herp derp this beastly thing is finally done *scuttles away because she needs sleep*
Trainer:
Name: Vivian Rouge
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Job: Breeder
Specialty: The Dragon and Water 1 (more reptilian/mammalian water-types) egg groups. She usually refers to them as “Dragon and Class 1 Water”.
Description: Vivian is a striking young lady; her frame is thin and wiry, not particularly strong looking in the slightest. However, she doesn’t look like she’d blow over in a breeze. She is well shaped, but not enough so to really catch eyes in a crowded room. However, her height is rather eye-catching, as she stands just under six feet tall. She has sand-toned skin, which seems rather pale but due to the strong olive undertones actually gives her a healthy look. Perhaps the most amazing thing about her appearance is her hair—Vivian suffers from premature gray hair, though it has not yet grayed entirely. Instead, it is the salt-and-pepper shades of gray that many elderly women who had dark hair when they were younger suffer from. She actually finds the look quite intriguing, which is why she doesn’t dye her hair back to black. It will be completely gray/white in the next few years, though she might start dying it then. Since it looks pretty neat, Vivian has let her hair grow past her shoulder-blades, making it quite long. It flows pleasantly.
Vivian has a smoothly structured face with an ovular shape. Her features are not too prominent, but seem to fit together seamlessly. In particular, her eyes are lax and hazel-brown. She is quite a fan of ear piercings (though she doesn’t like them anywhere else on her face), and so she wears many different ones including three in each lobe and two in each side of her cartilage. Each earring is usually minimalist and gold (silver would blend in with her hair), so that she doesn’t look ridiculous with so many holes in her ears. She also almost always wears makeup, heavy enough to be noticed but not heavy enough to make people think wow, that girl has a lot of makeup on.
As clothes go, Vivian is (to some surprise) not a fan of looking too fancy. Still, she believes in looking good. Her shirts usually have long sleeves (to cover the scars on her arms) and flow lightly over her body, not hugging anywhere but not making her look like a sack of potatoes (after all, the fabric is pretty thin). She prefers dark colors because her hair is rather light; bright colors are not as professional, so she is often just wearing black or white. Some of her clothes have a bright red ‘R’ stitched into the front, though of course, she can’t wear those all the time. As pants go, Vivian likes to keep it simple, wearing tight black jeans or fitted navy ones. She likes sneakers because her feet tend to get cold and she doesn’t like to paint her toenails. Generally, Vivian is equipped with some amount of fine jewelry (because her father buys her things) and a prominent gun holster, just to show that she’s not fooling around.
Personality: Vivian is a quiet, cold girl with frozen eyes and little expression. She is usually withdrawn, except upon the subject of Pokémon and breeding—she will be quite adamant to talk about these sorts of topics. One might deduce, then, that she isn’t shy; she just doesn’t have anything to say. The world has not been kind to her, just as it has not been kind to Pokémon, which is part of what draws her to breed them and preserve them for the future. She will declare, if asked, that she does it for the money, but she really does it out of a fascination for the shapes and forms of the creatures she breeds, and out of a desire to preserve them and share them with the world. Then again, that does not make her kind. A harsh life has made her equally harsh and at times violent, even to those she cares about. She has few human friends because she is not willing to open up to other human beings.
Of course, Vivian may have come through the rough, but she grew up well. This lends to a love of perfection and high standards, though she has a clear disdain of high society with all its lace and trim. She just likes for things to be as good as they can be, and tends to scoff at low-quality items. This prejudice was bred into her legitimately, and she does little to fix it. After all, she doesn’t really make human friends easily, and only humans worry about such things. Then again, saying she makes Pokémon friends easily is quite a stretch… she only has three that she calls friends in any sense, and she still regards them more like pets or trusted servants. She is well-read and fairly intelligent, and hungrily seeks out books about Pokémon from years past and history books in general. She is something of a history buff.
Vivian has a clear distaste for government and politics—after all, they stole away her father, after death had already stolen her mother. It isn’t the Activists she hates, per say, it’s the government itself. Though, she isn’t really an active anarchist. She would just much rather have the world free of things that steal fathers from their children and prevent beautiful Pokémon from beings shown to the world. So long as she can sneak around with her own operation, she is content not to worry about it; however, she has no insane delusions of safety. She carries plenty of weaponry to protect herself, not to mention some very dangerous weapons indeed… her Pokémon, kept in the best Pokeballs she can get her hands on. She knows it’s illegal, but she rarely leaves home without at least one extra Pokémon. Legality doesn’t concern her, because after all, she is a silent anarchist.
