Tekkan

Tekkan is Axis Hunter's Ninjask, and the first Pokemon they caught on their journey.

Personality

As Tekkan is a Ninjask-- the fastest Pokemon that is not a legendary-- he is extremely fast both in terms of speed and in terms of the spoken word. Tekkan is an extremely fast talker, though he can turn it off and turn it back on again whenever necessary. Mostly, he talks relatively fast whenever he needs to get a word in edgewise or if he is advertising some kind of product (or imitating advertisers he's seen on TV before). Tekkan is also energetic, excitable, and carefree- though this can be as much of a hindrance for him as it is a benefit, especially if he's talking to other people. Notably, he's so fast that he sometimes doesn't think things through often, and when advertising a product of his creation will sometimes leap to some rather odd conclusions that make him come across as a bit of a snake oil salesman. However, Tekkan genuinely means well, and in fact despises snake-oil salesmen or people that are clearly lying to him about their product's effectiveness. Tekkan is also rather quick-witted (again, befitting his speed) and is the most likely of Axis' Pokemon to make a sarcastic or witty remark. Like almost all of Axis' Pokemon, Tekkan has a major interest that ties directly to his corresponding god Hermes- in this case, advertising. He enjoys watching AS SEEN ON TV ads, quoting famous commercials, filming infomercials of his very own, and creating his own products, which he enjoys trying to sell to consumers (unfortunately, however, they usually never do). Despite all of his flaws, however, Tekkan is very loyal to his Trainer, and will protect them from harm whenever something happens to them. In battle, Tekkan will almost always rely on his speed to get things done, often using Agility and his Speed Boost ability to raise his speed as much as possible before throttling the opponent with slashing moves.

Tekkan's personality profile is below.

Personality Profile

Your name is TEKKAN. You are a NINJASK.

It should come as very little surprise to you that, based on the fact that you correspond to the GREEK GOD HERMES, you are NATURALLY VERY FAST ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME. You TALK RATHER QUICKLY, mostly to get a word in edgewise or if you are ADVERTISING A PRODUCT, whether it be one that you created or one that is CURRENTLY BEING SOLD. You are EXTREMELY ENTERGETIC AND CAREFREE, and enjoy DARTING AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE in the span of MERE SECONDS. This was something that comes rather naturally to you, as you are after all a NINJASK, one of the FASTEST POKEMON KNOWN TO MANKIND. In fact, you're even faster than a REGULAR NINJASK is, mostly due to your PRIOR EXPERIENCE serving as a MAIL CARRIER INTERN POKEMON before you were officially caught by your TRAINER AXIS HUNTER. This, naturally, makes you a VERY GOOD COURIER. However, your energetic nature can be as much of a HINDRANCE as it is a BENEFIT. This especially applies when talking to other people, as you very often have a tendency to INTERRUPT OTHER PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT WARNING. Additionally, you sometimes DON'T THINK THINGS THROUGH, and when advertising a product can sometimes leap to some ODD CONCLUSIONS about the thing that you want to advertise, leading you to come across as a bit of a SNAKE OIL SALESMAN. Because of this reason, your PRODUCTS almost always NEVER SELL. However, you do not mean to do this. In fact, you want to have a reputation as a rather HONEST ADVERTISER. You DESPISE SNAKE OIL SALESMEN or people who are CLEARLY LYING ABOUT THEIR PRODUCT'S EFFECTIVENESS ("HEADON: Apply directly to the forehead", anyone?). All of these behaviors can sometimes be a BIT OF AN EMBARRASEMENT for your TRAINER, who will APOLOGIZE to other people regarding your behavior. Yet, you also have an EXTREME LOYALTY TOWARDS YOUR TRAINER and are willing to protect them when something particularly bad happens.

