From: Rob (robfrompw@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: [PW!] Delusional Minds Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-08-05 14:57:04 PST Sarah's right hazel eye twitches. "Is that all you've got?! You shall now behold experience PK Ball's awesome powers!" Sarah clenches her fists. "Luthor's powers are much more awesome than yours regardless of what yours are, so there's no need to show them to Luthor. Besides, Luthor can Teleport away from whatever attack you throw at him, so don't even bother. Luthor is the greatest being in all of existence, which is why Luthor was made ruler of this universe." Sarah begins to grind her teeth against each other. "Let's see you avoid this, you egotistical madpoke!" Sarah starts breathing very heavily, eyebrows lowering. PK Ball the animate Pokeball lunges towards Luthor the Slowpoke to bite the tip of his tail by opening up and clamping shut on it. Luthor Teleports away from the attack seconds before PK Ball can bite him and the once-inanimate object lands red-side first on the floor of Kurt's House. Luthor materializes behind PK Ball, concentrates deeply for a moment, and then PK Ball's button is psychically pushed, releasing Ugly Overrated Stupid Useless Way-too-cute Idiotic Marketing Mascot the fainted Pikachu once again. This routine has been going on for hours now, though to Sarah, it seems like it's been going on for about two weeks. Sarah has been patient with the dueling delusional minds thus far, but she's about to snap. Her Pokemon weren't quite so patient. Cyndaquil was the first to realize that PK Ball was not Mimic since he's gotten to know what Mimic's pranks are like and PK Ball didn't seem to be joking. After less than an hour of hearing Luthor and PK Ball insult each other and inflate their own egos, Cyndaquil was *begging* Sarah to be put back into his Fast Ball. He's been resting there ever since. Barbie, Sarah's Mareep, was the next one to figure out that PK Ball wasn't Mimic - she figured that if PK Ball were Mimic, he would've transformed into something terrifying to scare the daylights out of Luthor and herself by now. Barbie decided to go play with Mazey and her Slowpoke, even though she usually never plays anything with anyone but Sarah, since she figured it was better than staying indoors with Luthor and PK Ball. "Take that..." Luthor begins, but is interrupted when Sarah yells out what he was about to say, "FOR GREAT JUSTICE! I know!!!" Sarah's eyes are wide when she frowns at Luthor the Slowpoke and begins to scold him, "Ya'll been sayin' the same thing for hours now! Just give up already! If ya'll really thought ya'll were so powerful, ya'll wouldn't have to keep tellin' each other you are! It's drivin' me mad, I say, mad!" The normally timid shepherdess breathes deeply and quickly, with her eyes narrowed at both Luthor and PK Ball. Luthor and PK Ball stare at the hyperventilating teenager in silence for a few seconds, but then they continue their struggle... "Is that all you've got, Luthor?!" PK Ball sucks Marketing the Pikachu back into himself, then says, "You shall once again behold..." His script is altered when Sarah grabs him, shrinks him down to a tiny pebble-sized Pokeball, and pitches him out the window at Kurt's house with all her might! Luthor's jaw falls open, and his shocked face temporarily looks like that of an ordinary Slowpoke's, "Supergirl's powers are as amazing in this reality as in the comic one. It's a good thing that I have her on my sid- er, I mean... uh, Luthor means: Your powers are no match for Luthor's, Supergirl, so continue to do his bidding lest he crush you!" The Slowpoke recomposes his face, returning it to its normal frustrated, scowling state, then stands on his hind legs. To prove his point, Luthor begins to stare at Sarah intently, his eyes bulging slightly. After a few seconds, his head begins to tremble, then his whole body, and finally, using the power of his mind alone, Luthor unleashes his most powerful telekentic psychic power on Sarah - which manages to undo one of the straps on Sarah's left sandal. Sarah doesn't notice. After having thrown PK Ball out the window, she's been feeling horrible about herself for having resorted to violence to solve her problems. She's been dramatically looking down at the open palms of her delicate pale hands with her hazel eyes wide open, much like innocent people in movies do after having killed someone for the first time. Her mouth is slightly ajar, and despite her shock, the trembling young girl manages to whisper, "Wh-what h-have I done?" "Don't worry, Sarah, I would've done it if you hadn't." Kurt, who has just emerged from the back room, places one hand on Sarah's shoulder, startles her a little. The Pokeball-maker explains, "If that Pokeball I saw you throw out when I came out of my workshop just now is the one I think it was, he deserved to be hurled outside. Last time he came here I repaired him with the help of my friend, the Charcoal Man who lives in the Ilex Forest, and I didn't even get a thank you from that Pokeball. He just told me he no longer had respect for me and left. But anyway, Sarah, your custom made Apricorn Pokeballs are ready now!" When Kurt places a Lure Ball and a Love Ball on Sarah's hands, one on each dramatically opened palm, she snaps out of her shocked state. She looks up at Kurt and through her still quivering lips she manages to say, "Th-thank you... for everythin'..." She walks over towards Luthor, noticing her left sandal's a bit loose, and shows him the Lure Ball Kurt just finished making, "This is what you wanted, wasn't it? I hope you'll behave more once you're officially my Pokemon..." She lets the Lure Ball fall out of her hand and bump Luthor on his head. The standing Slowpoke turns into red energy and gets sucked into the brand new Lure Ball. The Lure Ball wobbles a little, but finally stops, then makes noise. Sarah the Shepherdess has successfully caught Luthor the Slowpoke! Sarah grabs the Lure Ball, shrinks it, and drops it into her leather satchel right next to where Cyndaquil's Fast Ball is resting. When she shrinks her Love Ball, she remembers something, "Hey! You made it in just one day... did Mimic help you?" She notices Kurt shakes his head when she drops the empty Love Ball in her satchel, "No? Then where's Mimic? I thought PK Ball was Mimic, but if you said that you repaired him yourself, then I guess he's not..." Mazey walks into the room with Barbie Mareep and her Slowpoke just in time to answer Sarah's question, "Uh, Mimic said something about 'things to be, places to meet, people to do,' then he left! I think ya should go check out the local Pokemon Center if ya wanna find him." Barbie joins Sarah at her side. " Thanks again, Kurt. You too, Mazey. You've all been a great help!" Sarah shepherds her Mareep outside. She walks a few steps, then stops suddenly, "Waitaminute... people to do? Uh, maybe we shouldn't disturb Mimic right now..." Barbie nods her head more enthusiastically than ever before, "Reep!" -Sarah