From: Tech Weaver <TheOver-Powerer@webtv.net> Subject: [PW] Carni-mayhem! (part 2) Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 7:16 PM **Begin montage** Narrator: "Last time..." Smasher: "The Wiggling Brother's Traveling Circus and Carnival. This week in Viridian City only!" Smasher: "Alan! What are you doing here?" Alan: "I assume you're going for your third badge as well?" Smasher: "Goth-freak!" Alan: "Deliquent!" Smasher: "We've still got a score to settle...." Smasher & Alan: "TO THE MIDWAY!" **Cue Title Card** Today's Episode: Carni-Mayhem! Part Two: Battle of the Midway! **Action!** Adam "Smasher" Samson and his rival, Alan "Lasher" Sandstone, stood next to a snack stand near the Midway. Nearby, Cliff Diver the Clefairy and Alan's Oddish, Buster, were eating cotton candy. It was night now. The perfect time to see a carnival. Rides and midway games flashed attractive lights, hoping to draw punters like open flames attract Venomoths. People wandered about, trying their hands at fruitless games of skill, hoping to win a prize of little or no monetary value to the carnies running the games. Thus was Alan and Smasher's challenge. "OK, here's the deal," explained Alan. "We'll meet back here by this trash can in one hour. The one with the biggest piece of junk wins. Agreed?" "Agreed," confirmed Smasher. "Synchronize watches." The two of the them looked at their watches. "Five-thirty," reported Alan. "Twelve noon," reported Smasher. "What?" "Just kidding," said Smasher, adjusting his watch. Alan rolled his eyes and wandered into the midway, his Oddish following close behind. Smasher surveyed the scene, wondering where to head first. A neon sign with flashing lights caught his eye. Then he saw the sign below it. "An arcade!" Smasher exclaimed. "All right! I can earn mega-ticketage and choose from several prizes!" Smasher skateboarded into the noisy hut. Among several coin-munching arcade games anc pinball machines, many of which about a decade old, were skill games. Wack-A-Diglett, Skee-ball, Hoop Shoot, and a few others could be found. Nearby was an exchange booth, where one could exchange the tickets they won for any of several trinkets. The biggest trinket in the entire carnival was there: A giant, army-cammo-colored Furby that functioned and acted like its more portable counterparts. With a prize like that, Smasher could mock Alan until the end of time. As Smasher dashed toward the first skill game, he found himself careening into a very rotund man. He bounced of the man's enormous belly and onto the floor, causing one of his Pokeballs to fall off his belt. The ball opened and Ice, Smasher's Cubone, appeared in a flash of light. "Cubone?" Ice glanced around. He saw lots of people and noisy, flashing machines. Could this be...? He dashed outside and looked around. Ice then marched back to Smasher. "Cu-bone!" scolded Ice. "Sorry Ice," apologized Smasher. "It was one of those spur-of-the-moment things." Smasher got up and crouched down in front of Ice. "Here's some money," he continued, handing Ice a fist full of dollar bills. "Why don't you play some games or buy a souvineer or something." He got up as Ice took the money. "I've got a monumental Furby to win." As Smasher skated away, Ice was joined by Cliff Diver and Smasher's skateboarding Staryu, Shuriken. "Cu?" "Clefairy," stated Cliff approvingly. Shuriken nodded as best a Staryu could manage. "Key-uuuuu....," trailed Ice. It was a team effort getting the bills exchanged to coins, but soon the three of them were off playing video games. First stop was the pinball machines. By standing on each other's shoulders, one of them could play the game. Shuriken went first. It got a pretty good score, considering the three of them had to lean very quickly from one side to the other in order get the flippers to work. In the middle of the third ball, Shuriken saw a curious Ice the Cubone pop up next to him. Strange, Shuriken thought. Wasn't Ice supposed to be on the bottom? Shuriken asked Ice about it, and followed the Cubone's gaze below them. Sure enough, no one was holding them up. They fell to the ground immediately. While the three of them looked for a good game to play, a difficult task if your under two