[Characters] Julia Kretschmer

[Captain Devonin]

Pokéball Designer Julia Kretschmer
Trainer Information

Julia Kretschmer Pokéball Designer -- Julia Kretschmer 80 80 MHP Current Level 12 EXP 1115/1200 XP Pool 1755 Pokédex S: 25 / O: 5 Money 1000 Attribute Base Change Total Modifier Strength 8 - 8 -2 Dexterity 13 +8 21 +5 Constitution 10 -2 8 -2 Intelligence 13 +7 20 +5 Wisdom 10 - 10 +0 Charisma 10 - 10 +0 Current Team HP: 50/50 HP: 27/27 HP: 39/39 HP: 30/30 Capture Specialist Lv. Feature Uses 1 Static -- Trigger: You throw a Pokéball -- Effect: Subtract either half of your DEX modifier or half of your INT modifier from your d100 rolls when throwing any Poké Ball.Capture Point - 1 Daily [+1/5 Lvs] -- Trigger: You throw a Pokéball -- Effect: You may deal X damage to the target you are throwing a Poké Ball at where X is your DEX modifier. The target’s Defense or Special Defense cannot reduce this damage. This Feature cannot be used when throwing Pokéballs as part of an Arms Attack, but may be used when releasing a Pokémon or attempting a Capture roll, or when throwing a Poké Ball specifically to trigger Curve Ball.Curve Ball 3/3 2 Daily [+1/5Lvs] -- Target: Broken Pokéball -- Effect: Roll d20 and add your DEX and INT modifiers to the roll. If the total exceeds 15, the Poké Ball is fixed and is treated as if it had not broken.Pokéball Repair 3/3 3 At-Will -- Effect: Create a Basic Ball (100), a Great Ball (250), or an Ultra Ball (500).Pokéball Smith - 5 Static -- Trigger: You throw a Pokéball -- Effect: Subtract both half of your DEX modifier and half of your INT modifier from your d100 rolls when throwing any Poké Ball. This Feature replaces Capture Point.Capture Point+ - 7 Target: Any Apricorn -- Effect: Roll 1d20, and add your INT modifiers. On a result of 11 or better, you change the target Apricorn into a Basic Ball.Apricorn Ball - 9 Daily -- Target: Route, Cave, or Wild Area -- Effect: Roll 1d20 and add your INT modifier. On a roll of 15 or higher, you identify the area. You know which Pokémon are known to commonly inhabit identified areas, and if any apricorns commonly grow in the area.Informed Tracker 1/1 11 Static -- Trigger: You throw a Pokéball -- Effect: Subtract your DEX modifier and your INT modifier from your d100 roll when throwing any Poké Ball. This Feature replaces Capture Point +.Capture Point Max -     Pokéball Designer Lv. Feature Uses 4 At-Will -- Effect: You create a Dusk, Dive, Heal, Luxury, Net, Nest, Quick, Repeat, or Timer Ball. It costs 400 to use Advanced Design.Advanced Design - 4 Static -- Effect: If you would subtract an additional amount due to special circumstances defined by the Pokéball's type - such as when throwing a Dusk Ball at night - you may subtract your INT modifier from the capture roll.Conditional Advantage - 6 Daily [+1/10Lvs] -- Target: Net Ball -- Effect: You change the Net Ball into a Earth Ball, Haunt Ball, Solid Ball, Heat Ball, Mystic Ball, Air Ball or Mold Ball. The properties of these unique balls are identical to the Net Ball, but instead