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Post by .: iVysaur :. on Dec 5, 2008 12:53:53 GMT
Name:
Zhang Xuan
Nickname(s):
Four-eyes
Gender:
Female
Age:
14
Pokemorph?:
Yes – A Weavile Pokémorph.
Appearance:
First things first: Xuan is not a human. At least, she isn't fully human; one can easily tell from her ears and forehead that she is a Weavile Pokémorph. Thankfully, those are about the only visible parts that resemble a Weavile. Her ears, as mentioned, do not even look like those of a human. Instead, they are long and flat, dropping downwards at an angle that she cannot consciously control. An amber jewel is set deep into her forehead. It does not pain her in any way; the growth was present since her birth, and is sealed into her head. However, attempting to remove it may cause death. That jewel glows whenever she morphs into her Pokémon.
Xuan is not a tall girl. In fact, she stands at only one and a half metres, a good amount shorter than her peers. Add to that a stocky build, a pair of glasses and a blunt personality, you've got the perfect mixture for a bully-magnet. Being more sturdy than graceful, Xuan's gross motor skills are rather compromised, causing her to gain an aversion to sports. However, she is pretty deft with her hands, and despite her less-than-perfect eyesight, she is capable of fine work.
Dressed usually in her favourite set of clothes, Xuan doesn't stand out much in a crowd – unless it's summer. Being an Ice-typed Pokémorph, she has a much lower body temperature than the average humans. Also, she isn't very resistant to extreme temperatures, as one might think. So, she wears a hoodless coat with a fur cuff, all year round, with the sleeves rolled up during the warmer months. Under that goes a dark blue v-necked T-shirt, and below her torso, a pair of long black track pants. Being a strong hater of jeans and dresses, Xuan is rarely, if ever, seen in those. She prefers simplicity to beauty. To end it all off, she has the conventional belt for Pokéballs and Pokédexes, a pair of hiking boots, and a backpack for her other items.
Xuan has long, reddish-black hair that hints towards the Pokémon genes in her body, small, pure-black eyes like those of Asian descent, and a prominently large nose. Not one to care about physical appearances, she ties her hair into a ponytail, only leaving two long, sharp strands of hair to hang in front of her face, well out of her eyes. Cropping her hair short would not do – she couldn't risk it becoming any harder, coarser or spikier than it is now. Two thick strands of hair dangle in front of her shoulders from behind her ears, and that's about it. She keeps all stray hairs out of her eyes with a large maroon scarf, which rather resembles the crest on a Weavile's head. The know goes under her ponytail – or it would simply just slip off her head. As a means to correct her myopia of 600 degrees, Xuan wears a pair of rectangular, wide spectacles – the reason for her nickname.
She carries a single-lined, A5 exercise book as her journal um learning log. When it has been used up, she has quite a number of the same, so her journal isn't likely to change much in appearance. It is never far away from her, and never decorated with anything besides her full name. Also, something that is deemed a must-have for her would be a thick, ring-bound sketchpad, a quarter of the pages filled with various biological sketches – some of the subjects bordering on being disturbing in appearance.
Personality:
Not one to talk to others spontaneously, one would first notice that the girl is quiet. She responds to others speaking to her, but any prolonged conversation not about an interesting (in her opinion) topic is likely to result in awkward silences. Xuan does not like to mince words; if she doesn't wish to converse, or even to give consideration to some certain thing, she will say so. It isn't that she doesn't care about others' feelings. She just thinks that beating around the bush is inefficient and time-wasting – and her world is all about efficiency.
The girl enjoys putting her time to good use. She doesn't like mindless chores, though; her notion of work encompasses only scientific research, hands-on activities with Pokémon, and diligently keeping a log of her findings. Her aspiration is to become a Pokémon breeder of the highest class: someone who selectively breeds between each species to achieve the optimum compromise between the traits. Thus, she is usually found engrossed in a heavy book – typical of the literature her field usually holds – or engaged in quiet conversations with her Pokémon.
Despite being a 'morph, Xuan actually doesn't share the "link" with real Pokémon. She views her Weavile parts as an asset, and just that. Not the most empathetic of humans, she is more aloof – as if her feelings were in a separate self. Thus, she doesn't consider selective breeding unfavourable in any way. Also, she doesn't resent the scientists for making her a morph, and thus something scorned and sidelined by the society. This is mostly because she is more introvert than extrovert, and prefers to be alone rather than in company.
