Mercury Proiectura

## History

Born somewhere in Kalos, exact location unknown. The only thing known about any of her life before moving to Kairos is she spent much of it cooped up in an alchemy lab or out in a library researching alchemy, and some time traveling other regions for pokemon and alchemical research. Growing up obsessed with poison types and alchemy lead her to at some point perform an experiment over the course of years to make herself immune to poison of any kind. She moved to Kairos upon hearing rumors of a mostly uninhabited island covered in poison fog, and of alchemist's allegedly discovering philosopher's stones. Her time upon the isles has mostly been spent wandering the swamps of Disma Island. It is unknown when exactly her obsession with alchemy started, but as far as anyone can recall she's seemingly always been this way. Founded Team Projection shortly after starting her time in Kairos.

## Appearance

A short, very pale and skinny woman with long, messy lilac hair often tied into a frizzy bun. She wears an extremely practical and functional plague doctor looking getup consisting of an overcoat, boots, gloves, and mask that are all colored in shades of dark purples and dull, muddy browns. Her outfit is covered in various pouches and satchels. Her mask looks like a fusion between a gas mask and a plague doctor mask, the forehead of which the alchemical symbol for Mercury is etched carefully. Her face and eyes are hidden beneath her mask, neither of which anybody seems to have ever seen. A basic pokeball with the alchemical symbol for Saturn etched onto the top can be seen at her hip.

## Personality

She often tries to come across as reserved and intelligent, which isn't necessarily to say that she isn't those things, but she can often come across as goofy or awkward or even erratic in practice. Her obvious obsession with alchemy can be a bit overbearing and overwhelming, but she sure is determined. Growing up mostly alone and cooped up doing research means she isn't too great with people or recognizing social cues, and she often ends up rambling on about alchemy or poison types rather than maintaining a conversation. She would usually prefer to talk to herself, Saturn, or her own notes than to other people. She is somehow simultaneously infallibly confident and extremely nervous all at the same time, managing to somehow be both too self aware and not self aware at all.

## Ace Pokémon and Team

* Saturn - Mercury's paldean wooper, who she picked up in her brief visit to Paldea. He is aloof, sleepy, and dopey at all times. Despite having a very seemingly different personality to Mercury, he seems quite content to sit and listen to her endless ramblings and deal with her erratic behavior, and seems to do it with ease. He is also not lazy, as much as he enjoys relaxing, he is happy to help his trainer and other pokemon and be active when the need arises. Perhaps he is just too chill to ever truly be unhappy. The alchemical symbol for Saturn is painted onto his forehead in dark purple.

## Friends

* Mathew "Metron-O" Metron - The first member other than Mercury of a currently unnamed group being started by her. They met in Disma when he appeared before her out of nowhere as she was enjoying the view and toxic air of the outer swamps. He is, to her, an eccentric man in a strange magician's getup with useful but unpredictable abilities. She intends to study his powers.

## Foes

She will likely make some in her alchemical pursuits.

## Goals

To achieve the ultimate goal of all alchemy, the projection, the procurement of the philosopher's stone, and to discover the secrets of alchemy, and therefore, the universe. In pursuit of this goal she plans to start a group of alchemists and useful allies to assist in her goals. She intends on setting up the home base within the toxic swamps of Disma, where toxins and poison types are plentiful, and prying eyes are far away.

Team Projection