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Trainer Profile
Character Name: Benjamin Hobbes Nickname: Benji Gender: Male Age: 19 Trainer Class: Cameraman
Hometown: Cascadia City, Northern Godai
Physical Description Height: 6 ft. 0in. Weight: 145lb Hair Color & Style: Dark brown, straight, and always messy, no matter how much it is combed. It is rather short. Eyes: Blue and around medium-sized. Due to the positioning of the eyebrows, the eyebrows are higher up, giving off a constant confused look. Clothing/Accessories: He is typically wearing a grey polo shirt, with a red collar, as well as khaki pants with a belt. The shirt is constantly only partly tucked in. He also wears long white socks, brown hiking shoes, and a pair of crooked, smudged glasses, giving him a very haphazard look. He tends not to give very much though to how he dresses, mixing high-class clothing and practical clothing in a way that simply looks ridiculous. For cold weather, he has a very worn corduroy jacket that has clearly been in use for years. Benjamin has a handheld camera on his person at all times, kept in a comically large backpack that also holds his editing equipment, a few spare articles of clothing, and some miscellaneous camping and hygiene items (including sunscreen for warmer seasons). General Appearance: Benjamin is young, but despite his taller frame, is not especially fit or athletic. He is rather pale, and always looks a little sunburnt, due to being indoors a lot. His face is covered with unevenly shaved stubble, and due to an old jaw injury, looks unnatural whenever he smiles or frowns. He stands constantly straight, and tends to keep his arms and hands unnaturally still while walking, a product of years of needing to keep a handheld camera steady.
Personality Personality: Benjamin is an intense, ambitious workaholic, and loves nothing more than focusing on his craft. He tends to lack in common sense when it comes to social interaction, due to spending more time with his cameras and subjects than people, but he isn’t especially shy. He just has always placed his passion for film and photography above everything else in his life. However, he is on some level aware of what he has missed out on, and is thus very desperate to try and form attachments with people he meets. Secretly, he's at his happiest when he finds somebody as interested in these topics as he is to work with, since it reminds him of his school days of working with his friends. Sadly, he simply has trouble forming anything beyond a working relationship with people, and tends to thus disproportionately magnify the few attachments he does manage to form, considering people he has just met the closest of friends. This has also resulted in him having very limited knowledge of subjects outside his field. That is to say, he knows quite a bit about filmmaking and photography, but next to nothing about anything else. He closely studies the works of the region's great creative minds, with the goal of eventually ascending to be part of that elite group himself.
While he is overall satisfied with his lot in life, he can be rather insecure about his lack of knowledge outside his specific field, and tends to act defensive when it becomes apparent. Despite this, he isn’t unfriendly, just a bit short to people interrupting his work. Heaven help anyone who decides to get between him and completing his latest project. This passion tends to carry over into many other aspects of his life, and tends to be his greatest strength. If he sets his mind on something, he will see it through to the end, no matter what happens along the way. However, this single-mindedness has also left him incredibly stubborn, and somewhat insensitive to how he comes across to others.
Overall, Ben views the world around him as either a subject to be documented or an obstacle to tackle, depending on how that particular day has been going for him, as a result of being raised to always keep his goals and career path in mind. Due to his ambition and drive, he is very desperate to create something that the world will remember, and is secretly terrified of being completely forgotten by history. As a result, he takes even the most random, minute setbacks very personally, viewing them as obstacles to his final goal. This view even informs how he interacts with other people, causing him to treat them very awkwardly at first until he figures out how to mentally categorize them, whether as obstacles, potential assistants, or something else. Those few who stick around long enough to gain his trust or gratitude, however, tend to see a more genuine side to him. Due to his ambition, nothing gets him angrier than people who he feels are overly complacent with their place in life, with no desire to move upward or learn more. Interacting with such people is one of the things that can most easily make Benjamin lose his temper.
Ethically, he places his work, the people closest to him, and himself, above everything else, in that order. Due to his ambition, he would go to ridiculous lengths in order to see his magnum opus' completion. At the same time, he can't bring himself to discard everything in order to do so, due to fond memories of his school friends and collaborators. So he walks that tightrope, trying to balance completing his work at every cost with basic human decency, wondering whether he may eventually be able to repair or regain the kind of social life he once had.
