Post by freeziepop on Aug 29, 2010 2:09:13 GMT -5
Name
Reese Shaw
Age
25
Gender
Male
Hometown
Pyrite Town, Orre -> Saffron City, Kanto
Background
His parents were transplants from Orre when they arrived in Saffron City, mother freshly pregnant with him. They had wanted a better life for their son, and work was good. Both were scientists, working on something called Project Cipher in Orre, back in the days before they turned to violence and hooked up with certain petty criminals.
So Saffron it was. Lilah, Reese's mother, and Eric, Reese's father both were able to get decent, middle-class jobs at Silph Co. Reese spent his youth attending public school, making friends, getting picked on by bullies, and doing his fair share of bullying himself. He tended to shy away from the crowds and instead spent most of his time indoors, working on his computer. All throughout his youth, he never had a reason to interact with pokemon besides the ones his parents would occassionally bring home for research. He stayed indoors, building his computer empire, learning how to hack and buying new equipment using money from various odd-jobs.
He had a single friend during his high school years - a girl he'd met named Colette. She was the daughter of a very prominent businessman from Viridian. She was snotty, stuck up, liked to gossip and although he didn't like to admit it, he was madly in love with her. They spent most of their time experimenting with drugs - weed first, and eventually heroin. When she moved away senior year, Reese hit the drugs even harder, eventually building up a dependence on heroin. After a few downward spirals, he was mostly able to kick the habit, but every once in awhile, the old thoughts creep back and he goes back to using.
It was only after he graduated from high school that he found an interest in pokemon. His mother was tending to a small colony of zubat that were being monitored for mutations when she gave him one to care for. Reese eventually named the zubat - a male - Lotus, and kept him for a few months before having to return Lotus to his mother. The experience peaked his interest. What other kinds of Pokemon were in the world?
After a few years in college, he traveled from region to region before finally settling on Cheyenne. It would be a challenge, sure, but what was life but a challenge?
Personality
Reese is fairly serious and withdrawn. He doesn't make friends easily, and can be seen as arrogant to people who don't know him. He is pretty sure he knows everything about everything - except how to get with women. He's convinced himself that a scientist of his calibur doesn't need romance, but who knows.
Towards his pokemon, he's reserved. He isn't the type that bonds with creatures of lesser intelligence. Despite knowing the technical side of battling through reading books, he's never applied his knowledge in a real battle, and is thus a rather poor trainer.
Reese is a fan of heavy drug use - when he's using, he is a completely different person. He can go from hyperactive to melancholy in a matter of seconds. No emotion is off-limits, depending on what drug he's using at the moment. He likes to use because they he has found that drugs take the edge off of his constant boredom with the world around him.
Appearance
He's around 6'2", and a healthy (if not a little overweight) 180 lbs. He has naturally dark skin and eyes, although sometimes he wears yellow contact lenses because he likes to. His short hair is black-- with blue streaks. He's very proud of his hair, and takes care of it.
He isn't very muscular, and has to take lots of breaks during his treks from town to town.
He usually wears a long-sleeved black shirt and simple jeans. On his feet are practical boots, nothing fancy. He does wear a lot of belts, though - old trend from his semi-goth high school phase.