From: RobfromVoid (RobfromVoid@prodigy.net) Subject: [PW!] Violet City Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-03-27 21:24:51 PST "I'm gonna catch it!" Sarah the Shepherdess exclaims this phrase, one she heard that famous Pokemon trainers tend to say. She focuses in on the purple Ekans before her, who's bobbing around in the grassy fields outside Violet City. She narrows her eyes, preparing her catching device, her fingers grasping it tightly... ...and swings her wooden crook, gripping the Ekans by the neck with the dull hook at the end of the staff, "Now I've got you!" The wild snake Pokemon had seen his fellow serpentine brothers and sisters get absorbed into weird spherical devices after hearing those same words come from the mouths of other humans, so he knew what to expect. He stands still in fear, awaiting what he imagines to be his destiny... but nothing happens. "Ekaaans?" "That's right, I caught you with my crook, Ekans, so now you gotta obey me!" Sarah smiles at the Pokemon, keeping her crook in place, "I think I'll call you Hissy." The Ekans looks down at the wooden loop around his neck, looks back up at Sarah's grinning countenance, then rolls his eyes. "Kaansssss..." He simply slides out of the crook's grip, back down into the grass, and slithers away from the human who wanted to give him what he considered a really dumb nickname. "What happened?!" Sarah looks down at her Mareep, who stands faithfully beside her, "You Tackled it twice. It was weak. Why wasn't I able to catch it, Barbie?" "Eeeep?" Barbie tilts her cute little head up at Sarah. Sarah reaches back and puts her crook back into the holster on her leather bag, then adjusts the strap running across the front of her woolen white shirt, "Catchin' Pokemon is hard, Barbie, but it's what Pokemon Trainers do. Fortunately, that's not all Pokemon Trainers do. They also win neat badges from Gym Leaders by battlin' their Pokemon!" This said, Sarah starts walking confidently towards the buildings up ahead, knowing the Violet City Gym has to be somewhere in the city. Barbie the small Mareep follows Sarah reluctantly, a little frightened since the process of winning badges involves fighting, "Maaa..." Sarah's stride isn't as confident when the sun starts setting in the horizon and she still hasn't found the Violet City Gym, especially since her feet are beginning to ache. She's not used to walking long distances, having spent most of her time at home until just recently. She pulls out her crook and and leans against it as she walks, so that she looks even more tired than she really is. Barbie starts baaing weakly. Hearing her Pokemon make those sad noises, she knows what must be done, even though she really doesn't feel comfortable doing it, "Welp, Barbie, it looks like we're gonna have to ask a stranger for directions. Look, I see someone up ahead..." -Sarah (NS: Anyone in Violet City feel free to interact with Sarah. She's shy, which means she's really uncomfortable and timid around strangers.)