From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Personal Hygiene in Vermilion City Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 4:06 PM > Choosing their steps carefully, Robert and Rilli ran through the muddy > cave, not > bothering to look back. It was a thankfully short time before > sunlight pierced > through the exit of the tunnel, and they collapsed onto the grasses by > the > roadside, panting. Ahead, the city of Vermilion peeked over the > horizon. > > Nendil Robert rolls over in the grass next to Mithril-rama and places his hand on her back. He looks westward to the welcoming streets of Vermilion City, "This is the fourth time we've been here..." Mithril-rama smiles, remembering that this is the city where she met Robert for the first time, "Maybe this'll be our last visit. Are you ready to defeat that Raichu once and for all?" "Hmm..." Robert considers it for a moment, rests his head on the grass, and closes his eyes, "Maybe after a nap." Rilli nods, and rests her head facing Robert, but then realizes the absurdity of it, "Wait a minute, Robert! We can't just fall asleep in the middle of the road! If we want to take a break, we should go to the Pokemon Center. It's safer. Besides, I can't wait to get out of these dirty clothes!" Robert opens his eyes, releasing a chuckle, "I can't wait for you to get out of your clothes either!" "Hey!" Mithril-rama tries to keep a serious face, but cracks a little smile. Robert puts one of his dirt-covered hands on her slightly dirty chin. His hand dislodges a piece of mud that had hardened on her chin, probably splattered onto there by one of the Dugtrio's massive Dig attacks. Despite Rilli's visibly filthy face, Robert kisses her cheek ever so gently, not minding the grime. "Ahh, Rilli, I love you so much!" "Ditt..." Mithril-rama pauses and shudders a little, "I love you too!" Though they are filthy, they feel like they can stay there on the grass forever. That is, until Mithril-rama stands up and dusts herself off. Robert stands up a few seconds after she does, finding no reason to stay lying down if Rilli isn't, and tries to dust himself off too. Their efforts to get rid of the dirt are fruitless, so they begin to walk into town dirty, just slightly embarrassed. Fortunately, not too many people are out in the mid afternoon, so they are unnoticed. When they reach the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy shrieks and jumps out of her seat, "Oh my gosh! You children are so very dirty! You must go to one of our showers immediately... No, not together! That would be crazy... Here's a towel for you and here's a towel for you, and don't forget to wash behind your ears! How could this have possibly happened?! You must be coming from the Diglett Cave, I guess... That's not the best way to get here from Pewter City, because it's so dangerous with all the Diglett and Dugtrio... and since you might get dirty like you did! But that doesn't matter, because we have two showers available. You go in here and you go in here! Bye!" Before they know it, Robert and Mithril-rama are both showering in separate shower rooms. Though they are apart, while they shower, they think about each other. Being less hygienic, Robert finishes first and puts on his clean blue jeans and a different black shirt. He removes the four dirty Badges from his unclean black shirt and washes the them in the sink, recalling the Gym Battles in which he earned them. Robert sighs as he pins the last Badge, the Soul Badge, onto his new black shirt, "I sure hope I can win that Thunder Badge... I've tried two times and failed. I might as well give up altogether if I don't win this one." He looks into the mirror, running hand hand across his cheeks, "Geeze, I've grown some facial hair... Been a while since I shaved..." Meanwhile, in the other bathroom, Mithril-rama is wearing nothing more than the white towel that Nurse Joy handed her. She glances down at her legs and notices that some of the dirt didn't wash off... Wait, that's not dirt... It's little hairs! She gasps quietly, and grabs a small razor out of her purse, "I haven't shaved in a while..." Robert and Mithril-rama both run their respective razors across their corresponding areas. As Robert's razor runs across his ample chin, Mithril-rama's razor slides down the curves on her legs. Small black hairs fall to the floor in both bathrooms. Robert finishes first, having less of an area to shave, and splashes water onto his face. He puts his socks on, but realizes that his one pair of black sneakers is too grimy to go on his white socks. "I'm sure there's some sort of place I can wash these out." Robert grabs his shoes in his hands and walks outside into the main hallway, then looks at the other bathroom door, "Rilli's not done... I'll just wait for her." Surely enough, mere moments later, Mithril-rama finishes getting dressed... or at least as dressed as she can get, using whatever clean clothes were hiding inside her purse. When the the bathroom door swings open, Robert drops his sneakers. Rilli is standing in the doorway, wearing a loose white shirt, light blue shorts, and no shoes or socks. Her black hair is dripping wet, and without even sniffing it, he imagines how pleasing it must smell. Robert's jaw manages to move in a few moments, as he glances at Rilli from head to toe, "There's something different... about you... I can't quite place it..." Mithril-rama furrows her brow slightly, "Yeah... there's something different about you too... Hmm." They approach each other, and at the same time, shout out, "You shaved!" Mithril-rama runs the back of her hand down Robert's cheek, "Oooh... smooth!" Robert doesn't have the nerve to test out how smooth Rilli's exposed legs are... not in public at least. While he imagines their smoothness, Mithril-rama returns the kiss that Robert gave her earlier, this time not having to dread the filthiness, since they are both squeaky clean! Robert gets lost in both time and place for a moment, and just hugs Mithril-rama. Then he remembers what he was going to do, "I need to clean my sneakers..." Mithril-rama nods, "Yeah, me too. My sneakers are dirty and I'm out of clean socks too! Let's go ask Nurse Joy... And after we clean our sneakers, are you going to go to the Gym and challenge Lt. Surge?" Robert looks down at Rilli's legs again, "Hmm... I'd rather... not... today. It's already pretty late, being..." Robert looks at his watch, "3 PM... and all. Plus, I can think of better things we can do!" "Like what?" Mithril-rama asks. "Uhhh..." Robert rubs his now hair-less chin, "Like eat lunch... and watch the sunset on the docks... and stuff!" Rilli smiles and rests her head on Robert's clean shirt, "Sounds romantic..." -Robert