From: MTSowbug <mtsowbug@homework.inbox> Subject: [PW!] The Doppleganger (part 5) from the perspective of Phoo Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 11:56 AM Recently both Phoo and Larry have reached the same location on the outskirts of Celadon. Both have been perterbed by a strange happening going on around Phoo, and both are at a loss for the incident. Trying to pay it as little mind as he can, Phoo is now set on accomplishing his set of goals for Celadon. And now for The Doppleganger (part 4). Phoo woke up early in the morning. He estimated it was about 4:00 AM. Something was admist, Phoo could tell, and he wanted to get straight to the task at hand, and try to ignore the previous incident. Awakening his pokemon, who he had carelessly left to sleep outside, he then asked Aurelia to check on the traffic of people in the vicinity. Aurelia gave a giddy salute, and bounded away, leaving Phoo to think. "In... a touch with myself... attuned..." Phoo thought, as he divulged his thoughts into thoughts, and delved himself into his own mind. His body lay suspended there, on the grass, surrounded in the sanctum of the trees. *** Inside the mind of Phoo *** Colors flashed. Music whirled. It was calm and chaotic at the same time. Phoo moved through it all, focusing on one channel. The static cleared, and Phoo found himself in what physically appeared to be where his body lay on the outside. "Hmm... the shades... where is it be?" Phoo softly and subtly thought. The scene started to tremble and quake with an unknown thunder. Phoo lifted his right claw, and all silenced, only for the entire scene to warp forwards at a fantastic speed. "..." "..." "..." "WHERE ARE YOU?!" Phoo thought loudly at Goddish-knows-what. Gray, lesser images of Phoo flew by at warp speeds, as Phoo maintained steadily in the center. Everything gradually turned to gray, the rushing scene along with the shades of Phoo. The material center of Phoo maintained in color and focused upon the center. The speed accelerated, then declined, warping and pulsating to the point of rupture... BOOM!!!!!!! It all stopped. All was silent. It all wrenched back into place, and everything except Phoo sublimed to a neutral, indistinguishable gray. Phoo stood motionless, and raised his left claw. A vortex of thunder and noise opened, but at the same time, closed before him, and another Phoo appeared. A globlet of black with a yellow spark in the middle flashed and disintegrated into the other Phoo as they faced each other silently. The figures hovered motionless in the center, volatile, but appearing peaceful, as a Hitmonchan does while it punches. They then lifted up, and moved towards each other, gaining velocity. Swinging around each other without movement, gaining speed ever more. Finally they stopped, and Phoo spoke. "Needest... you are... without a sparkle of the slightest trace of doubt... one foul cretin." "I have you. I own you." "Minion! What do you serve?!?! Wherest be that thy commitst... such a foulst deed?" "No one. Wraiths... shades of gray... I don't need them. I am you while you be. Ultimately you can no longer exist." "The power which you raise in wrath towards yourself shall not take this sitting down. Be you evil... surely yes..." "I am me, me am I. For what I do is only a reflection of the world. Why? Because I am a wraith. I am a formless. I am nor evilst or badst. My nature is in the eye of the beholder." "And you are?" "Doppleganger." "Warned it be to the world that such a vile as you shallst not exist, as you only act towards your own pleasure and self sufficentcy!" "My power is in my form. My existance is in my motion. And thusly you am I without you vanished to nothing. Dilapidated or none, which is the choice that is yours, but you shall not make." And then the entire scene vanished in a puff of logic. *** Back at the outskirts of Celadon city *** An animation returned to Phoo, and he returned to his body. As Phoo reawakened inside himself, he somehow sensed another, mostly immaterial cockroach scurrying off into the bushes. Yes, Phoo realized what it was, but he knew his fate would dictate him not to follow. As Phoo consciousness completely returned, he noticed that Farfetch'd was starting to wake up as well. After a few minutes, Aurelia came back, and Farfetch'd was trying to make coffee out of some nearby roots. Farfetch'd was coming along fairly well with the coffee, and the armotatic smell of it seemed to wake up Lickitung. Aurelia was coming along with poached eggs and toast. Phoo was helping Aurelia by