I finally got around to doing this aaa Press space No idea what happened to the g in understanding... Marie's backstory (told in 3rd person): Marie has no idea of what is going on with the Soul Dew. She just thinks the Pokémon that are being turned to stone are just pretty, lifelike statues. She travels alongside Annika and is apparently Annika's half-sister. Marie used to have a trainer, but she didn't like him because her trainer treated her like she was only to be used for fighting and bragging about. A strange man freed Marie from her former trainer recently. Marie was forever grateful and wanted to travel with the man who saved her, but he could not bring himself to even touch an empty Pokéball. Marie simply followed alongside the man until she met Annika, another Pokémon in distress. Annika's backstory (told in first person): I am Annika. I travel with Marie, who is oblivious to the fact that Pokémon are being turned to stone. I cannot bring myself to tell her what is really happening, because I do not want her to suffer with the thought of one day that she is just a rock in the form of Fennekin and I am a Sylveon-like stone. I used to have a trainer, however, she is no longer with us today. I cannot recall anything else except what I tell you now. Months ago, bad men came to set our home ablaze and to take us away to a place we never knew. I was trapped inside a capsule and my trainer, who I have no recollection of her name, was taken into a room where I would not see her again. There were many other Pokémon there, mainly other Eevee and Eevee evolutions. Some were shiny, some just had rare colors, and others had various physical changes that made them not like the rest. My ribbon-tips and eyes are a light yellow color, so I believe I fit the description of "different in some way". "Test subject 133.92 is ready now. We need test subject 700.8 next.", a voice from another room insisted. A blue Eevee with the numbers "133.92" on a card around it's neck was picked up and taken to the same room where the voice came from. There was card around my neck as well. I read it. "700.8" it said. My eyes lit up in fear and distress. I needed a way to get out. Adrenaline rushed through my whole self. Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, anything I could do to damage the capsule. Somehow, I finally got out. An alarm sounded and many people came rushing into the room I was in. My first thought was to crash through a nearby window, so that was exactly what I did. I sprinted to a gloomy forest and stayed there until I found a peaceful village nearby. I overheard a Shroomish and a Pachirisu talking about how Pokémon are being turned to stone. I walked over to join their conversation and learned about the whole thing. I met Marie, the carefree Fennekin, a few days later. I cannot bring myself to tell her what is really happening, because I do not want her to suffer with the thought of one day that she is just a rock in the form of Fennekin and I am a Sylveon-like stone.
@kelbunny13 for the rp pichu90 on deviantArt for the character pics