Strengths/Weaknesses: ✔ Despite his general social problems, Tokiomi has a lot of superficial charm; as such, simple, casual social interactions with him tend to be rather pleasant. His presence tends to be calming, and he tends to behave with all the elegance and grace of a gentleman. He treats other people well unless they give him a reason to dislike them, regardless of their station; even if he doesn't like them or the other person is in a state of disgrace, he'll still address them like a human being, though he'll be a bit colder toward them overall.
✔ He is incredibly determined and driven to succeed; he went from being a kid with natural magical talent that was generally subpar to the second most dangerous person in the Fourth Holy Grail War through training, studying and sheer force of will alone. Basically, if he gets it into his head to do something, he will stop at nothing to ensure that it will be done.
✔ Along with the abovementioned determination comes a sense of responsibility - he's a guardian of Fuyuki City and he's willing to do what he can to defend his area properly, rather than cover up collateral damage after something has arisen; he's a Reasonable Authority Figure to his daughter, and one of the first things he tells her regarding the dangers of overflooding things with mana is that it risks not only oneself, but others. He also sent not only his family but also his servants away from the city before the Holy Grail War, not wanting them to get caught up in the crossfire; even though he doesn't express it in ways that are considered normal, he actually does have a reasonably strong sense of empathy.
✔ A lot of his energy is driven toward positivity, rather than negativity. He's incredibly optimistic, often seeking out the brighter side of situations regardless of how dark they appear to be at first; though he isn't a doormat, he's willing to go out of his way to keep peace between others and himself, and he prefers to form as many positive relationships as possible as opposed to antagonizing people to try to force an upper hand.
✔ He's very competitive and won't back down from a challenge; however, his acceptance of such challenges are done with the same amount of grace with which he handles his social interactions. He sees no honor in attacking someone weaker than he is, and he doesn't get overzealous in fights; if he's forced into taking on a far weaker opponent, he'll often try to end the fight quickly, without humiliating them. However, there is a mild exception to this, in the form of those who have already disgraced themselves, though even that isn't a definite; an example of what's meant by this, as canon goes, would be his battle against Kariya Matou. Kariya had previously turned his back on magus society, deeming it full of bullshit and pain and deciding he wanted no part of it; he wasn't wrong, but that's hardly the point - the point was that Kariya was supposed to be the successor to the Matou family, but he more or less just ditched everyone and rendered himself a disgrace in the eyes of those who did remain within the hierarchy. Tokiomi was incredibly cruel to him because of this over the course of their battle, but when it became obvious that Kariya was desperate, in a huge amount of physical pain, and there was no way he'd win, but there was also no way he'd stop, Tokiomi did feel a huge surge of pity for him and ended the battle quickly, the way he would have against a normal opponent.
✔/✘ Tokiomi is a very trusting person. This is good in the World Of Pokémon, given that a major point of the series is trust and the power of friendship; at the same time, he's too trusting - he doesn't believe that anyone he likes and has befriended will betray or hurt him at all.
✘ Severe social problems, as outlined in the personality section above. These problems are so deeply ingrained into his personality that they belong in that section instead of this one, but a quick recap is as follows: he has difficulty expressing himself physically, and to some extent verbally; he doesn't understand social cues and often won't pick up on nuances in interaction; his grasp on personal relationships and how they work is very poor and his idea of where emotional boundaries lie is abnormal; he has difficulty following conversation that is anything except perfectly linear; overall, he's incredibly naive and immature, and he handles his social interactions in a way that reflects that.
✘ Tokiomi is very technophobic; in canon, he refuses to use even basic things like fax machines and telephones, and his house seems to rely on fire rather than electricity for light and heat, despite the series being set in 1993. He believes that magi shouldn't lower themselves to using common technology when they can rely on their skills instead; it's not going to be terribly pretty when he realizes that isn't an option here due to the nature of the Gear, nor is he going to think of anything outside of the Pokémon as being a valid weapon unless he's given very good reason to think otherwise.
✘ He's very quick to judge others. Once he decides he likes someone, they're immediately his friend and nothing will shake that; once he decides he doesn't like someone, they're disgraceful and horrible and he will continue to think of reasons to dislike them until someone beats him upside the head with a massive appeal to his sense of pity or something equally jarring (see: abovementioned fight with Kariya). Tokiomi also has a lot of pride in being a mage and is willing to openly declare himself to be such to those who know about magus society, and he isn't shy about declaring certain practices, behaviors and ways of thinking to be "beneath" him as a result; he's very haughty and set in his ways in terms of lifestyle, and once he's made up his mind it's insanely difficult to get him to change it.
