Reluctant Receiver

Bottlecap Bay: Profile

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:00:05 GMT

HENRY TOWNSHEND

#0330 FLYGON

nickname

Henry Townshend

guild

Cheri Berries

age/dob

late 20s

pronouns

he/him

type

ground/dragon

ability

levitate

height

6'10"

weight

180lbs

⟡ info

Henry is a little taller and lankier than the average Flygon. He often wears a little pouch around his neck that holds his communication pearl and a few berries. He's a very quiet Pokemon and rarely approaches others unless he has something important to say.

He currently does not know how to fly. He also thinks he's a grass-type because others have told him that he is green. Henry can only see in shades of red due to the lenses covering his eyes.

[IC CONTACT]

Special Moves

Heal Pulse - Status, Psychic - The user emits a healing pulse which restores the target’s HP by up to half of its max HP.

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PERMISSIONS

OOC.

backtagging
yes! if i drop something you're interested in continuing, just poke me
threadjacking
ask first
fourthwalling
nah
off-limits
please dont talk to me about sick/injured/dying IRL cats or elderly people
shipping
yea
tag style
i flip flop between [brackets] and prose all the time i really dont care i'll match you
other
n/a

IC.

hugging/kissing
yea
flirting
yea
romance
yea
fighting
yea
injury
yea
death
yea
physical manipulation
yea
mental manipulation
yea

ooc info:

WOLFY . CST . PLURK

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Bottlecap Bay: IC Contact

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:58:30 GMT

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IC INBOX

You feel something reaching out and grasping at your mind...

A psychic connection has been established.

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BCB APP

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 01:18:10 GMT

Please put CHARACTER | CANON | RESERVED/NOT RESERVED in the subject line!

PLAYER
NAME: Wolfy
CONTACT: Plurk
OVER 18? Yes
CURRENT CHARACTERS: n/a but had Beetlejuice here previously

CHARACTER
NAME: Henry Townshend
CANON: Silent Hill 4: The Room
CANON POINT: The end of the game before his final fight with Walter
BACKGROUND: https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Henry_Townshend

SUITABILITY:

I think a game about surviving is a good place to put a survival horror game protagonist! Henry, while reserved, can be bold and resourceful when he has to be. During the events of SH4, he does battle with nightmarish creatures and carefully tends to his injured neighbor. Henry tries his best to do right by everyone around him and I think he would make a good ally for the other Pokemon in the bay. He's willing to cooperate and do hard (and scary) jobs. I also think giving him access to a support group would be very nice for him. Throughout his adventure, Henry has had to scrabble and scrounge with whatever he has at his disposal--knives, golf clubs, broken bottles, etc. Being a Pokemon that has natural abilities (not to mention flying!!) would certainly boost his confidence.

QUESTIONNAIRE:

⟡ Your character is on an exploration quest when they find an injured Pokemon in need of help. This Pokemon appears to be in distress and is quite dangerous, posing a risk to your character even if they mean well, and putting your quest mission at risk. What do they do? What are some possibilities of how they work with teammates to address this, or do they go at it alone?

If not specifically appointed as a leader, Henry will hang back and let other Pokemon decide what to do. He trusts that they know more about the injured Pokemon since they have been in this world longer than him. If he is out with a team of fellow newbies, he will suggest approaching the Pokemon as a group and trying to calm it down. He's gone it alone before and would rather not have to do that again any time soon. However, if the Pokemon he's with are smaller and weaker than he is, or even newer, Henry will step up and try to help the distressed Pokemon on his own. He has Sand Attack, which can help protect himself and his team from the injured Pokemon's thrashing--hopefully until it tires itself out and becomes easier to deal with.

In the event that the Pokemon makes itself completely uncooperative, Henry will opt for knocking it out and dragging it home. It's only an exploration mission after all. Chances are, he's just going through the motions of being on a mission to begin with. He's not the adventuring type. He would rather stay home.

⟡ Your character's worst enemy has recently appeared in game, and has joined the guild your character is part of. They both want to tackle the same quest, and your character's enemy suggests that they work together as a team to accomplish this goal. How does your character respond to this?

