Lory

Lory (aka RocketLory) is a teenage female Trainer who is not native to the Pokemon world.

Information

 * Full name: Mallory Ashley Jenkins
 * Age: 18
 * Home: Aekea, a city in another world known as Gaia
 * Location: Lory wanders around a lot. Her favourite city is Snowpoint.
 * Height: 4'10"
 * Weight: 80lbs
 * Species: She was born a hybrid between human and 'Gimpi' (a cross between two Gaian species called angel and devil imps). Upon becoming permanently trapped in the Pokemon world, she was turned fully human.
 * Occupation: Team Rocket grunt and Pokemon trainer
 * Badges: 6

Personality
Lory is a bookish and somewhat nerdy young girl. When she comes across something she doesn't understand, she feels compelled to find out as much as she can about it, and is addicted to learning. Lory has a lot of health problems, she was born with weakened legs but her Pokemon journey has helped her to strengthen them. She also has von Willebrand disease, a condition similar to haemophilia which makes her bleed more than most people, and suffers from tuberculosis, giving her an unhealthy pallor and sometimes causing her to cough up blood and/or need hospital treatment. She has severe social phobia and thus avoids cities unless entirely necessary, instead living in the wild with her Pokemon. She has a crush on Thorton, and is generally very awkward around people because she finds it impossible to fit in. She tries to be nice to everyone because she is terrified of being alone and hated, and is very easily upset. She is very protective of her Pokemon and becomes enraged if anyone is cruel to them. Despite appearing naive and innocent, this is all a mask - she is actually pretty intelligent and is fully aware of the things Team Rocket did to people in the Resistance. She hates it, but she is so terrified of being punished and ostracized from the only family structure she has that she acts like a ditz so that nobody realizes the way she really feels. She also hates herself for what she allowed Team Rocket to do to Reaper. Despite her feelings about Team Rocket's behaviour, she is completely loyal to them because she is so desperate to have some kind of support in her life. Also, Lory is batshit insane and it is a bad idea to provoke her as she may savage you.

Backstory
Lory was born and raised in another world called Gaia. Most of her childhood was spent in and out of hospital, and she got bullied a lot at school as a result, leading to her becoming very shy. She became a rather odd loner type as she got older, wandering around the countryside alone and watching the wildlife. As well as her fascination with biology and nature, she also had a strong interest in alternate universes. At the age of sixteen, she found out about a strange warehouse called Gyakuten Souko which allegedly contained a warp in the time-space continuum, allowing people to travel to and from other universes. She quickly settled in at the warehouse, and for the first time in her life she began to make friends. Her first really good friend was a Thorton who fell through the warp by accident. The two developed mutual awkward crushes on each other, and Thorton gave Lory a baby Sneasel he found as a gift and starter Pokemon so that she could become a trainer like many of the other warehouse visitors had. Lory's second good friend was a girl named Iris, who had also come from the Pokemon world. Iris often liked to hang around with Lory and Thorton, and gave Lory a Houndour puppy named Bandit. Lory became traumatized after the appearance of an angry Giratina at the warehouse, and began to spend most of her time in the Pokemon world training so she could help to defend the warehouse. However, one day she travelled through the warp and was unable to return, no matter how much she tried. The shock and trauma of being forcibly removed from the world she called home and separated from her family and the only friends she'd ever had was enough to break Lory completely, and she took to living in the wild with her Pokemon, terrified of other people to the point that she was physically unable to speak to them. Upon first seeing Thorton on Twitter she was thrilled, but her hopes were quickly dashed when she realized it was an alternate universe Thorton and not the one she knew at all, although she has since become interested in him as a separate person from the one she knew. Eventually, Lory was befriended by Silver, who invited her to join Team Rocket. Lory agreed to do so, desperate for some kind of support. However, she has never revealed the details of her past to anyone, and has no intention of doing so. She knows she is rapidly growing apart from her home reality and that most of her friends and family would barely even recognize her, and the strain of it all is driving her insane. Her brothers Mal and Felix are the only thing preventing her from losing it completely.

Skills
Thanks to a love of biology and a childhood in the Boy Scouts (she refused to join the Girl Scouts and instead crossdressed so she could join the more adventurous Boy Scouts), Lory has a lot of knowledge on how to survive in the wild. The Pokeworld's flora is mostly identical to Gaia's with a few notable exceptions (Berries and Apricorns), so her survival knowledge still applies in the Pokeworld. Lory is generally a lot smarter than she'd like people to realize, especially when it comes to math and science, although her common sense is very lacking.

Reaper
Reaper, or CrazyWeavile as he is known on Twitter, is Lory's first Pokemon. She is very fond of him and showers him with love and attention, even spoiling him a little. He insults her often but they have a close bond regardless. Reaper is very protective of Lory.

Bandit
Bandit the Houndoom is Lory's second Pokemon. He is very timid and easily frightened, despite his menacing appearance. He considers Reaper the alpha male of the pack and will do whatever Reaper tells him until Lory commands him to do otherwise. Bandit is rather slow and has an intellect similar to that of an ordinary domestic dog. He loves to play. His favourite game is fetch.

Don
Don the Honchkrow was caught at around the same time as Pepe, shortly after Lory's second Gym battle. He is very snarky and loves to mock people.

Pepe
Pepe the Skuntank was caught around the same time as Don. He is extremely lazy, spends most of his time sleeping and communicates mostly in grunts. Pepe is usually kept in storage, having been replaced in Lory's team by Nibbles, but he is occasionally taken out.

