Have you watched the direct?

I have. Xenoblade Chronicles: What if? reflects trends at its finest.

(Somewhere in Erythia Sea….)

"So, are you telling me to buy your stuff?" Lanz said, looking down at a certain pink nopon.

"Nono! Friends no need to pay Monopon! Friends only need to enjoy Monopon's stuff!" The nopon, who named herself Monopon chirped cheerfully.

"Isn't that…mega suspicious…?" Sena said, tilting her head.

"No no! Oh, do friends like swimming?"

"Swimming? Hmm…feathers are indeed a bitch to dry, but…yeah, a good swim really helps to blow out body heat." Eunie nodded.

"And What Monopon have is just for friends who love swimming! It helps friends swim well and fun!"

"Hmmm…really?" Mio questioned.

"Well…I don't think it would be a bad thing…" Said Noah.

"Friends right! Then Monopon will start distribution! Friends will have the garments right away!"

"Uh…do we have to change here…?" Sena said with a slight blush.

"Yes!"

"What? Then…do we have to…strip….?"

"Sadly, not!"

"Sadly?" Said Mio, with a surprised tone.

"Don't mind! Friends know class change? Friends will have those garments right away like that! Then…prepare for…."

"Wait, prepare? I'm not prep…" Lanz said, shaking his hands.

"ACTION!" With Monopon's shouting, the place was soon covered in smoke.

"Gah!" Sena gasped.

"Is everybody alright?" Taion said.

"I…think…so…. Wait…the…smoke is clearing….?" Said Noah, shaking the smoke away with his arms. And…

He could not believe his eyes.

In front of him, there was the rest of the party.

In…different clothes from usual.

Mio was the first one to attract his attention. The jacket, the camisole, the skirt, and the black stocking she wore completely disappeared. Leaving her in a rather unique costume. She was wearing a white top highlighted with some orange colors. The top firmly held her bust, and got separated as it went down, baring her midriff. And the white skirt she usually wore changed into a shorter skirt with also some orange highlights. To add some charm, she had a white-orange band around her right thigh.

"M…Mio….?" Noah stuttered, blushing at the sight of his partner.

"Gah! Noah…why…why are shirtless….?" Mio gasped, also blushing at the sight.

"I am? Wait…what?" Just as Mio said. He was indeed, shirtless. But he still had black bottoms with some red on the side. They were extra tight than the usual one he wore, firmly covering his sturdy legs.

"Well…this…is…awkward…." Noah mumbled, seeing his bare chest on display. He looked around to see the other party members' costumes. The one that caught his attention was Sena.

"Wait…why is this thing so tight…? It's kinda…embarrassing….?" Sena said as she tried to cover herself.

"Sena, you legit expose everything except for your chest and your hips on a daily basis, and you call that embarrassing? They cover more skin than your usual attire." Lanz said, laughing. He was wearing a full-body type swimsuit, mostly black with some blue highlights. Lanz seemed to like it. The way the suit firmly covered his body reminded him of armor.

"But this is way more embarrassing than that! I feel…almost naked in this!" Sena shouted. Indeed, Sena feeling practically naked was natural, since the skin-tight bodysuit fully exposed her figure. She also had a full-body type swimsuit that only exposed her crystal and her arms. Unlike Lanz's one, her suit was made of blue, black, and sky-blue colors. She constantly turned her head around with her hands covering her body in embarrassment.

Until…she saw Eunie.

"Hey, love, you call that naked? Look at me, I'm literally in undergarments." Eunie snorted, showing her exposed body to the blue girl. Eunie's suit was rather…exposing among the girls. She was wearing a bright bikini, with the color of white, blue, and yellow. She had a blue tube-top-like garment covering her breasts under the white bra, and she had a white garment around her hips that covered her blue panties.

"Whoa…Eunie…that's…" Sena furiously blushed.

"So, how do I look?" Eunie said, turning around to show off her body.

"Ah…" Sena was speechless. "Um…isn't it embarrassing, to be exposed like that….?"

"Why would I? You know, I do have a body of a boss." Eunie giggled, slightly playing with her breasts.

"Eunie!" Sena covered her face.

"Anyway, hey, Taion, how do I… Damn, you look…a bit different than usual!" Eunie said.

"Do…I…?" Taion, the last member of the party, was wearing a rather unique costume. He had loose shorts on the bottoms, but the point was not there. He was a guy who didn't actually enjoy exposing his body, but he was at his peak. His top was also very loose, being separated to expose his chest. And on the exposed chest…

Was a blue crystal.

"Yo…. I never knew you were this ripped, four-eyes! And…by the way…since when do you have this crystal thingy…?" Eunie said, slowly approaching Taion.

"I…always had this…you know… And…Eunie…don't come too close…?"

"Why? You intimidated by my bossy body?" Eunie flirted, shaking her hips.

"When did Eunie learn that….?" Sena whispered.

"Dunno, I've known Eunie for 9 years, but… She's still hard to read sometimes…." Lanz replied.

"Hmmm…." Eunie hummed, as she was now directly in front of Taion, swaying her hips.

"E…Eunie…?"

"Hey, Taion….."

"Y…yeah….?"

"Can I touch your crystal thingy?"

"Wh…WHAT? W…why…?"

"Just curious, you know. I've always been curious about those every time when I saw Mio's and Sena's."

"Then…why me….?" Taion blushed.

"Why? Hmmm… Dunno, pure instinct. Or, are you embarrassed to be touched at your chest?"

"I…uh…I…"

"If you're embarrassed, you could touch mine in return!" Eunie smirked, lifting her breasts.

"EUNIE!"

"Was Eunie always like that….?" Mio whispered to Noah.

"Well…uh…eh… Dunno, she never offered me to touch her chest…" Noah whispered back.

"So, deal or not?" Eunie demanded.

"Uh…eh…ah?"

"If you don't accept this, I'm just gonna bust in. Got it?"

"How can I get it in this situation?!"

"Get used to it, Taion. Eunie is as Eunie does." Lanz said, laughing.

"Hey, that's my catchphrase!"

(Omake)

"Uh…miss Monopon….?" Juniper, the polite and calm commander of Colony Tau, asked, kneeling down to Monopon.

"What is it, friend Juniper?"

"Can…I…get swimsuits…too…? I heard Noah and his friends got them recently and they seem…pretty nice…"

"Sadly, no."

"No? Why…?"

"Because…playerpons would go nuts if friend Juniper gets swimsuit."

"Huh….?"

"Friend Juniper must protect playerpons' imagination."

"I…magination….?"

"Yes, imagination. Then gotta go!"

"Where…are you going…?"

"To Colony 0, friend Segiri requested some swimsuits for the colony."

"Why not me…?"

"Sorry, friend Juniper. Then toodles!"

Like that, Monopon disappeared.

Leaving the disappointed commander behind.

"Hah…why am I the only one who doesn't get cool things…."

Playerpons can't handle the they/them Agnussy