Subject: [PW!] Trousle Awakens (Awakes?) ... He wakes up, dang it! Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 23:53:48 -0500 From: "Kenneth Livingston" <undrhil@charter.net> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Trousle Undrhil stirred uncomfortably in his bed. He couldn't remember going to sleep but here he was in a bed waking up somewhere. He glanced around and realized that he was still in the Pokemon Center. His last memories were of bringing in his newly caught Pidgey and getting it checked out and healed up. He glanced around for his Pokeballs and was relieved to find them still attached inside his jacket, which was draped neatly over the chair next to his bed. As he lay there dreamily, still half-asleep, someone entered the room. From the footsteps, he guessed it was a child. "Chansey?" the 'person' in question turned out to be Nurse Joy's Chansey, which had come in to check on him. He quickly scrambled to get his stuff together and walked out to the lobby. "Well, young man, you must have been very tired. You've been asleep for almost two months!" Nurse Joy proclaimed. "Two months? How's that even possible? And why am I not hungry if I've been asleep that long?" "We kept you fed and cleaned up. But none of our efforts to awaken you worked. We even brought in a new Pokemon from Hoenn to try, but its Uprour woke up everyone except for you. We were starting to get worried. We don't even know who your parents are!" "Well, my mom's in Veridian City, so you can contact the Pokemon Center there and they can let her know I'm alright, " Trousle said. He then realized that the entire Pokemon Center looked different. It was more colorful and lively. His attention became fixated on a small sign near the door which seemed to be conveniently hazey enough so that he couldn't read it until he got right up to it. "Welcome to Goldenrod City ... " he read off from the sign. "Um, where is Goldenrod City and why is this sign for it in Pewter City?" "Oh, you're not in Pewter City anymore. We had you moved here to Goldenrod City in Johto so that you could have the best medical care available. You have only been here for three days, so apparently, the move worked for you, although I'm still not sure why you were unconscious all that time." Nurse Joy chirped in her cheerful voice. Meanwhile, her Chansey had gone into the room where Trousle had been staying and changed the sheets on the bed. "Chansey! Chansey Chans!" It held up a small object to Trousle. "What's this?" he asked. He looked closely at it, it was a device which fit just perfectly in the palm of his hand. He examined it closely but couldn't tell what it was. He showed it to Nurse Joy. "Oh? That's a TM. Isn't it yours? It was in the room that you were in. Well, the owner will likely not be coming back here for it, so you can keep it. There's no way to tell which TM it is until you use it." "A TM? What's a TM?" he asked. "It's a Technique Machine. It can teach a new move to a Pokemon in your active party, but it can only be used once and on one Pokemon. There are many of them available in the Department Store, maybe you should go there and see if they can identify which one it is for you?" Nurse Joy offered before she went back to checking on the other Pokemon in the center. Trousle walked outside and was immediately met with bright sunlight and lots of tall buildings. He'd never seen so many buildings in his entire life, except in pictures and on TV. He wandered around for a bit before realizing that he had no idea where to find the Department Store. He was about to ask a passing woman if she could point the way, when a door opened right in front of him. Written on the door was "Goldenrod City Department Store". He had almost walked right past it! Before walking in, he released his Wooper, who looked up at him quizzically. The Wooper looked like it had grown quite a bit while he was out, but he would have to ask Nurse Joy about that later when he went back to the Pokemon Center. The Wooper continued to look up at him and then finally made a little "Woop!" as if it finally recognized who this was. "That's right, Wooper, it's me! I'm sorry it's been so long since I took you out of your Pokeball, but I don't know what happened. Maybe we can start catching some new Pokemon soon!" The Wooper starting jumping up and down excitedly and making Wooping sounds, which started drawing looks from people walking along. "It's ok, Wooper, calm down. Please, I won't forget about you. I promise!" The Wooper calmed down slightly and Trousle recalled it into it's Pokeball. He then turned his attention to the Department Store. It certainly looked like there were a lot of people inside. So, he opened the door and went in.