[BRR App] Joseph Alvarez

OH LOOK my ass being dragged back into Pokemon who'da thunk :"BBBB
Permission granted to give my fella his tiny tagalong! Getting geared up for Daddy-Daughter shenanigans rriiiiiigghhtttt after he gets his Starter Pokemon (He's already geared for a Deino from the points donations which is cool. Also painful. Also much hilarious injuries).
I've never actually joined an RP group like this (Used to the fast-paced style of OCTs) so hey, wish me luck!

UPDATE: Joseph has received his first Pokemon, Gambit the Murkrow! Adventure on motherfuckers!


Name: Joseph 'Joe' Alvarez
Age: 29
Birthdate: May 25, 1985 (Gemini)
Gender: Male
Hometown: Castelia City, Unova
Occupation: Service Pokemon Trainer/Police informant
Type of Trainer: New
Favorite Type: Dark (I walk on the wild side man, whaddaya want me to say? And hey, don't let the tough looks fool ya---ever heard of the expression 'Thick as Thieves'?)
Least Favorite Type: Ghost (Skeletons in the closet. Don't ask)
Personality:  

│Loyal│Rough around the edges│Tough Love│Protective│Determined

Anyone knowing anything about his past might be inclined to a bit of shock meeting Joseph for the first time, given the man's easy-going, genial facade; After all, even in the business of Cosa Nostra it's better to be able to talk someone into doing something you want them to rather than beat it out of them, much as the second option makes for faster results. 
The best way to describe the man would be dog-like---On one hand loyal, protective, trusting and valiant to a fault, and on the other violent, ruthless, vindictive and vengeful. To have him on your side is to have a friend for life who wouldn't think twice about getting his hands dirty to help you out and coming from a business where true friends were rare to be found, he covets those he has more so than gold. 
Speaking of gold, he tends to be generous with money towards the downtrodden and adores the street busking scene. It doesn't stop him from being amoral however---if a street urchin were to shoplift food or necessities, he wouldn't bat an eye at them and would even cover for them if being pursued by the local cops. 

He dotes on his daughter Jenna, in his own words the thing he's proudest of in this lifetime and does his best to give her all the things a child could ever want, serving as her homeschool tutor on the road as well. 

When it comes to Pokemon, Joseph takes a decidedly pragmatic view of their relationship to him. Prior to Borealis, he has had vast experience training them to serve the mob but has never had one for himself and as such sees them not so much as equals but lower-ranking packmates and tools, though he keeps the mindset that tools should be well taken care of for maximum efficiency---besides, retraining a new tool to take the place of the old one is always a hassle and a waste of valuable time (Which is why he despises underground pit fights. Needless waste of a good Pokemon's life). 
Kindness is offered to those which are willing to listen to him and obey orders as required. However, he isn't against physically reprimanding those which refuse to work with him or become violent--as far as he's concerned, they need to learn their place in the pack. 
He is a harsh master, but a fair one. 

Physical contact is a huge thing for him---he's very visceral in shows of affection (Back thumps, fistbumps, shoulder claps, some might even find his need to touch them annoying at times) and dislike (Fists fly easily for him, as do other things). It extends to his method of Pokemon training as well, which sees his arms covered in a litany of scars and burns from his sessions wth them. 


History: 
Formerly Castelia City’s most-feared enforcer of the local mob, if it’s one thing Joseph Alvarez knows how to do, it’s getting the job done no matter the cost.

Born Joseph Aguilar, he was the second son to immigrants from the northern deserts Yiska and Patricia who both followed the promise of the Castelian Dream but were rudely brought down to reality by the poverty they soon faced.  Yiska was as old-fashioned as fathers came, hard-nosed and no-nonsense about the situation they were in and opened a boxing school as a side business to the sundry store the family ran and it was here among the brawlers and regular weeknight scuffles that Joseph whom as a child was targeted both for his size and poor reading skills found solace in. Unlike his more benevolent though aloof brother Mattias who excelled in his grades enough to be offered a spot in the local police academy, Joseph's temperament and pugnacious nature coupled with the boy growing up to be built like a brick outhouse marked him out as trouble. 

