Wow... what a flow of inspiration. This was written up in about two hours. It just flowed straight out. It's quite something when that sort of thing happens. It's the way most of my characters were created... just one thing sparks something in my mind; and then the rest of their story just connects to it. In this case; another game set me off; one I haven't played in some time; and was admittedly terrible at. I'm sure someone will work it out... the game really catches your eye; it's just so different and wonderful...

Name: Mercury Ilabaca
Species: Blaziken
Sex: Male
Preference: Female
Status: Single
Virgin: Yes
Age: 19
Grade: Sophomore
Height: 1.7m/ 5 '6.92”
Weight: 58kg/ 127.6lb
Body Figure/Build: Very slender and streamlined; his muscles can barely be seen. His legs are clearly very powerful though; and make up most of his height. His feathers are always a dyed a bright and unfaltering white with very pale blue highlights replacing the red with yellow highlights of normal Blaziken. This colouring is apparently the symbol of the club he is in, though most believe that this is his natural colouring since he never shows his true colours.
Eye color: Blue
Hair Color: His hair is mainly a radiant white; it is dyed that way but he gets away with it due to it’s natural look.
Hair style: Very long hair; which reaches down half-way down his back. It is very smooth and clean; streaming behind him when he runs and jumps.
Type: Fire/Fighting
Parents:
Mother: Kate Thai (Combusken) Father: Robert Ilabaca (Farfetch’d)
Average grade: C
Majors: Fine Arts, Majoring in Music Performance
Personality: Mercury is very quiet, disliking the company of people, and thus truly hating crowds. He prefers to stay alone and think over things, happy to stay alone for days on end. While he often seems cold he is far from it, enjoying helping and entertaining others, though in truth he would far prefer to be in his own world among the rooftops. He likes people who avoid conflicts like himself and simply keep their opinions to themselves, allowing the silence to do the talking.

Mercury has a lot of trouble reaching decisions, always making sure to perfect his choice before making it; which can take hours or even days, even with simple choices. He isn’t very good at keeping up with popular culture and dislikes making small talk, and is thus rather hard to talk to. He has a passion for art and geometric beauty though; which he will happily discuss if the concept is suggested. He particularly like teaching others his philosophy and skills; surprisingly patient despite his usual speed. He believes strongly that flow and grace can overcome any obstacle, a belief strongly shown in his passion for le parkour. He is easily outwitted by chaotic or unpredictable actions, which horrify him due to his belief and love of flow and never-ending momentum.
Daily outfit: Mercury usually wears very light and tight white clothing; to make sure it doesn’t get in the way of his running and jumping. He wears white as it is the signature colour of his club; the same reason why his feathers are always dyed like that.
Fight style: Mercury dislikes having to fight; though when he does it is something quite amazing. Rather than focusing on defeating his opponent he instead simply allows his flow and momentum to take control; weaving a dance-like pattern of moves. Mercury usually loses fights because of his fear of breaking his flow though, and is easily defeated by unpredictable tactics.

Ability:
Blaze: If heavily injured Mercury draws upon his inner fire in order to give himself a major boost in energy. The energy within him can take days to recharge though, thus Mercury uses this ability very sparingly.

Preferred Attacks:
Feather Dance: The basis of Mercury’s fighting style, this move sends him into a trance-like state of perfect focus. Allowing the beat of his body to take control Mercury begins a dance of kicks and sweeping attacks, inter-spaced with flowing movements to continue the beat. In this state Mercury is very hard to hit due to his constant movement, but one well-placed block can ruin his beat and leave him disorientated.
Double Kick: The main offensive move at Mercury’s disposal; this move covers all of his kicks and leg sweeps. However, his most powerful move by far is one in tune with his momentum and flow; a flying kick that is thrown from the midst of his movement, followed by a second sweeping blow while still mid-air.
Sand-Attack: Fitting with Mercury’s dislike of fighting this move allows him to take his foes of guard without risking hurting them. Kicking up a plume of sand from the ground Mercury blinds his foes temporarily without breaking his movement.
Blaze Kick: By far the most fierce and powerful of Mercury’s attacks; along with one of his few fire-based moves, this move is surprisingly rarely used, despite it’s strength. Whether as a flying kick, a sweeping kick or a rolling spin kick this move is very powerful. Creating a climax of energy within his movement Mercury pulls of this move; a flaming kick leaving trails of ember in the air and crushing his opponent with it’s force.
Sky Uppercut: Combining Mercury’s considerable leg strength with his fighting, Mercury makes a powerful vertical leap, making a jumping uppercut along the way. Considering the height of some of Mercury’s jumps this can be a considerably long move, and to have it stay connected to the victim the whole way is a rare occurrence indeed.
Brave Bird: Focusing all his might Mercury makes a daring charge at his foe, leaping at them and slashing at them with an arm. If he connects, however, Mercury is always thrown off balance, sending him clumsily falling onto the ground.
Aerial Ace: Following a period of focus Mercury makes a lightening fast slashing attack, impossible for any normal pokemon to avoid. The blow itself isn’t incredibly strong, but quite often Mercury uses this as a dodging technique rather than an attacking one.
Quick Attack: The basis of Mercury’s mid-running fighting style. With fast, precise blows he aims to disarm and distract his foes, doing his best to leave them in dust rather than fight them head on. Using mainly martial arts throws and quick; flowing attacks Mercury cannot deal out major damage in this style; but can usually continue his momentum.

Bio:
Mercury has always been one with the wind. Even when he was but a Torchic he ran and leapt, loving the wind as he does to this day. Training himself throughout his life without realizing it he became a master at the art of free-running, moving from vaulting over dumpsters and fences on the streets to leaping from building to building, outrunning anyone willing to try and halt his kineticity. The winds against him on the rooftops were his home; they swept his pressures away in an instant, freeing his mind. However, he soon learnt that forgetting your problems won’t fix them.

Mercury did badly in his schoolwork, generally outright ignoring any scholarly task given to him; only showing any interest in the arts. Falling in love with dance because of it’s similar use of movement it became his only hope for passing school, and was the only thing that allowed him to get into the Kanto University. There his dancing prowess has kept him in the school; although his ignorance of the theory and history of it has caused his grades to stay low.

His running prowess, while ignored and seen as eccentricity by most, was finally recognized by a league of other practitioners of le pakour who quickly added him to their ranks. Glad to have found other with similar interests Mercury has quickly risen up their ranks; his passion and constant practice of the ‘art’ making him respected among the members.

Mercury still has a long way to go in life though; and is particularly trapped by his hopes for the future: should he continue his love of running and become a champion in that field; or instead pursue his equal love of dance and become a more conventional star? Despite having spent a year on this thought Mercury has still yet to decide; and considering his nature; he may never decide without guidance of some sort…

Quick Facts:
- Mercury has little belief in rule and regulations, having broken many via his free-running. While he has not broken enough for him to be an actual felon his disrespect for such things has gotten him a lot of disdain from authorities and classmates.
- Mercury plays the keyboard in his rare moments at home; since he has quite a love for the Euphoria genre.
- According to rumours Mercury is a family friend of Corrine's; having trained using the family's home's mental landscape to create his own training environments.