[Civilian] Marco, Brightfeather

[attr="class","agar"]Marco is blonde young man with long spiky hair and two longer locks framing his face. His eyes are blue and will normally will be looking at people and pokemon with a softness, fodness or any other such kind and happy feeling. When he is angry though, those kind eyes will turn into steel that will pierce even the toughest of armors. 

He is rather tall and tends to keep himself in shape, but nothing too excessive. He does so by going on morning jogs and a quick set of body weight excercises. Unless Candy decides it's fun to sit on his back when he does his push-ups.

When in the kitchen, he wears his white tunic that closes high on his neck. However when he is in casual clothing he sticks with jeans a T-shirt and a jacket with sneackers or boots. He doesn't really have a fixed color pallete, but goes with what he finds first in the morning.

[attr="class","agar"]Marco is a laid back and kind man, if a little on the introverted side. He enjoys being around people and he will be more than happy to cook for them, because food makes people happy and he likes to make people happy. He is generally patient and he enjoys a good conversation and laugh.

He is very creative and when it comes to cooking and he just loves to spend time in the kitchen or simply scouting for good food materials. He also enjoys the help of his pokemon very much. 

Because he grew up in an environment where he felt the ugly side of competition, he respects the way of life of the Tribes and he hopes to learn more about them. Especially what they do with their food! He loves everything food related. 

However, because he grew up in an orphanage, he does have his awkward, angry or depressing moments. That rarely happens but when it does, it's a little difficult to be around him and that's why he avoids people when he is like that.

[attr="class","agar"]Marco grew up in one of Chalaz City's orphanages. He was left there as a baby and he never got to find out who his parents were. He doesn't care much of who they are now that he is older. If those people were willing to abandon their son for whatever reason then they weren't worthy enough to be called his parents. If they really cared about him then they would've showed up at some point. 

As he grew up, he was constantly competing with the other kids for pretty much everything they had to share, from toys to the caretaker's attention. Marco, being slightly more introverted than the others, was normally being pushed around but he was in no account the runt of the group. He found his place in the kitchen of the orphanage, helping the old lady prepare the meals every day. There he found what he was longing for, a person who trully cared about him and the feeling of being useful.

The old lady taught him everything she knew about cooking. At first she took him with her when she went to the market to buy food supplies, teaching him about the various qualities of food. Then when he was old enough, she allowed him to cook along with her. In the kitchen, Marco discovered that good food would make people happy. Even the kids who pushed him around would wait with watering mouths for his desserts to come. 

When he turned eleven, he was allowed to go on a pokemon journey. Using the old lady's Chansey, he managed to capture a Pidgey. Before leaving though, the old lady gave him the item Whipped Cream, saying that he might find a use for it someday. True enough, after a year of travelling, Marco met another trainer who asked him to trade his newly evolved Pidgeot for a rather troublesome Swirlix. Marco agreed, but not before giving the Cotton Candy pokemon his Whipped Cream. He did it because the pokemon was looking at the food with longing, but when it evolved into a Slurpuff he was very happy.

The Slurpuff he named Cotton Candy or Candy, for short, quickly got attached to Marco and the two of them roamed the Cyal Region working from restaurant to restaurant in order to make a living and try to save enough money to make his own shop someday. On his first job as a Chef, he wrote back to the old lady and she sent him a white Chef's tunic as a gift, one that Marco never parted ways with. 

When he finally managed to save enough money he bought a ticket for Evter Island and decided to stay in Honey Breeze. Who knew how many new flavors or how many new people he would get to know? A few months before finally being able to leave for the Island and while out on a walk with Candy, a Vanillite rushed over and stole his ice cream. It turned out that the newly hatched pokemon was looking for a nice snack, but also something cold in order to keep its temperature as low as it could. Marco befriended the little Vanillite and helped it get back to its freezing temperature by paying the employee at the nearest Cafe so they could use his refridgirator.

Now Marco has finally arrived in Evter and is currently staying at Honey Breeze while getting to now the natives. He hopes to get a job as a cook there.

[attr="class","agar"]Marco isn't sure how he feels about the Project. He has heard both sides, the rumours of abduction and violence as well as the side of the Goverment. He isn't sure who to believe and he prefers to find out for himself while he stays at Honey Breeze.