From: Mushboom <garrett.green@home.com> Subject: [PW!] A Chat With Oak And A Tofu Surprise Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:32 PM Cinder grinned at his felled opponent and took his winnings. "Chalk another victory up for the Pewter City Powerhouse," the trainer boasted to himself. He was almost to Pallet Town and Professor Oak was expecting him. Along the way from Viridian he had beaten 2 more trainers, leveling up most of his Pokemon and getting him enough money to keep him going for a while. Just a few minutes later, Cinder was strolling up the long walkway to the Prof's house. He rang the doorbell and the door opened instantly, Oak stood in the doorway with a bright look on his face. "Are you the pizza boy?" he asked eagerly. "Erm...No, I'm Cinder Blitz, I phoned you from Viridian City." Oak slumped, "Oh right, I guess I'll have to eat some leftover Tofu Surprise to tide me over. You want some?" "Um... Well," Cinder's stomach growled, "sure." Oak led him into a nice-looking dining room and disappeared into the kitchen. When he came back he was carrying to steaming plates with big chunk of tofu swimming in a strange pale blue liquid. Cinder stared at the meal with a criticizing look. "Go ahead, dig in," the Prof said, all ready wolfing down chunks of soggy tofu. The teen used his chopsticks to pick up a chunk. He grimaced slightly and put it in his mouth. Cinder chewed the lumpy meat substitute and swallowed hard. 'It's not bad,' he thought to himself, he felt his stomach turn. "Excuse me!" he hurried out of the dining room and found the bathroom as quick as possible. <After much...Erm..."Bowing to the porcelain god"> Cinder exited the bathroom, wiping his mouth, Oak looked worried, "Um... I have a severe allergy to pale blue liquids. It must've slipped my mind. Heh heh." "That's quite all right, would you like to pick out your starting Pokemon?" the Prof inquired. "Uh...Sure," Cinder thought of the filled Pokeballs in his vest, "where to, Prof?" "Follow me to my laboratory!" <In the laboratory...> "Here is all of the Pokemon I currently have for choosing," Oak motioned to a large table with several half-spherical dents in it. A name plate was beside each one, identifying the Pokemon. Only a quarter of the dents were containing Pokeballs, Cinder scanned them carefully. He spotted the exact one he wanted. "I'll take the Lickitung! Can I nickname it?" Cinder took his newly acquired Pokemon from its holder. "Of course! But first of all, her moves are Wrap, Supersonic and Stomp," Oak replied. "All righty then, I'll call you Frenchy," Cinder grinned at his clever joke and placed the orb inside his vest. "Well I believe that will be all, Professor. See you later." "Do you want any Tofu Surprise for-" "No. I'm not hungry." "What about a Pokedex?" "No, I've got a liscence for ID and I know enough about Pokemon all ready." "Oh fine then, go ahead and leave." Cinder nodded and left the famous Prof's house, for the long trip back to Pewter he could start Frenchy's Pokeball now. He pulled out his exacto knife and gold squeeze-pen. TBC....? -- -Mushboom ----------------------------------------------- ICQ-38179649 AIM-Mushboom99/Mushzilla ----------------------------------------------- "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" -Godzilla, my idol