History (Childhood and Year One of Adventuring) History: Born in Cascadia City, Benjamin Hobbes gained a reputation from a very early age for being flighty, studying one subject intently for a week or two before forgetting it and moving on to another. Both of his parents were incredibly career driven, and encouraged their son to be similarly ambitious. As a result, he latched onto whatever seemed cool at the moment as a possible career path. The bookshelves in his home contained subjects ranging from religious studies to theme park design, many of them practically untouched. This also had the unintended side effect of making him friends in a variety of different places and walks of life. This changed on his thirteenth birthday. Benjamin, at that moment, was interested in film and photography. His parents, tired of Benjamin being unable to settle on anything, saw fit to get him his first camera and ordered him to work with it for at least a month before moving on. For whatever reason, this particular hobby clicked with young Benjamin, and he threw himself into the world of filmmaking and photography. For the next several years, he could be found either walking around the city with his camera or locked inside his room editing. He found that being able to so easily document the world around him held a large amount of appeal.
As the years passed, he became even more devoted to his work, rarely interacting with anything that wasn’t directly in front of his camera. It reached the point that, on several occasions, his equipment was forcibly taken away, out of fear that he was working at the expense of schoolwork or having a social life. These fears proved to only be partially prescient. While outside of certain writing and technology courses Benjamin never received the grades it was felt he was capable of, due to his single-minded devotion to his craft, he did develop a somewhat healthy social life. He had fallen out of contact with the friends he had made before beginning his work, but had also formed bonds with some of the other writing and art students, whom he often collaborated with on projects. Benjamin also found a mentor figure in the form of the elderly film teacher, who taught him many ways precise cinematography could make a movie. The two often spent time together when school had ended, debating the works of the great creative minds of cinema and photography, and discussing Benjamin's plans for the future, his ambition to make his name shine even brighter than the great minds they had discussed in class.
Shortly after he turned fifteen, Benjamin left town with his fellow students to film the area outside the city. However, he failed to realize one key factor: his fellow students were all preparing to undergo journeys on their own, and thus had pokemon with them. Benjamin, on the other hand, had taken no such step, due to how focused he was on honing his artistic capabilities. As a result, he was caught woefully unprepared when the party was attacked by a group of wild pokemon. While his friends were able to rescue him before the worst happened, he was left with severe facial and jaw injuries which still somewhat affect him years later. Despite the physical injuries mostly healing, however, he pointedly chose to remain behind in the city, even as most of his friends left to become trainers.
This status quo remained the same until his day of graduation. He was the only one out of that group of students who had remained in the city, the rest having either graduated on to higher schooling, or become trainers in previous years. After the ceremony, he had a long, frank conversation with the teacher who had taught him so much about his chosen field. She reminded Benjamin of his near religious veneration of great directors and photographers, of his boastful claims that he would one day surpass them, and bluntly asked him how he would achieve his goals by filming the same sites in the same city for the rest of his life. The day after, having made up his mind, Benjamin came to his parents with an ambitious project: a filmed documentation of the entire region. When reminded of what happened the previous time he left the city, he stated his intention to become a trainer himself, both for his own protection and to document areas accessible only to trainers. He also privately hoped that, by taking the path other trainers take throughout the region, he might one day reencounter one of his old friends. His parents, privately relieved that he was planning to step outside for an extended period of time after so long, raised no more objections, and gave him their blessing to leave on this endeavor. After gathering the appropriate supplies, he set out, camera in hand. He was then turned around just outside the city, having been suddenly reminded by a police officer just outside that people weren't allowed to just wander off as trainers all willy nilly. After an additional few weeks of work, he finally became an official trainer, and set off to truly begin his journey.
Right before he left, he met with his old teacher and mentor one last time. She wished him the best of luck, and pressed a pokeball into his hands as a parting gift. When he pressed the button, a wooper hopped out and fell in line alongside him. He nodded in thanks at the gift and set out, finally ready to see the world outside the city's boundaries.
Over the next year, he wandered around Northern and Eastern Godai, questioning his original goal more and more as time went on. Chance encounters at Lumina Bridge, Wisteur Town, Kotoba City, and Acrelea Valley left him even more shaken with his choices, and just how much he may have lost as a result of his singleminded ambition, and questioning just what he should do with his life and skills.