And trouble had a way of finding him early on; marveled by his size and talent at fisticuffs, Joseph was offered to be a part of the mob before he even left high school, starting out as a runner for illegal goods and then a dealer and then an enforcer.
His ability to track down elusive targets, his fondness for dogs and the absolute ferocity he showed when provoked prompted them to nickname him their  ‘Lobo Diablo’ (Demon Wolf).

Despite his notoriety for violence, he prided himself on a code of conduct once he was offered the position as the mafia branch’s enforcer; Never killing children or mothers, never killing any supposed targets in front of their children and never entering homes unless invited. It made some question his loyalty though no one ever confronted him about it and the mob  head, seeing more to lose if they were to let him go rather than allowed him the odd code let him keep it. 

All that changed however when he was found to be registered as the father of a four-year old girl whose mother, a young woman he had a relationship with several years prior had died in a recent accident. Rather than take the most sensible route by placing her with his parents or into foster care however, he made the decision to raise her on his own and Jenna whom he affectionately nicknamed ‘Puppycake’ and some of his close mafia friends called ‘Lobato’ (female wolf-cub) began to chip away at the blithe, cool exterior he wore and it wasn’t long before father and daughter were nigh inseparable. 

Worried that his line of work would mean danger for her in the near future and not wanting her to lose her affections for him when she found out her papa wasn’t the hero she thought he was, the decision to retire from the mob was one carefully made and to his surprise, the heads agreed on one condition; 
There was one more job he had to do for them, and he would be free from their services. 

What he hadn't counted on however, was for there to be a contract on his head during their turf war with a rival gang as well as the police being involved in the fracas which led to his brother Mattias protecting him at the cost of the man's own life when these hired hitmen attempted to take him out.
Grief led him to stay by his brother's side even as the rest of them ran and he was arrested by the officials.

During his time incarcerated however, he refused to speak to any of the officers and paid no heed to their threats, until a man codenamed Looker was introduced to him. The first thing this man did was assure him that his daughter was safe, and for the first time Joseph spoke candidly to an officer of the law. 
Looker explained to him that informants had divulged information that the hit which was put out on him during the turf war came from his own mob, the leaders afraid that leaving him alive would mean that he would be a 'squealer' and deciding that he was better off dead than retired. 

Fuming from what he saw as outright betrayal for years of service which in the end costed him his brother's life, Joseph decided that if they assumed that he was going to squeal, so be it. Strengthen by Looker's promise to offer amnesty to any of his friends who helped bring down the old mob, he began to work in tandem with the local policemen as their inside informant, all the while paying off his dues in prison and it was here that his talent for training Pokemon became evident as he put to use the skills learned from doing so for the mob to train service Pokemon for use of the local county instead. 

While their combined efforts succeeded in breaking up organized crime in Castelia, there was nonetheless a large bounty riding on Joseph's head and after a violent assault in prison, it was made obvious that he was no longer safe within the confines of the city he had called home for twenty years. 
Looker, seeing a chance to capitalize on giving him a second chance and at the same time keep him in debt as an informant (Something Joseph is well-aware, scathing and grudgingly appreciative of) suggested he enter a Supergrass program.
Jenna was given the decision to pick the region to which they would move, following an old desert custom of listening to the youth and out of all the well-known countries, singled out little-known Borealis as the place to where they would relocate, and now under the new surname of Alvarez, both father and daughter look to carve out a new life on a blank slate. 

Or so they hope. 



Inventory: 
- Rations/Clothes/Tarp/Radio/Sleeping bag x 2/Kid's school books & worksheets [Main bag]
- Aid kit/Hunting knives/Map [Messenger bag]
- Dex/Lighter/Pokeballs/Trainer & Service Trainer ID [On Self]

- x1 Dusk Stone


Extra:
- Omniglot. Speaks the desert dialect, Unovan english, Alto Marean (Italian) and Alamos/Alamese (Spanish).

- An excellent cook.

- Suffers from Dyscalculia. Can never make sense of complicated equations and dislikes numbers as a whole. His daughter often helps him with keeping track of their expenses. This also means he's pretty useless in most of her maths lessons which she tends to take off a long-distance radio school instead.

