PKMN Crossing Application: Wyborn

This is my resident's application. He made it in! Yay!!!





REQUIRED INFORMATION

NAME: Wyborn Bramblepelt

NICKNAME:
W.B.
Why were you born?
Wyborn the Unlikely

AGE: ^{Introductory:}21 ^Current:22

BIRTHDAY: April 2

GENDER: Male

NATURE: Naive

POKEMON / HUMAN: Absol

HOMETOWN: Mount Silver (He was born near the water at the base of the mountain.)

HISTORY:

Wyborn grew up in a small pokemon settlement at the base of Mount Silver, where his father -- a psyduck -- raised him from the time he was hatched, and it became apparent early on that there was something different about this absol cub. As soon as he could walk, he was constantly running into things, falling down, and knocking things over onto himself. Wyborn was simply a natural klutz, but none of his bumps and bruises ever phased him much. In spite of his clumsiness and injuries, he was a very happy and carefree child. At the age of five, nothing made him more excited than the first day his father told him he could go outside and play with the other children; he couldn't wait to make friends with them.

Unfortunately, there was no shortage of rumors about dark pokemon -- sneasels who snatched eggs right out of their nests, murkrows who would lead others into the forest where they became lost forever, and the worst of all, absols who brought terrible disasters to all who looked upon them. Because of these stories, the other children ran away when they saw him coming, afraid to even look at him. Wyborn couldn't understand why they were running away, but it looked like fun to him, so he decided to play tag with his new "friends." This only made matters worse and soon all of the children had run into their houses and slammed the doors, leaving Wyborn outside, alone and confused. Was this part of the game, too? If it was, he didn't want to be left out, so he ran back inside his house and slammed the door as hard as he could.

Wyborn's father hurried down the stairs to see what the commotion was about. He found his son staring out the window, eagerly waiting for the other children to come back out. Wyborn explained what had happened and that he was playing a game with his friends, but the psyduck realized what must really be going on and he tried to explain to his son that there was a certain reputation that went along with being a dark pokemon and sometimes other pokemon were afraid of things they didn't understand. Wyborn was confused again. Surely he couldn't be a dark pokemon; his fur was white and his dad was a water-type. In his mind, there had to be some kind of mistake.

The psyduck decided it was time he told his son about his mother. He told the little absol about how his mother had fled from an absol sanctuary in the Mount Silver caves. She had been on the run from her abusive boyfriend and the psyduck had taken her in and given her shelter. Soon they had fallen in love and Wyborn's egg was created, but one night, she vanished without a trace, leaving everything behind, including her egg. Wyborn didn't understand why his mother would leave like that, but his father assured him that she must have sensed danger and had left to draw it away from her family. That's what he wanted to believe, anyway. This seemed to satisfy the absol's curiousity and he became determined to prove to everyone that he wasn't one of those scary, dark pokemon.

Thirteen years later, Wyborn was still trying to convince the other pokemon that he wasn't dark, but his species' type wasn't the real problem. Wyborn just didn't seem to comprehend that no one wanted to be around him because he was so clumsy that his presence was a disaster in itself. He had even resisted learning any dark moves, but that hadn't helped anything. He tried learning to swim like his father, but his thick fur absorbed the water and made him sink like an onix. He would offer his assistance to anyone and everyone, but most told him they didn't need any help or outright refused him, and the ones who accepted his offers, always regretted it.

Wyborn asked his father for some advice on how he could prove to everyone that he wasn't dark. The psyduck, who was running out of ideas by this point and didn't have the heart to tell his son the real reason why everyone avoided him, said, "If only your mother was here, she'd know what to do." and Wyborn suddenly got an idea. He proclaimed that he would find his long-lost mother, and despite his father's misgivings, he left the next morning to climb Mount Silver and find the absol sanctuary. He would see if she was there or if they had any idea where she might have gone.

He had a new goal in life, but not long into his journey, he stumbled in a cave and lost his footing. He tumbled into a chasm and ended up unconscious in a deep, underground cavern. He awoke to a bright glow and a warm feeling as he opened his eyes and found a small, silver slugma nudging him. The fall had left him with a jagged chip in his horn, among other minor injuries, but he couldn't be happier because he had found a new pet. Wyborn assumed the Slugma was male, even though she wasn't, and he named her Iblis. She was happy to ride on his shoulder and her glow let him see where he was going. Together the two of them somehow managed to climb out and continue on up the mountain.

A strange tingling in Wyborn's horn seemed to lead him forward, and after days of trudging through the snow, he finally found it. The sanctuary was located in a remote series of caves and it was full of absols just like him, but Wyborn fit in even less here than he had back home. The other absols were graceful, majestic creatures. They seemed to float over the snow while Wyborn just sunk in up to his neck every time he stepped outside. These absols looked down on him and called him worse names than anyone else ever had. They looked upon him with suspicion because he came from the outside and they offered no information on his mother, especially not her current whereabouts. After a few months and one too many accidental cave-ins, Wyborn was told to move on. He didn't belong there.

Disappointed, Wyborn did move on, but he started thinking in his own special way that he couldn't possibly be an absol. Those other absols had been so mean. He didn't want to be like them, so he decided he wouldn't be an absol anymore. From then on, in each city or town he passed through, he introduced himself as a psyduck and he left behind a wake of broken buildings and damaged property as he continued his search for the next few years.