feet tall, Ice spotted a man hitting the top of a box with a padded mallet. The man eventually gave up, grabbed the tickets the box produced, and left. Wondering what would posses a man to hit a box with a padded mallet, Ice climbed on top of the box for a closer look. He saw three rows of three holes, each of which seemed to have something inside them. Shuriken, who already recognized the game as Wack-A-Diglett, thought it would be funny if he put a quarter in the machine as Ice inspected it. Seconds later, a mechanical Diglett popped out of a hole beneath Ice. Startled, Ice hopped back a bit and hit the Diglett with his Bone Club. Then another popped up. And another. Feeling threatened, Ice began to wack every Diglett that popped up. After an hour of wasted effort, Smasher walked back to the trash can with nothing to show for his efforts but a cheap, portable radio from the man who couldn't guess his correct wieght. As he dejectedly made his way to the meeting spot, he saw that Alan was already there with a big, plush Snorlax and an look of awe on his face. "You won that?" an astonished Alan said. "Doi-de-doi-doi," bellowed a voice behind Smasher. He looked behind him and saw his Pokemon carrying and giant, cammo Furby. "Party," stated the Furby. "Pants," replied a nearby regular Furby held by a small child. "Boogey," the giant Furby responded. "Uh...." stammered Smasher, who was just as surprised as Alan was. "Yyyyyeah. I won it all by myself." Shuriken, Cliff and Ice finally collasped under the Furby's mass. "Me hungry," said the Furby, blinking. "Well then," began Alan, regaining his lack of respect. "You have proved yourself King of the Midway." "You better believe it!" Smasher shot back. "It should come in handy when you pursue a career as a Carnie-kid," informed Alan. "Me sleepy," said the Furby as Smasher's Pokemon pulled themselves out from under it. "While your hanging around here wondering what to do with a giant Furby doll," continued Alan, "I will making my way to the big top and the Tornadobadge." "The Tornadobadge!" exclaimed Smasher. "I totally forgot!" "Knowing you, I'm not surprised," said Alan. "Its Saturday and the last show begins in fifteen minutes. I'll see you later.... carnie." Alan disappeared into the crowd, his laughter the only evidence he was there. Smasher was too paniced to fume. "C'mon guys, let's jet!" he called to his Pokemon. "We only have a few minutes to book a match before the last show starts!" The four of them dashed off in one direction. Then Ice came back to push his giant Furby along with them. To be continued in [PW] Carni-mayhem (Part 3)! This took longer than I thought.... Chet "Tech" Weaver (who hopes to goddish that the American ad wizards won't call the new Pokémon anime series "Extreme Pokémon") Resistance is Futile. Fnord. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A copy of Adam "Smasher" Samson's WG can be found at: http://community.webtv.net/TheOver-Powerer/pwwg """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Signature Text o' the Week: "We'll take out the mother ship and rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." -- Zap Brannagin, Futurama AGNP Quote of the Undefined Time Period: "THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE UNTILL YOU ARE DESTROYED" -- Geoduder, Re: BROKEN FEET AND HAND CCG Quotes! "'Shaka, when the walls fell,' means an inability to understand. The incomprehensible Tamarians spoke entirely in metaphors." -- Shaka, When The Walls Fell; Star Trek "Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you." -- Psychiatrists, INWO (also Carl Jung) "Because we are stronger, Hemlocke. Because we are free, and they must never be." -- Riot Suppressors, C-23 "Flog was out of his league - this game wasn't up his alley, but the team couldn't spare him if he split." -- Goblin Bowling Team, M:TG (Unglued) "Destiny, chance, fate, fortune - they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures." -- Hero's Resolve, M:TG (Tempest) "Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I fight." -- Black Knight, M:TG (no expansion symbol) "Many people say that no power can bring the mountains low. Many people are fools." -- Flash Flood, M:TG (Fallen Empires)