Meeting Walter in the world of Pokemon, especially within the same guild and quest, would result in an explosive encounter. Walter has herded Henry through deeper and deeper layers of a nightmare world to get him in just the right place to act as the final sacrifice in a dark ritual. Also he's being super weird about his neighbor. He can't forgive that--especially if he's made friends in the Pokemon world. He would want to protect them. While Walter may have lost the powers lent to him by the Otherworld, Henry would be well aware that he would have other powers to do evil with. Dumb animal fear takes over and Henry becomes a Walter-seeking missile. Dragon Claw Dragon Claw Dragon Claw Dragon Claw Dr--

⟡ The leader of your character's guild has just approached your character with an offer: they will provide your character with extra supplies, reputation points, and help them with any of their current struggles. In exchange, they ask for your character to do a favor for them that may harm the other guilds, and will not specify what the favor is in advance. It sounds shady, but it's the deal of a lifetime in your character's path to get back home, and refusing it may cause strife for your character within their current guild. What do they think of this offer? What do they ultimately decide to do?

Henry is instantly Huge Suspicious. He's already been used once to bring about destruction, he's not willing to be used again to hurt other Pokemon. He doesn't like the secrecy of not being told what is required of him. Henry will leave the guild entirely if he has to. No budging on this. He will also rat out the leader to the other guilds as he does it. He doesn't care if they may not believe him, he believes in doing what is right.

⟡ Due to shortages on supplies, the city is facing issues deciding where to cut corners during this rough time. Somehow, the responsibility has fallen on your character's shoulders, and they have to make a decision. If they send out an extra team of Pokemon, they will be able to gather more food, and through that, save the lives of dozens of starving Pokemon that were in dire need of nutrition. However, the only Pokemon available to scout for food are those working at the pokeclinic, and sending them out would mean certain death for at least two ill patients. What does your character decide to do? How do they feel about this choice, and how would they deal with the pushback that comes from either side?

Henry is dizzy with the responsibility. It's something he felt before, though on a smaller scale. In Silent Hill 4, he becomes tasked with stopping Walter from summoning a god that will destroy the whole world. He's literally just some guy. Multiple people have already died in front of him, so his emotions are very splintered. He's heartbroken for those who were harmed by Walter's monsters, but in the face of tragedy, he knows there will be losses. It's foolish to think something so terrible can be cleanly escaped. However, he will eventually lean in favor of sending the Pokemon out to get supplies, even if a few sick Pokemon may die. He knows that if he were one of those sick Pokemon, he would tell the others to go out to get help to save the larger number of Pokemon in need.

As for how he deals with the backlash, he will retreat into himself and carry the loss of lives and friends with the blank expression he's known for. He never asked for this to rest on his shoulders, but he knows he can't be mad at other Pokemon for losing trust in him. He also knows that no amount of good deeds will bring those Pokemon back, but oh does he try anyway. Give a Pokemon a complex.

POKEMON: I will admit that at first, Flygon was a bit of a random choice for Henry. I was going down a list of bipedal Pokemon and saw it. Flygon is a bit forgettable and not super useful on its own, but the more I thought about it, the more playing Henry as a Flygon appealed to me. He would gain the ability to fly--something he could throw himself into to escape from The Horrors of having just left Silent Hill behind. I thought about the fact that Flygon has those red lenses and how they'd probably color his vision and how that could present an interesting challenge to play with. I also love the idea of Henry who is just Some Guy becoming a dragon--one of the most powerful Pokemon types. However, Flygon is not particularly strong on its own. It's a tall Pokemon though which I think fits Henry's lanky stature and he's more than happy to use his height to help others. Flygon is also a bit mysterious, its wings making a sound like singing as it hides in sandstorms. It's the Desert Spirit. Henry is pretty well-known among the silent hill protagonists for hiding his emotions.

Also it's a ground type and boy does this guy love crawling through holes.

GUILD OPT-OUT: No preference!
SAMPLES:
TDM Toplevel
Tag Out on the TDM

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How's My Driving

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 02:28:50 GMT

Just a contact for letting me know how I'm doing. Something you like? Something you don't? Let me know!

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[Victory Road] Ic Inbox

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:10:17 GMT

This is Henry Townshend, leave a message.

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VICTORY ROAD PROFILE

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:52:22 GMT

APP | HMD | ACTIVITY TAG | PLAYER INFO

POKEMON | IC CONTACT

DESCRIPTION
Henry is a tall skinny man with eye bags and a five-o-clock shadow. He wears loose, comfortable clothes and running shoes. His hair is brown and after nearly a decade of chilling the heck out in happy pokemon land, has grown to his shoulders. Sometimes his friends style it and he's fine with that. He appears to be in his late twenties because of a combination of going home and coming back several years later.