Now he stands on a hill with his slugma on his shoulder, overlooking the town of Pokette and wondering what kind of new friends he'll find there.

HOBBY: Collecting Comic Books (He has a full set of vintage Gligarman comics.)

JOB: Computer Repairmon (He's started his own business, fixing computers and other electronics for his fellow townsfolk.)

FAVORITE FOOD: Cheese (If you don't have any, he might just pour some Moomoo Milk and wait for it to curdle.)

FAVORITE BERRY: Tanga (A tanga a day keeps the bug-types away!)

CATCHPHRASE:
~durp (This is said at the end of his sentences.)
Oopsie-doodle!
I'm O-kay! (This is usually said in the aftermath of some terrible accident.)

ACCESSORIES: Various Bandaids



EXTRA INFORMATION

FRIENDS
Baeset
Ivan
Lusin [moved away]
Emery [moved away]
Duff

FAMILY
Father: Melvin Bramblepelt (Psyduck)
Mother: Giselle D'Argent (Absol) [whereabouts unknown]

PETS
Iblis

HEIGHT: 5'4" (1.63 m)

WEIGHT: 127 lbs (57.61 kg)

PERSONALITY:

Wyborn takes his species' reputation to a whole new level. Not that he makes any natural disasters occur, but his derpy clumsiness causes all kinds of accidents to happen to him and anyone else who happens to be around. However, in spite of being a walking disaster area, Wyborn is a very happy, friendly absol and he has a very innocent outlook on life. He sees something good in everyone and doesn't understand why anyone wouldn't want to be friends with him. He wants nothing more than to make as many friends as he can. He wants to help everyone out, even though his "help" isn't very helpful, and he loves to hug people, even though his hugs may prove hazardous to the health of the recipients. He walks around in a cloud of cluelessness and his oblivious nature prevents him from realizing the true severity of the damage he causes. He's so clueless, in fact, that he doesn't realize that his itchy horn is a sign of oncoming danger. He could likely be scratching his horn and get swept up in a tornado, not noticing that it was right behind him.

HISTORICAL TIDBITS:

Wyborn was home-schooled for the duration of his educative years. He did go to school (it was a one-room schoolhouse) for a day or two when he was in kindergarten, but because he was involved in so many friendship-related injuries in such a short time, the school teacher decided it would be best if he were taught at home and his father complied.

When Wyborn was seven, it was discovered that he was deathly allergic to bug bites (much more so than other dark-types would be) when he was bitten by a venomoth while playing outside. The bite caused him to go into anaphylactic shock and he nearly died. He was in the hospital for three days and it frightened his father so badly, that after the experience, he made Wyborn eat tanga berries every day to help build up his immunity. It seems to have worked because although bug bites will always make him feel sick and dizzy, they're no longer likely to put his life in danger. He still has an intense fear of bugs, though, only really trusting Spinel Sun.

LIKES:
Slugs & Snails
B Movies (He finds them genuinely entertaining.)
Science-Fiction (He has a hard time separating fact from fiction, though...)
Video Games (He especially likes older games since he has trouble with some of the complicated, new controllers.)
Dancing (He dances much like Carlton Banks from 'Fresh Prince.') [link]
Girls (He doesn't understand why, but girls are just so pretty!)

DISLIKES:
Bugs
Water
Being thought of as "dark"
Mean People

THEME SONG: Lester The Unlikely: Story [link]

VOICE ACTOR: Jeffrey Rath (Yes... Link from the Zelda CD-i series...) [link] [link]

LEVEL: 17

ABILITY: Pressure

CURRENT MOVESET:
Protect (He uses this to keep himself alive during horrible mishaps.)
Zen Headbutt (This was inherited from his father.)
Flamethrower (This is for repelling bugs, but it also goes off uncontrollably when he sneezes.)
Dream Eater (He prefers not to eat dreams because he's likely to puke if he does.)

UNOFFICIAL MOVES:
Role Play (Well, 'Dungeons & Dragonites' is his favorite game!)
Bounce (You can see this when he's excited or glomping someone.)
Sleep Talk (He has very vivid and exciting dreams.)

HIDDEN POWER: Dark

RANDOM TRIVIA:
Wyborn was originally planned to be an emo character, but due to a miscommunication, he evolved into the derpy absol he is today. Destiny?
Wyborn's "guyliner" is natural pigmentation, not makeup.
Wyborn was accepted into the group on a join request I sent in on Friday the 13th of April, 2012.
Wyborn, having been raised by a psyduck, has a certain fascination with other absols. He doesn't understand what it means to be one, but he somehow senses there's something important about it. He's also very wary of them, due to having been treated so badly by them during his time at the sanctuary.
Wyborn is never cold because he's well-insulated with thick fur. He never wears anything heavier than a hoodie even in the coldest conditions, but he fries in hot weather.
Wyborn is named after the kid from 'Coraline' because the name was suggested to me by *Powerwing-Amber, but any other similarities are purely coincidental. I never saw that movie until after I created this character.
Wyborn's birthday is 4/2. 42 is an unlucky number in Japanese culture because 4 and 2 can be pronounced "shi ni," which means "unto death." It's also the "answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything," but no one knows what the question is.



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Wyborn is mine!