Tales of

Sinnoh

Yesterday he had reached Sinnoh by boat. Today he was wandering around Canalave City to get used to his new surroundings. Walking next to him was Sisi, the only pokémon he had taken with him on his journey, who was much more of a rare sight here than she had been in Galar.

Finian had bought himself a coffee and sat down on a bench overlooking the coastline. He would dive into his work soon enough, but for now, he needed to battle his tiredness from travelling and get to know the region a little better. Sisi, who never seemed to run out of energy, was running circles around the bench, happily yapping at everyone who passed by.

[For Monika]

Peaceful. That's how you could describe today. Although peaceful moments never seemed to last long. It was not his pokémon yapping too loudly at some bypasser. Instead, there was an eevee coming straight for them, a girl not too far behind holding another one, yelling for her pokémon to stop.

Finian had been about to get up to try and prevent anything from happening, but the girl caught up to her eevee just in time to scoop him up and make sure he could not get to the yamper. Nothing had happened yet, but the girl turned to him and started apologizing, the two pokémon still in her arms. He quickly shook his head with a small smile, "You don't have to apologize, nothing happened." His words were quick, hoping she did not feel too bad for what had just happened. "That's one feisty eevee you've got there," he added with a chuckle. Meanwhile, Sisi was trying to take a look at both of the pokémon in her arms, not bothered by what had just happened.  

The eevee seemed to calm down a little in her arms, which was a good thing. It meant that he was not totally wild and unmanageable. Even though Finn told her she did not need to apologize, she still seemed a little flushed about what happened, explaining that she did not have him for long. "I'm sure he'll come around," he assured her. He had seen enough pokémon that had been difficult at first but still managed to bond with their trainers.

The other eevee was let unto the ground to meet Sisi, the girl stating that she was the friendly one of the two. "Back in Galar they're pretty common," he commented when she told him she had never seen a yamper before. He did not want to ask some stranger where she was from straightaway, but it probably was not Galar. She mentioned how the yamper was smaller than she expected, before trying to make sure he could not be offended by what she had just said. Finn laughed, knowing he sometimes made the same awkward comments.

"It's alright. She has small legs, so they're not as big. Her name's Sisi," he shared with a kind voice. Finian showed her a smile, before looking at the two pokémon. It seemed to go a lot better between those two as they were sniffing, before long Sisi was inviting the other to play.  

The girl seemed to relax a little, which caused him to smile. He had been uncomfortable in conversations enough times to know how that felt. Finian let out a chuckle when she asked him if he was from Galar, as his words just now had implied. "I am! I've just arrived here a day ago," he shared. He felt like he looked out of place, but maybe it was not as bad as he thought.

Sisi and the eevee were running around now, enjoying their playtime. Finian looked up from the two pokémon when the girl told him Sisi was an adorable name. His mother had helped him pick that name, meaning he would forever be fond of it as well as the yamper herself. The eevees were called Anemone and Peony. "Those are good names as well," he told her with a friendly nod. "I'm Finian, nice to meet you," he quickly added when she introduced herself.