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regular pint-sized atom bomb

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[attr="class","freiwanttmid"]CHARACTER FACTION league

[attr="class","freiwanttmid"]CHARACTER RANK civilian

[attr="class","freiwanttmid"]FACE CLAIM Marie Mjolnir from Soul Eater

[attr="class","freiwantttop"]ABOUT THE CHARACTER

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Delphine enters the contest circuit young, not as a contestant, but as a naturally captivating announcer. With her Milotic Mosaic and Brionne Anchor as her companions, she keeps a crowd thoroughly entertained with ease. She moves up from hosting small events in her hometown to professional-level contests over the course of two years.[break][break]

She’s well-established when one of her contests is interrupted by the lights going out and commotion erupting in the crowd. Emergency lights come on and masked figures freeze momentarily in their attempts to steal Pokemon from contestants and audience members alike. Mosaic and Anchor cornered, Delphine gets between her companions and the thief targeting them. She does not back down, and the confrontation ends in her being attacked by an unknown Pokemon, resulting in the loss of an eye. Still, she manages to fight Anchor away from the thieves, fainting as they successfully escape with Mosaic.[break][break]

The loss of her eye, her security on the stage, and her Milotic at once shakes Delphine, and she becomes withdrawn and insecure. She finds herself frightened of returning to her once promising career, and of the possibility of losing Anchor. It’s Anchor’s persistent personality which pushes Delphine out of bed every morning, not allowing her to slip too deep into depression. She begins to heal after a few months, coming to the decision it’s time to move on. She sinks all the money she has into renovating her house, hoping a good makeover of the place will make it remind her less of Mosaic. She books a trip to Alola while the changes are being made as well, finally ready for a change of scenery. On their trip, Anchor evolves from a Brionne into a Primarina.[break][break]

She meets Tsubaki Hadara in Alola, another tourist from Hoenn who’s leagues different from the men she’s used to meeting. He’s street smart, calculating, yet still suave enough to sweep her off her feet - and help her begin to gain back the confidence she’s lost. After a year of dating, the two get engaged, and marry three months later. [break][break]

Delphine does not mind Tsubaki’s semi-secretive nature around his work, but can’t help but feel suspicious when his answers are not always consistent. She does not come to learn of his true career through scheming or sneaking behind his back, but through an honest conversation. She tells him she feels she deserves to know exactly what it is he does, and he agrees. She’s far from thrilled to discover his affiliation with Team Rocket - it’s never made clear to her whether or not the attack on her final contest had been Rocket’s doing, but it’s business of a similar nature. [break][break]

The conversation after Delphine expresses her disdain for Tsubaki’s work is brief, but when they wake up the next morning both seem to have come to a mutual agreement: work is work. Tsubaki does what he needs to in order to provide for them, and Delphine is more than content to turn a blind eye to his shady side. She shortly discovers, though, that she is not content to simply be a housewife. With Tsubaki’s encouragement, she decides to re-enter the contest circuit, no longer only as an announcer, but as a contestant. As she begins training, Tsubaki gifts her an Eevee, which she evolves into a Vaporeon. At Tsubaki’s suggestion, she dubs him Dreadnaught.[break][break]

Delphine patiently awaits her perfect chance for a contest debut, training with Anchor and Dreadnaught daily. However, she also finds herself growing more curious about Tsubaki’s work. He does not shove his business in her face, but with the secret out in the open he no longer goes out of his way to hide it from her either. Part of her wants the opportunity to dig for answers to what's happened to Mosaic. Another wants to know just what appeal the career holds for her mysterious husband, and if it might appeal to her too…