History: Vivian was born to a rather rich family with a loving mother and a social-climbing dad. She was a happy enough child, living in the blissful world of mansions and dinner parties where nothing is wrong with the world and crime doesn’t exist. When Vivi (as her mom and dad called her) was twelve years old, her mother was set to have a son—and Vivian would finally have a little brother. She was excited about it… unfortunately, while bearing her child prematurely, Mrs. Rouge began to hemorrhage and died shortly after childbirth. The child died within the day from complications due to premature birth.
Needless to say, Vivi was crushed. She didn’t let anyone call her Vivi anymore, only Vivian. Miss Vivian, to the servants. She was young and unable to deal with such grief, which led her to become hardened and sad. She realized she didn’t really have friends, only the people her dad paid to be around, or the people whose parents told them to be her friend. And none of them wanted to comfort her but the servants. The happy young Vivian grew into a sour woman in a short timeframe…
All the while, Mr. Rouge was working his way into the political scene of the day. However, without being tied up with either the Activists or Rocket, it was almost impossible to get ahead of the game. At the time, the family lived in Vermillion City, near enough to both Saffron and Celadon. In the end, though, it would be Rocket who offered the meek man the money to campaign, provided that he cover all aspects of Rocket activity under his jurisdiction and paid them back as was needed; after all, he had inherited plenty of money, and had no fear of giving it away. For this, he was given an immense amount of mysterious public support, garnered by Rocket and money, and by those means a high position in the political world.
Unfortunately, this only took him farther away from Vivian. When she turned fifteen, he gave her a gift: her first Pokémon, an adorable pet creature called an Eevee. By this time he had already stopped being around as often as he always had, leaving Vivian lonesome. Rena, as she named the Eevee, was the first sentient being who truly wanted to be Vivian’s friend, in her eyes at least (the servants, as she saw it, were getting paid.). And so a strong bond was formed between a tiny catlike creature and a lonely teenage girl…
But the damage was done. Vivian was already a rather grief-ridden individual; while Rena’s presence made her seem better, she was still lonely. And the scars on her wrists would never heal; the desire to open new ones would never go away. It is because of this that Vivian is never seen without long sleeves. Still, she started to warm up to the world again after receiving Rena—and more importantly, she learned that she loved to take care of Pokémon. Vivian pampered and cared for her newfound friend like a doting mother; she found something fascinating about her musculature and shape, her soft fur and extreme desire to be petted.
A few years later, when Vivian was seventeen and almost done with school, she had her first encounter with Rocket. A few members (not headsmen but rather similar) came to her mansion demanding to see her father. Having never encountered such people, Vivian was somewhat frightened, but she led them to her father nonetheless. Listening to what they had to say piqued her interest; knowing that her father would go to work early in the morning and not miss her, she followed the men back to Saffron City, carrying Rena in her arms.
That was Vivian’s first experience with the arena. She watched as Pokémon fought violently, destroying each other and winning fame for their trainers. She was captivated by it—but not by the fighting. No, it was the blood, the flow of muscles, and the way that these creatures fought that drew her in. Brown eyes wide, she watched several battles that night. For many nights to come, she returned to that same ring to see the Pokémon and watch the contests, as well as the battles. It was no surprise that one night, someone noticed her keen observation of a contest. A man in his late thirties dressed in a shabby suit approached her as she eyed the participants in a contest of beauty. He asked her which Pokémon she thought would win, and why; he asked what it was that made her think that. Vivian calmly watched, then explained why the Arcanine was clearly superior to the other competitors—the flow of its fur, the perfect symmetry of its muscles. The man seemed satisfied with her answer, and quizzed her on the next few rounds of contests…
At the end of competition for the night, the man introduced himself as Sal, a breeder. He saw Vivian’s potential—her discerning eye for the details which make one Pokémon superior to the next. That and her careful hold on her pet caught his eye. For this reason, he asked to train her in the ways of being a breeder; of course, Vivian accepted. She started straying from home more and more, though her father didn’t say anything to her directly, and the servants only watched with worried eyes. Sal showed Vivian the ropes, though she bought some land to set up a breeding operation on her own, from her dad’s deep pockets. He tested her in strange ways, such as giving her a shiny Feebas to care for. In the end, however, she learned well, and Sal cut her loose (though Vivian still pays him some of her profits) to trade in the rings on her own.
