From: Rob (robfrompw@yahoo.com) Subject: [PW!] Delusional Minds Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-07-21 13:57:47 PST Andrusi- Apprentice of Kopaka wrote: > PK floated away from Bugsy and collided once more with Sarah, who had > watched > the entire exchange without comment. His reaction was to back up a > bit and > say, "What are you looking at?" Sarah cracks a smile and begins clapping, and the Cyndaquil on her shoulder follows her lead. "Finally, I'm receiving the respect I deserve." PK Ball grins, meaning that the line where his semispherical upper and lower halves meet curves upwards slightly. Sarah giggles at the sight of the hovering Pokeball, temporarily forgetting about her stray Mareep, and says, "Bravo, Mimic! That's a very funny trick... but where did you find that Pikachu? Or did you just split in half temporarily? And what're you doin' here? I thought you said you didn't want to come to this Gym with me." "Mimic? Who is Mimic? I am PK BALL!" The sentient Pokeball opens and closes as it speaks, "I am feared by millions - even people who have never even seen me before! Actually, I'm only feared by those who haven't seen me before. For some reason, people stop fearing me the moment I meet them." "Oh, Mimic, you're too much." Sarah pats the enraged Pokeball on the head and turns away from him, "Help me find Barbie, please. She ran away again!" PK Ball wonders how a doll can run away, and upon the realization that it couldn't unless a lightning bolt hit it or something, he says, "This lady is obviously crazy. Or maybe..." He recalls his Pikachu into himself and follows Sarah, in hopes that she isn't insane and she will lead him straight to another sentient once-inanimate object - a female one, at that. Hoping to draw a living plastic female doll out of the Azalea Town Gym's foliage, he shouts, "Barbie! Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Barbie, who is actually a Mareep, peeks out from the azalea bush she's hiding behind. Her eyes go wide and her mouth begins to salivate, "Ma Reepmareep!" She's been longing to rest inside a Pokeball and Sarah's repeatedly denied her the comfort. Seeing the floating Pokeball behind Sarah, she figures that her trainer has finally agreed to satisfy her request, so she leaps out from behind the bush, Sarah's wooden crook still dangling from her neck, and flies headfirst onto PK Ball... but not into him. Instead, when Barbie's head hits PK Ball's button, he mutters something about being poked, and Stupid the fainted Pikachu appears once more. Sarah turns around and quickly grabs her crook, just as Barbie's about to lunge headfirst into the dazed and confused but vacant PK Ball, "Barbie! There you are!" "Maa!" The Mareep tilts her head towards PK Ball, struggling to break free of Sarah's crook, "Reeeep?" "No! That's not a Pokeball, just Mimic pretending to be a Pokeball." The shepherdess shakes her head, and starts heading out of the Gym, but she's not in the lead. "Eeeeep!" Barbie the Mareep is in the lead now, pulling Sarah towards the Azalea Town Gym's exit because she's been told that PK Ball is actually the Transforming Pokemon she's terrified of, so she wants to leave him behind. Cyndaquil, on the other hand, leaps off of Sarah's shoulder to wait for PK Ball, since he also thinks that PK Ball is actually Mimic, but he considers Mimic to be a friend, so he's not about to leave his buddy behind. Sarah, who doesn't mind leaving Mimic behind, but does mind leaving Cyndaquil behind, stops in her tracks. Barbie continues to struggle towards the now very nearby exit, but Sarah stands firm. Sarah is about to scold Cyndaquil, but when she sees the Fire Pokemon point one arm towards where PK Ball is recalling Marketing the Pikachu into himself, Sarah understands that her Pokemon just wants Mimic to follow them, and continues to restrain Barbie until PK Ball joins her again. Once they are reunited, they leave the Gym. Barbie is in the lead once again, and she'd be futher in the lead if it weren't for her trainer's crook, Sarah is next, and she's followed by Cyndaquil and PK Ball. "Where's Barbie?" PK Ball asks as he floats behind Sarah, "I need someone to keep me warm at night." "Eeeeeep!" Suddenly, Barbie wishes for the first time in her life that she was an Ampharos instead of a Mareep. Sure, it would probably mean that she would get sent into more Pokemon battles, but her lack of fleece would hopefully keep those she doesn't like from wanting her to keep them warm at any time of the day. Sarah looks back at PK Ball and raises an eyebrow, "Barbie's right in front of me, Mimic. Don't you recognize her? Did Kurt do somethin' weird to you in that experiment of his? Hey, speakin' of Kurt, maybe we should go see if Kurt's finished forgin' before goin' to the Pokemon Center. Yeah, let's do that." She swings Barbie around until the Mareep's pulling her northward instead of eastward, then continues walking, now towards the hill where Kurt's home is found. PK Ball looks at the un-doll-like Mareep then looks at the girl who keeps calling him 'Mimic' and decides that Sarah *is* utterly insane. As he hovers behind her, the Cyndaquil next to him keeps trying to talk to him, but since he doesn't know that language, he just nods at anything said to him until he arrives at Kurt's house, not about to try to convince the delusional group that enslaving Pokeballs is wrong since he doesn't see any Pokeballs on Sarah's exterior and her Pokemon roam free. When Sarah walks into Kurt's house, she sees a little girl playing with her Slowpoke but ignoring Luthor the Slowpoke, and exclaims, "Hey Mazey, I just won a Hive Badge! Check it out!" She pulls the strap of her satchel, where her Hive Badge is pinned, smiles when Mazey applauds, then asks, "Where's your grandpa?" "He's still making yer Lure Ball, Sarah." Mazey explains, "He's in his workshop. I wouldn't disturb him if I were you. Luthor did and he got yelled at really bad..." Luthor the Slowpoke narrows his eyes and mutters, "It wasn't half as loud as the time GEODUDOO yelled at Luthor." "You've met that idiot GEODUDOO too?" PK Ball floats out from behind Sarah and approaches Luthor, "What a crazy fool. He thought that he was the most powerful being in existence." Luthor nods, a smirk appearing on his maw until PK Ball continues, "When obviously, the greatest being of all time is me, PK Ball." Luthor's smirk becomes a scowl, as he slowly stands on his hind legs, "WHAT?! Infidel! You dare consider yourself greater than Luthor?! Luthor is the ruler of this galaxy and many others. You can even ask Supergirl, who does all of Luthor's bidding since she acknowledges his greatness. Luthor has also had other amazing minions by his side, such as Dr. Octopus, Clayface, Poison Ivy, Parasite, and Bane! All of these powerful beings have feared and respected Luthor in this universe!" Sarah backs away, sweatdropping, "Uh, Luthor, please leave me outta this..." Sarah, Barbie, Cyndaquil, and Luthor all await PK Ball's comeback. -Sarah