Yaeko Draft

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Mishima Yaeko (16, born 95 AC (December 12))

Yaeko has rainbow dyed hair, is of moderate to short stature. She has a friendly smile on her face and is polite despite her general feelings. Yaeko wears a kimono in formal situations, but has a lot more clothing geared to being out in the wilderness for longer periods of time, or in hotter temperatures.

She is of moderate to muscular build, extremely well-endowed, and carries herself as if she's used to more rougher and wilder terrain.

Background

Yaeko was born to Yamada Shimizu (born 66 AC) and Mishima Kiryuu (born 67 AC). Her mother was a Pokemon Ranger often assigned to the Johto and Sinjoh Regions, and they settled in Mahogany Town (94 AC). Her father worked for a Pokemon tourist company nearby, and her mother often had enough downtime that Yaeko would have time with her.

It is perhaps natural that she would develop a strong affinity with Pokezoology, studying local Pidgey, Rattata and Sentret as a younger child, even if the study and conclusions were childish. She developed a lot of friendships with people who wanted to be trainers, and Yaeko looked forward to seeing how other pokemon were.

It is of note that her mother supported her, but her father did not feel it proper for her to be a pokemon trainer. He never explained reasons. Her life would be derailed with her mother's death in the line of duty in 108 AC as she tried to help re-enforce levees with her water-type pokemon. The flooding reached Blackthorn City all the way from the Sinjoh Ruins.

Her father moved from Mahogany Town that year to Rachenn, taking a job promotion offer. While Yaeko and her father often were distant, this increased the distance as he never explained more than this was good for his job. For one thing, Johto did it's journeys in the spring to summer, but Rachenn started it in January to July. By the time Yaeko could consider the journey without being devastated, it was 107 AC. And Yaeko was buried under in classes and long distance learning her father arranged to travel. In fairness, and Yaeko understood, it was a lot of survival and outdoors training, as well as classes to keep her current in school.

She didn't get suspicious until her 13th birthday, when she had to go stay with her grandmother and aunt on her mothers side for what became a full year, helping them with their health problems. She picked up a lot of handy-tricks, but it became clear her father was trying to delay her from taking her journey.

So, on 111 AC, Yaeko flatly took an apprenticeship with Pokemon Professor Cypress, to help work the pokemon reserves and ensure she could start the journey something near the halfway point of spring. Her father objected, but Yaeko pointed out the age requirements for the Rachennian League and the fact she only ever intended to travel for a year no matter what outcome before settling down for another career with Pokemon. Her father agreed to that.

At the time the Rachennian Pokemon League required 8 badges or equivalent - each badge needed to proved you were a qualified trainer, and some badges were tests of pokemon command or lateral thinking about pokemon tactics. The League had been in decay for many years, from it's peak of 20 possible badges to exactly 8 in 111 AC, meaning the journey could not be put off. Yaeko was also entrusted with the request for some observations of several Pokemon Protected Reserves, and was credited with author status for her writeups of observations and analysis of some of the rarer Pokemon in Rachenn as well as some of the growing reserves.

Pokemon (as of start of Chapter 1)

• Hisuian Petlil (Grass) “Lily” [Female]- gift from mother at age 10. Although it was more of the petlil refusing to leave Yaeko, and her mother asking Lily to help take care of Yaeko. Has opted to not evolve for now. Sunny but protective personality, usually rides on Yaeko's shoulder or with it's head out of her backpack in a special pocket Yakeo made and reinforced for her. [~Lv. 11]

• Rachennian Pichu (Electric/Fairy) “Takeshi” [See notes] - followed her out of the ravine/cavern she had been doing observational status on the rare Rachennian Pichu/Pikachu population. Mischievous and playful, Takeshi has opted to not evolve as well, although that's largely because Takeshi would like to evolve as soon as possible to Raichu and Yaeko cannot afford a Thunder Stone at this time (was planning on doing it with championship honorariums and awards, before the investigation.). [Takeshi is one of the 20% of Rachennian Pichu with no gender, and Pikachu all have a gender. Evolving to Raichu would return Takeshi to no gender.] Rachennian Pichu have pink ear tips and cheek spots but look like Pichu elsewise (black leading to a pink tip) - Yaeko was able to prove the fairy-type auracite theory in their habitats. Peculiarly, she should have been affected, but wasn't. [~Lv. 5]

Continuity Notes

• Psychic Pokemon can be trained to use specialized systems, including email. Many sufficiently powerful psychic pokemon send e-letters all the time to people they have encountered.

• HoloCasters are typically rich trainers or champions; PokeNavs are experienced trainers or medium-high strata trainers, PokeGears (5th gen, current) are standard across. Orre is the exception to all of this.) It should be noted that the Rotom Phone is an *upcoming* technology. So is the PoryPhone. We are -5 years from SM and -10 from SwSh/SV.

Traits

• Budding Pokezoologist - Has studied extensively from published works and open courses she did on correspondence. Used largely to complete pokedex entries and notes for many of the endangered-Pokemon on reserves. (This is where she picked up her Pichu - it followed her.). Is taking moderate college level classes, and has some published papers in conjunction with Cypress.

• Older Than Peers - Yaeko started later, and is later than the majority of kids doing their first journey, and younger than the college-kids doing their professional journies. At this point, she's effectively doing both, which makes it difficult.

• PokeProfessor Friendships - Cypress is willing to assist her in giving her opportunities, and making connections for her. Cypress more than Elm.

Published Papers

Yaeko has second author on the Rachennian Pichu study, as she contributed a substantial bit of analysis.

Author Notes

Yaeko's motivation is a form of doing he quest like her friends. She misses her friends from growing up and sending emails isn't quite enough, nor the occasional voice call.

Yaeko is fairy-aligned as aura goes, which means that she's got an easier time dealing with fairy type pokemon and has a corresponding harder time dealing with dark type pokemon. It also means she can go into area with heavier fairy aura. She strangely has very few problems dealing with heavy ghost aura, but is not an aura guardian, nor can she consciously use her aura.