Over time, Vivian has made well (though she doesn’t really need the money)—well enough to build up a fairly-sized operation with several different species. She’s learned the tricks of the trade and the way to go about breeding in general. Of course, she has three Pokémon that are more than just breeders—her Milotic, her Gyarados, and her dear Rena. Vivian purchased Freya from a young fighter for a fairly well-bred Charmander, and since then they’ve been very close in the ring. However, she doesn’t tend to get attached to her Pokémon, even though she pampers all of her stock. She simply isn’t interested in adding more to her team (though Thor has been around for a while now).
Equipment: Vivian doesn’t play games with her safety. She carries a six-shot automatic revolver at her left hip in a holster; this gun is always loaded and easily accessible. However, in the unlikely event that she can’t use it, she keeps a knife inside her pants. There is a semi-automatic derringer on her left ankle, but she doesn’t talk about that. If Vivi draws her guns, something is up. She doesn’t play.
Pet: Eevee (Rena), but sometimes she hauls around a random baby Pokémon (Aure, Xiu, or another) because they like it. In the rings, she’ll usually have several babies with her at any given time, trying to sell them or what have you.
Other: Vivian has a lot of different Pokémon at her breeding operation, though she rarely has more than one female of the same species. She also has three Ditto, which mind you are very rare since you can’t breed them proper. Of course, she doesn’t tend to have those kinds with her. She’s always willing to bring in new genes by paying other fighters to let her breed their Pokémon, or trading her babies for new stock.
To date, Vivian’s stock is: Milotic (male, shiny), Charizard (female, shiny), Dragonair (one male, one female), Garchomp (female), Jiheddo (male, shiny), Seadra (male), Sealo (female), Abagoora (male), Mantine (female), Lapras (female), and Feraligatr (male), plus three Ditto. Vivian finds females preferable to keep around because they don’t require a Ditto to produce same-species offspring, but she’s not complaining.
Pokémon:
Pokemon 1
Name: Callias
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Species: Milotic
League: 3
Description: Callias is clearly excellent breeding stock—his body is long, perfectly shaped and muscled. He has the shape of a typical Milotic, a serpentine body around 20’ long and thick as a small tree. However, he is clearly unusual—he is shiny. He has flowing, perfectly in-tact antennae of a pale, silvery shade of blue; the smaller and thinner of his antennae, however, are warm pink. His large scales, which begin just below his body’s midpoint, are primarily golden, though there are a few that are warm pink instead. The fan of scales at the end of his tail is mostly gold with warm pink ovals inside. His eyes are large, diffident, and take on a deep red color. He has very few scars since he sheds his skin periodically and generally doesn’t battle as often as many other Pokémon—as such, he only has fairly large scars remaining. There is one along his left cheek, one along his lower stomach, and a few chinks in his scales, for instance. He keeps himself looking pristine and clean.
Personality: Callias can be summed up in one world: diva-licious. He is a perfectly prissy little creature, never wanting to get his scales dirty. When he’s attacked, he comes back with equal, vengeful force; how dare they attack him, after all! He is aware of his high pedigree and is more than happy to flaunt it to the world. There is very little he has much care for except his trainer, which is more of an obligation than an actual sense of liking. He and Freya seem relatively close; he likes her company well enough. Generally, Callias is very snobby and somewhat flirtatious for a Pokémon; he loves to show off and bring others into his little world. As long as he wins at everything, life is good. Granted he doesn’t lose often, but when he does, he will throw a temper tantrum. He’s a prissy man wrapped up in looking his best and impressing everyone. No one should ever get in his way, because he is clearly the best. Oh, and don’t touch his antennae—he loves them more than life itself.
History: As a sort of practical joke, Vivian’s breeding mentor Sal gave her a shiny Feebas as a gift for her to start off with, apparently from great stock. However, it was a stupid purple fish. But Vivian knew her mentor had to have some sort of plan with this; that, or it was just a test of her dedication. And so she pampered the fish, taking care of it and trying to make it good enough for contests (after all who fights with a stupid purple fish). After many months of wondering why her mentor would put her up to such a terrible thing, Vivian found out just what happens when you treat a Feebas nicely. Callias became a grand creature and (clearly) perfect breeding stock: a shiny Milotic. Sal thought it was by far the funniest thing to see the look on his pupil’s face when the fish evolved, and that was also when he declared her learned enough to start her own breeding program. Since then, Callias has become a close if somewhat symbolic friend to Vivian, and one of her most prized breeders. Showing him off in the arena tends to increase her sales, too.
Other: Callias has fathered many, many Pokémon, which Vivian has sold. Three of the Pokémon she carries with her right now (Thor, Xiu, and Aure) are his offspring… after all, he doesn’t mind, and he’s positively stunning stock in every way: he knows rare and powerful moves, has great presence, and is well-sized and strong.
