human embodiment of a glitter bomb in an energy drink. loves everything that is beautiful and sparkly and even garish. not the best at socializing, usually comes off as brash. would rather spend her time with pokemon than people, specifically, water pokemon. has very strong morals, even if her grasp of nuance leaves a lot to be desired. however, she has a very natural and neutral understanding of the cycle of life.
also she's a lesbian, but she's too preoccupied to realize.
her Guardian Star/soul takes the form of a Female Nidoran
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born and raised in Pacifidlog, Hoenn to a family of fishers, in a close knit community where bonds didn’t end with blood and everyone helped each other out. however in recent years, tourism and industrial fishing have caused both socio-economical and ecological issues. Day would try to take advantage of that by performing street shows with her pokemon friends in order to skip work, starting to develop a liking for the art, but she could tell the mood of the locals was souring.
her father worked with her great-uncle and they used to travel around a lot, taking care of trade as well as surveying deep water fishing spots, and he would always bring her gifts and stories. meanwhile her mother and older sister took care of the local business. but as larger vessels started encroaching on their area, he started having to go further and further to find anything.
when she was around 12, her father and great-uncle disappeared. it took weeks for their bodies to be found. the remains of their boat indicated that it had likely been attacked by a Dragalge.
not knowing how to handle her grief, she started growing more rebellious after that, unwilling to join her mother and sister in taking care of what remained of the business.
some years later, a strange young man came to town, a war vet named Cole. her family would occasionally contract him as a helping hand, and since he seemed lonely, they started inviting him over. Day and him grew really close, her basically adopting him as a perpetually exasperated older brother.
as the years passed, her mother would constantly remind her she'd eventually have to drop that contest stuff and take care of the family business. there’s no contest hall in Pacifidlog and there’s too much work to be done.
eventually she came up with a plan: a trip out in the world to prove herself. if she came back successful, she'd help her family with what she made from winning tournaments; if she didn't, she'd have to give up those dreams and settle at home.
that's how she and Cole ended in Johto one fateful night the world was sent into chaos...
Atlas, the Furfrou ♂ Naughty Nature — originally owned by Cole, notorious dog lover, who fully intended to be its trainer... but this furball was too much to handle. curiously enough, he got along great with Day, even performing in her street shows, so the decision seemed obvious. Day gave him that name cause he likes balancing Cole’s Voltorb on his nose.
Achlys, the Nidoran ♀ Serious Nature — Day has a complicated relationship with poison types in general, and with her own Guardian Star in particular. so when this pokemon was given to her as a mysterious anonymous gift... she didn’t take it too well at first. still, she pushed through the shock right into anger at whoever abandoned a pokemon inside a pokeball with no apparent knowledge of who would be on the receiving end. her name maybe wasn’t the kindest, based on stories from distant lands her dad would tell her.
Chinchou ◌ ??? — hasn’t caught it yet. her white whale. her father had a Lanturn that disappeared during the accident and she has the bone-deep conviction that it will come back to her, one way or another.
other: she grew up playing with a Feebas (now a Milotic) and a Corsola, but she doesn’t consider them her pokemon. there’s also her sister’s Floatzel (Waka), her mother’s Castform (Amihan).