of affecting Bug and Water types like the Net Ball, these Balls correspond to the following types. Earth Ball; Grass and Ground; Haunt Ball, Dark and Ghost; Solid Ball, Rock and Steel; Heat Ball, Electric and Fire; Mystic Ball, Dragon and Psychic; Air Ball, Flying and Ice; Mold Ball, Poison and Fighting.Ball Modifcation: Type 2/2 8 At-Will -- Target: Apricorn -- Effect: Roll 1d20 and add your INT modifier. It the total exceeds 12, you change the target Apricorn into its corresponding Pokéball. If the total is 11 or below, you ruin the targeted Apricorn.Apricorn Smith - 10 Daily -- Target: Any two Apricorns -- Effect: Combine the targeted Apricorns into a a single Apricorn of your choice.Apricorn Shift 1/1           Class 3 Lv. Feature Uses                         Class 4 [Lv. 25+] Lv. Feature Uses                         Julia's Key Items List Item Desc: Basic pink PokéTOP. Gift from Sofia.PokéTOP Desc: Basic pink PokéDex. Gift from Sofia.PokéDex Desc: A gift Julia recieved when she turned 10. It contains all the tools needed to create and repair Pokéballs (including a hammer, screwdriver, etc... )Pokéball Tool Box Desc: A sealed, shock-resistant plastic case for protecting Pokémon eggs.Egg Carrier Desc: Simple Black Shoulder Bag.Bag Desc: Trainer's Road Kit. Everything a trainer might need for traveling on the road. Also where Julia keeps her food, inside this backpack. Contains: Serekai map, bedroll, tent, two solar-rechargable flashlight, and a tarp with room leftover.Backpack Desc: A pouch attached to her belt to make Pokéballs more easily accessable.Belt Pouch Desc: Necklace made by Sofia. Emits a soft red glow in low light conditions.Glowing Necklace Desc: Too cool for school. You can't have them.Sunglasses Desc: A completed Isaia Stamp Rally card, plus a voucher for a tour of the Isaia archeological dig site.Souvineers - - - - Pokéballs Item Qy Desc: Custom made by Julia; open circuitry design.Glitch's Pokéball - Desc: "Isaia Market" written in marker on ball.Coil's Pokéball - Note: Julia caught two Spinarak during a nighttime fight. Traded one. Kept one in a nest ball for now.Spinarak's Pokéball - Mizu's Pokéball - Syreni's Pokéball - Effect: +5 modifier; Old, battered Pokéball.Battered Pokéball x1 Effect: -15 if target is Ghost or Dark type.Haunt Ball x1 Effect: -15 if target is Dragon or Psychic type.Mystic Ball x1 Effect: -15 if target is Fire or Electric type.Heat Ball x1 Effect: Caught Pokémon will heal to max HP upon capture, -5 modifier.Heal Ball x1 Effect: +5 modifier.Basic Pokéball x4 Effect: +5 modifier. "Isaia Market" written in marker on ball.Isaia Pokéball x2 Effect: +0 modifier.Greatball x1 Effect: Used for Pokéball creation in place of actual money.Pokéball Components x150 Consumables Item Qy Effect: Heals 2d12+10 HPPotion x1 Effect: Raises Pokémon's attack 1 combat stage when used.X-Attack x1 Effect: Rotten!Apples x3 Effect: For EatingField Rations - Effect: Lure BallBlue Apricorn x1 Effect: Moon BallYellow Apricorn x1                                 Other Items Item Qy

