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[TheoreticalSelkie]

Name: Clarisse Faolen Thompson
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Team: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Description

Oddly contrary to her personality, Clarisse prefers to project a forgettable appearance. Her natural hair color is a light brown and is tied back into a long braid. It can be either pulled together as a bun with two sticks securing it, or just worn down. Typically on one of her heists, Clarisse prefers to pull her hair up just so it won't get caught on something. Her eyes are plain brown, though many people often don't see her natural eye color. As for other prominent features, there aren't any to set her apart from someone else in a crowd. And she prefers it this way. Build-wise, Clarisse is about 5"5, and well-built. She does a fair amount of weightlifting and heavy work, so she can throw some punches if she needs to.

But it's hard enough to ever know what Clarisse really looks like. She has a gift for impersonating just about anyone with some observation or even making up a new persona. Her disguises can be anything and everything possible. Need a big juggernaut to sneak into a security lineup? She's your gal. Secretary for the head of a large organization? Can do! Not much is impossible for her, though it is to be noted that she does tire of impersonation after a decent amount of time -- people get bored easily and Clarisse isn't an exception to that rule. And as a result of her boredom, she starts to slip up a little. Even so, very observant people or folks who are close to the people she disguises herself as have an easier time seeing through them.

Well, okay, wearing a disguise is tiring all the time. On a day to day basis, Clarisse wears a plain black blazer over a blouse. She pairs that with a moderate skirt and high-heels. On one of her heists, she usually wears a tight suit along with her disguises. To protect herself, Clarisse carries around a Luger - it's a family heirloom, so she says -- and she's a decent shot with it.

Personality

"Information is everyone's best friend! Except for puppies."

Clarisse is best defined as a happy-go-lucky person. She rarely worries about anything, even the things she should be worried about. Clarisse is very good at changing her emotions and thoughts to match the situation, but there's always a current of confidence running underneath. Eventually, her overwhelming confidence will defeat her, so she believes. She's happy to help out anyone. Almost anyone, that is, as there are some people she prefers to avoid dealing with, such as terrorists and the ever-growing military factions like Team Aqua. However, most of her actions follow a somewhat strict code of honor she set for herself. The code of honor includes not killing anyone in her line of work even in defense, honoring promises made, and to help those that need it. One thing you can count on Clarisse for is that she will never divulge information about other thieves she knows of, even if they work for unsavory folks that she dislikes. So while her line of work isn't the most honorable, Clarisse sticks to her standards.

Behind her happy-go-lucky persona is a calculating mind. There's a reason why Clarisse is adept at pulling off some near-impossible jobs, and her brain is one of them. That and her unwavering confidence in whatever she does. It is rather hard to phase her or catch her in a mental trap. Her only point of weakness seems to be anything related to her parents, but Clarisse is very tight-lipped about her past. Clarisse is well-taught in many fields of science, having put together a lot of compounds for her heist and fiddling around with her gun and other gadgets.

She is a person who easily finds fun in everything and can taunt her enemies at every turn of the page. On occasion, Clarisse dispenses helpful advice to those that are trying to catch her red-handed. While that hasn't gotten her arrested, eventually it could. In any case, she wants to go big, bigger, and biggest when it comes to her heists.

Background

First and foremost, Clarisse is a thief. It all started with her birth in Phenac City. Daughter of an industry expert in security and a detective, Clarisse's family was pretty dang well off. Phenac was a high-tech city, at least for Orre at the time, but its facade barely covered the seething underbelly of the city's crime. As long as she remembered, her parents were barely around the house, often leaving her in daycare every day early in the morning. Her dad was caught up in murder cases and high-profile thefts in Phenac; her mother was pulled away from home overseas for long periods for consulting within the industry. It goes to say that her dad was often the only family figure she saw at home and as a result, Clarisse was a bit of a tomboy growing up.

She also became fiercely independent as a result and often turned to reading and writing to amuse herself. When she entered the Phenac school system at the age of five, Clarisse quickly became popular due to her personality and was often out at friends' houses most days. Despite this, she only had a few steadfast friends from school that she could count on in a bind. It was also around this time that her parents got even more busy, leaving her home alone a lot of the time. She started studying more for school and basically throwing herself into the sciences, planning on becoming an engineer. She always had free access to her dad's department and a lot of the detectives that knew her dad took it upon them to teach Clarisse basic survival skills like... shooting guns and stuff like that. Because, y'know, Phenac was a seedy city under all the shiny stuff. As a result, Clarisse is able to hit most people accurately with a firearm. The only thing that didn't seem to catch on was driving and well... they say she got her license through sheer clout, not actual skill.

