PCA-Sophomore

al-Scycura, Ibtisam "Sam"
A sixteen-year old Arabic scyther sophomore.

Her full name is properly Ibtisam al-Jamal bint Sirhan ibn Mohammed al-Khalidi ibn Aloni bint Azami al-Marwan ibn Abdullah al-Scycura...but likes to be called Sam by her friends.

She grew up in a hive made up of insect pokemorphs, where life is dominated by political jockeying and makeshift alliances and feuds between different factions and types of mon. Sam's mother, a powerful figure in the hive, arranged for her to go to the PCA. Sam, hating life in the hive, agreed to go; not intending to ever return.

A highly skilled and tenacious fighter, Sam wished to fight as an independent, but her abrasive personality and dicipline problems prompted the PCA administration to force her to join a team. She joined and was kicked off of two teams before Rene offered her a place on the team after she saved him from a bully. Sam accepted and has remained part of Team Turquoise ever since.

Sam is bisexual, something she had not realized about herself before she came to the PCA and fell for Emily Mentel of Team 16. She's a great fighter, but lackluster student. Sam also has interest in photography and works on the yearbook committee. Her likes include fighting, photography, Emily, and tormenting her team leader and good friend, Rene Vulpes. Her dislikes include academics, her mother, authority figures, and cheap clothing that her claws keep tearing.

Alexander, Karon
Karon wasn't always a well-to-do student in the PCA, in fact, she never really went to school before PCA at all. Much of her background remains a mystery. Her parents (as her grandparents recollect) were a happy couple living in Saffron City, balanced folk, with good, steady jobs, decent income, and a nice home. What happened to them is one of the biggest mysteries in Saffron's tales of crime. Police were called to the Alexander home by Karon, only 6 at the time, who found her parents dead, violently so. The initial assumption was that the parents had engaged in a domestic dispute gone horribly wrong. But because of the suddenness of their deaths, it was ruled a suspicious death.

Unfortunately, the culprits were never found, in fact, the house (who's innards were almost completely leveled by the struggle) yielded little evidence as to any possible perpetrators. Karon herself believed her parents were murdered, and ran away from home before the adoption agency could relocate her. While her whereabouts for the next 10 years remained unknown, it was said she joined one of the many gangs running amok in the Saffron slums, raised by the folks who fell under her protection. In fact, the only reason she wound up in PCA, is the fact that, after an unknown incident, she ran away from the slums, living on the road, only to be found sleeping on a park bench by her grandparents.

They were quick to take her in, and surprised to see that she was remarkably well-learned. Unfortunately, she did come back with a rather nasty temper, and a big chip on her shoulder. Many freshman in PCA (Her grandparents, having saved their money for a "rainy day" spent a siginficant chunk of it sending her there) were afraid of her, as she had a reputation for leaving bruises and broken bones, and almost was expelled for excessive violence. However, she was defeated by Riou Hotaru, as part of an agreement to join his roster. Since then, she has nothing but deep respect for her Captain, often playing the role of overprotective big sister to him. She's yet to reveal the reason for her temper, but it may relate to her sordid past.

Ardillo del Relampago, Dominic
Bring the youngest of five children, Dominic has always been looked at as the cute and adorable one, a tag he has tried his damnedest to shake. A musical prodigy, he has been playing the guitar since he was very young and like many kids his age, dreamed of making it big in a rock band. Unlike most of them however, Dominic had the talent to back up his dreams. But his dreams would change shortly before he started high school when his older sister Tessa, whom he had always been very close to, was critically injured during a routine battle at the Poke-Combat Academy.

Going to her side in the hospital, Dominic vowed to go out and fight the battles that she no longer could, giving up his own dream so that she could live hers through him. Untrained and untested in battle, he underwent rigorous training over the summer leading up to the next year, barely passing the school's entrance exams. He spent his freshman year getting a feel for things, taking his lumps, and training diligently. When his sophomore year came around he was assigned to be part of a team by the administration and made the leader only because his name came first alphabetically.

Dominic has not only greatly improved his own skills since he arrived at the academy but has managed to take a randomly thrown together group of misfits and forge them into an effective, if unorthodox team. Driven by the vow he made to the sister he loves and showing almost as much potential and talent as she did, this underrated and overlooked fighter and his team have the ability to go far.

Cooper, Jenny
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Cuneo, Raphael
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Ferrotti, Skylar
Skylar is the daughter of General Augustus Ferrotti, a high-ranking officer in the Sinnoh military. Although he was a bit disappointed at not having a son, he nonetheless raised his daughter to be the ideal soldier in order to carry on a proud family tradition. Skylar was trained in the military lifestyle virtually since she was old enough to fly, and went to the finest military preparatory schools and academies that Sinnoh had to offer, excelling in both academics and combat training.

When Skylar came of age to attend high school her father made preparations to enroll her in a proper military academy but to his surprise she protested. After nearly a decade of such schools Skylar wanted the chance to attend a normal school, to make normal friends and do the things that any ordinary girl her age would be doing. The General would have nothing of it but when Skylar's mother, who had usually remained quiet about such things, vocally sided with Skylar, the General knew that he was outnumbered.

A compromise was reached where Skylar would attend a battle academy, but not a formal military one - the Poke-Combat Academy of Higher Learning. Skylar easily aced both the academic and battle exams and backed by her prestigious family name and connections entered the academy a top prospect. However her military attitude would be shed almost as soon as she walked in the door. Finally out from under her father's oppressive wing, Skylar took to a party-girl lifestyle, eagerly making new friends and getting out in the world, counting on her past experience and skill in the arena and classroom to carry her through. Too busy having a good time her freshman year to join a team, she was assigned to one at the start of her sophomore year at her father's request.