He is soft-spoken and tries not to hurry anywhere.

During the week, Henry works as a receptionist in Pokemon Centers along the warp circuit. In his free time he nurtures his photography hobby. He's slowly turning it into a business. He's also spent many years studying Persim Berries and has perfected a method of converting the zest into a mild, recreational drug. He's a Poke'Weed man.

Henry isn't much of a Pokemon trainer. He has a small menagerie, but they are mostly house pets and companions. He'd like to earn a badge or two one day though.

Currently:
Henry is trying to stop smoking.

Income:
15,600P weekly paycheck on average

CURRENT RESIDENCE:
Goldenrod City, "Shark House"

JOHTO BADGES
X X X X X X X X

KANTO BADGES
X X X X X X X X

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Room 040 [Text]

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 01:49:46 GMT

I just remembered something today and had to laugh about it.

A while back, when I broke my foot, I was on some heavy pain medication for the first few days. It got to a point where I couldn't tell if I was dreaming or awake and apparently had dreamed an entire conversation with Heather about wanting some cereal and I got increasingly upset that no one was helping me make the cereal.

Has anything like that ever happened to you?

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Room 039 [Video]

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:18:49 GMT

_{[The video flips on to the bright lights of a doctor's examination room--or rather a garbage can in the corner of one. It contains the remains of Henry's foot cast. The camera stays on the signature-smothered wrappings for some time as he speaks.]}

This...is a PSA. I'm sure some of you have noticed how...weird...you or your friends may have been acting lately over the weekends. I don't mean where you suddenly lose a few days and remember something about flying school buses and the Koolaid man. I mean suddenly becoming a different person or saying things you don't mean to say or in my case...jumping off of rooftops.

This could happen to you.

_{[He flips the camera around, showing his usual tired, not-very-shaven face. The clinic ceiling lights blare behind him.]}

And so...I think we should develop some kind of...I don't know. A buddy system? If you suddenly find yourself having strange ideas or--hell--any ideas at all, ask a buddy. Or ask two buddies in case they've got the same problem you do. Create a whole network of buddies.

I'll be your buddy. So, uh...yeah. That's all.

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Room 038 [Video] (Backdated to PSYCH-UP FRIDAY)

Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:03:53 GMT

_{[The feed flickers on and the camera shakes wildly before it rounds on a shirtless and wide-eyed Henry Townshend. The only thing behind him is an abundance of evening sky. He is on the roof.]}

I'm going to do it. I'm finally going to do it, are you ready? I'm gonna catch Fat Stanley.

_{[The camera whips around to show a flock of Pidove foraging peacefully in the neighbor's yard below. Sure enough, one of them is rather fat.]}

He has no idea. He's been evading us for a year he thinks he's so great well he's got another thing coming!

_{[He gingerly puts his 'gear down on the roof and angles it where he thinks the Pidove flock is. Sadly, they're cut off from view. The last thing the camera films is one Henry Townshend running along the edge of the roof full tilt and disappearing over the edge of it with a wild war yell.]

[The feed eventually times out.]

[Any video responses will come the following day.]}

[ACTION FOR SHARKHOUSE the following day.]

_{[Henry sulks on the sofa and frowns blearily at the television. He is full of two different kinds of pain medicine and his foot is in a cast already lovingly decorated with names and messages from his housemates. He did not catch Fat Stanley.]}

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Room 037 [VIDEO]

Sun, 08 Nov 2015 08:49:49 GMT

_{[It's night time. The feed opens on the face of a very frightened man. His eyes are baggy, he hasn't shaved, he is...possibly under his covers? He's under his covers. Okay.]}

It's official. Our house is haunted.

I used to know what to do for ghosts but I've said every prayer I know and I've lit candles. I've been finding the cabinets open. I've been hearing bare footsteps and creepy giggling in the middle of the night. I know it isn't anyone in the house and it's none of the Pokemon. I looked in on them when I heard it and they were all asleep.

_{[He pauses. He listens.]}

Something in this house is making toast. And I know for a fact that it is none of the Pokemon. I placed every single Pokemon in this house in front of the toaster with the necessary tools and none of them could do it.

I need your help. Anyone. Please.

