Unknown: Rui Hozeran.

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full name, rui shina hozeran.
gender, female.
age, twenty-three [23].
date of birth, december twenty-fifth.
occupation, official occupation is unknown, though serves as a spiritual medium.
hometown, ecruteak city, johto.
family,
→ birth family unknown.

→ xavier [spirit of a man; primary father-figure during young age]
→ shaira [spirit of a mightyena; primary protector during young age]

→ father nathanial [deceased; priest who raised rui from later childhood]

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rui is a fairly thin woman that happens to be a bit on the tall side, her overall height coming to around five feet and nine inches. Of course, when one says thin in this case, they certainly mean thin. Rui tends to lack any sort of voluptuous curves, and while she has a fair face, her body isn't something that would really stand out in a crowd. Really, if anyone spares her a second glance it tends to be because of her odd ways of dressing. With the exception of walking and traveling, she doesn't really get much physical exercise, which, while it keeps her metabolism fairly high, results in fairly weak physical abilities. She may be able to be quick on her feet, but when it comes to anything that requires pure muscle strength you're better off finding someone else.

as mentioned, Rui has a fair face, and her skin has a pale, almost ghostly tone to it -- though really that's somewhat fitting for her chosen occupation. While she doesn't seem to necessarily burn too badly, she doesn't tan either. Rather, her skin appears best in cool light, like that of the moon, where its pale colouration is a bit more accented. Her eyes are grey in colour, though she tends to keep them half closed in an almost bored or neutral expression constantly. While her eyes seem to give the appearance that they hold certain mysteries behind them, Rui isn't the type that willingly discloses much of her personal life. After all, it's really no one's business but her's.

her hair is ebony in colour, and when let loose would probably fall to a little past her mid-back. However, she generally either keeps it pulled back in a wavey ponytail or a loose bun -- where the excess strands hand loose against the back of her neck -- and in both situations it's tied back with a simple white cloth.

rui's clothing is probably the most identifiable characteristic about her clothing. She isn't afraid to hide her spiritual disposition by any means, which is obvious in the way she chooses to dress. Her shirt lacks sleeves and reveals her mid-drift, though its neck seems to extend upward to around the middle of her own. The entire garment is white in colour, with the exceptions of strips of dark grey around the arm and neck openings, and the cross positioned on the chest of her shirt.

as an accent to her top, she wears white, fingerless gloves of a similar design that extend upward to her elbows, where they too are rimmed with dark grey. On the back of each hand is an identical dark grey cross to the one on her top.

while it's not always present, a loose, white strip of cloth can sometimes be seen acting like a sort of belt -- provided it's necessary for her to carry a pouch or something of some sort on it for her supplies -- which provides a stark contrast against her long, dark-grey pants. Along the side of her right leg a white cross extends, its base branching out to consume the entire right hem of her pants. Her footwear, however, is considerably less personalized, as it consists of a simple pair of brown sandals.

it should be noted that she also keeps a string of prayer beads on her person, which doubles as her method of carrying her Pokémon around. Minimized Pokeballs can be attached to the adornment, and it's generally a common practice of Rui's to label individual Pokeballs with a specific rune to help identify which Pokémon is in which sphere.

during colder weather, her attire really doesn't change much. In fact, it looks almost identical except for the fact that her top is replaced by a white sweater -- still with the dark grey cross on the chest -- and her cloves are instead woven and dark grey in colour. Her sandals are also replaced by dark grey boots, and generally her pants are tucked into them to prevent any sort of snow from soaking her feet.

