Lili, Backpacker

[badgerblade]

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=width,414,btable][cs=2] NOX : LILI JONES There is only one thing one can be certain of in these vile and grime times of war. And that is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster will always come out victorious! Repent, all thee vile unbelievers! *evil cackle*
[cs=2] [style=text-align: center; font-family: open sans condensed; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: solid 2px #222222; margin-bottom: 4px; text-transform: center;]NAME Lili's full name is Liliana Jones, which she doesn't use. Why? because it's a pun on Indiana Jones. Yes, she was named after a fictional movie character. No, she is not amused. BACKGROUND The first real memories that Lili have of her parents was from the time of their divorce. Screaming, shouting, her mom giving her a long hug before stepping out of the front door only to not come back. Her father it took it surprisingly calmly, and his presence made the transition from two to one parents a swift and relatively painless one - living with that guy was definitely weird enough to fill the quota of two people. Evan Jones was a colorful, high-spirited and whimsical individual who somehow managed to support himself, a kid and countless stray pokemon on the meager paycheck of a script writer. A devote follower of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, he was adamant on teaching his daughter to not take life so Mew damned seriously and he succeeded - he was a - or more accurately the - driving force in her life from the moment her mom left the household, right until the moment of his death and even after that. He was not the perfect parent, but to Lili he was pretty much everything. He taught her her silly love for being alive, and as every responsible parent he kicked her out of the house on her 12'th birthday so that she could start her own brand new and TOTALLY dope pokemon journey... (well, in the defense of parents everywhere, the roads were considerably safer back in them days...) She had no desire to catch them all or become the very best (that no one ever was! Dun dun, dundun!). She found new friends in the pokemon she caught on the roads and got them to a high enough level where she could support them on the battle money, but that was about the height of her aspirations. She picked up the backpacker lifestyle instead, motivated by sightseeing and travel more than anything else. years passed, and eventually the news of Lux surfaced in the media. Very quickly, Lili's father began to sympathize with Nox's cause. Not because he was against the idea of working against the criminal teams that plagued the regions - heck, team Galactic had been a serious pain in his butt! But he was against the oppression, everything that Lux eventually came to stand for. Not realizing it would be his death, the honest man voiced his opinion about Lux before people had begun to figure out that doing so was a truly bad idea. Evan was among he people who disappeared, quietly, and one day Lili returned to her hometown Snowpoint just to realize that it was up for sale and that all their stuff had been sold and shipped away. She spent the following years in Unova, thinking she could somehow continue her carefree lifestyle somewhere far away from the battles and the needless killing. However, when a newspaper revealed the assassination of the pro-peace Professor Juniper, she realized that Unova was unlikely to remain a political free-zone much longer. She was nineteen years by now, and that was old enough to pull her thumb out of her behind and at least try and do something of use. And really, there was this tiny, annoying presence in the back of her mind that wouldn't let the issue rest. It poked at her with a stick. And it felt suspiciously like her father, when he was feeling extra whimsical. It politely pointed out that her dad had not been shot - or starved to death in the Kanto concentration camp for all she know - just so she could roll over on her back and play dead in face of all this f*cking bullshit. Fight the Lux. Do it. Do it for the Flying Spaghetti Monster. OCCUPATION Backpacker. Lili have no true occupation or employment, but have taken enough odd jobs to be an able jack-of-all-trades. She's got some skill in mechanics, boat manners, cooking, wilderness survival and most things connected to pokemon. What she can't do, she can usually learn. ALLEGIANCE While Lili sympathized with Lux's idea in the beginning, she quickly became unable to sympathize with their methods. She wasn't a fan of the crime syndicates either, but while Team Galactic was an eyesore, Lux literally came to her city and begun murdering people. Though she just wish that the war could be over and the killing would stop, Lili fight for Nox. TRAITS [/style]
[atrb=valign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,207] POSITIVE TRAITS: ▪ Ever the optimist ▪ Patient ▪ Passionate ▪ Honest ▪ Level-headed ▪ Have a whimsical sense of humor	[atrb=valign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,207] NEGATIVE TRAITS: ▪ Blunt ▪ Headstrong and insanely stubborn ▪ Bad with authorities ▪ Too good at ignoring her own emotions ▪ Stingy ▪ Can be rather insensitive
[atrb=valign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,207] LIKES: ▪ Old-school rock music ▪ Silly, whimsical things ▪ Ungulates - she is especially fond of pigs ▪ Engines ▪ Silence (though only outdoors) ▪ Poking fun at people who denies the OBVIOUS existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. ▪ Campfires ▪ Pirates	[atrb=valign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,207] DISLIKES: ▪ Being confined indoors ▪ The stupid war. ▪ People making puns about her full name sounding like 'Indiana Jones'. She, like, KNOWS it already. SERIOUSLY. ▪ Senseless violence ▪ Sourly serious people ▪ Hip hop music ▪ School-like settings ▪ Stupid people
[cs=2] SECRETS:

▪ Not really a secret, but Lili have a large tattoo of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on her back. It's in memory of her dad who loved the damn, creepy pasta thing, and is a reminder to always look at the light side of life.
▪ She have a crippling fear of thunderstorms, which she is kind of ashamed of.
▪ She knows she's way to naive to delve into the war business, but she's fairly good at covering that up.
▪ Lili believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is every as (in)credible as any other god out there, and she claim to be a true Pastafarian. Whether this is true, or if she is just messing with people, remain to be revealed. But she does love messing with people this way. She especially love trolling the seriously religious folks.
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POKEMON

[classy=mons][classy=moves]BUSTER
Moves: Roar, Magnitude, Heat Crash, Hammer Arm
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]MOOMIN
Moves: Milk Drink, Heal Bell, Body Slam, Stealth Rock
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]WILBUR
Moves: Psychic, Confuse Ray, Odor Sleuth, Power Gem
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]RACKHAM
Moves: Earthquake, Ice Fang, Thrash, Ancientpower
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]MAD FRODO
Moves: Thunderpunch, Firepunch, Light Screen, Thunderwave
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]THE STUPID PINK OTTER THING
Moves: Heal pulse, Aqua Tail, Psychic, Amnesia
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]ICHABOD
Moves: Hypnosis, Hyper voice, Bubble beam, body slam
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]BELLAMY
Moves: Acrobatics, Swords Dance, Poison Jab, U-Turn
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]SAMWISE
Moves: Horn Leech, mega Horn, Bounce, Nature Power
[/classy][/classy][classy=mons][classy=moves]SCALLYWAGGER
Moves:
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ZILCH AND NADA

[b]Original art[/b], made by Badgerblade and part of LiliJones for PRE.

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[badgerblade]

