Giggle.

Nuzzle!

And off to work on the collars.

And soon enough, they're done!

Good! Garnet hasn't minded sharing, but it's of course better not to have to...

(She's taken to swimming with Vaporeon a lot, too - Garnet's not winning any races anytime soon, of course - but it's nice not needing to borrow either Intrepid or Stiletto's collar to chat.)

Speaking of competition- they've only got a few of the tougher battles left before their badge, right? Especially the water ones, Vaporeon can help a lot with those. 

One more qualifier then the leader, Misty, yeah.

Vaporeon is definitely up for helping with that. 

Having someone who can shrug off water attacks is an excellent expansion to their tactical options.

Heee. And doesn't leave them with a fire type as their only strong swimmer. 

They haven't had a pool match yet, but that will probably change.

And indeed, it does. Both their next challenge match and the final are in water arenas. The former is a little rough as they adapt to the setting, but for the latter they're able to scratch out a comfortable win.

Calls for a celebration!

Indeed it does.

Vaporeon would like to have their celebration dinner at the park, actually, she's in the mood to run around. 

That's perfectly doable. Spicy picnic celebration!

Heeee, awesome. 

She spends a lot of the picnic playing chase or hide and seek with whichever of the other eevees aren't too tired (most of them, and all of them at least some of the time; they're a high energy bunch, even if Vaporeon's got the others beat there).

All those peppers must go straight to her zoomies.

A valid theory. 

Hee.

...Does Vaporeon want a nickname?

Yeah!!!

All right. What kinds of names should they look at?

Deep hmmmm...

She doesn't really know. She likes pretty stuff, and soft stuff, and tasty stuff, but that's things she likes, not really what she is...

Naming yourself after something you like can be valid.

Giggle. "True. Though I think I want a name that sounds pretty, the most."

"We can attack it from the direction of the phonemes, if you know what sounds you like?"

Hum.

"I like b's, n's and m's... Also l's and r's and w's. Some other consonants aren't bad, too, though vocalized ones like b and d are prettiest."

"Don't care as much about vowels, though 'oo' and 'yu' sounds are really meh. Sounds like 'ih' and 'eh' and 'uh' flow well."

"Billow, willow, relative, miniature..."