Subject: Re: [PW!] Like Mother Like Daughter Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 20:10:28 -0400 From: Continue <continue2@mindspring.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Adrian Tymes wrote: >Not that this stops a few of these images from escaping Aerie's >imagination, basic mental safety locks taught by her other self ignored >and discarded in her current state. Almost all of the telepathic >projections harmlessly dissapate in the open air or ground, but a few >land in Spunky's mind, taking shape...and, to Spunky, seeming like a >direct threat of some kind. > >This is more than enough to set off Spunky. He bolts forward, only for >Aerie to bolt upright as he charges. Her eyes are still shut, but her >mouth - with exaggerated fangs - is open and hissing, until Spunky gets >within range. She chomps down on his neck in a classic Leech Life, >leaning forwards to intercept him far enough away to keep his horns a >few millimeters from Marcia's flesh. Conservation of momentum pushes >Marcia back a few steps, though she does keep her balance. > >A few seconds later, Aerie lets go, becoming limp once more. Spunky >staggers away, with two small punctures that Marcia quickly sees are >mere flesh wounds. Aerie's breathing is regular once more, and with >her fangs retracted as quickly as they appeared, she might appear to be >in peaceful sleep if the nidoking's blood were not dripping from her >upper lip. > >Drake considers making a crack about whether Marcia's daughter was >breast fed, but decides against it. Surprised at the counter-attack, Spunky still acts bewildered at the slight injury he received. It lasts long enough for Drake to put himself in the Nidoking's line of view and tell him "I don't know what got into you, but we'll talk about it later. Got it?" The look in Spunky's eyes are still a little confused, but otherwise alright. Drake takes this as probably the best thing he could hope for at the moment and opens up his bag. "Memuyo, could you give me those four pokeballs on your left?" Amid complaints in his native tongue about being treated like an underpaid baggage handler, the Meowth hands Drake the pokeballs. In this short time the Dragonite contemplates whether the using that arrest line to nail down "Nurse Minax"'s identity had been worth it. Things had gotten too complex for what Drake knew at the moment. After Memuyo finishes handing up the pokeballs, Drake lets the bag fall closed, prompting more complaints from the Meowth, whose meaning could be translated by anyone present based on the tone and volume. While he lets the Natu out of their pokeballs, the Dragon pokemon notes to Marcia "I'm not sure if these pokemon have ever been to the Violet City Pokemon Center before, but I know I haven't, so they're going to have to get an image of where to go from your mind. Just picture it in your mind and I'll tell them what to do." "Alright, but hurry up." Marcia tells Drake, the concern in her voice could now be discerned because of the added tension over what her Aerie had just done. Not wanting to waste any time with the possibility that the four Natu now looking around in some confusion may not understand a human language, Drake uses his own. "Dragon! Dragonite ite dra dragon gon dragon dra <Listen up! You're going to be teleporting to the destination that you will see in that human's mind>." Drake points at Marcia, then continues "Dra ite dragon dragonite <Each of you will take one of those four>." The Dragonite indicates Aerie, Marcia, Omelette, and the Unown and asks Marcia "Do you have the picture in your mind?" She nods and Drake tells the Natu "Dragonite! <Hop to it!>" As the bird pokemon concentrate on Marcia for a moment, the Dragonite concentrates on them. Marcia feels a little uncomfortable at the moment that all four Psychic pokemon probe her mind, but puts it aside for the current situation. When the moment passes each of the four flying pokemon hop to one of those that had been indicated to them and blink out of existence in turn. Drake touches Spunky and the pair disappear as well. All of them reappear exactly where Marcia had pictured in the Violet City Pokemon Center. Her mental picture had been from her usual vantage point, however, behind the service counter. <TBC...> Jeff Hauser* *Sig Sold Seperately