Pokemon 2
Name: Freya
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Species: Gyarados
League: 2
Description: Freya is a frightening creature, occupying a length of just over twenty feet and the width of an oak tree. She has a rather textbook appearance for a Gyarados. Her belly-scales are noticeably darker than the Pokedex entry shows, and her headpiece is larger for the sake of looking more intimidating. Her remaining eye is bright, fiery red; her right eye, however, is pure white and crossed with scars. Indeed, Freya’s body is covered in scars, making her all the more frightening. She has slashed scars, puncture scars, bite marks, pretty much anything you can think of; some appear to have healed up, but many are deeply set (though her scales are thick and protect her from most actual damage). Her fins have chips taken out of them, but they heal rather nicely so the chips are small at any given time, though they are likely fresh as well. She is missing half of her left whisker as well. Luckily, her teeth grow in constantly like a shark’s, or she would be missing several teeth. All in all, she has a battle-hardened look to go with her personality.
Personality: Freya has lived fighting, and loves to do it. She is a battle-hardened warrior with amazing determination in the ring, as well as a taste for violence. She has no hard feelings about injuring her opponents and at times seems to enjoy doing so. She is a bit innocent; she loves to fight, and yet she knows very little about the world beyond the ring. She and Vivian have a special sort of bond due to their mutual tragedy and many battles together; after all, she would much rather battle than finicky Callias. Freya and Callias have a sort of love-hate relationship; she has no taste for Rena.
History: Freya was born struggling, and hasn’t stopped fighting since. Growing up as a young Magikarp in the ocean isn’t easy; you’re useless, unwanted, and unliked. But that suited young Freya when she could swim the seas peacefully, without being disturbed by any sort of trainer or enemy… until she was fished up by a fisherman’s boat and carted off to be kept in a fishtank by a young boy who didn’t really care for the fish at all. It was during this time, when her “trainer” treated her quite poorly and tried to feed her to the wilds, that she evolved. The boy was afraid at first, but he had already heard about Rocket through some of his friends. He left her in a small lake for a few days while he got a Pokeball, and reclaimed what was “rightfully his”. Freya was then used in the ring, as she would always be. She got most of her scars under her original trainer.
Occasionally, trainers wish to pay Vivian in trades, rather than with straight up cash. She’s ok with this when the Pokémon she gets in exchange is a good one, but in many cases, a mutt of the wrong egg group will not suffice. Fortunately for Freya’s old trainer, Vivian has a soft spot for big, serpentine water types. Though she was scarred and battled-hardened when they met, Freya was clearly a special case: a strong creature, and definitely worthy of being part of Vivian’s team. As such, she had no hard feelings about trading a Charmander for the great hulk (she theorizes that Freya’s last trainer just loves fire-types, or Charmanders, or something). She picked Freya up many years ago, and has rarely bred her since; after all, somehow these two just clicked, and Vivian wished to fight alongside her two great serpents rather than breeding the battered old girl. Since then, Freya has become a staple of Vivian’s team; they have great synch for some reason, and seem to fight together very well. She is the main battler on the team; this is good because Callias is a bit of a diva about battling…
Other: Freya is very rarely used for breeding because Magikarp are a major pain to try to raise so that you can sell them for anything. Besides, she’s more useful in the ring.
Pokemon 3
Name: Rena
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Species: Eevee
League: 1
Description: Rena has never been a creature of the arena, and this is apparent in her appearance. She is Vivian’s prized pet, not a battler or breeding stock. Her fur is meticulously cared for, giving her a silky smooth appearance. She has no scars or major markings, though she does wear a gold-embroidered collar to identify her as Vivian’s. The collar is mostly black leather with gold baubles on it and a small, stylish nametag reading “Rena—property of Vivian Rouge, do not touch”. Her big brown eyes tend to draw people in due to their unbearable cuteness. All in all, Rena is cute and well-groomed, but she doesn’t look like or act like she belongs in the arena at any point.
Personality: Rena is a very sweet creature, if a bit stuck-up. She is very affectionate to Vivian but clearly has a jealous streak—whenever Vivian pays more attention to one of her babies than she appears to pay to Rena, the little fox gets in a major tizzy, and pesters her master until she gets her due attention. She believes she is better than everyone else but will not compete with them, as she is very confident in her general betterness. She is skeptical of other trainers, mostly because she has watched battles in the ring. She doesn’t have much sense of sympathy for those who battle, though she understands it and appreciates powerful fighters. She is surprisingly mature.