[Captain Devonin]

Julia Kretschmer
Pokémon Information

Pokémon Team   Glitch Porygon HP: 0/56 Status: FAINTED Lv. 17 (-) Normal Stat Base Add Total HP 8 +5 13 Attack 6 - - Defense 7 +3 10 Sp. Attack 9 +5 14 Sp. Defense 6 +3 9 Speed 4 - - Holding - Nature +HP -SP. DEFQuirky Ability Cast: Hourly -- Keyword: Sustain -- Effect: The Pokémon gains the Ability of a target within 10-meters of the Pokémon with Trace. To sustain, the Pokémon must remain out of a Poké Ball and above 0 HP.Trace Next Level: XP 7000 -- NX: 80000% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 2 Spec. Eva. 1 Misc. Eva. 0 Overland 6 Surface 4 Sky 3 Jump 2 Power 1 Intelligence 4 Wired Pokémon have a special relation to electronic devices. They can enter machines and travel through connected electronics through any cords that connect them instantly. While inside machines, they can read data on the machine on a check of 11, Daily. While inside machines, they can take control of the machine on a check of 17, Daily.Wired Move Use At-Will -- Normal -- Self, 1 Target -- Effect: The user becomes the elemental type of their choice as long as they have a move that is the same elemental type until the end of the encounter.Conversion AtW At-Will -- Normal -- Self, 1 Target -- Effect: The user becomes the elemental type of their choice as long as the type resists the elemental type of the move it last took damage from until the end of the encounter.Conversion2 AtW At-Will -- Normal -- Self -- Effect: Raise the user's attack 1 combat stage.Sharpen AtW At-Will -- Normal -- Physical -- AC: 3 -- D: 2d8+6 -- Melee, 1 Target, DashTackle AtW Every Other Turn -- Psychic -- Special -- AC: 2 -- D: 3d8+10 -- Effect: Confuses legal targets on a 19-20, creates a column 1 meter wide.Psybeam EoT Every Other Turn -- Psychic -- Self -- Effect: Raises the user's speed 2 combat stages.Agility EoT   Coil Magnemite HP: 19/34 Status: Normal Lv. 16 (-) Steel/Electric Stat Base Add Total HP 3 +3 6 Attack 4 +3 7 Defense 7 +3 10 Sp. Attack 12 +4 16 Sp. Defense 6 +2 8 Speed 3 - - Holding - Nature +SP ATK -SPDQuiet Ability Static -- Effect: The Pokémon is immune to the Moves Sheer Cold, Guillotine, Horn Drill and Fissure. If any attack would lower this Pokémon to 0 HP or less from full HP, instead the Pokémon’s HP is set to 1.Sturdy Next Level: XP 6000 -- NX: 70000% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 2 Spec. Eva. 1 Misc. Eva. 0 Sky 6 Power 1 Intelligence 3 Magnetic Pokémon can lightly manipulate magnetic fields. With this, they can repel iron and/or steel or attract iron and/or steel, holding it too their body or pushing it away. Through this magnetic manipulation, they can also feel magnetic fields and discern north. If a Pokémon learns the Move Magnet Rise or Magnet Bomb and does not have the Magnetic Capability, they gain Magnetic.Magnetic Sinker means the Pokémon cannot swim, or move in water. For every round of an encounter the Pokémon is in water that is deep enough for them to stand submerged in, or is submerged in they lose 25% of their max HP. If the Pokémon is lowered to -100% HP, make a Deaths savings roll as usual. If a Pokémon gains a Surface or Underwater capability, they lose their Sinker Capability.Sinker Pokémon with the Zapper Capability can produce controlled electricity or send electrical currents through various conductive materials. If an electrical device is capable of being recharged, a Pokémon with Zapper can recharge it to full power on a check of 13 or better on 1d20 Daily. If a Pokémon learns the Move Charge, Discharge, Thunderbolt or Thundershock and does not have the Zapper Capability, they gain Zapper.Zapper Move Use At-Will -- Normal -- Physical -- AC: 3 -- D: 2d8+6 -- Melee, 1 Target, DashTackle AtW Every Other Turn -- Normal -- AC: 11 -- Ranged (6), 1 Target, Column 1m -- Effect: Supersonic confuses all legal targets.Supersonic EoT At-Will -- Electric -- Special -- AC: 2 -- D: 1d12+6 -- Ranged (10), 1 Target -- Effect: Paralyze on an AC of 17-20. Grants Zapper.Thundershock AtW Every Other Turn -- Normal -- AC: 6 -- D: 15 -- Ranged (4), 1 Target, Column 1m -- Effect: Always deals 15 damage. Do not apply weakness, resistance, or stats.SonicBoom EoT Center -- Electric -- Ranged (6), 1 Target -- Effect: Cannot miss, paralyses the target. Thunder Wave 1/1   Mizu Azurill HP: 43/43 Status: Normal Lv. 13 (♀) Normal Stat Base Add Total HP 6 +4 10 Attack 2 +2 4 Defense 4 +2 6 Sp. Attack 2 +2 4 Sp. Defense 4 +2 6 Speed 2 - - Holding - Nature +HP -ATKHardy Ability Static -- Effect: The Pokémon's base attack stat is doubled. This may double any