Inventory
Total Dians: 11,439
Medicines  2x Antidote  2x Burn Heal  2x Paralyze Heal  3x Revive  4x Potion  1x Super Potion  1x Full Heal  x1 Revival Herb
Berries  1x Oran Berry  1x Persim Berry  1x Leppa Berry
Capture Items  1x Green Apricorn  1x Yellow Apricorn  2x Ultra Ball
Held Items  1x Razor Claw  1x Rocky Helmet
Other Items  1x Super Repel  1x Repel  x1 Rare Candy  1x Shiny Stone  1x Subway Ticket Anywhere
Key Items  PokéDex 1.1 Continuous Happiness Multiplier  Lucky Egg  Journal  Vehicle  Holocaster
Trainer Advancement
Advancement Points: 125
Tier 0: - Technology Buff: (1/25) - To Be The Best (5/15) - Gift Giving (3/20) - Oooh, Shiny (6/30) - Silver Tongue (4/15) - Maternal Instincts (7/20)
Tier 1 - TLC (7/25) - Making Friends (12/15) - Nursing (10/15) - Seeing the Sights (0/15)
Pokemon Total EXP Gained: 275
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 Quagsire Caught at Level 5
Personality Man, this little guy has been super inquisitive, practically since the moment he hatched. This curious little fellow was first picked up by Benjamin's teacher while she was out at Serenity Lake, after he just had to peek out from the lake to check out the strange new arrivals. From there, he simps rolled around her classes, bored out of his skull, until she finally passed him onto a student who might be able to sate his exploratory itch. Thus far, he has acted as one of Benjamin's most stalwart companions, serving as his anchor to his old life in Cascadia, and constantly encouraging his more innocent, curious side.
Nickname: J.C. Gender: Male Type: Water/Ground Ability: Water Absorb Height: 4'07" Weight: 165.3 lbs Health: Above Average EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (96/108) EXP Gained: 89 Level: 20 Division: D5 Total Stats: 280
- Attack: 62 (22%)
- Defense: 70 (25%)
- Sp. Attack: 60
- Sp. Defense: 48
- Speed: 40
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Tail Whip 1. Water Gun 5. Mud Sport 9. Mud Shot 15. Slam 19. Mud Bomb Unique Moves: - - - - Item: |
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 Espurr Caught at Level 5
Personality When first picked up by Benjamin at Djengati Monastery, this guy was pretty much a loner, wandering around and startling any hapless Pokemon or trainers he could find. All that changed once he was thrust into the life of a trainer's companion, however. While he occasionally seems to miss how things were before, he has adapted quite well to his new role, becoming very protective of his adopted family. Anyone who does something to hurt Benjamin or his team will likely remain on this Espurr's enemy list for a very long time, no matter what they do to make up for it.
Nickname: Alfred Gender: Male Type: Psychic Ability: Keen Eye Height: 1'0" Weight: 7.7 lbs Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (116/121) EXP Gained: 109 Level: 21 Division: D7 Total Stats: 252
- Attack: 45 (18%)
- Defense: 41
- Sp. Attack: 65
- Sp. Defense: 43
- Speed: 58 (23%)
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Scratch 1. Leer 5. Covet 9. Confusion 13. Light Screen 17. Psybeam 19. Fake Out Unique Moves: - - - - Item: |
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 Spinda Caught at Level 7
Personality If J.C. is the team's wayward child, and Alfred is the overprotective father, then Maria is undoubtedly the doting mother. She enjoys nothing more than assisting her teammates with whatever scrapes they may have gotten in their latest adventure, and doing her best to comfort them when things seem rough, despite the occasional mishap from her clumsiness. All part of a day's work ,right?