She tends to be rather blunt and to-the-point, as aforementioned, but she would apologise if she realises that her actions have hurt another's feelings – that is, if she is sincere. Xuan does not like to pretend to be someone she is not. This gives the impression that she is a proud, standoffish person; maybe she is, deep down, but it has been buried over many years of being ostracised.
The fact that she only distances herself from human males and not male Pokémon ought to be mentioned. When she was young, the girl had been marked out as the "freak" in the school she was studying at. A rowdy gang of boys also did. It is easy to predict what would happen, and until this day, Xuan had not met any counterexamples to her stereotype of male humans. Thus, she prefers to be around women, rather than men, though it sometimes irks her that said women usually focus on more trivial things. However, she has met quite a few who are of the same mindset as she is. She has no preference over Pokémon genders.
Overall, she's not the most likeable person to be with, but if you enjoy a scientific talk/debate and do not mind her less-than-diplomatic manners (not to mention the fact that you're not talking to someone completely human), you might just have a friend there.
History:
Conceived in a test-tube; born in a Petri dish: the life of many a Pokémorph.
Such was the life of Xuan, who was named Weavile003, back when she was created. She was straightaway rejected when she was old enough to live off a life-support machine – not lithe or muscular enough, no visible claws, not compatible for future injections. She was the third project that this certain group of scientists have undertaken, hoping to create a new type of spies that could benefit the region during times of war. While the common belief was that Pokemorphs, not being entirely human, were therefore lower than humans, this failure of a 'morph was reconsidered before being disposed of, due to its vast similarity to a human baby. The scientists discussed the fate of the newborn, not wanting to kill something with so much humanity in it. But to raise her themselves...! That idea was immediately shot down. No, they could not keep an infant in such close proximity to chemicals and equipment, some of them poisonous or sharp, others rather expensive. After a while, one of them volunteered his closest friends, a couple of reptile-based-Pokémon studiers cum breeders, who could not conceive children. Maybe they would take her in; he wasn't sure, but he'd ask them.
They agreed, and Weavile003 had a new home and a new name. She was whisked away on one dark night to the couple's home, and there, the necessary paperwork was efficiently done by the administrative few of the laboratory. Zhang Xuan was supposedly adopted from an orphanage that had been destroyed by a landslide; anyone that actually made it a point to check out said orphanage would realise that it had never really existed.
Time passed pretty quickly: soon, it was time for the girl to enter school. One bright Spring morning, Xuan was packed off to a neighbourhood school, to begin what would soon become a mixture of nightmare and bliss for her.
Upon entering the classroom with a smile on her face, the Pokémorph was soon stopped short by the fact that all eyes were on her and that there was total silence in the room. Very soon, whispers broke out amongst the seven-year-olds: "She's a freak." "Look at her forehead!" "Will she bite?"
As one can predict, Xuan was immediately shunned by her classmates. A few attempted to make friends with her, but soon, they became unnerved by the gem that was set into her forehead – rather like a third eye, peering out at them. Her few acquaintances drifted away, and already a bunch of boys were singling her out to be picked on. Even her teacher had to force herself to smile down at this unusual student without shuddering. The first three years in school were the hardest for the morph.
However, later on, Xuan began to develop a fierce passion for science – more specifically, Biology. She could work for hours non-stop, observing and sketching down Pokémon. Her control with a scalpel was almost perfect, for such a young child. However, she horribly failed at mathematics and barely scraped a "C" in Physcis, and while she is decent in English and Chinese, her Literature hovered around the line between pass and fail. She seized the yearly prizes for Chinese, Biology, and sometimes Chemistry, and her teachers soon began to realise she had deep potential.
The second pivot of her life was when she graduated from her primary school. With quite a few trophies and certificates to pave her way, Xuan was accepted with some negotiation into the best secondary school in the area. She continued to excel in Biology, dropping Literature and foregoing Adavanced Mathematics in favour of her passion for Life Sciences. By then, she was already an experienced handler with Pokémon like Arbok and Seviper, and she could even coach an Ekans who had much trouble feeding to grow into a Pokémon of impressive girth. And she had her goal in mind: to become a professional breeder. It would give her many chances to observe the Pokémon in the safety of her own home, instead of hiking out to the wild and risk being seen by others. She spent two years, reading the literature present in her field and making use of the resources in the school. She kept to herself, never spontaneously striking up conversations with others.
