TheDunsparce

Anthony is a Dunsparce from the area around Dark Cave in Johto. He's somewhat intelligent, somewhat cunning, and doesn't even believe how far he's come in turning his life around.

Characteristics
Anthony has a little bit of shyness, but much less than a typical Dunsparce in unfamiliar territory. Otherwise fairly outgoing and friendly to anyone who acts even remotely friendly. He has a fondness for all things plush and comfortable, like pillows or marshmallows. He also loves good food, especially junk food, but is cutting back. Regardless, he still shows gluttonous behavior at times but has it fairly under control.

He knows some human technology, notably his own gear and healing items such as Potions. He's also capable of basic bartering with money, which he either finds or sells certain things from his hoard to get, though it took him a while to figure out the correct amounts for everything. For anything he doesn't feel he needs to buy, he "forages" for it, typically already-opened food. In most cases, he'll ask first.

As a Dunsparce
Anthony is slightly smaller than an average Dunsparce, but not by much. He has a faint scar on his belly from a scrape with a rusty pickaxe during his youth. Fairly strong and durable for what he is, he was strengthened in the Dunsparce-run rock mines whenever he felt out of shape. Wing exercises allowed him to hover for a record of 8 seconds. He can dig a tunnel between regions within days with his own drill, but this becomes extremely tiring to him. He can also be gentle with his drill, in case he needs to scratch his own back or those of others.

His natural timidness shows itself sometimes, but recent developments helped him overcome this greatly, to the point of preferring above ground over the underground. He prefers to sleep in the latter, however.

As a Lugia
Mainly, he's huge in this form, towering over even his tallest friends. He's also able to fly at extreme speeds, but slows down if someone's riding on him for their safety. He's capable of basic psychic tricks like levitation of objects and mind-reading, though he hardly uses the latter unless he's asked to, for privacy reasons. He can also implant ideas, but this is severely limited to colors (even unexplainable ones that can confuse) and integers (no decimal places), and even so he also rarely uses this.

He mainly prefers flying around over mind tricks, though he is willing to grab mouthfuls of Berries with his thoughts to help feed himself and his friends. On a more empty stomach, he'll make a few swooping passes over the ocean to fill up on fish. He had concerns about a shortage of either source, so he tried to balance them out, until he found out that the only way he could effectively be satisfied was exclusively fish.

King Layton and Queen Samiya
The pair that helped Anthony get out of his shell and explore, King Layton Samiya and Queen Manaphy Samiya, Sami for short, offered a visit to their underwater castle. To do this, he needed to swap with a Water-type in order to live. By Sami's suggestion, he swapped with an Azumarill and the fun started from there. Sami's even the reason why he started wearing pajamas to bed.

Anthony gets along well with the royalty as well as their subjects, thinking that they're the best option for ruling over the seas. While he enjoys the abundant food and luxurious beds, it's the company he values most, whether he's vacationing with them or they're vacationing topside. Since they helped set the events in motion which led to him meeting Azumy, he feels greatly indebted to them. Even more so now, since Sami, swapped with a Dialga, helped him make progress toward finding his parents.

Vincent and Jordan
Among the first he encountered upon entering Forina, appropriate for their guardian position, Vincent the Flygon and Jordan the Breloom ended up being two of Anthony's closest friends, even to the point of the "bro" term being used. With time, the trio's bonds strengthened, helped by the fact that Vincent and Jordan were already "bros" themselves. They've been known to discuss opinions on current events, newcomers, and their own personal romances among other things, sometimes even inviting their fellow lovers to chat. These have been known to happen around a campfire at night as well, with various refreshments.

When Anthony was gifted his Lugia form, they were among the first to visit him while he was testing said form. They have been known to hang out together in their alternate forms as well, sometimes training and testing their strength alongside each other as well as going out hunting or fishing.

The two have helped him train as a Dunsparce as well, including sparring or teaching new moves. Likewise, Anthony helps them out when he feels he can help, and tries to regardless, even if he thinks he can't do much. He can even keep secrets safe that even they wouldn't reveal to each other.

