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Name: Gage Dean Cooper
Age: Seventeen
Gender: Male
Trainer Type: Trainer. Has been interested in being a Ranger to help protect the wild.
Hometown: Slateport City, Hoenn

Appearance:

Gage tops out at about 5' 10½" (179 cm) in height. He is around the average for boys his age, which suits him fine. He attempts to always have a perfect posture, but stress influences him all time, putting him into a slouched position, knocking off a few inches. As for weight, he is about 130lbs, which is slightly underweight, but he would rather be thin than fat.

Gage has been able to develop a bronze tan. Despite being lighter, it is still there on his smooth skin. His skin is soft, and has vague traces of freckles, however, they may not be as prominent as others. Gage's skin is often surprising to most, although it's just skin to him.

To put it simply, he looks a lot younger than he actually his. His face shows youth, and still seems to have some of his baby fat. Gage's face is rigid, and not curved like a circle, but more like a square. He has high cheekbones, probably from some race that is down his family tree. His cheeks aren't rounded, and puffy, but rather flat, and just cheeks. His face meets at the bottom of his chin, and somewhat splits in the middle. His jawline is just as rigid as the rest of his face, and helps make his face look thinner.

Gage's hair seems to be a mix of a brown color, and blonde, leaving him with light colored hair. It's medium in length, and often considered too long for his gender. His hair appears to be silky smooth, as if almost greasy sometimes. It's smooth to the touch, and thin and fine. His hair is usually styled normally, flat against his head, or with somewhat of a fauxhawk in the front. It parts towards the right, and all the hair seems to go that way too. He takes pride in his hair, because it is often one of his stronger points of interest with his appearance. As for facial hair, Gage seems to have none. As described before, his face is smooth, and is clear from all facial hair.

Gage's eyes are almond shaped, and most of the white is covered by is huge brown irises and black pupils. The dark chocolate eyes hide so many things, and seem to be able to tell stories just by one glance. They pull you in, begging for you to care, and begging you to find out more. His eyes are surrounded by light purple bruises, the result of the small amount of sleep he ever has. Bags also accompany the bruises, and they rest just beneath his eyes. Gage's eyes may appear flat black, under certain types of light, despite having a thin ring of the chocolate brown. He sees through his eyes like a cat at night. They are strong, something his parents claim was because of them and their forceful vegetable feeding.

Gage's eyebrows are thick, and bushy, and are the same color as his hair. They are curved upwards, adding a look of surprise that will forever be accompanying his eyes. They feel rough, which is probably cause of how bushy they are. A small scar lies across his eyebrows, leaving a few millimeters of hair missing from his left eyebrow due to a prior accident. The flesh is pink, and blends in with his skin.

His nose is thin, and long, matching with the rest of his face nicely. It's flat at the end, not pointed out. His nostrils are well hidden, because of their angle, however, they are large. His nose broke during an accident, now having it broken slightly and ending with it pointing somewhat to the left. His ears are often not seen, due to being covered up by his hair, which he prefers. They are rigid all around, except at the top, where they curve like a circle. The ear drum often picks up on sound, like a dog might.

Gage's lips are thin, but long, and always seem to be curving up into somewhat of a smile, which seems a little out of place with his personality. His lips are smooth, almost always moisturized by saliva from his mouth. They are rarely chapped, which is good, because then that's less for Gage to deal with. But that's probably because he doesn't put them through that much "action". They are often pressed together tightly, hiding all his emotions from those around him, until they bother to dig deeper. To describe Gage's teeth, it would only make him seem perfect. His teeth are bright white, showing the heavy care he puts into them. They are straight, and pretty much perfect, because of the braces that Gage had to wear for most of his life. He takes pride in his dental care, however, his teeth are really seen behind his closed lips.

His neck flows nicely down, and splits out to make his shoulders. The muscle is not as strong here, therefore presenting a thinner neck. His Adam's Apple barely sticks out, proving that he still hasn't actually finished puberty. His shoulders are broad, which seems to contradict the fact that he is still going through the growth that a teenager goes through. His left shoulder bulges out a bit more than the right, nothing that really needs to be worried about as it hasn't done damage as of yet. Gage's chest is flat, which is typical for males. It flows down to his flat stomach which is covered by the small bit of muscles he has. His ribs protrude slightly, due to how thin he is. His skin is smooth across his chest.

Long arms extend from his shoulders. They run down to his wrists, with the muscle he has down the whole way. The skin on the underside of his arm is much lighter than the rest of his body, and the top is covered with light brown hair. His veins are extremely prominent against the skin, and also bulge out slightly from his skin. The blue stands out, and is shocking to see the vibrant color against his otherwise basic skin tone. As for his hands, Gage's palms are rough, due to the constant contact with other things. His thin fingers stretch out, and finally end with the nails. His fingers are long and thin His nails are rough at the ends, because he finds himself chewing them in stressful situations.

Medium length limbs extend down, forming his legs. The inner thigh is covered in light, smooth skin, while the rest is dark, and rough with hair. Muscles flow down the leg, adding to the overall thickness of his legs. Scratches and scars cover his legs due to the accident off the cliff. His knee caps are a little bit bonier, but not enough to make much of a difference. Gage's feet appear rough, but people would be surprised to find that they are actually somewhat soft to the touch. The toes are like little stubs extending out, the tops being covered by soft toenails.

