From: Steffan Alun (ic3duck@hotmail.com) Subject: [PW!] BOOM it's PHOOM! Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2003-12-17 10:49:49 PST Phenomelous Marvaleon walked through an alley. His heavy, black trenchcoat swung "impressively" from side to side. Phenomelous - or Phoom, as he was known to his friends, none of whom we're likely to come across during this or any other story - pulled down his blue shades and looked over the tops of the frames. Phenomelous had a quest to fulfill. The likelyhood of him ever succeeding in this quest being exactly nought, we won't go into the exact details of the quest right now. A noise of some description! Phoom's hand shot to an inside pocket by instinct, and held onto a dagger, given to him by his dying father at some point. He took a deep breath and looked around the corner. PokéWars!: Phenomelous Marvaleon "BOOM it's PHOOM!" Steffan Alun It was a passer-by. Phoom relaxed. He walked out into the open. It might be worth noting at this point that the reason Phoom was in an alley was that he had escaped into it from the fire-escape of a nearby building. The reason for his escape was that he'd stolen something from the building. This is why Phoom needed to get away quickly. Phoom got away quickly. A few hours later, Phoom was drinking in a bar. "How old are you!" said the bartender. "Nineteen and three quarters!" said Phoom. "Can you prove it!" said the bartender. "Yes but my ID is at home!" said Phoom. "Oh!" said the bartender. "Can I stay!" said Phoom. "No!" said the bartender. Phoom left. The reason Phoom didn't have ID with him was that he was a renegade and therefore homeless and therefore had no ID. He lived on the streets of Cerulean with his inexplicably powerful Pokémon. A man entered the bar. The man wore a red cloak. "Hello," said the man. "Where is Phenomelous Marvaleon?" The fact that the man used Phoom's full name indicates that he is not a friend of Phoom's. "He just left," said the bartender. "Assuming you mean that man who wore a cool trenchcoat and ominous blue shades." "The very same," said the red-cloaked man. Outside, Phoom bumped into the red-cloaked man. This was a few minutes later. "Phenomelous!" In the course of events, Phoom ended up in a warehouse with the red-cloaked man, whose name was Phillip the Terrifying, tied to a chair. "So, Phillip the Terrifying. We meet again." "No, first time, actually," said Phillip. "You met my brother, PHYLLIS the Terrifying. And you killed her." "Ah, so that's why you're still alive." "Yes." "WAIT!" "What?" "I never killed her." "Yes you did." "No I didn't." "Yes you did." "No I didn't." "Wait, sorry, no you didn't. She was already dead!" "OH!" "It was a coincidence. Sorry. I forgot. I was going to get my revenge on you!" "OH!" "Ok, you can let me go now." "WAIT!" "What?" "You had a BROTHER named PHYLLIS?" "He used to be a girl." "Ah, kay." Phoom untied Phillip the Terrible and let him go. Now, with that unfortunate event behind him, he could focus on his REAL goal - which we WON'T GO INTO HERE! TBC?