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I really had no idea what category to use. Stupid categories.

ANYWAY YEAH. I've been so hopelessly hooked on Pokemon lately and then I SAW THIS AND COULDN'T RESIST.
Don't judge me.

This thing took sooooo looooong and now I'm terrified to submit it. XD
I went through like four different character designs/concepts before I finally settled on this. I kind of wanted to play a male character because there are already so many female contestants, but I actually settled the pokemon lineup BEFORE the character and couldn't really think of a guy who would have a team like this. Ho hum.

ANYWAY you guys don't care about that. CHARACTER INFO TIEM.

First off, accessories:
In The Bag
Heal Ball x 10
Super Potion x 15
Max Potion x 3
She travels light.

The Necklace
Alice's necklace is basically just a cord with some magnets tied to it. She attached a small magnet to each pokeball as well, so that she could wear them around her neck rather than keeping them in her bag or on a belt. (Why? ... who knows.)

Alice Langlais
Alice has been around pokemon all her life, her parents being well-known breeders. However, for many years she had no great love for them, mainly because her family's star pokemon was a somewhat brutish Houndoom that always picked on her. However, when she was 14 she ended up having to raise an "imperfect" young Houndour all on her own (more on that later), and reluctantly developed more of an appreciation for raising pokemon in general. However, she had no interest whatsoever in breeding, and set out instead to be a trainer, as so many young people do. Stemming from her experience with raising the Houndour, Alice made it her goal to build a team only of pokemon that were unusual in some way. (what a rebel she is.)

Despite Alice's efforts to maintain a sort of cool and aloof persona, she has a tendency toward fits of geekiness and can get overly excited about almost any book, movie, TV show, video game, etc. that is even marginally interesting. She habitually teases people although she's not mean-spirited, and she doesn't understand when people can't "go along with it." She cares for her whole team dearly and is fiercely protective of them and their imperfections.

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Hund
Male Houndoom
Bold nature
Hund was a puppy bred by Alice's parents, but they decided he probably wouldn't be very good in contests because he "wasn't black enough," so they never gave him much attention. Alice, despite her usual apprehension toward the family's pokemon, discovered a soft spot for the rejected pup. She would sneak him extra food, groom and pet him when they were alone, and over all gave him the same treatment any of the other pedigree pokemon got, until he grew into a strong Houndour with a glistening grey-ish coat. Despite the improvements her parents were not impressed and were discussing letting him loose in the wild, at which point Alice decided quite promptly that she would keep him herself, continue to raise him, and above all, leave home.
Hund is an eager and energetic fighter, and an excellent guard dog. He spends almost no time in his pokeball, preferring to stay right at Alice's side. Hund is fairly apathetic toward the other members of the team-- except for Ragnar, who he considers something of a friend despite the fact they don't obviously have anything in common.

Qazvin
Male Vaporeon
Lax nature
Alice came into possession of Qazvin as an Eevee early in her travels, simply by happening across another trainer who was trying to get rid of him. Although there was nothing obviously unusual about him, Alice offered to trade for him simply because she knew Eevees were popular, handy to have on a trainer's team, and also awfully cute. However, when setting out to train the little Eevee, she quickly learned that he did, in fact, have something of a defect. The little guy was none too intelligent and didn't seem to pick up on anything quickly. However, this only endeared him to Alice more, and she became determined to make him an effective member of the team.
(That's not a curious look. It's just a blank stare.) Although he's made great strides through his training, Qazvin is still pretty grip-less and easily confused. He can easily be out-maneuvered in a fight, which is why he's been equipped with abilities that don't require too much aim. Despite his lack of battle prowess (or possibly because of it) Qazvin is extremely friendly, loves to be treated like a housepet, and is pretty much everybody's best friend.

Pele
Female Ninetales
Impish nature
Alice encountered Pele as a Vulpix while traveling with a friend, and was immediately enamored of her (Vulpix's) oddly pale coloring. With Qazvin's help she captured Pele easily, making her a permanent part of the team. When Pele was evolved into a Ninetales, she seemed to retain some of her prior coloring, further ensuring her place in Alice's band of misfits. (Very exciting story.)
Pele is a very mischievous creature who hardly lives up to the noble reputation of her species. She loves to play tricks on just about anyone, and is not above implicating the nearest innocent bystander to avoid getting in any trouble. Although she is loyal to Alice, she is not always completely obedient.

