From: RobfromVoid <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> Subject: [PW!] Mithril-rama vs. Sabrina! Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 5:25 PM Robert opens his eyes, and stretches in place on the bed in his room in the Saffron Pokemon Center. He feels that he's had the weirdest dream ever, where his mind occupied the body of his soulmate. It was just a dream, yet, it seemed so real... Robert smiles and shifts in his bed. When he turns around, he sees Mithril-rama sitting on the armchair in the room, dressed in a short-sleeved pink Clefairy shirt with six Badges pinned on it and blue shorts. She has her bare legs crossed, and she is massaging her aching foot. Robert blinks, and realizes that it wasn't a dream, after all, "It wasn't a dream! Noooo!" "Yeah, it's a nightmare. I'll never wear sandals again!" Mithril-rama uncrosses her legs and stands up. She walks over towards the bed where Robert is covered in white sheets and sits next to him, "Your sequin dress was uncomfortable, and it woke me up early... early being 11 AM for me! So I changed into something more comfortable. Don't worry, though, I didn't peek! I changed with my eyes closed. Trust me, that's harder than you'd think... especially when you're not familiar with 'your'self!" Robert places his hand on his forehead, "And I thought it was disorienting to wake up from a mid-day nap... try waking up in a different body..." He shifts around again, and notices something, "Um. Robert? It feels like I have a Pokeflute in my pants." Mithril-rama drops out of bed in a swift motion! She climbs off the ground and looks at Robert with a sweatdrop on her face, "Uh oh... It looks like you just had your first, and hopefully your last, case of Morning Onix." "Morning what?" Robert looks confused. Rilli stands up and paces around the bed, explaining it to Robert the best way she can without sounding too disgusting, "Well, some people call it Morning Exeggutor, but I prefer Onix. The only cure for that is going to the bathroom! Come on, I'll even change your clothes! Now, close your eyes." She plucks Robert's backpack off the floor and grabs his hand. Mithril-rama has a hard time getting the sleeping giant out of bed, but finally does, and leads him towards the bathroom... On the way to the bathroom, Robert opens one eye slightly to peek at his khaki pants to see what Rilli is talking about. He sees a small khaki tent pitched up vertically there, and is scared back into closing his eyes during the rest of the time in the bathroom! After Mithril-rama takes care of her previous male body's usual morning maintenance, Robert steps out of the bathroom dressed in a long sleeved black shirt, long blue jeans, and black sneakers. He yawns, "So, what's for breakfast?" "Food again?!" Rilli's eyes go wider as her jaw falls a little, "We just ate!" Robert looks at his wristwatch to confirm that it is actually noon, then proceeds to argue, "That was *last night*, Robert!" "It was?" Rilli rubs her full tummy and blushes, "I guess your little body needs less food than my huge one. Okay, we'll go eat some breakfast at the Pokemon Center Cafeteria, but after that, we have to go ask Sabrina to change us back!" She runs over to the corner, puts her socks and comfortable white sneakers on, grabs her purse, then leads Robert out of the room. * One hour, a breakfast bouffet, and quite a bit of walking later... * "The Saffron City Gym..." Mithril-rama forms a fist and waves it at the Gym before her, "... I'm going to have Sabrina change us back, then I'm going to earn a Marsh Badge! After that, I'll be just one Badge away from the Pokemon League!" Robert chuckles, and when Rilli looks at him with a 'what are you laughing at?' glare, he explains, "It just sounds funny to hear myself say those things about the Pokemon League, especially since 'I'm' saying it with *your* Lavender Town accent." Mithril-rama looks appalled, "Rilli! I don't have a Lavender Town accent! What are you talking about?" "You don't notice it, Robert, because you're from Lavender Town." Robert smirks at Rilli, "I was born in Lavender too, but since I traveled so much, I can recognize different accents. The Fuschia City accent's the easiest to recognize." "Whatever you say, Rilli..." Mithril-rama says with an awkward voice, as if she's trying to poorly hide an accent. She quickly realizes how foolish she sounds, sighs, and drops the fake accent, "Let's just go face Sabrina." Rilli walks up to the doors of the Saffron City Gym and pushes them open. She stomps into the Gym, marching towards the large doors that lead into the Arena, but she is stopped by a familiar spiky-haired psychic in a white lab coat. Rilli fumes, "Hey, what's the big idea...?" "Don't you remember who I am? I told you that you were going to lose yesterday, Robert." The psychic grins when Rilli looks surprised that the psychic knows who she really is. The psychic continues, "That night, Sabrina whipped me for predicting your future, because she'd like people to believe that their lives are not predetermined. So, I can't help you much this time, but I suggest you don't