He’s got a pink convertible, why not a pink bike? Burgh always takes his bike to go back home to Nacrene, so there he was: taking the jaunt down the Skyarrow Bridge to get back to Castelia. He’s been taking this route since he was a teenager, but there’s always so many different people and Pokémon to see on this world-famous bridge, he takes the ride pretty slow. One of his hobbies was people- and poké-watching, as the little things that you don’t notice on a broad scale provide a large bit of inspiration for our enigmatic arti–
Hold on.
Very few people in the world have such vivid violet locks, and only one that has such in shoulder-length curls. His Leavanny, riding on his back, chitters concern as he nearly falls over riding past this RARE guest: Sinnoh’s Psychic-type Master, Lucian. Oh no, what does he do ?? He’s Castelia’s ambassador, he should go over and welcome him, but Arceus was he GORGEOUS. Burgh knows he’d end up a stuttering, blushing mess if he went over and said hello – wait, when did he end up off his bike, standing right next to him?
❝ Lucian! Are you headed to Castelia? ❞
☾ ✘ ☽ ——— It is not so much a surprise to Lucian when he finds someone next to him. Being one of Sinnoh’s Elite Four members, he is used to commotion and others buzzing about him-- however bothersome it may be. Personally, Lucian prefers peace and quiet, rather than spectators watching him purchase a loaf of bread in awe. But such comes with being a powerful trainer, and Lucian is not vain-- he simply is able to recognize that he is talented in the arts of Pokemon battles. Not that others aren’t, of course.
But this is not someone he would simply pass off as a random fan. This is Burgh-- Castelia City’s gym leader, and renown artist extraordinaire. And, quite honestly, as mentioned aforehand, Lucian is quite the fan. Instinctively, he straightens his posture once making eye contact and offers the other a small smile before lightly tugging at his own shirt. He needs to look decent in the presence of such an artist, does he not?
“It’s a pleasure. I am traveling to Castelia, yes.”