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[atrb=style,padding: 0 10 20 10][atrb=style,border-bottom:#222222 4px solid] Lili stared bleakly at the contents of her breakfast bowl and realized that, even though she knew she should eat something, she was just not hungry. The cereals were cheap and probably just as nutrient-dense as a flat fucking rice cake, but she would usually eat it with an appetite, because they were offered for free and Lili just didn't say no to free food. Right now, though, she felt like a wreck. Like there was something seriously unpleasant crawling through her veins and itching inside her bones, making her fingers twitch and her stomach curl in a wave of nausea. She imagined maggots. "... I've been having some seriously weird dreams, lately, Wilbur." she forced herself to say, and realized that her voice sounded weak. But she needed to say something, anything, and she was grateful that her Grumpig was the only one keeping her company now. He wasn't going to stutter propaganda at her to try and convince her that one cause or the other was right. Wilbur peered over the edge of his owl cereal bowl, the contents of which he had been devouring rather loudly. He placed the bowl down on the table. Grumpigs were totally underrated as therapy pokemon, Lili thought. Wilburs eyes were calm and thoughtful as he looked at his trainer, and Lili felt some relief at the sight of her familiar old chum. "... Grumrumpig?" he asked, though whatever he said was of course lost in translation. "Weirdest thing ever." Lili continued and stared emptily at - not at her pokemon, she realized. But at the space where he was sitting. "Two nights in a row now. Totally vivid. And - all I can see in them is dead people on the concrete. In piles. Everywhere. And -...." she paused and pondered for a moment on what it was she really wanted to ask. She didn't really want to ask, because she was worried that if she genuinely asked herself, she would reach the conclusion that she should not be here, sitting in a safehouse of the Nox, stepping into a world she would inevitably regret entering. "Wilbur. Do you think I am doing the right thing?" "Grumrumrumpig?" he answered with a shrug. He then made a motion towards Lilis' unfinished cereal bowl. He made a happy noise when she pushed it towards him. It was with his dark thoughtful eyes that he looked at his trainer as he picked it up - he smiled, and nodded decisively before attacking the cereals with a series of slurping and kinda disgusting noises. Lili stroke the back of her head and let her fingers run through her short, black hair. Well, she hadn't expected that asking Wilbur would suddenly make her make up her mind. But she thought this was doing the right thing. Maybe the nervousness was just a given - yes, she thought, she figured that it should be. She had already decided that Nox was a cause worth sacrificing her - their - safety for, and this was no good opportunity to get cold feet about it. She moved her gaze to the many posters that adorned the walls, and saw the faces of Lux authority stare down at her. Several of them had silly little mustaches that she was pretty certain they did not have in real life, and it made her feel a little better. She sighed heavily as she waited for Wilbur to finish her breakfast. This was going to be a very long day.

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[Shale ♠]

PENDING

Hey-o, looking good overall, but we've got a few things that will need altering/clearing up before I can accept Lili 'into the fold,' as it were.

Face Claim: See that section you left empty at the bottom? You'll need to fill it out. Also, you appear to be trying to use Izaya Orihara from Durarara! as your claim (though I could be wrong). If this is the case you'll need to find someone else, as Izaya is already being used. If not, you're good to go.

Age: Though I see references to her doing things at specific ages, I don't see her current age anywhere.

Icons: The icons in your header/picture area are to be 100x100 (4 identical ones). If you could find icons in the proper size, it'd be much appreciated.

Moves: You need to remove the (up to four moves) bit at the end of each pokemon's move section. Also note that TM moves are banned for new characters, you may only have an egg move or a tutor move. I'm going to give you a chance to go through and mess with your move sets a bit before taking another look at them.

The only other things I'd suggest is that you go back and check your grammar a tad (especially in the secrets section of the app.

Let me know when you've made the appropriate changes and I'll come take another look at your app.

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[badgerblade]

Holy Jesus Christ, your app is bloody overkill TT_TT My computer hates all the codes. Hates them. It won't even let me know if it looks correct right now, but I THINK it should be ok... let me know if anything is off.

As for the grammar mistakes, I'd love it if you could point out the remaining ones. English is my secondary language, so I might have missed some. Never had anyone complain about it for years, but you never know.

Also, just to clarify about the art - the updated version is my stuff that's how much I hate looking for random pictures at the internet, yo, and it ain't part of any fandom or anything. I edited the form on the bottom to accommodate for this, but tell me if I should change it to something else.

[The Crash Man Ω]

PENDING

Still a few moveset problems, namely Stone Edge on Piloswine, Swords Dance on Sawsbuck, and Substitute on Gliscor. Also, both Brave Bird and Close Combat are tutor/egg moves for Honchcrow, please pick one of the two.

Your coding ruptured a bit in the Secrets and Pokemon sections. If you could fix that it'd be great, but if not I can wrangle up a coder to help you out.

Just handle that and you'll be good to go!

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[badgerblade]

*whistles innocently* Well, that's a whole lot of super silly mistakes I'm just going to pretend never happened. It makes me wonder if you have all the movesets for pokemon in your head, or if you have to check them all...

[lou]

ACCEPTED

Welcome to the War.

Please:
1. modify your profile to link your profile in your signature
2. update the player directory
3. add your character to the LUX/NOX roster
4. start plotting!