Post by Augustus Black on Jun 17, 2011 15:03:17 GMT -5
Prepare for TROUBLE !
Dr. Augustus Claude Black.
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Sexuality: Heterosexual
To protect the world from devastation;;
Hometown: Snowpoint City, Sinnoh
Occupation: Team Rocket Scientist.
Appearance: Augustus is 6’2’’ tall, and doesn’t have any noticeable muscle development. He is almost always seen wearing a white lab coat with the black Team Rocket ‘R’ emblem adorning the upper right portion of it. Underneath his lab coat, Augustus wears a black collared shirt. He also usually wears khaki pants. He has straight, black hair, which might seem somewhat long for a male of his age. His eyes are a dark shade of blue with clear glasses almost always being placed in front of them. He only wears contacts when it is absolutely necessary.
To denounce the evils of truth and love !
Personality: Augustus’ personality is as cold as that of the city that he comes from. He maintains an almost constant calm, callous and emotionless state on the outside, almost never smiling, or feeling happy about anything. He detests incompetence (especially when it comes from himself), showing a good amount of frustration towards those who work under him that might have failed in their assignments. However even then he doesn’t unleash a torrent of rage upon them, and simply warns them not to be so incompetent next time. Of course he is still only human, and his emotions will flare up from time to time, but these instances are quite rare.
He also believes that anything or anyone that is, ‘in the way’ should be moved out of ‘the way’ in the ‘quickest, and most efficient’ manner possible. Augustus believes that in this world, everyone is in it alone, and that help, and kindness from others can never be counted upon, no matter who it might come from. This belief, along with many others stems from his very sad childhood back in Snowpoint City.
Likes:
-Science
-Team Rocket
-Strong Pokemon
-Loyal partners
-Strong willed people
-Ice-type Pokemon
Dislikes:
-Incompetence
-His parents
-Warm temperatures
-Strong emotions
-Law enforcement figures
Fears:
-The dissolution of Team Rocket
-Seeing his parents again
To extend our reach to the stars above;;
History:
Augustus Claude Black was born in the small mountain community of Snowpoint City 25 years ago to April, and Bruce Black. His childhood was a very sad one, and is what shaped him into the callous person that he is today. His abusive parents had never intended to have a child, but forgot to use ‘proper protection.’ When Augustus was born, his parents immediately tried to put him up for adoption, not wanting the responsibility of raising a child. However they were unsuccessful in doing so, and so they were forced to raise the young child. Angered at being stuck with a child, his parents were very abusive to Augustus, treating him like a common house dog, forcing him to do all the work around the house, day in and day out. He was also forced to endure constant beatings from his father. All of this he was told was put on him simply because he was ‘burdening’ his parents simply by existing. Because this was the only kind of a life that Augustus knew, he only knew about what pain and suffering was, never experiencing any love or appreciation from his parents. As he got older this notion became further ingrained into his brain convincing him that chaos and disorder were the only absolutes in the world around him, and that he would be on his own for his whole life. He came to believe that no one would ever help him with anything, and that the only person that he could fully trust was himself. The one thing that Augustus truly had to himself was his love of science. He enjoyed taking the time to study rock samples that he frequently found outside of his home, and as he got older, he became fascinated with Pokemon, and eventually obtained a book, which he frequently used to study the various traits of different Pokemon, and soon became fascinated with the legend of Regigiggas. The Pokemon that was said to lie dormant far below the city where he lived.
On his 18th birthday, by law, Augustus’ parents were no longer required to care for him, and thus they threw him out of the house, and they seemed very happy to finally be rid of him. Augustus then set out away from Snowpoint City, hoping to get as far away from his abusive parents as possible. Conveniently for him, Snowpoint City was home to a small port, and a ship was departing for the Kanto region just upon his arrival. Since he had no money to his name at the time, Augustus managed to stow away inside a large crate, as the boat set sail for a new land.
Upon arriving in Kanto, Augustus found himself, in the port of Vermillion City. He mostly spent the next few days wandering about since he couldn’t do much else with no money. Eventually he came across a shady figure who apparently had seen ‘potential’ with Augustus. The shady figure introduced himself as being part of Team Rocket, a group dedicated to taking over the world through the use of Pokemon. After the figure fully explained what Team Rockets values and goals were, the figure offered Augustus a chance to join the evil group. Having listened to the figure very attentively, Augustus saw that many of Team Rocket’s views on life were similar to that of his own. In addition, he had become very curious about the prospects of Team Rocket’s Science Department. Augustus accepted the offer, and was brought to the Team Rocket HQ for his assignment.