showing her how she could improve the quality of the bread. Al the activity started to activate Porygon, who gradually phased in and out of reality as he booted himself up. This was the kind of morning that Porygon cherished, because it allowed him to gain so many emotional experiences, and have a family that he never had. Porygon walked over to the rest of the group. "Imagine, everyone, how... we have come full circle through a quarter of the developed world in only several months. It is quite astounding how quickly time... can go here!" Phoo spoke aloud, with little on his mind beside the very pleasant morning. Lickitung had meandered off again a few minutes ago, and returning, had found a newspaper lying on the street that he picked up and started to read. A few morningdoves chirped and sang. All in all, it was a perfectly innocent morning. *** About 18 feet above the previous scene, in a tree *** Larry was freezing cold, but he didn't care as he yawned and woke up after dreaming about roasted Electrode on a stick. "Aww... glborf... just FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES mommy. OH SHUT UP MOMMY?????? I'm GETTING UP?!?!?!?" Larry yawned again, and scratched his butt. His pokemon were inside his pokeballs, very cramped, as he never let them outside. They were also low-quality pokeballs, as Larry had pulled them out of a dumpster. Originally, one was halfway full of urine, which Larry never cared to empty out for a good 3 months. Larry peered down and saw Phoo with his merry band having a nice time. He was very jealous. As he started to fume, Larry felt something moving behind him. He turned around, gasped, laughed, guffawed, and then was screaming in pain. *** Back to Phoo *** A short time passed while everyone was above, but eventually everyone finished there breakfast, and Farfetch'd and Lickitung drank their coffee. Everyone packed up, and started leaving towards Celadon. Once everything was put away, Phoo recalled Aurelia, Lickitung, Farfetch'd, and Porygon into their pokeballs for the purpose of stealth. All that was left of the campsite was the discarded newspaper, which no one wanted to keep. Phoo silently crawled away. CRASH!!! BANG!!!! "OW MY GODDISH!!!!!!!!!!" Larry crashed down into the area as he fell from his tree. He landed headfirst into the ground, and right next to the newspaper. "Ooh... newspaper..." Larry mumbled. Suddenly, a group of at least 16 Primeapes jumped down after Larry and started beating him to a pulp, for no particular reason. "Ooh... MASSAGE?!?!?!?!?!" Larry screamed as he happily read the paper and was pulverised. The Primeapes became steadily more jovial as they steadily beat Larry into a fine, pureed pulp. *** Readjust back to Phoo again *** Phoo walked forth, and breached the gap between the forests surrounding Celadon and the city itself. There weren't very many people around, due to the fact that it was still early morning. Phoo hurriedly and uneventfully moved across the city, until he came to what he was looking for. "Celadon city mall..." Phoo thought, quietly. Freeze! What will happen next time? What mysteries are in store for the next episode? Why is Larry being beaten up by Primeapes? To be continued... They taste salty" - Cassidy Wright No, my name isn't Cassidy! A wok is a Chinese cooking device oftentimes used to make stirfries. "Sacrilege!" he cried, "Return that duck at once!" In a melodious voice, she cried out, "Chan-siiiiiii!!!" I am the holder of Goddish's Grimore of Lore! And Goddish's Neat Book of Stuff! (praise Goddish) Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy jump over the moon, Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy jump over the moon! The moon! The moon! The moon, the moon, the moon! KABOOM!!! (Clefairy used Metronome, and got Explosion) The sigfile grew to an enormous size! -more- The sigfile exploded and spewed pink goo everywhere! -more- You die. -more- If you spontaneously combust, all is left is a rocking chair and your teeth. Secretly, in the depths of night, rocking chairs roam the earth, searching for YOU!!!! When a rocking chair finds you (and it will), BEWARE!!!! For if you accidentally sit in it, your doom shall fall. Hiding by day, Lurking by night, Beware the rocking chair! "What? Your request is of no importance to me, young man, for we carry no such thing as frosty melon pudding!" said the shopkeeper to the bum. I *think* my e-mail address is mtsowbug@hotbot.com But why would you E-mail me? What is your secret motive? WHAT KIND OF CONSPIRACY ARE YOU HIDING?!?!?!?!