bonuses from Nature or Vitamins, but not bonuses from Features.Huge Power Next Level: XP 3000 -- NX: 4000% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 1 Spec. Eva. 1 Misc. Eva. 0 Overland 3 Surface 8 Underwater 6 Jump 1 Power 1 Intelligence 2 A Pokémon who has the Fountain Capability can produce freshwater. They can control how lightly or powerfully they produce the water, sprinkling water or forcefully shooting water with the strength of a fire hose. If a Pokémon learns the Move Water Gun, Water Pulse, Hydro Pump or Water Sport and does not have the Fountain Capability, they gain Fountain.Fountain Move Use At-Will -- Effect: Splash!Splash AtW At-Will -- Water -- Special -- AC: 2 -- D: 1d6+3 -- Ranged (8), 1 Target -- Effect: Lowers speed on 16-20.Bubble AtW At-Will -- Normal -- AC: 2 -- Ranged (4), 1 Target -- Effect: Lowers defense 1 stage.Tail Whip AtW Every Other Turn -- Water -- Ranged (4), 1 Target, Coat -- Effect: Makes a coat that resists fire. Can target self.Water Sport EoT At-Will -- Water -- Special -- AC: 2 -- D: 1d12+6 -- Ranged (10), 1 TargetWater Gun AtW Every Other Turn -- Normal -- Special -- AC: 2 -- Ranged (10), 1 Target -- Effect: Charm lowers attack 2 stages.Charm EoT Every Other Turn -- Water -- Special -- AC: 2 -- D: 3d8+10 -- Ranged (8), 1 Target, Column -- Effect: Bubblebeam creates a Column 1 meter wide. Bubblebeam lowers the target’s Speed on 18-20 during Accuracy Check.Bubblebeam EoT   Syreni Eevee HP: 37/37 Status: Normal Lv. 10 (♂) Normal Stat Base Add Total HP 6 +3 9 Attack 6 +3 9 Defense 5 - - Sp. Attack 5 - - Sp. Defense 7 +3 10 Speed 6 - - Holding - Nature NeutralStoic Ability Static -- Effect: When using Moves that deal damage and are the same elemental Type as the Pokémon with Adaptability, add 2 STAB instead of 1.Adaptability Next Level: XP 1000 -- NX: 15000% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 1 Spec. Eva. 2 Misc. Eva. 0 Overland 6 Surface 4 Jump 3 Power 1 Intelligence 4 Pokémon with the Capability Tracker have a strong sense of smell that they can use to follow other Pokémon or people. If the Pokémon has smelt whom they want to track in the past day, or one of their personal belongings, they can pursue that prey with a check of 11 or better on d20. To pick up a random scent from nothing, a check of 16 or better on d20 will allow the Pokémon to follow that scent. To pick up a specific scent from nothing, a check of 20 on d20 will allow the Pokémon to follow that scent. A Pokémon may only make these checks once per hour. If a Pokémon learns the Move Odor Sleuth and does not have the Tracker Capability, they gain Tracker.Tracker Move Use Every Other Turn -- Normal -- Melee -- Effect: Ally targeted with helping hand will have their next move deal an additional 1d20 if the move has a damage dice roll. Cannot miss.Helping Hand EoT At-Will -- Normal -- Physical -- AC: 3 -- D: 2d8+6 -- Melee, 1 Target, DashTackle AtW At-Will -- Normal -- AC: 2 -- Ranged (4), 1 Target -- Effect: Target's defense lowered 1 stageTail Whip AtW Every Other Turn -- Ground -- AC: 2 -- Ranged (2), 1 Target, Column 1m -- Effect: Legal targets must roll +1 during ACs for the rest of encounter.Sand-Attack EoT Center -- Normal -- Ranged (15), 1 Target -- Effect: At the end of the target’s next turn, the target regains HP equal to half of its full HP. If the user targets themselves and are replaced in battle, the replacement is healed.Wish 0/1 At-Will -- Normal -- AC: 2 -- Ranged (5), No Target, Burst -- Effect: Growl creates a 5-meter Burst. Growl lowers all Legal Targets Attack 1 Combat Stage.Growl AtW   Nickname Species HP: -/- Status: Normal Lv. - (♂/♀) Type1/Type2 Stat Base Add Total HP - - - Attack - - - Defense - - - Sp. Attack - - - Sp. Defense - - - Speed - - - Holding - Nature +STAT -STATNature Ability DescriptionAbility Next Level: XP 0 -- NX: 00% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 0 Spec. Eva. 0 Misc. Eva. 0 Overland 0 Surface 0 Power 0 Intelligence 0 Desc.Capability Move Use Frequency -- Type -- Range -- Effect: Desc.Move Fre Freq -- Type -- Stat -- AC: x -- D: x -- RangeMove Fre   Nickname Species HP: -/- Status: Normal Lv. - (♂/♀) Type1/Type2 Stat Base Add Total HP - - - Attack - - - Defense - - - Sp. Attack - - - Sp. Defense - - - Speed - - - Holding - Nature +STAT -STATNature Ability DescriptionAbility Next Level: XP 0 -- NX: 00% Capability Value Phys. Eva. 0 Spec. Eva. 0 Misc. Eva. 0 Overland 0 Surface 0 Power 0 Intelligence 0 Desc.Capability Move Use Frequency -- Type -- Range -- Effect: Desc.Move Fre Freq -- Type -- Stat -- AC: x -- D: x -- RangeMove Fre

