Waves, sunshine, and a gentle breeze.
Wingull and Pelipper called as they flew overhead.
This was the Royal Wailord, a luxury cruise ship that had set out from Canalave City in Sinnoh. It was scheduled to pass through eight regions on its voyage around the world.
At the water park on the top deck.
Blissey lounged beneath a parasol in sunglasses while Baimu applied fur conditioner and Pokémon sunscreen to her.
Giant Steelix lay coiled nearby, its entire body so polished it gleamed like a mirror, as though someone had taken an angle grinder to its surface.
Several little kids in swim trunks stared at it in awe, not daring to raise their toy water guns.
Straight ahead.
In the crystal-clear pool.
Shiny Milotic and the Dreepy siblings splashed about happily, racing to see who could swim from one end to the other fastest.
The three Pokémon shot through the water like torpedoes of different sizes, their wakes driving many other swimmers and Pokémon back.
But no one minded. Instead, they cheered enthusiastically for Milotic, who had captivated them all.
A little farther away.
"Graar~"
Aggron patiently taught Shiny Gengar to swim. Gengar's short, stubby legs kicked furiously, making it look as though he was working hard, but he barely moved at all.
Swimming under his own power clearly didn't suit Gray Fatso.
"Geng..."
He struggled for a moment, then looked pitifully at Aggron.
Aggron broke into an awkward sweat. Glancing around, he spotted a father teaching his child to swim far off in the distance. Silently, he reached out to hold Gengar's pudgy paw, backing away while encouraging him to keep kicking.
There was an indescribable harmony to the scene.
Even the father and son in the distance stopped to watch them with interest.
The child pointed their way