[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/230806/331e77e67c7492af8f1708e5078b960b.png[/img][/center][right]New Bark Town, Morning --> Route 29, Morning[/right][hr]

Isaac's mood immediately began to sour as the first of the young trainers showed up. A brown-haired, blue-eyed teen introduced himself as Danny, accompanied by a Houndour. The lively Houdour seemed very interested in Kick, who, in response, gave a equally lively squawk towards it. As the young boy asked about a car, Isaac's shoulders suddenly felt much heavier as he realized just what he was getting saddled with. He leaned forwards, hands interlocking as he put them to his mouth. Only the champion's piercing blue eyes moved towards the boy as he spoke. [color=FFD700]"You really don't know what you're getting yourself into do you?"[/color]

Then the second trainer, an older teen sporting a myriad of hair colors carrying a guitar. This oughta end well. The way she spoke immediately gave her away as a Galarian. That certainly wouldn't make her stand out like a sore thumb or anything. Fortunately, her conversation was mercifully short, as she nearly immediately headed towards the other end of the route exit. If all their exchanges went like this, she might end up being his favorite.

The third was an almost comically short girl with blue hair. She reminded him of Claire, only with less Resting Bitch Face. A shy looking Ralts accompanied her on her shoulder. As the champion's eyes flicked over to his new prey, he could immediately tell she was somewhat intimidated by both him and his Blaziken. With any luck that would keep her quiet, or at least obedient. She managed to squeak out a singular greeting towards him, in which the champion only replied with a mere grunt. Kick on the other hand, gave a cheerful wave towards the blue-haired girl, as if he was happy to make a new friend.

Fourth was a black-haired boy with nearly equally dark eyes. He seemed... almost frustrated as he approached. As the two locked eyes, they both waited in silence. Then the boy broke contact first, and sat down a short distance away. Isaac merely dismissed it as teenage angst. Either that or he was pissed he wasn't the only one here. It didn't matter to Isaac.

Finally there was a short, black-haired boy in a blue hat holding a Rockruff who approached, who then quickly lost control of said Rockruff as it leapt out of his arms and began barking and sniffing around, even going so far as to rub itself on the champion's leg. Isaac remained silent and motionless as this happed, but held a glare at the young boy as he ran over to pick it up. The boy introduced himself as Tim, but either had a terrible stutter, or was incredibly nervous. Given the situation, probably the latter. [color=FFD700]"You'd better keep him on a short leash. Letting it run amok as it pleases is an easy way to get hurt, or worse."[/color] spoke the champion as he began to stand.

Now at full height, he looked over his gaggle of trainers, only now realizing just how much he towered over them, especially mini-Claire and The blue capped boy. Kick got up shortly after, taking a stand next to his champion trainer. [color=FFD700]"Alright kiddos, listen up. Here's the plan. Route 29 isn't that long, we should be able to make it to Cherrygrove by late afternoon, assuming none of you end up getting horribly maimed. I'm going to assume most of you aren't stupid and know not to eat any of the random wild berries or to go trying to pet the local Pokémon."[/color] Isaac began to take a few strides towards the exit to the city, making a beckoning motion towards the group. Kick followed closely behind, with a much more gleeful step.

[color=FFD700]"I'll just tell you now, there's nothing worth catching on Route 29, save your Pokéballs for later. If you're particularly unlucky, you're going to need as many as you can hold. At the midway point is a checkpoint to Route 46. We can't go that way, unless you all feel like climbing a mountain, and fighting Pokémon way out of your league. We'll be taking a pit stop there, as I'm assuming most of you aren't used to walking entire routes yet."[/color] By now, Isaac, Kick, and any who had followed him had now reached the exit, and had taken the first steps into Route 29. He turned around to face the young trainers one more time as he spoke again.

[color=FFD700]"Lastly, keep an eye on your Pokémon. If I find one of them chewing on me or my stuff, I'm going to have Kick here punt it into the stratosphere."[/color] The Blaziken's eyes went wide and let out a surprised [b]"Ken!"[/b] in shock, waving its arms back and forth, as if to reassure he wouldn't do that. Isaac let out a sigh as he shifted his weight to one side and but his hand on his hip. [color=FFD700]"Now then, any questions?"[/color] He quickly held up a single finger. [color=FFD700]"Correction. Any [i]important[/i] questions?"[/color][hr][right]Interacting with/Mentioning: All[/right]