From: BBD127 (bbd127@aol.com) Subject: [PW!] Of Birds and Blueberries Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/12 Last Time: David voiced his sentiments for him. "It's BLUE?" And indeed it was. Standing before him, grinning joyfully, was a round and completely azure Chansey. And it wasn't moving, but merely sitting there, just waiting to be captured. Smiling widely, Procyon reached for a Safari Ball from his backpack... And now the continuation..... "Don't you think you'd better weaken it first?" "Uh... right," said Procyon. He felt a bit silly at making such an obvious "Ashism" (as he called it), but decided to ignore the feeling and concentrate on capturing the Pokemon before it got away. "All right Bulletwing, GO!" he said, pointing intently at the Chansey before him. He smiled widely and waited for his Pokemon to attack. And waited. And waited... "Huh?" David rolled his eyes. "Your Doduo ran away, buster. You'll have to do things the hard way I guess." Procyon looked around him and saw David was right. It was nowhere to be seen. He'd have to talk to it about that later, but for now he had to make sure *this* Pokemon didn't run away. Thinking quickly, he threw a rock at the Chansey's head. A large red bump formed on the Chansey's blue skull, and its expression instantly changed from joy to rage. It leapt at him from the bushes and threw all of its rather considerable bulk onto the offender, and then began to Doubleslap him with a vengeance. "Aaaaah! It's killing me, make it stop!!!" he yelled, while David looked on with an amused expression. Seeing at last that no one was coming to his rescue, he decided to attempt the oldest trick in the book. "Look!" he pointed. "Your shoe's untied!" "Chan?" The Chansey looked down at its feet to check, but its great bulk, combined with the fact that it didn't have a neck, made it rather difficult to see. It bent over further and further until it fell over on its face. Once down, it found that it was rather difficult to get back up again, as it had no limbs long enough to reach the ground. Therefore it took the most logical course of action and began rolling away. "Hey! Come back!!" Procyon yelled, running after the Chansey. "Don't roll away, come back!!" David took the opportunity to slip quietly away, whistling nonchalantly and repeating to himself the words "I don't know him, I don't know him...." After several frantic minutes of chasing the blue Chansey, Procyon's foot got caught under a root, causing him to trip and fall. "Waaaiiit!" he yelled as he fell over ungracefully, then landed on his face with a THUD. A shallow sigh escaped from his lips. It was over. He'd missed his chance (no pun intended). Just a moment later, however, he saw a large blue blob approach him slowly. Apparently the Chansey had managed to get back on its feet and was now looking for revenge. He narrowed his eyes and readied a Safari Ball in his hands. "You're not getting away this time." The two combatants faced each other warily. For some time all was quiet, and then both sprang into action at once. With a mad cry of "Chaaaansey!!" the Chansey threw itself at him. Reacting instantly, Procyon threw his ball at the approaching mass. It was enveloped, and the ball dropped to the ground and began to shake. Its last thought before being sucked into the ball was, "Hey... I don't have shoes!!!!" For thirty agonizing seconds, the ball shook violently and the red light in front stayed lit as the Chansey tried to escape. Then, finally, it was over. Grinning widely, he walked over and picked up the ball. He held it aloft, and shouted, "YEAH!! I caught...." He stopped himself as he realized he was about to perform another Ashism, then began again. "Chansey's MINE!" he proclaimed to no one in particular. As he headed out to look for his missing Doduo, Procyon hummed to himself happily. It was going to be a good day. "Did you get a good haul?" the man at the entrance asked him as he left. "Yep!" he answered, wondering why whether the man got bored saying exactly the same thing to every single customer that walked through the door. "I caught a Chansey!" "Riiight." "No really, I did! I caught one for real! ...and it's BLUE!" The man rolled his eyes. "Whatever." Procyon shrugged and left the building to look for a Pokemon center. "Well, sir, your Chansey is all healed up," Nurse Joy informed him. "And your Doduo is fine as well. I must say, your Pokemon are both in very good health overall. I can see you care about your Pokemon." Procyon nodded. "Sure," he said. He left the building and headed out into a park area. Once there, he sat down on a bench and reviewed his progress in the Safari Zone. "Ok, let's see... revised my Doduo entry... wrote an entry for Nidoran Female, Exeggcute, Dratini, Psyduck, Pinsir, and Venonat... caught a Chansey... hey, that reminds me. I'd better take a look at my Chansey, and write an entry for it." He released his Chansey and studied it intently. "Hm. Let's see here. Chansey... Very high HP. Usually pink, but sometimes found in other colors as well. Is usually of a very happy demeanor, but trainers should use caution, as it can become violent when angry." He rubbed a bruise on his forehead gingerly. "Chansey tend to live solitary lives, unlike the more social Dratini and Tauros. For this reason, they are very difficult to find in the wild." He paused, and thought of Nurse Joy's assistants. "Chansey are also quite useful as helpers." Closing up his Pro-dex, he turned his attention to the matter of his own particular Chansey. "Well. It appears you're mine now. Are you mad at me?" "Chansey." "Um... all right, let's try this another way. Nod if you're mad at me for capturing you, and shake your head if you're not." "Chansey?" "Yeah, ok, so you can't nod. Hm... just blink once for yes and twice for no." It contemplated this for a moment, then blinked twice, smiling. Procyon also grinned. "Really? I'm glad. I guess Chansey don't bear grudges for too long. So, how about a nickname for you?" He thought for a moment. "Hm... what do you think of Blueberry?" It squealed and jumped up and down. Procyon laughed. "I'll take that as a yes. Ok, Blueberry, what attacks do you have?" He pointed his blue encyclopedia at his equally blue Pokemon, and it flashed the words, "Pound and Doubleslap." He looked up. "Pound and Doubleslap, huh? Well, I guess you're ready to do some damage. Ready to head for the first gym?" "Chansey!!" "All right then. Let's go!" He recalled his Chansey and released his Doduo. "Bulletwing. I need you to fly me to Pewter City so I can earn my first badge. Think you can handle that?" "Do?" "What do you mean, you can't fly? I taught you Fly, so you can fly!" "Duo." "Well I can *see* you don't have any wings, but that doesn't mean you can't fly! Just use the HM I taught you." "Doduo do?" "Erg... look, it's very simple. You can jump, right?" "Duo." "Well, then. Jumping has two parts. First you go up and then you come down. Just omit the second part and we'll be fine!" Having thorougly explained the technique, he mounted the Pokemon and they were off to Pewter. ~BBD127