DE GUZMAN, FELIPE

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[attr="class","app_subtitle"]CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY

[attr="class","app_bio"]a tinkerer since childhood, felipe gained the nickname "fritz" by his close friends after seeing more than one of his experiments blow up on his face, usually due to some faulty wiring that his busy mind had forgotten to secure. though, with all things considered, sootopolis wasn't exactly a place of innovation, with its geometrically shaped buildings and faded facade. his parents were a product of embracing history, strong on tradition and not inclined at the very least to try something new. they were born here, raised here, grew up here, and would die here. fritz was not like that, not one bit.
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well, maybe a little, but he too was a product of his parents' expectations and pressures. most he tried to rebel against, but he would still find himself missing home, and sometimes falling back onto traditions was easier than always having to figure out what to do next.
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there was plenty of that when he decided to leave sootopolis. not at the age of ten, mind you, for he never really had plans on becoming a trainer per se, but he did value pokemon as much as the next person. he had a particular affinity for electric types, who loved feeding off the excess sparks that would fly whenever a contraption didn't go right. his parents were not too thrilled about him leaving, though, or perhaps that was an understatement. nonetheless, he fought metaphorical tooth and nail to get himself enrolled on a scholarship just to boost his chances for his parents to say yes.
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they eventually caved provided that they would get daily updates and he would visit every break. also, no relationships. that last one was dismissible.
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and so fritz spent a couple of years of his life studying and breaking rules, both the school's and his parents. it wasn't like he particularly gravitated towards being a rule-breaker, but this institution had a "no battling" thing, which made students want to go against it. as a result, he did manage to learn the ins and outs of pokemon battling, participating in a few with borrowed mons from a friend. it was a nice past time; something that he would sometimes research on when the electrical stuff felt a bit too much.
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while he did not graduate with any honors on his name, he was recruited quickly by a pretty decent electrical company in mauville. his parents mellowed out a little too, though they would still ask for updates frequently (how are you? eating well? do you have a girlfriend now? they would ask, and fritz would find it ironic that age would change their questions so drastically). things were actually looking good, but he supposed time would tell if he could do something more than this. at leasts wires were not blowing up on his face as much as it did before.

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