HPM ~ Shu App

Name: Shuca

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Pokémon: Shuckle

Height: 178 cm (5’ 10”)

Bodystyle: Somewhere between skinny and athletic

Birthday: November 26

Home Island: Amusement Archipelago

Personality:

Quiet (but not quite) - His voice was very soft and he often stutters, so he didn't speak much. After a few years of having to repeat almost everything he said several times, he developed the habit of using hand gestures as he speaks. These days it's the gestures that actually did most of the communicating. He also brings a notepad around for more complicated conversations.

 Patient – Watching plants grow is one of his hobbies. He can stay in place without moving for hours at a time waiting for seeds to sprout or flowers to bloom. He's slow himself, so he doesn't mind waiting.

 Relaxed – Shu particularly dislikes being rushed. He did almost everything at his own pace, nice and slow. There will always be something wrong with his work whenever he hurried, be it little typos here and there in an essay or even something as big as accidentally skipping 5 consecutive numbers in a test.It happened once, believe it or not.

 Insensitive – Be to the point when talking to Shu, he’s not terribly smart at figuring out people. Much closer to 'completely clueless,' actually. Prepare to straighten out miscommunications, as they're bound to happen sooner or later. On the brighter side, being able to offend him is a feat by itself. Most of the time he won't even notice it. There are times when he becomes surprisingly perceptive, but they're rare and far in between.

 Reckless – He often did dangerous things without thinking much about it. Jumping off a cliff to have a swim at the ocean? Check. And he can't even swim. Climbing a very,very tall tree with thin branches that can snap anytime? Check. The view was great! He survives every single danger with little to no injuries for some reason, though, so no one can say or do anything about it.

  Dreamy – Shu always seems to be daydreaming, a little detached from the world. In conversations, too, it usually takes him a few seconds to realize that someone is talking to him. He had walked into such a wide range of objects and people he doesn't even mind crashing into anything anymore. Arceus knows what's going on in his mind, to keep him so preoccupied! The only time he's completely focused is when he's tending to his beloved plants.

History:
    Little Shu was a very odd boy. Other children his age were talkative, annoyingly so, active, and were generally little bundles of joy. Shu was silent and still, and when something caught his interest all he did was stare at it. He quickly learned that people don’t like being stared at and pokémon will run or fly away sooner or later. Plants stay there, though, no matter how much he stared at them. Flowers bloom and wilt, leaves sometimes change colors or get blown away by the wind, but never once did a plant move from its position. This (somehow) captivated little Shu and after that conclusion he can be seen sitting down observing a plant for hours, almost unblinkingly.

    From his observation he learned that the inedible seeds will sprout into a new plant when they fall to the ground. Some of them grow right away, some takes more time. Some needs more water than others; there are also plants that don’t like too much water. One day he found a gardening book in his parents’ room. It has information on all sorts of plants and how to take care them. While other children his played with their pets, Shu fiddled with gardening tools and seeds.

     Shu wasn’t very popular at school, quiet boys who did nothing but stare rarely are. School never caused him much trouble, though. There are bullies, of course, but people generally left him alone. No matter how hard they tried, Shu always stood up and walked away, seemingly unaffected, so they soon grew tired of beating him up. Everyone stayed away from him after he learned this glorious move called “power swap.”

    After he graduated Shu decided to take a major in Botany. He loves plants, after all, and it’s not like he’s good at anything else besides gardening. After a while berries caught his interest. They are the main ingredient of poffins and pokéblocks, which somehow makes pokémon perform better during contests. They are also useful in battles and pokémon equipped with berries can make use of them quite efficiently. How wonderful! But then he realized that there’s little information about berry growth, or anything besides their usage. So, he thought, why not make his own research? A research project is mandatory for graduation in his university, after all.

    He rented a plot of land in Amusement Archipelago for said research, and from here his story begins…

Job: (Berry) Farmer

Farm Name: Berrygrove Farm

Cat Race:

Espurr

Cat’s Name:

Petaya

Cat’s Gender:

Female

Talents:

 Very, very good at staring contests.

 Able to communicate effectively using only body language.

  Sturdier than he looks. Or maybe simply lucky. He survives a fall from the third floor with only minor injuries a few years back.

 Nearly limitless patience.

 Has a green thumb, just about every plant will grow strong and healthy when he’s the one caring for them.

Funfacts:

 In-game, his nature will be relaxed, and his characteristic will be sturdy body.

A terrible swimmer. He sinks like a rock in water.

Keeps track of the growth of his berry plants in a journal. The content is unexpectedly neat and detailed.

 Is somewhat obsessed with berries. A/N: He's even named after one!

 And shuckles.