From: Roberto Perez-Vila <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Fuschia City's Forgotten Fogey... Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 8:30 PM "And I thought *Lavender* was a ghost Town..." An astonished whistle comes from the lips of a magician. He is a middle aged man who is dressed in a blue tuxedo with a golden bow tie and a dark blue top hat. Two young twin girls in cute flowery dresses, who look exactly the same except that one has pink hair in ponytails and the other has purple hair in a bun, both nod simultaneously to echo the magician's statement. The pink-haired girl glances around the empty streets, and whines, "Like howsare we gonna totally do magic, huh, Marvy-man? Nobodys heo to see us do it! Thasstinks!" A Mr. Mime who is standing next to the girl nods in agreement. "Nurf nrew, niffle whirl!" A toothless old man in a Safari Zone uniform sitting on a nearby rocking chair remarks, "Nare's numsum gear! Naiweerar! Naysee may wanda tree sur baggic. Mim sac, my ming srat may nrud MURV mu mee nit!" The pink haired girl laughs out loud at the old man, "Haha! Thass stupid oldie poesun dunna knows hows ta talk in pwain Engwish! He's not totally cool doin it the ways I am! I rules at tawkin Engwish and he droooools as it! Fersure!" The magician squints at a name tag on the old man's uniform, "Warden of the Safari Zone? I'm pleased to meet you, sir, my name is Marvin the Magnificent, magician extraordinare! This girl to my left is Famifax, and the girl to my right is Xerox. And that's Bozo, a Mr. Mime who's traveling with me to find a new home. So you're the Warden? I remember when I went to the Safari Zone a long time ago to catch my Exeggcute! Too bad they didn't turn out to be magical." "Megmegmute?" The Warden chuckles, coughing in the process, "Magnimal? Mwa na na! Myeh nigh!" Marvin sweatdrops, unsure of how to respond to the unintelligible blubbering, "Well... as I mentioned just now, I am a magician by trade. I can perform anywhere... but I would really enjoy a relatively large audience. I thought that Fuschia City would be crawling with tourists thanks to the Safari Zone, but you seem to be the only person on the street!" "Mes, mes, nismess mas nin mad." The Warden looks to the left, then to the right, then to the left again, before facing Marvin, "Nut mike my ned mernier, maikneenar nis min nrown now!" The Warden pauses for a happy response from the magician, but sighs when Marvin doesn't say anything, and continues, "Nar new maming mubble nunmersmansing me?" "Huh?" Marvin smiles nervously, "I'm sorry, I don't speak or understand the 'elderly' language." The purple-haired girl behind Marvin smirks, "Considering your age, master, you *should* understand it." She pauses for laughter, but continues when there isn't any, "In any case, I shall help translate as best I can. By his intonation, I have been able to decipher that there is someone here in Fuschia City, most likely a group of people, who might be interested in watching you perform. Sadly, I do not know who he is talking about or where this group is located." "Ya totally gots all thass from nee-mee-mee-nee-mee, Xerox?!" The pink-haired girl looks astonished, "Wowza!" The Warden sighs and points to his mouth. He then starts to move his gums up and down. Marvin furrows his brow, trying to understand what is being said, "I'm not very good at charades..." Suddenly, Marvin is shoved aside and Bozo, the Mr. Mime, stands in his place! The Psychic Pokemon is holding his arm up, showing that he considers himself a master at communication in the form of pantomime, with good reason! The Warden of the Safari Zone points to his jaw again, and starts opening and closing his toothless mouth. Bozo nods and points to his own mouth, then spits an imaginary object into his hand. The Warden touches his nose and points at Bozo. The Mr. Mime smiles widely and starts dancing around, happy to have figured out the puzzle! "Not to rain on your parade or anything, Bozo..." Marvin addresses the Mr. Mime with a sarcastic tone, "But now that you know what the Warden is talking about, how are you going to let *us* know?! We're back where we started!" Famifax, the pink-haired girl, shouts out, "Woo hoo! I figures it out! War-dean issa stupid mime, but Bozo rocks! War-dean talks like a hippo on acid cuz he's missin his teef! He needs usta finds him his teef! Right, War-dean?" The Warden raises a sign with large "O" on it, "Mee maff ma minner!" "But where do we find his teeth?" Marvin scratches his head, careful not to knock off his top hat, "In the Safari Zone?" The Warden raises a second sign with a large "O" scribbled on it, "Migh nemen!" Marvin nods, "Okay then, it's settled. We're going to the Safari Zone to find the Warden's fake teeth. When we find them, we come back here, and he puts them in his mouth. He then tells us where we can go to find an audience. Then all we have to do is set up the stage wherever this crowd is, and perform some magic tricks! Seems simple enough, let's roll!" Marvin races towards the gates of the Safari Zone, with Famifax, Xerox, and Bozo chasing after him. -Marvin