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Lumin was ecstatic, though anyone who didn't know him would think he was almost bored, he had just written in his journal, and told his parents that he was going to go make good use of his new sketch book, so now all he needed was someone to go with. Since he didn't have a Pokemon of his own, he needed someone to go along with him in case some wild Pokemon became violent. He also knew where he could find some. He walked into the Pokemon Center, his Nurse Joy smiled at him, he was a regular visitor, as he often came to watch and usually draw, the trainers with their Pokemon. He walked behind the counter and nodded. He looked back into the room full of trainers eager to get onto their next adventure, "Nurse Joy, have you heard anyone talking about going up to the Rinaul Mountains? I was going to go up there to sketch some Pokemon in my new sketchbook.
"Ah, you finally got that book, huh? About time."
Lumin grinned a little, Yea, and I'm going to fill it up soon. But I need some help to go up to the mountains.

Lumin's eyes grew a little wider, but not much. A trainer from the gym? He had hoped to maybe find a beginner trainer who was going to have to come back here sooner or later anyway, but he hadn't even considered that he would find a gym trainer. He had lived in the town his whole life, and never met any of the three of them except just seeing them walking by or as he sketched from the corner of the Center. He held out his hand to the trainer, "Lumin. It's nice to meet you. I.. um.. I don't have any Pokemon so I was looking for someone to go with me up to the Mountain, I was hoping to catch sight of some Shinx. I've.. I've heard there are quite a few up there." He hated talking to people he didn't know well, and the fact that this was a gym trainer who was offering to help didn't make it much better.

Lumin bit his lip, "No.. no, I just have my pencils and my book." He put his book in one of his cargo pockets. He also stuck his hand into one of his other pockets to ensure that he did, indeed have his drawing tools with him. He shifted awkwardly, not quite sure of himself, Um.. let's go."

Lumin cheered up a little, he always did when he thought about sketching Pokemon, "I think we should go up the ridge, we might be able to see some that might be up there, and we'd be able to see the ones at the bottom too. He walked out the door and onto the street. He took a deep breath, then turned looked up at the mountains. He was going there. Just like he's always wanted to,

Lumin stared in awe at the large Pokemon. It was one of the biggest he had ever seen, and it looked powerful. He watched the exchange between the two, and was somewhat taken aback by the thought of riding a Pokemon, "Uh.. no thanks, I'll walk." The gym trainer's energy was already mildly tiresome, but she said she was a watcher, so she must, at least, be charismatic with wild Pokemon.. or at least he hoped. But her antics did pull a small crooked grin out of him, "Off we go then." He began walking to the edge of town, but stopped abruptly. He turned around sheepishly to Choppi, "Um.. maybe you should lead, since I have no idea where I'm going."

Lumin was quiet and alert, he tried to follow Choppi's lead, but she was apparently much more skilled than she had seemed at first. He walked at the end of the trio, looking carefully at each tree, bush, bit of tall grass, and rock. Finding and sketching a rare Pokemon would be spectacular, but he was mainly looking for the tricolor blue, black, and yellow pattern of the Shinx. He had seen quite a few in pictures, and several in the PokeCenter, but never one in the wild. He was so intent on his search, that he barely noticed that he was being left behind before Choppi was out of sight. He rushed to catch back up as quietly as possible.

As he was rushing to catch up, he saw a flash of color out of the corner of his eye, but when he turned to look, it was gone. He looked closely at the underbrush where he thought he had seen the thing disappear.

Lumin nodded, his dark eyes sweeping the terrain, there was something there, he had seen it, and it was much more than just his imagination. As he was looking, something else caught his eye, this time it was perfectly still. There, caught on a piece of a bush, was a tiny clump of blue fur. If it had been anything less vibrant he would never have seen it, but the bright blue stood out against the greens and browns of the bushes. He pointed to the little bit of blue, making sure the trainer had noticed it.

Lumin glanced over at the other watcher, she wasn't making a move, but she was staring at him.. this appeared to be his show.. crap. He hadn't thought about the fact that it was probably going to be any more complicated than finding the Pokemon, keeping quiet, and then drawing it. He bit his lip as his eyes darted back and forth over the bush, looking for something, ANYTHING that he could use to his advantage. The bottom of the shrub was slightly raised, allowing a little bit of room to look, not enough to see the whole Pokemon, and not enough for the Pokemon to see him, but enough for him to at least tell where it was. He slowly bent down to put his head to the ground and looked under the leaves and twigs. There were the signature black and blue legs of three Shinx. He could tell there genders based on the coloring of their feet, all blue for a female, black hind feet for a male, or so the atlas had said. (got that off Bulbapedia, then checked it with the game and just thought it would be an interesting little add in) There were two females and a male. He watched as they slowly walked behind an outcropping of rocks. He raised back up, keeping his head below the top of the relatively tall bush. He looked around again, there had to be something he could use to lure them back out, and maybe somewhere that they could peek through the bushes.. no such luck. Why hadn't he thought to bring any bait? Or buy any for that matter. He closed his eyes to think, there had to be SOMETHING he could do...