Beryl
Beryl is a Sableye who was caught mostly for the purpose of breeding a Sableye for Lory's friend. She is a quiet sort and very shy, much like her trainer. She is usually kept in storage. She is also Lory's only female Pokemon.

Jet
Jet the Floatzel is a bigmouth and considers Reaper his arch enemy and rival for the title of Token Weasel Mascot. Reaper mostly ignores him. Nowadays he is usually in storage, having been replaced by Coriander, but he is often taken out when Lory needs to ride him across water.

Sparky
Sparky the Raichu is pure evil and plots to take over the world one day. He acts like his obedience towards Lory is merely part of his plan, but all his teammates know he secretly enjoys being petted and fed Poffins.

Nibbles
Nibbles is a Nidoking, caught by Lory's friend as a Christmas present for her. He is Reaper's best friend and spends most of his free time playing with Reaper. He is very friendly, but somewhat naive. He suffered a severe back injury shortly after evolving into a Nidorino, and so lacks most of his back spikes. Nibbles loves to be petted.

Coriander
Coriander is a Leafeon. He evolved from an Eevee that Lory caught after sneaking into Mr Backlot's trophy garden. Coriander is very mischievous and loves to play pranks and tease his teammates.

Fangs
This young Rattata was accidentally injured by Bandit, who was trying to play with him. Bandit brought the Rattata to the hospital where Lory was staying, and she nursed him back to health. Fangs chose to stay with Lory rather than return to the wild. He is very brave and has no fear of predators.

Maxwell
Maxwell is a very young Poochyena who Lory adopted a couple of weeks before Christmas 2010. He was a gift from Wonder_Guard and SilverTrainer.

Trivia

 * Lory would technically be considered a waif, as she has been forcibly separated from her family and has to live in the wild or on the streets.
 * When scared, Lory's usual response is to bite. Don't startle her!
 * Despite seeming sweet and innocent, Lory has an odd fascination with death, violence and other creepy things. She often dreams about being tortured or killed slowly, and she enjoys it. She also once tried to pull a ventilator tube out of her neck.
 * Lory hates hospitals.
 * Lory's favourite food is curry, preferably as hot and spicy as possible. She also loves ice cream and ice lollies.
 * It's hinted that Lory may have synesthesia. It doesn't cause her any problems, however.
 * Lory wants to become a gym trainer. Her long-term ambition is to one day become a Pokemon professor.
 * Fangs is the only Pokemon Lory has who isn't fully evolved.
 * Other than Beryl, all of Lory's Pokemon are male.

Tropes
Listed here prior to selecting the ones to add to the main trope page.


 * Always Someone Better: Lory is a skilled trainer, whose ability is actually slightly greater than her six badges would suggest. However, since Poketwitter is mostly full of gym leaders, Elite trainers, Frontier Brains and Pokedex holders, she is unable to compare to everyone else and thus appears weak.
 * Ax Crazy: Beneath the mask. It's getting easier to trigger her ax crazy side as being trapped in the Poketwitter world for a long time takes its toll on her sanity.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Berserk Button: Don't hurt either of her brothers or her Pokemon if you value your life.
 * Cloud Cuckoo Lander
 * Cute Mute: Lory is so socially anxious that she's barely able to speak and communicates via Twitter, a lampshading of how all conversations in the PT world happen via Twitter, even those which are face to face.
 * Fish Out Of Water
 * Girl With Psycho Weapon: If her knife doesn't count, her Pokemon certainly do.
 * Ill Girl: She spends a lot of time in hospital. Her main health issues are a bleeding disorder and occasionally recurring tuberculosis.
 * Knight Templar Big Sister
 * Minion With An F In Evil: Lory simply cannot grasp that her adoptive family is a criminal organization and she is supposed to do evil things. Rather than firing her or abusing her, however, Team Rocket made her their mascot.
 * Morality Pet: To Team Rocket.
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
 * Not Good With People: Type A.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Lory sometimes manages to even fool herself. When Reaper was turned Shadow, she kidded herself for a while afterwards that he was acting perfectly normal. A more typical example would be how innocent she acts all the time, even when common sense would suggest that there's no way she can truly misunderstand what's going on. She was also the first to realize who DarkenedMask was, but kept quiet about it.
 * Protectorate: There are over a hundred rules in the Team Rocket handbook which forbid harming Lory. Almost everyone (even those outside Team Rocket) knows that breaking any of these rules is suicidal. The only one who's broken them anyway and survived without permanent harm is Sonichu, because he can't be killed off.
 * Psychopathic Womanchild: The other reason why it's a bad idea to harm Lory. She may be the adorable Team Rocket mascot with an F in evil, but upset her and she gets violent extremely fast. She usually doesn't even remember what happened afterwards.
 * Refugee From TV Land: Kind of. Lory is from an equally fantastical world called Gaia, but it works in very different ways from the Pokemon world.
 * Shrinking Violet: Provided she's not trying to attack someone at the time.
 * Slasher Smile: This is what lies under the cuteness. Please, just take our word for it. Don't try to find out for yourself.
 * Stepford Smiler: A mix of Type A and Type C.
 * The Cutie
 * The Ditz: It's all a lie, of course.
 * Wild Child: A weird example. Lory always lived with her mother and siblings growing up, but from the age of 10 onwards began to spend a lot of time exploring in the wild, and during her trips to Sinnoh her social anxiety meant she spent most of her time away from cities. Upon being dumped in the Pokemon world, she dealt with the situation by living full-time in the wild, the only area that was familiar to her, and thus grew more feral as a result.
 * Yangire: A far more hidden example than Reaper, but when her psycho side comes out, it even scares him.