Cornebre
Male Murkrow
Modest nature
Alice encountered Cornebre during a brief return trip to Eterna. At first, despite his coloring, she had no interest in a Murkrow. However, when it occurred to her how far she had to travel to reach her next destination, and how convenient it would be to have someone who could fly her there, she changed her mind. Cornebre seemed to be counting on this, and had been hanging around conspicuously, so catching him was no trouble at all.
Cornebre is a calm and unexcitable character. He takes everything in stride and observes the world with a constant mildly disapproving expression. The other members of the team tend to give him a wide berth, although Pele dares to pick on him just a little more than she does on the others.

Licht
Female Luxray
Sassy nature
Licht was the only current member of Alice's team who actually put up a considerable fight before being caught. Despite being only a fat little Shinx, she had already perfected the holier-than-thou attitude that she still maintains. However, Alice was bound and determined to catch the lovely and overly-blue creature, and was ultimately successful.
While Licht happily takes advantage of the warm indoors and ample food offered by Alice, she continues to be withdrawn and somewhat difficult. She and Pele are constantly at odds for any variety of reasons, and she regards Alice's more loyal pokemon (that is, Hund and Qazvin), with obvious disdain.

Ragnar
Male Purugly
Adamant nature
While living in Sunyshore briefly, Alice received a shiny Glameow from a boyfriend there, because he thought she should have some "nicer looking" pokemon. The relationship didn't last very long, but she kept and raised the Glameow because he was cute. When he evolved into a Purugly Alice was a little less enamored of him (mainly because he intimidated her), but she brought him with her to the Battle Frontier because he was one of her highest level pokemon and she needed to balance her team better.
Ragnar is a brute, plain and simple. He battles because he wants to, not because of any sort of loyalty to Alice or the team. He's easily annoyed and liable to beat other pokemon around, and, true to his species, spends a lot of time staring people down. Most of the other team members won't go near him, but he and Hund apparently have some sort of truce.

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Photoshop CS4
Lost count of the hours urgh

Description
I really had no idea what category to use. Stupid categories.

ANYWAY YEAH. I've been so hopelessly hooked on Pokemon lately and then I SAW THIS AND COULDN'T RESIST.
Don't judge me.

This thing took sooooo looooong and now I'm terrified to submit it. XD
I went through like four different character designs/concepts before I finally settled on this. I kind of wanted to play a male character because there are already so many female contestants, but I actually settled the pokemon lineup BEFORE the character and couldn't really think of a guy who would have a team like this. Ho hum.

ANYWAY you guys don't care about that. CHARACTER INFO TIEM.

First off, accessories:
In The Bag
Heal Ball x 10
Super Potion x 15
Max Potion x 3
She travels light.

The Necklace
Alice's necklace is basically just a cord with some magnets tied to it. She attached a small magnet to each pokeball as well, so that she could wear them around her neck rather than keeping them in her bag or on a belt. (Why? ... who knows.)

Alice Langlais
Alice has been around pokemon all her life, her parents being well-known breeders. However, for many years she had no great love for them, mainly because her family's star pokemon was a somewhat brutish Houndoom that always picked on her. However, when she was 14 she ended up having to raise an "imperfect" young Houndour all on her own (more on that later), and reluctantly developed more of an appreciation for raising pokemon in general. However, she had no interest whatsoever in breeding, and set out instead to be a trainer, as so many young people do. Stemming from her experience with raising the Houndour, Alice made it her goal to build a team only of pokemon that were unusual in some way. (what a rebel she is.)

Despite Alice's efforts to maintain a sort of cool and aloof persona, she has a tendency toward fits of geekiness and can get overly excited about almost any book, movie, TV show, video game, etc. that is even marginally interesting. She habitually teases people although she's not mean-spirited, and she doesn't understand when people can't "go along with it." She cares for her whole team dearly and is fiercely protective of them and their imperfections.

