trade for  how2101 for the clickbait eevees collab with  vinomath
How was like, "could you add another slot if i traded with you" and we were like "yeah, Bruv"

but anyways, have an accompanying story made by Vino The Math, himself.

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How was out in a department store, doing some simple shopping to make sure he had all the groceries he needed for the week. He enjoyed going to department stores over grocery ones so that he could browse around a bit more and potentially find something that he wouldn't be able to find elsewhere. Plus, it was simply more fun this way!

Not to mention the fact that it was the weekend, meaning that booths and free sample stands were set up. It was always How's favorite part about shopping at this particular location. From cold cuts to new beverages, there were all sorts of things the fox got to sample. There was one thing that was set up that How had never seen before.

It was a more traditional booth, rather than a simple table. The wood was painted with pictures of Eevees in all sorts of outfits, from shy and bashful to excitable and show off-y. There were all different kinds of evolutions as well such as a Leafeon in a two piece bathing suit and a Jolteon in a rather exotic looking robe. Pictures like this covered the entirety of the booth, including the inside!

Behind the counter of the booth, two Eevees would be blabbering on to each other. One was a Sylveon woman, wearing tight black pants and a pastel pink crop top and lavender eyeshadow. The other was an Espeon woman dressed almost identically, the only difference being her crop top having two straps on the sleeves instead of one and her eyeshadow being a darker shade of purple.

"So anyways, I was over at the electronics section and did you know that there's like, cameras that are not high definition? That's crazy to me!" Espeon said. "How could you let perfection be captured in anything that wasn't maximum resolution!"

"That's easy!" Sylveon retorted with a wave of her hand. "Just do the same thing we do now, edit it! Little paintbrush to make the fur pop more, remove any blemishes, make us look nice and pretty before we publish the picture! It's a win win situation!"

"You know I don't do any of that editing!" Espeon retorted. "Perfection like this is all natur-al!"

"Whatever you say, I'm too tired from last night to argue with you." Sylveon yawned.

"Was he really that fun you were out so late?"

"Not even a little! I had to do like, all the work to keep things interesting! He was soooo boring! I even tried playing Twister, he wouldn't even play! He just wanted to call out all the colors, that's like, the most boring role in Twister!"

"What a dud date!" Espeon nodded. "But that does give me the idea of a Clickbait Eevee wide game of Twister! We could use one of each on the mat!"

"Oh my gosh, yes!!" Sylveon exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down as she clapped her hands together. "That'd be soooo fun! I bet Glaceon is especially good at Twister!"

"I'm offended you didn't mention me!" Espeon shook her head. "Do you not remember how flexible I was when I was teaching you yoga?"

"Yeah, but this is Twister! Yoga is just like...a thing! There's no end goal! With Twister it's all about sabotaging your opponents by any means! And that's where my ol' reliable bows come in! I tickle them with them and BAM! They fall flat on their faces!"

"Here I thought you were better than cheating! Tsk Tsk!" Espeon crossed her arms and shook her head.

"All's fair in love and Twister!" Sylveon defended herself. "I'm just using my ribbons for an advantage, if people listened to me and got bows of their own than they could do the same! Until they see the light of bows, I'm the undefeated Twister champion!"

"The cheating Twister champion..." Espeon muttered under her breath.

"Excuse me, I'm not interrupting anything am I?" How spoke up, leaning his head into the booth.

"Nope! No Twister lessons here! And if you heard any of that than just pretend you didn't!" Sylveon jumped up.

"What she meant to say is no." Espeon smirked, looking the fox up and down.

"Good, because I was wondering what this is all about?" How questioned curiously.

"Oh, why didn't you just ask?" Sylveon asked with a giggle. "We're the Clickbait Eevees!"

"And more specifically, the two best members of the Clickbait Eevees! Make sure to remember Espeon is number one, Sylveon can be number two if she wants!"

"Hey! I am for sure number two! Who knows, maybe I'm number one! Bows are powerful after all!"

"Let's not get carried away!" Espeon retorted hastily. "Bows aren't even that good!"

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that!" Sylveon pouted and crossed her arms.

"I uh...what are the Clickbait Eevees?" How asked, hoping to break the awkwardness and tension.

"That's an easy question to answer!" Sylveon's demeanor went back to her usual excitable self. "We're the biggest social media influencers out there!"

"We make lists, articles, videos, everything! The people love us! Ooh, and they could love you to! You should totally join up with the Clickbait Eevees!"

"Oh my gossssh, yessss!" Sylveon nodded excitedly. "You should TOTALLY join us!"

"But...aren't the Clickbait Eevees supposed to be Eevees? Or is that just a name?"

"The Clickbait Eevees are equal opportunity...something or other!" Sylveon smiled.

"Yup! Eevee told us to just send any interested parties over to her and she'd tell them the rest!"

"You should go talk with Eevee!" Sylveon said with excitement. "She would TOTALLY love you! You'd be a great Clickbait Eevee!"

"Well, I didn't really have anything planned for the day..." How thought for a moment and chuckled. "Where is Eevee? It wouldn't hurt to get more information."

