From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: [PW!] Post-Race Party of Parting Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:55 PM ((NS: This occurs the night before Time Lady's new thread: "[PW!] As the sun rises, there shall come a new life.....")) Nendil wrote: > Robert frowned and scratched his chin. "I fought Daisy for the Cascade Badge, > and she didn't use a Starmie... I'll have to meet this Misty that everyone > talks about sometime!" > > Rilli stretched as she switched off the Poképedia. "Hm, that wasn't too hard... > I'm getting a bit tired, so unless you have something you would like to do, > Robert, I'll be heading for bed..." "Don't you remember, Rilli? I want us to walk to the Pidgeot Express in Fuschia right now so we can buy tickets! That way we have a head start tomorrow morning." Robert holds Rilli's hand and helps her off the chair. Mithril-rama pouts, "Walking this late at night? But I'm tired..." "Don't think of it as walking. Think of it as a romantic stroll through the countryside!" Robert smiles. "All right. I'll stay up a while longer." Mithril-rama yawns and rubs her eyes, trying to wash away her tiredness. Robert glances around the room, and his eyes get watery, "It's been fun, everyone... But it's time we part ways. I have many issues to resolve before I can face Blaine again. I hope we meet again." Robert reaches behind his back, "They say goodbyes should be like pulling off a bandage... So... Good bye!" Robert turns and runs out of Lara's house. Mithril-rama sweatdrops at Robert's behavior and curtsies, "Good Night!" She chases after her boyfriend. The chase doesn't last very long, since Robert is already panting deeply a few yards away from Lara's house. "Are you okay?" "Yeah... Just... shouldn't... run..." Robert places his arm around Rilli's shoulder and chuckles, "You're always supporting me - in more ways than one!" He looks up at the crescent moon in the sky, and counts the stars as he walks alongside his girlfriend. They had limited amounts of privacy until now, but now they feel truly together and alone once again. "Rilli?" "Yes?" The young black-haired girl looks up, her bright violet eyes reflecting the stary sky. Robert lowers his arm from her shoulder to the small of her back, "These last few days in the Laramie Ranch... I might have seemed a little demanding at times. You know, asking you to help me with the mystery about the missing Pokemon and the period before the race where I kept insisting you participate. I'd just like to say that I'm sorry about that." Mithril-rama smiles at Robert's apology, "You don't need to apologize. You're not forcing me to do anything." "Sometimes I feel like I am." Robert can't face Rilli, so he faces the ground, instead, "It's this weird feeling that you would've given up and retired your quest to learn more about Pokemon a long time ago if you hadn't met me. But then, I stop to think about it, and I have a feeling that I would've given up my quest to be a Pokemon master if I hadn't met you. But then... does that mean that we are both acting against are will in order to keep each other happy?" Rilli is taken aback at first by Robert's deep thinking, used to his usual joking tone, "I don't know what to say. But if we are doing it just to keep each other happy... and it's working... why would we want to give up now?" "I don't know." Robert's mind pauses to think, while his body cotinues to walk towards Fuschia City, "Maybe because I don't want to feel like some dominant brute telling you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it." Mithril-rama shakes her head ever so slightly, "You're not like that, Robert. You don't tell me what to do, you just suggest some ideas. Plus, if it weren't for your suggestions, I'm sure I'd never get anything done. I'm too lazy." Rilli sighs, "Maybe it was a bad idea to choose me as your teacher. I hardly ever say anything, and... well..." "You taught some things tonight." Robert looks at Rilli's face once again, "And even when you're not teaching me Electabuzz's attacks or what a Parasect is, you are teaching me other, more important things." Mithril-rama blinks, removing some wetness from her eyes, "What important things?" "I think one word covers it all. Love." Robert stops walking and leans forward, placing his lips on Mithril-rama's own. Rilli returns the passionate kiss, wrapping her arms around Robert's back in a loving embrace. * One hour later. (*No*, this is not a "fade to black" scene switch. :-P) * A young couple enters the Fuschia City Pidgeot Express offices, holding hands. The tall boy has messy black hair and is wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. The short girl with straight black hair is wearing a lavender dress and a white vest. They walk up to the main desk in the room. The teenage boy speaks to the woman behind the desk, "We need two tickets to go to Viridian City tomorrow morning around noon. Also, do you know any place we could stay tonight?" The woman nods, places two tickets on the table, and says, "That'll be 1000 pokebucks, please. There is hall full of bedrooms available for people who buy tickets and are leaving tomorrow. That means you two love Pidgeys." Once Robert and Rilli combine their funds, they manage to pay the 1000 pokebucks. They hold on to their tickets and head down the corriders of the Pokemon-oriented airport. Once they find the room reserved for the holders of their tickets, they head inside and raid the bed as soon as possible. That night, the happy couple has no trouble falling asleep. -Robert