Post by Sakurakouji on Jun 19, 2011 0:24:05 GMT -5
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| [atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, width:185; padding-right:2px;] PERSONAL INFORMATION NAME: Iris di Raizel AGE: Eighteen GENDER: Female HOMETOWN: Hearthome City, Sinnoh GROUP: Trainer OCCUPATION: She is a wanderer that wants to take pleasure in simplistic things such as being with her partners or just traveling around the world. PERSONALITY: ♠ Dishonest ♠ Fake ♠ Cynical ♠ Modest ♠ Blunt ♠ Critical ♠ Unfriendly ♠ Intelligent ♠ Analytical ♠ Stubborn If there was one word that could clearly exemplify Iris’s prominent characteristic, it would be dishonesty. She has a hard time articulating her true feelings to others, giving excuses to justify herself when she has done a good thing. When she helps someone she knows out, it’s never “I wanted to help you” but rather, “It’s not like I like you or anything. I just can’t stand it when something like this happens.” She always uses phrases reminiscent of that one rather than admitting why she really took action. Iris is also just a false person, easily masking how she actually feels. Even if she is happy or depressed, she does her best, and normally succeeds, to hide it by putting on a straight face. The only emotion she truly seems to display is her anger and disappointment or hatred for others, in which case she has no problems at all. She does, however, have a few tells when it comes to her habitual lying. Whenever she lies about her true intentions or tries to deny how she is truly feeling, she will avert her gaze from the person whom she is speaking with and stare at the floor and, occasionally stutter a little, revealing a slightly feminine side of her. Cynicism is also a characteristic that describes her fairly well. Iris does not hold people, in general, highly. She sees them as selfish and vain, caring too much about materialistic things and also about how others view them. Thanks to this, she finds herself preferring to associate solely with pokémon, which is why she tends to ignore the words of others. Especially when people start criticizing her for staying silent, she feels that her point has been proven. She will only respond to people who seem like fair people or people who she has judged as being kind. Iris also does not care for small-talk, which is another reason why she may choose to not respond to people. While she acknowledges that not all people are bad, she assumed the worst in others until she is proven otherwise. Due to this, Iris is also more than willing to help out another person in danger. She does not want to become like the type of people that she detests. Surprisingly, she can also be quite the modest person. Iris is unable to take a compliment well. When someone does so, she will simply ignore his or her words. However, there are times when she won’t just ignore these words, such as when someone she considers to be a friend compliments her on something. When this is done, she will take it as sarcasm and hit the other person or reply with something along the lines of “Not really.” At the same time, there are a few times when she does neither of those. A compliment can generally make anybody happy by receiving one and the same goes with her. When something she has been working hard on is praised, her eyes may sparkle with jubilance for a moment and she may start blushing while saying things like, “It’s not that good…” This aspect is the one in which she will show the most femininity. Other than that and her tsundere-like characteristic, she is feminine only by appearance. Iris is also a rather tactless person. She can easily say what is on her mind, especially condescending or otherwise demeaning comments. Her tongue is sharp and she is very quick to criticize the actions and words of others. Her blunt side ends up with her coming off as rude and possibly even conceited in the eyes of others, which is what makes her seem so unfriendly most of the time. Iris finds herself directly questioning others why they are trying to speak to her, which can deter many. However, this is not always a bad thing. While many of her comments may come off as tactless, when combined with her analytical part, she is often unable to deny the good qualities in a person as well and if anybody is actually attempting to try and get close to her, she will often mention them in addition to, of course, the flaws. LIKES: ♠ Singing ♠ Pokémon ♠ Nature ♠ Solace ♠ Traveling DISLIKES: ♠ Arrogance ♠ Selfishness ♠ Bug Types ♠ Ghost Types ♠ Dirtiness HISTORY: Iris was born into the ‘di Raizel’ Family, a rather poor family. Her parents had originally married out of great love for each other, and they both came from luxurious families. However, their parents refused to allow their marriage, and they eloped. Originally, the both of them were a very happy couple, able to live on simply by watching each other’s smiles and sharing laughs. Their