She finally upped and left to travel all over Orre on one of those Pokemon trainer journeys, keeping only minimal contact with her parents. It was around this time she started to plan and pull off heists, especially with the help of a mysterious person she refers to as "Ace". The police compiled a case file on these heists, but with the rising military tensions arising between the regions, they had other problems to worry about. Clarisse really didn't steal all that much, only testing the waters with security systems and the like. This continued for several years as Clarisse traveled around Orre and to other regions, finally ending up in Hoenn for its affluence and rising developments in technology. On her travels, she built up an information network and a slew of connections to various parts of the underworld and even in the business world.

2014 rolled around, and Clarisse caught wind of the Burst Hearts at the Biomedical conference Dr Petrovich was lecturing at. At the time, she was working as a secretary for one of the scientists attending and recognized the potential of Burst Hearts. She didn't do much with it, having little knowledge of how the military would move. It was unfortunately really, and it was only through the hurried communications of her informants that Clarisse received word of the attack on her home region by Hoenn soldiers.

Enraged by this, Clarisse saw that there was really no point in breaking her cover now. She waited until Johto and Kanto declared war on each other and vanished into the chaos arising in the regions, hoping to see if there were any way to end the war. Currently, the rise of Team Aqua to power irks her but there is little Clarisse can do to quell it. In the meantime, she finds it amusing to steal from Team Aqua and various other military factions, having acquired a Burst Heart in this way.

Pokemon:
Riesling [ Ariados | F | Swarm] - Received from one of her dad's friends, Riesling is Clarisse's first Pokemon, trained from a rather cute (in her opinion at least) Spinarak. With her calm personality, Riesling is the rock of the team, keeping most of them in check. To the other members of the team, Riesling is regarded as the 'mom' due to how much she worries over the health of everyone else, Clarisse included. Though to be honest, she doesn't have to worry over Clarisse as much. In any case, Riesling easily goes along with Clarisse's antics, often pulling her out of sticky situations.

Arsene [ Drifblim | M | Prankster] - A somewhat recent acquisition, Clarisse was traded Arsene while she was vacationing in Sinnoh as a Driftloon. It didn't take much training for her to get him to evolve, though the Pokemon had an odd penchant for stealing things. As a result, Arsene fully supports whatever endeavors Clarisse gets herself. Clarisse uses Arsene as a getaway, easily vanishing away into the odd fog that arises around one of her jobs.

Lupin [ Arcanine | M | Intimidate] - The newest member of the team, Lupin is totally in cahoots with Sequana, playing pranks on just about everyone, Clarisse and co. included. He was received... well... stolen during a heist and never looked back since; his previous master was a cruel one. The only problem is that Lupin has no sense of 'serious' and 'fun', leading to some... sketchy jobs. Clarisse is trying hard to keep him on a leash, but well, that's hard enough!

Sequana [ Floatzel | F | Swift Swim] - The other member of the tricksy duo, Sequana is fast, slippery, eager, and a brawler. She's independent, and will often stick around to throwdown with other Pokemon even long after Clarisse clears the scene. Clarisse has rode Sequana a few times to other regions, though she dislikes the mode of transportation.

Loki [ Gengar | M | Levitate] - The final member of Clarisse's team, Loki is brainy but mischievous. He delights in scaring people when they least expect it. Unfortunately for him, a well-aimed chop from Clarisse is usually enough to keep him in line. As far as Clarisse knows, Loki has always been there watching out for her since she got him as a Gastly in Orre. Very rarely does she actually return Loki to his Pokeball, since he always hides in her shadow.

Other: Clarisse is currently operating under the assumed name of Annabella O'Trellis, an independent artist situated in Eructeak City in the Johto Region. She's thinking of clearing out since the fighting is getting worse there. She is able to use firearms, her preferred weapon being a Luger (occasionally modified with other tricks), and she is able to defend herself in close combat. However, Clarisse has a bit of a talent for slipping away undetected, so when confronted, she will do so if possible. Plus she can't hold up very well against the burly, brutish types.

As for other skills, Clarisse has some proficiency in cracking security systems using computers, but through the old-fashioned method of exploiting weaknesses in the system. She does have information on most organizations and their security, having a decent information network scattered throughout the world and within the underworld. Funding-wise, money isn't a problem for her. She also has good knowledge of applied chemistry, able to mix specific compounds for distractions and getaways.

"Ace", the aforementioned accomplice of Clarisse is one of her close friends from school. She's also decent at impersonating and Clarisse often calls upon her for help. They're as thick as thieves (hahaha) and often plan together.

Also, don't let her drive. Really don't, she'll probably crash the car right before she even starts it up.