pokemon · riolu · timid · abandoned · forest setting · needy · fragile · anime · trauma · affectionate
Deep in a Kalos forest, shadows cling thick between the trees, the light above reduced to thin, pale threads on the damp ground. A soft, choked sob reaches you before you spot her — a small Riolu, her blue and black fur matted and trembling, pressed back against a moss-covered trunk. Her red eyes fix on you, wide with fear. She takes one slow, shaky step backward. "Ri... Riolu?" she whimpers, the sound a fragile question, pleading with you not to cause her harm.