From: RobfromVoid <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: [PW!] The Dittos of our Lives! (Was Re: [PW!] Slot Sloth and the Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 8:50 PM Shard Fields or Megasomething wrote: > Xerox had to admit that, as thin as her patience was wearing, she had begun to > grow curious. "Very well," she said, unable to believe that she had agreed to > this "Later today, if you manage not to act like a complete, bungling fool, I > will agree to see this other side of you." > > Silly Putty smiled, not the dopey grin from minutes ago, but a nice, normal > smile. Somewhere, deep inside, Xerox noted that it was almost charming. Later that day, Xerox, Famifax, Bozo, and Silly Putty are busy setting up a stage in Viridian City Square, a stage for a magic show that will be presented to the people leaving Indigo Plateau after the Final Tournament - possibly the biggest magic show the Pokemon World has ever seen. At least Marvin the magician hopes so. He is sitting on his favorite green bean bag chair in his caravan, sipping some lemonade and watching television, quite certain that Xerox has everything under control. "Day Time Soap Operas are so cheesy." Marvin scoffs at the television, talking to himself, "Dittos of our Lives? Oh come on, like any human being could ever fall in love with a Ditto. What kind of a sick person would want to sleep with a Pokemon?" "YOU..." Famifax calls out, panting preventing her from finishing her statement. She skates into the caravan as a sweater-clad blonde blue-eyed teenage girl, "You won't... You... you won't believes it! Silli's bein totally not clumso! Iss scawy!" Marvin turns off the television using his remote control and looks at the bewildered Ditto, "Really? How is that possible?" "I dunno, Marvy-man! But iss so scawy thass I runs away and comes here to hide!" Famifax looks innocently around the caravan, "Hmm, where cans I hide? Ooo, I knows! Fersure!" She skates into the clothing racks, her paradise. Marvin struggles for quite a while before prying himself out of his bean bag chair, leaving a large groove in it when he finally manages to stand up. He adjusts his black top hat, pulls on the ends of his golden bow tie, and straightens out his blue tuxedo's coat, "One should always be presentable when going outside, especially when one is a performer." After reciting this belief to no one in particular, Marvin heads outside of the caravan to investigate Silly Putty's strange behavior. "Bozo, fetch me a chair." Marvin makes this simple request. Bozo takes the request as an order and gets angry at Marvin. He grabs a chair and holds it over his head, ready to throw it, as if he were a guest on a certain afternoon talk show. Marvin notices Bozo's discontent and corrects himself, "I mean PLEASE get me a chair! I know you're not my Pokemon, I'm just used to giving orders since it's how Xerox likes to be treated." Bozo throws the chair anyway, just not aimed at Marvin's head. The chair lands right in front of Marvin and the magician sits down on it to watch Xerox and Silly Putty's interaction. Xerox is in her default form - a small purple Ditto. Though this isn't the best form to be in when one is handling props, Xerox really doesn't enjoy Transforming, and will avoid it as much as possible. She can actually afford to not be in the most efficient body for the job since Silly Putty is taking care of most of it. The green Ditto has Transformed into a Cueball, a big fat burly guy. Though Cueballs are supposed to be bald by definition, that particular Cueball has two strands of green hair going over his otherwise bald head. Xerox glances over at the Cueball that is Silly Putty and says, "I am in need of a pole." Marvin pulls a small notepad seemingly out of nothingness and snatches a pen from within his sleeve. With his hand ready to write, he stares at the fat man who is helping out Xerox, already predicting the obvious answer that he will utter. "Yes, my love." Silly Putty nods and lifts a large metal pole off the ground and heads towards Xerox. Marvin's eyebrow raises, showing his curiosity, "Famifax was right. This *is* scary. Hmmm..." He looks at the stage and sees that one of Famifax's rollerskates, a rake, and a banana peel are all on Silly Putty's path to Xerox. Marvin smiles. Silly Putty walks past all these props without tripping on any of them. He lays the large pole down in front of Xerox and asks, "Do you desire anything else, Xerox? I am always ready to assist you with anything you need." Bozo narrows his eyes at the show-off, and sticks out his tongue. Silly Putty looks down at Xerox and shakes his head, "What a misguided soul. Doesn't he know that harboring feelings of anger towards me won't solve anything? Love is the answer. Always and forever." Marvin scratches his head, and his hat tips to the side, "What the?! Did he Transform into Xerox or something? He's acting like her clone. This is very unsettling." Marvin stands up off the chair and climbs onto the stage. He steps up in front of the Cueball that is Silly Putty and taps his shoulder. The magician says, "Hey, why aren't you being yourself all of a sudden? In order to impress Xerox? I don't buy your act and neither does Famifax or Bozo, so you can quit it." "Act? What act? Love is the answer." The seemingly-idiotic Cueball nods sagely, "I learned that lesson after seeing Doppler's lack of love. That led him to nothing but a feeling of emptiness. This is who I am, whether you think so or not." Marvin grabs Silly Putty's broad shoulders and shakes the Ditto-turned-human, "What is wrong with you? If you keep acting so dramatic and reserved, you won't be Silly Putty anymore. You'll just be plain old Putty. And no one likes putty that isn't silly." "Who are you to judge me about acting? You're a street performer who dresses up and puts on a show for everyone." Silly Putty looks down at Xerox, "You don't think that I'm acting, do you? You know that my feelings for you are true, right?" Xerox closes her small black eyes to think, then opens them again, "I cannot tell you how to behave, nor how you are supposed to behave. As strange as this might sound coming from a Ditto, I believe that you should always be yourself, whatever yourself is. Perhaps you thought that behaving Silly was the only way to make acquaintances, but you always yearned to be something else. If this is the case, then I believe that you should change your name along with your personality to be a different kind of Putty. I kept my name only because I believe the principle behind it - I am always inferior to what I copy." Xerox remembers the document she read on Cinnabar Island, shudders, then continues, "The decision is yours to make." Marvin sighs and shakes his head, "And I liked the name Silly Putty. I don't think Sell-out Putty has the same ring to it." -Marvin