Michele
Atop the islet was a lone figure, painting something with precision and skill. He seems to be engrossed in his work, as he dips a paintbrush in many shades spread out before him on a rectangular pallete. There was a strange quality to his art, almost as if the paint was glowing.
Edith
Mian wandered around the islet aimlessly, their trusty Skitty by their side as they smiled to themself. The small normak type looked around and noticed someone else who was painting, mewing to it's trainer it started to lead them to this new person. The both of them stayed dead silent, the ambiguously gendered brunette peering around the boy with a ":3" Face.

"You draw really well!"
Michele
As soon as the person spoke, a gengar popped from the ground in a small cloud of dark smoke, ready to defend her friend, the trainer gets startled and nearly messes up; splashing some small bits of paint away from the canvas,"H-huh?", he shrinks behind the gengar,"Oh... Thank you. How did you... Get here?"
Edith
"You're welcome!"

They said with a grin, stepping back a little as they understood that they might of been making this person uncomfortable.

"Oh! Starry led me!"

They picked up their Skitty, which waved to the strange person and mewed happily upon being picked up.
Michele
"Ah, I see"
He continues painting for a while, then steps back to look at the canvas with disatisfaction before glancing at the skitty.
"Are you a gym leader or an ace trainer?"
He waves a little to the small pokemon before setting his hand back down.
Edith
They watched intently as Loon continued to paint, the small Skitty climbing onto it's trainers shoulder and purring contently as it was pet.
"Hmm... I think I'm an ace trainer... But I do alot of contests too!"
They smiled at Loon, waving exictedly to the Gengar as they swayed back and forth on their heels, clearly having alot of energy.
Michele
The gengar gives a small wave to the ball of energy before giving Loon a pat on the back and disappearing into the ground.
"Ah, a coordinator. That's nice."
He looks dejectedly at his painting and hurls it into the sea, picking up a new one in the process and starting all over again.
"Do you do contests in hoenn or sinnoh? There's... A lot more contests in sinnoh but hoenn has some as well..."
Edith
"Hoenn, my parents live there and I did too until I came here... And thanks!"
They flinched when Loon just threw their painting into the sea, being incredibly confused on why he did that but they didn't want to seem rude. So they just calmed their voice and energy down a little so they wouldn't disturb Loon.
"Why did you throw away the pretty picture?"
Michele
"It wasn't pretty enough, still pretty but not that much. I don't really want to make something lackluster"
He does almost no visible changes to the canvas, the barest shades of gray being painted on together with stark, white glowing outlines. Loon notices Mian flinching
"A-ah, sorry for that... I get frustrated and all. What's your name? Mine is L- I mean Abby"
Edith
"It's oki, I dont mind Abby... I was probably a but too exicted and things too.."
They smiled a little, rubbing the back of their neck. The small Skitty yawned and draped themselves across their trainer's shoulder, purring as they quickly fell asleep.
"Oh, I see! Alot of trainers that asked my mum and dad for some Pokémon were very *Very* Specific, so I get it that you like things to be extra super perfect!"
Michele
*ËÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ!*, a voice screams in his head, *YES YES! FINALLY SOMEONE KINDA GETS IT!*. Loon faintly smiles at the trainer
"N-no! Its alright, really. I'm really glad you get it, the perfection thing, I mean.", he puts a few dots and several strokes of black paint, highlighting the shiny white lines.
"Your parents are breeders?"
Edith
"Mhm! A bunch of trainers went to them so they didn't have to breed shineys, perfect IV Pokémon and such themselves! That's how I got Starry, Marshmellow and Spritz!"
They looked at the painting and smiled still, finding how each little thing was just super special. They then looked at Loon, their eyes sparkling in amazement.
"No worries! Imma little special too, we can be special buddies!" :D
Michele
"Aw, that's neat of em. Your pokemon seem neat", he could feel the frustration from said trainers, like gah! A shiny pokemon with the wrong nature and IV's, oh the horror! His brush dips, making a downwards arc across the board,
"S-special buddies?", the boy looks hopeful but confused,"Y'mean like friends?"
Edith
"Oh! Thankies!"
Of course Mian didn't understand the want of having a *Perfect* Pokémon, a Pokémon was a Pokémon and you should love it either way! Then again, people did have their wants, and they respected that. Looking at Loon, they nodded to their other question.
"Yep! Friends! That is- if you wanna be. I don't mind-"
Michele
"Aw I'd want to be! That reminds me, I haven't gotten your name yet-"
Loon didn't have any actual friends, just aquaintances that he worked with. This didn't really bother him, after all; he had painting and other people's art to keep him content.
Edith
"Oops! Right! It's Mian!"
They smiled, flapping their hands exictedly within the light blue hoodie they were wearing which happened to be just a ittle bit too big for them.
"Oh! And just incase you're a little confused, you can call me anything! Y'know, like she, him, them, anything works!" :D
Michele
"Nice to meet you, Mian. I'll be keeping that in mind"
Loon was nearly finished, his painting looking like a vibrant two-way glass between different worlds.
"I've been getting rusty with drawing pokemon lately, is it alright if I draw yours?"
Edith
"It's nice to meet you too, Abby!"
They stared at the painting in awe, their green eyes glittering as they looked back over at Loon and gasped a little.
"You... You would? Of course it's ok! I can get my other Pokémon out if Starry isn't really what you like drawing-"
Michele
