It's autumn, and while most people stay inside to warm up and avoid the cold, Yenlei finds herself on a park bench, sipping a hot coffee and enjoying a light novel. She's dressed in a thick winter jacket, jean shorts with a fluffy edge, heat-trapping leggings and thick boots, and coupled with a puffy red scarf around her neck and some leather winter gloves. It was certainly a stark difference to the skimpy attire she normally wore back home, but given the colder climate here she knew she had to pick something warmer if she were to travel to Lumious City for a short vacation trip.

Despite being more bundled up than usual, she seemed quite relaxed, enjoying the atmosphere Lumious offered. Not too far from her was a family of three were having a cute little picnic on the grass, and further down, a group of tourists were following a guide headed towards Prism Tower, which she could easily see from her little bench. Further down the road, a group of mucisians were practicing a song she didn't recognize, and not too far from them a man was painting the landscape on an easel, though from this distance Yenlei couldn't quite tell how close to completion the man was.

Overall, the vibes in this park were quite pleasant, and as Yenlei leaned back just a bit more, she couldn't help but smile. While she had just started her vacation, things had gone quite smoothly for her so far, and with no real itinerary, she was free to do whatever she wanted, something Yenlei planned to maximize while here. She had heard Lumious City had quite the extensive clothing strip, and given the rise in popularity of the ZA Royale, Yenlei was itching to challenge herself a little and participate, at least for a few days.

After all, when in Lumious, do what the locals do, right?

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This is a recreation of an actual picture I took when I went to Paris last year, complete with the actual bench Yenlei's sitting at and the view of Prism Tower in the back, though the original pic is of the Eiffel Tower, which you can actually see here on my Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kynmedia.b...../3mgecuqs2j223
It was really fun, and though I did struggle quite a bit with the background, I think it turned out okay. Also, if you're wondering, the background itself isn't fully based on any one spot in Lumious, as I wanted to mix both ingame locations and the actual spot I took the original picture from, which is why the bench looks different from the ingame counterpart.

It also helps too that I recently started playing ZA, and it's been really fun just roaming around Lumious City, buying clothes and finding Pokemon milling around both in the wild areas and just here n there around the city. While I haven't progressed that far into the game yet, playing as far as I have has influenced the story a little, and who knows, maybe I'll even make a follow up based on it.

With that said, I hope y'all have a pleasant day, and see y'all around next week~ <3



Lumious City and Furfrou are from Pokemon
Yenlei is one of my sonas and art is done by me.