Post by Lori on Feb 11, 2017 1:35:11 GMT
Location: Lilycove City and the outskirts of, the shore across from Team Rocket's headquarters
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With the Trick House in the care of Sableye as usual, Chase took Riolu and Smeagle and the three of them traveled to Lilycove. As usual, there was the plan to take Smeargle to check out the Art Gallery. The painting Pokémon would typically stay in his pokéball until they arrived, not wanting to run into any wild Pokémon to battle on the way. It was the complete opposite of Riolu, who wanted to fight any chance he got to become stronger. There were a few detours along the way as a result, causing Chase to have to turn around to the Pokémon Centers they passed multiple times to heal his stubborn partner. Though Chase wasn't a trainer specifically, he wasn't going to stop Riolu from battling. Sometimes it made him wonder what Riolu went through, specifically. Chase only knew from what he saw when he'd first met Riolu. It hadn't been pretty.
With Lilycove less than a mile away currently, Chase looked to Riolu. The small Pokémon spent most of his time outside his pokéball, walking beside Chase. "Think we'll have some time to pull a prank before we meet up with Max?" he asked.
The Pokémon let out a few huffed chuckles, enjoying the prospect of watching others struggle against his trainer. Riolu then let out a small bark and moved his arms as though he were punching something. Though they were likely not going to run into any other Pokémon on the way, let alone ones closer to Riolu's level, he still wanted to fight.
"Yeah, maybe Max'll let you have a quick battle against one of her Pokémon," he nodded placed his hands behind his head. "They're a lot stronger though, and you know if it's Salazzle or Furfrou she won't mess around."
Chase's reasons for visiting Lilycove this time were twofold. Actually, they'd become twofold since he'd met Max. The two of them just connected when they met at the Trick House. And even though Chase never saw the appeal to contests himself, with something always happening in Lilycove for Max to be there suddenly the Art Museum wasn't the only reason for Chase to visit. They'd gotten together a couple of times, already. Not for dates specifically, at least neither of them had mentioned the word 'date'. But the way they flirted and the fun times they had together, 'date' was definitely implied! Chase already liked traveling to Lilycove, so Max being there was just extra incentive. She was fun, energetic, great with her partners, passionate about what she did, not to mention cute.... Hey, maybe if Chase got lucky they could even become an item! Not even realizing he was smiling over the prospect, his thoughts were interrupted when he heard Riolu's faint chuckles again and wrapping his paws around his body. Chase narrowed his gaze, "Ok I still say you're too young to know that, dude. However old you are, anyway. Can we get some perspective here?"
Riolu sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
Not too long after, the two of them approached the entrance of Lilycove City. The city was full of life, as usual, and in midday the sun was shining directly overhead. Aside from the basic buildings upon entering the city, the obvious places of interest Chase could see were the Contest Hall and Shopping Mall. The mall was one of the tallest buildings in the city while the Contest Hall was the most obvious. The museum wasn't too far from the mall; just down the street. Chase looked at his watch before at Riolu again. "Yeah I think we can do a quick thing before we meet her." Taking a pokéball off his belt, he released Smeagle. The painting Pokémon shook his head and stretched out his tail a little, potentially having just woken up from a nap. He looked up at Chase, who now had a big smile on his face and pointed to a building up ahead. The three of them jogged down the street and walked around to the side of the building. One of the walls was near an alley so they wouldn't be as noticeable - at least not right away. Reaching into his small backpack, Chase took out a paint set - it wasn't much, just a travel side, but still enough for him and Smeargle to get a little work done - and he and Smeargle started examining the wall. Though there was a lot of space to work with, Chase decided to go for just a little something for the time being; maybe before leaving or on his next visit they could come back and add more. Or maybe some other troublemaking artist types would see it and add stuff, too! With some blue paint, Chase used his brush to write out 'LILYCOVE CITY' on the wall, followed by using red paint to cross out 'COVE' and replace it with 'CULT'. While on the bottom right corner, Smeargle painted a caricature of Riolu sticking his tongue out (similar to an emoji), Chase used two colors that seemed to typically appear in contests - at least from what he could tell the last time he looked at Max's ribbon case - and started with LC in a circle followed by making it look like an actual ribbon. Not exactly a 'real' work of art, but the plan was to continually add to it. It didn't have to start out big and flashy.
"Alright, let's head out!"
The three left the building, luckily unnoticed by anyone passing by, and headed in the direction of the lighthouse where they would be meeting Max and her team. Sure enough, there they were. She was working with two of her pokémon, probably rehearsing for a contest. Riolu let out a chuckle, causing Chase to smirk. "Yeah, I know what you're thinking." he led his Pokémon around, attempting not to be seen by Max. Smeargle shrugged his shoulders and followed suit. There were a few trees not too far away, so Chase led his two partners up to one of the branches. Once perched up, Smeargle looked at his trainer curiously. "Wait for it...." the curly-haired boy replied quietly. He looked over to Riolu, who was already getting ready to attack. As soon as a Flame Burst was released, Riolu jumped up countered it with Force Palm, sending it back. While it didn't have that much force behind it, given that Riolu was still a work in progress, it was enough to show that they were there. And fortunately for them, Riolu's aim wasn't exactly on point so the returned Flame Burst was far off from Max and her Pokémon.
Once their attention was grabbed, Chase sent a playful smirk in their direction. Riolu was still chuckling, as if he were so proud of what he had done, while Smeargle sat quietly on the branch swinging his legs back and forth. "Hope we weren't interrupting anything," Chase greeted teasingly, "miss us?"