"Oh, I know this one for once!" Sylveon said excitedly, her tiny ribbon of a tail wagging. "She's at the Clickbait Eevee headquarters! She's filming a special today!"

"Special today!" Espeon chimed in at the same time as Sylveon said it. "See, I knew where she was to!"

"Where is the headquarters, exactly?" How asked, tilting his head.

"It's the big office building near the Steer & Buck!" Sylveon answered with just as much vigor.

"Yeah, you can't miss it! And there's that cute parking guard you tells you to stop double parking! I don't even know what that means!" Sylveon pouted. "But I just can't stay mad at him!"

"I moreso meant like an address or something like that?"

"Who remembers addresses anymore? Everything is digital!" Espeon waved a hand. "But you can have this business card Eevee told us to give people!" she held one out.

"Thanks, I'll...look it up I guess." How smiled awkwardly, accepting the card.

"And when you go, make sure to tell Eevee we remembered! She also told us that we'd never do it and I want her to be proud of us!"

"Yeah, remind her why we're the best! Remember I'm the bestest though~!" Espeon winked.

"Will...do." How gave a weak nod and smile. "I'll be seeing you around then."

"Buh bye!" Sylveon waved the fox off excitedly, Espeon doing so much more casually.

*****

After How finished checking out and loading up his car, he took a look at the card that Espeon had given him. The card was very similar to the booth, with a group picture of all of the Eevees together, with who appeared to be Eevee in the center looking fairly unamused by the antics the other Eevees were doing behind her. On the card were a phone number, URL to their website, as well as an address.

Despite how odd the interaction with Espeon and Sylveon was, How's curiosity was heightened, and he wanted to really see what the Clickbait Eevees were all about. He put the address into his GPS, and started heading towards the Clickbait Eevee headquarters. It wasn't as far away as he expected it to be, and How arrived in a little under ten minutes. With that, the fox made his way into the offices.

"Hello!" an Umbreon in a skirt and blouse spoke from behind a receptionist desk. "Welcome to the Clickbait Eevee headquarters and stuff! Do you want to be in a video?"

"I...don't know." How chuckled. "I was at the store and an Espeon and Sylveon told me to come here and talk to Eevee?"

"Ohhhh! You met Espy and Sylvy! Those two are so much fun!" Umbreon said back happily. "Last time we had a girls night out we traded bras! Good times..." she sighed happily.

"Uh...okay." How nodded slowly. "But erm...I was supposed to talk with Eevee?"

"Oh yeah! Sorry, it's easy to get lost in good memories! I'm still wearing Espeon's bra! It was too comfy, I didn't want to give it back!" she giggled, reaching to her phone. "Eevee, someone is here to see you! Should I send them to your office?"

"What? I told you to send them down to the recording set! I gave you one instruction!" a woman's voice, presumably Eevee's spoke from the other line. She sighed. "Just send them over."

"Will do! Say, did you want to come to Leafeon's birthday party? We're going to have a crazy - oh she hung up. I'll just invite her later." Umbreon waved her hand. "If you go up to level three than you can't miss her!"

"Thanks. Have a good...birthday." How nodded and smiled, leaving to the elevator and going up to the third floor as instructed. Once there, she was greeted by a large beach set with purple sand scattered all over it, complete with a rather large sandcastle among it all.

"Hello? Is anyone here? Eevee? Espeon and Sylveon sent me here?" How called out, starting to quietly and carefully walk through the set. However, there was no response. "Eevee? Anyone?" How continued to step around, calling out louder. Suddenly, he heard something fall behind him. His ears perked up as he turned to the source, still not seeing anyone. "Is this some weird prank?" How questioned as he turned back around.

"No pranks here." a woman's voice that matched the one from the phone earlier spoke, How seeing an Eevee in a blouse and skirt saying it, confirming that it had to be the Eevee everyone had been talking about.

"Gah!" How was surprised by the sudden appearance of Eevee, causing him to jump back in shock. However, How didn't exactly land well, which caused him to tumble and trip and fall right onto the sand castle, causing it to crumble under him.

"Oh man! I'm sorry!" How said hastily, turning to face Eevee.

"Don't you worry your furry little head about it!" Eevee smirked, looking at her clipboard.

As How went to push himself up, he wound up grabbing a clump of the sand. He looked down at it, unclenching his fist to let go of the sand. However, he noticed that the fur on his hand had started to shift in color. Instead of the dark blue, it was a bright orange color. How was more than a little taken aback by this, stammering out his words. "Uh...uh...Eevee...I...uh..."

"Ooohooooh, Flareon, since that's what you're gonna be called now, you'er gonna rebuild that whole thing, and you aren't going to move an inch until it's all perfect!" Eevee said happily.

With his whole body covered in the purple sand, no spot of his body would be spared from the transformation befalling him from his head to his toes.