As has been probably made very clear by now, you have an immense fascination with AS SEEN ON TV advertisements and MERCHANDISE. You enjoy doing things such as QUOTING FAMOUS COMMERCIALS, FILMING YOUR OWN INFOMERCIALS, and CREATING YOUR OWN PRODUCTS. Unfortunately, as we have stated before, your products usually NEVER END UP SELLING due to your odd behavior. However, that does not deter you in the slightest, as if a product fails, you IMMEDIATELY get to work on making another one. Your love of advertising and MERCHANDISE is so big, in fact, that you will SOMETIMES SING COMMERCIAL JINGLES to yourself in public, and often DROP ADVERTISING LINGO into your speech, including RATTLING OFF LEGAL whenever applicable. Additionally, you also have a bit of an OBSESSION with ADVERTISING MASCOTS as well, and have a desire to BUY THE LATEST PRODUCT if people say it's good enough. Of course, this is all very unsurprising considering that you correspond to HERMES, AKA the GOD OF MERCHANDISE. No seriously, he LITERALLY GAVE US THE TERM "MERCHANDISE". Given your connections to HERMES, you also enjoy serving as an EMISSARY between your Trainer and other Trainers— and will absolutely serve as one when they catch more Pokemon. This is, again, due to your time serving as a MAIL CARRIER INTERN POKEMON prior to being caught by AXIS. In a STRIFE, your SPEED is ABSOLUTELY BLISTERING, and you enjoy using AGILITY and SPEED BOOST to raise your speed so that it is AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE. You've even learned AIR SLASH to counter the effects of a possible TRICK ROOM ABILITY. Additionally, you enjoy raising your ATTACK to BLISTERING LEVELS via the use of SWORDS DANCE, which would technically make your STRIFE SPECIBUS be SWORDKIND ABSTRATUS... if you were a HOMESTUCK TROLL. Which you are, unfortunately, not.

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Level of Homestuck familiarity: You are familiar with the TROLLS, particularly SOLLUX CAPTOR, but other than that you don't really seem to care that much for it-- though you DO wish that there will someday be a NEPETA PLUSH TOY.

Details

• Met: The Wild Area

• Ability: Speed Boost

• Favorite Move: Agility

• Nature: Hasty

• Characteristic: Likes to run

• Ball: Poke

• Hasslemon typing quirk: Repla$e$ all $'$ and $oft c'$ withadollar$ign to $ignify hi$ love of adverti$ing, and put$ a trademark $ymbol (TM) afterall proper name$ (for example, Axi$ (TM) or Kim (TM)). Additionally, Tekkan (TM) enjoy$ making $ome of hi$ word$ fa$terthantheyotherwi$ewouldbe, and will drop $ome adverti$ing lingo intohi$$peech- guaranteed or your money back!

Known Moves

• : Fury Cutter, U-Turn
• : Swords Dance, Slash
• : Air Slash
• : Agility

Trivia

• Tekkan's name is derived from a shortening of "Tekkanin", which is Ninjask's Japanese name.
• According to Goldenheart388, Tekkan's Hasslemon handle is apaceCourier (AC). "Apace" is a synonym for fast, referencing Tekkan's blistering speed, as well as having the word "pace" in it. "Courier", meanwhile, references Tekkan's past as an intern Ninjask, as well as his ability to send messages to people in mere seconds. Additionally, both words relate back to Tekkan's corresponding Greek god of Hermes-- AKA the so-called "messenger of the gods" and the god associated with speed, able to travel anywhere thanks to his winged sandals.
• According to Goldenheart388, Tekkan's regular character theme is "Walking on the Sun" by Smash Mouth, his Broadway character theme is "Ya Got Trouble" from The Music Man, and his headcanon voice is that of John Moschitta Jr. as himself, particularly in regards to his adverts for both FedEx and Micro Machines. Incidentally, Moschitta did a fast-talking cover of "Ya Got Trouble" on the show That's Incredible! back in the 1970's.
• Tekkan's corresponding Greek god is Hermes, the messenger of the gods and the fastest of the twelve Greek Olympians, being the god associated with speed. Hermes is also the god associated with merchandise-- his Roman counterpart, Mercury, gave us the word merchandise-- which ties back in to Tekkan's love of advertising and his slight "snake oil salesman" persona. By proxy, his corresponding sign is Gemini, his corresponding Homestuck troll in terms of sign is Sollux Captor, and his corresponding Homestuck troll in terms of personality is Kankri Vantas, though only tangentially- Goldenheart388 describes his personality as "basically, imagine Kankri Vantas if Kankri Vantas wasn't a massive jerk and had a slight bit of Mituna Captor mixed in for good measure."