Nickname: Maria Gender: Female Type: Normal Ability: Tangled Feet Height: 3'7" Weight: 11.0 lbs Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Fast EXP Gauge: (79/87) EXP Gained: 68 Level: 20 Division: D9 Total Stats: 200
- Attack: 44
- Defense: 40
- Sp. Attack: 40
- Sp. Defense: 40
- Speed: 36
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Tackle 5. Copycat 10. Feint Attack 14. Psybeam 19. Hypnosis Unique Moves: - Wish (Egg Move) - - - Item: |
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 Roselia Caught at Level 19
Personality When you picture a Roselia, you imagine a chirpy elegant pokemon - this is definitely not the case here! She's always had to fend for herself since being a Budew from the egg, and that's caused her to view everyone as a predator. That said, that doesn't mean she can't be tamed or tricked into being friendly with a little bit food for persuasion, as Benjamin learned while in Skytouch. Now she has to adjust to being a member of a proper team, with Maria serving as her only reminder of her home in Skytouch.
Nickname: Sofia Gender: Female Type: Grass/Poison Ability: Poison Point Height: 1’0” Weight: 4.4 lbs Health: Low EXP Rate: Medium Slow EXP Gauge: 71/81 EXP Gained: 9 Level: 20 Division: D6 Total Stats: 260
- Attack: 43
- Defense: 63
- Sp. Attack: 78 (30%)
- Sp. Defense: 65 (25%)
- Speed: 11
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Absorb 4. Growth 7. Poison Sting 10. Stun Spore 13. Mega Drain 16. Leech Seed 19. Magical Leaf Unique Moves: - Extrasensory (Egg Move) - - - Item: Amulet Coin |
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 Pumpkaboo Caught at Level 21
Personality Ever heard of personal space? This guy sure hasn't. He's as curious as they come, but he's not afraid to get up close and personal. He's more than happy to spend five minutes just pressed against things until he's taken in every detail with all of his senses. Now he's jumping at the chance to go around and take in as much as he possibly can.
Nickname: Julian Gender: Male Type: Ghost/Grass Ability: Frisk Height: 2’07” Weight: 33.1 lbs Health: Low EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: 108/121 EXP Gained: 0 Level: 21 Division: D8 Total Stats: 231
- Attack: 61 (26%)
- Defense: 53 (23%)
- Sp. Attack: 34
- Sp. Defense: 43
- Speed: 40
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Trick 1. Astonish 1. Confuse Ray 4. Scary Face 11. Worry Seed 16. Razor Leaf 20. Leech Seed Unique Moves: -Disable (Egg Move) - - - Item: |
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 Tyrogue Hatched at Level 1
Personality Hasn't hatched IC yet, will determine then. Nickname: N/A (will determine when hatched IC) Gender: Female Type: Fighting Ability: Guts Height: 2’ 4” Weight: 46.3 lbs Health: Scrawny EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: 1/2 EXP Gained: 0 Level: 1 Division: D10 Total Stats: 9
- Attack: 2
- Defense: 2
- Sp. Attack: 2
- Sp. Defense: 2
- Speed: 1
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset: 1. Fake Out 1. Foresight 1. Helping Hand 1. Tackle Unique Moves: - - - - Item: |
PC Box: Stored Pokemon | Pokemon |
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 Shuckle Caught at Level 24Personality For a guy who is stereotypically slow, he's full of beans! Although he is pretty slow, he always seems to be on the move! Despite this, he's actually quite shy and isn't too sure what to do when he meets a new person, so he ends up hiding inside his shell! Nickname: Kellam Gender: Male Type: Bug / Rock Ability: Sturdy Height: 2’0” Weight: 44.5 lb Health: Weak EXP Rate: Medium Slow EXP Gauge: (118/133) EXP Gained: 0 Level: 24 Division: D4 Total Stats: 360
- Attack: 30
- Defense: 158 (44%)
- Sp. Attack: 3
- Sp. Defense: 158 (44%)
- Speed: 11
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset:
1. Bide 1. Constrict 1. Withdraw 1. Rollout 5. Encore 9. Wrap 12. Struggle Bug 16. Safeguard 20. Rest 23. Rock Throw
Unique Moves: - Rock Blast (Egg Move) |
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 Castform Caught at Level 20Personality Holy wow, this guy is ridiculously curious. So curious in fact that he doesn’t understand personal space. He believes that he’s the most loving Castform in the valley and while his intentions are always innocent and never cruel, others can be quite skeptical and that tends to leads to some unfortunate times. What makes things worse is the constant smirk on his face as well. It’s a curse really and it’s because of that naughty look that no one trusts him and now he’s all alone. Boo.
