From: Bandraptor (bandraptor@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: [PW!] Clash of the Pathetic Superpowers Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2003-11-22 21:14:04 PST (OOC: I'm hoping this formats properly, I'm using new word processing software, and I'm not sure if it will translate to a web form. If it gets funked up, well, the post is mostly filler, anyway.) shakkmaster wrote: > "Of course," Bo said, pulling out another grey and black pokeball and > returning the Gardevoir after persuading him to get rid of the faux scars. > "Interesting," Nori said. "Excuse me." > Sureswift2 appeared and Bo hopped on. He checked his pokeballs and told the > Fearow to go to New Mauville. With Bo's departure, Nori is left to scold her Dodrio, "Didn't we just have this conversation? You can't swear vengeance on every Pokémon who looks at you cross-eyed--that'd mean a lot of dead Gengars, since their eyes seem to be permanently crossed...assuming you could kill a Gengar, anyway." Nori shakes her head to clear it before continuing, "Anyway, that's not the point. You'd better shape up, buster, or I won't let you fight in the Silver Conference." Cerberus just rolls its eyes, because it knows that Nori isn't going to cut it loose at a time when she's so desperate for Pokémon. "Don't make me pull badges on you," Nori warns. When Cerberus rolls its eyes again, she removes the Earth Badge that's attached to her jacket, and holds it out in front of the Dodrio's three heads. Cerberus becomes so entranced by the shiny, brightly colored object that it completely forgets to be rancorous, and begins to sway hypnotically back and forth on its feet, complacent expressions on all of its faces. Nori recalls the Dodrio back into its blue and white Ultra Ball. "You need to behave yourself, and set a good example for Magby." Set the Natu begins hopping around angrily on top of Nori's shoulder, wanting to know why Nori has never ordered Cerberus to set a good example for *him*. Nori continues speaking to the half-conscious Dodrio, "Anyway, if you felt compelled to attack something, you should've gone for that whorey looking Psychic." She glowers, "Stupid Hoenn Pokémon--I bet they have a whole ‘nother moveset that I'm gonna have to research." "Deri li." Magby the Delibird copies Nori's pose as she echoes her sentiments, determined to emulate her trainer in every conceivable way. "Oh, speaking of movesets," Nori crouches down beside the duckling, "I need to know which attacks you have!" She scans the bird with her Movédex. "It says here that you know Ice Beam, Blizzard, Present, and...Metronome? Heh, you must've learned that last one from Magmar." "Deli!" Magby shushes her. She points to her Present sack, which also currently contains her costume, saying that they can't talk about her abilities while she's unmasked, or else bad guys might learn of her true identity! Nori runs a hand over her face, "Why are all of my Pokémon head cases? Seriously, Magby, nobody will care." Magby looks around cautiously, then throws two wingfuls of snow up in the air, using her Blizzard technique to create an improvised Smokescreen. When the flurry subsides, Magby is standing before them, fully disguised. "Okay, that's pretty neat," Nori opines, "what else can you do?" Magby inhales deeply, then fires an icy cold blast of carbon dioxide at the ground, cutting a path through the ankle deep snow as if performing a Flamethrower attack. After maintaining the Ice Beam for about ten seconds, she stops and catches her breath, still exhaling little puffs of steam with each gasp. Nori gushes, "Magby, you are SO COOL! You make my other Pokémon look like a bunch of slackers." Magby beams at the praise, and the two of them begin to dance around together. "Tu! Natoooo!" A visibly incensed Set uses his Psychic attack to blaze a similarly sized path through a different snow bank, but nobody seems to notice. He continues to hop around in a jealous fit, "Tooooo!!!" "Deri, delibird," Magby points to Nori's Pokébelt, wondering when she's going to get a Pokéball of her own, so everyone will know that she's in training. "Hmmm," Nori gestures to Cerberus' Pokéball, and explains, "to be honest, I try not to use Pokéballs if I don't have to. I want to be sure that my Pokémon are with me because they choose to be, and not because some mind control device inside a Pokéball is forcing them to be loyal. Cerberus has a Pokéball because it's disobedient, and Anubis has one because he's still pretty young, and I need to have a way to recall him, in case he gets into trouble..." Magby begins to look despondent, so Nori quickly offers, "Of course, if you really want a Pokéball, I'm sure I can get one for you! We'll pick out a nice one, okay? Maybe a Great Ball or a Premier Ball!" Magby quickly perks up, and shouts in jubilation, "De!" Set begins to chirp, "Natu! Natu too!" because he thinks that anything that's good enough for Magby should also be good enough for him. Nori blows him off, "Sorry, Set. You don't get a Pokéball. You're my always-out Pokémon, my cute little mascot, or whatever." Set goes ballistic, and proceeds to stomp on Nori's head. Nori ignores him as she muses, "Of course, we're going to be participating in a tournament, and it's going to be a major pain if I have to run out onto the field to pick you up every time you faint." She makes up her mind, "All right then, Pokéballs for everybody!" Set and Magby both cheer! Due to his intense dislike for Magby, Set becomes annoyed with her perceived mimicry, and bullies her all the way to the Pokémart. TBC... --Beth