Subject: A New Day for Adventure Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:54:49 -0500 From: "Clayton" <redneckdadd@yahoo.com> Organization: Bell Sympatico Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon > Sarah once again shakes her head while looking straight down, "N-no... > I... I think I sh-should... train more... be-before ch-challengin' any > Gym Leaders..." > > "I can understand that." Robert puts the Oasis Badge back into his > laptop case's pocket, then looks around to notice that the Ecruteak > Dance Theater is now empty except for himself, Sarah, and Sarah's > Pokemon. He tells Sarah, "I must be going to train, myself. I'm getting > ready to battle Morty, the Ecruteak Gym Leader, in a couple of days. If > you're ever in the Kanto area and want to visit the Diversity Gym or > just want to learn more about it, just visit my website at > http://www.geocities.com/diversitygym/ . You can find my e-mail on that > page too. I hope to see you again someday, Sarah. Good luck on your > journey, and Happy Thanksgiving!" Robert waves farewell to Sarah, puts > on his shoes, then walks out of the Ecruteak Dance Theater, talking into > his Pokegear as he leaves. > > Sarah stands in silence for a while, thinking about Robert's final > comments, then looks down at the Mareep at her side, "Barbie, do you > have any idea what a website is? Or an e-mail for that matter?" After > Barbie shakes her head, Sarah shrugs and heads over to the Dance > Theater's entrance to put her sandals back on. Sarah heads out of the Dance Theater, and heads back towards the Pokemon Center to think about her next course of action. When she arrives, Nurse Joy is not standing behind her desk like she's accustomed to. What she does see however, is a Chansey behind the desk and a Girafarig in front of it it a belt around its neck. Sarah moves slowly toward the dedk to see if Nurse Joy's busy and ends up overhearing the conversation in the back room. "I got good news Bob, and I've got bad news." Nurse Joy said in her usual tone. "The good news?" Bob asked. "After a good night's rest, Zapper's going to be just fine." "The bad news?" Bob asked with a puzzled look. "You're about to learn Razor Leaf." she replied. Bob's jaw dropped in typical cartoon fashion. "Based on what I've seen with other grass pokemon that know Razor Leaf, and the way they look, your leaves look about ready to perform Razor Leaf." the nurse explained, trying to soften the blow. Bob smacks his forhead, and shakes his head. "I am not having a good week. What's next?" "Reflect, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, who knows? You'll find out when the time comes." Nurse Joy said with a chuckle, on her way back to the desk in the front part of the Pokemon Center. There she finds Sarah standing at the desk, waiting patiently. "Excuse me, but wh-where is the Gym?" Sarah asked in her usual timid fashion. "Straight down the street, you can't miss it." Nurse Joy replied, quite cheerfully. Just as Sarah turns around, Bob walks out of the back room of the Pokemon Center, pulling his shirt sleeves down, with his Mareep, Zapper, following close behind."One thing, the Gym leader's name is Morty and he uses ghost pokemon, so the best advice I could offer is not to use a psychic pokemon. Oh yeah, and I did some reading, and the Teddiursa you have should know Scratch, Leer, and Metal Claw." "Th-thanks Bob. I h-have to get going now." With that, Sarah heads out of the Pokemon Center, herding her nervous Mareep behind her. Her destination is the Ecruteak Gym, with a renewed hopes of winning a Fog Badge. Back at the Pokemon Center, Bob has just put his belt with his pokeballs back on, when a new face enters the doors of the Pokemon Center. It was a young man, and he had quite a pleased look on his face. He gets up to the desk and puts his two pokeballs on the desk and asks Nurse Joy to heal them. After Nurse Joy retreats to the back room, the young man notices the bizarre pokemon by the desk. The then turns to the only other soul in the Pokemon Center, Bob. "Yo kid, what's your name?" the man asks, still interested in the pokemon. "Bob, what's yours?" "Name's Robert, leader of the Diversity Gym in Lavender town, and I couldn't help but notice the pokemon by the desk. Is he yours?" "Sure is. His name's Raffy, a Girafarig. The only breed of psychic pokemon that is immune to ghost attacks." Bob said. "Wow, I've never seen one before. But how can you be sure he's immune to ghost attacks?" Robert asked, stroking his chin. Bob tries to look deep in thought. "First, Girafarig are classified as half Normal and half Psychic type, making it immune in theory. Plus if Morty couldn't touch it with his Gengar's Shadow Ball, them, there won't be many other ghost attacks that can touch it." "Fascinating." Robert says as he scans the Girafarig into his Pokepedia. Bob notices what Robert is doing and warns him. "Don't take the moves that it has as fact. It's been bred to have certain moves that it can't otherwise learn." "Fascinating." Robert says, eying up the Girafarig. <<Yo Bob, get this guy away from me. He got that 'I want to take him home with me' look>> Raffy projects to Bob, trying to get Robert away from him. "You know, if you're trying to collect information on all the pokemon numbered over 151, then you should probably check out the Day Care Center south of here, near a place called Goldenrod City. They usually have a great variety of pokemon and pokemon eggs. There's also a Gym in Goldenrod City, led by a young lady named Whitney. My parents would probably be more than happy to help." Bob says, distracting Robert from the Girafarig. Meanwhile, Raffy breathes a sigh of relief. "Hey thanks. Morty said something about a steel bird along Route 36, south of here, so if I keep going, I'll reach this Goldenrod place." Robert asks. "Yep. One more thing, Whitney isn't the pushover she looks. She may specialize in using Normal type pokemon, but her trademark pokemon, her Miltank, will whoop you if you're not careful." Bob says, recalling Zapper, his Mareep into the pokeball before Robert notices it's there. "I'll keep that in mind, as soon as you tell me what a Miltank is." Robert says. "Sorry, you're not from around here. I forgot. Miltank is a cow pokemon, the female version of Tauros." Bob explains. Nurse Joy comes out of her back room with Robert's two pokeballs. Robert picks upthe pokeballs, and turns around ready to leave. "What pokemon are in those?" Bob asks, pointing to the two pokeballs. "Oh, not much, just a Farfetch'd and a Horsea. I'm trying to get them more experience so they'll evolve. I heard that Horsea will eventually evolve into a Dragon-type." Robert says, with the usual trainer's pride. "You're about 3/4 right. Horsea's final form is named Kingdra. To evolve it, you will need to trade it off as a Seadra, while it's holding a Dragon Scale..." Bob explains to the young Gym Leader. Bob starts burrowing into his bookbag, and pulls out his toolkit. Rifling through it, he finds a Dragon Scale that he just talked about, and holds it up. "... like this. But I don't really need this one, so you can have it if you want it." "Thanks Bob, but I don't really have anything to offer in return." Robert says, dissappointed. "How about a picture of the newly evolved Kingdra." Bob says. "OK then, you twisted my arm. I'll take it." Robert says, taking the Scale. Robert loks at his pokegear's clock and realizing the time, bolts out of the Pokemon Center. <<What now Bob?>> Raffy asks, just standing there. "Well Raffy, I thought I'd just sit in the sunlight, and wait for Sarah to come back with good news." Bob said, smiling and stretching. <<What makes you thing it'll be good news>> "As long as she tries her best, it will always be good news." TBC