From: RobfromVoid <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Cinnabar Island's Halloween Roast Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:08 PM It is late afternoon. The sun is setting on the horizon in Cinnabar Island, creating a beautiful landscape on the beach. Robert, dressed as a Bug Catcher from the Viridian Forest, runs towards the northern beach on Cinnabar Island, his large net tugging Rilli, who is dressed like a Butterfree, along. It is the third time he's been to this particular beach on his Pokemon Journey. He doesn't remember exactly what happened the first time he visited, since he got terribly drunk, but he remembers that the second time was quite a blast - except for a minor snag when a Pokemon thief snatched some of his Pokeballs. He hopes that this time there will be no problems, but has gotten used to expecting the worse after having so many misadventures! Once he arrives at the beach, Robert looks around, and Rilli goes off to explore on her own. In the center of the torch-lit beach, a giant roast pig is being cooked over a large bonfire. Robert is relieved to see that it's a pig and not a Primeape since he is a strict animatarian - he doesn't eat Pokemon. Two large wooden outhouses with glittering stars painted on them provide a place for visitors to change into their costumes. The beach is decorated with confetti, streamers, fake spider webs, and even more gruesome decorations, such as skeletons and severed human body parts. Robert tries to avoid looking at the ground so that he doesn't feel sick to his stomach, and instead focuses on the all-Pokemon band that was present for the other two late night celebrations on the Island. They are in disguises this time. A Marowak wearing a skeleton costume is banging away at a drum with his two bone clubs. Next to him stands a Primeape dressed as cotton swab - a large blue pole sticks out of his head. The Primeape is skillfully playing a Xylophone. To the other side of the drum-playing Marowak stands a Mahamp dressed in a ninja costume, using all four hands to play on a standing keyboard. A Wartortle in drag and a Seel wearing Groucho glasses both have trumpets hanging from their mouths. They stand in front of the Marowak's drum set and a Poliwag wearing an Ash Ketchum hat is standing in-between the two, a tiny flute resting in it's mouth. Surprisingly, they play frightfully haunting music rather well! Robert sits down at one of the tables and watches as the costumed residents and tourists on Cinnabar Island dance around to the music being played by the all-Pokemon band! On occasion, he stares off towards the distance, wondering when the rest of his friends will arrive. After about a half-hour of waiting, they show up, but not in their costumes yet... Jon Ference wrote: > All done with their purchases, the still increasing group headed back > to the > Pokemon Center to collect their other friends. All assembled, everyone > headed > to the beach party, which was rapidly growing in size...and in > spookiness. > > A guard pointed to a small line of houses on the left. "Changing rooms > and > lockers are there." > > "Well.. what are we waiting for?" Jon asked. > > "LET'S PARTY!" Christy yelled. Robert smiles, enjoying the cheerful environment. He rests his chin on the palms of his hands and stares at the large wooden outhouses that act as changing rooms, wondering what everyone's going to dress up as. The people present are Jon, Damian, Christy, Julia, Purgatory, Keith, and a skateboarder wearing a Marowak costume. Robert wonders if Sarah Jane, Runt, Felix, Kirsty, and Dustin will eventually show up, "Maybe they just want to surprise us by showing up in awesome costumes so that no one recognizes them... or maybe they just have no Halloween spirit. Spirit? Hey, that reminds me!" Robert grabs his first Pokeball and releases his Haunter, who he feels will enjoy this particular party... "HAW HAW HAW HAUNTER!" Robert's purple Haunter circles Robert's head for a while, soaking up the ghastly environment, then speeds off to find his girlfriend so that they can both play tricks on all the silly humans present! -Robert