From: AzNPiKaPi <aznpikapi@aol.com.crash> Subject: [PW!] [Island] Ocho. Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 8:12 PM The helicopter touched down uneventfully in a clearing in a thick forest. "This is were you begin." The pilot looked down at a piece of paper. "Wind Fireblade. Here is a harness, a notebooks with thick bindings mind you, a camera, rolls of film, a sleeping bag, a few cans of food, a map, a poncho and other things for you. You are supposed to have provided everything else you need." Wind nodded. The pilot handed her a surprisingly light pack with these items. Wind took it and stepped out and into the forest and watched to helicopter take off to drop off the other trainers. After walking a mile into the deep forest Wind sat on fallen tree already tired. The morning dew was still resting on the leaves scattered across the forest floor. She put on a green tank top and camo pants, a belt with pouches, and the climbing harness. She put her pokemon in a pouch in front. She took the standard knife all the invited trainers were given into another and put the rifle in the side. After walking she saw Caterpies and Beedrills, the occasional ekans creep by. A few bellsprouts here and there. She took a few photos. "This is a trainers delight" she though. But she couldn't capture any, she wasn't even supposed to have her pokemon but she didn't want unseemly types to have them. Suddenly she saw a yellow tail and walked close but it disappeared into a tree. Wind walked to the tree and saw it had vines all over it and some notches ... almost as if it could be climbed. She threw a rope to the top and secured her harness and started her ascent. She lost her grip a few times but soon figured out the three point rule. The tree was almost easy to climb, always a vine hanging nearby and branches and notches for footholds. It was almost as if it as designed for scaling. Several minutes later Wind reached the top and walked on a horizontal tree branch. She started to get suspicious, the top of the branch was covered in moss and it seemed to be traveled. But that was impossible. She walked to another tree and started to climb up when the ancient branch cracked and broke. "AHHHHHHH!!!!" She fell into a slope of soft leaves, her harness saving her from hitting the ground to hard, but still enough to knock her out. She falls apart, no one there Hold her hand, it seems to disappear Falls apart, might as well Day is long and nothing is wasted Runaway Runaway, Want to hold you but your going away- Sugar Ray (my sig needed a change)