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Throughout her childhood, PK could mostly be found around the other stores along the pier doing her own thing and bothering the owners of said stores. This was much to the chagrin of her parents who instead preferred that she spend all of her free time in their Merchant Dock. She was happy to listen to her parents talk about trade and commerce, but would always slip out of the room during the business ethics and etiquette sections of their monologs. As a result, making her customers feel at ease was something that was neither in her nature nor learned from her parents. | Throughout her childhood, PK could mostly be found around the other stores along the pier doing her own thing and bothering the owners of said stores. This was much to the chagrin of her parents who instead preferred that she spend all of her free time in their Merchant Dock. She was happy to listen to her parents talk about trade and commerce, but would always slip out of the room during the business ethics and etiquette sections of their monologs. As a result, making her customers feel at ease was something that was neither in her nature nor learned from her parents. | ||
| − | At the Merchant Dock, PK's mother ran a tight ship, so to speak. Anana was able to flawlessly perform shop duties to her mother's exacting specifications, but PK never quite ran it like her mother desired. This furthered the rift between the two sisters, their mother constantly showering Anana with all of the praise and encouragement. | + | At the Merchant Dock, PK's mother ran a tight ship, so to speak. Anana was able to flawlessly perform shop duties to her mother's exacting specifications, but PK never quite ran it like her mother desired. This furthered the rift between the two sisters, their mother constantly showering Anana with all of the praise and encouragement. |
| − | + | After PK had had enough of her mother's criticism of her rough personality in dealing with customers, she took to learning from the other store owners along the pier. They weren't able to refuse her company as her parents had ownership of the entire pier. As such, PK picked up useful mercantile knowledge that her parents hadn't taught her. She ended up distancing herself from her family in order to learn outside of the negative environment that had been created for her at their Merchant Dock. | |
| − | Lamia then explained to a dumbfounded PK that her services weren't quite for free, but they were in exchange for any useful ingredients the aided Pokemon could spare. She spent a lot of time | + | Because of being quick to bore, PK often would explore areas around the bay to sate her desire to see more and do more. In one of her little trips, she ended up at a remote hut, meeting [[Lamia]], a tribal witch doctor. Instead of being afraid and put off, she was intrigued by the Arbok - especially when she saw the doctor bandaging a wounded Pidgey, something not in the nature of many Arbok. She expected to learn how Lamia conducted business, but instead watched as the doctor let the bandaged Pokemon leave without giving payment. This was utterly new and confusing to her, seeing as her parents had never mentioned that anyone might ever offer their services for nothing. |
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| + | At first, PK vehemently argued that it wasn't a good plan for Lamia to offer such valuable services for free, to which Lamia replied, "sssshut your yappy trap and wait to sssssee." This, of course, angered PK quite a bit, but Lamia wouldn't respond further. Instead, to PK's annoyance, she ignored PK's frenzied shouts and accusations and slithered off to the back of her hut. Eventually, a pair of Pidgey showed up with a giant bundle of berries and herbs for Lamia, thanking her for her earlier service. | ||
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| + | Lamia then explained to a dumbfounded PK that her services weren't quite for free, but they were in exchange for any useful ingredients the aided Pokemon could spare. PK made a rare decision out of a newly found sense of respect to stop criticizing the Arbok and instead do as much as she could to learn from her. She spent a lot of time in the following weeks working under Lamia as a familiar, poring over different properties of berries and how to best combine them from Lamia. Throughout this training, she kept in mind that more knowledge would only lead to more convincing arguments to ensure future sales. | ||
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| Affiliation | Merchants | ||||
| Role | Guild Head | ||||
| Usual Location | Tao Village | ||||
| Species | Unknown | ||||
| Gender | Female | ||||
| Age | Young Adult | ||||
| Trait | Unknown | ||||
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PK is a purple Kecleon who's known for being hot-headed and impetuous, earning her a fearful reputation among traders around and outside of Tao Village. She's known for being the head of the Merchants' guild, with Shroomsworth as her business partner and Sandy as her personal assistant. Her rash decisions usually result in Shroomsworth having to clean up after her. She's normally very frugal, but has a weakness for cake and pastries in general, allowing that to be her one luxury.
Background
Pre-Guild
Alomomola Bay
PK and her sister Anana both grew up in the Alomomola Bay. Their parents ran both the Merchant Hut in Tao Village and the highly profitable Merchant Dock in Alomomola Bay. PK and Anana spent much of their time with their mother at the dock, learning how to trade and do business from her. Their father was often away for weeks at a time running the hut in Tao Village. As a result of the lack of supervision created by two busy parents, PK became rebellious early on, earning Anana the reputation as "the good kid." This, of course, led to an intense, mostly one-sided sibling rivalry that carried on into adulthood.
Throughout her childhood, PK could mostly be found around the other stores along the pier doing her own thing and bothering the owners of said stores. This was much to the chagrin of her parents who instead preferred that she spend all of her free time in their Merchant Dock. She was happy to listen to her parents talk about trade and commerce, but would always slip out of the room during the business ethics and etiquette sections of their monologs. As a result, making her customers feel at ease was something that was neither in her nature nor learned from her parents.
At the Merchant Dock, PK's mother ran a tight ship, so to speak. Anana was able to flawlessly perform shop duties to her mother's exacting specifications, but PK never quite ran it like her mother desired. This furthered the rift between the two sisters, their mother constantly showering Anana with all of the praise and encouragement.
After PK had had enough of her mother's criticism of her rough personality in dealing with customers, she took to learning from the other store owners along the pier. They weren't able to refuse her company as her parents had ownership of the entire pier. As such, PK picked up useful mercantile knowledge that her parents hadn't taught her. She ended up distancing herself from her family in order to learn outside of the negative environment that had been created for her at their Merchant Dock.
Because of being quick to bore, PK often would explore areas around the bay to sate her desire to see more and do more. In one of her little trips, she ended up at a remote hut, meeting Lamia, a tribal witch doctor. Instead of being afraid and put off, she was intrigued by the Arbok - especially when she saw the doctor bandaging a wounded Pidgey, something not in the nature of many Arbok. She expected to learn how Lamia conducted business, but instead watched as the doctor let the bandaged Pokemon leave without giving payment. This was utterly new and confusing to her, seeing as her parents had never mentioned that anyone might ever offer their services for nothing.
At first, PK vehemently argued that it wasn't a good plan for Lamia to offer such valuable services for free, to which Lamia replied, "sssshut your yappy trap and wait to sssssee." This, of course, angered PK quite a bit, but Lamia wouldn't respond further. Instead, to PK's annoyance, she ignored PK's frenzied shouts and accusations and slithered off to the back of her hut. Eventually, a pair of Pidgey showed up with a giant bundle of berries and herbs for Lamia, thanking her for her earlier service.
Lamia then explained to a dumbfounded PK that her services weren't quite for free, but they were in exchange for any useful ingredients the aided Pokemon could spare. PK made a rare decision out of a newly found sense of respect to stop criticizing the Arbok and instead do as much as she could to learn from her. She spent a lot of time in the following weeks working under Lamia as a familiar, poring over different properties of berries and how to best combine them from Lamia. Throughout this training, she kept in mind that more knowledge would only lead to more convincing arguments to ensure future sales.