Nickname: Henry Gender: Male Type: Normal Ability: Forecast Height: 1’0” Weight: 1.8 lb Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Medium Fast EXP Gauge: (96/108) EXP Gained: 0 Level: 20 Division: D8 Total Stats: 220
- Attack: 44
- Defense: 46
- Sp. Attack: 40
- Sp. Defense: 46
- Speed: 44
Vitamins Used: None
| Moveset:
1. Tackle 10. Ember 10. Powder Snow 10. Water Gun 15. Headbutt 20. Hail 20. Rain Dance 20. Sunny Day
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Journal
Adventure Log Running In Place - [+] 4 EXP,  289, 5 AP (Making Friends: 4, Technology Buff: 1), [-] 1 Pokeball, [+] 1 TM094 Bullet Seed, [+] 1 Espurr Found Footage - [+] 9 EXP,  312, 8 AP (To Be The Best: 2, Nursing: 3, TLC: 3) A Matter of Perspective - [+] 6 EXP,  483,+ 12 AP (Making Friends: 1, Gift Giving: 1, TLC: 9, Oooh Shiny: 1) [+] 1 Amulet Coin Delimas 2015~![+] 4 EXP,  [-] 2000, [+] 0 AP, [+] 1 Burn Heal, [+] 1 Antidote, [+] 2 Paralyze Heal, [+] 2 Revive, [+] 2 Potion, [+] 1 Oran Berry, [+] 1 Leppa Berry, [+] 1 Persim Berry, [+] 2 Cheap EXP Cookies (both given to J.C.) The Long and Winding Road [+] 28 EXP, [+]  1772, [+] 19 AP (Making Friends: 1, To Be The Best: 2, Nursing: 1, Silver Tongue: 1, Gift Giving: 2, TLC: 9, Oooh, Shiny: 3) A Day In the Life - [+] 25 EXP, [+]  3692, [+] 16 AP (Seeing The Sights: 3, To Be The Best: 1, Making Friends: 4, TLC: 6, Oooh Shiny: 2), [-] 1 Pokeball, [+] 1 Spinda, [+] 1 Razor Claw The Weight - [+] 59 EXP, [+]  9482, [+] 7 AP (Making Friends: 2, Seeing the Sights: 2, Nursing: 1, Maternal Instincts: 2), [+] 1 D9 Egg (Tyrogue) Winter Event Let's Go Shopping! -  14,300, [-] 3x Pokeballs, [+] 1x Item Finder App, [+] 1x Pokewav App, [+] 2x Super Repels, [+] 1x Repel, [+] 2x Ultra Balls, [+] 2x Great Balls Something's Gotta Give - [+] 90 EXP (Wooper (JC) received 30 EXP, Alfred (Espurr) received 42 EXP, Maria (Spinda) received 18 EXP), [+]  17,926, [+] 31 AP (Seeing the Sights: 5, Making Friends: 10, Nursing: 11, Parental Instincts: 5), [+] 2x Great Balls (TAT), [-] 2x Great Balls, [+] 1 Potion (TAT), [-] 1 Revive, [+] 1 Revival Herb, [+] 1 Rare Candy, [+] 1 Roselia, [+] 1 Pumpkaboo. Yo Silent Grab yer Shuckle – [+] 1 Shuckle, [-]  300 Delimas 2016~! – [-] 17500 *dian*, [+] 1 Rocky Helmet, [+] 1 Vehicle, [+] 1 Shiny Stone, [+] 1 Full Heal, [+] 2 Revive, [+] 1 Potion, [+] 1 Super Potion, [+] 1 Antidote, [+] 1 Burn Heal, [+] 1 Great Ball, [+] 1 Super Repel, [+] 1 Green Apricorn, [+] 1 Yellow Apricorn Float On - [+] 50 EXP, [+]  11083, [+] 27 (5 Seeing the Sights, 5 Making Friends, 3 Silver Tongue, 9 Nursing) AP, [+] 1 Castform, [+] 1 Tyrogue, [+] 1 Lucky Egg [-] 1 Great Ball, [-1] Super Repel, [+] 1 Subway Ticket Anywhere Taking a Drive, - [-]  200, [+] Vehicle Upkeep Yo Bones Grab Your Great Ball -  -  300, [-] 3 Great Balls
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