- Sports a tribal sleeve tattoo on his left arm and a massive one based off a Mightyena across his back (Will detail later). 

- Deep slash wound across the right side of his stomach, souvenir from a prison assault which almost killed him. It's still in it's late healing stages. 

- Wears his late brother's flak jacket/combat vest during Pokemon training as he tends to get physical with them. 

- Massive Crasher Wake Fanboy. 

- Doesn't trust cops much, an exception being made for 'that dumbass Dick Tracy' Looker whom he trusts implicitly. 

- Still sends money home to parents in Castelia. 

- Obtains said money by battling and staying in towns for a spell and offering his services in training Pokemon and tracking to the local county or working part-time down at the local shelters. Occasionally gambles, plays a killer game of Blackjack. 

- Has a poor view of Co-ordinators and the profession as a whole, seeing no practical use for such skills. 




POKEMON:

Nickname: Gambit
Gender: Male
Species: Murkrow
OT: Prof. Larix
Ability: Super Luck
Moves: 
[Double Team] - Evasive maneuver, able to conjure several illusion copies of himself to confound the enemy.  Used pre-Sky Attack.
[Psychic] - 
[Sky Attack] - Strongest attack, but takes time to build up. 
[Tailwind] - His opening gambit, increases speed twofold.

“So your favorite type is Dark? How mysterious! Though rough around the edges, you aren’t afraid to be affectionate with those closest to you. Some may judge your golden heart surrounded by brawn, but don’t let that make you waver in your ways. With the guidance of the stars, I believe Murkrow is the best partner for you! I hope you two have a long lasting companionship!”

If his greying feathers aren't a good enough indication to his age, it should be said that Gambit isn't the sort of spring chicken Professors single out as potential partners, more so that prior to meeting Joseph, his forever home was a shelter downtown of the lab. 
A veteran of the Kanto-Johto civil war, his former master and he were homeless on the streets when the man's disability check stopped coming in and he stuck by the man's side up to the point of the man's death at the hands of a few thugs looking t relieve the duo of what little possessions they had.
Badly injured, Gambit lost an eye in the scuffle, but was rescued by the local SPCP and destined to spend the rest of his days in the shelter. 
Joseph however, had different plans, asking the Professor to help him choose a partner that wasn't a blank slate but came with a story instead and out of the multitudes of abandoned, chose Gambit as the man's partner Pokemon; Fitting, given how both man and bird were being given second leases on life. 

While still warming up to his new life. Gambit is in debt to Joseph for a second chance at a family and the bird is loyal as they come, albeit sarcastic and droll when the mood suits him. He has his moments of crippling depression, believing that he's worthless (due to not being able to protect his former master). 

He wears an eyepatch over his right eye, given to him by Joseph after noticing that he was self-conscious about his disability when looking at his reflection.



Nickname: Scylla
Gender: Female
Species: Deino
OT: Joseph Alvarez
Ability: Hustle
Moves: 
[Dark Pulse] - Pulsating dark energy let out in a concentrated blast. 
[Dragon Rage] - Basic attack of hot-blue flames. 
[Earth Power] - Violent attack which terraforms the earth around her to her will (Still training). Rarely use indoors due to destructive capabilities. 
[Protect] - Forms a protective shield with bodily energies to halt assaults. 

Scylla was a birthday gift to Jenna from her grandparents, of whom perhaps didn't properly think through the decision to present a petite, seven-year old girl with a crocodilian dragon the size of a small hippo with the temper to match. Nonetheless as Joseph has found out, the ornery creature while completely obstinate to his commands absolutely adores his daughter and is willing to listen to her, through which he usually manages to get her to comply with any training at all. 
Moody, stubborn violent and overly-protective, she seems to have latched to Jenna as her 'child' of sorts and isn't above committing grievous bodily harm to protect her and the male human she hovers around. 
She and Gambit do not get along with each other. At all. That she regularly attempts to eat him behind Jenna's back may or may not be a contributing reason. 



Nickname: ???
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Species: Pichu Egg
OT: Joseph Alvarez
Ability: ???
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