Pokimono - Hiromi

Application for

Name: Hiromi "Hiro" (abundant beauty)
Pokemon: Luxray
Age: 24
Village: Fire Field
Job: [Artist] - specifically, Hiro can sing, dance, tumble and play the shamisen, but finer crafts such as painting, glass blowing and carving, she hasn't the fine motor skills for (ie she's clumsy with her hands).
Ability: Intimidate - Upon entering battle, the opponent’s Attack lowers one stage. In a Double Battle, both opponents’ Attack are lowered. Pokémon with the Clear Body, Hyper Cutter, or White Smoke ability are unaffected.
Attacks:
Spark - The user throws an electrically charged tackle at the foe. It may also leave the target paralyzed. (power: 65)
Rain Dance - The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water- type and Electric- type moves. (power: --)
Likes: Gold, Red beans, Meat, Dumplings, Gyoza, Storms, Rain, Shopping, Cities, Playing Cards, Gambling, Sake, Extravagance, Kids (secretly)
Dislikes: Miso, Canines, Ground-types, Being broke, Hot Weather, Battling
Personality: Hiro only ever thinks of one thing- gold. Specifically, lots and lots and lots of gold. Something she rarely ever has, thanks to her frequent shopping trips and ritual visits to food vendors in the village. She loves the idea of living the highbrow and glamorous lifestyle of rich, silk garments, fine cuisine every day and precious gems adorning anything one can think of- but for all that, one needs gold. So, she works hard (mostly) on the streets of Fire Field Village, performing for anyone and everyone that stops by her little corner next to the Artisan district. And she's not at all unskilled- she earns enough to make her keep and thensome. Her issue is mostly in the saving. In general, she's sort of greedy, sort of selfish, and can be lazy if there isn't a meal or a price on the line, but otherwise, she's fairly nice. Also has a bit of a competitive streak, to boot- it's suspected that her ability, Intimidate, has something to do with that...
History: As the third daughter of your run-of-the-mill farming family living in the shadow of Thunder Mountain, Hiro dreamed of living a life far more grand than cow patties and hand-me-downs. She ignored her schooling in favor of learning a trade she could use to start making her own money right away. Why not the performing arts? She could always hold a tune better than any of her 3 sisters, she already mastered Spark, the only attack she knew, and if she could learn how to dance and play an instrument on top of all that, she'd be rich in no time!

Oh, how the children grow up fast when faced with the reality of life. XD After realizing that wealth was not to be found overnight, she sought about building her talents and growing her meager income. Which she did fairly quickly, too. And with enough sacked away, she bid her family goodbye and moved to Fire Field Village where she knew other artists like her were known to gather. Surely here, with her developed skills, grace and beauty, her fortune could be made!

... I'm sure you know where this is going.

Once again, Hiro found things harder than she expected, but wrinkling her nose and raising her chin, she set forth anyway. And found fortune. And spent it at the first Gyoza cart she found. And then chastised herself and promised to start saving again. Then proceeded to blow her savings on an ebony fan with gold enameling in the shape of a dragon. Then...

... yeah. You get the idea.

In the end, she wants the lifestyle of the rich and opulent. Where everything is fresh, new, expensive and shiny...

... shiny? Heeeeeeey... now THERE'S an idea...

Additional info: All Luxrays are granted with the ability to see through objects. Although, having skipped many classes in school, Hiro is less than adept at this. Still, she has keen eyesight that can see through fog, smoke, and pitch darkness.

Hiro also knows an unusual attack for a Luxray- Rain Dance. Shortly after she came to Fire Field, she saved up for nearly a month (to date, her running record for the longest she went without shopping OR meat) to purchase the TM she had admired in the cart of a traveling salesman. Although Rain Dance has the benefit of strengthening her single Electric move should she get into a battle, she truthfully has little interest in fighting, and instead thought it would add interest and class to her dances and routines.

All specific Pokemon info as found under "Ability", "Attacks", and "Additional Info" were found on Serebii.net
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I literally felt compelled to create one of these the instant I saw this cute little Chimeko one of the front page this morning... and then proceeded to be a bad little employee and work on this during a good chunk of my shift. XD

In my defense, though, the system was down during most of that time, and I couldn't get any work done, anyway. SO THERE!

I'm completely innocent.

Hiro isn't, though. BLAME HIRO! XD