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nya_chan	Jun 20 2007, 06:42 PM
TeH g00fy admin (I wonder why no one takes me seriously...) Posts: 749 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: December 14, 2006	Chapter 37 "It's Maxie's! Is it? Who gets what orb?" "Aaargh, I don't know.... Is it backwards? I think it's backwards. Gimme the RED ORB. Argh." Maxie turned away, protecting the orb. "No. It's pretty." "Yarh so stupid!" exclaimed Archie. "It's mine!" "Never!" yelled the Magma leader. "Maxie likes the shiny." "Yarh creepin' me out." Scowling, Maxie turned to face Archie. Holding the Orb behind his back, he raised one hand and timidly flapped it at Archie. Taking the hint, the Aqua leader raised both hands and flapped back. Swiftly, the two were waving their hands frantically at each other. Time for me to ruin the moment. "Sissy fight!" I exclaimed. "You!" said Maxie. "Who else?" I responded. "Question is, what are you two doing up here, other than causing Hell for the nice old couple over yonder?" I pointed vaguely toward the two "senior citizens" standing further beyond the two squabbling leaders. "Who you callin' 'old' whippersnapper?" exclaimed the man in a foggy, old-people voice. 'Nuff said. Choosing to ignore him, I instead turned to Maxie. "You should just give up. Ground and or Fire-types get killed by Water-types. Unless it's like... Quagsire or something. And even then...." I shook my head. That was getting off-topic. "Shouldn't you and your cronies be running like the pathetic cowards you all are?" Maxie snapped his fingers. "Maxie had almost forgotten! C'mon GRUNTS! Time to do like the mean lady said and hightail it!" They ran. "Wrong Orb!" I called after him. Grumbling, he turned around, snatched the Blue Orb away from Archie and pressed its red counterpart into his enemy's hand. Then he ran. "Aye, 'tis pathetic," Archie said solemnly. "You're not even supposed to be here," I reminded him. With a jolt, he looked at his wrist, as though looking for a watch. Yelling something along the lines of "Aye--yi yi!" he fled as well. Sad.... I approached the old couple. "So.... You do this often? Seems better than cable. Or whatever that lame excuse for TV is down there," I said, referring to below Mt. Pyre. The man was glaring at me, but the woman was in hysterics. Something about the two ORBS being separated being a bad thing. Well, the sky wasn't raining down heat-seeking missiles, so I wasn't too concerned. "Well, I've had a simply spiffy time chatting with you guys, but I need to... 'save the world.' I realize that depending on the context that might make no sense--after all, who would want to store this world to a digital memory?--but it must be done. Sorry for any inconvenience." I left the dumbfounded pair behind me and pulled out my Pelipper. Not entirely clear on how this did not defy all the laws of physics, I hopped onboard and flew back to Lilycove. It was gate-crashing time. Riding on Linoone--also a strange experience--I Surfed in to the not-so hidden entrance of the Aquas' Hideout. A grunt doing patrol was running in circles. Effortlessly avoiding him by not straying directly in front of him (he should be fired), I moved farther in to the "lair." *** A few minutes later found me dizzy from being spun about the Hideout via warp panels. I ended up going around in circles for about a minute because the PTB couldn't bother to remember which panel went where, and more importantly, which panel had already been stepped on fifty times before. Finally, I reached a room with four Pokeballs. I continued with that mentality untill I was electrocuted by an Electrode. Choosing a bit more carefully, I unveiled a Master Ball. I was fully expecting the PTB to use it for something stupid, like a Slakoth, but I pocketed it anyway. After more misadventures with warp panels, I finally ended up where I needed to be: watching a submarine carrying Aqua Grunts leave. Admin Shelly was standing by. "Okay, two at a time, remember the Buddy System, it's going to be cramped in there, have you all used the bathroom recently?" "No..." said a grunt in a small voice. "There aren't any in this game." Shelly sighed exaggeratedly. "You guys are so frickin' annoying that I--who are.... Oh no...." Shelly had turned around to see me standing there. "You...." "I've been through this before recently enough," I said, "so I think I'm going to skip the formalities and skip straight to challenging you to a duel...er, battle." Looking at my hands, I added, "But I do have gloves, so if you want me to smack you with them a few times, it'd be no skin off my back...." "N-no thank you," she stammered. "I have to get going." "Wait.... How? You never stole the submarine hatch back." "You never showed up and the Oceanic Museum again. You forget or something? There were these strange reporter people that kept fighting though. You're name came up a few times too." I muttered excrement's more colorful saying and said, "I'd imagine it would, if those 'reporter people' are who I think they are. You gonna battle me or no?" "No." she said, and hopped in to the submarine, which soon sped out of sight. Using I convineintly placed warp panel, I did likewise and was whisked back to the entrance. "Ooookaaayy.... That so wasn't in the script. Maybe I really am glitching the game...." That only caused me to smirk. "Awesome." Walking out of the Hideout, I noticed the Wailmer had finally decided to relocate, leaving the path onward clear. The Elite Four were coming up, but I wasn't sure I could stand too much longer in this game....


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