Lauren Ipsum

Age: 17
Gender: Female

Appearance: Lauren is neither tall nor excessively short standing at roughly 5’5” inches in height and has a slender, delicate-looking frame. Her skin is free of blemishes and sits directly on the line between being paler or slightly tanned as a result of her constantly changing between in and outdoor hobbies. Lauren’s blonde hair reaches the middle of her back and has both a hefty fringe and long bangs.

Lauren’s favourite colours are reds, purples and violets and her wardrobe typically reflects this. She generally wears darker coloured shorts or jeans and a more form fitting shirt in one of her favourite colours. She prefers boots to sneakers and typically accentuates her outfits with leg and arm warmers. Now that she is heading out on her journey, she has added a wide brown pokeball belt with two tassels dangling from the right side.

Personality: In contrast with her clearly defined choice of style, Lauren is something of a blank slate. She’s still trying to find where she fits in the world and as a result has experimented with a wide range of hobbies over the years. She has yet to find something that really sticks with her and tends to feel kind of adrift in the world.

Lauren is typically kind and very open minded, perhaps in part because of her own feelings of being out of place. She is friendly and slightly softly spoken, lacking in confidence in herself. That being said, she doesn’t take this to any extreme and is still comfortable enough to approach someone and start up a conversation if she must and is perfectly socially competent. Her confidence issues are less about interaction and the thoughts of others and are more introspective. She’s comfortable with others, it’s herself she’s ill at ease with.

At first glance, people tend to assume Lauren is the sort to be delicate, soft and uncomfortable in the great outdoors. In actuality, despite Lauren’s appearance and personality flaws, she is just as comfortable trudging through mud as she is in a salon. Similarly, it is often assumed she would have a preference towards the more stereotypically feminine Pokemon, but whilst she has no problem with them, she actually gravitates a lot more towards Ghost, Poison, Dark or Bug-typed Pokemon - the ones that others are likely to find creepy or gross. She sees things in them many others don’t and doesn’t really get why others can be bothered by them.

Lauren is currently planning on challenging the League. However she isn’t really sure if that’s the direction she wants to go for the rest of her life. Above all else Lauren’s journey is one of self discovery. She wants to find her place in the world, whether that means she sticks to battling or finds something else she doesn’t yet know. 

Pokemon on Hand:

1. Mortimer the Duskull (Male, Levitate) - Disable, Haze, Psych Up, Will-o-Wisp, Shadow Sneak, Night Shade