[Captain Devonin]

Lyarii Ravenfyre Appearance & Personality ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ Julia Kretschmer Title/Nicknames Character Sheet ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ "Quote" Nature: - Sex: Female Class: CS / PD Age: 331 Height: 6'8" Weight: 206 lb. ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭ ٭   Appearance/Personality Background     Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5 Other Details Background Events   Point Form Background Goals   Goal: Description Secrets   You can consider all these optional, more just suggestions I guess. In part, thoughts for myself as well. Secret: [/secret] Relationships   Name -- Description Mannerisms/Quirks   Trait Description

Julia Kretschmer
Other Information

 

Pokédex Stats -- Seen: 25 [+5 XP/ea = 125 XP] -- Caught: 5 [+10 XP/ea = 50 XP] -- Total XP: 175 XP
Dex Pokémon C 001 008 015 022 029 Nidoran ♀ 036 043 050 057   064   071   078   085 092   099   106 113 120 127 134 141 148 155 162 169 176 183 190 197 204 211 218 225 232 239 246 253 260 267 274 281 288 295 302 309 Electrike 316 323 330 337 344 351 358 365 372 379 386 393 400 407 414 421 428   435 442 449 456 463 470 477 484 491 498 505 512 519 526 533 540 547 554 561 568 575 582 589 596 603 610 617 624 631 638 645 652 659 666 673 680 687 694 701 708 715	Dex Pokémon C 002 009 016 023 030 037 044   051 058 Growlithe 065 072 079 Slowpoke 086 093 100 107 114 121 128 135 142 149 156 163 170 177 Natu 184 191 198 205 212 219 226 233 240 247 254 261 268 275 282 289 296 303 310 317 324 331 338 345 352 359 366 373 380 387 394 401 408 415 422 429 436 443 450 457 464 471 478 485 492 499 506 513 520 527 534 541 548 555 562 569 576 583 590 597 604 611 618 625 632 639 646 653 660 667 674 681 688 695 702 709 716	Dex Pokémon C 003 010 Caterpie 017 024 031 038 045 052 059 066 Machop 073 080 087 094 101   108 115   122 129 136 143 150 157 164 171 178 185 192 199 206 213 220 227 234 241 248 255 262 269 276 283 Surskit 290 297 304 311 Plusle 318 325 332 339 346 353 360 367 374 381 388 395 402 409 416 423 430 437 444 451 458 465 472 479 486 493 500 507 514 521 528 536 542 549 556 563 570 577 584 591 598 605 612 619 626 633 640 647 654 661 668 675 682 689 696 703 710 717	Dex Pokémon C 004 011 018 025 032 039 046 053 060 067 074 081 Magnemite 088 095   102 109 116 123 130 137 Porygon 144 151 158 165 172 Pichu 179 186 193 200 Misdreavus 207   214 221 228 235 242 249 256 263 270 277 284 291 298 Azurill 305 312 Minun 319 326 333 340 347 354 361 368 375 382 389 396 403 410 417 424 431 438 445 452 459 466 Electivire 473 480 487 494 501 508 515 522 529 536 543 550 557 564 571 578 585 592 599 606 613 620 627 634 641 648 655 662 669 676 683 690 697 704 711 718	Dex Pokémon C 005 012 019 Rattata 026 033   040   047 054 061 068 075 082 089 096 103 110 117 124 131 138 145 152 159 166 173 180 187 194 201   208 215 222 229 236 243 250 257 264 271 278 Wingull 285 292 299 306 313 320 327 334 341 348 355 362 369 376 383 390 397 404 411 418 425 432 439 446 Munchlax 453 460 467 Magmortar 474 481 488 495 502 509 516 523 530 537 544 551 558 565 572 579 586 593 600 607 614 621 628 635 642 649 656 663 670 677 684 691 698 705 712 719	Dex Pokémon C 006 013 020 027 034 041 048 055 062 069 076 083 090 097 104 111 118 Goldeen 125 132 139 146 153 160 167 Spinarak 174 181 188 195 202 209 Snubbull 216 223 230 237 244 251 258 265 272 279 286 293 300 307 314 321 328 335 342 349 356 363 370 377 384 391 398 405 412 419 426 433 440 447 454 461 468 475 482 489 496 503 510 517 524 531 538 545 552 559 566 573 580 587 594 601 608 615 622 629 636 643 650 657 664 671 678 685 692 699 706 713 720	Dex Pokémon C 007 014 021 Spearow 028 035 042 049 056 063 070 077 084 091 098 105 112 119 126 133 Eevee 140 147 154 161 168 Ariados   175 182 189 196 203 210 217 224 231 238 245 252 259 266 273 280 287 294 301 308 315 322 329 336 343 350 357 364 371 378 385 392 399 406   413 420 427 434 441 448 455 462 469 476 483 490 497 504 511 518 525 532 539 546 553 560 567 574 581 588 595 602 609   616 623 630 637 644 651 658 665 672 679 686 693 700 707   714 721

