to many hospitals---one in Saffron, one in Celadon, even one in Goldenrod in Johto---but no one could understand it. She was extremely weak, so for six years she stayed at home, mourning her fate and wishing for a Pokemon.
Finally, Evelyn caught wind of a healer living in seclusion in Sinnoh's Mt. Coronet. She saved up as much money as she could, but could only afford enough to send Liana by herself. She sent for a Pokemon from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, and amazed by the girl's story, he required no charge.
Excited, Liana went to Sinnoh with her first Pokemon in tow. The healer had been expecting her. He lived with his only Pokemon---a very old-looking Alakazam---and they had foreseen her coming. The man mysteriously healed her illness and sent Liana home.
Evelyn insisted that Liana stay with her for another year, but promised that on her seventeenth birthday she could leave.
Starter: Sandshrew, please!! (Nicknamed Aleigha!)
Sample: Since I haven't played through any rps, I'll just do a sample of what I would do---this is the story of Liana meeting the healer.
Spoiler:
The mouth of the cave gaped ominously before her. Breathing raggedly, Liana reached for Aleigha's claw. The Sandshrew held it gently. This human was strange; she was weaker than all the other ones she had previously met. How could such a human complete a journey like this?
Liana glanced down at Aleigha, suddenly having doubts. Would her first Pokemon be too weak to protect her inside this cave? But she couldn't think about that now; it was too late. With a huge breath to steady herself, Liana wobbled towards the cave, Aleigha bobbing close by to try to keep her propped up. <Do you need more medicine?> the Pokemon asked as the yawning mouth of the cave engulfed them.
"No," Liana rasped. She carried a small metal box of liquid with her. It was an invention from Silph Co---when she needed it, a small needle poked out of it and inserted the right amount of liquid into her bloodstream. After six years of using it, Liana was quite the expert with it. It was in a special protective drawstring pouch in her Poke Ball-shaped backpack. While the medicine couldn't cure whatever disease she seemed to have, it did boost her strength and ease her pain.
Aleigha wasn't so sure, but she dropped the issue. She walked beside her limping Trainer, watching her closely. No Pokemon seemed to come out to bother them. While this was convenient, it wasn't natural, and Aleigha kept herself on her guard.
After a little while of limping slowly into the cave, Liana stopped and bent over, clutching her knees and coughing. Aleigha unzipped the backpack on her back and pulled out the little drawstring pouch. Her trainer was having an attack.
Liana's disease was a strange one---she was very weak all the time and would often be wracked with pain. She would cough up blood, though the doctors assured her that she wasn't bleeding internally. Her attacks were crippling.
"No," said a voice as Aleigha pulled out the drawstring pouch containing the medicinal liquid-dispensing object. She looked around, searching for the source.
An old man stood on a pillar, an aged-looking Alakazam at his side. He had a shock of thin white hair atop his wrinkly head, and he wore strange robes that hung off his body and trailed behind him. It didn't look as if he could walk in them. Apparently, though, the man didn't walk---this was evident when he suddenly levitated off his pillar and floated down to where they stood, Alakazam following in the same manner.
"Kazaiah, please take the girl. I will concentrate on Aleigha."
Aleigha started and looked at the old man; he reached out and touched her claw. "Do not be afraid," he said gently; and suddenly, they were in a different place. A huge, smooth cavern surrounded them, with a small wooden hut in the middle. Torches lined the walls, and two of them stood in front of the steps of the hut's porch. The Alakazam---or Kazaiah, Aleigha presumed---had already started towards the steps, his toes barely brushing the ground and a writhing Liana levitating before him. She didn't appear to know where she was or what was going on; this attack was strong. Aleigha could see the sweat on her forehead from here.
Suddenly, Aleigha felt herself being lifted into the air; the man was beside her, his robes dragging gently along the ground as they glided smoothly toward the hut. "I foresaw your coming," the man told them. "My presence here is naught but legend, and how it carried to this girl's mother's ears is...impressive, to say the least. I certainly am glad that she came here."
<No other doctors have been able to cure her,> Aleigha said as she was levitated inside, landing gently beside a small cot that seemed to be made especially for Liana. Kazaiah carefully placed Liana's twisting form there. <What makes you think you can?>
"Of course no other doctors have been able to cure her," the old man replied, taking a wet rag from a basin and ringing it out. He knelt carefully by Liana and pressed the rag to her forehead. "They went to normal, everyday doctors. This is no normal, everyday disease. Today's doctors don't understand the spiritual diseases. Kazaiah, I'll need you for this part."
The Alakazam levitated over and knelt across from the old man, on the other side of Liana's bed. He held his hands out over Liana's legs, and the old man held his out over the girl's torso.
