From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] First Lesson: Snorlax Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 7:38 PM > "Ah!" She > pulled the Poképedia out of her purse. "I should get in the habit of > using this > more often if I'm going to get into my role," she chuckled and pressed > a few > buttons. After a moment, several short lists popped up on the > screen. "Um... > the place with most variety of pokémon is the Safari Zone, but that > might be a > bit inconvenient. Or we could go down the bike path west of Celadon, > or... > Cinnabar Island?" she read off the screen. "Well, Robert, where would > you like > to go?" > > Nendil Robert looks over her shoulder onto the map in the Pokepedia. It is much more detailed than the rugged map he bought in Vermilion City a while ago. "Where are we now, where's the Safari one, and where's the bike path?" Mithril-rama presses some buttons and the digital map begins to zoom in on the Saffron City area. She rolls the ball mouse and clicks a button on Saffron City. A more detailed map of the city appears. She clicks the area where the Hospital is in, and it zooms into it. She continues clicking until she sees a real-time satellite view of what is going on inside the Hospital, and a tiny version of Robert and Rilli can be seen staring into a miniature Pokepedia, "Wow! This thing's powerful! We are here." She points at herself on the Pokepedia's screen. "Well, I can see that!" Robert exclaims, whistling in awe at the power in Rilli's hand. "Where's the Safari Zone and the bike path?" Mithril-rama continues zooming in and out in the Pokepedia, until she shows Robert where everything is. "Hmmm..." Robert thinks about it, then comes up with a plan, "We don't have to choose! We'll just go west through Celadon City, then rent some bikes, go down the path, and visit the Safari Zone when we bike to it!" Mithril-rama stands up from the bench and stashes the Pokepedia inside her purse, "Okay, let's get going!" Robert stands up and stretches. They both stand there for a minute, before Mithril-rama asks, "What are you waiting for? C'mon!" She ushers Robert to go in front of her, like they usually travel. Robert shakes his head playfully and smiles, "You're in the lead now, Rilli! I'll follow you!" "Okay..." Mithril-rama starts to walk out of the Hospital, Robert close behind, "...but this is kinda weird." As they head together towards the Western Saffron City exit, Robert admires Rilli's backside. He usually doesn't get a chance to see it as they walk, since the used to either walk together or Robert would be in the lead, but he likes the new view. After they pass through the gate, they already see the large city of Celadon in the distance. No Pokemon interrupt the walk, and Robert doesn't like this, "Why hasn't any Pokemon leaped in front of us? You'd think they've grown scared of humans... but that's ridiculous. What have we done to them?" Mithril-rama shrugs, and walks at a slower pace so that Robert is soon next to her, "*We* haven't done anything to them, but being around these big cities must be tough... all this industrialization. They might not like the air around here, so they migrate towards a less populated area! Hey, Robert, you don't have to go in the back like that... Like I said earlier, we're learning together... and I shouldn't be treated as more or less important than you. We should be equal!" Robert rests his hand on Rilli's farther shoulder, "That's okay... I don't mind the view back there!" "What's that supposed to...?" Mithril-rama realizes what he's saying, "Hey!" She shakes her head and chuckles. They enter Cerulean City, and admire the buildings, some being taller than those in Saffron City. Robert reminisces about the last time he was here, and is reminded of RK and Erika, "Erika! Hey, Rilli, should we visit Erika? She must be saddened by RK's passing away..." "I'm not sure..." Mithril-rama ponders the decision, "If it happened a few days ago, she must be still recovering. If we go remind her of it, it might still hurt her, being fresh in her mind...and besides, she's probably busy taking challengers." Robert nods, his face showing sadness while remembering RK, "We're still just recovering too. We'll visit her later, when it won't hurt us all as much... Right now, we have to learn about Pokemon in the Safari Zone." Now that they know their ultimate destination, their time spent lost in Celadon is very short. They just head straight west through the city, ignoring all the tempting offers in the windows of the stores they see. They don't have enough money to spare, anyhow, so it would just be window shopping if they did stop. Soon they exit the Western City limits, and find themselves in a small Oasis of nature so close to the urban city. Robert stops to read an arrow-shaped road sign, "Bike Rentals, up ahead..." Mithril-rama and Robert start to jog in the direction that the sign is pointing, only to be stopped by a huge tub of sleeping lard, blocking the narrow road, two thick barbed wire fences on either side of it. Robert pokes the obstacle in it's belly, which moves up and down as the thing breathes, "What IS this?" "Looks like a Pokemon..." Mithril-rama comments, pretty sure it can't be anything else. Robert looks up at the Pokemon, teary eyed, "Wow, if I had a Pokemon this big, he could just sit on all my opponents and get rid of them just like that! Looks a bit too big to stay in a Pokeball... I'll use my Ultra ball!" Robert tosses his backpack off his shoulder and begins rummaging through it, before he stops to think. "Wait... No... I can't catch this... this... thing! I don't even know what it's called! Here's your chance to teach me my first lesson, Miss Rama!" -Robert