tick her off, since she can be pretty rough. If you don't believe me, look at this..." The psychic pulls up his shirt to reveal whip marks all over his chest. He puts his shirt back down and says, "I think it's that time of the month." "Out of my way!" Rilli pushes the frail male psychic aside without so much as a struggle, and continues marching towards the doors to the Arena. Robert follows, shocked for a moment to see his former little body kick butt, until he remembers that most psychics are weaklings physically. Mithril-rama opens the doors that lead into the large room where the Gym Leader sits on her throne. There Sabrina sits now. Her legs, hidden behind thigh high black boots, are crossed. "So. You've returned." Sabrina's lips curl into a playful, twisted smile, "Are you tired of my little game already? I've just begun." Mithril-rama points at Sabrina from across the Arena and shouts, "Fix what you did, Sabrina! This isn't a very fun game!" "I beg to differ." Sabrina shrugs, and while her arms are held out, two Pokeballs appear in the palms of her hands, "First, we will have a two-on-two Pokemon battle. If you win, you will receive the Marsh Badge and I will revert you back to normal." Rilli is about to agree to the challenge, but before she does, she asks, "...and what happens if I lose?" "Do I look like a psychic to you?" Sabrina chuckles quietly, "I'm giving you three seconds to accept. One... Two..." "I accept!" Mithril-rama chirps out without a second thought, sure that the prize is worth it, and pretty confident that she'll win. Sabrina grins as one of the Pokeballs floats off one of her hands, "Quoth the gray haired moron: Is that your final answer?" The moment that Rilli offers a muffled "yes", Sabrina's Pokeball darts onto the floor of the Arena and snaps open! The red energy that is shot out of the Pokeball forms into a Mr. Mime... the same Mr. Mime that abused of Robert's Cubone the first time he challenged Sabrina on the first day of his Pokemon Journey. The Mr. Mime strikes a pose, but says nothing. "You're going to use Mr. Mime, huh?" Rilli asks, turning towards Robert for help... but Sabrina interjects by causing Robert to hear an annoying noise in his mind! When Rilli sees Robert putting his hands on his ears and suffering, she knows that it is the work of Sabrina, and turns away from him. The noise in Robert's head stops. Mithril-rama knows that she has to do this alone. Fortunately, she came prepared. "Oh yeah, well... I have... THIS!" She reaches into her purse and takes out a strange golden tiara, "What the...?" She puts the tiara back inside the purse and pulls out what she thinks is Clefable's Pokeball. Sabrina gazes off into the distance, then asks, "You're going to use a Victreebel? What a shame. I wanted a real challenge." "Oh no! I guess this isn't the right Pokeball..." Rilli is about to put it back in her purse, but stops abruptly, "Wait! This *is* Clefable's Pokeball... Sabrina sees me using a Victreebel because I changed Pokeballs after she told me she saw me using Victreebel. So, all I have to do is not change Pokeballs, since this is Clefable!" Rilli is about to toss the Pokeball, when she stops suddenly, "Oh, wait, no... Sabrina saw me using a Victreebel in the future because this is Victreebel's Pokeball, and she knew I wouldn't change it if she said I would... because she knew... and... the..." Rilli hurts herself in the confusion! She ignores the impatient Mr. Mime who is tapping his foot and yells at Sabrina, "I thought you didn't like revealing the future!" "Revealing the future?" Sabrina furrows her brow and shakes her head, "I did no such thing. I was just guessing." Mithril-rama and Robert simultaneously fall to the floor! Rilli is the first to recompose herself, and she throws her Pokeball! As it soars through the air, Rilli crosses her fingers, and when it pops out, Clefable emerges! "Clefable." Mithril-rama cheers and does a little jig before starting the match. It isn't difficult for Rilli to decide which order to give her chubby pink Pokemon, since she only knows one of the Pokemon's moves, "Clefable, use Metronome! Oooh, I always wanted to say that!" Clefable glares at the Mr. Mime before her, who is pretending to be trapped in an imaginary box, and starts to wave her fingers back and forth. The effect is almost hypnotizing, though she doesn't use Hypnosis. Instead, she drops to the floor and starts flopping around like a half-dead fish, "Fable! Clef, Clef, Clefable! Clef!" Mithril-rama clenches her fists, waiting for the devastating part of the move to occur, but after ten seconds of watching Splash, all hope is lost. Sabrina laughs at Rilli's pathetic luck and says, "Mr. Mime, Substitute." The Mr. Mime reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a small Mr. Mime action figure. He places the action figure in front of Clefable, who is still Splashing around without any water, and leaves the Arena. He sits down on Sabrina's lap, and takes out an imaginary bag of popcorn, which he indulges himself on as if it were real. The Mr. Mime action figure doesn't do anything. Mithril-rama, who has