Skylar has long been the pivotal 'mon on Team Krimson, using her skill and experience to carry the team to many of their victories. Now however the rest of the team is starting to come together and pick up the slack, becoming less and less of a one 'mon team. Although Skylar may be friendly, outgoing, and a party on wings outside the battle arena, inside of it she's all business, fighting with instincts and precision honed from years of military-grade combat training.

Gircoli, Zachary
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Gligax, Romano
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Lapries, Rahne
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Mentel, Emily
Her mother works at Nasa. Her father can sing the entire periodic Table backwards. There is no way Gregor Mendell could have figured that Emily (Abra) would be the offspring of such a pair. She is the team leader and tactician. She talks like a stereotypical Valley girl, acts like a surfbum, but has a mind that gives total credit to her heritage. Emily hardly opens her eyes completely. Nicholas saw her do it once, and the guys that caused it were never heard from since.

Moves: Mimic, Hidden Power, Teleport, Focus Punch, Grass Knot, Protect, Shock Wave, Drain Punch

Oscadreja, Neva
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Rosedale, Gavin
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Swirl, Mint
The bubbly one. Mint is kind of a dingbat. She has a heart of gold and tends to see the good in everyone and the party in every situation. She could have a good time at the dentist. Mint is a bit of a flirt and loves hugging.....and eating flowers.

Tinderland, Hannah
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Tran, Ryuen
Ryuen looks like any other normal espeon...but with one difference: He has a blue jewel. His build is quite lithe and slender; he's the personification of "bishounen". He also wears a choker with a yin-yang pendant hanging from it. Also goes by the surname of "Clyphus"

Vulpes, Reynard "Rene"
Reynard Vulpes is a sixteen year-old vulpix sophomore. He prefers to be called Rene as its a more ambigious name gender-wise. He is transgender and identifies rather fiercely with the female sex. Extremely friendly to the female population and indifferent at best to the vast majority of the male population, Rene is one of the more memorable students at the PCA. He's also infamous for his wearing of girl's underwear and has been stricken with the misfortune of losing his pants with an astonishing frequency.

Though you wouldn't know it by the way he acts, Rene is highly intelligent and an excellent student though his fighting skills as only average. Only recently--under the tutelage of friends like Sam al-Sycura, Meghan DeCinder, Tessa delRampagio, and Nicole Zuna--has he started to come into his own as a battler. His intelligence is belied by his emotional immaturity and his fondness for hugging virtually every female (plus a few select males) he meets.

Rene's much loved mother, a former athlete and model named Vera Kistunegari, has been in a coma since he was nine. He loves her deeply--the same of wihch cannot be said of his father; the two do not get along at all.

Many girls at the PCA like Rene...or at least tolerate him. He's a favorite doll, little 'sister,' pet, and friend to many of them. Something Rene enjoys immensely.

Rene also has more nicknames than any other student: Tails, Browser, Many Butts, Firefluff, Chica, Foxy, Vixen, Fuzzy-buns, Nene, Hodad, Glompasaurus, Fluffbutt, Fuzzlebum, etc.

While Rene is friendly to a lot of girls, he provokes a lot of eyerolling--or worse--among the male students, especially since he's prone to threatening the boyfriends of girls he likes and had the privelege of changing in the girls' locker room.

Rene's understanding is a bit skewed as the line between friendship and crush tends to be a bit blurry. His friendship-crushes do encompasses a large number of girls (as recorded in his Little Black Book) as well as a certain pair of British twin boys (much to their chagrin). Aside from this mother and father, Rene's only other family is his distant cousin Faith Sumisu and her family, a recent discovery.

Though he likes or crushes on a lot of girls he loves only one girl: Nicole Zuna. He loved her ever since she floored him during a battle.

Rene's likes include Nicole, his friends, his teammates, clothes shopping, reading, and his mother. His dislikes include guy-stuff, his dad, and bullies.

Rene's moves include: FRESHMAN Tail Whip Ember Captivate (yes, it works on females for him) Endure

SOPHOMORE Fire Spin Safeguard (still working on learning this one) Fire Blast Attract (admittedly this works a little different for Rene than others. It's not that girls are attracted but the effect is the same - females sometimes don't attack him when they should)

Whateley, Vanessa
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Zuna, Nicolas
As far as anyone can tell, Nicolas is about the only normal one in his group. Typical guy. Typical grades. Early on, you would never expect him to do anything extraordinary. Compared to his rambunctious sister, Nicolas was always the more level headed. When his parents signed him up for dojo classes, to keep an eye on Nicole, they never would have thought he would excel on the mat.

Nicolas became a point of interest for Master Long. He noticed that Nicolas preferred to watch his opponents and memorized their fighting techniques. Mr. Long watched the smiling boy turn matches around by just exploiting the littlest weakness.

During one competition, Nicolas was the last one to fight. While he was waiting, he found a sharpie and began to scribble in his hand. By the time his match was to begin, his left arm was covered in lines, names of cute girls, silly faces, and such. He won the match in three hits. Nicolas took it as a sign, and to this day continues to enter battle with some tribal design surrounding his arm.

Moves: Quick Attack, Horn Drill, Poison Sting, Pin Missle, Double Kick, Helping Hand, Fury Attack, Toxic

Zuna, Nicole
One of the guys. Nicole has always been one of the guys. Playing in mud, chasing polytoads. Spitting in public. Nicole just naturally shunned any attempt by friends and family to give her a dose of social estrogen. Her mother was formally known as a local wrestling champ called “Big Momma,” and she wants to follow in her mom's footsteps all the way to Grand Champion.

Moves: Fury Swipe, Pin Missle, Poison Sting, Double Kick, Helping Hand, Leer, Frustration, Strength