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Boo

Irene was born in Lavender Town, basically, the haunted town. Because of the reputation surrounding the town, there were very few children and the many people who moved in quickly retreated upon learning of the cemetery and so called 'ghosts'. Her parents both worked in the pokemon volunteer house, with Irene being one of the people who played with the orphaned pokemon without much of a care in the world. Despite the quiet and rather lonely life, she enjoyed playing around. Eventually, the pokemon in the Volunteer house became like a family to her. They were the only ones who actually wanted to talk to her, anyways. All the other kids ran the other way, saying that she was haunted by a ghost. On the other hand, her parents were always sticking around so it wasn't like she had a horribly lonely childhood growing up.[break][break]

But she was a weird one. An odd child. She loved ghosts, while all else feared them. She wanted to make friends with them, and she spoke with arceus knows in the midst of night. Of course, these were just the ghost pokemon who roamed around and about. She often spoke to them at night, giggling with them and even going so far as to sneak out and pull pranks with them while her parents were asleep. Although, poor girl got caught and scolded on occasions. Sometimes, she was even grounded.[break][break]

Friendly Friend

In her time within the Volunteer house, she met a rather sickly Cleffa. The poor thing had declining health, and it's trainer before neglected to care for the poor thing. Their condition was bad to the point that the pokemon centre was unable to cure it, and so it ended up in the Volunteer house. Despite the fact that the cleffa was sickly, they were just as jumpy and playful as the young Irene. Irene and the Cleffa became quick friends, often playing together. Sadly, this was short lived as the cleffa died a month or so afterwords. Irene, who had foraged a bond with the pink puff ball, was overcome with grief as the one consistent friend had died off so easily. All the others were eventually given away to other trainers, and in the end, Irene just felt that they were all going to leave at some point; so she didn't see a reason to pursue any long lasting friendships. [break][break]

In school, Irene didn't really keep too many friends. Of course, she made friends and was a rather smart kid. She was good with pokemon of course, because she spent her childhood around them. Although, even if she acted cutesy and ditzy, she wasn't very honest. Often times, she acted off self gain and began rebelling against her kindhearted parents as well. Probably because she was sick of such a simple lifestyle. However, she took an interest in contest and festivals. In the small area people call Lavender town, there weren't many celebrations. When she went out to visit other towns or cities for errands, she rewarded herself by dropping by some stores and buying this and that with some of her own earned money. She has trouble holding up relationships, but only because she doesn't go chasing people down. In high school, Irene took it upon herself to be both a student and a trainer. [break][break]

Not so Friendly Anymore

Being a trainer was easier said than done. She didn't want to focus on her school life and pokemon at the same time, so she actually dropped school without her parents' consent. No one knows who caused this girl to become so rambunctious, but it was most probably the Shuppet that followed her wherever she went. It was always hiding in her bag, and started following her the moment she decided that she would become a trainer. Without much of a second thought, the girl wrote off a note to her parents telling them that she was off to see the world. That was it - no explanation. On that night, an Absol appeared in the area. They were certainly a rare sight, but little Irene knew better than to stick around when an Absol popped up. [break][break]

Irene travelled around Kanto with her dear Shuppet, finally arriving Pallet Town and gaining herself a pokedex and some pokeballs. Of course, she used one of them on the Shuppet that travelled with her. The sad part is that the girl didn't have any money when she left home, and so she was pretty much broke herself. The foolish girl spent her nights in pokemon centres, while her shupper used will-o-wisp to create fires when she needed to go camping. At some point, she ended up stealing a Misdreavous from the pokemon centre in hopes that she could make a profit for it. However, the person she was selling it to turned out to be part of team rocket. The grunt, impressed with how she managed to steal a pokemon, let her keep it for herself. The grunt brought her over to Team Rocket and offered to be recruited, to which she agreed to. Why is she doing this? Eh... Probably out of boredom. She was fed up with the peaceful life. While many others would have found the serene silence a haven, Irene found it torture. In the end, while her parents didn't have a clue of her location, she was off napping other pokemon.[break][break]

Still is. So Irene thought that it would be fun to crash into Jubilifee as one of the lower grunts. Nowadays, she's spending her days as a grunt which she, frankly, is fine with. Never a dull moment.