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Red-san, would it be okay if I came to visit for a little while today?

Yeah, sure. Go right ahead. [ Maybe he should clean up a bit.

Or maybe not. ]

Okay!

Umm... What is your address?

Thor 103, paid. [ Though he should probably move into the other one since no one lives there anymore other than him, Charizard, Pikachu, and Louis. ]

Okay! I'll be there soon!

[AND SO SHE IS. Not long later, there's knocking at your door!]

[ And he'll be opening the door now! Also going to wave and let her in.

Pikachu obviously comes scurrying in, flailing happily at Hibiki. ]

[She gives a wave to them both before stepping in. There's something a little different about how she looks today... Is it the hair? The clothes?

Maybe the sleeping Cyndaquil on her head?

Either way, she's also got a small cloth bag in her hands, which she holds out happily to Red.]

Happy Holidays! These are for you! I hope there's enough...!

[You have obtained 1xBag of Cookies (Chocolate Chip)! And she even made some smaller extra ones for Pikachu to enjoy as well!]

[ A CYNDAQUIL--wait a minute. ]

... Is this for Christmas? [ This is more important at the moment when he accepts her bag. He doesn't even check it (he'll do that later), but he needs to know.

Time has passed so oddly, that he wasn't even sure. Asgard is too weird. ]

Uh-huh! It started out cold when we first got here, so I thought that since it got cold again, it must be time for the holidays.

[The festive lights were also a hint.]

... I thought they were trying to trick us. [ IT SEEMED TOO SHORT TO HIM. ]

But thanks. [ Let him see it and take a bite.

And maybe eat the whole cookie and gobble some more-- ] So it hatched?

Trick us...? [It never even occurred to her. But her confusion quickly changes to an expression of relief. Good, he seems to enjoy the cookies!]

Yes, he hatched very recently!

[ THE GODS ARE TRICKSTERS...! ]

And it's a he. [ Not too surprising, but he'll take a closer look. ] Does he have a name?

I... think it's a he, at least.

[It is, she just doesn't know how to... identify him as such. He yawns in Red's face when he moves closer.]

His name is Fiery!

That's a good name. [ He'll pet the Cyndaquil lightly behind... He has no ears, so his head?? ]

It is probably a he though.

I'm glad... I really had no idea what to call him.

[Fiery seems to enjoy headpats just as much as his Trainer.]

Cyn, Cyndaquil!

Umm... You can't tell either, Red-san?

I would need to take a closer look at him... But Cyndaquils don't really have much of a gender difference. [ At least from what he remembers, Ethan's Typhlosion looked like any other one, to be honest. ]

They don't? But somebody was saying there was a thing you had to check...

[Aka Leaf talking about Pokemon's... bits...]

... ... ... ... ... ? [ That doesn't exist in Pokemon, Hibiki.

Breeding happens in the cosmos where Arceus blesses the parents with an egg. Shhhhhhhhhh. Either way, he looks at her a bit confused before tilting his head. ]

...I didn't really get the explanation either, so I'm... not sure...

It's all right. You usually just know. [ RED, THAT DOESN'T HELP. Pikachu will be running out because he senses another presence. ]

Trust your instincts.

Oh. Then... I-I guess it would be a boy!

[Oh hi there Pikachu. Fiery gives a squeak of greeting.]

[ Pikachu easily sideyes the new Cyndaquil because... OH GOD IT'S A BABY.

OH NO, IT'S CUTE. ]

Even if he wasn't, Fiery doesn't really sound gender specific, I think.

[Just listen to that adorable yawn! Baby needs a nap. ...Another nap.]

I-I guess so... It just seems kind of weird not to know what gender your own Pokemon is.

[ Pikachu wishes to hold the baby... Arms open and raised, he looks up to Hibiki with a beaming face. ]

I guess so. [ Let him try to think of a time he mistaken one pokemon to be of a different gender. ] But would you like anything to eat?

You and Fiery...

[Oh... He wants to hold Fiery? She very carefully takes him down off of her head and holds him out to Pikachu.]

I'll be fine, I think. I don't want to trouble you for food or anything...

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