<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/g7xmCOA.png)(https://i.imgur.com/FedgfrE.jpg?1)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Alexa and Bessie Sears<br/><strong>Gijinka Type:</strong>Incineroar/Miltank<br/><strong>Reason for becoming a Settler:</strong>Plan to come over and help with initial construction and labor needs, then use the money raised to build up their own tauros ranch to retire on.<br/><strong>Planned role in the new Colony:</strong>construction/laborer and rancher - housewife/farm hand<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>After the poke-mutation of humanity, and the dramatic rise in physical and elemental ability that resulted from it, human sports and athletic competitions came back in a major way. Once purely dominated by pokemon, human combat sports are now just as popular as trainer battling, with combatants fighting with a mixture of martial arts prowess and raw supernatural power. And for years one of the top stars in this supped up MMA world was Alexa Sears, 5 time GBL (Gijinka Battle League) Heavyweight Champion and valiant hero and role model to legions of adoring fans, dubbed her "Pyromaniacs".<br/><br/>However while the life of prize fighter is glamorous, a flame that burns twice as bright only lasts half as long. Due to the insane physical strain and hazards involved, most fighters reach their prime and retire relatively young, and Alexa is no different. Deciding to go out on top rather than destroy her body trying to cling to glory, Alexa relinquished her belt after one final title defense, capping off the longest reign of her career. And in a heartfelt speech she announced her retirement, along with her plans to journey to the Horizon Islands, spinning it as one final heroic adventure into the unknown, taking her final curtain to a sea of cheers.<br/><br/>By contrast Bessie's life was no where near as crazy or exciting. She was a simple farm girl really, milking 'tanks and wranglin' tauros since she was old enough to put on a pair of boots. Her life was simple, laid back, but always happy, and she even had her own little country beau  (https://i.imgur.com/I5pHQDy.jpg) she had been going steady with for a while. That all changed when the GBL rolled into town for a show one night, and she saw Alexa Sears live in action for the very first time. She had been completely taken away by the woman's strength and charisma and tomboyish good looks, and almost instantly became a fan. Of course she had assumed that was all she'd ever be, until Alexa and a few of her fellow fighters swung by the local bar after the show for a little after party. Immediately the two girls hit it off. They shared a few drinks, a few stories, a few anxious glances...and before Bessie really knew what happened she had woken up the next night not in bed next to her boyfriend, but in Alexa's trailer, wrapped around the champion tighter than one of her big gold belts.<br/><br/>And to Bessie's surprise it wasn't just a one night stand for the prize fighter either, she actually wanted her to be her girl, spent the better part of a week trying to convince her to join her on the road. And terrible as she felt about just up and leaving her old life behind, especially her poor boyfriend, she couldn't say no...and the next thing she knew she was touring from city to city, venue to venue, following her new lover through the prime of her career and getting to go along for the ride for every luxurious second of it. She got to stay in the ritziest hotels, eat at the finest restaurants, and got proposed to in the middle of the ring as thousands of people cheered and chanted "Yes! Yes! Yes!". For a simple country girl it was like a fairy tale come to life. Granted it wasn't all glitz and glamour though, watching her wife get the tar beaten out of her never got any easier than the first time, and life on the road could be exhausting for a girl who had lived her entire life glued to one place. When Alexa began contemplating retirement, Bessie was the one who suggested they start some kind of farm together. After all Alexa had been kind enough to show Bessie her world, she wanted to do the same in return. Plus it would be nice to finally settle down...and maybe start thinking about starting a family...Her wife agreed, though in typical Alexa fashion took it another step over the top by having them move out to the Horizon Islands, wanting to carve out their own niche in the new world exactly as they liked it.