[TRAINER] harding, jacob

[attr="class","agar"]Jake is rather a piece of interesting species. He has Brown hair and green eyes. He can be rather lazy and doesnt put product in his hair until he does. He prefers it spikey but as lazy people go that doesnt always work now does it.

As for what he wears. He prefers to wear those long sleeve T-shirts that look like he is wearing two shirts but its actually just the one. Not to mention he prefers shorts over pants but realistically he wears what best suits the weather. He prefers to be barefoot any chance he can get but will wear sneakers, boots and sandals as needed.

For days he is too lazy to wear his hair up, he chooses to either wear a beanie or a ball cap.

His prefered color choices are blues, reds, and greens. As well as black and white for his clothing. As for sleepwear when he wants to be warm and cozy he will wear his Growlithe Onsie.

[attr="class","agar"]Jake is a nail bitter and more accurately the skin around his nails (specifically his thumbs) They are usually most likely always chewed up.

He can come off as a nervous kind of guy and is socially awkward. But underneath it all he is a pretty funny guy who has a knack to make people laugh. His laugh is also a bit contagious, once he starts most people cant help but join in the laughing even if its not that funny of a joke.

He also suffers from G.O.D (not what you think its abbreviation for Growlithe Obsessed Disorder silly) and whether its his shirt, beanie, hat, bag that has patches and pins on it or you know what lies inside the pokeballs on his belt. THis guy is obsessed. He cant help it. He loves them. He even has a Growlithe onsie that he loves to sleep/lounge around in.

Jake needs glasses for reading though you wont hardly ever see him wear them, mostly out of embarrassment. Some kid said something to him when he was younger and he took it to heart so you wont ever see him wearing them. He'd prefer not to see or wear contacts.

[attr="class","agar"]Jake is from Kanto, but he never stayed in one place. His father's business caused them to move almost yearly from the time Jake was born. The only thing constant in his life was a Growlithe pup that he was allowed to have that failed being a police pokemon. Jake kept the growlithe as a constant companion, even naming him Tank. Tank grew to be a beasty thing even more so when they were out for a walk one day and the pokemon stepped on a fire stone, causing the then Growlithe to evolve into an Arcanine. Jake was sad to lose the only friend he knew and cried for days (come on guys he was like 4) Tank never left the boys side even when he tried pushing him away. It was eventually explained to Jake that Tank didnt leave that he just got big which calmed him down and the two were best of friends again. (no one said he was an extremely smart boy)

When Jake turned ten he decided not to move with his parents but instead went on his own epic journey with Tank by his side. Both growing into an awesome team. As he was traveling he came upon an abandoned den, when he was about fourteen, with three barely days old Growlithe pups inside. Jake took them with him and raised them as part of his tiny little family with Tank and himself as the parents. He referred to them as 'The Triplets' naming them Ein, Ero, and Ellie.

As they traveled Jake slowly became aware of his obsession with Growlithe loot. Anytime he was in a store and he saw the pokemon's face on something he couldnt help but buy himself the item in question. Most of his knick knacks he has sent back to his parents for safe keeping over the year. But a good lot of it he keeps on himself.

When Jake was about fifteen he was in a rather nasty accident that left his pokemon in the care of a local nurse Joy while he recovered in the hospital. Due to it it left him rather shell shocked and withdrawn from people. He spent a month recovering once he was out of the hospital and he relied heavily on Tank to provide comfort from the trauma. He is mostly recovered from the accident and now suffers from seizures and episodes of very bad dissociation, vision loss and a few other little interesting things that tend to leave and come when they please. He suffers from pretty bad pain in his right side using Tank as a Mobility pokemon amoungst a few other things.

he is now in Cyal in hopes to recover the rest of the way. He is looking for a new beginning, a fresh start if you will.

[attr="class","agar"]Being new to the area Jacob isnt completely aware of the situation going on not to mention anything dealing with Politics he tends to ignore especially while he is recovering. As far as where his point might go when he does, might lead him down the road of being a rebel. He honestly doesnt believe other people should be allowed to foist their opinions on other people. That being said if he sees someone needing help he will. He is easily tricked and can without knowing be tricked into helping someone in the government find a runaway wihtout him knowing.