✘ He has a tendency to be overly impulsive and not wait to see things through to the very end - this is shown early on in his tendency to grab things being written on before the ink is dry, risking smudging it all over because he simply has to read it right now...but it also comes back to bite him later, given that it extends to behavior like not verifying that he actually killed someone in a battle to the death, preferring to simply assume that No One Could Have Possibly Survived That and being on his way.
✘ His reasons for doing half the things he does quite simply do not adhere to Earth logic; a lot of his logic is incredibly roundabout and tangential, and this tends to present a lot of problems when he's trying to converse with people because he expects them to be able to follow what he was thinking when he did something, and doesn't realize that it looked...incredibly off-the-rails to everyone else.
✘ While Tokiomi does adhere to the generally accepted rules of mage-style battling, those rules are ruthless and seem to consist primarily of "BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR OPPONENT UNTIL THEY DIE, BUT DO IT HONORABLY." He's used to going no-holds-barred against people who are the same strength as he is or stronger, and he doesn't tolerate failure; as such, he'll likely have difficulty adjusting to the fact that you quite simply can't do that here, nor can you take someone out back and set them on fire, even if you have a serious problem with them.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Roggenrola ♂ Password: Scrambled Eggs
Samples First Person Sample: This is getting rather old.
[Well, Johto, it seems someone is back and...less than pleased about it. At least this time he doesn't appear to be awkwardly holding Mom hostage in the name of getting answers, but given the fact that he's still standing outside calmly threatening the 'Gear, it's clear that he hasn't learned too much.
Oh, well. Second verse, same as the first - Tokiomi is outside Mom's HouseTM in New Bark Town, and he's got the 'Gear propped up on what's most likely a fence post. He has his Mystic Code with him, his hand resting lightly against the large jewel embedded into the head of it; he swings it upward, twisting his wrist easily around it and catching it lithely as it twirls up and over, pointing the abovementioned ruby directly at the 'Gear.]
Well-played, whomever you are; I don't believe you'll respond to this, and I have no intention of continuing to threaten you. But know this: as the head of the Tohsaka family line, I have no intention of backing down from any challenge you may place before me.
If it's a battle you want, in the end, it's a battle you shall receive.
Third Person Sample: While it still didn't feel like it had been that long since Tokiomi had been in Johto, he still hadn't been quite prepared for the creature in front of him. He had raised one the last time he was here - he remembered that much extremely well - and the evolution hadn't been anything he had expected then, either; it was perhaps comforting to know that however long he spent in this strange would, the sight of what was best described as a large, flaming unicorn was never going to be something that struck him as normal.
Tokiomi had never really been one for animals; horses weren't really an exception to that. He could acknowledge that they had their uses, of course, but the fact of the matter was that his natural talent with anything along these lines was on par with that of your average rock; the fact that this...unicorn seemed more than able to set him on fire should he choose to actually ride the thing wasn't exactly comforting, either. Of course, there was also the chance that it could throw him...
...plainly, all of this had to do with the possible temperament of the unicorn in question, and nothing to do with the fact that Tokiomi had no idea what to do when it came to riding it. This would be why he had taken to pacing a slow circle around the creature - strictly in the name of study, of course - and had yet to actually get on with the whole riding process; he halted in his tracks when he realized the Rapidash was looking at him like he'd quite simply lost his mind.
The animals here were surprisingly intelligent, really; it was simultaneously impressive and mildly irritating, but for the time being, he supposed there was nothing else to be done about it. He laid his hands on its back, muttered something so quietly it was nearly inaudible about how he sincerely hoped this thing would use that intelligence to not burn him through his clothes, and vaulted up.
And. Well.
...Huh.
Apart from the fact that this was the most physical contact he'd had with any sort of animal in his life (and that was, undoubtedly, unpleasant, but not intolerable), this actually wasn't too terrible.
He reached forward a bit, patting the Rapidash on the side of the neck lightly before urging her onward as though all that stalling beforehand hadn't just happened; staying on the outskirts of this city forever wasn't an option.
