[FIVE]

Name: Penelope "Five" Stern
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Species: Ledian [Swarm]
Type: Bug/Flying
Grade: Junior

Team: Junkyard
Normal: "Rain of Pain", Da Pump
Battle: "Disintegration", Lia of I've

[Moveset]

Comet Punch/Light Screen/Reflect/Safeguard
Mach Punch/Roost/Swift/Agility
Bug Buzz/Focus Blast/U-Turn/Flash

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"I didn't mind the ogling. I didn't mind the cheesy one-liner. I didn't even mind the buttslap too much. But then you had to call me weak. It's *on*!"

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To call Team Junkyard a 'team' is generally correct, even though they are often called a 'gang' by most other teams, and rightly so. All in all, they're a bunch of decent kids with bad pasts who found each other and became something between a support group and a hooligan club... which makes the youngest member of the group stand out a bit, since she looks more like the sort who would fit in more with a group of giggly socialites than with punks and thugs.

Penelope, also known as Penny or by her team name "Five", is every bit the flighty teen with a love for cute things, bright colors and sweets (almost as much as Karma), but has more than her fair share of quirks and personal problems. As a young Ledyba, she grew up in a home of broken promises, with a mother dealing with numerous issues carried in from her past and a too-understanding enabler father. While not a poor family, the majority of money went into bailing Penny's mother out of debt... and putting her back into it---Penny suspected gambling, but never could get a straight answer. Tired of doing without the basics, as well as her mother's constant lies, she packed her things and moved in with a friend... only to find out that her distrust of her family had translated into a general distrust of *everyone*. Not only that, but she found lying and stringing others along for her own benefit was actually pretty useful; as much as she liked where it could lead and what it could get, it bothered her that she was turning into her mother. Luck would have it that she came across Jethro Biggs before moving in with another 'friend' for the sixth time in three months. Jethro offered her a place, and someone to talk to. Deciding, just this once, to give this man a try, she discovered not only that he was serious, but that she wasn't the only one he'd taken in. Even with her new 'family' and support, Penny still finds herself having a hard time trusting others, and still lies regularly at the drop of a hat---she's working hard on trying to get rid of these habits, but it's slow going.

Penny is cute, almost to the point where she looks younger than she actually is---the fact that she's a petite five feet tall and practically flat-chested doesn't help matters either. Brilliant (and classic Ledian) in color and sporting five spots on her wing carapace, she often wears an amused grin to match her bright blue eyes. Much like her Bug-type brethren, she lacks hair, but doesn't let that stop her from accessorizing; various colored jelly-rings adorn her antennae, and she often wears a bandanna of some sort. Her build, surprisingly enough, is quite athletic and defined (she's still sickeningly cute), and she isn't afraid to show it off; baby doll T-shirts usually only with sleeves for the top two arms, short pleated skirts and black workout leggings are often the order of the day, along with countless bangles, rings and assorted cutesy-wutesy charms (as well as the 'team' wristchain).

A scrapper at heart, she's refined her style by working alongside Karma, and has integrated her teachings into the blistering-fast hit-and-run style she employs in a fight, making up for her lack of actual stopping power. Five regularly shouts out the 'Southern Cross Style' attack names she's given her attacks in the middle of combat, much to the embarrassment of her team---for instance she occasionally calls her Comet Punch (which she likes to use to finish a fight) the 'Southern Cross Roaring Red Explosion'. Everyone blames this on Karma letting Five into her massive comic collection... even Karma herself.