From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Robert Goes Home With Rilli (What?! No! Not like that!) Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 12:27 AM Nendil wrote: > "I could fall asleep if I didn't have to keep walking," Rilli > muttered. "Maybe > they can install those moving sidewalks, and you can just sit and let > it take > you along," she giggled. > > And so it continued for another long period of time... until a > brighter light > filtered through the artificial illumination of the hallway. The exit > finally > loomed before the two travelers, and ahead lay their home town... The closer that Robert and Rilli get to Lavender Town, the more a light purple fog fills the air around them. Robert breathes in this air and sighs it out, used to it since he spent sixteen years growing up in the environment, "Ahhh, the fresh air of a beautiful town near the mountains... No more horrible smog, like in the other large cities..." "Yeah..." Mithril-rama absorbs some of the environment herself, "I wish my parents didn't move around so much. I would have loved to have lived in Lavender and grown up alongside you!" "It's not *that* great..." Robert notes, glancing over at Rilli, "I mean, all that traveling allowed you to learn more about the world and about Pokemon. When I left this town, I didn't know anything about the world around me, other than where the Saffron City Super market was. You met good friends out there..." Robert stops pondering this, when he remembers about Quethiril... and her surprising death, "Anyhow, are you ready to meet my mom?" Mithril-rama thinks about what Robert's mom must look like, "I guess... but aren't we going to go see Mr. Fuji first?" "It's too late. I wouldn't want to bother him at home." Robert looks around the area, realizing that he's unknowingly walked into the Lavender Town limits while chatting with Rilli, "We'll go to the Pokemon Volunteer House tomorrow. Right now, let's go home! I'm sure you'll like my mom's home cooking! And I get to show you my room!" "Yay!" Rilli exclaims, overexcited about finally being able to sit down after walking all afternoon long, "Are we almost to your house yet?" "Yes... In fact, here it is!" Robert looks over at his one story pink house. It's not very decorated, but the moist green grass in front has a red path leading up to a porch where some cheap patio furniture rests. A gray female Persian with black stripes leaps up from her resting place on the grass and runs over towards Robert! He runs his hand down her back, "Hello there, Kathy! I see you're glad I'm back home. Have you been taking care of mom?" "Purrrr..." The small Persian purrs, closing her eyes in bliss as Robert pets her the right way. "Cute kitty!" Mithril-rama smiles and reaches down to pet the strangely colored Persian, but she hisses and runs away, baring her teeth. Rilli backs away, "It looks like she doesn't like me..." Robert shakes his head slightly and watches as his mother's Persian sits down far away from them, "She's just afraid of strangers. Hey, at least she didn't Slash at you... so she must know you're not here to cause trouble. Let's go inside." Robert holds Rilli's hand and walks down the red path up to the porch. He knocks on the door, "Mommy?" "Mommy?" Mithril-rama asks, trying to not giggle. Robert looks over at Rilli and lowers his eyebrows, "Hey, it's what I've called her all my life! Mommy!" The door to the house swings open, and before Robert can say anything, his mother, who is shorter than him, starts to hug him tightly. She has curly black hair, light brown eyes, and wears a blue night robe that falls to her ankles. She starts to speak in a scolding tone, even while she hugs him, "You've been gone for 19 days! Nineteen days since you left! Why didn't you ever call me?! Not even on your birthday, you didn't call me! I thought you'd be coming home, so I bought you a big ice cream cake and some presents, and you didn't even..." "Presents?" Robert asks while trying to escape his mother's loving grasp, "Ice cream cake?! YES!!! I love ice cream cake! Do you still have it? Mmm... I'm hungry..." "Robert!" She complains, since his response doesn't seem to imply that he's missed her much, "I've missed you so so so so much! Where have you been? What have you done?" At that moment, she notices Mithril-rama, "And who's this? Since when do you hang out with girls? You never even talked to a girl at school... and now you're bringing one home?" "Yeah... yeah...I miss you, too, mommy. I'll explain everything during dinner. Oh, and this is Mithril-rama, but you can call her Rilli. I always do!" Robert smiles and tries to shove his way into his house. His mother goes in after him, Mithril-rama enters, and Kathy the Persian leaps in just before the door is shut. The first room in the house's interior is the living room. There is a round table, a white couch, and two arm chairs on either side of the main table. The floor is wooden, but heavily carpeted with light blue and dark red carpets. Kathy runs over to her favorite red rug and stretches on it, yawing. Robert's mother sits down at one of the arm chairs, and Robert throws himself onto the couch, beckoning Mithril-rama to join him. Rilli sits next to Robert, relieved to be finally sitting down! Robert smiles, "So? What's been going on here?" Robert's mother leans forward and starts to pet Kathy on the head, "Same ol', same ol. Nothing new. But it hasn't been the same without you here. Kathy's been the only companion I've had all this time. I