Here's the rest of Team Ricochet. Pics forthcoming!


Lucius Silver
Houndoom
Male
Junior class

Lucius keeps to himself, mostly. A calm, quiet student at the Academy, his immense strength and fighting prowess (and Dark type status) quickly gained the attention of Requiem Hanson. He grew up in the professional battle leagues in the footsteps of his parents, so the PCA was a natural choice to continue this trend (his parents were alumni, after all), but the hopes of many for him were dashed when he decided to join Team Ricochet; out of so many offers for other teams, why join the ranks of a vocal racist? Lucius never gave a reason why, and there’s no evidence to lead one to believe he shares the same hatred his leader does (in fact he was good friends with a number of Psychics until he joined; they began distancing themselves from him soon after), but the silent fighter may have something else in mind.

Lately he’s been more of a crowd control person, trying to act as a moderator after Requiem’s many opponents try to lash out against her viewpoints. Surprisingly, he does it quite well. He is gifted with a smooth tongue and a composed, matter-of-fact way of speaking that seem to force even the most angry of nerves to think rationally, if only for a few moments. It also nets him many more friends (or at least acquaintances) than one would think he’d be able to in a team like that. Requiem herself questions his loyalty to her cause, but doesn’t see that as a hindrance as long as he’s loyal to the team. He’ll come around eventually…

In the ring, however, he proves his mettle as a fighter. The training he grew up with in the junior pro leagues carry him well at the Academy and has placed him in a respectable spot on the individual Junior ranking charts. To date there doesn’t seem to be any particular battle style he isn’t already prepared for. A mixed battle style that combines calculated reversals with accurate specials, Lucius can handle a multitude of opponents with a level head that cause some spectators to wonder if he really did descend from a Fire-type lineage.

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Alex Christmas
Lucario
Male
Junior class

No one expected such a well-mannered young Christian man to associate himself with someone like Requiem; not even Alex himself expected to, but the Absol had taken a particular liking to him when she realized that he was a dual Fighting/Steel type, rendering him resistant to the otherwise-supereffective effects Psychics would have on him. A Fighting Type that could resist Psychics was something she had to have on her team, and quickly asked him to join Ricochet. Alex, being rather naïve and new to the whole thing (he had just recently evolved and had been home-schooled prior to enrollment at the Academy), was so excited that someone wanted him on her team that he didn’t bother to question who this person was or what the team was about. He came to regret the decision, but stayed so as to not disappoint his new leader; she did scare him a bit, and the rumors made it all the more worse, but he felt he had to stay since he had made the choice himself anyway. It was the first major decision of his life, after all; previously, his parents made all the decisions for him.

He doesn’t share Requiem’s way of thinking and tries to convince others around him of that fact, but he’s a too intimidated to directly tell Requiem that. It doesn’t help that he feels even more uncomfortable around his sadistic (and just plain mean) fellow teammate, Biff. Thankfully, his other teammate Lucius has taken it upon himself to act as a buffer between Alex and the rest of the crew. The calm, rational Houndoom helps him adjust to his new surroundings and, in some ways, protects him from the less-than-appealing aspects of Requiem and Biff. If Alex is ever seen with the rest of his team, he’s always with Lucius. Other times, he tends to be by himself, too nervous to associate with anyone especially since he’s afraid he’ll be judged based on his leader’s racism.

As a fighter, Alex is average at best, and his isolation during childhood has hindered his social skills, making him trust others too easily without any solid defense against pranks, jokes, and other mean-spirited aspects of teenage life. However, he did learn to battle from his parents, and in the ring he at least knows how to survive. His dual-type nature has given him a combination of agility and endurance to ride out a variety of attacks with the toughness to stay on his feet.

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Biff Bledsoe
Cacturne
Male
Junior class

Biff is a jerk, plain and simple.

Raised by an alcoholic father who’s just as mean as he is (and a mother who couldn’t bear the thought of making her sweet Biffy angry), he developed into a bully with a penchant for sadism later on in his life.

Mean, rude, and disrespectful to most everyone he meets, he loves nothing more than to torture his peers and laugh at them the entire time.

Noticing how tough Biff really was, Requiem saw the use of bruiser like him and asked him to be on her team. Since no one else asked him before, he decided to go along just to see what it would be like. Requiem doesn’t really care about what he does to other students as long as he remains loyal to the team, and through appealing to the Cacturne’s ego, manages get him to listen whenever she needs him. Having quite a bit of blackmail material doesn’t hurt, either, but to date she hasn’t had any need to mention it to him.

In the arena, Biff makes it his goal to cause as much pain and humiliation to his opponents as possible, and thanks to some surprising resilience, he’s extremely good at it. Even though he isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, he knows how to get under the skin of his opponents and hit where it hurts the most.


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