☆22☆ [Video/Action for Route 40]

[Today at the beach, there is a certain lazy mage sitting on a jetty, kind of just staring at the sky aimlessly. In fact, that's what the camera is pointed toward - the afternoon sky.]

Haa... This is the first time I've ever been to the beach just to relax. I mean, sure, I've set foot... er, well, washed up on one after shipwrecking and nearly drowning, anyway... but that was just passing through, really.

This... is kinda nice, you know? Would make a good place for an afternoon nap.

[The camera is turned to get a nice view of an Absol by the water's edge. He creeps close to the edge of the surf and slowly, nervously pokes his paw toward it... and then the wave washes up a little too high before he's ready, and he leaps away, only to start creeping closer again a couple minutes later.]

And everyone seems to be having fun, so that's a good thing...

["Fairy!" Oh, there's a familiar voice just off camera... sounding almost as though she's flying toward it.]

Eh? Rose, what are-- wait a-- ROSE!!

[The Pokégear goes flying toward the sand, and all that can be heard is a loud splash. Conveniently, however, the video ends up pointed toward said splash, which continues into a few seconds of thrashing about in the water. And then when Ryner finally gets himself upright, Rose perched with her usual expression of cheerful innocence on his shoulder... well, he looks like a bit of a drowned rat.]

What was that for, Rose?! If you wanted someone to go in the water with you, you could have just asked one of the others, you know!