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Room 036 [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:46:52 GMT

_{[The feed flicks on to the inside of a rather cute little diner all done up in bright reds and chromes with neon lights everywhere. People and pokemon line the counter and there are booths along the walls. The Salty Pelipper Diner!]

[And what would a diner like this be without a jukebox?]

[It is on this jukebox that the poke'gear's camera is focused along with the person standing next to it. Envy. Soft laughter comes from the camera man.]}

Haha. Alright, how many should I punch in?

Twenty one.

Twenty one?

Twenty one.

You are a sick bastard. Heather was right. Okay...aaaand--

Wait. Let me.

_{[Henry's hand comes into the frame as he presses a song at random and then one other song.]} Alright, now number seven.

_{[And then Hell falls on the Salty Pelliper as What's New Skittycat fills the air.]}

[OOC: If you would like your characters to be in the diner and post reactions as a video or action, feel free to!]

[TEXT FOR SHARKHOUSE]

We r at the police staiton please come get us

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Room 035 [Video]

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:57:20 GMT

_{[Coming to you live from Goldenrod, it's cameraman Cheerios the Leafeon and his trusty partner in crime, Alien Baby (Abe for short) the Venonat. The Venonat can be heard chirping and burbling as he holds the 'gear, framing the Leafeon quite well for something with stub arms.]}

You've gotta check this out! Our trainer got a brand new pokemon to help him with his job, but it won't let him ride it!

It's so mean! It doesn't even talk!

_{[Abe swings the 'gear around to give Johto a good view of what appears to be Henry Townshend trying to re-learn how to ride a bicycle. He's in the street behind Shark house, coasting down the low hill. All seems to be going well until he suddenly hits a patch of black ice, loses his balance, and EATS PAVEMENT.]}

That's like the fourth time! Poke'friends, how can we convince our new partner to cooperate?

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Room 034 [Text]

Sat, 04 Oct 2014 23:49:06 GMT

I have a problem.

When I select a name on my gear and try to send that person a message it somehow winds up selecting the name below or above it instead and I don't find out until a confused person messages me back.

Anybody else have this problem?

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Room 033 [Video--fail locked to Heather Mason]

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:39:25 GMT

_{[Guess who's been trying out the new sneaky box technique he learned from Snake to take nice photos?]

[The same guy who just got picked up by the garbage.]

[The feed cuts on and is more or less back. There is a loud, metallic roaring sound along with the squeak of metal and the rustle of paper and boxes and cans and other assorted junk. Also wheezing and the occasional, quiet utterance of 'Trubbish'.]}

H--pphtt-- Help, I've been--

_{[The truck hits a bump.]}

It's so dark in here! I can barely breathe! I've been yelling and yelling but I don't think they can hear me! We haven't stopped for-- it has to have been an hour! I think my--_{[His frantic tone cuts to a deadpan observation.]}...there are things moving in here.

_{[The feed cuts.]}

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Room 032 [Action for Mahogany]

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 07:55:30 GMT

_{[It's not terribly hard to spot that Townshend boy as he weaves in and out around the buildings of chilly Mohagany Town because of the trail of smoke following him.]

[Cigarette in his lips and camera at his eye, he's all about taking pictures of everyone and everything today. He's got a brand new roll of film and by Arceus he's going to use it!]

_{[ON YOU.]}}

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Room 031 [Video]

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:20:07 GMT

_{[The video opens on a bed.]

[Upon the bed is a huge-ass pile of Halloween candy. Several of the bags have big MARKED DOWN stickers slapped on them. A lot of it looks kind of gross, store-brand candy that was probably discounted to BEGIN with. A shiny Venonat sits on top of the pile and nibbles on an empty packet of pop rocks.]}

This is the best purchase I have ever made.

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Room 030 [video]

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:12:49 GMT

_{[The feed flicks on to the image of a pair of pokemon dozing outside under a tree. An Eevee and a shiny Venonat are curled up together as if they were brothers. They may as well be. A tiny stream of smoke wafts into the frame from Henry's cigarette.]}

This is kind of a weird question but...has anybody started to forget things about home? I know some weird stuff happened to me before I wound up here but...I can't remember what color my carpet was. Or what commercials used to come on all the time on TV. Or what the mirror in my bathroom used to look like...

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Room 029 [Video/Action for Mohogany] Backdated to the 5th

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:10:36 GMT

_{[A road-worn face greets the network. Behind him is a clean Pokemon Center that contrasts harshly with how trashed the poor guy is. Covered in dirt and leaves and bite marks and various other stains from the wonders of nature, Henry looks about 110% done with the world.]

