From: Anonymous <anakin0327@aol.com> Subject: [PW!] Study Hall Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 1:01 AM We last left Mark sulking over his disobedient Gyarados. ------------ "Why won't Gyarados obey me? He was totally loyal as a Magikarp... then again, there was nothing he could to disobey me as a Magikarp..." Mark turned to his Oddish for consolance. "I'm a good trainer, aren't I?" Oddish froze, remembering an important lesson it learned from a movie it once saw: If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all. "Oh, never mind. I'm sure Gyarados will learn to obey me in time." He then grabbed his backpack and pointed down Silence Bridge. "Right now, we've got to go earn some badges!" Happy that his friend had changed the subject, Oddish did a backflip onto Mark's shoulder. "Oddish odd!" ---AN HOUR LATER--- "How long is this darn bridge?" Mark said. "It seems like we've been walking for hours... we've gotta be almost to the end by now..." Looking down the bridge, Mark and Oddish couldn't see any sign of land. "Well, Oddish, I guess we should take a break." He dropped his backpack, then opened all of his Pokéballs (excluding Gyarados's) to let Spearow, Zubat, Beedrill and Eevee get some exercise. The three flying Pokémon began doing somersaults in the air, trying to compete with each other. Eevee calmly lapped up water off the side of the bridge. Meanwhile, Mark decided to study his PokéDex, something he hadn't tried in a while. With the flick of a switch, Mark accessed the Dexter PokéTutor program to try to bone up on his skills. A multiple-choice question flashed across the screen: *Which of these Pokémon requires an evolution stone to evolve? 4 pictures appeared with captions underneath. Seel, Kadabra, Vulpix, and Kakuna. "Well, I know that Kakuna evolves by experience... but I'm not very experienced with the rest. How about this one?" As he pressed the Kadabra button, a buzz went off, and Vulpix lit up. "Vulpix evolves only with the use of a Fire Stone," said Dexter. Oh well, he thought. I'll probably get the next one... *Which of these Pokémon evolves twice? Sandshrew, Oddish, Charizard, and Snorlax. "Hmm... Charizard is a final form, so it couldn't be him... Sandshrew only evolves once into Sandslash..." Which left him with the final two. On a whim, Mark selected Snorlax. "Incorrect. Oddish evolves at level 21 into Gloom, then into Vileplume when exposed to a Leaf Stone." That caught Mark by surprise. "I didn't know you could evolve. You probably just aren't leveled up enough..." But Dexter corrected him. "This Oddish is currently at level 27, past its evolutionary level." "Huh? But aren't you supposed to evolve then?" Oddish looked at him, then, in embarrassment, ducked inside his Pokéball to evade the question. "Hmm... that's odd..." ------------ TBC -Anonymous (you know, the guy who wrote all the poems) -=-=-=-=-