 

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Age: 18
Gender: Female

Badges
None

Wishlist
Rotom^, Vaporeon, Glaceon, Sandslash, Chandelure, Magnezone, Metagross, Staryu, Aron, Vanilite

Appearance

 

At 5'9", Julia stands a few inches taller than her sister, and her scale usually reads around 130 lbs. She has short, light brown hair that is sometimes messy depending on how late she was up, and light blue eyes.

To Julia, wearing something without pockets is a completely foreign concept, as everything from her shirt, to her jacket, and pants, have pockets for various little gadgets. On the same token, it is rare for her to be without her pack, for much the same reason; there are some things that are just too big for pockets! Her pendant was a gift from her sister, and it emits a soft red light in the dark. Julia has thus far resisted the urge to take it apart and see just how it worked, for worry of not being able to put it back together right.

Goal/Motivation
Julia's primary motivations are her love for her sister, and the guilt she feels over what she caused. The former is what caused her to leave her hometown, in order to find her sister's missing Pokemon, and along the way she hopes to overcome the latter by using her knowledge of technology to make something that will allow her sister to realize the dreams Julia feels she stole. That, however, needs something in abudance that she dearly lacks right now - money.

Of course, her sister also made her promise to try her hand at the league, and have fun... She doesn't know if she'll be successful as she may be trying for too much, but at this point it'd be worse to not try. A small part of her hopes she'll come face-to-face with the Pokemon from her childhood again.

Background
Julia Kretschmer was born in Enchania Town, daughter to Erik Kretschmer, and younger sibling to Sofia who is five years her elder. The two girls couldn't have been more different growing up, with Julia more of the shy, quiet type, and her sister the outgoing, adventurous type. Her sister was quite into the idea of training, and raising Pokemon, but Julia... she was more interested in the devices that held them.

At a young age, while her sister was giving her mother a headache, Julia happened to wander into her father's workshop as he was working. He was in the middle of testing a new Pokeball he created, and Julia became fascinated by the small, and what it seemed like at the time, magic balls. By the time her mother had gotten her sister to settle down and noticed she was gone, she started to panic, and it was only when she called to Julia's father, Erik, to help find her that he noticed Julia standing there watching him. From then on, she was allowed into his workship (which she hadn't been previously), though her sister was strictly barred after the... 'What's in here!?' incident.

Over the next few years, it became routine for Erik to watch Julia, while Sofia was watched by her mother. When she was old enough, Erik finally allowed Julia to actually help him create one of the Pokeballs, and she quickly learned that it wasn't magic that made them work, but technology, and from then on she started gobbling up every little piece of technology she could get her hands on. Everything that seemed to work by magic to a child were the sorts of things she loved to take apart, just to see how they worked. What sort of technology made them tick? Of course, she had a tendency to not pay attention to just how it as put together, leaving her father to end up having to fix everything she broke. When Sofia turned ten, she got her first Pokemon (as a pet, so she could train it and be ready to get her license at 15), while Julia got her own little toolkit. To Julia, her 10th birthday gift was way better, considering some parts were handcrafted by her father.

A few days after Julia's 10th birthday, while her parents were both out and had left her sister Sofia in charge (who had thankfully grown up... a little), Sofia dragged Julia out of her own workshop (set up in her room), and out into the nearby forest with the promise that 'she had something awesome to show her!' and the statement that she 'needed to get out in the sun a little more, or else she'd end up looking like a ghost like dad does!' The two were fairly close, so Julia didn't object to spending some time with her sister, and went along with the idea - excited - little did she know what sort of trouble they were going to run into.

Sofia had discovered a cave system in the woods a few weeks previous, which was inhabited by some strange-looking Pokemon she hadn't seen before. They were what she wanted to show Julia, but when they got to the chamber deep within the caves where they should have been, the Pokemon weren't there. Sofia told Julia to stay put for a moment so she could look around and find them before stepping down a side tunnel and leaving Julia alone, in the dark, with only her teddy bear and a small flashlight. Julia had always been uneasy about being in the dark, but it wasn't really a problem before since her big sis was usually around to hlep her, but this time... her sister was gone for what felt like an eternity. When she saw a light appear down one of the tunnels, she immediately ran to it, hoping to find her sister.

