"Squirtle! (I'm back!)"
Squirtle returned to the lounge with a small insulated bubble box and pushed the door straight open.
He took out his own portion along with the free extra, then handed the remaining ice cream to Xin Mu to distribute to the other Pokémon.
As a foodie, he naturally claimed the free extra for himself. If it had been money or some special item, Squirtle could have given it all away without a second glance.
Even knowing those things could be exchanged for more food wouldn't change his mind. But when food was handed to him directly, everything was different.
"Squirtle. (I ran into that Champion you're fighting in a few days downstairs. She looked pretty dopey. Maybe she'll be easy to beat.)"
Squirtle stirred the ice cream in his bowl with his Wooden Spoon, mixing several flavors together before stuffing a spoonful into his mouth.
As the ice cream melted, Squirtle gave a muffled account of his encounter downstairs.
"You met Cynthia?"
"Squirtle... (If you mean that blonde on the poster, then yeah, I did.)"
Squirtle pointed at the hot-air balloon outside the window, which had a poster of Cynthia hanging from it. She was a celebrity here, so with the Champion battle approaching, that sort of promotion was hardly surprising.
The poster was supposed to promote the upcoming Champion battle, but Sinnoh was clearly more interested in Cynthia. The designer had also indulged their own preferences a little, leaving the proportions of the two figures rather unbalanced. "Meow. (It's not too bad, actually. At least in terms of types, my own types give me a pretty solid advantage.)"
In the Sinnoh Region, besides Garchomp, Cynthia frequently used Milotic, Gastrodon, Roserade, Spiritomb, and Lucario. Those Pokémon essentially made up one of her teams.
Togekiss, Porygon-Z, Glaceon, Eelektross,