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Username: Redbud-Tree
Character Name: Kratos Aurion
Personality: Kratos is nothing if not efficient at what he does. A dedicated worker, he will stop at nothing to get a job done once he’s taken it. In personal relations, however, he’s cold, distant, and unapproachable. You could say he has an emotional shell, except it’s more like steal armor. If you do manage to wedge past that armor, however, you will find a man who has lost much, and has walled himself off because there’s little that is truly worth an emotional investment any longer. He doesn’t let emotions influence his work, though he tends to schedule his few days off around the same time each year.

Background: Kratos was once a happily married man with a wife and son. His wife was an optimist and always saw the best in life, and his small son took after her. They countered Kratos’ sometimes cynical viewpoint with their cheerfulness. His wife was a coordinator of some renown, while his son contented himself with playing with the family’s Growlithe. The family traveled a lot, mostly for contests, though Kratos would occasionally take bodyguard jobs and the like when extra security was needed around a particularly large event.

This happy life didn’t last, however, as during one of their many trips, Kratos’ wife and son were murdered. At least, his wife was. His son vanished, and is presumed dead. The murderer was never found, and Kratos lost all faith in the justice system, and most of his will to go on. Somewhere deep within him, however, is a very small hope that his son might be alive, and, with his cynicism devolved into a more or less fatalistic outlook, he joined Team Rocket with the believe that corruption would win out in the end, anyway.

...The fact that they have an extensive information network that might help him to find his son, if he really is still alive, has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Sample RP Post: To say that today had been a long day would be, to put it mildly, an understatement. Having woken up at four to get some early-morning training in, Kratos had then been sent on a surprise mission, tracking down another Rocket that had been missing for a few days.

The other member had failed to report in two days ago, and after spending the better part of the day investigating the area, including the nearby forest, Kratos had finally found the unlucky fool passed out drunk in a bar. Apparently he had lucked into stealing from some wealthy rich kid, and rather than take the kid’s pokémon and funds, then reporting in, had opted to take said money and go on a drinking binge.

Even knowing the kind of reprimand the other Rocket faced wasn’t enough to make up for the fact that he had vomited all over Kratos’ boots. That wasn’t the end of the ridiculousness, however. The showers weren’t occupied when he finally got the chance to clean up from that outing, at least not by a human. He’d found out the reason why quickly enough – someone had set a Grimer loose in the room as some form of a prank.

He had finally chased the poison-type out and gotten his shower, but that had firmly settled his day into the ‘excruciating’ category. Kratos was utterly sick of the sheer ridiculousness that seemed to pervade the base today, and was ready for the day to be over.

But first... he had the trainer of a certain Grimer to find.

Username: Natsuko-neko
Character Name: Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear

Personality:
Natalia is not a push over. She is head strong, arrogant, can be bossy to get her way, and is not above a little black mail. But she has a caring heart and worries for the people of Grand Ile, her friends and family with all the protective instinct of a mother bear. She has been in love with her childhood fiance, Luke fon Fabre, for years and it hurts her that he is so different now and that he can't remember their lives before the incident and the promise they made with one another. She does have a problem with being a bit reliant at times, a contradiction to her strong character, but has been trying to over come it.

Background:
Natalia was born to a lesser relative of the Lanvaldear's and christened with the name Meryl. But her mother died in childbirth and her father, who had married into the family, disappeared shortly thereafter. She was then adopted by the heads of the Lanvaldear family, Ingobert and his wife, not long after that when their own child was born a stillborn and renamed Natalia. She is aware of the fact that she is adopted but not not who her birth parents are, a choice her new father had made for her.

She was raised as the heir to the Lanvaldear nobility and engaged to Luke, becoming childhood friends with both him and Guy. When Luke had enough of the life on Grand Ile she helped him to escape to the region of Kodo so he could have a vacation, something she knew he needed. Not long after Guy left to find Luke she started to get worried about the two and decided to follow in their foot steps by sneaking off the region and going to Kodo.

Sample RP Post:
The wind did it's best to blow the blond hair into Natalia's face as she stood at the front of the ship looking out into the water and the slowly 'growing' region in front of her. Her white gloved hands lay delicately on the railing that lined the medium sized passenger boat as she thought about her friends. It had been a while since she had seen them, Luke longer then Guy, and she was looking forward to meeting up with them. Having to track the boys down was a minor problem that, while it may take a while, will be worth it in the end. She closed her green eyes and took a deep breath of the ocean air before opening them to gaze at the region yet again. A small smile appeared on her lips as the image of her fiance came to mind. Would Luke be stronger now? Maybe he would act less of a child since the last they had been face to face? Would he possibly remember his earlier years? Her heart skipped a beat at the though of him finally remembering. She knew it was wrong of her to wish for the old Luke to come back but the little boy had been the one she fell in love with in the first place and now... now she had to fight to remember her love for him like a future wife instead of the way her heart kept trying to turn the love to. That of the love of a sister to a brother.

Her hands clenched at the railing and shook away those thoughts as there was no point in dwelling on them as that would only make the problem that much harder. The young woman stepped away from the boats tip after letting go of the railing then turned to walk back to her cabin. As Natalia walked she passed by three children playing around under the watchful eye of the ships nanny. Their laughter and fun caused her to think back on one of the days when Luke, Guy and her had been playing like them. “Just a few more hours until land.” she told her self to chase the sudden loneliness as she picked up her pace to her cabin.

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Natalia's boots made a soft rhythm of beats when she walked along the pier. She was leaving the ship behind at a confident stride, content in the knowledge that her belongings were going to be transported for her to her chosen and paid for hotel room. For now though she needed information to start on finding her boys and there was one place that she had heard could help her in that regard. It didn't take long for her to reach her destination, a records library, and go inside to find a receptionist. Once one was found she rounded up the man and a few other 'volunteers' to search the records from the dates Luke and Guy's ships had arrived. It was possible after all that they were either still in this city or had gotten transportation from here to another location. 'You both had better be safe and unharmed when I find you or else.' She thought to her self as one of the men returned with, hopefully, results of the search.