She didn't.

Instead, she found a strange, red Pokemon that gave off a faint blue glow (which she later learned was called Rotom.) She followed it for a little while, wondering what it was doing here, and quickly coming to realize that it seemed to be... lost, it seemed like it was looking for something. She cleared her throat, and asked in a meek, quiet voice, "Are you lost?"

The Rotom spun around and stared at her for a moment, and the mischievious little Pokemon it was, immediatley got an idea. It hovered toward Julia, slowly, and when it reached her... it vanished, leaving her standing there yet again - alone, in the dark, with only her flashlight.

... Then her bear talked.

The teddy was something her father helped her put together. It was filled with some circuitry so that, when the ears were pressed, it would move its' limbs, and said one of a few pre-recorded lines. This time, she hadn't pulled on the ears though, so when it talked, it made her drop the flashlight, and it, in shock and back away.

"W-What!?" She asked, thinking she was just hearing things.

The bear's head slowly rotated, a full 180 degrees, to be able to look at her. Its' eyes were glowing red, and it uttered three simple words, "I love you!"

The bear wasn't designed to handle the amount of electricity surging through it thanks to Rotom, and as it finished, the bear's whole head caught on fire.

Julia was... horrified. She screamed, turned, and ran as fast as her small legs would take her while caling for her sister. Sofia, who had returned to the place Julia had supposed to have been waiting, was starting to panic when Julia didn't answer her calls, and when she heard Julia screaming, well, that didn't help ease her fears. Both girls ran through the dark caves, Julia in complete darkness, scared as hell, while Sofia tried to find her, while calling her name. Sofia finally caught up with Julia after several minutes, and became almost as scared as her sister when her flashlight illuminated the angry rock Pokemon whose territory the girls had intruded on. Sofia grabed Julia, and slowly started trying to pul the frightened 10-year old away, when the rock type attacked.

Sofia sent out her Pokemon, but the rock type was too strong, and overwhelmed it, forcing her to return it and just drag her sister along in a full-on sprint toward the entrance of the caves. Sofia was glad when she saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and she glanced over her shoulder to see how far behind the rock type was, or if it had given up. Her attention diverted, she didn't see the small hole in the ground, and got tripped up.

The rock type, who hadn't given up, and was right behind them still, didn't hesitate to brutally tackle Sofia from behind, sending Sofia flying forward, where she landed on top of Julia, unconscious, and trapping the smaller girl. Julia, unsure of what else to do, just played dead. The rock type left a few minutes later, confident it had dealt with the intruders.

Julia dragged herself out from under Sofia, and despite her attempts was unable to wake her sister. She wanted to go for help, but not only did she not want to be alone running back to town, she wasn't sure if she could find the caves again, and didn't want to leave her sister behind... so she stayed, right next to Sofia.

They were found almost a full day later, and reunited with their thankful parents. A doctor was called to look them both over, while Julia was told to stay in her room. In one of the rare times she didn't listen, she slipped out after an hour to go see how her sister was doing, and it was there she was able to overhear the doctor talking to her father in the next room... and say a few lines she has never forgotten.

"Sofia's injuries are... fairly serious. She is lucky to be alive with how long it took to find her. If we had gotten to her sooner, she probably would have been fine but... as is... I'm sorry to say... the damage is... well... " A pause, a sigh, "She'll probably never walk again, and that is if she really lucky. Worst case scenario... she won't have any feeling in her extremities."

Julia was only 10, but being fairly bright, she understood. If she had gone for help, Sofia would have been okay. If she hadn't wandered off, Sofia would be okay. It was all her fault...

Julia spent the next several years with the guilt hanging over her, even with her sister, and even her parents telling her it wasn't her fault. Sofia even admitted it was her own fault, but Julia just didn't buy it. In her mind, it was her fault, and little was going to change that.

She refused to go outside very often, got really scared of the dark to the point she made several nightlights so her room was always lit up, and got rid of all her toy bears. She started working more closely with her father, and jumped on any opportunity to help her sister no matter how inconvienant it was for Julia personally. Her sister, now paralyzed from the waist down, decided against trying to be a Pokemon Trainer - it would just be too difficult - adding more for Julia to feel bad about, though Julia never said that, knowing Sofia would just try to get into how it wasn't her fault again.

