Meh

dragon bard x fire dancer

(complementary rpg classes)

both at a similar stage in life 

(i.e. trying to kick start their careers but facing unlucky setbacks)

both got plans to travel 

(volcanoes and dance school for Kiawe; music tours for Ryuki)

so their lifestyles can match up pretty easily!

tradition vs change

(as a shared literary conflict)

it’s cute how Marowak is a fan of Ryuki’s music

they’d never have to run up the heating bill for Gible hatchlings, bc of Kiawe’s Magmar and Talonflame with flame bodies

Kiawe has experience with dragons (Charizard, Salazzle, anipoke Turtonator)

Ryuki needs support and Kiawe is reverent and supportive

Kiawe has a lonely disposition and Ryuki fills a room with his presence

Alola’s trial captains 🤝 that one guy who wanted to be a gym leader

similar to Pasio trios, but not really

+ Ilima & Kiawe - Ryuki tends to befriend trainers with a stage presence (e.g Lisia and Roxie). So while in Alola he’d naturally be drawn to Ilima and Kiawe. They all do performance art so they’re basically kindred spirits.

+ Klara & Piers - there's a crack theory about Ryuki being a fake guitarist, evident as a) he only airguitars, b) his flower name means lie (but also truth and danger). Yes, game!Ryuki has fans, but it doesn’t falsify the theory. No one has truly witnessed Ryuki playing an instrument. He could be famed for showmanship alone, who knows? So to recap, we’ve got: Piers’s voiceless mic, Ryuki playing on nothing, and Klara sulkquitting her pop career too early. Top quality musicians, these three. A lovely mess.

like it skipped a generation to create an echo

so... what if gen 9's power mechanic is something dance or music related, to parallel alola's z moves? 

which would fit perfectly if the region was based on india (do I have to explain why?)