Interview with Mizuhime

Interview and flavor by GGamer745. Art by Andrew.

After chatting on the phone, Mizuhime and I agreed to meet up for an interview this evening inside the Food Court at the local mall. On my way there, I began to wonder why I had her name as Water Princess on my phone... Anyway, I ended up being 5 minutes late. How unprofessional of me... I glanced toward the Doubles Queen herself sitting at a nearby table as soon as I walked into the Food Court. We went ahead and traded hellos as I sat on the opposite seat and began.

First off, did you ever expect to get this far?

Well, I wasn't originally even in the open I was just a sub. This actually really upset me because my goal was to win the entire thing, but as we can both see, that plan fell just a little short.

You don't really see subs making it to the finals all that often. Certainly a great feat. But then again, this is Mizuhime.

Ah, I see. It seems you did pretty well, though, considering you reached the finals!

Can't complain too much about the results; if I had to lose I'm glad it was to TFC. He's been one of my friends for a long time on Smogon, and I know he's a very good Doubles player.

It was bound to be an intense series. I made a mental note to watch the replays for some possible inspiration.

Alright, interesting. So , how did you prepare for each round?

Well, I didn't really prepare for my matches. I only prepared for my set against TFC because I had a general idea of what he would bring. Every other round, I used the exact same teams that are all like 4 or 5 months old by this point.

Considering you reached finals it must've been quite surprising for you, no?

Because of my lack of preparation?

I simply nodded. Intriguing indeed.

Well, yes and no; yes because I was too lazy to build teams, no because I got a few "singles" players in the later rounds that didn't know what my Pokemon would do, as my teams aren't exactly the definition of standard. That and Choice Specs Sylveon + Mega Kangaskhan is really good.

I simply nodded at her response. For some reason, I felt my stomach rumble a bit. Not that it affected the conversation, but... Dang, I was so hungry!

I see. I was just about to ask what sets or teams did you well, haha.

My most known team and the team I shared with all of my friends who asked me for one, Mega Kangaskhan, Choice Specs Sylveon, Choice Band Gyarados, Bulky Thundurus, Substitute Heatran, and Haban Berry Hydreigon.

Suddenly a ringtone could be heard, apparently coming from Mizuhime.

Mind if I take this for like 20 minutes? I'll be back in a bit.

Ah, alright.

I patiently awaited her to finish. In the meantime I began glancing over Subway's menu. I hoped I had enough money for a footlong.

Back, real sorry about that. Shall we continue?

Alright.

I quickly regained focus and glanced over my notepad. It seems I only had a single question left to ask, haha.

The team seems pretty solid. Lastly, what would've been on your mind if you had managed to beat TFC?

Well, I'm not exactly sure. Probably that I had actually pulled off the 3/3 dream for IDM, 3/3 being winning 3 out of the 3 finished opens thus far. Probably would have been really happy, but I wasn't even upset that I lost really, I was just happy for having a good set.

An answer I'd expect from the Doubles Queen herself. Or, Water Princess... Argh, whatever. I went ahead and gave a smile.

That's great to hear. Alright, so anything else you'd like to add before we wrap this up?

I would like to say thank you to Bloo and Hugo for helping me prepare for finals; they aren't known as Doubles players, but both of them are very good at anything they do. I would also like to thank anyone who was pulling for me to win in the end, you're all awesome :]

I went ahead and thanked her for agreeing to do this interview, stood up from my seat, ready to take my leave. This being my first interview, it was quite the thrill! Though I feel as if I forgot something... Ah, to congratulate her on reaching the finals. A little embarrassing, but I can't look back now. Time for a sandwich.