From: Nendil <lucyliu@flash.net> Subject: Re: [PW!] My True Love Gave to Me: A Way To Beat Giovanni! Date: Friday, December 31, 1999 5:54 PM RobfromVoid <RobfromVoid@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:386C726B.693E4FC4@prodigy.net... > > "I think we're at the step of our relationship where I can order for > you..." Robert smiles at Rilli, who returns it with a silly grin of her > own. Robert pulls off his blue ski jacket, since its warmer inside the > restaurant, and leans across the candlelight provided on the table, so > Rilli can hear him better, "Okay, now let's figure out how I can beat > Giovanni's Nidoqueen to earn the Earth Badge! You pretty much know about > all of my twelve Pokemon, right? They are: Gengar, Cubone, Farfetch'd, > Vileplume, Slowbro, Golem, Raichu, Charmeleon, Tauros, Golduck, Snorlax, > and Hitmonchan. Wow, hey, I named them all without pausing! Anyway, the > Nidoqueen has Electricity, Fighting, Ground, and something else, > possibly Poison, on her side. I have twelve Pokemon with a variety of > attacks. There has to be *some* way to beat that overgrown rabbit! > Right, Rilli?" Rilli pondered for a while as she chewed. "Nidoqueen is poison type, right? So a psychic would be good--in other words, Slowbro. And his water attacks would be good too since Nidoqueen is half ground..." "But she had a really strong Thunder attack!" Robert protested. "Poor Golduck got zapped with it..." "Thunder? How can Nidoqueen have an electric attack?" Rilli frowned. "Are you sure you weren't mistaken, Robert?" "You can ask Golduck if you want!" Robert patted his belt in assurance. "That means I probably shouldn't use Farfetch'd either..." "No, probably not..." Rilli chewed on her straw and thought a bit more. "What else is poison weak to... ground! That works, Robert! You can use Golem and Cubone!" "Okay..." Robert mentally made a note to himself. "And then what? I can't depend on them alone, no matter how strong Golem is... and I'm not sure how well Cubone would battle." "Hmm... I think you should still take Slowbro. Even if Nidoqueen has Thunder, Slowbro would be a strong opponent... he can stand up to it. Just in case," Rilli concluded. "And maybe Vileplume too, in case Giovanni brings out something ground-type other than Nidos... And the other two I guess are up to you. Pick something you feel comfortable with." Robert swallowed his last mouthful of corn and nodded. "Okay, I'll figure it out..." He finished off the glass of coke with a gulp. "Well, I'm done." "Yeah, I guess I am too," Rilli quickly stuffed the rest of the mashed potatoes into her mouth. "Mwoff wonna may werfil?" "Huh?" Rilli swallowed with a bit of difficulty. "I said, what about the bill?" Robert looked through his wallet. "Uh, I hope they offer a Christmas discount or something..." ----- It wasn't very late when the couple returned to the Pokémon Center, but Robert decided to go to bed early anyway. "I'll need my rest for tomorrow's battle!" he declared as he closed the bathroom door to wash up. Rilli smiled and went to dig up her night clothes as well. It had been a long day... Nendil -- The Aquafraternal Fanart Corner http://www.freespeech.org/aquafraternal/