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rui is relatively calm and collected, normally thinking most things through before she even considers an action; some say she's almost too calm, being extremely slow to anger; at least to a point it's obvious. True, she does get irritated quite easily, particularly in the company of a so-called "friend", one Jakar Kuzukie, despite the fact she is almost constantly in his company.

she doesn't seem to be particularly open to the aspect of love, or, really, any close human affection at all. While this could be considered to be rather cold on her part, she merely doesn't wish to open herself up to such a vulnerable position -- particularly considering Jakar is the main individual to show significant interest in her and he is generally quite foreward. Whether or not she will ever allow herself to show such affection is unknown, but for the time being one could safely say she is simply not interested whatsoever.

while she generally does try to help where she can -- to an extent -- it isn't exactly unknown for her to turn away someone asking for her aide. While she generally has a good reason for it, she normally makes it clear that she isn't one that can be bossed around and ordered about to do whatever someone else may seem fit.

while Rui's arguably 'cold' personality is one of her disadvantages, it could be considered to be one of her strengths just as well. Because of her normal reluctance to get close to humans, their worries normally don't haunt her. However, her connection with spiritual entities causes her to be in a particular disadvantage when someone threatens an area that has specific spiritual meaning; mainly due to the fact she will insist on putting a stop to it. Her rather average physical strength also places her at a disadvantage should someone take her by surprise, and her rather removed personality tends to prevent her from making many "true" friends.

rui is generally fond of dark and secluded places where she can find peace and tranquility away from other human contact. She seems to overall prefer the presence of the dead to that of the living, thus usually seeks out areas where spirits are found -- particularly graveyards. She also seems to have a certain fondness for vanilla ice cream in addition to Pokémon who share her abilities or the point of such talents, such as a dark, ghost, and psychic types.

however, she isn't very fond of crowded places and absolutely despises the idea of murder or other such abusive actions. Her firm belief is that there are already so many wandering spirits in the world that there shouldn't be anymore forced to reside in eternity trying to live out the lives they never had. She'd much rather see spirits pass on.

rui doesn't seem to exactly fear anything specifically, though she seems to have rather mixed emotions when it comes to death. While she doesn't fear death herself, the possible harm that may come to those she leaves behind causes her some amount of worry -- mainly when it comes to her Pokémon as she's not particularly close to many humans. She also seems to fear being abandoned completely, like she once was as a young girl before she came to know Xavier and Shaira.

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rui was orphaned since an extremely young age, completely unable to recall the parents that abandoned her nor any recollections of the family she never really had. It is unknown if the name she goes by is even truly her real name, though she'd never admit otherwise and has grown to believe it is the name she has had from birth. She lived in the graveyard to the south of Ecruteak City, Johto, since her abandonment at the age of three, something that most would think impossible. After all, a child of such a young age would be incapable of fending for herself, meaning she should have been dead within a few days.

indeed, she had in fact not fended for herself. The spirits that still remained amongst the forgotten graves found interest in the young girl and the fact that she seemed to actually reach for them whenever one ever made its presence known, as if she could actually see the spirits of the dead hovering around her. The spirit of a Mightyena, who had appointed herself as the "guardian" of the area, was the first to actually truly approach the young girl. Shaira, as she was named, took pity upon her abandonment and became almost instinctively protective over her, as if she was one of her own pups. A close friend of Shaira's, the spirit of an elderly alchemist -- used in the context of an old age scientist -- named Xavier, agreed to aide her in the care of the young girl, giving her the name name of Rui Shina Hozeran; though as mentioned before, it is unknown if Xavier knew her real name or not.

shaira and Xavier used feats of mild possession, which most spirits were capable of, to influence individuals to leave offerings to the dead in the graveyard, which was mainly what Rui had learned to survive on in addition to the source of the crude clothing she generally wore. Really, she looked a fair bit like a wild child with her ragged appearance during her younger age, however, as she grew older it became more apparent that she had a distinctive bond with the dead. She spoke with the spirits around her, even coming to points where she would reach out in an attempt to touch a hand, though of course she could never accomplish such a feat. After all, ghosts didn't possess true matter. Though, it then became obvious to Xavier that Rui seemed to have the makings of a spiritual medium, though her abilities had yet to fully manifest themselves considering her young age. She could see and hear spirits, but that was about the full extent of her abilities.

shaira grew to be extremely protective of the girl as Rui grew up, which was probably the main reason that her presence remained secret from several years. Even though Xavier tried to put a stop to the Mightyena's possessiveness, Shaira proved to be extremely violent towards any that came within any sort of close proximity to the girl. She would howl and snarl, and effectively chased most away. It was the spirit's belief that she could raise Rui as her own, to make up for the fact she couldn't protect her own pups while she had been living.

