- 28 years old. - Has embraced the modern world completely, learning to read fluently, adapting to technology, picking up on the local speech patterns. He partially lapses back into his native dialect when talking with close friends, but out in public it's hard to tell he was ever from a "medieval" society. He tossed his Samurai uniform years ago after it got messed up in a fire-related mishap, with only minimal hesitation. - The first half of those 10 years was really turbulent because of memory comas through to the end of canon and a resultant mountain of personal issues. He spent a long, angry five years figuring out who he was and what he believed and what he was going to do with himself. He chilled out immensely after that and took the...let's call it the chaos high road, setting out to live freely without ruining everything in the process. - Moral relativism is still the foundation of his life philosophy. - He's a roaming Pokemon trainer now and forever. He lives for the eternal challenge, and to keep himself from getting complacent, he shrugs off his Pokemon on other people whenever his team gets too powerful to keep things interesting. He doesn't keep trophies and doesn't go after permanent titles, so he...well, he's pissed off a fair number of people in the badge and tournament circuits, let's say. - When drunk, he talks about wanting to fight Legendary Pokemon someday. Whether that's a real dream he's pursuing or not is up for debate. - He discovered early on that there's some pretty cool stuff in books, and he enjoys reading the things that catch his interest. His taste is....actually kind of surprising, because he has no trouble dealing with the prose in older literature; he likes deeply personal stories that explore human nature, and the more controversial the subject matter, the better. (He's kind of That One Jackass from high school who bragged about all the kurt vonnegut and dystopian novels he's read, in terms of taste, tbh, except for Walter it's a personal thing and he doesn't talk about it much.) - Occasionally pops into Rocket-related conflicts to punch some grunts in the face (they remind him of the Ashura-kai, except more blatantly nefarious) but doesn't permanently ally himself with anyone. - His single personal rule to live by is that he won't cede anything to anyone unless they take it from him by proving their superiority through combat. He still considers power to be the determining factor in a person's worth (though "power" has varying meanings, he's discovered.) - He's dated a bunch of women, but nothing ever stuck because he can't not just get up some morning and start off across the region out of restlessness. - ...The only Pokemon he's not willing to just get rid of are a small handful of Fire- and Fighting-types he's had since his first journey that he doesn't battle publicly but seems to be constantly training for...something. - A terrible thrill-seeker who should probably fear death more than he does. He lives such that he won't regret not having done something if he bites it tomorrow. - Still hates fish. - The one bit of sentiment he allows himself is dropping in on friends whenever he's in the vicinity. He may be convinced that attachments hold you back, but...everyone has their vices, and he likes having friends and fellows.
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- Has embraced the modern world completely, learning to read fluently, adapting to technology, picking up on the local speech patterns. He partially lapses back into his native dialect when talking with close friends, but out in public it's hard to tell he was ever from a "medieval" society. He tossed his Samurai uniform years ago after it got messed up in a fire-related mishap, with only minimal hesitation.
- The first half of those 10 years was really turbulent because of memory comas through to the end of canon and a resultant mountain of personal issues. He spent a long, angry five years figuring out who he was and what he believed and what he was going to do with himself. He chilled out immensely after that and took the...let's call it the chaos high road, setting out to live freely without ruining everything in the process.
- Moral relativism is still the foundation of his life philosophy.
- He's a roaming Pokemon trainer now and forever. He lives for the eternal challenge, and to keep himself from getting complacent, he shrugs off his Pokemon on other people whenever his team gets too powerful to keep things interesting. He doesn't keep trophies and doesn't go after permanent titles, so he...well, he's pissed off a fair number of people in the badge and tournament circuits, let's say.
- When drunk, he talks about wanting to fight Legendary Pokemon someday. Whether that's a real dream he's pursuing or not is up for debate.
- He discovered early on that there's some pretty cool stuff in books, and he enjoys reading the things that catch his interest. His taste is....actually kind of surprising, because he has no trouble dealing with the prose in older literature; he likes deeply personal stories that explore human nature, and the more controversial the subject matter, the better. (He's kind of That One Jackass from high school who bragged about all the kurt vonnegut and dystopian novels he's read, in terms of taste, tbh, except for Walter it's a personal thing and he doesn't talk about it much.)
- Occasionally pops into Rocket-related conflicts to punch some grunts in the face (they remind him of the Ashura-kai, except more blatantly nefarious) but doesn't permanently ally himself with anyone.
- His single personal rule to live by is that he won't cede anything to anyone unless they take it from him by proving their superiority through combat. He still considers power to be the determining factor in a person's worth (though "power" has varying meanings, he's discovered.)
- He's dated a bunch of women, but nothing ever stuck because he can't not just get up some morning and start off across the region out of restlessness.
- ...The only Pokemon he's not willing to just get rid of are a small handful of Fire- and Fighting-types he's had since his first journey that he doesn't battle publicly but seems to be constantly training for...something.
- A terrible thrill-seeker who should probably fear death more than he does. He lives such that he won't regret not having done something if he bites it tomorrow.
- Still hates fish.
- The one bit of sentiment he allows himself is dropping in on friends whenever he's in the vicinity. He may be convinced that attachments hold you back, but...everyone has their vices, and he likes having friends and fellows.
EDIT: oh are we doing battle themes too
I....I'm gonna go with this one for him