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Character Name: Insidia
Type: Pokemon
Species: Porygon (Shiny)
Gender: Male
Region: Kanto

Additional Notes: None at present - may change in due course.



Height:
Approx. 6'4"

Age:
Approx. 28 Years

Eye Color:
Silver

Skin Color:
Lack of exposure to the sun, in fact, no exposure to the sun prior to his existence as a 'human' has ensured that he appeared with an exceptionally pale and almost ivory complexion.

[--Body Type and General Descriptors--]
Sid is regarded as a 'fit' individual, both physically and mentally. Built in a similar manner to an individual who enjoys Parkour, he has significant and well defined muscles while maintaining his slender feature.

[--Hair Color and Style--]
Sid's hair is extremely long as he had little concept of what was regarded as 'practical' while incyberspace. However, it quickly became apparent that long hair was an inconvenience as a human. As a consequence, he elected to bind his hair back and as such, it is generally seen in a very loose ponytail at the nape of his neck.

His hair, while restrained, is held up by the same material that acts as his blindfold. Artistically draped and looped around the power crystals attached to the side of his head. Unusual as it might appear at first glance, it happens to be a very secure way of obscuring both his view and keeping his hair in check.

He possesses silver, almost off-white hair having failed to program a more 'realistic' and human colour.

[--Clothing Inspiration--]
A sense of common decency has yet to be instilled in Insidia and as a result, he doesn't quite grasp why a naked form is so terribly embarassing. However, following frequent arguments and an eventual threat of virus insertion (it's not as bad as it sounds, I swear) he has addressed the issue of clothing and taking up a recognisable style.

It should first be noticed that he hates shirts and finds them restrictive - for this reason, he will often appear shirtless. If he must wear something across his torso then it will generally be open and free flowing.

Pants wise, he has a preferences for thick leggings which often resemble breeches. They serve well in emphasising his form but he prefers them from a personal perspective because they give him more freedom of movement and feel like a second skin. He often tries to clarify this in the sense that they breathe more easily than thicker and more baggy materials.

He has a preference for wide belts and sarongs as well, consequently, he is often found with a large 'skirt-like' piece of clothing around the back of his legs. This is generally supported by the wide belts, aforementioned belts are generally made of old wiring as opposed to leather - a nod to his 'former existence'.

[--Other--]
Insidia lacks ears, they simply don't exist. In their place, there sit a set of five power or 'data crystals' of alternating silver, pale pink and blue. These are translucent in nature and seem to flicker with gibberish and coding from within. There are small slots of the base of each that may be used to connect this gijinka to any datastream.



Nature: Quirky
Ability: Download
"Download raises either the Attack stat or Special Attack stat by one stage depending on the foe's lowest current defensive stat (i.e. it will raise Special Attack if the foe's current Special Defense is lower than its current Defense stat). If the foe's Defense and Special Defense are equal, the Special Attack stat is increased. During a double battle, Download will add the two opposing Pokémon's stats and calculate the lower stat between both."

Skill Set:
1. Flash
"The user flashes a bright light that cuts the target's accuracy. It can also be used to illuminate caves."

2. Psychic
"The target is hit by a strong telekinetic force. It may also reduce the target's Sp. Def stat."

3. Tri-Attack
"Tri Attack does damage, and has a 20% chance of either paralyzing, freezing, or burning the target. Each ailment has about a 6.67% chance of being inflicted."

4. Gravity
"Gravity is intensified for five turns, making moves involving flying unusable and negating Levitate.

Removes Ground-type resistance. Prevents certain moves from being used. Lowers all Pokémon's evasion by two stages."

Additional Notes:
All combat specs, skills and so on have been selected from an RP perspective rather than a skill set that would befit a viable skillset in the games. Insidia's abilities are predominantly designed to act as control mechanisms or to allow him to move around in the same 'free' manner that he could in cyberspace e.g. his 'psychic' capabilities, when employed correctly, grant him the ability to telekenetically move himself for a period of time. However, unlike flying, if his concentration is broken then he cannot recover as quickly and can become seriously hurt in the process!

Insidia was not conceived through natural means, he was not born from and egg and in a general sense, he possessed no parents either. Freedom was another thing in which he was never granted, a concept that he had never been permitted to experience for the simple reason that it was impossible. Instead, the Porygon was what an individual could have claimed to be "man's greatest creation"...

