Riot picked up Swindler, holding the small Pokémon above his head to shield himself from the rain a bit. The Zigzagoon couldn't have cared less about the rain, as it happened to love it. A little ways ahead of them, Riot could make out the silhouettes of two Pokémon. One seemed to be a quadruped of some sort, while the other one seemed to be on two legs. Then, the two-legged Pokémon flew up in what Riot assumed was a nearby tree. Riot walked briskly toward the two Pokémon, still holding Swindler above his head as a makeshift Pokémon umbrella.
When he finally reached the two Pokémon, he recognized the quadruped to be a Mightyena, and as he looked up into the tree, he saw a Murkrow that seemed to be in some sort of suit. "Hey," Riot said coolly. "My trainer has gone missing, and I'm looking for answers. Have your trainers gone missing too?" he inquired, realizing he was still holding the small Zigzagoon above his head. He set Swindler down, pushing him toward a rock that he figured the little Pokémon would start playing with fairly quickly. "I'm Riot, and that's Swindler," he said, pointing first to himself and then to the Zigzagoon that had, as he'd predicted, begun playing with the rock.