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✔ Despite his general social problems, Tokiomi has a lot of superficial charm; as such, simple, casual social interactions with him tend to be rather pleasant. His presence tends to be calming, and he tends to behave with all the elegance and grace of a gentleman. He treats other people well unless they give him a reason to dislike them, regardless of their station; even if he doesn't like them or the other person is in a state of disgrace, he'll still address them like a human being, though he'll be a bit colder toward them overall.
✔ He is incredibly determined and driven to succeed; he went from being a kid with natural magical talent that was generally subpar to the second most dangerous person in the Fourth Holy Grail War through training, studying and sheer force of will alone. Basically, if he gets it into his head to do something, he will stop at nothing to ensure that it will be done.
✔ Along with the abovementioned determination comes a sense of responsibility - he's a guardian of Fuyuki City and he's willing to do what he can to defend his area properly, rather than cover up collateral damage after something has arisen; he's a Reasonable Authority Figure to his daughter, and one of the first things he tells her regarding the dangers of overflooding things with mana is that it risks not only oneself, but others. He also sent not only his family but also his servants away from the city before the Holy Grail War, not wanting them to get caught up in the crossfire; even though he doesn't express it in ways that are considered normal, he actually does have a reasonably strong sense of empathy.
✔ A lot of his energy is driven toward positivity, rather than negativity. He's incredibly optimistic, often seeking out the brighter side of situations regardless of how dark they appear to be at first; though he isn't a doormat, he's willing to go out of his way to keep peace between others and himself, and he prefers to form as many positive relationships as possible as opposed to antagonizing people to try to force an upper hand.
✔ He's very competitive and won't back down from a challenge; however, his acceptance of such challenges are done with the same amount of grace with which he handles his social interactions. He sees no honor in attacking someone weaker than he is, and he doesn't get overzealous in fights; if he's forced into taking on a far weaker opponent, he'll often try to end the fight quickly, without humiliating them. However, there is a mild exception to this, in the form of those who have already disgraced themselves, though even that isn't a definite; an example of what's meant by this, as canon goes, would be his battle against Kariya Matou. Kariya had previously turned his back on magus society, deeming it full of bullshit and pain and deciding he wanted no part of it; he wasn't wrong, but that's hardly the point - the point was that Kariya was supposed to be the successor to the Matou family, but he more or less just ditched everyone and rendered himself a disgrace in the eyes of those who did remain within the hierarchy. Tokiomi was incredibly cruel to him because of this over the course of their battle, but when it became obvious that Kariya was desperate, in a huge amount of physical pain, and there was no way he'd win, but there was also no way he'd stop, Tokiomi did feel a huge surge of pity for him and ended the battle quickly, the way he would have against a normal opponent.
✔/✘ Tokiomi is a very trusting person. This is good in the World Of Pokémon, given that a major point of the series is trust and the power of friendship; at the same time, he's too trusting - he doesn't believe that anyone he likes and has befriended will betray or hurt him at all.
✘ Severe social problems, as outlined in the personality section above. These problems are so deeply ingrained into his personality that they belong in that section instead of this one, but a quick recap is as follows: he has difficulty expressing himself physically, and to some extent verbally; he doesn't understand social cues and often won't pick up on nuances in interaction; his grasp on personal relationships and how they work is very poor and his idea of where emotional boundaries lie is abnormal; he has difficulty following conversation that is anything except perfectly linear; overall, he's incredibly naive and immature, and he handles his social interactions in a way that reflects that.
✘ Tokiomi is very technophobic; in canon, he refuses to use even basic things like fax machines and telephones, and his house seems to rely on fire rather than electricity for light and heat, despite the series being set in 1993. He believes that magi shouldn't lower themselves to using common technology when they can rely on their skills instead; it's not going to be terribly pretty when he realizes that isn't an option here due to the nature of the Gear, nor is he going to think of anything outside of the Pokémon as being a valid weapon unless he's given very good reason to think otherwise.
✘ He's very quick to judge others. Once he decides he likes someone, they're immediately his friend and nothing will shake that; once he decides he doesn't like someone, they're disgraceful and horrible and he will continue to think of reasons to dislike them until someone beats him upside the head with a massive appeal to his sense of pity or something equally jarring (see: abovementioned fight with Kariya). Tokiomi also has a lot of pride in being a mage and is willing to openly declare himself to be such to those who know about magus society, and he isn't shy about declaring certain practices, behaviors and ways of thinking to be "beneath" him as a result; he's very haughty and set in his ways in terms of lifestyle, and once he's made up his mind it's insanely difficult to get him to change it.