"Okay, Kaziah, just like always...concentrate. This one is a toughie."
Aleigha watched in amazement as the two closed their eyes. A purple aura started from their hands and spread out over Liana.
Suddenly, a black aura plowed out from Liana's body, and the girl lay still. Her eyes opened and began to glow with an eerie gray light.
"Mm," the old man said thoughtfully. "Push!"
The purple aura glowed brighter and pressed against the black; in response, the black pulsed, trying to combat the purple. Kazaiah muttered something and leaned closer.
Slowly, the purple aura surrounded the black and began to suck it out of Liana. A faint voice could be heard, screaming as the black was pulled away from its home, rising up inside a little purple ball of light.
Liana's eyes closed as the black thing was lifted away from her. It twisted in the middle of the purple ball of light, pulsing and trying to break away. Sweat beaded onto the old man's forehead, and the purple light pulsed once, twice, three times---and the black thing disappeared, leaving nothing but a bright purple ball, which slowly descended into Liana's chest and spread over her, emanating a gentle, comforting light.
The old man breathed out heavily and fell backwards. The purple aura soaked into Liana's skin and she opened her eyes, looking around. "Wh-where am I?" she demanded, scooting backwards. "Who are you?"
<It's okay,> Aleigha said, speaking through her shock and stepping close to Liana. The girl looked over at her Pokemon and scooped her up, hugging her.
"I feel so much better," she said. She looked up at the old man and Kazaiah. "I feel like you helped me."
"We did," the old man panted. "You...are quite an extraordinary young girl."
"Thank you," Liana said, confused. She tipped her head to the side. "Where are we?"
"I'm afraid you must go home now, Miss Liana Kokiri." The old man smiled, and suddenly he was gone. Actually, to be more accurate, Liana was gone---she was sitting on her bed in her room, clutching Aleigha to her chest and wondering if she had just dreamed the entire encounter.
Appearance: Chris has fairly long(for a guy) messy black hair, and sometimes he puts a cap over it. His skin is fairly tan, from being in the sun. He wears a slightly tan hoodie that used to be a couple sizes too big for him, but not anymore. His pants are long and black with some tears in them, but no matter what he wears, you will always see a chain hanging out. Chris also has a fake pair of glasses on. (Given to him by his dead brother.) He has worry lines and the skin around his eyes is black... his glasses have a crack in them, and his bag is dark blue, with the pokeball symbol on it.
Personality: Chris is a somewhat- lighthearted young man, who is weary of a lot of people, since some turn out to be enemies... but other then that, he is a somewhat brave individual who hates organizations that abuse pokemon... He likes pokemon as well, always quite happy to have one with him.
Chris hates electricians, because of an embarrassing event that happened a bit ago, causing him to get hurt... badly. He hates Manaphy, for reasons unknown, and hates Tacos, for they give him heartburn. He likes his fake glasses, his brother's journal which helped him out a lot in his journey, and his pokemon.
History: Christopher was born in Pallet Town on February 23rd, 1993. But there were complications with his birth. It turns out that Chris was born with a fatal blood infection. So Chris had to stay at the hospital for nine days, until a blood transfusion was performed, after that, his parents were finally able to take him home.
When Christopher turned five, he gained a fierce rivalry with his nine year old brother Fredrick. But obviously Chris couldn't beat him because he was too young. When Chris turned seven, the brothers rivalry grew because Fred went out and became a successful trainer, having caught at least 100 pokemon in only 1 month, so Chris decided go on a pokemon journey when he was the right age.
Two years later, when Fredrick came home, he decided to take Chris to the Orange Islands with him, after hearing about that, Chris was ecstatic, he always wanted to see Fred in action. But two days before the brothers were to go to the Orange Islands, a squad of Team Rocket grunts attacked and killed Fredrick, and his final words were." You won't get away with this, when I fall another, and stronger person will rise and take you down."
After hearing of his brothers death, Christopher started getting mad at every little thing, it got so bad that he had to be pulled out of school for a few weeks. Eventually Chris's temper subsided when he found his brothers journal, explaining everything about his journey, even the events that happened with Team Rocket, and ever since that day, he wanted to take out Team Rocket to avenge his dead brother. However, the Johto Destroyers entering the picture made him shift focus.
Another one? Hmm, okay. Now this post is just to let people know I will definitely have an update by Monday. It's fairly hectic at the moment; I know I promised myself I'd have an update today, but it's not exactly going the way I'd planned. However, the update will be up by Monday.
I dislike double-posting, but in this case it must be done. I will have my second Viridian post up next week.