Nicole McPhoenix

Physical Appearance

• Long brown hair that trails past hips
• Brown eyes
• Fair skinned
• Somewhat short in height
• Small sized breasts with a relatively flat-ish figure
• Average build on the slender side

Clothing Style

She probably has a more "official" trainer outfit, but I haven't though about it yet.

Her typical easy-to-draw outfit consists of a magenta top with a somewhat dark green skirt and brown shoes or boots. The sleeve and skirt lengths are sometimes shorter, but typically they are both full length for simplicity, because limbs are hard to draw. XP Sometimes she might have a belt with Pokéballs depending on the situation, although it's typically on the rare occasion her sleeves and skirt are shorter.

Personality

Nicole is a scatterbrained Pokémon trainer who has no idea why her quest to be the very best and catch 'em all has to be so complicated. She would prefer to keep herself in the background and just go about her own business, but she's often surrounded by trouble or troublesome people. When left to her own devices, she is relatively level headed and calm, usually going about training her Pokémon, watering her numerous berry plants, and occasionally turning into a figurative mining-gremlin while excavating gems and other treasures under Sinnoh. She can be a little absentminded, especially if she gets too into whatever task she has set herself to, but she tends to be very thorough with whatever it is she is doing. It's common to see her with at least one of her Pokémon out to keep an eye on her so she doesn't waste too much time or get herself hurt, because that's also a fairly common occurrence.

When with others, she tends to be either higher energy or somewhat blank depending on the energy of those around her. When too much is going on around her, she tends to sink into the background and not even act or engage, but when things are mellow around her she can get more energetic. One thing that stays consistent with her though is her over-the-top reactions to whatever craziness is happening around her. Nicole isn't that great at coming up with a plan of action for anyone but herself, so she usually lets others take the lead and follows to the best of her ability. She can be rather helpful at times, but her luck is often so poor that things will go wrong no matter what while she's scrambling to either remove herself from the situation or do some damage-control. At this point, she tries not to dwell on things too much and just goes with the flow.

Abilities

• Hilariously skilled at crashing her bike into Geodudes, if you can even call that a skill
• Seems to be indestructible for some reason, which is helpful for how much slapstick she gets thrown into
• Does not obey the laws of physics when it's the most inconvenient

Strengths

• Once she sets a task for herself, she is very focused and thorough, and she does well with repetitive or mundane tasks as well
• Good with Pokémon and can handle training and taking care of many of them at one time
• Adapts well to changing conditions/situations and rarely lets adversity or negativity affect her for long
• Cannot be destroyed, for whatever reason

Weaknesses

• Gets into trouble all the time and tends to injure herself due to either clumsiness or just poor luck
• Absentminded and inattentive to what's going on around her, often while she's entirely focused on something else
• Tends to overreact a lot and can be pretty loud and over-the-top
• Not terribly useful or productive when surrounded by too many people or too much external energy

Backstory

A skilled but thoroughly disastrous Pokémon trainer who couldn't possibly be related to that one awesome Pokémon Master, right? She started her Pokémon journey shortly after her older sister started hers, although she was probably a little too young to be wandering off and battling dangerous monsters at the time. Fortunately she had very attentive Bulbasaur to babysit her. And at her current age, she has plenty of Pokémon to try and keep her from hurting herself too badly. She's not entirely sure what she's doing with her life, but she's certainly doing something.

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