[His usual shyness is nowhere to be seen and his voice is hoarse]}

The glitching has finally stopped. We're finally out of the woods. I talked to a world famous psychic and even she doesn't know what's going on with how weird this place is. Nobody ever dies. If this was the real world somebody would have already been eaten by a bear or something.

I feel like my old gameboy after my mom washed it by mistake. Just...checking in. When I get back to the hotel, I'm sleeping for a week. In a bed.

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Room 028 [Action] CAT ON THE TOWN

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:27:01 GMT

_{[It was a dark evening when Burger decided he was tired of being cooped up in the hotel room. After insisting on going outside when his trainer went on a SOOPER SEEKRIT SMOKE BREAK, he slipped away once the photographer was distracted.]

[ALL OF SAFFRON WAS BELONG TO BURGER. Time to scream outside strangers' windows, harass flying-type pokemon, and eat garbage!]

[The sassy Glameow can be found anywhere on the Saffron streets, but will be heading back to the hotel when the sun starts coming up.]}

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Room 027 [video]

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:42:51 GMT

_{[The video shows the scruffy photographer looking both pleased with himself and a little baffled. The hotel room is behind him and the television is on and murmuring.]}

So today I made about P400 just standing around in front of the tallest building in town. People kept walking up to me and asking me to take their picture in front of it.

So that was kind of cool. I might make a sign advertising it to wear tomorrow. What do you think?

_{[It was KIND of like having a job!]}

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Room 026 [video]

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:44:11 GMT

Hey, Crow, I've got everybody ready.

_{[The feed flicks on to reveal a team of smallish pokemon all level 10-12 sitting on the grass. A bored-looking Glameow, a happy little Litwick, a restless Tropius with a grouchy looking Hoot Hoot on its back, and a closed Shellder.]

[Off to the side are a little Eevee and Venonat who are busy chasing each other in circles. They're just out to get some fresh air.]}

I'm at the edge of town, meet me when you're ready. I hope to God there aren't any Jigglypuff out this time of day.

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Room 025 [video]

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:05:00 GMT

_{[There is lots of clanging and bumping as the feed turns on to reveal a hotel bathroom. A Shellder happily peeks out of a MOUNTAIN of soap suds and Henry's arm with the sleeve rolled up can be seen with a sponge in-hand.]}

Heh, I'll bet that's better, huh, little guy? Smile!

_{[Clam waggles his tongue happily and ducks down into the soapy water before popping back up and balancing on the tub's edge. It's clear that the big HENRY that had been scribbled onto him with a sharpie ages ago is slowly being scrubbed away. The H and part of the R Y still remain.]}

When this place says permanent marker, it means it. Protip: don't draw on your pokemon, no matter how good an idea it seems.

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Room 024 [video]

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:05:11 GMT

_{[The feed cuts on to reveal THE SADDEST Glameow in existence quite possibly. Burger is pawing at the gear, having seen his trainer use it several times. Behind him is the hotel room and on the bed are a very young Eevee and Venonat. They are hopping up and down and making all kinds of terrible happy noises.]

[Babies. HORRIBLE BABIES. THEY'RE WORSE THAN THE STUPID CANDLE!]}

Gl'myooooow? Maoow, glameow, glam-am-ow?

_{[Translation: DOES ANYONE WANT THESE LITTLE SNOTS? THEY'RE FREE, BOSS SAID SO FOR REAL.]}

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Room 023 [prose/ action for hotel room]

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:05:41 GMT

( Henry goes for a walk. )
_{tl:dr- Jigglypuff gang beatdown.}

[ACTION for the Hotel Room]
_{[There is a filthy, somewhat bloody Henry laying on the hotel room floor with an owl settled happily on top of his butt. WHAT DO?]}

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Room 022 [video, fail-locked against Harry Mason]

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:41:43 GMT

_{[The feed flicks on to reveal an unshaven face. There are bags under the photographer's eyes and his hair is sticking up on one side. He hasn't had a good sleep in who knows when.]

[When he speaks, his voice is hushed and his words are clipped.]}

I'm gonna make this quick. I need smokes. I'll cover payment for them, shipping and all. Don't care what brand or flavor. Just mail them in a plain box or envelope or whatever. I can give you the address to the hotel.

Okay.

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