Valerie
After being invited to the island, the young man figured he should make the most out of it! *Imagine all the new bug Pokemon inhabiting this place!*, he feel his childish side kicking in again. The unlicensed apothecary figured that these critters love to be surrounded by fruit trees! *While I look at these bug types, it wouldn't be bad to snatch some mangoes for myself!*, he had that mischievous look on his face. With that wooden box he carried around everywhere, he wouldn't just *Swipe* A few of mangoes. 

"Tuk, you mind watching my wooden box for me? I'll get some berries for you", he patted his Shuckle's shell before dashing off. The Mold Pokemon slowly rose its head, watching his trainer slowly disappear from his sight. Spotting a nearby mango tree, the green haired man climbed up it to find an abundance of this succulent orange fruit. Once the Elite Four perched himself on a sturdy branch, he ate the sweet mangoes while tossing the skin and seeds on the grassy ground.
Holly
```Are you lost?```

What a fine day today was, perfect for a quick walk in the orchard. The blonde gym leader was the kind to stay behind his computer all day long, developing and codding random useless apps just out of pure boredom, sometimes even implementing his programs into small robots and see what would come out of it. Sometimes it happened it exploded and he would just do it again in disappointment, sometimes his experiments were successful and he would wear a proud, rare smile on his young face. 

His eyes were gazing in a distance, having his hands in his pockets, the piercing sound of the chain hanging from his pants could be heard from where the Bug specialist was. But then suddenly, it seemed like his cobalt colored eyes caught something... A Shuckle? All alone here? What is it doing here..? The gym leader looked around, forgetting to look up as he did so, before he kneeled down to the small Pokemon and gave it a pat on the head. "Hello there... Are you lost? You seem rather concerned by something." He softly told it, before he felt some things landing on the top of his head, narrowing his brows before he dusted the things away as he slightly grunted in annoyance. Seeds..? Mango skin??

Looking up at where all of this came from, he blinked a few times at the view of a familiar face, well he didn't expect to see him here! "...Aaron?" Volkner then called out.
Valerie
Tuk the Shuckle closed its eyes in content from the pat. The bug-rock type looked at the Sinnoh Gym Leader with interest, tilting his yellow head at the blond man. Glurging, the Mold Pokemon shook his head towards Volkner. In truth, Tuk would usually watch his trainer's box while he goes off training and gathering herbs and sustenances. Although, he didn't mind watching the box, Tuk appreciated the Volkner's company. 

Meanwhile, Aaron was feeling full from all the mangoes that he swiped from the tree he's resting in. "Man, that hits the spot!", he burped as he wiped his face with his sleeve. "Wha- Aaaaaaaaaaaack!", hearing a voice from below, the Sinnoh Elite Four fell on top of Volkner. "Geez, what the heck", he got off the electric type specialist as he brushed off some dust. *Wait, a minute isn't Flint friends with this guy?*, he recognized that depressed guy who tends to keep a low profile. "Yup, Aaron's my name! You must be Volker of the Sunnyshore City Gym!", he gave Volkner a wide grin, mispronouncing his name on purpose.
Holly
He remembered Flint told him about Aaron before, actually he told him about absolutely every Elite 4 members. Volkner wasn't the kind to socialize in the first place, if anything he tried to distance himself from the other gym leaders as much as he could for some unknown reasons. The only leader he kept in touch with is Candice, perhaps because she was in charge of the 7th gym of the region. 
But that is something to put aside. 

As he was about to talk, he suddenly felt a heavy weight falling straight on top of him, causing the blonde to be laid on the ground right on his front, face buried in the grass. "What the hell..." He growled a little to himself before he moved his head away from the grassy floor, dusting his face off before he sat up, glaring up at Aaron for a while. "Can't you be careful?" Volkner spoke bluntly before he stood right back up and dusted himself off fully. "Yeah, yeah, Volk**Ner**, that is me. Guess Flint can't keep his mouth shut, huh?" He immediately guessed, knowing his long time friend way too well. "...That aside, the heck were you doing in that tree?"
Valerie
Although Flint was annoying as an Exploud on a good mood, Volkner was the polar opposite of the guy. This guy had a completely different aura coming off of him! The blonde guy was like a Gloom who had so many reasons to feel miserable. Damn, was Flint right about his friend! Volkner is somewhat of an introvert! It's no wonder why the other Sinnoh Elite Four members gossip about his bad posture and aloof behavior. 

"Careful? Huh, I would have landed perfectly like a Meowth if it wasn't for you creeping at me like that", he scoffed as he picked up the mango skins, sacking the fruit scrapes into a pile for his Shuckle. The little turtle had to retract in its head every now and then to store the pieces into its shell. That way, Tuck can use the mango skins to create some its fermented juices. *Ah, Delicious.*

"Yeah Volker, Flint couldn't stop talking about you for one second. He was yapping about how you should have been itching to defeat the Elite Four!", Aaron chuckled as he mispronounced his name once again, of course with the intention to annoying him. "Well, I helped myself to some free mangoes! Why you try some?", the green haired man held out a bitten mango in front of Volkner as he was squeezing the fruit in front of his face.