Participants:
Kiyli, a foxkin reporter
Maggie, a transplant from Earth
Vil, a former hockey player/ current teashop owner / icekin
Yuri, an immigration liaison who spent a few years on Earth
Kiyli: I’m not sure what this reader-submitted question means, but here goes… If you were a pokemon, which one would you be?
Vil: If were a what?
Yuri: You’d be a glaceon.
Maggie: That’s his eevolution, sure. But he’s clearly legendary. And obviously an ice-type. So I’m going with articuno.
Yuri: Okay, that is a better answer.
Vil: Will trust them on that.
Kiyli: Alright. How about you, Maggie?
Yuri: I see her as an espeon.
Maggie: Why are you so hung up on eevolutions? Yes, mine’s espeon. But overall, I currently see myself as a clefairy.
Kiyli: Because you’re a faerie?
Maggie: I mean, not really? There are a lot of fairy-types, that’s just the one with the word ‘fairy’ in its name. It’s more because I’m hard to find due to living on a remote mountain and hardly ever leaving my house. Also, I strongly prefer moonlight to sunlight. It’s easier to hide in.
Yuri: Also, everyone agrees she’s cute.
Vil: Probably cuter than a clefairy.
Maggie: Nothing’s cuter than a clefairy.
Yuri: Honestly? It’s known for its cuteness, but it’s not even the cutest pokemon. Have you seen shaymin? Way cuter. And you’re cuter than it. Plus, I’m not allergic to you. I suspect I’d be allergic to plant-types.
Maggie: Moving on… Yuri! Let me guess, you think you’re a sylveon?
Yuri: You don’t?
Maggie: Again, I’ll grant that as your obvious eevolution. It would be easy to say you’re a smeargle since you’re a painter, but I’m going with gardevoir. It will sacrifice itself to protect others, is very pretty, and even does that thing you do when you look up through your hair with only one eye visible.
Vil: He does do that.
Kiyli: He’s doing it right now.
Kiyli: I’m curious. Is there a (checks notes) pokemon that reminds you of me?
Yuri: I don’t know you very well and don’t want Maggie to make fun of me for suggesting flareon because you seem kind of fiery.
Maggie: She does seem fiery… I’m going to say braixen. On a surface level, it’s also a fox. And a fire-type. But also, with the exeption of smeargle’s brush tail, it’s the only pokemon I can think of that’s always holding something that could be used to write with. Except maybe delphox, but delphox’s stick is on fire.
Vil: Excuse me. Need to get something out of the oven… And I’ll heat heat some water if anyoe wants tea.
Maggie: OMG! I need to change my answer on Vil. The ice distracted me. More than that, he’s a caretaker.
Maggie and Yuri: (together) Chansey!
Maggie: Totally.
Kiyli: Vil, are those cheese pies?
Vil: Yep. Are Maggie’s favorite baked good.
Kiyli: Mine too! Declaring this topic closed in the interest of cheese pies!
