Fig the Girafarig [APPROVED]

[Seruta]

Girafarig

 

[Seruta]

For Certing
Username: Seruta
Nickname: Fig
Gender: Female
DEX Number: #203
Species: Girafarig
Type: Normal/Psychic
Ability: Early Bird - SLEEP conditions lasts for half as long, rounding down. For example, half of three turns is 1.5, which rounds down to one turn. When the number of turns to sleep is one, half of this rounded down is zero, and the Pokémon wakes up instantly. (Snipped from serebii.net )
Job: Artist (Currently a "starving artist" trying to get her works into Atelier Castelia) Does small sketches for tourists for an extra bit of money here and there.

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About the Character
Persionality:
Positives:
-- Friendly - Fig is a friendly and gentle soul. There's hardly anyone she would meet that she wouldn't consider a friend, or at least a pleasant acquaintance. She loves to be surrounded by people and therefore makes herself easy to approach and talk to.
-- Cheerful - Because of her friendly attitude, she's always smiling. She never sees the glass has half empty - its always at least half full. Things could always be worse, and she genuinely believes that all things happen for a good reason.
-- Respectful - Fig is always respectful to those she associates with. Even the tourists will find that she strongly believes in manners and uses them quite often. She understands that some tourists don't always know their way around and won't shun them for not getting a map. Instead, she'd politely direct them where they wish to go and will never speak an ill word to anyone should they give her a hard time.
-- Fast Learner - Whenever Fig is met with a task or even a new art technique that she has yet to use or experience, she eagerly sets her mind to the subject and learns it in almost a snap.
-- Her Tail - Though it is most often a negative, her tail does have some positive uses. Like almost any creation on the planet, Fig doesn't exactly have eyes in the back of her head. But she does have the next best thing. Her tail is her only true self-defense as it will quite often alert her if someone is too close to her backside for her own comfort. Granted, it alerts her (and the poor individual that wanders too close) by biting down on the poor guy/gal, but at least she can be guaranteed that she will never have to worry about being kidnapped or something equally scary.

Negatives:
-- Jumpy - This partly has something to do with her tail and her Day-dreaming flaw. Her tail acts solely on scent and sound and tends to react to such things with snips and bites. Whenever she goes into a day-dream or is enthralled in something that involves mainly herself and her art, she is often caught by just as much surprise as the poor victim with her tail latched to their being. She gets surprised in this way quite often and it's more often than not followed by herself apologizing repeatedly to the poor soul who had the unfortunate act of her tail's blind self-defense.
-- Day-Dreamer - A childish flaw that seems to happen far too often for poor Fig. She tends to drift off into her own little world when in the mindset of creating art and during such times she has been known to completely block out the entire world in doing so. Something could potentially blow up right beside her and she might not ever know. Her Day-dreams often consist of possible future projects, her paintings being displayed in the local museum, or a shiny new set of paints that costs more than the next months' meals combined.
-- Stubborn - Once she gets her mind set on something - whether it be a belief or an idea for an art project, she tends to stop at nothing (very politely, mind you) to finish the task, or... of course, make sure you understand her belief will stay as it is. Thus, it is probably a good idea to not toss a rumor in her direction. If given enough reason to believe such a rumor, she would believe it no matter how hard you might try to show her otherwise.
-- Perfectionist - Though this is often seen as a Positive thing, her Perfectionist streak sometimes gets the better of her. She gets rather fussy about her art if it doesn't turn out just right and has been known to fuss and fret over the piece until it is fixed. The only exceptions to this is her sketches that she does for tourists. Though she does seem a bit flustered if something isn't quite right, she reminds herself that they're only sketches. The final would surely be more impressive if she were given the opportunity to improve on them.
-- Her Tail - (Snipped from Bulbapedia.com : The rear head attacks in response to smells and sounds. Approaching this Pokémon from behind can cause the rear head to suddenly lash out and bite. While Girafarig sleeps, the head on its rear keeps watch, as it does not need to sleep. While Girafarig is eating, its tail makes chewing and swallowing motions as if it were also eating.)
Because of this, her tail often snips at anyone within range, regardless of how at ease with a person she is. This will make dating difficult, especially if the other wishes for a hug or to walk beside her with a hand about her waist. Not to mention, Dinner dates might be a little awkward with another "head" chewing in unison with her. Unlike her, it doesn't understand the methods of manners, so the chewing sounds are generally not kept in as much check as she would do.

Hobbies: Painting, drawing, sketching, or anything art related. If she can create it with her hands, she's happy.

Dislikes:
-- Rainy Days - There's nothing more sad than a day without sun.
-- Touchy people - Though she does often dream about what it would be like to be held or touched, she prefers people to not touch her - mainly for the fear of them possibly losing their fingers to her tail.
-- Excessively rude or inconsiderate people.... Who doesn't?
Likes:
-- Colors of all varieties, but she especially loves the color green.
-- Art in general. It doesn't matter if its Paint or Papier-mâché. She loves all forms.
-- Making new friends! She loves making new friends. Friends are what make the world a better place.

Roleplay Post Style:

Fig smiled as she calmly walked down the busy streets of Hiun. It was the same day to day hustle and bustle, with the same congested thrum of people rushing to and from buildings for their day to day lives.

Her bright azure eyes flicked about to the random passerbys, recalling some of them from her daily trips to the Central Core of the city. It was there that she set up her portable easel and painted, mostly projects that she created herself. But every now and then she'd welcome a sketch commission or two from a random tourist.It was an easy way to get a meal or two, at least.

Her steps brought her path down Mode Street to cross before the museum. She stopped to gaze longingly at the large structure and her arms instinctively clutched her art tote to her bosom. Her thoughts drifted to the wishy-washy visions of one of her paintings being placed upon one of the walls within, complete with the elegant red ropes and gold poles being placed in front of it to block the gazers from touching it and possibly ruining its value.

She could just see the crowds of people that would gather to marvel at her work. So vividly that she could... almost... taste the cotton jacket one man wore...?

She blinked and her glorious dreamy vision faded to the sudden realization that there was a gentleman behind her beginning to yell various profanities. She jumped in startlement at the immediate realization that that someone was being knawed upon by her tail.

"Oh My Gosh!" she gasped and instinctively swatted a hand back at her tail, forcing it to release the poor man. She swiftly pushed her art tote over her tail as a sort of shield - to keep anyone else from falling to such a fate as the man who now cradled his hand - as she wheeled about quickly on her heels. "I'm soooo sorry, Mister! I can assure you I have no control over it! I-If you like, I can escort you to the nearest First Aid station?"