From: Rob (robfrompw@yahoo.com) Subject: [PW!] [SC] [R1] Robert Vs. Roxie On The Rocks Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2003-12-04 03:49:36 PST "That last match between Andrew O'Reilly and Evir Apocalypse was simply spectacular, wasn't it, folks?" The Silver Conference announcer asks the rhetorical question to the hundreds of people sitting in Silver Town's Silver Stadium this afternoon, "Will Match 5 of Round One be just as spectacular? Let's find out! Trainers, approach the field!" Robert, a goateed man with messy black hair who's wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers, exits his red waiting room. The moment he walks out onto the Silver Stadium's field, the crowd cheers for him, some audience members remembering him from last year's Whirl Cup Competition. The cheering brings a smile to Robert's face and he starts waving his hands towards the audience, unaware that the Trainer he's supposed to face hasn't walked out onto the field yet. In the green room at the Green Trainer's side of the Silver Stadium, a green-haired biker girl stands across from two Koffing, an angry female one and and a happy male one. "Koffing, evolve this instant or I'll...", "KOFFING!" The angry Koffing protests, not wanting to fuse with the smiling Koffing beside her since she's concerned her enemy, Roxie's Totodile, wouldn't be as intimidated by her if she had a smiling appendage. The Koffing has formed grudges with all of Roxie's Pokemon, but she hates Aqaurius the most. "I guess you can lead Koffing to one another, but you can't force them to fuse. Damn you, Koffing - if we lose this match, I'm blaming it on you." Roxie punches the smiling weak Koffing away, bothered that her Koffing didn't want to fuse with him. Not nervous at all to be walking out to such a huge crowd, Roxie quickly approaches her spot in the Arena, staring directly at Robert. She's wearing a white shirt, a black leather jacket, a black leather mini-skirt, and black leather boots. The applause from the audience annoys her, especially since most of it is intended for Robert. The announcer declares, "Match 5 will pit Robert, the Diversity Gym Leader, against a biker from Goldenrod City named Roxie. Now let's find out which field they will battle on and who will go first." The crowd's attention turns to the giant scoreboard in the Arena, where the field selector dial lands on the Rock symbol and a red and green wheel informs the crowd that the Green Trainer will go first. When a Rock Field starts emerging from below the Arena, Robert comments to himself, "Hmm... maybe I should have asked Rilli to send me Golem." In the time it takes for the Rock Field to stop moving into place, Robert decides that if he defeats Roxie then he'll make some changes to his current team for Round Two of the Silver Conference. Already having decided before the match which Pokemon she should send out to battle first, Roxie quickly withdraws and throws the Pokeball containing her first Pokemon, a blue Quagsire called Shaft. Shaft's large tail wags happily when he feels the dirt under his flat feet. Having researched information on Roxie's Pokemon a little this morning, Robert knows Shaft is part Ground, so instead of sending out Hitmonchan to use Thunder Punch, he grabs Seadra's Pokeball and releases her instead. The spiky blue Seadra that appears has to balance on her tail to stay standing, "Dooo..." She's not nearly as comfortable as Shaft. "Shaft, Slam!" Roxie calls out with confidence, sure that her Pokemon can take out Robert's Seadra, especially on a Rock Field. Robert tells his Pokemon, "Let's start with a Twister! A Twister!" The Twister the Seadra shoots out of her snout deters Shaft momentarily whilst blowing dirt onto both Robert and Roxie. However, when the winds in the Arena are calm again, Shaft runs over to where Seadra is and Slams his tail onto her body, knocking her onto the ground. "Oh no!" Robert worries when his Water Pokemon flops around on the dirt, "Seadra's fallen... and she can't get up!" Taking advantage of the fact that Seadra can't get up off the ground, Roxie commands, "Shaft, Earthquake." "Seadra may be down, but she's not out," Robert says, "She doesn't need to be upright to perform her attacks. Seadra, use Water Gun!" Seadra's superior speed allows her to shoot a steady Water Gun stream at Shaft's face, weakening him as he slams his tail and both arms onto the ground. The subsequent Earthquake topples a boulder which lands on Seadra's tail! It critically hits the fallen Pokemon, knocking her out. "Seadra is unable to battle!" A referee declares as he holds up a green flag in Roxie's direction, "Quagsire is the winner!" Robert recalls his Seadra and places her Pokeball back on his belt. He speaks to the next Pokeball he pulls off his belt, "I knew I should've sent you out first. Take that Quagsire Down, Piloswine!" Robert tosses the Pokeball, releasing a large brown Piloswine who cries, "Swine!" Roxie orders, "Shaft, use Water Gun to keep that thing away from you!" Robert's Piloswine charges at Roxie's Quagsire, ready to inflict serious damage using her new tusks, when