Subject: [PW!] [WC] [R1] Marvin's Three Minutes and a Half of Fame Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:40:14 GMT From: Rob <robfrompw@yahoo.com> Organization: AT&T Worldnet Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon "It's show time!" Marvin the magician smiles when he hears his name announced in Red Rock Isle's Coliseum. He straightens out a few wrinkles in his golden tuxedo, adjusts both his crystalline top hat and the silver bow-tie he's wearing, and happily walks out onto a stone platform, amazed when he sees hundreds of fans gathered at the Coliseum to watch his upcoming show. However, the people gathered are fans of the Whirl Cup, not fans of Marvin, and the show he's about to put on is not his usual magic show, but rather a Pokemon battle. Despite this fact, Marvin is happy that his appearance at the Whirl Cup is being broadcast to thousands of people, from Cianwood City to Lavender Town. "Hello, everyone!" Marvin waves his hands to the people in an exaggerated manner, and seeing one of the remote control underwater cameras zip into his vicinity, he takes off his hat and dunks his head in the water so that his face is nationally broadcast. Once the camera zooms past him, he pulls his head out of the water, slicks back his thinning brown hair, and puts his top hat back on. Marvin then proceeds to launch fire out of his sleeves in an impressive pyrotechnics show - impressive in that Marvin doesn't set himself on fire in the process. In the audience, a dirty blonde hippie chick wearing a multi-colored kimono covers her face and shakes her head in shame at Marvin's pandering while a small Pink-Bow-wearing Corsola on her lap hops up and down happily, cheering for Marvin, "YOU CAN DOO EET!" Rudy, the leader of the Trovita Gym located on one of the Orange Islands, steps onto a stone platform across from Marvin's. Being that Rudy's there to win a Pokemon battle, not to gain popularity, he quickly pulls out a Pokeball and throws it into the Coliseum's large pool while shouting, "Go, Starmie!" A purple Starmie emerges from the Pokeball and decides to hover over the water for the match instead of swim in it. The announcer of the Whirl Cup, who was hired because he has an amazing talent for stating the obvious, comments, "Rudy is using a Starmie in this match, a half-Psychic Water Pokemon - will Marvin's Pokemon be able to defeat such a tough foe?" "Hey, anything's possible, right?" Marvin asks no one in particular before producing a Pokeball and pushing its button to release the Pokemon within. The moment a red Octillery materializes in the Coliseum's giant pool, Rudy yells, "Starmie, Psychic!" The Starmie obeys the command, and within seconds, Marvin's Octillery is hit by a powerful wave of Psychic energy that knocks him out of the water and onto the stone platform Marvin's on. The Octillery struggles to get up, not because he wants to fight, but because he wants to strangle Marvin for sending him out to battle a Starmie, but he ends up fainting. "Except that, I guess. You tried your best, Octillery, and I'm proud of that - you deserve a rest!" Marvin pulls his Octillery back into his Pokeball as the crowd starts muttering amongst themselves about what just happened. The announcer notices the unrest in the crowd, so he panics and after trying for a few seconds to come up with something clever, he ends up saying, "Marvin's Octillery was taken out on the word go!" "That's not true!" Marvin voices his disagreement and he counts on his hand as he says, "After 'go', Rudy said 'Starmie', then you said some stuff, then *I* asked if anything was possible, then Rudy said 'Starmie, Psychic' and THEN my Octillery was taken out." The referee, who hadn't seen a match this short since he refereed for a Mike Tyrogue boxing match declares, "Octillery is unable to battle. Rudy is the winner!" He points to Rudy, who simply recalls his Starmie and walks off the platform. Marvin, however, does not leave the stone platform he's standing on willingly, wanting to milk his moment of fame for all its worth. He starts calling out to the crowd, "If you like magic, come see my show in Goldenrod City - I perform at least once a week! Think of it this way, my magic show can't POSSIBLY be any worse than my Pokemon Training abilities!" and soon enough, two Whirl Cup Guards drag him away from the platform and to a special seat in the Coliseum where they can keep their eyes on him. -Marvin