Well... first of all, I apologise for my English! It's not my first language, it's really late here, and I'm sure I made a lot of typos. I'll re-read later and fix them.
Then... I hope it's okay if that I played with the idea that my OC's father was one of the scientists of the lab? If it's not, I'll edit their backstory, of course!
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Name: Alistair Willow Halloway
Appearance: A tall man, standing at 1.92mts, with a bulky contexture, sun tanned skin and calloused hands. His Charizard traits usually resemble those of the regular Pokémon, but whenever he experiences strong emotions or is under a situation of stress, they change to match those of an X Mega evolution. He does not know how to fully control it yet, or how to change at will. His eyes, naturally sky-coloured, turn into crimson when he “evolves”.
The man always carries a Charizardite X and a Key Stone hanging from a chain as a necklace, and has a collection of scratches, bite marks and burns covering his skin.
(Like
this, but with a Charizard’s horns, wings and tail, of course.)
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Charizard (Mega Charizard X)
Personality: Perhaps too much of a workaholic for his own good, and age, Alistair is a disciplined, hardworking man. He began working at his grandparent’s Day-Care as soon as he turned nine years old, just for the sake of helping them and his mother to maintain the place and a steady income. In a way, he always felt he had the duty of becoming the man of the house, just to cover the space his father’s long absences left in the family. He is not the most eloquent human on earth, especially when he is focused at work. Even as a child, and despite his family’s concern, he spent most of the time helping with the Pokémon, instead of socializing with children his age.
Despite being polite and amiable with people, he does not have deep ties with anyone besides his family, and prefers the company of Pokémon before that of people, finding the creatures much truer and loyal than humanity. His creatures and family are the world to him, and he can be overprotective to the point of becoming annoying. He is an outdoors man who enjoys being surrounded by nature, and does not cope well with cities or crowded places.
The blonde has endless patience and a steady but gentle hand when it comes to Pokémon, and can often be found speaking to them in a rather amusing baby voice. With humans that patience does end, however, and he is known for having gotten into fights with anyone who either insulted his family or harmed a Pokémon when he was around. His steady hands turn into not-so-friendly fists when that occurs.
Those quarrels aside, the man is even tempered above all, and does not speak about or share his emotions freely. It’s not that he does not feel anything – in fact, he does, and deeply, but rather that he has learned not to show it or act on impulses. His Charizard traits give him away under extreme situations, though, because even though he keeps his exterior stoicism, the horns, wings, tail and eyes change colour and shape to that of a Mega evolution.
History:About five years after the disaster occurred, a woman decided to finally move to the countryside. Her husband had insisted on that for years, however, she had not yielded, no matter how much harassment came her way. Because despite the fact that years had passed since the leak, that pretty much everyone had acquired Pokémon traits by then and that her husband worked tirelessly alongside others in search of a solution, many people still despised her for the simple fact of being married to a man who had been working on the lab the night it all began.
Her love for him had been greater than the fear for her own life, however, that changed when their firstborn came into the picture. None of them wanted their children to grow in a hostile environment, so for their sake and once she learned about her pregnancy, she decided to leave to a quieter place.
Alistair was thus born in a village, away from the place her mother and father had built their lives, and was raised by both the woman and his maternal grandparents. The little community was far more welcoming than the hectic people residing in the city, so he had a fairly calm childhood, and grew up besides Pokémon from various species. The elderly couple ran a local Pokémon Day-Care and breeding center, you see, so little Ali soon became accustomed to them. Despite his fascination, the mother prevented the child from coming into direct contact with any of the creatures for as long as she could… she knew the kid would eventually transform, as every resident from Kokimono, but wanted him to at least be able to choose the Pokémon he wanted to turn into.
Things don’t usually go as planned, however, especially when they are related with rambunctious children.
Alistair and his mother were not the only ones to move to the countryside: with them came a Charizard that belonged to Ali’s father. The Pokémon had been with the older man since he was a Charmander, had an undying loyalty characteristic to his kind, and had felt deeply betrayed when he was left behind by his master. The flying lizard had even escaped his pokeball and tried to shield the scientist when the leak occurred (and caused the man to acquire draconian features), geez, so he could simply not understand why he was acting in such a way. Silent resentment to that man, that father, that former master, was something both Ali and the Charizard shared. Both of them missed him dearly, and none could understand that they had been pushed apart for their own happiness.
On one of the father’s scarce visits to the farm, and with the older man by his side, Alistair tried to approach the now feral and untrusting Pokémon… what happened next is blurry to him to the present day. He remembers a flash of light, a roar, and the sound of rushing water… he then woke up cradled in the Charizard’s arms, who had in some moment Mega evolved, and the kid’s life was never the same again. Two black and teal horns sprouted from his head, as did a pair of wings from his back and a flaming tail. His once sky-blue eyes had mutated to an unnatural crimson. He was five years old at that moment, and as soon as the Pokémon left him on the ground, his new appendages turned into the orange shade of a regular Charizard.
