sanityofthemind | For Dipping Dots

Eevee will have no choice. Here comes a Mareep to bowl it over as if it was nothing. "H-Hey! Sheep! Don't do that!"

Dipper came running up, donning rubber gloves, and pulled the bleating beast off of the poor little fox cat. "Stop attacking everything. That's not how you say hello! We talked about this."

Meanwhile, here Mabel was! As she tried to get the sheep off of the poor thing, Eevee simply gave a growl before attempting to shake off the Mareep!

"Dipper, what are we going to do? I don't want him to fight! It's going to hurt him!"

But even then, she knew that it was only a matter of time before he had to!

"He's gotta fight sometime. Mine do. Else everything in this world will eat you."

Pokédex entries back up the human eating thing. Finally the Mareep lays off and goes off to graze. "Plus, he'll evolve eventually if you want him to. And then it'll be more powerful. And probably cuter."

As Mabel look back at her Pokemon and the sheep, she just looked back at Dipper with a questioning look. "Really? It'll be even cuter than before? But I don't know, it really doesn't seem like it would be worth it to see him battle a lot."

Pause. "Everything else in this world eating me or not."

Dipper sighs, taking out his Dex. Time to show sis what she's missing out on. "There's Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon."

That last one was considered the cutest by everyone. Dipper just thought it was cool since it could decimate dragons.

As Mabel got a good look at them all? There was only one thing that was running through her mind! "That's a lot of -eons! Kind of sounds like someone must really like those three words!"

But the moment that she laid her eyes on Sylveon? That's when her eyes widen and gave out a loud squeal! "Oh my gosh, that one! That one is really really adorable! How do I get my Eevee to be that cute?!"

And then a pause. "...And how do I get it without having it fight too?"

"They're mutations of the same creature. Of course they're gonna sound the same!"

And Dipper was right. Sylveon was Mabel-level-cute. "Sylveon's the odd one out. You can get one by simply using affection. Brushing it, feeding it treats, all those things." He had taken extensive notes on how each one evolves. Guess who picked up an Ice Rock for his own Eevee?

"Sylveon's a fairy type, which are super strong against dragons. You sure you don't want it to fight?"

"Yeah but it still sounds like someone might have gotten on the -eon train and never left if you ask me. Choo choo!"

But with Mabel staring ever so closely at the new Pokemon before her, now she had to seriously think about her poor Eevee's future. So many choices, so little time here! "If that's all I need to do then that should be no problem! Mabel will make sure that all her Pokemon will be taken care of just fine!"

However, as she stared at her brother and back at her Eevee? That's when she just stared at him with disbelief! "Seriously? This cute little thing can fight against huge giant 10 foot dragons and still be as cute as it could be?

It's like the attack a herd of rabbits! You'll die of cute!"

"You know, they name themselves. Haven't you listened to your Eevee? All it knows how to say is it's name!"

Which is very annoying when you're asking you overpowered creature what it wants for breakfast. He always assumes it's waffles or pancakes. There has been no complaints so far. Except that one time with syrup. Syrup does not wash easily out of wool.

"Exactly! Fairy types are insanely powerful! And they're all Mabel-level cute!" Dipper can prove it via Dex. "So you gotta let it fight sometime if you want it to keep you safe."

"But how do you know if they know that? What if whoever named them just suddenly gave them that name and now they're stuck with it forever?! Oh those poor Pokemon, they don't even know how to say anything else! Oh the humanity!"

Okay, not really. Mabel was just being overdramatic at this point. (And she may or may not be humming some dramatic music out loud). But as she looked back at her Eevee and then back at Dipper, she still kept that pout on her face.

"I don't know. It still seems kind of iffy to me like I really don't want my Eevee to get hurt. And especially with a 10 foot dragon. Even if it does look kind of cool."

"Pokémon were created by some god Pokémon. If you wanna get mad at someone, get mad at that thing." Or, you know, whatever these creatures originally evolved from to be almost 700 different ones. Things he's studying up on, sis.

Now Dipper is the one to be dramatic with a loud sigh. "My other Pokémon fight, and some of them even evolved. They're meant to fight each other! It's like how cats and dogs always fight."

Bad comparison.

"Then maybe I should give this God Pokemon a piece of my mind or something. They better beware, Mabel is going to do allll the talking!" But based on the smirk on her face, she didn't seem to be serious. That and talking to a God? How was she going to handle that?!

But as Dipper stole her dramatic thunder, she mumbled some more. "That doesn't mean they can't get along! As long as I put them together in a huge giant t-shirt and tell them to get along, they'll have to eventually!"

Because that's just how she rolls!

Mabel, no. Please don't. You might call it cute or creepy and offend it.

"That's not going to work! They'll tear the shirt apart, and then each other!" Why can't you see that these are legitimately dangerous creatures that have been known to kill humans no matter how cute they seem?!

"Not when I'm around! If I can make a pig and a goat fall for each other, I'm pretty sure I can make sure two Pokemon will get along! And who said that they need to fight anyway?"

Sorry, Dipper, all you get is a smirk from Mabel as she’s totally confident about this! “You’re not changing my mind, I’m sticking with what I have! It’s going to take a miracle for me to think otherwise!”

Quick, think of something or else!

"Don't! If they're the same egg group, you're going to wind up with babies!"

Will that discourage you, Mabel?

"Or they could be weak to each other and they could die being too close. Like a Slugma! That thing is made of lava. Do you really want it to be touching one of you other Pokemon? You could burn them to death that way."

Okay, you win, Dipper. Just the mental image of seeing her poor Eevee and her future Pokemon dying that horrible way?! Without another thought, she quickly grabbed the dog and hugged it really tightly!

