VERMIL

Born and raised in Lumoise City, Cerise's father was Caeser Vermil, a somewhat washed up Sky Trainer who nonetheless loved what he did, while her mother was Maria Vermil, a breeder who tired of her husband's over-enthusiasm regarding Sky Battles. While they were far from the worst parents, Caeser did constantly try and push Cerise into becoming a Sky Trainer herself, despite her continuous insistence that she had no interest in it. This all changed after a certain tragic incident (detailed below), after which Maria finally put her foot down and demanded that he give up his dream of having his daughter follow in his footsteps. Reluctantly, he relented.[break][break]

Cerise was more inclined to spend time with her mother, but her mother was often too busy with her breeding to pay much attention to her. Meanwhile, her father was all too eager to make up for his blunder, but Cerise hated him for what happened and avoided him as much as humanly possible. This resulted in a lot of tension between the three of them, which eventually caused Maria to snap; sick of it all, she just suddenly up and left one morning, without a word to either her husband or daughter, and was never seen again. To this day, Cerise has no idea where she is, or even if she's still alive.[break][break]

All she does know is that it ended up being Cerise's start of darkness. Deeply embittered by her mother's abandonment, Cerise started lashing out at others, often her father, but also at other kids her age. She and her father grew even further apart over the years, to the point of barely even acknowledging each others' existence, all while Cerise spiraled further into delinquency. Eventually, she also got sick of her home and left, leaving her father to wallow in his misery by himself. She hasn't gone back since, and doesn't plan to anytime soon. From there, a bitter and hardened Cerise struck out on her own.[break][break]

She spent a good portion of her later teens and early twenties living in the streets, mugging random strangers for cash and, failing that, helping herself to products at the store through a "five-finger discount". She also, through sheer chance, managed to befriend a wild Clauncher. The Pokemon had been abandoned by its trainer, and, feeling a small bit of sympathy for the creature, she decided to take it in and, if nothing else, get it some food. The two bonded and, one stolen Poke Ball later, she officially decided to catch the Clauncher, if only to keep anyone else from doing so.[break][break]

She had never given any thought to actually becoming a trainer. Thanks to what little time she did get to spend with her mother, she knew enough of the basics that she would probably do pretty well at it. So she went around and caught a couple more Pokemon; a Houndour and a Pancham. Ultimately, her life of crime didn't change. She was still assaulting strangers and stealing items from various shops; she just had some new friends to enjoy it with. She even trained them in ways to help out; it's amazing how distracting a random flurry of bubbles can be when you pickpocket a bunch of people.[break][break]

Soon, there came a fateful day. As it turned out, someone had been watching her from a distance for the past week or so, and they apparently liked what they saw. So they waited until they'd be able to meet with her in a private location. They were looking to start a new group, simply called the Cruors, and they were extending an invitation for her to join. At first, Cerise was skeptical, but the more they spoke, the more she liked what she was hearing. Thus, once the group was fully established, she was among the first to enlist. And just like she thought she would, she ended up liking it very much.[break][break]

It's been a couple years since then, and in light of her performances since joining, Cerise was informed that she'd be getting a promotion to a Faction Leader. Although she wasn't sure what exactly that entails or what kind of faction she'd be leading, she liked the sound of it, so she accepted it gratefully. All she does know is that it looked like things were about to get very interesting, and she personally couldn't wait to see what was in store for her.[break][break]

Misc. Facts

• When she was around six years old, an incident took place that left an emotional scar that still affects her to this day. Her father, in a careless attempt to "show her how great flying can be", proceeded to literally strap her to the back of his Charizard and had it take off, all while ignoring the girls panicked pleas for him to stop. Unfortunately, the Charizard didn't seem to notice or care that its usual flying speed was way too intense for a girl that young to handle, so, while she didn't fall off thanks to being strapped on tightly, the experience still deeply traumatized her, resulting in a severe case of acrophobia that she still suffers from. To this day, she's still yet to forgive him for this.[break][break]

