From: Chet Weaver, to be precise (nichirasu@hotmail.com) Subject: Re: [PW!] [SC] [FINAL] Smasher vs. Robert! An Extreme Finale! Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2003-12-26 13:41:19 PST Rob wrote: > Eric Jenson, a generic referee wearing a generic black-and-white referee > outfit takes the field and declares, "The Final Round of the Silver > Conference will pit Red Trainer Smasher against Green Trainer Robert. The > match will be a 6-on-6 Pokemon battle on a Water Field with no time limit. > Green Trainer Robert will select which Pokemon to send out first. Let the > battle begin! > > When the Water Field is locked into place, Robert tells himself, "Well, I > might as well start out with my Slowbro. He's the only Pokemon on my team > who has the field advantage." He pulls Slowbro's Pokeball off the first slot > on his belt, aims it at the pool, and pushes the button on it. A red beam > shoots into the water. Seconds later, a large Slowbro with a vacant look in > his eyes floats up to the surface of the Water Field. "Ahhh, Slowbro... > slow!" Robert's Slowbro lounges in the pool as he awaits his opponent. > Robert waits for Smasher to send a Pokemon out, planning to keep Slowbro on > the field regardless of Smasher's choice since he's confident his Slowbro > can use his field advantage to overcome any type disadvantages he might > face. Smasher so wanted to smack the confident look right off of Robert's face. He took a deep breath, attempting to channel his anger into energy rather than mind-clouding hatred. He snapped a PokeBall off his belt and tossed it to the nearest platform. "Let's get this thing started!" Smasher called as the ball sailed through the air. "Pikat-Shoo, it's time to get extreme!" The ball sprung open upon impact and release a Pikachu before flying back into Smasher hands. Pikat-Shoo stood at attention and saluted his trainer before turning to his opponent. "You can do it, Slowbro!" Robert encouraged his dopey Pokemon. "Use Psychic attack!" "Pikat-Shoo, use Thunderbolt!" Smasher commanded. "Pika," Pikat-Shoo confirmed before unloading a few thousand megawatts of electricity into his pink opponent. "CHUUUUUUUUUU!!!!" Slowbro was severely singed, but otherwise seemed completely unware that he was even hit. "Now, into the water!" Smasher commanded. "Slowbro slow," Slowbro uttered as he finally processed Robert's command and immediately released a wave of Psychic energy. Pikat-Shoo dove backwards like a Navy Seal and avoided the attack completely. "Pikachu can swim?" Robert noted. "Mine can," Smasher confirmed. "Pikat-Shoo, go for a stealthy Thunderbolt attack!" "Slowbro, go underwater and use Swift attack!" The Shellder on Slowbro's tail dragged him underwater as the shadow of a Pikachu glided across the surface. Pikat-Shoo halted as the Shellder spotted him and shot off a full clip of speedstars. The military Pikachu took the hit and lit up the water with his electricity. Moments later, Pikat-Shoo surfaced for air and swam back to his starting position while Slowbro merely floated on the surface. "Slowbro is unable to battle," the referee announced. "Pikachu is the winner!" "Sorry, Slowbro, guess I underestimated him," Robert apologized as he recalled his fainted Pokemon. "But that won't happen twice! Go, Piloswine!" A large hog, a vertible pile of swine, materialized on the platform nearest to Robert. "Looks like you've seriously underestimated me!" Smasher called out, driving a fist into his open palm. "Because you've fallen for my secret strategy, my friend! Everyone knows that electric attacks are useless against ground-types, which is why I'll need to use water! Lots of water!" "But I heard your Starmie was out of commission," Robert said. "Yeah, he would've been awesome in this battle," Smasher admitted. "But I have to admit that I never taught him any water moves. But I do have one Pokemon that does, and I won't even have to switch out to use him! Pikat-Shoo! Show the folks at home how you earned the name of the God of Storms! Use Surf!" "What!?" Robert exclaimed. "No way! Pikachus can't... learn... Surf?" Robert trailed off as the water emptied from his side of the court and towered above him on Smasher's. Mimicking the guesture of Pikat-Shoo's outstretched forelegs, the contents of the pool flowed high above their controller and dumped themselves squarely on Robert's Piloswine. Both Robert and Piloswine were soaked, as were the first couple of rows on Robert's side, but unlike Robert Piloswine was out cold. "Piloswine is unable to battle!" the referee proclaimed. "Pikachu is the winner!" "How about that folks!" the announcer excitedly called. "All this time, Smasher had carried with him a rare Surfing Pikachu! They're part of a scarce genome found only in remote locations of the world and are highly prized by Vermillion City's gym leader Lt. Surge for taking out pesky ground types! How Smasher got a hold of one is unknown, but it must've been quite a story!" "You bet there's a story!" Smasher replied. "But I'll save that for another time. Make no mistake, though, there is a story." To be continued... [NS: Well, I hope that wasn't too quick.] -- Chet "Tech" Weaver - Trying Newsgroups through Netscape AIM: PanGatomon MSN/E-mail: Nichirasu@hotmail.com Yahoo! Messenger: tech_weaver ICQ: 122744531 Webcomic: http://desperadocoyote.keenspace.com My Adventure Quest character: http://www.battleon.com/aq-chardetail.asp?temp=131213 You can play Adventure Quest at http://www.battleon.com "i didn't think ahead, im not exactly the brightest fork in the shed" "Wouldn't that be the sharpest fork in the shed?" -- Actual exchange from the Adventure Quest forums