a vast knowledge of the Pokemon League hand book because she read it over twenty times, thinks fast, but Sabrina reads her fast thoughts before she can even verbalize them. Sabrina explains, "Pokemon League rules do state that if a Pokemon leaves the Arena, it is disqualified, but you obviously didn't read the fine print which states that Substitute is one of the only moves which allow a Pokemon to leave the Arena, since a part of the Pokemon remains." "But that's a stinking..." Mithril-rama stops, knowing that she shouldn't argue with a psychic who can destroy her, and tries her luck one more time, "Clefable, Metronome! And this time, do something that actually hurts the opponent!" Clefable starts to sway back and forth again. This time, she bares her fangs and leaps onto the Mr. Mime action figure! She bites the doll, sucking the life out of the living replica with a Leech Life attack! Since the Substitute retained Mr. Mime's weakness to Bug Type attacks, it faints just as Mr. Mime leaps into the Arena so that he isn't disqualified! Sabrina smiles, "It seems that the Substitute was beneficial, after all. It helps to be able to foresee such events. Mr. Mime, Confusion." Mr. Mime swings his arms around and dances in circles around Clefable. Clefable, who thought this was a Pokemon battle, not a dance competition, looks Confused... then she gets hit in the back with a Confusion blast coming from the palms of Mr. Mime's hands! Clefable turns around and puffs up her cheeks like the Jigglypuff that she knew in Mt. Moon, wanting revenge! Her revenge comes in the form of her punching herself in the face, hurting herself in the confusion! Mithril-rama gasps... Clefable looks weak. If Rilli still had her own mind in her body, she would've told Clefable to Sing Mr. Mime to sleep a long time ago, but since Robert's mind is the one in Rilli's body, all she can say is, "Metronome, again!' Clefable clenches her fists and concentrates, and manages to regain her focus. Clefable is confused no more! She waves her fingers, performing the Metronome, and the moment she puts her fingers down, she jumps high up into the air! Mr. Mime looks up at the sky just in time to see Clefable's foot slam into his face, the final part of the Hi Jump Kick attack! Mr. Mime, being a frail psychic like the human one outside, topples to the ground due to the strong Fighting move. "Clefaaaable!" Sabrina considers that her Mr. Mime is too weak to perform another Confusion attack, so she says, "Mr. Mime, Double Slap." Mr. Mime gets to his feet and stands on tip-toes. He then starts spinning around like a ballerina, his arms outstretched! The wide palms of his hands slap Clefable on the face five times while he spins, enough to send the Clefable to the floor, fainted... Mr. Mime strikes a post with one leg lifted off the ground, then bows to his imaginary audience. "I *hate* that attack!" Mithril-rama stomps her foot and recalls Clefable. She drops Clefable's Pokeball inside her purse and pulls out a Pokeball that usually rests on Robert's belt. Rilli has no trouble recognizing Golem's Pokeball. Rilli taunts Sabrina from across the room, "Now let's see how well that pasty faced jabroni does against the Rock..."She throws the Pokeball on the floor, and a heavy Golem appears, hunched over and looking angry. Rilli commands, "Golem, Rock Slide!" "Golem... GOLEM!" The Golem's brown head, hands, and feet hide inside the giant smooth gray boulder that makes up the majority of the Golem's body, his feet pushing the floor as they retract. Once safely packed inside, Golem's Rock body Slides down the Arena, headed straight for a Mr. Mime who is holding up an imaginary shield. Sabrina decides to make the Mr. Mime's shield a little more real, "Mr. Mime, Barrier." The Mr. Mime moves his arms in front of his body, and manages to put up an invisible wall! The Mr. Mime stands tall in front of the Golem barreling towards him! ....but the Golem breaks right through the Mr. Mime's Barrier, shattering the invisible wall! Golem Rock Slides onto Mr. Mime with so much force that the clown Pokemon get knocked clear out of the Arena, onto a very real wall... After sliding down the wall and crashing onto the floor, the Mr. Mime passes out. Mithril-rama giggles, "*Now* Mr. Mime is disqualified for leaving the Arena! Good work, Golem!" Golem peeks his head out of his Rock body and winks at his trainer, "Golem." "Excellent work, Robert." Sabrina telekinetically recalls the fainted Mr. Mime into his Pokeball on the floor. She holds up a Pokeball and it floats out of her hand and onto the Arena. When this Pokeball snaps open, it releases a much less wacky foe. The Alakazam that Sabrina has used every single time Robert has challenged her stands before Rilli now, "Ala-ka-ZAM!" Mithril-rama doesn't fret. She is sure that since Graveler evolved into Golem, he can win now. Rilli calls out to her Pokemon, "Golem, use Rock Slide again..." Golem nods and hides his head in his Rock body again. His feet pop out of his spherical body briefly to give the needed push to get the Rock Slide going, and retract the moment the Golem starts