Post by kitsune on Nov 24, 2007 5:04:59 GMT 10
Name: "Legendary" Rat
Age: Oh, say... two years.
Gender: Male
Race: #309, Electrike
Sexual Preference: Bi
Personality: Rat, above everything else, is an infuriatingly clever little bugger. He's observant as all get out: very few details, however minor, pass him by. Rat is also quiet, and sticks to the shadows whenever possible... he doesn't like to be observed when observing, himself.
Rat, however intelligent he may be, is above all... an absolute git. He enjoys taunting trainers' pokemon, and never admits that he's in the wrong. When fighting, this little rodent has absolutely no dignity, and will go as far as to fake injury to win. Rat's name is appropriate. He has little courage when he knows he can't win, and will run away when necessary.
Finally, Rat is a bit self-centered. He believes that he's above all other pokemon weaker than him, and is arrogant beyond belief, even to the point of foolishness. He takes many risks simply because Rat believes that nothing can harm him besides "stronger" pokemon, and even those an be easily avoided. He is very curious about humans, and yet his easily annoyed by their antics.
Physical Appearance: Rat looks like a typical Electrike, at first glance. However, look past the first glance, and you'll see that he is built perfectly for the life he's chosen.
His colors are, well, less impressive than most. Instead of being a vibrant green, it's a mossy, greyish color, and Rat's yellow highlights are with the same characteristic dullness. His short, stout frame blends in with shadows easily, and his "mane", which most Electrikes take pride in, is thin and fragile, barely offering protection.
There are three things about Rat that don't appear dull. For one, his eyes: they're two glowing little globes that are icy blue, like a glacier, and lighted with malice. A second characteristic is his tongue... oddly enough. It's bright red, like blood. The final thing... his teeth. They're bone-white, ivory and dangerous, although a few are chipped and a bit less impressive.
Rat's quick on his feet, and his anatomy is, well, ordinary. Head in he right place, jaws powerful and dangerous, snout perfectly formed... All four of his legs are muscular and can carry him swiftly, and his tail never betrays his position by sticking up like a flag. Although some might consider his build to make him submissive, that's almost never the case.
History: Rat's story begins with his mother, being captured on Cream Road by a Team Pravus grunt. Her name was Electiira, but it was changed simply to "Electrike". At first, Electrike had a deep, deep loathing for her "trainer", but it eventyally changed to grudgingly being a companion when she evolved. However, eventually she completely ignored her trainer and became more interested in a Manectric named Raibolt.
After a very brief fling, Electiira laid an egg that she cared for, unknown to her trainer. The hatred for the grunt grew yet again, and Electiira did everything possible to make sure that her egg didn't live the life she was stuck in.
Rat hatched, and became independent quickly, not sticking around long enough for Electiira to poison his views on humans. He learned how to take advantage of his dull colors, how to sneak around in the shadows, how to judge a fight and his chances in it. Rat discovered that the food from the cafeteria was always thrown out in a specific trashcan, and which hours he could browse around uninterrupted.
Rat was perfectly content.
Lately, however, the human activity is becoming more and more troublesome. They began, well, throwing things at him when he slunk by, and actually laid traps, baited with peanut butter, for him! In response, Rat has been stealing more and more objects, and causing much more of a mess than usual.
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The cheap flourescent lights flickered and buzzed through the empty hallway. The off-white tile was chipped, dirty, and looked like it had just came out of the dumpster. The lengthening shadows seemed to flicker a moment, but that's just impossible. After all... shadows don't move unless the light source is moved, and those ugly and bare lightbulbs just kept humming along. Yet, the shadows continued to flicker and warp and move...
Finally, an Electrike slipped out of the shadows and glanced around the hallway. It looked as if his brief travel through the shadows had sapped him of his color: vibrant hues of green and yellow had been stolen and replaced with shades of gray. The strange Electrike's eyes, however, were an unnaturally bright ice-blue that made up for its dull hide. The Electrike sniffed the air testingly, then darted across the tile floor and into an open door a few feet away.
Rat blinked in surprise: the flickering light he had become accustomed to was replaced with bright, effective panels on the ceiling, and the dingy flooring seemed newer and recently polished... then he realized something. Instead of being in the hallway, he'd passed into a more... occupied area. Confused, Rat opened his jaws and tasted the air, inhaling deeply. Fear! Fear-scent raged above all other individual scents, even above human-smell. Mixtures of stale-scent and fresh-scent made Rat recoil. This obviously wasn't a place he wanted to be, and yet... He wanted to explore, see why there was so much fear and trepidation in the air.
He inhaled again, going past fear-scent and wrinkled his nose in distaste. The overpowering, abiotic smell of germkiller covered up everything else, and Rat could deduce nothing more. Even though this obviously wasn't the best place in the world to be, the Electric pokemon's curiousity had been stirred. He wanted to know why that fear was there -- and he wouldn't have any problem with it. After all, he was Rat.
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Level: 10
Attacks:
- Tackle
- Thunder Wave
- Leer