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[CLARA DELANEY]

CLARA CASSANDRA DELANEY
TWENTY-TWO / FEMALE / DEMISEXUAL / COORDINATOR / KNIGHTS OF ARCEUS

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PERSONALITY

Clara isn’t nice, and never has been. Sure, she’s outgoing and will laugh and play along with people, but the only nice things she ever says are about herself. She has a thick layer of selfishness, one she’s never really felt the need to cover up, and is uncaring towards others. If you call her out for it, she will predictably respond that she’s just looking after numero uno - herself.

Often, if provoked, Clara isn’t afraid to dish out nasty comments, always blunt and usually immature too. Actually, it’s not just those particular comments that are immature; Clara carries an air of immaturity wherever she goes. Rarely has something wise, or even intelligent, come from her mouth. But while Clara is not the most mature person in the world, she is more intuitive than she lets on, and very opportunistic. Too stubborn to back down from something she really wants, Clara’s bloody persistent and won’t give up on a small goal once she’s set on it.

Outside of conflict, and trying to “survive”, Clara is a relaxed person - a little too relaxed, as far as some people are concerned - and even a borderline lazy slob. Despite this, when the going gets tough, Clara gets moving and isn’t afraid to get tough on her Pokemon and have them (over)exert themselves in order to get herself out of trouble.

Likes/Dislikes:
The first and most important thing that Clara likes is herself. Of course. Fun is a close second, tied with having a full stomach and a nice place to sleep. Other things she finds enjoyable are swimming, gossiping, and any sort of chatting really, so long as the topic stays trivial.

Oh… and her Pokemon too, I guess. She does like them, really, but they're definitely not at the top of the list.

For Clara, there’s nothing worse than the three c’s: chocolate, complete seriousness, and cooking. Despite hating the taste of chocolate, Clara will eat it if there’s nothing else to eat; she’ll just hate every moment doing so. And as for cooking, Clara can cook, she just really despises having to do so; that’s why all stolen food is, at worst, microwavable.

HISTORY

Clara grew up in a strange mash of family members, who always seemed to be disappearing and coming back at random intervals, and this inconsistency has grown into the norm for her. As a child, Clara learned that it was better to not expect people to be there for her whenever she wanted or needed them, and as a result decided that the only one who was ever going to look after herself was herself. Obviously. As well as that, Clara figured out, from her own experience and that of others around her, that helping others isn’t all that rewarding, and any kindness would be forgotten almost immediately. There was never any thanks, let alone a reward, for a good deed done in her family. The only way you’d get rewarded, Clara decided, was by looking out for yourself and stealing opportunity whenever you could; opportunity that you’d keep for yourself and away from anyone who might want to, in turn, steal it off you.

When she finally couldn’t stand the inconsistency anymore, Clara left. She tried living a straight life as a trainer (because being a trainer seemed to be the common thing to do if you went travelling), but soon she realised just how empty her wallet was and fell back into the habit of stealing, the art everyone in her family knew. Eventually she switched over to being a coordinator (and honestly doesn't put in enough effort to be good at it), since she found the contest audience the easiest bunch of suckers to steal from. No one cares about what’s going on while there’s a pretty performance going on on the stage.

As much as she would have liked to think that she had successfully ditched her family, Clara kept running into the odd family member. At first it didn't happen often, but the encounters increased as the Kinghts of Arceus became more prominent.

OTHER

*Not only did joining the Knights of Arceus seem like a good idea in terms of self-preservation, Clara finds their goals… interesting, and is willing to hop along for the ride. Besides that, Clara has always found it fun to stir things up, and that’s exactly what the Knights seem to be promising.
*Actually, peer pressure from a few certain people played a bigger role in Clara’s joining, but there’s no way in hell she'd ever admit that.
*A couple of Pokemon have run away from her before. Even though they were her stronger ones, the loss didn't bother Clara so much since it was the more serious Pokemon which ran away and what fun is a serious Pokemon anyway? The Pokemon she currently has are playful and fun-loving like her or stuck in PC land where they can't yet escape.
*The Starly and two Bidoof are intended to be used in "trading scams" which only the newest of the new or the stupidest of the stupid would fall for. As long as people fall for it, Clara will keep doing it.
*You know what's cute? Cute Pokemon. You know what's not cute at all? Evolved Pokemon.

POKEMON 

kekki, male kecleon color change thief ▸ astonish shadow sneak ▸ flash  substitute ▸ psybeam	panki, male monferno blaze sunny day ▸ fire spin flame wheel ▸ will-o-wisp slack off ▸ fire punch	anki, male abra synchronize teleport ▸ -- -- ▸ -- -- ▸ --
phanrin, female phanpy pickup charm ▸ defense curl rollout ▸ slam attract ▸ earthquake	ennerin, female skitty cute charm attract ▸ covet sing ▸ faint attack charge beam ▸ heal bell	pantirin, female mime jr soundproof tickle ▸ barrier confusion ▸ copycat   meditate▸ thief

IN PC

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PETUNIA FROM HAPPY TREE FRIENDS is CLARA DELANEY
_{THIS CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY *GUESS}
^{I WAS LINKED BY UM... IDK, AD HOPPING?}

[★ FATE ★]

ACCEPTED!

Love the character. It's nice to have a trainer or two now and then that isn't all "oh my pokemon are my most important possession" because that really does show the different types of people out there. x3 Looks good to me.