From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: [PW!] Secret Dealings Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:45 PM Maria Rocket wrote: > His shoulders slumped. At that moment he felt like becoming a Diglett and > digging a hole to live in forever. Pain....he'd thought he'd left that behind > with Doppler in the bottle. A part of him wanted to go home to his parents, he > wanted to be comforted. But he knew that couldn't be. He was grown up now, > and his world suddenly felt cold and alone. Seth took a deep breath and looked > over at Aerie again. > > "Please wake up......" Whether she was going to hate him or not...."Please be > okay..." He closed his eyes sadly. But there was no response. Even the stars seemed to look away, as a cloud moved to block their shine. For several hours, there was silence. No sound, no light, no wind...if Slasher had come back, he might have thought himself in a sensory depravation tank, save for the ground under his feet. Even on the psychic realm, two minds shunted all of their energies into a third that merely absorbed them, leaving nothing to detect. But all things change with time. It was the dawning of the sun that revealed how this particular situation had resolved. Seth was unsuprisingly asleep, curled protectively over the unblinking statue of Aerie. Mimic had apparently knocked himself out doing whatever it was he had done. And two redheaded Rockets were carefully examining the trio from a short distance away. "Are you sure?" "The pokedex don't lie, mon cher. This here be Mimic, alright." The male of the pair held up his specially modified pokedex. On it, a false color representation of the three appeared, with the Drowzee in white. Seth was a light pink, Aerie was slightly darker, and a bit of the man's thumb which got in the picture was blood red; all of these contrasted nicely with the background blue. "Why are the other two showing up at all?" "They must be Dittos, too. Friends o' Mimic, most likely." "But the 'fessor said even Dittos would show up red. Pink would mean a son or somethin'..." "Don't matter. You heard the boss's orders. This'll be easy. Pokeball, GO!" One red and white sphere lazily hurtled towards Mimic, opening as it neared... ...only to be batted away at the last second. "Sian." Slasher's blood red form appeared on the screen, growing larger as he charged. A minute later, the screen was all blood red...despite the fact that its owner had tried to turn it off. Even this racket did not wake up Seth or Mimic; indeed, it was another hour before they were both up and about (with the help of a Revive for Mimic). Slasher presented a prize for Seth. "A pokedex? Where'd you find this?" "Purr." (I won it.) "But this thing's already registered. I could reprogram it, unless the original owners come looking." "Purr. Sian." (They won't miss it. I already ate.) Seth winced. "I'm sorry for not feeding you last night...or..." A sickening thought occured to Seth. "Wait. Don't tell me you ate *THEM*?" "Purr." Unfortunately, the precise meaning of that is more couched in feline language than in human; even Seth did not quite know its meaning. "What?" "Purr, purr." (I already told you, >untranslatable<.) Before Seth could press for details, Mimic interrupted. "Seth...Mimic sorry. Mimic try every trick Mimic know, but no good. May need try Sabrina." "NO! Err...no, that's ok..." "Is *NOT* ok. Is Aerie. Thought Seth want Aerie cured." "But...the vision..." "Mimic learn long ago, ignore visions. Even if true, can often be interpreted more way than one." "I'm not so sure...look, can we *please* not go to Sabrina? I'm afraid..." "Hmph. Is obvious. Is more like cowa-..." Seth blinked. Had Mimic just insulted him? "Mimic sorry. Mimic...on edge after try everything. Mimic no like fear shape actions. Fear lead anger...and, well, Seth hear before." Seth nodded, but it took him a few seconds to remember the full speech. "Anyway, is more than one alternate. Try Pokemon Tower in Lavendar." "Isn't that place full of ghosts?" "Yes, but is also magnet for sect call Channelers. Use psychic powers communicate with ghosts. Most good - one may know way to help." TBC?