From: Saint (Saint84_98@yahoo.com)
Subject: [PW!] A Few Misadventures in Celadon
Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon
Date: 2000/06/07
The sun was just beginning to set as Taron and his two friends,
Suik and Procyon, entered Celadon City. "Whew, we're finally here."
Procyon said as the stared about one of the two biggests cities in the
country. Procyon looked around a whistled in an impressed tone.
"It's pretty big, in fact it's huge." He muttered, Suik nodded
in agreement. Taron shrugged. He attempted to stifle a yawn but failed.
Suik grinned, "Hmm maybe we should find a hotel or something. "
"Yeah, I heard there's a pretty good one somewhere around here."
Taron said looking around the crowded streets of the emerald colored
city. Procyon shook his head, "I don't know about you guys but I sure
can't afford a night in one of those places. I say we just stay at the
pokecenter like we always do. The rooms there aren't that bad." This
was agreed upon and the three of them push through the traffic of people
walking to and from stores , going home from work or just going for an
evening stroll. After about ten or fifteen minutes of walking, the trio
reached the center. They pushed open the doors and entered. They walked
up to the front desk where the resident Nurse Joy was waiting.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center." She said in that nearly
permanent pleasent voice that all Nurse joys have. They each
acknowledged her greeting then asked to have their pokemon healed. She
handed each of them a metal tray with six pokeball sized holes in it.
They placed their pokemon in them and handed hem back.
"Oh and one more thing, we'd like a room for the night please."
Procyon asked.
Nurse Joy nodded and handed Suik a small key.
"I'm sorry, but we're so full that you three will have to share
a room. Room 316 down that hall." She said pointing off to the left.
They nodded and walked down the corridor. Suik unlocked the door and
pushed it open. Inside the rooms was a pair of bunkbeds, (and the usual
furnishings that go with such things, sheets pillows etc) a TV and
nothing more. Taron laid his bag on one of the bunkbeds, then turned to
leave the room.
"Where are you going?" Procyon asked.
"Bathroom," he said and left. Taron walked down the hall and
stopped at where the bathrooms were. Unfortunatly for Taron, the signs
didn't have Braille translations so he didn't know which one was which.
"Hmm, eeny meeny miney moe, uhh that one." He said as he walked in,
muttering about inconsiderate public places
Procyon and Suik where laying on their respective bunks watching
TV and making plans to go somewhere in town as soon as Taron got back.
Suik was channel surfing just as a high pitched female sounding scream
came blasting in from somewhere near the lobby. The next thing they
heard was Taron, right outside the door, yelling frantically. "Sorry
lady, didn't mean too, I swear I didn't see anything." The door then
sung open and Taron burst into the room panting.
He frowned and glared at his two travelling companions. "Shut up,
I don't want to hear one word." Procyon grinned and Suik snorted,
trying to hold back the burst of laughter that was threatening to
escape.
The three of them left the pokecenter a few minutes later. "I
suppose we could hit the Mall, or maybe the Casino." Suik said.
"Don't you have to be 18 for that?" Procyon asked.
"Not around here."
The three of them decided to go to the Mall. They had just
started walking when someone shoved roughly into Taron. "Watch where
you're going," he muttered, then turned to walk away. He was then
shoved more roughly.
"Hey shut up, you ran into me Shades, why are you wearing those
anyway? It's almost dark out, you trying to be cool or something?"
Taron whipped off his shades and turned to face the guy. By this time a
growing crowd of spectators was starting to assemble.
"I'm blind, so I'd appreciate if you'd shut up about it. Kay?"
The other guy laughed.
"Hey, sorry Shades, didn't mean to upset you or anything." He
said sarcastically. Taron rolled his blind eyes and started to walk
away.
"I don't think so pal, you ain't leavin' just yet. I want to
battle." The other guy said grabbing Taron's shoulder. Taron laughed.
"Battle? With you? Why waste my time?" He then started to walk
away.
"Buck, buck buck bucaw!" The guy called flapping his elbows and
strutting around like, well, like a chicken.
"Okay, you want a battle? You got it. Four on four. Ok?"
Taron said taking a pokeball out.
"Fine by me Shades," the guy said, doing likewise. Taron
wound up the throw like a professional pitcher, Then chucked th
pokeball. "Okay Pierre, It's go time!" The ball cracked open to let his
Butterfree loose.
"I choose you, Meowth." A white feline pokemon with a golden
coin on it's head appeared. Procyon took out his pokedex, and did what
Procyon always does. Write an entry for it.
"Okay Pierre, tackle it." His butterfree nodded and launched
itself forward being propelled by it's wings. The scratchcat pokemon
evaded the attack rather easily though.
"Okay Meowth, use a Fury Swipes." It nodded and leaped upon it's
opponent scratching it furiously. Taron's butterfree sat there for a
moment, dazed. It shook itself off and waited for its next command.
"Solar Beam!" Pierre nodded and began collecting what little
sunlight there was into its body for use in the next round.
"Pay Day!" the guy yelled and instantly a stream of golden coins
shot from it and struck Pierre. The coins then scattered about the
street, being picked up by the spectators.
"I hope that's local currency." Taron commented as Pierre let
lose the gigantic beam of Solar energy. The meowth staggered, but
remained standing.
"Scratch." the command was issued. The pokemon leaped, claws
glinting in the pale light of the street lamp above.
"Confusion!" Taron called. Pierre closed it's eyes and the air
around it rippled, Meowth was blown back a few feet, landed, skidded a
few more feet, then didn't get up.