"But...but that's just...insta-scary bro! That's something I don't need to see! If I get this in my dreams tonight, I'm so blaming you!"

She said before petting said Eevee. "Shhh, it's okay, my mean old bro-bro isn't hurting you anymore. You're totally safe with me!"

"That's what's gonna happen if you try the t-shirt thing." He throws his hands in the air. "We watch horror movies scarier than that! How is that gonna give you nightmares?!"

And now she's coddling the thing. "If you don't want it to die like that, you need to train it. Or else you'll be the one dying like that."

Great, Dipper, you're going to make her want to go home right now. With the Eevee.

"I don't know but I'm not going to risk it! My poor Prince Fluffball, I promise that I won't let anyone ever in the whole entire world ever harm you! How could I? Now I'm a monster to even thinking that!!"

Don't mind Mabel, she's just having a moment. Although, she was hugging her Pokemon a little bit longer than the Eevee would like. "But if I do train it, it's still gonna hurt him. But I know he's going to get stronger but...it just seems so mean!"

Prince... Fluffball...

PRINCE FLUFFBALL.

Mabel, Pokemon are just as cruel as people. Your Eevee will not live that down. Be like Dipper. Name them after gods and minor deities. "You can use potions and PokeCenters to heal him instantly."

Yes, she named him Prince Fluffball. There's nothing wrong with that!

There's nothing wrong with naming Pokemon after cute things! At least she didn't call him Prince Fluffball Micheal Charles Edward the 8th or something.

"I could do that but...it's going to take a while to get use to. Even if they were meant for battle, it's still kind of hard to swallow seeing these really cute animals hurting one another." She said before looking down at her Eevee.

"How do you deal with that?"

That would have been waaaaay worse. Prince Fluffball it is.

He looks at Lamby for the answer. "I just let them do what they want to do. If Sheep wants to attack the other Pokémon, why should I stop him? If Prince Fuffball wants to fight, you should let him.

Might sound weird, but they can understand us. Some of them are as smart or smarter than people."

"Well, I know that! Of course they can understand us, that's why I don't want him to fight unless we really really have to!"

But at the same time, the more that Mabel thought about it? The more this was starting to sound rather familiar to her.

"That is the right thing to do...isn't it?"

Mabel, this conversation can go two ways. Dipper can agree with you, or he can disagree and have a good reason to disagree.

"The right thing to do is ask him yourself. If he wants to get stronger and fight, then don't stop him. If not... we'll figure something out."

It's the easiest thing to do. The last part is making him feel unsure about his own choices when it comes to battling now. Dipper needs to have a talk with his Pokémon again.

For a moment or two, Mabel didn't respond right away. Instead, she just looked back at her Eevee with a heavy heart. "Then what do you want to do? Do you want to fight or not?"

Of course, the Pokemon gave a happy chirp in response which only made the girl frown a little. As much as she didn't want him to fight, she didn't have a choice did she?

Her grip on the Pokemon loosen before she looked back to her brother with a soft smile. "...Alright, Dipstick, this sounds a lot like your forte. How do I get him to be stronger?" She doesn't like it but if that's what her Pokemon wants...

That in the end was easier than he thought. Dipper nods, hands on his hips. "Right. So first things first! What's his level?"

Then they can figure out the moveset and what level Pokémon Prince Fluffball can fight and beat. Or Dipper can use his own Pokémon to get Mabel used to battling.

"You can use your Dex to tell you. We gotta know the moves, too!"

Yup. This was off to a great start! Except not really because she just gave a shrug.

"How should I know? When I got here, I know that Prince Fluffball wouldn't leave my side and I just know that he was mine!"

But that didn't stop her from looking up her pokedex and searching through a bunch of stuff. "Man, this isn’t that much different from all that nerd stuff you do when you’re reading! But let’s see...something about a sand-attack, tackle, growl...and baby-doll eyes…?” Pause. “...Really….?”

"You always start with a level 5 Pokémon. Has he been training at all?"

Nerd stuff. Really? Rude.

"Baby-Doll Eyes is a Fairy type move. He's gotta learn that one to become a Sylveon. It's a prerequisite, just like there's different ones for Espeon and Umbreon, too. It's not an effective move in battle, but it's something he learns. When he turns into a Sylveon, he can learn Draining Kiss."

Ask him what that moves does!

Hey, she never really tried to play Pokemon like this before! You can't blame her! ...Maybe. Kind of. Somewhat. But that's not the point right now!!

"No, I've just been wandering around with him for the past couple of days! But he seems to be doing okay though." Nevermind that there was the occasional urge for him to fight and she had to calm him down but that was for another story.

Right now though?

"Draining kiss?" Blink blink. "Like what? It's a kiss that's suppose to drain other people? Hey, he's not going to turn into a vampire is he?" And here, she'll give a gasp! "That would make him into a vampire fairy type wouldn't it?"

Mabel, you are holding back a potential death machine. YOUR LITTLE DEATH MACHINE. Isn't that something potentially awesome?

Then again, Mabel would not care about death machines, would she.

"No? I don't think? It's supposed to drain health, not blood... so maybe an energy vampire?" That sounds even worse than a regular vampire. Please stop.

Perhaps but she still doesn't quite approve of it fighting! But she won't stop her Eevee from fighting if that's what he wants!

That and a cute little death machine sounds kind awesome. Fighting evil with nothing but a cute monster. How cool was that?

"Energy vampire?" See that? Now that was the sound of her brain ticking away from all the ideas running through her mind right now. "Then you know what? If we manage to get a cute fairy energy vampire out of Prince Fluffball, then I'm sold! It'll be only us against the world! Can't you feel how great it's going to be?!"

For better or for worse.

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