---

Hund
Male Houndoom
Bold nature
Hund was a puppy bred by Alice's parents, but they decided he probably wouldn't be very good in contests because he "wasn't black enough," so they never gave him much attention. Alice, despite her usual apprehension toward the family's pokemon, discovered a soft spot for the rejected pup. She would sneak him extra food, groom and pet him when they were alone, and over all gave him the same treatment any of the other pedigree pokemon got, until he grew into a strong Houndour with a glistening grey-ish coat. Despite the improvements her parents were not impressed and were discussing letting him loose in the wild, at which point Alice decided quite promptly that she would keep him herself, continue to raise him, and above all, leave home.
Hund is an eager and energetic fighter, and an excellent guard dog. He spends almost no time in his pokeball, preferring to stay right at Alice's side. Hund is fairly apathetic toward the other members of the team-- except for Ragnar, who he considers something of a friend despite the fact they don't obviously have anything in common.

Qazvin
Male Vaporeon
Lax nature
Alice came into possession of Qazvin as an Eevee early in her travels, simply by happening across another trainer who was trying to get rid of him. Although there was nothing obviously unusual about him, Alice offered to trade for him simply because she knew Eevees were popular, handy to have on a trainer's team, and also awfully cute. However, when setting out to train the little Eevee, she quickly learned that he did, in fact, have something of a defect. The little guy was none too intelligent and didn't seem to pick up on anything quickly. However, this only endeared him to Alice more, and she became determined to make him an effective member of the team.
(That's not a curious look. It's just a blank stare.) Although he's made great strides through his training, Qazvin is still pretty grip-less and easily confused. He can easily be out-maneuvered in a fight, which is why he's been equipped with abilities that don't require too much aim. Despite his lack of battle prowess (or possibly because of it) Qazvin is extremely friendly, loves to be treated like a housepet, and is pretty much everybody's best friend.

Pele
Female Ninetales
Impish nature
Alice encountered Pele as a Vulpix while traveling with a friend, and was immediately enamored of her (Vulpix's) oddly pale coloring. With Qazvin's help she captured Pele easily, making her a permanent part of the team. When Pele was evolved into a Ninetales, she seemed to retain some of her prior coloring, further ensuring her place in Alice's band of misfits. (Very exciting story.)
Pele is a very mischievous creature who hardly lives up to the noble reputation of her species. She loves to play tricks on just about anyone, and is not above implicating the nearest innocent bystander to avoid getting in any trouble. Although she is loyal to Alice, she is not always completely obedient.

Cornebre
Male Murkrow
Modest nature
Alice encountered Cornebre during a brief return trip to Eterna. At first, despite his coloring, she had no interest in a Murkrow. However, when it occurred to her how far she had to travel to reach her next destination, and how convenient it would be to have someone who could fly her there, she changed her mind. Cornebre seemed to be counting on this, and had been hanging around conspicuously, so catching him was no trouble at all.
Cornebre is a calm and unexcitable character. He takes everything in stride and observes the world with a constant mildly disapproving expression. The other members of the team tend to give him a wide berth, although Pele dares to pick on him just a little more than she does on the others.

Licht
Female Luxray
Sassy nature
Licht was the only current member of Alice's team who actually put up a considerable fight before being caught. Despite being only a fat little Shinx, she had already perfected the holier-than-thou attitude that she still maintains. However, Alice was bound and determined to catch the lovely and overly-blue creature, and was ultimately successful.
While Licht happily takes advantage of the warm indoors and ample food offered by Alice, she continues to be withdrawn and somewhat difficult. She and Pele are constantly at odds for any variety of reasons, and she regards Alice's more loyal pokemon (that is, Hund and Qazvin), with obvious disdain.

Ragnar
Male Purugly
Adamant nature
While living in Sunyshore briefly, Alice received a shiny Glameow from a boyfriend there, because he thought she should have some "nicer looking" pokemon. The relationship didn't last very long, but she kept and raised the Glameow because he was cute. When he evolved into a Purugly Alice was a little less enamored of him (mainly because he intimidated her), but she brought him with her to the Battle Frontier because he was one of her highest level pokemon and she needed to balance her team better.
Ragnar is a brute, plain and simple. He battles because he wants to, not because of any sort of loyalty to Alice or the team. He's easily annoyed and liable to beat other pokemon around, and, true to his species, spends a lot of time staring people down. Most of the other team members won't go near him, but he and Hund apparently have some sort of truce.

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Photoshop CS4
Lost count of the hours urgh