love escalated and her mother had eventually given birth to her only child, Haruka. During the earliest years of her life, Iris could remember the stories her brother would tell of their parents’ relationship. It was always such a pleasant story, filled with both romance and drama. However, as the stories told, her parents had run away, leaving their fortunes behind. Because of this, she lived in a poor house, ramshackle, and the family could barely afford to eat. As time passed, her parents’ feelings for her started to fluctuate. One moment, they seemed to genuinely care for her, and during another, they would resent her. They would often leave their house, abandoning her, withholding meals so they would never have to suffer from hunger. However, they continued to work and, at the very least, left enough food for their children to survive. Her parents were constantly out earning money for living expenses, and she was left all alone to live with just one Pokémon in her house, a simple pikachu. During her childhood, she was often left alone and played by herself. Because of her poorness, her family had a bad reputation within the neighborhood, which looked down upon them for their mediocre lifestyles. While the children did not understand the reasons for such discrimination, they took part in it as well. Thanks to this, Iris grew to hate people and spent most of her time playing with her household pikachu, Even though she couldn’t actually communicate with the yellow mouse, the pikachu was accepting of her. Where her parents and the neighborhood kids didn’t, the pikachu showered her with the affection and attention that she sought out. From those days on, Iris aspired to become a trainer, where she would be able to be personally involved with the world of Pokémon. By the time she was old enough to be enrolled into the Pokémon Academy, she already held an innate disdain for other people. Ignoring other people, Iris simply cast them aside. At this point in her life, her mentality had been warped by her experience. Pokémon were pure and good. They didn’t reject her based on things like monetary wealth. People, on the other hand, were bad. They were materialistic, selfish, and merciless. They did what they want without regard of others so long as they got their own way in the end. Iris studied hard at the academy, hoping to one day graduate so that she could travel the world and surround herself with several Pokémon. However, there was one of her classmates in particular that never seemed to give up on her. Her name was Akira and the girl always bothered Iris during lunch time, between classes, and after school. Iris had tried to brush her off and push her away on several occasions, but Akira was quite the persistent one. She would always pop in with a “Let’s eat lunch together today!” or a “How about we walk home together?” Iris found it to be a nuisance, not wanting to be involved with other people. She had even tried to deter the girl by calling her mean things, but not even that seemed to work. One day, Iris finally snapped, running out of patience as she asked, “Why do you keep on bothering me?” That was when Akira had replied with words that touched the ice cold girl, “Because you’re always alone. Isn’t that so sad?” Even after that moment, Iris remained a largely detached individual. However, she did warm up to Akira. After that particular day, she had managed to recognize that not all people were bad. Despite that, her disdain for people did not go away. She simply acknowledged that she shouldn’t discriminate people as they had done to her and to keep in her mind that there are always good people amongst the bad. From that day onward, she slowly began opening up to Akira, eating lunch together, walking home together. There were a few attempts made to broaden her horizons and expand the number of friends she had, but Iris could not find it in herself to do such a thing, the mental scars from her past still too daunting for the young girl. Because of this, she still held her affection for Pokémon and played with her pikachu at home, never forgetting those that would always remain loyal to her. The years would pass and she would eventually part with Akira, leaving Iris all alone again. However, she would cherish the memories of friendship that she shared with the girl. Deciding to leave behind her home, filled with memories of pain and solitude, Iris quiet left her humble abode, deciding to become a real trainer and travel the world. | [atrb=width,225px,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, width:185; padding-left: 2px;] POKEMON PARTY    SPECIES: Scizor NICKNAME: Crimrose GENDER: Male NATURE: Adamant MOVES:   SPECIES: Absol NICKNAME: Kurai GENDER: Female NATURE: Calm MOVES:   SPECIES: Hydreigon NICKNAME: Yamato GENDER: Male NATURE: Brave MOVES:  SPECIES: Zorua NICKNAME: Okami GENDER: Male NATURE: Impish MOVES: PC STORAGE    |
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