They are indeed from the new Pokemon game, the girl on the right is Taunie, the main rival if you pick the “male” player character, who is the girl on the left. The game doesn’t lock fashion options to player gender choice for the first time in Pokemon (technically neither did Scarlet/Violet but all that game had was school uniforms and accessories) letting you choose to dress fully fem regardless of which protagonist you pick, which is why these characters were picked for this comic!

The Champagne region is in France.

That’s a pretty reductive take, the Rook 2020 is very similar in print capabilities to a v0.2 with the same build volume, similar print speeds and quality, but is intended to be an open-frame PLA printer while the v0.2 is intended to be an enclosed ABS printer. Which is better really comes down to what you want to print with it. My self-sourced Rook 2020 Mk1 has been a reliable workhorse for PLA, PETG and TPU for over 2 years now with minimal maintenance.

I especially enjoy the one that says “Mr. and his Beast Laser”, implying that his first name is Mr. and his surname is Beast

“Genderfaun” is one I’ve heard before!