History: Rena was a gift from Vivian’s father. Mr. Rouge decided that a pampered pet would be a good companion for young Vivian, especially because she was such a lonely child after her mother passed away. As such, he bought this pretty little critter for her 15th birthday… from a not-so-pretty source. By the time he was seeking out a pet for his daughter, Mr. Rouge was already very tied up in Rocket’s affairs. As such, he was basically forced to buy from a Rocket-affiliated breeder, though this likely turned out better-bred Pokémon anyhow. Grooming Rena and caring for her made Vivian realize how much she liked doing it, and how beautiful Pokémon could be… and it made her want to see more. Sometime later, Vivian herself became affiliated with Rocket, if in a more honorable way as a breeder. Rena has been riding along all the while, happily sitting on her dear Vivian’s head as she roams the arenas. Since they’ve been together so long, Vivian has a strong attachment to Rena.
Other: Rena has never fought in the arena because she is far too pampered by Vivian. She’s a league 1 by default because she’s not a baby, but… she would fail miserably if she were put up against other Pokémon, except maybe in contests. She adores strawberries.
Pokemon 4
Name: Thor
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Species: Gible
League: 2
Description: Thor looks like any old Gible you could imagine, except quite a bit larger. He’s a muscley—if not a bit fat—fellow, standing about three feet tall with an impressive weight of 67 pounds. His scales have the typical gray-blue color of his species, but they are positively lined with scars. Indeed, he’s a stocky fighter who goes in close range, which lends to him being completely covered in white and pink markings of various shapes and sizes, from various opponents. He is missing several chips of his fin, for instance, but other than that and a few teeth (which grow back constantly) he isn’t permanently maimed. He’s just scarred to hell and back, especially his red underbelly.
Personality: Thor is a violent young Pokémon, made that way from years in the ring. He’s a very physical fighter which causes him to take quite a bit of damage, but he doesn’t seem to mind; pain never fazes him, neither does harming others. He loves the battle and will fight to the bitter end, no matter what. He isn’t very mature and doesn’t take taunting, teasing, or nay-saying well; he also has an enduring sense of loyalty to his master, Vivian, but only because he fears her. She doesn’t joke around, after all. This has also made Thor very serious and stern, when he isn’t violent and forward.
History: Thor was a promising young fighter born in Vivian’s operation; his father is Callias the Milotic. Usually, Vivian will take her baby Pokémon to the ring to test them out and show them off; Thor showed great promise and managed to install himself as a regular fighter on her team. He loves to fight, clearly. Vivian is not opposed to selling him for the right price.
Other: There’s really nothing special about him…
Pokemon 5
Name: Xiu
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Species: Dratini
League: 0
Description: Xiu is a perfectly textbook Dratini, to be frank. She has no scars or identifiable markings, but she wears a bright pink bow around where her neck might be (right under her head) when she’s out with Vivian.
Personality: Xiu is only a child, and this is clear. She has an insatiable desire to explore things, even if that doesn’t mean she’ll understand them at all. She can be a brat at times—this is usually corrected quickly by a rather stern Vivian. Even so, Xiu has much to learn, and the process takes time. She is pretty affectionate and completely naïve; in this case, that means that she doesn’t know that battling is dangerous. She simply thinks that’s what grown-ups do. She will cry if she’s hurt, which is also steadily working out of her system as she gets a little older and a little stronger. She enjoys the bunny courses greatly; Vivian knows that this means she has promise, once she gets a little more mature of course.
History: Xiu was only recently hatched on Vivian’s operation. She just happens to be tagging along right now because she likes to be carried by people. Vivian is trying to sell her.
Other: Xiu will make a good fighter, Vivian predicts.
Pokemon 6
Name: Aure
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Species: Spheal
League: 0
Description: Aure is a particularly fluffy ball of seal about the size of a beach ball. He is exceptionally soft with big, beady black eyes. He has no scars or distinguishable markings, because he’s just a baby.
Personality: Aure is even more of a child than Xiu, though less of a brat. He is innocent and sweet, with huge eyes betraying complete naivety and interest. He isn’t as curious as Xiu and can be rather fearful, but he enjoys the company of those who show him kindness. He loves the bunny courses but he isn’t quite as good at them as some of the other babies; practice makes perfect, of course. All in all, Aure can be skittish, but once you get past that, he’s extremely sweet. Battles don’t faze him because he’s grown up around them. He thinks Vivian is his mommy.
History: Aure is just a hatchling, much like Xiu. Vivian doesn’t need to keep him; he’s cute, but she’s rather intent on selling him for the right price. Money is the name of the game, after all.
Other: Vivian predicts that Aure is best for contests, but she is confident in his potential as a battler, too.