Personality:

Gage is definitely somebody who prefers to be active. If he had it his way, he would be outside all the time, running around with the kids that lived near him or sneaking around to hang out with the friendly Pokemon that worked at the places nearby. He loves the outdoors with a passion and he would much rather go running through the grass than sit around and do nothing.

When most people who know Gage are asked what is the strongest trait of his, they respond with no hesitation with "he analyzes things too much". No matter what happens, whether it's small and unimportant, or huge and controversial, Gage's mind breaks it apart, and tries to find out everything about that statement or event. It often leads him to want to know everything, leading him question everything somebody does.

When Gage is asked a question, whether it's simple like "what's your favourite color?", or complicated like "what is love?" he will often respond with another question, either wishing to discover more or to avoid it. He tends to be curious and adventurous.

Even though he may deny it, there's no way that Gage can't be seen as a try-hard. Everything he does needs to be done right the first time, and he will work non-stop to make sure of that. It also applies for social aspects. When he finds himself in a conversation, he often pushes himself to be social.

It would be stupid to think that this teenager thinks he's perfect. Actually, it's quite the opposite. The emotional trauma that effected him when his brother died has made him into somebody who always finds faults in things, but usually in himself. He always thinks that he isn't good enough for anything, that he is just a waste of space, and that he needs to just end the pain people have to go through by living with him.

To say Gage was smart is an understatement. Gage is kind of brilliant. He excelled in schooling his whole life, and even skipped a grade because his knowledge was too good. However, it's not just academic smarts that he was blessed with, for he has a great real word understanding as well.

Picture a watermelon. This watermelon is really juicy, and full of all the watermelony stuff that watermelon's contain. Now picture a sledgehammer, made of whatever strong material you want. Then let that sledgehammer smash down on the watermelon. I'm sure you know what would happen. I told you to imagine this, because it relates to Gage's emotional state very well. At first, he was strong, almost emotionless. He was a stable person. Then, there was the death of his brother. That one event shattered his life, or smashes his watermelon. Now, nothing except a mess is left. Nothing is holding up this teenager's emotional state. The stableness that was once there is now smashed, just like the watermelon. He tries to hide it, unfortunately not succeeding at times though.

History:

Born in a more or less busy city, Gage was always in a loving environment. His parents cared for him more than anything in the world, always putting him and his brother before anybody and anything. His brother made his childhood worth it though. They were best friends as soon as Gage could talk. His brother was a year older than him, sharing the exact same interests and practically a physical and emotional copy of him. They were inseparable for most of their lives, until his brother was allowed to leave on a journey around Hoenn. But from what he heard, it didn't stop there. His brother was enjoying himself without Gage, which hurt more than Gage would admit.

But a stray attack in a battle blew everything apart. Not just his brother's body, but his emotions too. His world was then turned upside down, whether he liked it or not. And he didn't. His life became a sea of guilt and depression and he couldn't get out of it. Until he was promised by his parents a Pokemon. Something inside of him clicked, showing his old self that loved to be around the cute creatures that he saw everywhere. And having the chance to have his very own brought him back, albeit, not getting rid of the depression completely. But he wanted to do what his brother did, live like his brother did before he died. And that meant going on the journey.

It took a few years before his parents actually let him even think about going though. He began to do more around the house, more around the city, more anywhere. He wanted to show that he could do it, that he could actually leave and be able to be like his brother was. But he didn't want to meet the same fate as the only one he ever truly felt safe with. The one he idolized and wanted to be was gone and he didn't want to go out the same way. Caution was then installed into his brain, hypothetically, and he prepared to take the first step in a journey that would be bigger than he could ever imagine. And he managed to accomplish one of his earlier goals. To walk in his brother's footsteps. And he can only hope he doesn't end in them.

Goals:

• become a ranger
• live like his brother did
• meet the girl his brother was with when he died
• meet the person who's Pokemon killed him
• train hard with Pokemon and gain friends
• to eventually fight the Elite Four to do what his brother couldn't

Other Info:

The brother that is spoken about was the boy mentioned in Accalia Nyx's bio.

How did you find us?: Cameron [:

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{wishlist

Growlithe []	Totadile []	Poochyena []	Starly []	Riolu []
Eevee []	Scyther []	Houndour []	Larvitar []	Bagon []
Snivy []	Tympole []	Sandile [x]	Axew []	Archen []

{colors

Gage - Speech - 669966
Echo - Charmander - F68F3F
Aegis - Mudkip - 41A4DE
Sonar - Sandile - C59C5A
Swift - Zigzagoon - B49C8B

{journey guide

journey

• [Chapter One] {one step on a journey of a million
  

events

• [Black and White - 2011] {dreams will come true
  

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Pokemon In Party

Charmander
Name: Echo
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Attacks: Scratch, Growl, Ember
Ability: Blaze
Nature/Personality: Brave


Mudkip
Name: Aegis
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Attacks: Tackle, Growl
Ability: Torrent
Nature/Personality: Relaxed


Sandile
Name: Sonar
Gender: Male
Level: 4
Moves: Leer, Rage, Bite
Ability: Anger Point
Nature/Personality: Cocky
Other: Obtained from the Dream World; Black and White Event 2011

Pokémon Box

Bill's PC

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Inventory

Item: Poké Ball X5

Item: Great Ball X1

Item: Full Heal X2

Item: Revive X1

Item: Potion X3

Item: Birthday Cake X1

Item: Map of Johto

TM/HM Case

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