To make matters worse, after the stories of Pokemon vanishing started, the disappearances made their way to Enchania Town. Sofia's best friend, and only Pokemon, among them. Julia tried to comfort her sister, but it just lead to a big fight, and in a heated moment her sister shouted the words, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Sofia immediately regretted it, but before she could take it back, Julia ran off. Julia didn't return for several days, leaving everyone sick with worry that she ran off. In reality, she was looking for Sofia's Pokemon. She searched high and low, to no avail. Julia finally returned home, but the reunion was brief: she came to get her things, as she was leaving, with the vow to Sofia to fix everything she caused and find her Pokemon. Sofia couldn't bring herself to try changing Julia's mind, and instead, just got Julia to make a few other promises.

Julia set off the next day, with her Porygon, and though she did not have any idea where to start... she got a helping hand when she noticed an expedited letter in the mail. It was addressed to Mr. Kretschmer, but someone had opened it before delivery, making her curious as to the content...

Mr. Kretschmer,
We would like to request you make your way to Isalia Town, we are in need of your expertise in the area of Pokeballs.

- Isalia Archelogical Team

 

Julia rubbed her eyes, trying to pus away the sleep, while accidentally jabbing her own forehead with the screwdriver in her hand. She winced, and grumbled, it wasn't the first time she'd done that, and it wasn't going to be the last tonight.

It was almost 3:30 in the morning, but you'd have a hard time being able to tell without looking out the window. Julia had the ceiling light on, several lamps around her desk plugged in and focused on the jumble of Pokeball parts and tools scattered across it, and every other outlet in the room had either a lamp or nightlight plugged in.

Julia sat cross-legged on her chair in her PJs, fussing over a Pokeball she couldn't get working - one in a long line of failures. Her father had showed her the basics, but had left it to her to make her first one. 'You learn more through failure then success,' he'd said, 'How do you think I know as much as I do?' She'd been at it for the last several hours. She was close, she knew it, and she just needed a little more to get it working. Just ten more minutes... as she had been telling herself every half-hour since it hit 1. She had to get up early tomorrow to take her sister to the mart, something that seemed lost on the 17, almost 18 year-old.

"Okay, tighten that, adjust that... No, that doesn't look right. Adjust a little more and... there we go. Now-" Her line of thought was broken by a whirring sound behind her, and she immediately grabbed her hammer and spun around. Her eyes sweeped across her room, from the various parts spread out all over her bed, the overflowing garbage can of failed Pokeballs, and some grease stains on the carpet next to the bike she was trying to attach an electric motor to... for science, you see, a self-pedaling bike, or something. She still wasn't quite sure. Regardless, nothing moved, no more noises... she started to turn back to her desk when she heard it again.

This time she turned in time to catch one of the wheels on her bike coming to a stop. There was DEFINITLEY something going on here. Slowly, she rose to her feet, and started moving toward the bike with her hammer raised. She limped the first few steps, with pins and needles running through her right leg. Just as the feeling passed, about five feet from the bike, the motor sprang to life. Julia jumped back, on the edge of shrieking about it being possessed when an old memory came to her - Rotom, and that old teddy bear. Could it be? The Rotom? Why? Why was it here? Did... did it come find her after all these years just to scare her again?

Julia was frozen, unable to make a decision: attack, run, call for help, or... ?

Her eyes drifted to the Pokeball she was working on, and suddenly had an idea: she'd catch it! Then she'd make that Rotom explain why it scared her all those years ago, and why it came back!

She ran over to her desk and snagged up the Pokeball, while the motor continued to hum away in the background. She quickly popped the ball open, and made several final adjustments before hurling it at the motor, "Got you!"

To her surprise, the Pokeball opened up and drew in a red energy from the motor. It dropped to the floor, and she looked on as it rolled about in anticipaton: was it going to stay? Was the ball going to work?

'Ping!'

The audible chime signalled as the ball stopped wiggling. It took a minute for it to sink in. She caught it. She caught Rotom. She caught a Pokemon. Her first. Overcome with a mixture of excitement, she rushed forward, grabbed the ball, and released it onto the bed.

The pink and light blue polygonal Pokemon appeared, and stared back at her before uttering, "Porygon!"

"Wait, what the heck are you!?" Julia questioned, her excitement fading. That. Was. Not. Rotom. Then, she was hit with a second revelation and looked to the Pokeball in her hand. Everything had happened so fast, she wasn't quite sure how she got the ball to work! Frustrated, she slumped back in her chair, glanced at the clock, and could only let out an annoyed, "Argh!"