however, Xavier knew that Rui couldn't possibly continue to survive without human aide. The winters that had already past had been difficult as it was, and with every passing year it seemed that Rui became less and less likely to recover from any illness that befell her. It was eventually, after some extreme persuasion on his part, that he convinced Shaira to finally let Rui go. It was then that Xavier managed to lead an elderly man, a priest that had made his home in Ecruteak, to her, and Rui was almost instantly adopted by the old man.

father Nathanial was a good man at heart, though initially he was somewhat put off by the lack of responsiveness Rui gave him. While she had given him her name -- at that point she was around six or seven -- she never talked about herself and was almost constantly trying to return to the graveyard she considered her home. Eventually, Father Nathanial finally caved and let her go back and forth as she pleased, hoping that maybe his lenience would aide in her opening up to him.

for the most part it seemed to work, as Rui began to gradually allow Nathanial to accompany her -- after some heavy insistence on his part -- and it was there that he find out about her increasing spiritual abilities. While he himself could sense spirits, he was largely a man of the church only, and couldn't communicate with them to the extent that Rui seemed to be able to. He could exorcise and banish, but never could he really find out a spirit's true purpose on his own.

thus, he found that he could use Rui to help him with that. While at first she was skeptical at the thought as she didn't fully like the idea of being heavily involved with the religion Father Nathanial served, she finally gave in for the most part. In return for his teachings on how to prepare one's body for the act of purifying and exorcising, she provided the bridge he needed to truly understand what it was that held the dead to the earth.

however, around when Rui turned seventeen, Father Nathanial passed away. He had died peacefully, and had passed on without difficulty. She was happy for him, and that there wasn't another spirit that was hopelessly wandering the earth. In her years under his care, she had taken on a rather aloof personality and was still heavily involved with the dead, though at least now she could care for herself for the most part. Unfortunately, the aspect of getting a job proved to be rather difficult, and she soon found herself posing as a sort of "fortune teller" to those who honestly believed their future could be predicted -- something which Rui frowned at. She grew to hate the temporary occupation, but it brought in the money she needed to board with a small family in Ecruteak.

shaira and Xavier, of course, never left her mind, and she would frequent the graveyard for the sole purpose of visiting them. There was one instance when she asked if they wanted her to help them to pass on, though Xavier, speaking for them both, refused. It was his reasoning that it was their responsibility to remain behind, though he did insist that Rui should leave Ecruteak in hopes of broadening her horizons. Of course, this was an idea that neither Shaira nor Rui was fond of.

rui remained in Ecruteak into her early twenties, where a chance meeting brought her to the acquaintance of one Jakar Kuzukie. While his immature nature caused some amount of disgust in the woman, he was insistent that she should accompany him -- wherever he got that bloody idea! He was a flirt, didn't think anything through, and was a lover of fighting types and extreme sports. Definitely not the type one would ever imagine Rui to be associated with. However, eventually she caved, if it was for the simple reason to get him to stop harassing her.

shaira was, of course, furious with the idea, though it was Rui who managed to calm her this time, not Xavier. She made a promise to the spirit Mightyena that, should she catch a female of Shaira's species, she would name it after her. That way it would be like she was always there watching. While Shaira was still edgy at first, she finally relented, and vanished, showing that she would let Rui go. Xavier, was of course, much more civil about it.

rui journeyed with Jakar for long enough to eventually find out he was part of the nefarious Team Rocket. At first, she was repulsed by the idea that she had been in his company, though she gradually became to accept the fact. He didn't seem like an evil sort, after all, though eventually she chose to part ways with him, at least temporarily.

though it wasn't long before they met up again. At that point Rui had attained a fair team of Pokémon herself, though most notable was a female Poochyena -- which later became a Mightyena -- that went by the name of Shaira. Rui had managed to fulfill the promise she made to her spiritual guardian before she left, and as a result, it became commonly believed that the Mightyena spirit came to rest as part of her physical counterpart. The mortal Shaira also became one of Rui's most prominent partners when it came to spiritual acts.

eventually, it was decided that the duo come to Lanorae, and they have resided there since. Though what exactly they're doing here has remained unknown.

