[PXFIRE] [SU/DS] PXFIRE Roleplay - A Game of Storms

[LKWayvern]

Backstory is incomplete. Will work on it more later.

Name:
Laura Bette Kaye

Species:
Umbreon

Gender:
Female, Asexual Aromantic

Age:
18

Team:
Prankster Platoon

Description:
Laura, like most umbreon, is small, but well-muscled and lithe. She regularly goes for runs, and practices sparring and dodging, and though she isn’t obviously musclebound like a professional battle, it shows enough to distinguish her as someone who could probably hold her own in a fight, at least most than an average citizen. She is perhaps an inch or so shorter than the average umbreon. She lacks scars, which is something she takes much pride in. Most umbreon have crimson eyes, but hers are a silver-blue color. Scattered along her spine are speckles of yellow fur, matching her rings in hue. They tend to glow at the same time and intensity as her rings. Finally, Laura tends to wear a checkered blue and red fluffy winter scarf around her neck, a pin emblazoned with the symbol of the Prankster Platoon proudly adorning it.
She is rarely seen without a gleam in her eye, a smirk on her lips, a spring in her step, and a swish in her tail.

Her Blaze Jewel is Psychic, and that seems to have made one or two changes to her physical appearance. Her eyes and yellow rings/speckles now apparently glow silver when she’s using Psychic typed attacks and powers, and her speckles have altered to become star shaped.

Personality:
When one thinks of the Prankster Platoon, they’ll almost definitely think of Laura Bette Kaye as one of its most prominent members. She’s an actress on many of their broadcasts openly mocking the Black Lotus Empire and encouraging rebellion, her announcements often hijacking televised, advertised announcements from the Black Lotus Empire’s propaganda departments. She has a quick wit, and while she does prefer a script has been known to be rather good at improv.
Laura has a somewhat optimistic personality, enjoying how seeming to never be disheartened unnerves those opposed to her. She’s constantly smirking, or giggling at some in-joke, in an attempt to intimidate those she dislikes. She apparently subscribes to the idea that the best revenge is living well.
Laura is also rather impulsive and emotional. She acts based off of instincts. While that does seem to make her good at improv, it also causes her to be rather rash. She rarely totally thinks through her actions before doing things, and can say what’s on her mind without thinking.
She doesn’t seem to be very good at handling negative emotions. Instead of dealing with them properly, she seems to bottle them up until a total meltdown becomes unavoidable. While in the midst of a meltdown, Laura doesn’t tend to think rationally, though she still retains her impulsive behavior. She tends to get into vicious arguments with those around her. Unfortunately for her, she tends to be rather bad at actually winning arguments when in this state, typically ending in her even more annoyed.
Laura can sometimes be overwhelmed by certain situations. While on a stage on in a studio she has no problems with stage fright-- but while in the midst of a crowd, she is often bothered by the conflicting sounds and scents. For that reason she tries to stay away from crowds or enclosed echoing spaces as often as possible.

She is fully aware that she is neither a sweeper or a tank in battle-- but she is a perfect annoyer. Her style is to stay in the back, dazzling opponents with Flash and deflecting attacks aimed at her with Protect, while firing off Toxics and Confuse Rays at opponents she deems to be most dangerous. If someone seems to have attracted her attention in particular, she may dart in to strike them down with her favorite attack-- Foul Play-- and return to the sidelines just as quickly.

Background:
Laura Bette Kaye was both born and raised in Scheme City, only child of flareon Ferris Kaye and glaceon Lise Kaye. Fights were common in her neighborhood, and she learned quite quickly that she was not a particularly skilled battler, deciding the best way for her to avoid injury was to avoid fighting altogether. At first her strategies were simply to Sand Attack her enemies and abuse her Run Away ability. After some time, however, she discovered that people were less likely to attack you if they found you amusing somehow. She started resorting to her former strategy only if joking around didn’t seem to work, but to her surprise she found she needed to run away less. She started making friends, who would discourage those her humor didn’t work on from attacking her.

Roughly five or so years ago, Laura saw a particular stunt on a televised screening of the Tempest Games-- a Sawsbuck who had won the Field of Screams event had left their award ceremony with quite a bang. Soon after, Laura began hearing rumors of a 'Prankster Platoon' resisting the Black Lotus Empire through unconventional tactics. Laura left home in search of them.

Over time, Laura's knack for humor and improv proved instrumental in spreading advertisements and propaganda supporting the Prankster Platoon. At first Laura only appeared on televised broadcasts, but eventually Laura decided she wanted to do something a bit riskier. She decided she wanted to hold Prankster Platoon rallies in Liao cities decidedly not under the Platoon's jurisdiction. She did intend to bring bodyguards, but she wanted to ensure her own safety even if she was somehow separated by them, so she began working on her battling skills at this point, beyond 'distract and run away.' She incorporated many of the Platoon's strategies of causing chaos and confusion in battle, and though she wasn't an outstanding battler by any means she rose to the level where she could survive a fight relatively unscathed. Mainly because her style allowed her to stay behind Protect barriers and fling Flashes to blind her foes.

The rallies were a hit, perhaps too much of one. The last one was interrupted by a raid from the Black Lotus Empire. Laura did manage to use her new battle skills to escape the conflict, and in the process discovered she enjoyed the rush of adrenaline quite a bit, it was almost like performing for a live audience for her.

Starting Blaze Jewel:
Laura wears a bracelet on her right front leg, holding a Psychic Blaze Jewel. Mostly she uses it to give her telekinesis, apparently-- being a quadruped is hard, sometimes!

Other:

-Is fidgety.
-Could probably use a weapon with telekinesis, but was never officially taught to use one, and so rarely uses them.
-Same goes for driving, vehicles though she'd probably be willing to stick her head out a window and fire Flashes, Confuse Rays, and Toxics at foes.
-Has the ability Synchronize.
-Her favorite move is Foul Play.