#yes she's mimicking octavio

[nephilimbrute]

another little rina

[mirage-babey]

For scientific reasons, which trainers would be best buddies? Which ones would be rivals? What kind of lives would they live? What regions would they live in? I’m sorry for all the questions, but I’d like your opinion

okay, here we go! the current guide to the Apex Legends Pokemon Trainer AU!

Bangalore

Typhlosion (Partner), Braviary

From Kanto

Her family was originally military, but she and one of her brothers ended up running a fire-type gym after an incident

When Natalie and Octavio came along to challenge the gym, after talking with them she realised they all had parents that had placed very specific expectations on them and decided to tag along on their journey to broaden her horizons

She and Octavio, both challenging gyms, have a friendly rivalry going on

Bloodhound

Gallade (Partner), Corviknight, Luxray

From Johto

A very mysterious character with a preference for honourable pokemon

Gibraltar and Ajay have no idea of this trainer’s background, but they’re always grateful for the assistance Bloodhound lends

They and their pokemon make a team of talented trackers, and it makes Gibraltar and Ajay’s jobs of finding and helping pokemon and people stuck in natural disasters much easier

Still, they are dedicated to Arceus above all else

Crypto

Rotom (Partner), Dedenne

From Sinnoh

idk i’ll decide on his story when he gets released in game

Caustic

Wheezing (Partner), Vileplum, Dustox

From Galar

He’s a scientist that wanted to develop the use of poison types but his work was deemed unethical and thus he was fired

however he found that a number of shady organisations were very interested in his work, and so he continued his research

His Wheezing is not a Galarian form despite Alexander being from Galar - it didn’t mesh with his evil scientist aesthetic

Gibraltar

Hariyama (Partner), Aegislash, Aggron

From Alola

His parents were Pokemon Rangers, and he grew up to follow in their footsteps - usually a ranger has just the one partner pokemon, but Aegislash and Aggron just never really left his side

He met his partner pokemon the same day he decided to become a pokemon Ranger; he and his boyfriend got caught in a mudslide, and when his parents came to the rescue, a Makuhita - a pokemon known for it’s tenacity - decided it would try to help

Lifeline

Absol (Partner), Togetic, Chansey

From Unova

When she found out her parents were making some deals with some dodgy organisations, she left the life of wealth she lead in urban Unova in favour of doing humanitarian work with pokemon around the world

Her team consists of pokemon that’d help in rescue situations (Absol can predict natural disasters, Togetic is said to bring good fortune and happiness, Chansey shares its eggs with those who are injured)

Was close friends with Octavio as children, but they grew apart as their paths diverged in adulthood. She still supports his pursuits, though, and he regularly donates to the charities she works with

Gets on well with Gibraltar, they’ve worked together on a number of occasions - Makoa specialises in dealing with the overarching issue, while Ajay helps any injured people or pokemon.

Mirage

Zoroark (partner), Vulpix, Mime Jr, Mawile

From Hoenn

His older brothers all left to go on their pokemon journeys years before he did. Elliott and his mother worked together on holographic tech for entertainment purposes, taking inspiration from the various pokemon that used illusions

He wanted to go on his own journey, but didn’t want to leave his mother alone. His mother’s Zoroark had an egg though, and she gave it to Elliott. The Zorua that hatched from it became his partner.

Most of his pokemon come from the fact that he’s a big softie at heart. Vulpix are known to feign injury to fool enemies and escape, which he thought was really cool. Mime Jr was practising its mimicking skills, Elliott complimented it, and it just completely forgot what it was doing it was so happy and so Elliott immediately took it under his wing. Mawile looks cute but it’s also terrifying and will kick your ass and Elliott just had to have it

He generally takes the route of a battle trainer, but he entered a pokemon contest once on a whim and completely dominated, much to Zoroark’s glee

One day while travelling through Johto he ran into an Espurr - a pokemon with a creept stare that wasn’t native to the region - that scared the shit out of him. He’d never admit it, but the fact that its trainer saw so easily through his pokemon’s illusions also kinda intimidated him

In Unova, he came across the same Espurr, except now it had evolved into a Meowstic. Similarly, his Zorua had now evolved into a Zoroark. He challenged the trainer to a battle and found her psychic type pokemon were at interesting match against his pokemon that specialised in trickery.

