ROUTE 1: Hills
Huffing, Rin panted "How much do you two weigh?" Thirty-four pounds to be exact. Thirty-four extra pounds to lug and trudge up an incline; not to mention Rin liked to do things the hard way, and was jogging as best they could the whole time. Understandably, hiking up hills with these two in their arms was proving much more straining than Rin had anticipated. Stubbornly, Rin trekked on, not wanting to concede to exhaustion, but as per their blunt nature they vocalized it all the way with self-encouragements. What began as cocksure confidence began to wane along with the setting sun. The encouragements became more scattered, and Osajyin had even fallen into a nap. "Come on, Rin. Uh, think about Kairi racing behind you." Rin appealed to their own competitive spirit as Anusobeket took on the role of cheerleader, and confidently babbled back in support. "Think about- think about . . . Umi nagging- Umi!"
On top of a nearby hill, a wild Smeargle sat cross-legged as it stared off contentedly to the distant waters. He seemed unbothered, if not unaware of Rin's exclamation, which was prompted by the sight of their sister's favorite pokémon. Rin had barely taken one look at it during a lesson in school, and if it weren't for Umi's incessant praises of it's supposedly "ultimate versatility." Rin had rolled their eyes at the time, but perhaps her wise words would actually come in handy now that they were on the road to become a Pokémon Master. Finally making it up the current hill they were on Rin dropped to their knees. "Alright folks, we got another friend to fight. Anu, you should use . . . wait." Rin paused to remember what exactly made Smeargle so special to garner their sister's praises. Something about . . . "Oh! I got it! Osajyin, wake up dude!" Rolling out of Rin's arms, the lackadaisical Chikorita yawned himself awake.
"Chik?"
"I want you to go startle that Smeargle over there with the light from your Synthesis. We don't exactly have any stellar moves just yet, but some recovery never hurts, right?" Lazily, he nodded and trotted over to the other hill. Nudging the other pokémon gently, Anusobeket took it upon herself to bellow a roar to assist the surprise. Osajyin simply yawned before shimmering with the bright light of Synthesis. "Yeah! Kick his butt, Osaja! Inspire that starving artist!"
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