The paw pads on How's hands would vanish underneath his fur, smoothing out as the light blue color shifted into a fiery orange that spread up both of his arms. The dark blue fur as well as the light blue stripes on his wrists and forearms would both be lost in the fur, now fully orange. The same would occur at How's feet. The paw pads vanished, with his paws and digits both growing larger. Like his hands, orange fur would take over the dark blue, growing up both of his legs with the two light blue circles at his knees being lost in the orange, just like the light blue on his arms.

At the base of his spine, a more significant transformation would befall How. The three of his fox tails all started to merge together, forming into one simple appendage. Now, How only had one large, bushy tail rather than three. Not only that, the light blue fur at the tip would mesh with the dark blue at the base before all lightening in color, becoming a yellowish beige color.

That wouldn't be the only place the yellowish beige hair would grow, as just under his neck furry fluff of that color would emerge and grow out, covering the entirety of his chest. More of How's fur would shift to the orange just like the other parts of his body, covering up both the light blue on his front and dark blue surrounding it. With that, How was fully covered in the orange fur as well as the beige at the chest, leaving only his head unchanged.

That wouldn't stay true for long. How's hair would go longer, as the slick forward would become a slick backwards. Not only that, his hair would become fuller, as it multiplied a bit and became thicker, all while the dark blue color, like his tail and chest, would become a yellowish beige. It grew fully between his ears, of which became a fair bit larger.

How's muzzle would shrink a fair bit in size, with his nose becoming larger as his muzzle became wider overall. The light blue markings on his fur would be gone, and just like the rest of his body it would transition into orange, along with the rest of the dark blue on his head. It continued to grow until he was fully coated in the orange fur, officially shifting How into a Flareon.

"But I'm weak to sand now..." How muttered out weakly, picking up a clump and letting it fall between his fingers.

"No, you're weak for the one and only Kinetic Sand!" Eevee said grandly. "We're bringing it back and you're supposed to be at the forefront! After all, the orange clashes perfect against the purple! You'd barely be able to see the sand if I kept you the way you were!"

"But I didn't even-"

"Shush!" Eevee held a finger up to How's muzzle. "You're making history here! You're the first of your kind!"

"I'm the first Flareon? That...doesn't sound right..." How was only more confused by Eevee.

"No, don't be ridiculous!" Eevee shook her head. "You're something much bigger than that! You're the first ever male Clickbait Eevee! A high honor I'm sure~!"

"Really? Aren't there a lot of you? How am I the first dude!?" How questioned, trying his best to not freak out.

"There really isn't! All the new recruits for our new advertising campaign have been female! Well, at least they are now. Maybe less so originally but that's not important! Welcome aboard the Clickbait Eevees Flareon! We do already have one so the other girls might call you Mister Flareon or try to flirt with you. Frankly I just try to ignore them. You can handle it however you want to."

"But I don't even know how to build a sand castle! Will this reverse when I'm done? I have so many questions!" How asked, looking hopefully up to Eevee.

"And I don't have time for all those answers! You broke Clickbait Eevee property so it's your job to fix it! That took me a long time...to convince Jolteon to build! And I don't want to deal with the headache again so it's on you to get it fixed! Once you finish rebuilding the sand castle we can talk contracts! But for now I believe you have a job to do!"

"Do I at least get a bucket?" How hoped, letting out a hefty sigh knowing he wouldn't convince Eevee to change her mind.

"Nope! What kind of content would that make for? The whole point is showing you having fun with Kinetic Sand! We want people to see how the product works after all! That's the whole reason we're set up here in the first place! And if we film someone who doesn't know how to build a good sand castle, then viewers can see how much fun it is even if you can't! Everyone wins!"

"I don't!" How complained, trying his best to build up the base of a building, failing as the sand crumbled on the weight of itself.

"You'll be singing a different tune once you receive your first Clickbait Eevee check!" Eevee said. "They're personalized so that the Eevee you are is on the check itself..." she paused for a moment. "That wasn't my idea that was Espeon's before I took over for them. I hate it but they ordered a thousand for each Eevee so we're stuck with them." Eevee shook her head. "Nevermind, that's not important. What's important is you provide quality content for our viewers so our advertisers are happy! We don't want the contract to go sour after all! Have fun with your Kinetic Sand!" Eevee said, waving How off and to himself.

"This is gonna take so long..." How muttered to himself and sighed, trying to build up the sand castle once more.

*****

"Oh my gossssh Espeon look!" Sylveon held her phone up to Espeon's face. "Eevee set up a stream for the purple thingie and looook! There's a male Eevee!"

"Ooh, he's cute!" Espeon looked the Flareon up and down. "I can't believe Eevee hired a male Eevee!"

"I knoooow! Oooh, we should invite him to Leafeon's party! That way we can meet them in person and see how cute they really are!"

"Okay but I called first dibs!" Espeon said.

"You can't do that! What if one of the Eevees at the office already did? We need verification!"

"Then let's get back to the office! No one is coming to the booth anyways, Eevee isn't going to know!"

"Yeah! She's always in her office anyways!" Sylveon jumped up. "Let's go!"

"Wait, I want to buy a new outfit first. I don't want to show up in my work top!"

"Ooh, good idea! Shopping break!"