Azumy
Anthony had little luck with romantic relationships, either acting on mere crushes or just being rejected, until meeting Azumy Azuzu. Following their Heart Swap, they discovered they have a lot alike, such as a big appetite and a love for dirt and mud and plush things. They enjoy having their close, quiet times as well as silly and playful things like pillow fights or wallowing in mud, and even grooming and brushing up after the latter. Anthony considered a family, but was certain that adoption would be necessary for biological reasons. Eventually, they did stumble upon an egg left alone and took it in, where it hatched into their daughter, Eliza, a Togepi.

Eliza
Eliza Azuzu, a Togepi of unknown parents, and whose egg was discovered by Azumy and Anthony, became their adopted daughter. Anthony does his best to be a good father for her and helps her learn things, even if it's in a roundabout and confusing way for her. Though not biologically linked, he still sees a bit of himself in her, partly with her interest in wings, though not so much having them be pulled on.

Jirachi and Twinkle
Twinkle was the first of the two Jirachi Anthony met, although he caught a glimpse of the other before he left. The two are good friends, although they don't see eye-to-eye on some things, and try to help each other out when they can. When the other Jirachi, Rachi for short, returned, Anthony was among the welcoming party for multiple reasons, mainly not having truly met him before, but also relieved that Jordan could be relieved of his temporary leader position, since it seemed to be causing him stress. Anthony and Rachi get along well, with both being fun-loving.

It was Twinkle who granted Anthony's Lugia form, after a long thought process and some feedback from her among other residents. As well, she helped him swap with Sharon at one point. Because of this, he feels that he owes her a lot.

Pre-Twitter
Hatched in captivity to a father Granbull and mother Dunsparce somewhere in Johto, he was soon released to fend for himself for unknown reasons, possibly for having the wrong nature or something similar. However, fortune found him as he found a colony centered around Dark Cave. They took him under their small wings and he grew up with his newfound family.

In turn for them providing for him, he provided for them. During an expedition to uncover treasure, he scraped his belly across a rusty pickaxe and ended up with a small infection resulting in a slightly visible scar. After this, his business with the other Dunsparce was more central to Dark Cave.

Eventually, he moved out to his own little hole, hoarding his own treasure and junk food. At times, his vices got the better of him and he ended up drunk or overweight, but he always turned it back around. During his drunken adventures, he managed to end up learning the moves Shadow Ball and Thunder Wave via TM, but could hardly remember the process or the moves themselves until quite a bit of time passed. He also ended up with several buckets of red paint during another escapade.

Recent
He did little in his life until certain events arose. He dug his way to Unova to talk with the Dunsparce colonies forming there. During the Genesect crisis, he managed to "steal the plans" for Genesect, by which that means finding a reference picture and vaguely getting a design from it. He attempted to build a battle mech from the design, but ended up with a smaller utility mech which could help him dig larger tunnels faster. This mech ended up abandoned once he reached Hoenn.

He found himself branching out and talking with more individuals. Eventually, he spoke with Queen Manaphy Samiya and got an opportunity to see an underwater kingdom, via Heart Swap with an Azumarill. He enjoyed the experience, despite being a girl at the time, and vowed to return someday.

After returning to his old self, he started aimlessly digging around in Hoenn until he heard an explosion, caused by Jirachi in Forina after a Doom Desire gone wrong. Fearing the worst, he rushed over to help and met several of the residents. He found work in digging holes for plants and then planting plants in them to help restore the landscape. He even found a name for himself, thanks to Sanviara: Anthony.

It was in Forina that he found a crush with Wimeria, but it was short-lived. After a brief heartbreak and becoming drunk for the first time in a while, the very same Azumarill he swapped with, Azumy, came to visit. The visit became a move, much like Anthony's, and the two became very close as they fell in love.