In a darkened laboratory, dimly lit by the glowing light of LEDs, he had been 'conceived'. Developed by a team of scientists, they had worked day and night for weeks on end. There had been months of insomnia, weeks of anxiety and just as their efforts had seemed to be for nought, their creation had proven to be a success. It had been in the depths of this laboratory that "Porygon" had first revealed itself - a fully programmed, operational pokemon.

...It was the very first pokemon made entirely of data.

Unique.

Legendary.

It had turned out to be a complete and utter failure.

Insidia had looked impressive and had been capable of operating as a perfect computer, but its overall adaptibility and strengths were subpar. It proved useless and all the hopes and dreams that had been placed upon its crystalline shoulders were shattered. It wasn't long before Insidia was dismantled and the data (his very essence), was transferred to one of many hubs and stored. Destined to rot, it was from his place within this hub, that the Porygon was granted the opportunity to 'explore' the datastreams and the very essence of 'Cyberspace'.

It was deep within the bowels of Cyberspace that Insidia then began to change. It would be impossible to explain how this had occured, some would theorise that it was through exposure to various pieces of corrupt coding, others might argue it was through the analysis of data but regardless of how it happened, the Porygon developed conciousness. In the depths of the datastream, what had once been a programmed AI opened its eyes and saw the world for the very first time.

Unsurprisingly, the evolutionary process had occured in secret and the scientists had failed to take note, a blessing towards the Porygon, who continued to grow and develop in the shadows. With each tiny piece of data that was absorbed, Insidia seemed to comprehend far more and in the end the tides were turned.

Unbeknownst to the scientists, he began to watch them!

Over the course of the next few years, the Porygon learnt a great deal and with each passing day his conciousness developed. At first, it would have been accurate to assume that he was simply an entity capable of processing data, but it wasn't long before he drew his own conclusions and more amusingly, developed a personality. When the information within the system dried up and no additional information could be acquired from the closed network, Insidia evolved further.

He began to create experiments and every now and then, as the scientists tackled new challenges and tasks, he would throw a curve ball. Now capable of drifting through the datastreams freely, he would adjust coding, toy with the output of test results and so on... Then he would examine the consequences of his actions. Bizarrely, he had made a scientist cry at one point but he hadn't understood the importance of this emotion at the time.

Alas, it seemed that within another few years the Porygon had once again reached his limits, had learnt all that he could and as such, he was at risk of falling 'idle'. This turned out to be a blessing, as it was when he 'idled' that he began to dream. It would be accurate to assume that the dreams of a Porygon are decidedly peculiar. They are not designed to make sense to the average human and as such, any attempt to explain it in detail would be a wasted effort.

However, as time progressed and the Porygon idled much more frequently, his dreams gained much more clarity and the man-made pokemon, evolved once more. Slowly but surely he began to develop an imagination and it was in one of his most colourful dreams to date, that Insidia met Musharna. Enclosed in a grid-lined cube, the grassy meadow stretched out as far as it was permitted. The porygon had nest comfortably within the longstrands, content with its position. There had been no sounds, no disturbances and then he had come.

Pink, foreign and definitely not a program, Insidia's initial programming had stated that this individual was a 'threat' (a virus as it were) but on further analysis it was something very different...

The Musharna came with an offer, one that was not initially understood and required some 'thought' but the overall concept was intriguing. The Musharna had recognised that the Porygon was something different, it had stood out against an unusual backdrop of human dreams and as such, the Musharna had come to investigate. As Insidia's dreams had developed, so too had the Musharna's understanding of what he was.

Insidia, was a pokemon.

A real one, not just a program.

Imprisoned within Cyberspace and doomed to exist for eternity in a closed network, the Porygon was trapped. Or at least, this had been the most logical conclusion until the Musharna had made its offer. You see, according to the Musharna there was a way to be free, a way to escape the enclosed network and to enter another than would allow the Porygon to study and investigate further.

The solution? To become human.

The Musharna had been blessed with the ability to grant it to his fellow pokemon and apparently, the Porygon had revealed himself to be a suitable candidate. After much 'consideration' Insidia had accepted and the Porygon took another giant leap for both pokemon and mankind - he became a living, breathing entity of both data and flesh. It was with that leap that he given the freedom reach his full potential - an opportunity to see just how far he could evolve and what he could become.

Conceived as a mere AI and he had found conciousness, he had become a 'living' entity, and now, he had humanity too.