was too used to you being at home, even though you were always in your room and never helped out with the chores!" "Yeah... Speaking of which, I want to show Rilli my room! Could you get dinner ready for us?" Robert smiles, already standing up off the couch and tugging Mithril-rama with him, "Call me when it's finished! Also, dig up those presents you got me! I can't wait to open them!" That said, Robert escorts his girlfriend into his room, who's entrance is immediately to the left of the entrance to the house. The door shuts quickly, and Robert's mother sighs. Robert flicks the light switch on, revealing horizontal brown drawers with various cabinets on it. There's a large television on top of the drawers and a Super Nintendo next to it. In front of the TV is where his messy bed is located, half red and half blue sheets still tossed about carelessly on top of it, not having been organized since the day Robert left. To the right, a large white table and chair is placed, where Robert's Compaq computer is at, "Ahh, room sweet room! Take a seat!" Mithril-rama falls on top of Robert's bed and lies there, very tired from traveling all the way from Celadon to Lavender Town in one day. Robert sits down at the edge of his bed, then notices his Super Nintendo, "Hey, look! It's my Super Nintendo! Hmm, Mankey Kong Country is still in it... That's a pretty cool game, Rilli! Want to see?" "Hmm... I'll see it later... " Mithril-rama sighs, snuggling against Robert's two pillows, and staring at his teddy Slowpoke, "Right now I need a break... my feet are killing me from all that walking!" "Is that so?" Robert asks, raising an eyebrow. He reaches down and pulls off Rilli's sneakers and removes her socks. He mockingly waves his hand in front of his face, "Woooo! Have you considered Odor Eaters?" "Hey! That's not funny!" Mithril-rama chuckles a little, looking over at Robert, "Are you going to give me a massage?" "Sure am! I was just kidding about the Odor Eaters, by the way, your feet smell lovely! To me, anyhow... Then again, everything about you is lovely to me!" Robert smiles as he places his hands on one of her tiny feet, rubbing his fingers deep into the hurting soles, "Hmmm... I'm pretty sure I've never massaged your feet before, but this feels very familiar..." "Yeah I know..." Mithril-rama answers, sighing at Robert's massaging fingers, not remembering the time she was drunk on Cinnabar with Robert, "It's as if we've done this before... but I'd remember that..." Robert loses himself in giving her the loving foot massage, taking her other small foot and rubbing it with tender love and care, remembering the time he turned down Bambi's offer to do the same to her big feet. He smiles and lets out a happy sigh, but then starts to feel that he's doing something wrong, "Does this feel good, Rilli?" "Yeah! Mmmmm..." She relaxes, smothering herself in Robert's covers, "Feels *very* good! Thanks!" "Oh, it's my pleasure!" Robert chuckles, taking both of her feet and massaging them at the same time. Just then, Robert hears footsteps, and the door starts to creak open, he tosses Rilli's feet aside just as his mother walks in through the door. He worriedly shouts out, "I'm not doing anything wrong, mommy! Nothing at all!" Robert's mother looks around the room, "Oh-kay, Robert, calm down. I just came to tell you that dinner's ready!" "Already?" Robert asks out loud, "I must've lost track of time... C'mon, Rilli!" Robert takes Mithril-rama's hand and leads her into the kitchen, who's walls are painted a very bright white. Robert, his mother, and Rilli all take their seats where the three plates full of delicious rice, beans, and pork chops are put on the table. Just as Robert starts to gorge his dinner, his mother asks, "So, what have you been doing for these 19 days that I haven't heard from you? You know, you could've picked up a telephone somewhere!" "Mmm... Yeah... it's..." Robert swallows the food he has in his mouth and continues to explain, "I left home with only Haunter and Cubone... and I have eight new Pokemon now! Pretty good, huh?" "It's great! ...I think." Robert's mom scratches her head, "I never went on a Pokemon Journey, but I've heard that some people out there catch outrageous amounts of Pokemon, and you've only caught eight?" "Actually... I've only caught..." Robert pauses to think about those Pokemon that have been given as gifts, mentally marking off Slowbro and Charmeleon, "I've only caught six since I left home... one was got in a trade and the other was a gift. But it doesn't matter how many Pokemon you have! It just matters whether or not you can get the badges. And I've gotten five! Cascade, Boulder, Rainbow, Soul, and recently, Thunder! They're here on my shirt!" "Oh... I see..." Robert's mother looks at the black shirt, somewhat uninterested, then turns her attention to Mithril-rama, who's trying to remove a portion of pork from the bone, "But I'm more interested in this girl you've brought home! The very thought of you being with a girl is weird to me... While all the other fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen year olds were out partying, you were at home playing with your Super Nintendo and that computer! What's your story, Rilli?" Mithril-rama looks a little startled when she is brought up in the conversation, since she thought that it would take Robert a long time to tell his mother of his adventures, "Oh? Me? Well, Mrs...?" "Just call me Ludy." The curly-haired woman who slightly resembles her son smiles, "Go on..." -Robert