When she was about to begin a new year at the school, Xuan received a letter from home, telling of how her foster parents were moving away to a new region called Kerin, in favour of the different species of Pokémon found there. Xuan was withdrawn from the school, and the family soon packed up their belongings – with two whole trucks reserved for the Pokémon they kept – and left their home-town.
Getting clearance at the borders was a tedious chore, with Xuan's mixed origins making it even more tedious. When they finally managed to settle down with a reasonably large area to build their own enclosure, Xuan's mother told her firmly: "You need to go out and explore for yourself. This new region holds biological wonders; you would be missing much." Her father agreed, and arrangements were soon made for Xuan to start off like any other aspiring trainer in the region. The Weavile 'morph scowled and objected and ignored them, but finally she had to concede, for she wanted to see these new species for herself. When further rumours reached her ears, the girl was completely convinced that her parents were right.
Thus began the journey of Zhang Xuan, aspiring breeder and student extraordinaire.
Aspirations:
As mentioned before, Xuan wishes to become a breeder as well as a scientist. She enjoys experimenting with new subjects/materials, and she has the natural touch with Pokémon due to her status as a Pokémorph. Thus, she is most suited for a job as a professional breeder, although she is particular towards breeding reptilian Pokémon like Arboks, Sceptiles and maybe the occasional Blastoise.
Other:
- She has more acute hearing than the usual human, but her poor visual kind of evens it out. Her eyesight is such that if she took off her glasses and went for the eye-examination, she could only see the first three letters on the poster.
- Xuan is not one to function on anything less than 6 hours of sleep each day, rather contrary to her Pokémon side. However, she can sleep in almost any occasion, and can wake up in a matter of seconds when she senses someone is near.
- - Xuan is fluent in Chinese, her mother-tongue, and decent in English, her second language. However, she prefers to keep her learning log in English, so as to practice more. She can speak Pokéspeech pretty fluently, but needs to work harder to make sure she does not accidentally mangle a serious conversation. Currently, she is limited to day-to-day greetings and battle commands, as well as some certain survival phrases.
- She thinks etymology of words is interesting.
- She does not like frivolities such as practical jokes, but prefers to pursue her studies in Science during free time. However, how her Pokémon spends their time is not her problem. She rarely keeps them in-ball, so her Pokémon may commit themselves to said frivolities.
- She does not enjoy battling as a sport; only as a means to strengthen her Pokémon for her protection – as well as to study their development in face of evolution. She is likely to consult her huge book on Pokémon moves, abilities and statistics in view of a battle.
- That said, she has consulted aforementioned book so frequently that quite a lot of information has been memorised, but not being one to be overconfident, Xuan often refers back to it in times of uncertainty.
This only applies if your character is a pokemorph, what type of pokemon are they?
Appearance What does your character look like? You can include a picture, but I'd still like at least two paragraphs.
Personality How does your character act? Nice? Mean? Scary? That goes here. Two paragraphs, if you please.
History This is where your character's history goes. What deeply traumatic events happened in their past?
Aspiration What do they want to be when they grow up? Or WHY are they on a pokemon journey?
Other - She has more acute hearing than the usual human, but her poor visual kind of evens it out. Her eyesight is such that if she took off her glasses and went for the eye-examination, she could only see the first three letters on the poster.
- Xuan is not one to function on anything less than 6 hours of sleep each day, rather contrary to her Pokémon side. However, she can sleep in almost any occasion, and can wake up in a matter of seconds when she senses someone is near.
- - Xuan is fluent in Chinese, her mother-tongue, and decent in English, her second language. However, she prefers to keep her learning log in English, so as to practice more. She can speak Pokéspeech pretty fluently, but needs to work harder to make sure she does not accidentally mangle a serious conversation. Currently, she is limited to day-to-day greetings and battle commands, as well as some certain survival phrases.
- She thinks etymology of words is interesting.
- She does not like frivolities such as practical jokes, but prefers to pursue her studies in Science during free time. However, how her Pokémon spends their time is not her problem. She rarely keeps them in-ball, so her Pokémon may commit themselves to said frivolities.
- She does not enjoy battling as a sport; only as a means to strengthen her Pokémon for her protection – as well as to study their development in face of evolution. She is likely to consult her huge book on Pokémon moves, abilities and statistics in view of a battle.
- That said, she has consulted aforementioned book so frequently that quite a lot of information has been memorised, but not being one to be overconfident, Xuan often refers back to it in times of uncertainty.
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