Richard
Zinnia began to trek down the boardwalk leading to the bottom of the waterfall. She carried Aster in her arms, making sure to keep the Whismur clear of the branches on the trail.
Zinnia and Aster had had been a good time at the waterfall, just letting all their worries float away, but it just wasn't the same when other people were around. Zinnia didn't particularly like being vulnerable around others. She'd only done it a couple times before. Other than those times, Aster was the only one who truly knew Zinnia.
Laura
Once again the other couldn't hear the approaching footsteps as she was near the waterfall. Only thing she could hear was the water falling then suddenly, an idea hit her she took out a pokeball which was rather rough looking then threw it up which released her Samurott.

The idea was to let Samurott be a bit free as it was water type and perhaps it would like to go for a swim? At first the pokemon looked confused but soon it got the idea and went into the water
"Enjoying it, Samu?"

She said quite loudly so the other could hear

The Samurott nodded
Richard
As Zinnia walked down the boardwalk, it occurred to her that the other person here might be just like her. Coming here to enjoy the waterfall, and let her Pokémon enjoy it too. That would be a surprise if it were true. Most of the people who came to these kinds of places just wanted to be annoying and dirty. And that was why Zinnia didn't tend to spend time with people very much.
Laura
Now instead of closing her eyes again she watched her Samurott swim around, it seems it was enjoying itself which made her creep a little smile. She was thinking about letting out everyone but that might be a bad idea since most of them will probably cause chaos and she doesn't want to disturb any potential passerbys. Atleast, Samurott is here.

As Samurott was swimming close to the land, she reached out and gave it a gentle pat before retrieving her hand and letting it be free to roam again.
Richard
Zinnia arrived at the bottom of the waterfall and saw that this person was, in fact, not here to annoy her. All this girl was doing was letting her Pokémon play in the waterfall. Zinnia wondered if she could be friends with this person.
Laura
Meanwhile Hilda decided to look behind her for a bit as she had a feeling that perhaps someone was watching her, when this happened it was usually a gengar but to her suprice it was just another person. She gave them a polite smile before turning to the waterfall again.

Samurott had gone a bit further from the land, swimming with some other pokemon that resided there.
Richard
*Might as well say hi,* Thought Zinnia. She walked over to the other Trainer and sat down, taking off her sandals so she could dip her toes in the water. However, she couldn't seem to say it. *Hello.* It was one word, for Arceus' sake.
Laura
The trainer had noticed the other who sat next to her, she wondered what they wanted so she decided to strike up a friendly conversation to her.

"Hello there!"

She said in a rather cheerful tone giving a warm smile and turning to the other sitting next to her m

Meanwhile Samurott had decided to swim a bit closer to the land to see if the stranger was someone malicious.
Richard
"Oh, hey!" Zinnia said to the other Trainer. She was unprepared for a conversation right now. What to say now? Zinnia was afraid of sounding awkward, but words just spilled from her mouth. "Uhhh... What's your name?"
Laura
"Oh, my name? It's Hilda. What's yours?"

Meanwhile Hilda had a bit more experience with maintaining conversations, since she had to talk to alot of people while she was on her journey and when she went out of unova to look for N.

Samurott decided to take a dive as the stranger didn't seen harmful, if one where to look inside the clear water of the fall they can see it swimming with other pokemons.
Richard
"Hilda... That's a nice name." Zinnia held Aster in her arms, trying to maintain eye contact with Hilda. "Where did you come from? How'd you get to this island?" She was just spouting questions now. Zinnia decided to just shut herself up.
Laura
"Oh, I am from the Unova region and I got an invite as I was once a champion there"

She answered the question one by one, her tone was normal paced and gentle.

"Where do you come from?"

She decided to ask the other a question since they had gone silent, she could tell they hadn't had much conversations before.


Meanwhile Samurott decided to emerge out of the water again as some other pokemon could be seen following it then it dived down again, it probably came to check on Hilda.
Richard
Hmm. A Champion. Zinnia didn't have the best experience with Champions, to put it lightly. But she still wanted to get to know Hilda better. She explained, "I don't have the best experience with Champions, but I'll try to stick with ya." Aster swam in the river. Zinnia was kind of jealous of Aster sometimes. Whismurs didn't care about human conflict. Their problems were far smaller, and they seemed generally happier than humans.
Laura
"Ah I see... Sorry to hear that"

`not the best experience with champions?`

She thought and wondered what it meant, perhaps they were enimes or perhaps the champ was a douche. Well she doesn't want to nose into others personal matters.

Meanwhile Samurott noticed the new pokemon entering the river and decided to swim beneath it wondering who it was.
Richard
There was now awkward silence. Zinnia didn't know how to respond to "Sorry to hear that" Or anything of the sort. She said, "It's fine," Not truly knowing if she was actually fine. She followed Aster into the river, making sure to keep the Whismur safe from any Pokémon that may be lurking under the water.
Laura
The Samurott noticed the new comers at the river and at first swam beneath them before going in front of Zinnia and appearing.
It looked Zinnia and lowered it's head a bit, inviting her to ride.

"Seems like Samu likes you a bit"

Hilda commented seeing its reaction
Richard
*I might as well,* Zinnia thought. She climbed onto the Samurott, picking up Aster and letting the small Pokémon sit in front of her. As Samurott crashed through the water, Zinnia shouted to Hilda, "This is great! I like flying on Pokémon, but surfing is nice too. I might see if Salamence can learn how to do this!" She sent out her Salamence, the large Dragon-type making a soft landing on the other side of the river.