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name, shaira.
species, mightyena.
gender, female.
ability, quick feet.
level, sixty-seven [67].
attacks,

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tackle, howl, sand-attack, bite, odor sleuth, roar, swagger, assurance, scary face, taunt, embargo, take down, thief, sucker punch
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dark pulse, shadow ball, poison fang[/ul]
nature, calm. shaira shares a lot of personality traits with her trainer, which is possibly why they tend to get along very well and seem to be able to understand each others’ emotions even when they are not directly shown. It is difficult to get her truly riled up, though she has been known to become annoyed relatively easily, and generally shows this with a sharp look. To other Pokemon, her voice could be described as somewhat toneless and generally lacks much emotion.

she tends to be extremely protective of her trainer, and is really considered to be Rui’s main line of defense due to the fact she is almost constantly out of her Pokeball. While she stays calm most of the time, any direct action against her trainer is generally retaliated to almost instantly. She always gives a warning first, normally in the form of a loud growl and perhaps the baring of her fangs, though any repeated instances are never given such a mercy.

fortunately, her trust is relatively easy to gain, granted the individual in question doesn’t seem to be a direct threat. Even so, she doesn’t seem to be very fond of people touching her except for people she has known for a while, and on most occasions, small children, which she seems to be relatively fond of.

shaira, like Rui, seems to be in tune to the spiritual plane, though whether or not she can actually see spirits like Rui can is unknown. Rather, she seems to sense them more than anything. Even so, because of this it is not uncommon for her to be present during certain rights and other things, so that she may step in should she sense a problem.
happiness, love.
hold item, none.
status, healthy.
additional,

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name, aysu.
species, shiny umbreon.
gender, female.
ability, synchronize.
level, fifty-eight [58].
attacks,

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tackle, tail whip, helping hand, sand-attack, pursuit, quick attack, confuse ray, faint attack, assurance, last resort, mean look
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flash, double team[/ul]
nature, lonely. a Pokémon that enjoys keeping to herself, Aysu seems to always be completely wrapped in an aura of mystery. She is a silent individual, yet all the same seems to possess a kind of cold, smug persona about her that usually puts those weak of heart on their guard. Whether or not she is a creature of devious intentions remains unknown, though as do her loyalties as well. While she does seem to hold a certain degree of respect for Rui, her general atmosphere typically causes others to question such loyalties.
happiness, tolerance.
hold item, none.
status, healthy.
additional,

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name, álmos.
species, espeon.
gender, male.
ability, synchronize.
level, fifty-eight [58].
attacks,

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tackle, tail whip, helping hand, sand-attack, confusion, quick attack, swift, psybeam, future sight
tm/hm/egg/tutor
psychic, shadow ball, reflect, wish[/ul]
nature, lax. always speaking with a somewhat dreamy air, Álmos typically speaks in riddles and tells of various visions he has seen. Occasionally such tellings may be explained by him in some way, though such explanations are typically long, complex, and highly confusing to the average listener; to a point even that it is rare for Rui to even understand what he may be saying. Even so, he's a strategic fighter that typically relies on confusion to throw his enemies off-guard.
happiness, like.
hold item, none.
status, healthy.
additional,

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name, orpheus.
species, sableye.
gender, male.
ability, keen eye.
level, fifty [50].
attacks,

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leer, scratch, foresight, night shade, astonish, fury swipes, fake out, detect, shadow sneak, knock off, faint attack, punishment, shadow claw, power gem, confuse ray, zen headbutt
tm/hm/egg/tutor
shadow claw[/ul]
nature, impish. dark and alluring, Orpheus is a rather sly individual. He's full of cunning talk and sly words, and has been known for getting out of many a toil with his words, toil that he normally caused himself.
happiness, like.
hold item, none.
status, healthy.
additional,

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