Subject: Re: [PW!] Enju Dig It? Date: 21 Nov 2001 01:51:06 -0800 From: bandraptor@yahoo.com (Bandraptor) Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon andyvvv@aol.com.geable (Andrusi- Apprentice of Kopaka) wrote in message news:<20011111182405.14320.00000506@mb-ma.aol.com>... > >Which is exactly what happens. At least, the showing up part. > >Doppler-Electrode waits where he has rolled out of the bush, unknowingly > >onto the sudowoodo's still prone form, staring down the BBB and company > >with an electrode's trademark manic grin as he waits for them to make > >the next move. > > Enimuram grimaced. "Here we go again..." > > "This seems to be a habit of yours," Andrew commented. > > "What?" Nori asked. "Here we go again with what?" > > "Don't you rememb--" Andy breaks in, then abruptly realizes what's happening. > "You've never been in a Bomb Ball Basher Electrode Chase, have you?" > > "...No, but seeing as I'm not a Bomb Ball Basher, that's okay, right?" > > "Depends on how you look at it. See, it's sort of a BBB tradition. Whenever > we travel, an Electrode or a lot of Electrodes will appear out of seemingly > nowhere and chase us to the next place we're going." > > "Oh. So, shouldn't we be running, then?" > > Andy blinked, then looked at the Doppler-Electrode, then at the spot where > Enimuram and Andrew were standing a few seconds ago, then back at Nori. > "Yeah." He pointed at a pair of familiar figures running north at top speed. > "Follow those Bashers!" > > And the two took off screaming. Well, Andy took off screaming. Nori just > kinda started running, and didn't start screaming until she realized that she > was the only one staying quiet. > When we last left off, Nori, Andrew, and the Bomb Ball Bashers, were running around like characters in a Buby Doom cartoon, although their token canine was a bit on the small side. ... "I can't believe it!" Nori pants, "First Minax sends a psychopath to kill me, then Brotlov sends a giant Electrode to kill me; can't I do one simple job without Team Rocket members trying to do a job on me?!?!" "Hold it, hold it, hold it," Andy challenges, "You think that just because Ted Brotlov's our mortal enemy, sworn Rocket, and a hard-core Voltifist, he'd send a giant Electrode to annihilate us all?" Nori responds, "Yes." "BZZZZT!" Andy makes a sound like a buzzer, "That's where you're wrong! Ted Brotlov doesn't HAVE a giant Electrode! He may have a talking Electabuzz! He may have a hundred Voltorbs, and surveillance cameras, and the ability to make people think they're Ash Ketchem! He may have a giant Electrode! But one thing he doesn't have is a--er, wait a second, where was I going with this?" "The giant Electrode," Enimuram offers, with a slight sigh. "Oh, right." Andy removes his glasses, and begins to polish them in a sagely manner, rather difficult since he's still running, "The point is that Ted Brotlov only has one Electrode, and it's a really stupid one named Scourge. This Electrode definitely isn't Scourge...didn't you see that murderous little twinkle in its eye? It's plotting against us! Scourge could never do that!" Nori closes her eyes and shouts, "This isn't very reassuring!" "Don't worry!" Andy continues, "As any Bomb Ball Basher will tell you, Scourge is the world's ONLY strong Electrode! The one that's chasing us can't hurt us at all!" Nori scowls, "Can't...then why are we running away? I'm gonna kick its--" Nori looks over her shoulder to face the Electrode, and something slams into her, knocking her down! It isn't the Electrode, though, it's the sign post that she ran into because she wasn't paying attention to the road. Anubis trots over, and helpfully begins to lick her face, while Nori reads the sign, and wheezes, "I think we just hit Ecruteak." With almost uncanny timing, a Wobbuffet pops up from behind the sign, and replies, "You bet!" Nori stares at the Wobbuffet, not really amazed that it can talk, but rather surprised that it's so far away from its nest in the Dark Cave, "Isn't Ecruteak supposed to be known for Ghost Pokémon?" The Wobbuffet nods, "You bet!" "Yet a Psychic Pokémon's serving as its emissary?" "You bet!" Nori shakes the brambles out of her hair, and gets to her feet, "Doesn't that seem a bit silly to you?" The Wobbuffet raises a brow, and smirks slightly, "You bet!" Nori smirks back in spite of herself, "Heh. You're pretty smart for a Psychic-type. In fact, you're unlike any Wobbuffet I've ever seen. You must be..." she pauses for effect, "...a Not-buffet!" Andy, Eni, and Andrew all groan and fall down as a result of the dubious pun, but the Wobbuffet laughs insanely, and responds, "You bet!" "I like you." Nori concludes, "How's about you join my team? I'll give you a cool Egyptian nickname." Wobbuffet thinks about this, and replies, "You bet!" Enimuram, who--like everyone else at this point--has conveniently forgotten about the Doppler-Electrode, rolls his eyes and quips, "You know, for someone who hates Psychic Pokémon, you sure do train a lot of them." Nori ignores him, mostly because she's busy gushing over the Wobbuffet, "Perfect! It'll be nice to have a talking Pokémon on my team who actually *agrees* with me from time to time, unlike a certain--" "Aaaaactually," Andrew ventures, not really wanting to spoil the moment, but feeling that he has to say something, "I don't think he's agreeing with you, Nori. I think he's just saying his name...and badly at that." Wobbuffet nods, "You bet!" "Badly?" Andy cuts in, "What's bad about him? This guy's great! We could play 'Guess Who' with him! Wobbuffet, is your person wearing a hat?" Wobbuffet shakes his head no, "You bet!" "Does your person have a beard?" "You bet!" "Does your person have glasses?" "You bet!" "Your person's Tom!" Andy exclaims. He turns to Enimuram, who's been noticeably quiet this whole time, "Hey, Eni, aren't you going to join in?" Enimuram shakes his head, and sarcastically mutters, "I'm just waiting for you to let this Wobbuffet in on all of our plans and secrets." Andy blinks, "Oh, right! Hey, Wobbuffet, would you like to join us in our quest to stop Ted Brotlov, and squelch the Voltifist threat?" Enimuram curses unintelligibly, while Wobbuffet happily exclaims, "You bet!" Nori frowns, now convinced that her initial impression of the Wobbuffet was inaccurate, since no rational creature would ever want to join the BBB, "I guess you're just a normal, stupid Wobbuffet, after all." A little vein sticks up on the Wobbuffet's forehead, as he enthusiastically cries, "You bet!" "And here I was gonna let you on my team. You can forget about that now!" The Wobbuffet shrugs, "You bet!" "I'm dumping you, Wobbuffet. Suck on it." Wobbuffet gives her a cynical little salute, "You bet!" The giant toll-taking Sudowoodo suddenly stomps into the foreground, and bellows, "NO WAY!" Everyone stares at him blankly for quite a few minutes. Finally, Andy shouts, "It's the giant toll-taking Sudowoodo! Everybody run!" And they do. Sudowoodo looks after the fleeing group, and comments, "Well, this is a lousy way to end a story." Wobbuffet gives the obvious response, "You bet!" TBC? --Beth