♥ Sterling Cricket ♥
Currently: 0/3 in progress RP
Currently: 0/3 in progress RP
Profession: Healer + Watcher.
Hometown: Katarina, Zatao.
Current Residence: Katarina.
Gender: Male.
Age: 17.
Appearance: Sterling is tall and almost startling thin and pale, with soft dark brown hair and blue eyes. As time goes on and he gets stronger, he will begin to look a bit more healthy - right now he's feeling rather worn. When he goes out on the plains, he is very careful with his sunscreen, so he hasn't really gotten tan from his adventures out there. His clothes are meant to be comfortable and functional, though they are very well worn; he can usually be caught wearing cargo pants or basketball shorts with a loose t-shirt.
Personality: As the first child born into the Cricket family, Sterling has watched his brother and sisters grow up, and has helped them along the way. Though he can appear rather gruff and quiet, he is always watching for their needs and providing for them when they need it, and has been known to silently put a plate of food in front of one of them when they begin to get grumpy. Sterling dropped out of school at sixteen, when he became old enough to hold down a steady job, so he could take care of his family. His day runs from three in the morning to eight in the evening, when he puts the twins to sleep before their mother gets home; his shift at the fast food place is from four to noon. He has become an accomplished cook over the years, since eventually, his siblings began to demand more than a mac and cheese and sandwich diet. The only thing he refuses to cook is seafood, as he hates the way it smells - and smells up the house.
Sterling has always loved pokemon and the many gifts they bring to the world, but has never seen himself as having time to pursue a career as a trainer or anything else. For a long time, his siblings were too young to take care of themselves while their mother was at work, so Sterling stepped in to help them after school. He has a few free hours every day before they get home from school, and during that time, he reads about pokemon and goes out to look at them on the plains. Because he has helped raise four younger siblings and tended their wounds (sometimes from each other) over the years, Sterling has a bit of medical experience and knows a few quick household remedies. When he goes out into the plains, he's learned to carry water and corn starch with him to rehydrate pokemon hurt in battle and stop bleeding from their wounds. Wild pokemon, when he can get them to trust him for a moment, are his most frequent patients, but occasionally he'll stumble across a trainer with hurt pokemon.
Overall, Sterling is a deeply caring person who often hides and is discreet about his opinions in favor of helping others with their immediate problems, rather than judging them for whatever it is they've done. If asked (or furious) about a situation, he may give advice about how to prevent another possibly dangerous or aggravated situation in the future (for example, he would tell someone to carry some easy medical supplies on them if they're going to battle their pokemon down to nothing). He's a problem solver, but sometimes his logic can be flawed. He has some omnipresent inner turmoil about his decision for family over school and has tried to continue his studies of pokemon in his free time, but things like complicated math (beyond basic algebra) and essay-writing have fallen to the wayside. A man of actions rather than words, Sterling is more grown up than most seventeen year olds, and honestly, wouldn't trade his family for the world... But he's beginning to see that he needs to let them grow up, too. He can't take care of them forever - after all, his younger brother is already a gym leader. Maybe it's time that Sterling looks to his own future.
Goals: Having only read about most pokemon, Sterling wants to see them with his own eyes. Deep in the back of his mind, there is an inkling of someday being a Pokemon Researcher, but he hasn't thought that far into the future yet. For now, he wants to see pokemon and learn from them, build close relationships with them. Sometimes he dreams of having a small herd of equid and deer-like pokemon, but those are mostly idle thoughts... However, when his brother sent home pictures of a Deerling, he couldn't hide his affection for it, even though it wasn't his. He's enjoyed watching it change through the seasons and evolve.
History: Sterling grew up with a large family in a tiny house - his brother, Lyle, and three sisters, as well as their mother, all crammed into a small apartment.
Gym Trainer: Sterling became a gym trainer so he could begin his own life and so that he wouldn't be as much as a strain on the household income. He now lives in the Katarina Gym's dorms, in the northeast bedroom. He cooks for the trainers there, but still keeps his job, despite being provided for and earning money through trainer battles. He has kept it so he can help support his mother and sisters, and so hopefully they can afford more and better things. He's available for trainer battles from one in the afternoon until five.
Roleplays:
META/ORP
PRP/SRP
Activity: Created | Registered.
Relationships:
Lyle Cricket: Brother.
Wardrobe & Images:
Equipment: Enough for a day pack - sunscreen, food, healing potions and berries, homemade remedies, several bottles of water.
Progress Toward Pokemon Veterinarian + Pokemon Researcher:
Fifty Pokemon:
Healing Interactions:
Miscellany:
