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Auroris OCT-- Avros Egan

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My application for :iconauroris-oct:.

Edit 10/12/14: Updated art for R3; updated "Personality"; updated "Relationships".
Edit 11/23/14: Updated Pokemon art; updated Halimede moveset; updated Erecura info

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---- CHARACTER INFORMATION ----


Name: Avros Egan

Age: 32

Gender Identity: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Height: 6’02”

Occupation:
 Translator

Personality: Avros is an odd, somewhat reclusive man who, although not antisocial by any means, prefers the company of his books and Pokémon to that of other humans. He’s incredibly blunt, and will often jump straight to whatever topic he wants to discuss without bothering with small talk. Because of this, he doesn’t make friends easily, and only has a handful of people that he speaks with on a regular basis. The best way to get him talking is to ask him about his work, which he is passionate about and will discuss down to the minute details if you let him. 

    Although it isn’t his primary job, Avros has spent the last ten years trying to decode the flashing patterns that Elgyem and Beheeyem use to communicate, something that, to his knowledge, has not yet been accomplished. Going off of the theory that they were originally extraterrestrial beings, he hopes that decoding their language will help humanity prepare for if it ever encounters other intelligent life outside of the Auroris. Thankfully, his Beheeyem, Halimede, is more than happy to help him out.

    Due to the explosion and events following it, Avros has become even less sociable than normal. He has gotten very little sleep, and has become increasingly irritable and distant as the days have worn on. Finding his brother alive has lightened his mood slightly, but he has begun to avoid everyone else, retreating to empty areas of the Atrium. He barely says a word to anyone other than his Pokemon and his brother, but even with them, he hasn't said a word about the dreams he has started to have in the very limited sleep he has gotten, nightmares of air-starved corpses and alien intruders and a hell with no escape.

Likes/Dislikes:

LIKES:

- Spending time with his Pokémon

- Discussing his latest projects

- Staring out into space and letting his mind wander

- Hard candy

DISLIKES:

- Having his concentration disrupted

- Bird Pokémon

- Spelling and grammar mistakes

- Excessive background noise

History: Avros’s childhood was a quiet one, and as comfortable as a working-class lifestyle onboard the Auroris could be expected to be. He was never the most social person, and spent much of his time in the library where his father worked. With a teacher and a librarian for parents, books were never far away, and he took advantage of that, reading voraciously whenever he could. His father noticed he seemed especially interested in old books, particularly those that were written in the old languages used before the Auroris became active. He introduced Avros to the ship’s language database so that he would be able to translate some of the old texts, which Avros took to quite readily. He’d often spend long hours holed up, perusing the database and trying to translate short passages from books. 

    When he turned seventeen and the time came for him to select a faction to work in, no one in his family was particularly surprised when he chose the Specialist faction. He eventually went to work as a translator, taking old documents and books and translating them into the language used on the ship. He fell into a routine that many might consider extremely boring: disappearing into the library for hours to work, going to the atrium for food, spending days off training his Pokémon. He didn’t mind, though—he loved his work, and never felt the need to change his routine.     

    That, however, would all change when the clock struck 1:03 p.m. on day 85,612…

Relationships:
Tetra Egan—Mother, 64, math teacher
Teaching in The Belt at time of the explosion, presumed dead.

 Sasha Egan—Father, 68, librarian
Down in The Belt at time of the explosion, presumed dead.

 Nikolai Egan—Older Brother, 35, Pokémon veterinarian
Working in sickbay at time of the explosion, confirmed alive

 Additional Notes:

-The three colored fingertips on Avros’s gloves are designed to mimic a Beheeyem’s fingers, and he can light them up in patterns that he learns from his Pokémon. He uses them to communicate with Hal in hopes that it will help him gain a better understanding about Pokémon language.

 -Avros has always had a highly antagonistic relationship with bird Pokémon of any kind. He considers them filthy and annoying, and it doesn’t help that they don’t seem to like him, either.

 -He’s a Grammar Nazi in the worst way. When looking through papers for translation, spelling and grammar mistakes are the first things he looks for. If he finds them, he’ll translate them properly, but not before very clearly marking them on the original.

 

---- POKEMON ----

Name: Halimede (Or Hal, for short)

Gender: Male

Species: Beheeyem

Nature: Jolly 

Ability: Telepathy

Size: 3’03”

 Attacks:

-Psychic

-Hyper Beam

-Shadow Ball

-Reflect

Personality: Hal is very curious about everything and everyone around him. Despite his tendency to get into trouble due to this, he is very cheerful and rarely means to do any harm beyond the occasional prank. He is actually quite social, much more so than Avros, and loves to try and talk to new people.

Extras:

 -Having worked with Avros all his life, Hal has a basic grasp on several human languages, and can communicate with basic sentences through telepathy. However, he often communicates with Avros using the patterns Hal can create using the three “fingers” on each hand. In battle, Avros calls out commands verbally, like most other trainers.

 
Name:
 Erecura

Gender: Female

Species: Hippowdon

Nature: Calm

Ability: Sand Stream

Size: 5'07"

 Attacks:

-Crunch

-Take Down

-Rock Slide

-Revenge

Personality: Erecura is a laid-back, sleepy little thing, and is considered the family pet despite being registered to Avros. She has a tendency to fade into the background, and can sleep quietly for hours on end while Avros works. If she gets excited, or on the rare occasions that Avros sends her out for battle, her slow movements and small stature prevent her from causing too much damage. Overall, though, she’s a sweet Pokémon who would sooner curl up and sleep under Avros’s desk than fight.

Since being rescued from the PC, she has become fiercely protective of her trainer, staying at his side at all times and doing what she can to defend him from the Deoxys. This may have been what prompted her sudden evolution during the events in the engine room. Her increased size and strength seem to have made her more confident, as well as more confrontational. Still, she remains as affectionate to Avros as ever, and seems to keep her calm demeanor when not threatened.

Extras: 

Post-Evolution:

-At 5'07", Erecura is quite a bit smaller than the average Hippowdon. The reason for this is unclear.

General:

-Fun fact: Erecura is a descendant of the Hippowdon that Avros’s ancestors brought aboard the Auroris when it first left the planet more than 200 years ago.

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justamuse's avatar
Sounds good! I like his line of work; it's a different approach to talking to pokemon. Also, is he 32 or 35? You 32 on the app, but 35 in the description.

Good luck!