she's slowed down by a powerful burst of Water Gun Shaft's shooting from his open mouth. "Pi... lo..." She plows onwards, at a slower pace, until she's close enough to Shaft to use Take Down. She uses her massive weight to slam the Quagsire against a rather large rock on the field. When she moves away from Shaft, the slimy Pokemon slides down the rock onto the ground, having passed out. "Quagsire is unable to battle," the referee declares, lifting a red flag towards Robert, "Piloswine is the winner!" After angrily recalling Shaft and putting away his Pokeball, Roxie pulls another Pokeball out of her pocket, knowing which one of her Pokemon can finish off Robert's Piloswine. "That Piloswine's gonna be a pile-o-shit by the time Aquarius is through with it!" Roxie throws her Pokeball into the Rock Field. Aquarius, a Totodile holding a bottle of Mystic Water in his hands, appears in the Arena. "Aquarius, Water Gun!" "Piloswine, you just took down one Water Pokemon," Robert exhorts his Big Pig Pokemon, "You can Take Down another!" Powered by the Mystic Water he's holding, the Water Gun attack spewed by Roxie's little Totodile is almost twice as powerful as the one Shaft the Quagsire produced! A veritable geyser gushes out of Aquarius' mouth and said geyser knocks Robert's Piloswine back five feet, straight into a rock that knocks her out on contact. "Piloswine is unable to battle," the referee declares, pointing his red flag at Roxie, "Totodile is the winner!" "I guess not," Robert frowns as he recalls his Piloswine and places her Pokeball on his belt. He pulls the last Pokeball he's allowed to throw off his belt and says, "It's all up to you now, Hitmonchan. Let's show this Roxie girl the benefit of having a diverse set of attacks." He chucks the Pokeball and a Hitmonchan who has Hitmonlee-like feet appears on the field, fists up to her face and unusual feet kicking the air. Robert commands, "Hitmonchan, hit that Totodile with a Thunder Punch!" Roxie isn't concerned at all about Robert's Hitmonchan as she instructs her Pokemon again, "Aquarius, one more Water Gun should finish this." Hitmonchan, being a faster Pokemon than Roxie's Totodile, runs up to and Thunder Punches Aquarius just as he's taking a deep breath to spew another Water Gun! This particular punch manages to paralyze Aquarius with his jaw open, rendering him unable to spit a single drop of water. Robert calls out, "Now finish him off with your Mega Kick!" When Hitmonchan's foot makes contact with Aquarius' chest, it sends the Totodile flying straight for one of the rocks on the field. The Mega Kick was so powerful, the rock is smashed when Aquarius crashes into it! Roxie puts her arm up to shield her face from the debris shot at her. "Totodile is unable to battle," the referee says, once again gesturing towards Robert with his red flag, "Hitmonchan is the winner!" Roxie then uncovers her face to see that her Totodile has fainted. After wiping some dust off her body, Roxie sighs and recalls Aquarius into his Pokeball, which she puts back inside her pocket. "It's a long shot, but Parasite's pathetically weak, the Smoochum's a self-involved idiot, and Mankey's still a baby..." Roxie withdraws a Fast Ball and pushes the button on it, releasing the angry purple Koffing she was speaking to before this match began, "Go, Koffing!" Excited by his Fighting Pokemon's success, Robert throws a phantom punch as he shouts, "Hitmonchan, this time throw an Ice Punch!" Roxie orders, "Koffing, spit Sludge into that Hitmonchan's eyes!" Roxie's Koffing starts snorting, bringing some very toxic Sludge up to her mouth from deep within her spherical body, but before she can spit it out, she meets a fate similar to the one the team-mate she antagonizes most just met. The moment Hitmonchan's Ice Punch hits her, her entire body freezes, rendering her unable to spit a single toxin. "C'mon!" Roxie complains, "What're the odds of THAT?!" "I don't know, but the odds are clearly in my favor right now." Robert smiles, then shouts again, "Now finish him off with your Mega Kick!" Roxie screams, "My Koffing's female, you idiot!" "Really?" Robert squints his eyes at Roxie's hideous purple Koffing just as his Hitmonchan's Mega Kick sends her frozen body flying out of the Arena, "Eww. I bet she doesn't get asked out too often by male Koffing." "Koffing is unable to battle," the referee standing on the side of the Rock Field points his red flag at Robert a third time and declares, "Robert and his Hitmonchan win the match!" Roxie the biker girl recalls her frozen Koffing and marches away from the field, shouting profanities as she leaves. Roxie continues to swear as she marches to the area in the Silver Stadium where she agreed to meet Freddy, her little brother, after her match. "Wooooo-hooooo!" Robert exclaims, throwing his hands up in the air like he just doesn't care, "I'm moving on to Round Two!" He turns his attention to where his opponent was standing before to tell her that she fought well. When he sees she's not there anymore, he shrugs and continues to celebrate his own victory by dancing with his Hitmonchan. -Robert