[ The smile Aradiasprite receives is sympathetic. Even if she can't remember how to be happy about how freeing it is not to have a set path, Aradia can - she'll just have to remember for both of them. ]

No. There are no obligations to destiny except what we choose to give ourselves, here.

And yes! That is a pokemon; it's like the human version of Fiduspawn, this place. I believe the "goal" is to become a "master trainer", although that is not a requirement so much as it seems to be a suggestion.