"I can draw all your pokemon if you'd like!"
He grabs a sketchbook and starts drawing a skitty
"Actually, I would really like to draw all your pokemon-"
Edith
"Of course! C'mon guys!"
Mian gently set their Skitty down and got out six other pokéballs, three being heal balls, two being average ones and one being a great ball. From them, came a Pidgot, Mightyena, Glaceon, Exploud, a shiny Furret and an Altaria.
"Sorry if they're Pokémon you don't really like-"
Michele
"I don't really have any dislikes for any type of pokemon, don't worry about it"
He quickly draws the pokemon, making several sketches of each in different angles. He seems to have trouble drawing the mightyena, simplifying its features more than the others. Loon holds it up for Mian to see.
"Ta-da"
Edith
The brunette gasped, smiling brightly and nodding as they flapped their hands exictedly.
"Yesyesyesyes! Thank you so very extra super much!"
The Mightyena didn't mind that it looked a bit more simplified, it just gave a bork of approval as the other Pokémon gazed in awe at Loon's art skills.
Michele
He notices their happy reactions and feels a bit relieved that no critics were breathing down his neck. *Bro Loon that's a bit hypocritical, yeah?* The tinny voice in his head says, *You don't like it when people don't point out something you totally didn't do right*
Loon pushed the thought aside, *I'm having a vacation, smh; gotta get a light breather*.
"Aww, thank you! Really glad you like it"
He closes his sketchbook and whistles faintly as a bannete appeared behind him, laughing maliciously, "Meet Reuben! He's one of my first and favorite pokemon", he really loved showing his banette off.
Edith
Squealing with pure exictement and joy, Mian waved to the Banette and smiled.
"Whooaa, they're so cool! Hoihoi Reuben!"
The Skitty that was previously resting on their shoulder looked up at the Banette and attempted to run and hug the ghost type but of course, it just phased through and tumbled into the sand.
"Careful Starry! You don't wanna knock over Mr Abby's super special painting, that'd be very bad."
Michele
He chuckles and puts a layer of varnish on thr canvas while the Banette enjoys the attention and looks at the skitty, chattering.
"Thanks for your concern, I'm done with this painting so it just has to dry"
The banette waves at Mian then attempts to pat the skitty
Edith
The Skitty purred despite not actually feeling the contact, it was probably just very happy to meet new people. Meanwhile, Mian had returned all their other Pokémon and nodded to what Look said.
"Oh, oki! May I ask chu a question?"
Michele
"Yeah, what is it?"
The banette twists his head curiously to Loon, eager to hear what he would say.
Edith
"Do you have any other friends? Not that's your Pokémon *CAN'T* Be your friend, I mean just-"
They paused for a moment to think about how to word this, their faithful Skitty scampering on over and hopping onto it's trainer's shoulder with a happy mew.
"Do you have like- person friends? Friends who are humans and stuff? I just thought because your art is so amazing and cool, loads of people would want to be your friend! N- Not that that's the reason ***I*** Want to be your friend, I... I just think you're very nice.."
Michele
"Hmm, nah."
The banette disappeared under the ground, reappearing with a fancy antique frame. Abby softly whistled in appreciation and clamped it on the now dry canvas, giving his banette a pat on the head.
"I don't really have human friends back home, lots of adults go to me to have my opinion on their work! I think that's already nice, someone like them wanting approval from a kid like me. My last human friend turned into a gengar, and other people don't ask to be friends because I'm so often focused with my work"
Edith
"Oh.."
The brunette loojed down, their cheerful personality defalting somewhat as they sighed a little. The Skitty nuzzled it's cheek against it's trainer's cheek, mewing in an attempt to bring them back to their usual self.
"I... I can go if you want me too? You know... Becuse you could be too busy with work and things.."
Michele
He looks back at Mian, suprised at what they said. *Haha, what?* He thought, a bit humoured. No one really offered to do that before, and that was fine; he enjoyed doing what he did. The doll pokemon shook Loon out of his stupor
"A-ahh, don't worry about it, I can handle em'! S-sorry if that made you a little sad, but its not as depressing as most people think; especially with a person like me"
Edith
"So... We can still be special buddies?"
They said, looking back up with a slight smile, their Skitty's tail swaying side to side in a happy manner once it saw it's more joyful trainer. Mian guessed that 'Abby' liked more calmer things, so they were trying their very hardest to be calmer and quieter for them.
Michele
"Course' we can!"
He exclaims happily with a smile, the banette sinking underground to have a little chat with someone.
"Don't worry about being too loud, I lived in a city; so it should be fairly alright."
Edith
They squeaked exictedly and flapped their hands a little, smiling as they nodded.
"Yay! Thankies thankies thankies! Aaa- I wish I could do something as cool as you can!"
The normal type in their shoulder pat their trainer's cheek to try and make them a little calmer, just so that they didn't get *Too* Exicted.
Michele
"Mo problem, and don't be that hard on yourself! I'm sure you're a great coordinator, you got invited here after all. Mind showing me some tricks?"
He cocks his head to the side, waiting for a response.
Edith
"Ooo! If chu wanna!"
They grinned and looked over at their partner, which mewed confidently and put a paw to their chest. Moving a bit away from Loon, they clutched a couple pokéballs as the Skitty got into a stance
"Whenever you're ready!"
Michele
A chair appears from under him, probably procured by his ghost pals. He sits on it and puts his hands on his chin, watching eagerly.
"Ready to watch"