The Pokemon Philosophy

[Isabelle]

“So he told me a prime can do anything” Lopunny said, “but I’m having troubles thinking up things to do.”
Lopunny sits on a goron’s knee, neck deep in steaming water. Surrounding her was a dozen or so other gorons all sitting around, partially submerged in the natural bath. Half were giving her their full attention, while the other half were lost in their own bliss.
“I’ve never had to make a decision like this before. It’s just a lot to take in.”
“We’ve all heard stories from travelers, goro.” Stated one very big Goron. “Some have become the greatest of heroes, while others have become the wickedest of villains. While it would be foolish to think every prime is stronger than everyone else, it’s hard to deny that they have a power that a lot of us lack.”
Lopunny thought to herself. She knew she couldn’t become a villain. That she knew for sure. But she didn’t think she had the capacity to be a hero; too weak and too cowardly to do anything great. The owner of the knee she was sitting on noticed the look on her face, and reached out to pat her on the head.
“Don’t worry bunny Goro,” the short but muscular goron spoke, “You’ll discover your story. Just be patient!”
“Thank you.” She said rather sheepishly, moving in to give him a big hug.

There was a brief silence in the group, before the muscular goron spoke up again.
“We’re glad you’ve decided to come here with us.” He started. “So few of our female visitors decide to join in our hot spring gatherings.”
“Well, when would I ever get to go to a hot spring again?” She replied. “My master used to take me to the bathhouse all the time until a bunch of human girls started to call him a creeper; whatever that means. Humans are weird like that.”

“Hey guys!” Said a voice ringing out from nowhere. Lopunny turned to see where it’s from, and out appears three koopas, a red one, a green one, and a blue one. They all sit down into one of the shallow ends of the spring. The green one was donning a familiar pair of glasses.
“Duggery!” She yelled out from across the spring waving frantically gleaming with joy at a familiar face.
“Lopunny?” He said, the other two koopas looking up from hearing the name. “Hey, it’s Lopunny!”
She swam all the way to their end of the pool, sat herself down next to duggery and gives him a big hug. The other two koopas dons smiles themselves.
“I didn’t think I’d see you guys again!” Lopuuny said, snuggling the koopa.
“We were worried about you, where did you go?”
“Oh! Well, I realized I was late for something time sensitive, had to get going.” She explained
The gorons look on with curiousity.
“You’ve met these Koopas, Lopunny?” Asked a random goron.
“Oh it was amazing!” Duggery started with excitement, “she put on a dance show for King Koopa and hundreds of his subjects! I’ve never seen acrobatics like that outside the battlefield! Even Bowser was impressed!”
“Wohoho goro!” Laughed the small but muscular goron. “And you were acting as if you had no talents.”
Lopunny chuckle lightly, smiling with a bit of a blush. She thought about her time performing in front of the koopas. She remembered how much joy she had towards the end of the dance.
‘If all else fails,’ she thought, ‘I could always change the world on stage…’
She submerged deeper into the water, a blissful smile brought upon by the thought.

But another creature entering the water interrupted her thoughts. All eyes turned to the source and it was Medicham.
“Sorry I’m late,” he said, getting comfortable in the water. “Had to do some prep work for tomorrow’s training.”
“Medicham, hi!” Lopunny yelled, waving.
He took one concerned look at Lopunny and then looked puzzled at the rest of the group.
“I thought this was an all male thing…” He said.
“That was never the rule actually.” Said Duggery, “Just the standard.”
“We should sit together Medi!” She moved in closer and gives him a big old bear hug. “I was just telling them about today not to long-”
But medicham shoves her off.
“On second thought, I’m not in the mood for hot tub.”
He promptly climbs out. Lopunny is puzzled at what she could have possibly done wrong. Meanwhile, the koopas are laughing uproariously.

A few dozen yards from the hot spring, Medicham is storming off, his face red.
“That girl… huff ...is too forward.” He spat out