From: BBD127 (bbd127@aol.com) Subject: [PW!] Rocky Start in Pewter Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2000/04/17 "There it is, Bulletwing. Land, right there!" Procyon pointed to a small building in Pewter City with a sign in front that said "Pokemon Center". "Doduuuu!" "Yeah, I know you're tired, but don't worry. You're doing great, especially for something with no wings! Just give me a gentle landing there, and then you can enjoy a nice stay in Nurse Joy's revitalization room." As bird and rider approached the ground at speeds Procyon was not at all sure were safe, with no sign of slowing down, he felt compelled to exclaim, "Hey, Bulletwing... I said gentle.... GENTLE LANDING!!" "Duo do?" "Um... good point, I guess you can't really slow down much if you don't have any wings. Um... well, this is going to hurt." CRASH!! "Ugh..." Procyon got to his feet uncertainly. "Ow." He put a hand to his head, and commented, "No really, ow. Let's... um... try and work on your flying skills, ok Bulletwing?" The bird sweatdropped. "Dododo..." "Yeah, not really your fault I guess. Return..." Pokeball in hand, Procyon staggered into the Pokecenter. Walking up to the counter, he managed a smile at the Joy there. "Hello. I have a Doduo and a Chansey that could use a little healing, if you don't mind." "Certainly. That'll be $20, please." "$20?! You charge money here?" "Of course! What do you think I'm going to do, put them in a little machine that cures them automatically, and then just smile and say ‘Your Pokemon are fighting fit, we hope to see you again' without ever a mention of payment? You live in a dream world or something?" "Er..." He hesitated uncertainly, then reached for his wallet, mumbling something about how the Fuchsia Joy never charged him for anything. "Here." He handed her the two Pokeballs, as well as a 20 dollar bill. She grinned at him. "Actually, it is free. I just wanted to see how many people would do it. Hehe.." Mumbling something unprintable, Procyon stumbled over to a chair in the waiting room to, well, wait. "Ow," he said. "Mental note. Landing lessons for Bulletwing..." Suddenly his attention flashed to something in the corner of his eye. Once he saw what it was he was up instantly. "A Sandshrew!!" The Sandshrew's trainer looked in the direction of Procyon's voice. "What do you want with my Sandshrew?" "I can't believe it, a Sandshrew! Those are only available in the Blue version!!" "What are you talking about?" "Um.... never mind. Look, would you mind if I wrote a Pokedex entry for your Sandshrew? Well not really a Pokedex entry exactly, it's a revised Pokedex I'm working on and it's called a Pro-dex and I'm trying to write an entry for all 151 Pokemon and yours would be a great start and hi my name is Procyon by the way so would you mind if I took a look at your Sandshrew for just a moment please?" "Uh...." "Really? Great!" Procyon took this as an affirmative and jumped over to the Sandshrew. "Now, let's see... Sandshrew... lives in a dry climate... rather dry skin also... loyal and affectionate... definitely of the Ground type... probably evolves into Sandslash... hm... most likely herbivorous... hates water.... ok, all done! Thanks a lot, Mister... what did you say your name was?" "Taron." "Right. Taron. Great." He paused, suddenly aware that he was in a rather awkward position. "So, um... how's life going for you Taron? Are you a trainer too?" TBC ~BBD127 "Mr. Data, things are only impossible until they're not." ~Captain Jean-Luc Picard