After that incident, the father’s visits became even rarer, but besides that and the fact that no one ever explained him what happened on the day he turned, life continued normally. Alistair grew up and went to school like almost every other kid, but never truly excelled in that field – not because he lacked capacity, but rather because he consumed most of the time working at the Day-Care, instead of studying. Once he graduated, he never continued to college and decided to stay behind instead to continue helping his family and raising Pokémon of his own.
He especially enjoys adopting abandoned Pokémon, nursing them back to health and helping them to regain their confidence. Besides that he breeds his own, and specializes in fire and dragon types – though he never refuses the chance of working with a new species. Through the years, the man raised a very fine line of Charizards, who were mostly sired by his father’s one. And while the creature never truly accepted Alistair as his new master, he became calmer as year passed, and adopted the role of helper and guardian for the man.
In all honesty, outside affairs do not really matter to Alistair. He is content with his life and has no intentions on adding more responsibilities to it… and, secretly, he fears the reactions the outsiders will have upon meeting Kokimono’s unique inhabitants.
Other: Change
Name: Lucina Nova Halloway.
Appearance: Standing at 1.8mts, she is a tall, slender woman. Coquettish and vain, she spends a lot of time combing her hair and grooming her nine tails until they are silky and have every hair on place. She often favours trendy outfits before comfortable or useful ones, and adores to wear matching lipstick and nail polish. The woman has never had one problem in looking half human, half ninetales: in fact, she thinks the change made her unique.
(Like
this but with green eyes.)
Age: 24
Gender:Female
Pokemon:Ninetales
Personality: At first sight, the woman is very much a lady: polite, delicate and a little bit of a flirt, she enjoys meeting new people, listening to their stories and learning about their lives. However, those who know her better know that deep inside Nova is pretty much a brat. She was raised as the baby princess of the family, and demands such treatment. Despite being an adult, she tends to go on tantrums when she does not get what she wants, and is known for scheming and applying complex vendettas on those that annoy her. If the quarrel that awoken her anger was something not too serious, she is quick to forgive, though, especially if gifts or words of appraisal are involved… but if her trust or the integrity of those she loves was involved, she can hold the grudge for a long, long time.
She enjoys being outdoors and the company of Pokémon almost as much as Ali, but needs to take a long bath and a beauty sleep after a day in the field. Her vanity and perfectionism are almost obsessive, and she falls in distress when things fall out of her control. She does not take criticism well, not even if it’s constructive. She is a strong, resourceful young woman, who is not afraid to voice her thoughts or feelings.
Despite being obnoxious and short-tempered, the woman has a couple of good traits, too: she can find beauty, be it inner or outter, on everyone, and is not shy to voice it. She is sensitive to the suffering of others, especially when it comes to elderly people, children and Pokémon, to the point of crying hysterically if she sees someone in pain. While she enjoys talking, the blonde is a good listener too, and will not care to share a shoulder to cry over to anyone in need. And even though she knows that information is a good tool to manipulate people, she values privacy and the confidence that was given to her, so she guards every secret she has been told fiercely.
History: Nova was born well after her mother had settled in the countryside, so she was spared the first few years of chaos and adaptation. While she always hoped to see her father more often, she never developed the grudge her older brother has against him… probably because Alistair himself always filled some sort of fatherly role for her. She never took great responsibilities in the Day-Care, besides helping raise baby Pokémon, or petting and grooming those she considered cute. Life for her was easy, since she had her mother, grandparents and brother watching over her.
At school she excelled in the academic field, but often got in trouble with teachers for either discussing with them, or because she tended to chatter out loud with friends once she had finished her assignments. At university, she took a law and letters major, and a minor in art. She has been told her fierce temper will probably make her a fearsome lawyer, but to the present day, she has never worked in the field… never had a job, really. She does enjoy art, however, especially painting and drawing, and has made many sketches and pictures of her family and the Pokémon at the Day-Care. While at college, she moved back to the city and occupied her father’s apartment, but rarely saw the man nevertheless. She came to like the city, the fashion and the people there, even though she feels the need to go to the quieter countryside now and then.
Now that the gates of the Sun Empire opened, the blonde is eager to go outside and discover more about the rest, vast and beautiful world. She knows that her kind –and herself- are probably not going to be welcomed amongst regular people, but she is confident enough to absolutely not care at all about what the rest say or think about her… or so she says. The woman heard word about the disappearance of the Legendary Pokémon, and even though she tried to dismiss the gossip, there is something about those tales that managed to disturb her deeply.
As for how she got her Ninetales traits? The story is much simpler than Alistair’s, though probably cuter. The Halloways had an old Ninetales that had been in the family for generations, and acted as a nanny for many of their children. After Alistair was born, the Pokémon was instructed to watch over the kid, but not to touch them, and the same orders were applied for the second born. But even as a baby, Nova had been infatuated by the creature’s beauty… and as soon as she was able to take some steps in a row, she stumbled over the nine-tailed one and burrowed her hands in the silky fur. The rest was history: girl and Pokémon became inseparable friends, and when Lucina was old enough, her family allowed her to become the Ninetales master. They have been together since then.
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* I did not make the images!