16. Is your character the athletic type or more of a couch potato? What are some sports/games that they like?

Morgan isn’t particularly athletic or particularly a couch potato. He’s the type of person who complains when he has to do any excessive physical activity, but he also does his best to walk or bike to commute, take the stairs rather than the elevator, etc. He does his best to get exercise without going out of his way to specifically work out. In terms of sports/games he enjoys, Morgan has a particular fondness for winter sports! He learned how to skate and snowboard as a child, and while he never did anything remotely competitive with either sport, he enjoys them as a hobby when the weather is right! He also follows professional figure skating and snowboarding competitions and has a few favorite athletes he roots for.

17. Does your character have dreams of getting married and/or having children?

Married? Probably. Children? Big Maybe. I haven’t thought much about Morgan’s future beyond when he’s in his early twenties or so, but at that point in his life he’s been dating Raphael for a while and is very happy with his current life. He’d like to marry his partner eventually, probably sooner rather than later, but children are just not really on either of their minds at the moment. Both are focusing on their careers and relationship, but it’s a possibility they’ll likely bring up once they’re married. I wouldn’t say it’s something he’s dreamed about prior to getting into a serious relationship, however. Maybe if Emery or (Arceus-forbid) Jay have kids of their own, it’ll inspire an interest in Morgan too, but for now he’s not really thinking about it too much.

18. What kind of home would they want to live in? Where would they place this abode?

I can see Morgan and Rapha wanting to live somewhere that’s both accessible for all the traveling they do for their jobs and is in an active, high-energy place like a big city, but also can be quiet enough for them to enjoy some of that solitude they both crave as well. So, probably, in a quieter neighborhood of somewhere like Hearthome? The type of area where a lot of young professionals like them live, where there’s a good social scene but it’s not all wild noisy parties. A cozy apartment with their signature eclectic decorating sense with sleek classic styles (Morgan’s influence) and extravagant old-fashioned styles (Raphael’s influence).

19. Would your character be the kind to get into fights? (physical or verbal) Would they be a good fighter or cave in rather easily?

Morgan generally does not start fights if he can help it. He definitely has gotten into them, especially as he grows older and his more caustic, scathing side emerges, but he usually is somewhat hilariously affronted when him insulting someone leads to a verbal fight. He just was honest it’s not his fault they reacted badly. When he was younger though, his anxious and shy personality made him the target of bullying and teasing from some of his peers, though he never fought back then, preferring to keep his head down (despite Emery often trying to pick fights with his bullies, encouraging him to do the same, which he was generally mortified by). With intervention from teachers, as well as being able to find his own little niche in a group of friends, thankfully Morgan’s issues with bullies didn’t last long.

20. Does your character like animals? What are some of their favorite animals? Would they want pets? What about mythological creatures?

Morgan loves pokémon! His favorites are, of course, his beloved team members, though generally he gets along with all pokémon and tends to claim (half-jokingly) he prefers them to people. In terms of general preference, Morgan has a particular fondness for the more spooky and macabre pokémon, or those misunderstood and shunned by people, finding kinship in them. Growing up, he was always entranced by the icy and deadly beauty of Paul’s Froslass, which is why Paul was able to pull some strings with Reggie to give Morgan a female Snorunt to be his starter, so he could raise his own Froslass. During his journey, he also ends up picking up the Odd Keystone and managing to unlock it into Spiritomb, who he doesn’t realize is a Cursed Prison Object and just assumes is a rare ghost-type, so to anyone in the know’s abject horror, begins sending out Spiritomb for his contest performances, which somehow ends up not ending horribly. Spiritomb enjoys showing off its might and magnificence for the assembled masses. (Also amusingly, in this AU, Spiritomb is a single-instance pokémon akin to legendaries, but due to interdimensional shenanigans, prior to Morgan unsealing his world’s Spiritomb, the pokémon was only known as one of Champion Cynthia’s team. Her shiny Spiritomb Japhy, of course, being an inheritance from her Hisuian father. Another one appearing in a contest in the hands of a rookie coordinator, of all things, made quite the news!)