Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Jubilife City
Team: Dartrix (25/25) Staravia (17/17) Prinlup (25/25) Wingull (25/25) Bibarel (15/15)
Partner Pokemon: Chatot
Posts to hatch egg: Trash Burmy (3/20)
Items: 2x Pokeballs, 4x Healballs, Water Stone, Pidgeotite, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 26 (+1 from posting) Posts: 41

Palila sat by the trash can, nibbling away with the Bibarel.
She sighed. There were still some more things to do before nightfall, and she figured she'd better get started beforehand.
Taking the paints out of her bag, Palila kicked over a trash can lid, flipping it over. She slipped her hand into the handle and held it like an artists easel. A really trashy artist.
"Alright Beeb, keep watch." She nodded towards the alleyways entrance, and the bibarel scurried out to the corner, eyes watchful and vigilant. The only other creatures nearby were a trio of birds- all of which seemed unthreatening.
Palila squeezed out a whole tube of blue paint into the garbage can lid, then a tube of red, and then a whole tube of black.
"They said not to go to the cops. Fine. Doesn't mean I can't leave a message." She talked to herself bitterly, then got to work.

[[See sketchbook for the artwork]]

It didn't take too long to do- but getting started was hard. She shakily painted the outlines in blue, before filling everything in, and then outlining in a bold black. By the time she finished, her brush hand was steady and the strokes were more purposeful. Annoyingly, she couldn't remember too many details about the mans face. Some parts smudged and blurred, and she dropped some colours onto places where they didn't belong. Overall, not her best work.
Still, it was something. Someone would see it eventually, even if it was just the garbage man.
"Alright Beebs, all done."
Palila wiped her hands on her pants, smearing more colour over them as the Bibarel returned to her.
"Right, well, I think you've repaid your debt." Palila looked down at the creature. It looked at her quizzically.
"I saved you from the monster potentially catching you in the forest, and you've saved me from people potentially catching me in the city. We're square, shortstack." She knelt down and gave the Bibarel a noogie. He received it with a regal nuzzle.
Some red and blue paint rubbed off from her hand, giving the Bibarel a bit of a purple mohawk.
"Woah, stylish!" She complimented him, taking out the pokeball she had used to capture him. She gently placed it on the ground, then went and picked up a cinderblock from behind the trash cans.

With a nod to him, she dropped it onto the Pokeball. It made a satisfying crunch.

"Alright Beeb, thanks again, now get outta here." She pointed him towards the outskirts of the city. He scurried off, looking like a Pokemon on a mission. Probably a mission to find out if the rest of his family made it somewhere safe.

Easy come, easy go.
Yet somehow, a respectful friendship had formed between the two.
If Palila ever saw a Bibarel with a purple mohawk again, she'd know it was her friend from the forest.

"Now, onto the shops." Palila told herself, feeling a little more grounded now.