• As a result of the above, seeing any Flying-type Pokemon (Charizard especially, though) triggers flashbacks to that incident, though they usually only last for moment. Once they die down and she's able to come back to her senses, she can more or less handle being around them, but they still make her feel incredibly uneasy. Even now, it still affects her to the point of her being unable to bring herself to actually catch and train any Flying-types of her own. Needless to say, she has no intention of ever riding another Pokemon in the air again.[break][break]

• She doesn't really have a preference for a specific Type of Pokemon like a lot of trainers do; even if she did, she completely and utterly fails to see the merits of only training one Type. Instead, she tends to gravitate towards Pokemon who look tough and intimidating. She's not fond of overly-cute Pokemon, but she'll train them if she thinks they have potentially. If they become less cutesy after evolving, even better.[break][break]

• To expand on her dislike of "pointless killing", it's not so much that she doesn't like killing at all. If someone interferes with her or the Cruors' mission, she won't hesitate to cut them down without mercy, and has zero qualms about assassinating potential threats. That said, she finds it to be a waste of time to attack people at random, and outright refuses kill innocent civilians if there's nothing to gain from it. If they've seen something they shouldn't have, that's one thing, but killing just for the sake of killing leaves a bad taste in her mouth. She much more prefers causing a huge panic and watching the ensuring chaos.[break][break]

• She is completely shameless and incredibly vulgar towards women, often making perverted comments toward/about them (i.e. offhandedly commenting that a girl "has a nice rack" or being about as subtle as a rampaging Gyarados in regards to wanting to sleep with them), but she draws a line at touching them without their consent, and will not hesitate to sic her Pokemon on anyone she catches doing the same.[break][break]

• While she has an obvious dislike for men, she's more than willing to play nice with them so long as they don't piss her off. She'll mostly be dismissive and probably not take them very seriously, but, if nothing else, she won't be actively antagonistic so long as they don't give her a reason to. If they're follow members of Cruor, she'll be a lot more inclined to, at the very least, treat them with respect, so long as they don't expect her to act all buddy-buddy with them. Given enough time, she might warm up to specific individuals if their interests align with each other.[break][break]

• She's rather casual regarding her body, and doesn't care if anyone, regardless of gender, sees her in any state of undress. This doesn't mean she'll parade around in the nude or strip naked for no reason, but it does mean she's perfectly fine wearing skimpy/revealing outfits, and won't be the least bit bothered if her clothes are somehow ruined or destroyed. She's also known to make little effort to cover herself when going into/coming out of a bath or shower. Either way, she couldn't care less if anyone stares, but if they try anything funny, they'll pull back a bloody stump. If they're male, that is; girls can feel free to touch all they want.[break][break]

• In relation to the above, she's also known to sport the "open jacket, no shirt" look when hanging back at one of the Cruor bases. Usually, the jacket is just large enough to cover her "assets" even when left open, though she'll still be showing off more than enough skin to make it very obvious she has nothing on underneath it. As always, she adopts a bit of a "look but don't touch" policy. Usually, she'll actually put a shirt if/when she finds herself needing to leave whatever base she's in, if only to avoid being heckled by civilians about annoying things like "shame" or "public indecency". [break][break]

• Almost as if to clash with her dark and sinister nature, Cerise has a huge sweet tooth. As long as its sweet and sugary, one of the fastest ways to get on her good side is to bribe her with a treat. Unless she's been ordered to kill you, in which case she'll still do it. But she'll at least be put in a good enough mood to "repay" you by making it quick and painless. She especially loves anything with cherries and/or chocolate in it. In contrast, she hates anything bitter-tasting. Especially coffee[break][break]

• Having been born and raised in Kalos, Cerise has a thick Kalosian (French) accent whenever she speaks in any other language.

pokemon

Main Team: Clawitzer • Houndoom • Pangoro • Tyrantrum • Galvantula • Nidoking [break]
Backup Reserves: Mamoswine • Malamar • Kabutops • Granbull