From: Rob (robfrompw@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: [PW!] Workin' In The Charcoal Harvest Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2001-08-17 22:18:43 PST Adrian Tymes wrote: > Sylvester winced. "My dad just went on a grocery run. The reward is > still up, but since you're all helping, I think I can talk him into > giving you food and shelter...for tonight, anyway. I'll go talk to him > about it now." He headed off to the cabin, as his Farfetch'd waddled > up to Sarah to help investigate her claims of an Abra. Sarah doesn't notice Sylvester's Farfetch'd when he approach her since she's been staring at the frail, barely conscious body of Jason Bard with her eyes wide open ever since Amber explained what Jason had to do in order to escape from Team Rocket's prison. Her eyes begin to water looking at his collapsed chest. Farfetch'd tries to get her attention by saying, "Fetch'd, far far?" When she doesn't respond, he raises his green leek high using one wing, about to slam it against one of her feet to get the stunned shepherdess' attention, "Farfetch'd far!" Barbie the Mareep is a little scared of the Farfetch'd, but she's not as terrified as she is of most Pokemon because she has the Type advantage. When she sees that the Bird Pokemon is about to hit Sarah, Barbie hops in front of her trainer, electricity gathering on her fleece, puffing it up. She Growls at the Farfetch'd, "Rrrreep!" "Huh?" Sarah looks down at the two Pokemon in front of her as Farfetch'd lowers his leek, "What's goin' on?" Sylvester's Farfetch'd no longer wants to nor needs to attack Sarah. He squints his eyes to look like an Abra, points his leek in many directions, then says, "Far fetch'd farfetch'd!" He doesn't bother to check if Sarah gets what he's saying and begins his search for the Abra who Sarah claimed to have seen. Sarah did understand that Farfetch'd was doing an Abra impression but didn't figure out that he wanted her to help him find the Psychic Pokemon. Instead of helping him, she walks over to Jason Bard, reluctantly followed by her Mareep. She kneels down and puts her hand on his forehead, "A-are... a-are you okay?" Suddenly, she gets pushed from behind, falling face-first onto Jason's sunken stomach! Once close, she hears loud bubbling noises coming from within. Disgusted, she sits up quickly and turns to face a prankster Abra, the one who pushed her, sticking its tongue out again. She blurts out, "Barbie, Thundershock this meanie!" "Reeeep!" Barbie, who is right behind the now chuckling Abra, concentrates as sparks fly from her increasingly fluffy fleece. She releases a Thundershock attack... ...but Abra Teleports away just in time to avoid the attack and Barbie's Thundershock continues past the place where the Abra was standing, hitting Sarah instead! Sarah's long blonde hair frizzes up and her white woolen shirt fluffs up once she's hit. She rubs her head, woozy from the attack. When Barbie screams "Eeeeeeep!", Sarah shakes her head and says, "Don't worry, Barbie... I'll be all right..." She swings her legs to the side and lays down right next to Jason to recover then whispers into Jason's ear, "I hope... I hope I didn't h-hurt you when I f-fell on your stomach..." While looking up at the branches looming above that block her view of the sky, Sarah wonders why the Abra is being so mean. She asks no one in particular, "Is that Abra wild or has someone taught it to play pranks?" -Sarah