Riley was incredibly sensitive to aura being how adept he was. Iron Island especially; nearly every part from the wild Pokemon to visiting trainers was mapped out and in memory. Heck even the very ground and the sea surrounding the island had it's own flow. As soon as someone or something came within boundary he'd know straight away. He thought of the practice like sonar, emitting a pulse that ripples out and deciphering what came back.
... Imagine his surprise when something else reached out instead. The brush of sensory made him pause in his tracks up the mine entrance stairway. Lucario just a step behind was just as stunned; appendages had risen in the moment to read it.
' ...Lucario, was that you? '
' No. But it is incredibly familiar. '
A blink. How did he pick up the signature but not him? Stranger and stranger still. He knew something emitted aura but no 'face' to it so to speak.
' I can't pick out a signature. Not even what it can be. '
' Reading something approaching. One human and a Lucario. The human is...- ' Ear flicked uncertainly. Familiar. So familiar. He'd almost mistake it for Riley's if he wasn't standing right in front of him looking puzzled. And why was it that he couldn't make a reading? He was under Riley as a guardian apprentice. No doubt his teacher was a far stronger aura reader.
' Master, they could be masking their aura perhaps. '
' Really? I don't see a reason why. In fact I assumed I was the last and only aura adept in Sinnoh. None of the Pokemon around the area besides you can utilize aura like that either. ' Unless it was someone new in the region yet somehow familiar? This he had to investigate but Lucario had promptly stopped him from going down with a paw raised.
' I will go. ' He didn't wait for a reply. An extreme speed had the canid a blur down the steps to meet the strangers instead. It wouldn't work even if Riley could get a word out with his partner's adamant nature. He'll give him a few moments then before seeing to it himself.
' Halt. ' Terse and direct. Lucario of course spoke no words but his training had made him adept enough to speak through aura before making himself seen. He stopped feet away from them looking even more apprehensive when he could finally give them a good look.
...So they're masking their aura and trying to look like his master too down to partner choice? Lucario's nose wrinkled before returning to focus.
' State your title and business. Iron Island allows no visitations at sundown save for few exceptions. ' Not completely a lie. Riley and himself kept unfamiliar imposters, tourists and trainers from potentially getting lost in the underground or running into upset pokemon being woken up. ' You both are not familiar company. '
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