Like every Team Rocket member, Augustus began his career as a lowly grunt, only taking orders from his superiors. However, his personality, and strong mind, impressed his superiors, and ensured his quick rise through the ranks. After 2 years, Augustus officially joined Team Rockets Science Department, and spent many days and weeks researching the various traits of Pokemon. His main focus was on Ice-type Pokemon, since he had a natural interest of them due to his origins. He willingly participated in (and occasionally conducted) many cruel experiments on living Pokemon during this time, and never once stopped to think about the morality of what he was doing.
After fives years in Team Rocket’s Science Department, during which Augustus, now at age 23, received many accolades from his colleagues for his work, in spite of being quite young compared to other scientists, Team Rocket suddenly disbanded, and Giovanni went into hiding. Although he was somewhat shocked and dismayed, Augustus nonetheless decided to wait everything out. He went underground (not literally) with a bunch of former executives as they tried to build Team Rocket back up. He did not agree with them on everything, but felt that he had nowhere else to go until the team became more organized again.
After the failed comeback attempt by Team Rocket at Goldenrod Radio Tower, Augustus began to notice many of his disgruntled colleagues both grunts and scientists leaving to set up their own organization known as Team Veritas. After receiving an invitation to join by many of his fellow scientist, he declined, and told them that he would never join an organization that, ‘experimented just for the sake of experimenting’ as he saw it. Augustus continued to conduct research and experiments on Pokemon to this day hopeful that Team Rocket will rise to its former glory once again.
Surrender now, or prepare to fight !
Pokemon On Hand:
1.
-Froslass, Female. Augustus met this Froslass back in Snowpoint City and developed somewhat of a bond with it (if such a thing was possible for him) and felt somewhat comforted by it as he endured his parents wrath.2.
- Muk, Male. Muk was a Pokemon that Augustus received upon joining Team Rocket. 3.
- Beartic, Female. Augustus caught Beartic on and expedition to Unova’s Dragonspiral Tower, on an assignment to gain more knowledge on Reshiram, and Zekrom.4.
- Aggron, Male. Aggron was, in a way, a gift from Augustus’ superiors as a reward for his successful findings on Pokemon Evolution inducement.5.
- Electabuzz, Male- Augustus captured this Electabuzz for use in an experiment. In spite of being put through so much pain, the Electabuzz showed a lot of endurance and toughness. When the time came to ‘dispose’ of the Electabuzz after the experiment had ended, Augustus intervened, and decided to keep it, figuring that such a tough Pokemon might at least be of some use.Roleplay Sample:
An otherwise dark room was being slightly illuminated by a desk lamp which had been turned on for hours. The light, although dim, was bright enough to serve the purpose of the man who had turned it on. The man in question, was Augustus Claude Black, and was sitting in a chair next to the desk, which had various charts, graphs and figures strewn all over it. It was very late at night, and Augustus probably should’ve gone to sleep hours ago, but he was so close! So close to an answer that had long eluded him that he dared not stop now. Not even for a second! He exclaimed quietly, “Sleep is for the weak minded. I will find the answers I seek even if it takes another month.”
Augustus was researching the evolution of Magikarp to Gyarados, and how the change in anatomy and strength of such an evolution was even possible, After all the change from such a worthless Pokemon to one of the most fierce and dangerous Pokemon in the world today was certainly an intriguing mystery, and one worth exploring. Perhaps if Augustus could discover how such a thing occurs naturally in the wild, Team Rocket could discover a way to artificially induce a similar evolutionary change in terms of strength and anatomy onto their Pokemon. If they could do this, they could create a large army of powerful Pokemon under their complete control. The possibilities were simply too great to sleep on.
Augustus clutched a coffee mug, held it up to his mouth and took a sip from it. He sifted through the piles of papers on his desk, frantically searching for something. Numerous papers with numbers and graphs on them fluttered to the floor. After what seemed like 10 minutes Augustus finally found what he was looking for. A special chart detailing how strong each change was to Magikarp’s anatomy when it evolved. He gazed at the chart hoping to find more answers to this mystery.
Augustus was researching the evolution of Magikarp to Gyarados, and how the change in anatomy and strength of such an evolution was even possible, After all the change from such a worthless Pokemon to one of the most fierce and dangerous Pokemon in the world today was certainly an intriguing mystery, and one worth exploring. Perhaps if Augustus could discover how such a thing occurs naturally in the wild, Team Rocket could discover a way to artificially induce a similar evolutionary change in terms of strength and anatomy onto their Pokemon. If they could do this, they could create a large army of powerful Pokemon under their complete control. The possibilities were simply too great to sleep on.
Augustus clutched a coffee mug, held it up to his mouth and took a sip from it. He sifted through the piles of papers on his desk, frantically searching for something. Numerous papers with numbers and graphs on them fluttered to the floor. After what seemed like 10 minutes Augustus finally found what he was looking for. A special chart detailing how strong each change was to Magikarp’s anatomy when it evolved. He gazed at the chart hoping to find more answers to this mystery.
