From: Mushboom <garrett.green@home.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] The Magic Show Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 8:21 PM >Marvin chuckles at Famifax's name for Darius, "I shared my caravan with a fellow >called Darian once. Since your name is Darius, she seems to think you're the... >uhh... second Darian!" > >"Thass what I say! Daree-man-numba-two!" Famifax giggles, grabs Darius' hand, >and drags him into the rows of costumes. Once there, she starts searching for >some clothes, "I think this wig look good onya!" She puts a long blonde wig over >Darius' red cap and giggles once again, then searches for more accessories for >herself and Darius. > >Meanwhile, Marvin reclines in his green bean bag chair, "Hey, Xerox, I got >plenty of money from this illusion! Thanks for putting that donations cup in >front of the stage!" Marvin stares into the red cup full of donations and >muffles a swear word when he notices that it's full of buttons and even a >Meowth's charm, but hardly any real cash at all. > Darius is pushed out from behind the clothing racks in the blonde wig, pidgey slippers and a sailor's suit. Followed by Famifax, in the shape of the same girl but in a feathery, pink boa and a yellow, sleeveless dress. "Uh...how do I look?" Darius asks the magician who replies in a loud guffaw. "Ya look great, fersure, Daree-man-numba-two!" Famifax comments. "Heh, thanks," Darius replies removing the wig from his head and placing it on a nearby table. "If you don't mind I'm gonna watch some television." She nods and runs back to the racks of clothing as he sits himself down in front of the TV. Flicking it on he turns to the local music video station. A picture of a sun setting on a city where lots of trash lays about, several satges are being dismantled and what seems to be the remains of a Pokécenter is being cleared appears on the screen. "Well folks, Pokestock '99 is over. Hope you had a great weekend! Well that's all from Celadon, we'll be heading back to HQ in Cerulean now. Bye bye," the man on the screen said and it quickly flashed to some videos. Darius put it on mute and turned to Marvin. "What's Pokestock '99?" he asked. "Huh?" said the startled Marvin, "isn't that why your here?" "Um...No, I came to defeat Erika but I never got around to it." "So you must've been on the road for some time." "Yeah, so?" "Well Pokestock is a music festival, but it has many other things as well. Like my magic show for example. It's been publicised alot lately. Haven't you heard about it on TV or the radio?" "I usually listen to tapes and I prefer reading over watching TV. So Pokestock '99 was in Celadon?" "Yep." "Wow, I should pay more attention to my current affairs." "I guess so." Darius went back to watching and took the TV off mute. Just then, the odd signaling creature sat down beside him. "Hi there...uh...thing," Darius greeted it. "That's Bozo, a Mr.Mime, another new friend of ours," Xerox informed the teen in the red cap. "Oh, hi Bozo." The Mr.Mime waved and watched TV with Darius. Slowly Darius got sleepy and drifted off to sleep in front of the television. He fell back and hit the ground with a thud, Bozo looked at him and yawned as well. He stretched out besided Darius and dozed off as well.