✘ He has a tendency to be overly impulsive and not wait to see things through to the very end - this is shown early on in his tendency to grab things being written on before the ink is dry, risking smudging it all over because he simply has to read it right now...but it also comes back to bite him later, given that it extends to behavior like not verifying that he actually killed someone in a battle to the death, preferring to simply assume that No One Could Have Possibly Survived That and being on his way.
✘ His reasons for doing half the things he does quite simply do not adhere to Earth logic; a lot of his logic is incredibly roundabout and tangential, and this tends to present a lot of problems when he's trying to converse with people because he expects them to be able to follow what he was thinking when he did something, and doesn't realize that it looked...incredibly off-the-rails to everyone else.
✘ While Tokiomi does adhere to the generally accepted rules of mage-style battling, those rules are ruthless and seem to consist primarily of "BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR OPPONENT UNTIL THEY DIE, BUT DO IT HONORABLY." He's used to going no-holds-barred against people who are the same strength as he is or stronger, and he doesn't tolerate failure; as such, he'll likely have difficulty adjusting to the fact that you quite simply can't do that here, nor can you take someone out back and set them on fire, even if you have a serious problem with them.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Roggenrola ♂
Password: Scrambled Eggs
Samples
First Person Sample:
This is getting rather old.
[Well, Johto, it seems someone is back and...less than pleased about it. At least this time he doesn't appear to be awkwardly holding Mom hostage in the name of getting answers, but given the fact that he's still standing outside calmly threatening the 'Gear, it's clear that he hasn't learned too much.
Oh, well. Second verse, same as the first - Tokiomi is outside Mom's HouseTM in New Bark Town, and he's got the 'Gear propped up on what's most likely a fence post. He has his Mystic Code with him, his hand resting lightly against the large jewel embedded into the head of it; he swings it upward, twisting his wrist easily around it and catching it lithely as it twirls up and over, pointing the abovementioned ruby directly at the 'Gear.]
Well-played, whomever you are; I don't believe you'll respond to this, and I have no intention of continuing to threaten you. But know this: as the head of the Tohsaka family line, I have no intention of backing down from any challenge you may place before me.
If it's a battle you want, in the end, it's a battle you shall receive.
Third Person Sample:
While it still didn't feel like it had been that long since Tokiomi had been in Johto, he still hadn't been quite prepared for the creature in front of him. He had raised one the last time he was here - he remembered that much extremely well - and the evolution hadn't been anything he had expected then, either; it was perhaps comforting to know that however long he spent in this strange would, the sight of what was best described as a large, flaming unicorn was never going to be something that struck him as normal.
Tokiomi had never really been one for animals; horses weren't really an exception to that. He could acknowledge that they had their uses, of course, but the fact of the matter was that his natural talent with anything along these lines was on par with that of your average rock; the fact that this...unicorn seemed more than able to set him on fire should he choose to actually ride the thing wasn't exactly comforting, either. Of course, there was also the chance that it could throw him...
...plainly, all of this had to do with the possible temperament of the unicorn in question, and nothing to do with the fact that Tokiomi had no idea what to do when it came to riding it. This would be why he had taken to pacing a slow circle around the creature - strictly in the name of study, of course - and had yet to actually get on with the whole riding process; he halted in his tracks when he realized the Rapidash was looking at him like he'd quite simply lost his mind.
The animals here were surprisingly intelligent, really; it was simultaneously impressive and mildly irritating, but for the time being, he supposed there was nothing else to be done about it. He laid his hands on its back, muttered something so quietly it was nearly inaudible about how he sincerely hoped this thing would use that intelligence to not burn him through his clothes, and vaulted up.
And. Well.
...Huh.
Apart from the fact that this was the most physical contact he'd had with any sort of animal in his life (and that was, undoubtedly, unpleasant, but not intolerable), this actually wasn't too terrible.
He reached forward a bit, patting the Rapidash on the side of the neck lightly before urging her onward as though all that stalling beforehand hadn't just happened; staying on the outskirts of this city forever wasn't an option.