After the return of Rachi and Twinkle, Anthony and Azumy took a vacation back in the kingdom of Samiya, this time, Anthony swapping with a Dewgong. The vacation took longer than expected, over the span of a month, and he was visited by Vincent, who had borrowed Jordan's Frillish form. He even upgraded his gear from the taped-up one he carried for years, since tape doesn't hold up well underwater. Upon returning back to land, Anthony found his Dunsparce self a bit heavier than he left it, possibly karma for overfeeding Dewgong as well. He immediately began a fitness regimen after Christmas.

Shortly following Christmas, he found himself with another gift. After a long consideration and discussion with others, he asked Twinkle to grant him a wish which would grant him the form of a Lugia. He grew to love his newfound form, even attracting attention from the Legendary  Birds themselves. However, he couldn't live up to their expectations as a potential leader and continued on his own way.

While Sami and Layton had swapped with Dialga and Palkia, respectively, they paid another visit to Forina. While speaking with Samiya, the topic of time travel naturally came up, and Anthony saw the chance to answer a burning question. They went back to the time and place when he first hatched, and witnessed his Granbull and Dunsparce parents being kind and caring, something he couldn't remember. The experience was very emotional for him, a mix of joy and almost tears, and it renewed his interest in seeking out his parents in the present day through whatever means necessary.

After finally trimming down, Anthony had a promised sparring match with Jordan. Jordan won handily, but Anthony managed to hold his own fairly well. He decided to train a bit more so their next match would be a little more even, even learning a few new moves in the process.

When Jordan wanted to swap with a Lilligant, Anthony took care of the details. He flew with Azumy to Unova, had her convince one to come back with them, and called Sami up to do the swap. Jordan, assuming the identity of "Mint", assumed the role of someone seeking a job. Anthony and Whimsy, Mint's newfound Whimsicott boyfriend, decided on the idea of a restaurant, downscaling to a café, where she could work as a cook and waitress, and offered to help in any way they could in its creation, bringing Mint to cry for joy. Anthony took the jobs of construction, supplies, recipe suggestion, and taste testing through the process.

After Jordan's swap finished, he proposed that Anthony try something similar. He decided on a Mawile for his swap, doing so with the assistance of Twinkle, since Sami was busy with her own swap adventure. He chose the name "Sharon", and, similar to Mint, acted like a new face to anyone not in the know of the event. As Sharon, she even ended up meeting a few new faces on her own, like Koza, a Ditto who couldn't control his transformations, Isabella, whom she offered to help relax and adjust to a more peaceful lifestyle than she was used to, and Stitch, a kind-hearted Banette who took Koza and her as honorary siblings. Anthony discovered that Sharon was similar to himself in a few ways, and that she had a knack for interior decorating. After a couple weeks of decorating, playing, and eating with her giant jaws, he decided that he had enough fun and let Sharon have her new life.

Later, Anthony got to speaking with Rachi about junk food. Rachi mentioned his ability to eat as much as he wanted, and Anthony described what a full stomach felt like. Though this strange turn of events, they decided to do a stomach swap for a couple of days, letting Rachi experience a mortal appetite and Anthony live his dream of eating all that he wanted with no repercussions. The end result was Rachi regretting it and Anthony missing feeling full, but both having learned something.

Azumy and Anthony talked about a potential Easter celebration. They decided on the traditional spreading of candy-filled plastic eggs around Forina, and promised to pick up any not found by the end of the day. While doing the cleanup, Azumy stumbled upon an actual Pokémon egg. Unable to find either parent, they took it in as their own and kept it safe. Eventually, it hatched into a girl Togepi which they named Elizabeth, or Eliza for short, by Isabella's suggestion. They had their literal and proverbial hands full with her afterward. Anthony's became literal as well while he had swapped with Vincent during another of Sami and Layton's visits.

Trivia

 * The account join date is January 1st, 2012.
 * Anthony's birthday is June 3rd.
 * Anthony has memorized exactly where all of his buried stashes of various items are, but can't recall the contents of all but his most recently-accessed.
 * Anthony finds certain humanoid Pokémon "creepy", like Mr. Mime (but not Mime Jr.) or any of the Goth- line, the latter of which he even dislikes due to the fact.