The match was observed by some really tall, lanky, excitable guy with an Ambipom and a Cubone. The three trainers coincidentally spent the night at the same pokecentre, and they just didn’t really part ways in the morning.

Also one time when he was drunk, Elliott was flirting with someone and that trainer’s Gourgeist attacked him. It was funny, and the trainer apologised, but he’s also lowkey been afraid of the entire evolutionary line ever since (Wraith and Pathfinder found out when one day, while they were at a pokecentre, Elliott turned around, saw a Pumpkaboo, and screamed)

Octane

Linoone (Partner), Zebstrika

From Unova

He grew up as a rich kid in urban Unova, but with busy CEOs for parents, he often found himself bored

As a kid, a Zigzagoon caught his attention while on a business trip with his family, and he ended up catching it

He and the pokemon got along famously, and when it evolved into a Linoone - the rushing pokemon - he found his taste for adrenaline evolving alongside it

He began to grow distant from his childhood friend Ajay at this time, but he still recognised how important her work was so he supports her whenever he can

Now he partakes in gym battles, the occasional contest (usually due to a friendly rivalry between him and one Elliott Witt), and regular death defying stunts with his high speed pokemon team

He lost his legs in an accident involving a race and a misuse of pokemon moves

He’s got a good few fans as a result of the videos he makes, but he can always count on Ajay, Natalie, and Anita to keep him grounded

He’s got a knack for convincing people to take a risk - it’s how he got Natalie and Anita to go on their own journeys to find what they want from life

Pathfinder

Ambipom (Partner), Cubone

From Unova

He was an orphan with a desire to see the world (and maybe find out the story behind his birth parents along the way)

His first pokemon was an Aipom whose mobility he admired greatly. He has a Cubone because he found it crying and, as an orphan himself, he cared deeply for its loss

He isn’t quite sure what he wants from life, but being a pokemon professor and learning about the world sounds pretty good to him

Near the start of his journey, he was staying in a pokecentre and ended up being the referee for a pokemon battle

When morning came, those two same trainers looked a little lost (though they’d never admit it), and as he himself was brilliant with directions, he ended up offering to show them around the region

But they ended up sticking together long after that

Wattson

Morpeko (Partner), Plusle, Minun, Luxio

From Kalos

Worked closely with her father researching ways in which electric types and people can work together and how those relations could be utilised

She and her father raised an unruly Shinx that was very uncooperative, but one day it accidentally electrocuted her (causing the scar on her face), and it was the guilt it felt that caused it to finally clean up its act

When he passed away, she inherited her father’s Electabuzz. At first, she wouldn’t necessarily consider the pokemon a part of her team, but more of a family member that still assists in her work, though this changed when she started her journey

(shoutout to @gayneflynt @wraithofthevoid for their ideas)

Met Octavio when he was participating in a competition at an arena she had previously done work on. Her father had just passed, and Octavio convinced her that she should give going on a pokemon journey a go to try and fill the void that had been left behind

She met Anita when Octavio was challenging a gym. Anita, sister of the gym leader, got to talking with the pair, and decided to tag along on their journey

Wraith

Gothitelle (Partner), Meowstic, Abra

From Johto

She has amnesia, and woke with nothing but a psychic type pokemon leaning over her in an abandoned lab

Gothitelle is particularly protective of her, as a pokemon that can predict the future and can become aware of their trainer’s lifespan. This was the pokemon fawning over her when she awoke with no memory

Abra can read minds and sense danger, teleporting away when it feels threatened. Sometimes Wraith wishes she had the same ability - the two felt a kinship and it joined her team. She caught Espurr because it’s the restraint pokemon - she personally felt restrained by her lack of memories - and she was kinda fond of how weird and creepy it sorta was

The Espurr scared the shit outta one trainer she met while she was still in Johto - to be fair, it was staring at him weirdly

She ran into him again in Unova. Her Abra - despite being terrified of everyone they met - never once tried to teleport away from him, so in the morning when he invited her to join him and some makeshift tour-guide, on a whim she said yes

All of her pokemon seemed happy with the decision, so she decided that maybe she should stick around in this trio