rolling along... As Golem Slides towards Alakazam, the yellow Psychic Pokemon doesn't worry. It doesn't even blink. "Alakazam, Psychic." Sabrina orders, her voice showing no sign of despair. The Alakazam raises its twin spoons high and Golem suddenly stops Rock Sliding. The heavy gray rock gets lifted off the ground as if it weighed nothing at all, and it continues floating up as a result of the Alakazam's Psychic attack until it reaches the very top. That's when Alakazam releases his mental hold on the enemy Pokemon. Golem drops like an overgrown bowling ball... THUD. Upon crashing onto the floor of the Arena, Golem's head and extremities pop out of their hiding place. He looks dizzy, as if the power of his Special abilities have been decreased. Mithril-rama shrieks, "No! Get up, Golem! Get up!" Golem shakes the swirls out of his eyes and struggles to stand up again. Rilli gets an idea, "Golem, Rock Throw!" Golem sticks his feet and head back inside the gray Rock that is his body and pushes off the floor with his hands, flipping into the air! Golem goes soaring through the air, successfully Rock Throwing himself onto the Alakazam, who falls to the floor. Sabrina chuckles, "Alakazam, Recover." In the blink of an eye, Alakazam is back to full health and standing tall once again. Mithril-rama panics. Golem is too close to the Alakazam to use Rock Throw or Rock Slide... "Golem, Tackle repeatedly!" Golem stomps up to Sabrina's Alakazam and bangs his head into its frail structure, but since Tackle is one of the weakest Attacks in the Pokemon world, Alakazam doesn't even flinch. Sabrina doesn't flinch either as she says, "Alakazam, Psywave." Her Alakazam places one of its spoons on Golem's forehead and concentrates... Without using any physical power, Alakazam sends Golem soaring out of the Arena! The poor Golem crashes onto the same wall that Sabrina's Mr. Mime crashed into earlier, with the same result. Golem faints. "No... NO!!!" Mithril-rama screams and falls to her knees! She clasps her hands together and cries, "Please, Sabrina, PLEASE put my mind back in my body and Rilli's mind back in her body... If there's a shred of decency in you, you'll..." Sabrina nods, "Very well." Mithril-rama's crying stops as abruptly as Sabrina answered, "Very... well? Wh-wh...HUH?! I mean... Thank you! What motivated you to say yes? My display of emotion? My valor in challenging you without knowing the consequences? My...?" Sabrina shakes her head and smirks, "It's because your girlfriend is such a doll that I wouldn't want her to have to suffer another day in your fat, ugly, sweaty male body. In the blink of an eye, it shall be done." Sabrina winks, then blinks. .... .. . . Robert opens his eyes, and stretches in place on the bed in his room in the Saffron Pokemon Center. He feels that he's had the weirdest dream ever, where his mind occupied the body of his soulmate. It was just a dream, yet, it seemed so real... Robert smiles and shifts in his bed. When he turns around, he sees Mithril-rama sitting on the armchair in the room, dressed in a short-sleeved pink Clefairy shirt with six Badges pinned on it and blue shorts. But there is something different about Rilli. She is the size of a Barbie doll, and just as plastic! Robert leaps out of bed, and runs to the armchair, "Rilli! Speak to me!" The Mithril-rama doll sits silently with her legs straight forward, since her knees are unable to bend. She has a miniature purse attached to her unmoving arm, and six tiny Badges are pinned to her pink shirt - Cascade, Boulder, Rainbow, Soul, Thunder, and Volcano. She has an eerie perpetual smile on her face because Rilli was smiling when Sabrina turned her into a doll. Robert falls to his knees and grabs onto his hair, "Not only did Sabrina turn my girlfriend into a doll, she shrunk my Badges! Now all these Badges are worthless unless I get them super sized... but... no, forget the Badges! Rilli is much more important!" Robert picks up the Rilli doll and examines her closely, "Hmm, she's the same exact proportions as before, just smaller..." He turns the Rilli doll around and notices something special on the doll's back side, "Rilli's butt sure looks cute..." He then notices something else, "Hey! There's a pull string coming out of her back..." Robert pulls the string on Rilli's back. As the string draws back into Mithril-rama's back, the Rilli doll speaks, "Robert! You have to go back to Sabrina's Gym! You have to teach that bit..." Rilli's order gets cut off when the string hits her back. Robert's pulls it again, and the Rilli doll continues, without moving her lips, "Just put me in your pocket and I'll go with you. You should use Slowbr..." "Slowbro... Of course..." Robert puts the Mithril-rama doll in his jeans' front pocket feet first, so that her arms hang out the side and she can see where she's going. Robert remembers something, "Rilli wanted me to use Slowbro in the first place. If I had just listened to her, I would've avoided this whole mess... Oh, Rilli, I'll never doubt your decisions again! You're the best!" The Rilli doll's perpetual smile is no longer out of place. -Robert