"Meowth, return." the audience applauded. Procyon cheered.
Another pokeball was pitched into the area. A call of "Bzeedrill."
announced what had been chosen. Taron smirked to himself.
"Confusion!" Once again, the air arround Pierre rippled and
swayed. The Beedrill staggered and fell.
"One hit KO, taken down on the word go." Someone shouted from
the mob of people standing around them.
"Well, it was a rookie mistake." Someone else chuckled. But
then the Beedrill gasped and buzzed back up. Applause greeted this turn
of events.
"Agility, then Double Team!" The Beedrills outline blurred
until there appeared to be three of him, then they all used Agility.
They began to circle Pierre. Suddenly there was at least fifteen
Beedrills. Taron considered his next move. What to do, what to do?
"What's the matter Trainer?" That guy from the crowd
yelled again. Taron couldn't think of what to do, Solar Beam wouldn't
work. There was no sun. And Tackle was bound to miss. He was about to
order a Confusion attack when Pierre took matters into his own hands. It
flew into the air and flapped it's wings, sending a shower of powder
onto the still circling Beedrill. It jerked to a stop, a fluttered down
to the ground, asleep.
"Cool, it just learned Sleep Powder." Procyon said. Taron's
opponent recalled it grudgingly.
Another pokeball was thrown and a Charmeleon appeared. Procyon studied
it eagerly.
"Firespin!" A stream of flame emmitted from the lizard pokemon,
which surrounded Pierre, when it dissapated, Pierre had fainted.
"Oh and it goes down after a good fight." This last statement
was met with a resounding call of "Shut up!"
Taron recalled his pokemon silently, then considered his next
move carefully. "Go, Rampage." He threw down the pokeball. His Tauros
appeared with a snort.
"Charmeleon, Fire Blast"
"Stomp Attack!"
A large star of flame errupted from Charmeleon's mouth, just
as Rampage began it's charge. Rampage ran right through the wave of fire
and landed a harsh mule kick right to Charmeleon's jaw. Rampage's flank
became a bit singed from the encounter but it was otherwise fine.
"Flamethrower."
"Tackle!" Rampage charged the fire demon just as it was
about to launch a stream of fire towards it. Rampage was just about to
knock over it's opponent when the fire errupted from it's body. The
resulting flame sent Rampage flying back. Rampage got back to it's feet
and snorted with contempt. Charmeleon hissed a reply, flexed it's
muscles and began to glow, which lighted up the immediate vicinity. It
began to grow considerably larger, what's more it now sported a longer
neck a magnificint bat-like wings.
"CHARIZARD!" It yelled and blew a think column of fire into the
air. It flapped it's new wings, causing a blasting gust of wind to
errupt in the area.
"Rampage, Tackle it quick!" Rampage snorted and
charged the fire dragon. Charizard chuckled and put out one hand to stop
it by pushing back on it's head. It then grabbed Rampage by the horns
(no dumb puns please) picked it up, spun it around and tossed it out of
the ring. Taron recalled it quickly before it crashed into anything and
caused any structural damage to any of the buildings nearby.
"Go Borealis!" He pitched his third pokeball into the ring, it
burst open to release his Seel, Borealis. "Aurora Beam!" Taron shouted.
A brilliant shimmering multi-colored beam shot out of Borealis's horn
and struck the Charizard. The natural body heat of the animal melted
the beam as it drew near, however since it's a Flying type as well it
still caused some damage. It shook it's head and snorted a puff od
smoke.
"Slash attack!
"Headbutt." Borealis launched itself at the dragon, getting
scratched by it's long claws right before the horn protruding from its
head struck it in the chest. It let out a gasp as it fell backwards,
skidded on the ground, and didn't get back up. Borealis panted as it
waited for its next opponent.
"Go, Pikachu!" This was a last ditch effort. It all came down to
this little electric rodent.
"Thunder!" And from the darkened clouds of the nightime sky a
loud booming roar was heard, accompanied by a cry on a much smaller
scale.
"PIKACHU!" Then, the clouds above swirled into a funnel-like
form, from the center of which came a lightning bolt screaming towards
its intended target, Taron's small, helpless Seel.
"Borealis ret-" Taron had tried to save his pokemon from the
strike, but he had been to slow. A large cloud of smoke obscured the
vison of those present who had it. When it cleared there lay Taron's
seel, slightly blackened. He recalled it silently.
"Let's go Tumbleweed." The pokeball cracked open releasing an
unusually bright flash of light which formed into a Sandshrew.
"Scratch it!" Taron commanded, Tumbleweed stepped up and sent
three of his sharp digging claws across Pikachu's face
"Thundershock!" Pikachu bent over and zapped a beam of
electricity out of its body and sent it flying towards Tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed stood its ground and took the hit, which bounced harmlessly
off of it's armored body, it dissapated in the sky above.
"Tumbleweed dig underground." Taron shouted, Tumbleweed nodded
and began to dig furiously. Soon her had vanished.
"Swift attack." A bunch of small golden colored stars shot out
of Pikachu's hands and flew into the hole, striking Tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed shot out of the hole and struck the Pikachu. It fell
backwards. It got back up and shook it's head, wobbled a bit on unsteady
legs, then fell over, defeated.
Taron recalled Tumbleweed, the other did likewise. He then
stormed off to the pokecenter without saying a word. "Well, he did want
to battle."
TBC
