PLAYER: Rose-Marie Van der Meersch	CHARACTER: Rosemary Adams
PRONOUNS: she/her AGE: 16 ORIENTATION: Unsure LOCATION: France OCCUPATION: Student	GENDER: <F> <N/A> AGE: Adult ENABLE PKMN SPEECH? Yes  PAIN THRESHOLD: Realistic TRAINER CLASS: Swimmer

OUT OF THE GAME Rose-Marie grew up rough. Her single mother walked out on her when she was less than a year old. She was raised by her grandparents until she was four-- her grandmother had died six months earlier and her grandfather became too sick to raise her. She was plucked up out of Lille and thrust into France's foster care system. She ricocheted around it for years, becoming increasingly jaded and stubborn. She was a "problem child." Her teachers said she wasn't applying herself; foster parents didn't like how she acted out. Rosemary was accused of being rude, stubborn, delinquent, and eventually she gave up on trying to prove them wrong. It was easier to just be what they thought she was, at least between getting her teeth knocked in defending someone else from a bigger, meaner fish than her. Red-headed, freckled, overweight, glasses-wearing-- she was never pretty, either, or at least that's what everybody told her. She still doesn't think so, and maybe that's one of the reasons why she likes to hide so much. When she was thirteen, she ran away from the worst foster home yet. She lived more or less on the streets for the next two years and eventually ended up in Paris, begging for scraps from tourists and more bitter than she'd ever been. Pokémon was a comfort to her in darker times; games she'd played as a child, games she was happy to keep playing when she got the chance. When she got arrested for "rescuing" (read: stealing) someone's starving, flea-ridden cat, she was finally, finally dropped off at a halfway decent foster home. She still doesn't trust the man she's been placed with, and she doesn't trust his money-- but he was happy to buy her the newest Nintendo device, and likewise she was happy to escape after school into the world of the game. Maybe one day she'll come out of her shell-- for now, being a shut-in is comfortable, and more importantly, safe. She plays the game to escape, to have fun, to become someone different-- all the usual reasons, but Rose-Marie is always quick to defend them.

INSIDE THE GAME Tall. Thin. Attractive. Still red-haired and freckled, but slightly monstrous now, with black markings on her body, blood red eyes, tusks, and small horns. Rosemary is the best possible version of herself, all of the coolest parts mixed into some kind of awesome Tyranitar gijinka (within the limits of the character creation engine, anyway). Rosemary is cool, powerful, and determined to become the best. She fully intends to become the Champion, but hopefully she'll make some friends with Pokémon along the way! She's an adult, with all the respect that comes with that, and she's confident. She has a loving mother and... some kind of a father, but one parent is better than none, right? Rosemary is most interested in strong Pokémon, particularly pseudolegendaries and dragon-types. Maybe she'll reign in her ambitions one day, but it doesn't seem likely. As it stands, she's eager to master this game-- she wants to be the hero, the cool player who is a household name. One day, she'll become the trainer to be afraid of battling against, come hell or high water! Notably, her mature content filter is off-- she's an adult, not a teenager who's just pretending!

FACE CLAIMS IRL CHARACTER [*code]ORIGINAL CHARACTER Via Crowesn Picrew[/code*] PLAYER CHARACTER [*code]CROWESN PICREW Original Character as rosemary [/code*]

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STARTER PKMN Do you want to receive your starter in-character at the Starter Lab? YES, AND RANDOMIZE MY STARTER! YES, I CHOOSE <SPECIES!> START ME A THREAD! NO, I'LL JUMP STRAIGHT INTO RP! Choose an option above. If you select YES, a mod will start a thread for you in the Starter Lab when your character is accepted. You will be given whichever starter you selected. If you'd prefer a randomized starter, select the first option and delete the codie placeholder!