From: RobfromVoid (RobfromVoid@prodigy.net) Subject: [PW!] Cherrygrove's Groovy Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-04-18 16:37:56 PST Adrian Tymes wrote: > When memory resumes, she is half-covered in mud, cuddling a shaking > Barbie, and watching a barely-conscious dragonite stumble around in > chin-high (for the dragonite) water, only to trip and fall and > dissappear underneath the waterline. Looking around, she finds > herself on a large rock about seven meters from the coast of a > city...a rock which already has one fisherman occupant. > > "Welcome to Cherrygrove, miss." He nods to the dragonite. "We don't > get many water landings around here. 'S he gonna be alright?" Sarah drops her shaking Mareep onto the muddy ground, thinking that her current jittering would stop if she wasn't holding onto her, but it doesn't. She continues to tremble as she tries to gather her thoughts. She doesn't know what a Dragonite is, but she figures out that it must've been what she was flying on moments ago, before it was shocked out of the sky. The shepherdess looks around, but doesn't see the creature anywhere. She comes to the conclusion that he has gone underwater. Right after the fisherman asks "Miss?", Sarah points at the water and these words manage to escape her trembling lips, "Fish! Fish him... out!" "Now, holdonaminute, miss." The fisherman shows Sarah his thin fishing pole the even thinner line attached to the end of it, "Sure, I may be a great fisherman - I even caught a Pokemon that was holding Mystic Water once, but I really don't think I'm gonna be able to use this pole to fish a Dragonite outta..." "Please! Do it! Hurry!" Sarah nervously commands the stranger to fish, not wanting the Dragonite to drown. She has no idea how a Smeargle managed to turn into a giant rock snake and then into a dragon-like creature, but she does know that it was nice enough to bring her here, so she wasn't going to let it drown, "PLEASE!" The fisherman looks at Sarah up and down, notices that her long beige skirt and sandals caked in mud, looks at her pleading hazel-colored eyes, then sighs, "Oh, all right. I'll try. I'll use the lure fishermen use when they go hunting for Gyarados." He reaches into his tackle box and pulls out a large round red-and-white lure. After attaching it to the end of his fishing pole's line, he hurls it into the water and waits for the Dragonite to bite. Sarah clasps her hands and Barbie's trembling slows down as curiosity leads her eyes over the edge of the muddy rock she's standing on. Everyone waits... The fisherman starts to shake, much like Sarah was doing moments ago, but he's doing it because something has grabbed onto his lure. He tugs and pulls at the line, until a large splash signals that a Pokemon has been pulled out of the water! It's not a Dragonite, though. Sarah inquisitively asks, "Who's that Pokemon?" Mimic opens his eyes after being pulled out of the water. He looks at himself and notices that the form he's in is one he hasn't been in for a while... "It's... Ditto?" The fisherman looks confused as he lowers the small, tired-looking purple blob onto solid ground, "And I thought catching a Rock-type Corsola was weird. Ditto isn't even a Water Pokemon, which would explain why he looks so exhausted. I wonder why he didn't Transform into one when he hit the water." Mimic coughs, then attempts to Transform into the fisherman who was just speaking, but finds himself unable to do so, "Mimic know why. Mimic out of PP." Sarah crouches down to get a closer look at the Ditto near her feet, "I don't... I don't get it. What does urine gotta do with bein' able to Transform?" Mimic stares at Sarah with his small eyes, realizing how little this girl must know about Pokemon, "Mimic explain later. Need Pokemon Center. Please take." "Do you know where I can find a Pokemon Center?" Sarah looks up to the fisherman who was kind enough to fish Mimic out of the water. The fisherman nods, then points to the buildings east of where they are, "You have to swim across the water, though. Do any of your Pokemon know how to Surf?" Sarah looks at Barbie and the sheep very emphatically shakes her head, bleating, "Ree!" "Okay, then I'll get that Corsola I was talking about earlier to escort your Mareep over to the other side." The fisherman whistles and a beautiful Corsola emerges from underneath the waves, "Since she's part Rock, it won't hurt her too much if your Pokemon gets worried and tries to use an Electric attack. As for you, well, as long as you can swim, I suggest you do just that - it would help clean the mud off your clothes. You can get them dry-cleaned at the Pokemon Center, where I think you should stay for the night, 'cuz it's getting pretty late." The fisherman tosses his fishing line back into the water, "Back to fishing for me, then." After placing Barbie on top of the Corsola, Sarah picks up Mimic and puts him on top of her head, where he grabs on tight with his pseudopods. She thanks the fisherman, then slowly sinks into the water, making sure to keep her head above sea level so Mimic doesn't drown. Sarah swims over to the shore of Cherrygrove City, followed by a Corsola who is squinting in mild pain due to her passenger's tendency to release small electric shocks when nervous. Once a wet Sarah climbs onto the grassy land of Cherrygrove City, she plucks her Mareep off the fisherman's Corsola's back and says, "Thank you too, Corsola!" The coral Pokemon smiles and sinks back down into the water. "Okay, where's the Pokemon Center?" Sarah asks out loud after removing Mimic from her head to cradle him in her arms. She isn't expecting a response to her vocal musing, but she gets one anyway, issued by an old man standing nearby. The old man says, "Do you want a tour of Cherrygrove City?" Sarah looks down at the ground again, respecting her elder, "Uh, n-not really... I just... wanna know where... where the Pokemon Cent-center is." "Great! Come with me." The old man grabs one of her arms and pulls her towards the building that has traditionally been the first stop on his tour. On the way there, he explains the functions of a Pokemon Center, but Sarah doesn't pay too close attention since she's making sure that Barbie doesn't fall behind. Sarah's also distracted by the squishing noises her sandals are making, and decides that she should get them cleaned along with her wet wool shirt and beige skirt. Soon enough, she's standing right before the place she can get all her clothes cleaned at - the Cherrygrove City Pokemon Center. "Th-thanks," Sarah tells the old man who brought her here, then walks inside, holding Mimic in her arms. The Ditto is still weak from being Thundershocked and from Struggling to stay afloat. Sarah takes Mimic to the nurse on duty, the first Nurse Joy she's ever seen, and says, "P-please, ma'am, help. This Ditto... n-needs urine. Can you help him?" -Sarah