When guruzeth and Tracy emerged from the Pyramid, they realized quickly that they were now on the opposite side of Scaraba from the entrance. "Umm, guru," said Tracy, "how are we gonna get back to civilization?"
"We'll probably have to swim for it..." said guruzeth. "The river that divides the two continents isn't very wide, but the current runs really fast. We'll probably have to ride the current to the ocean, and then ride the tide back to shore."
I'm pretty sure that if you did some actual, whatyacallit, swimming, you would reach the far shore before the current carried you to the ocean. Also you fail understanding of tides and currents forever.
I do admire guruzeth and Traceh for declining to teleport around like everyone else does, though."Sounds kinda dangerous... but jumping in some water sounds like a great idea right now," said Tracy; they were already getting sticky from the searing heat.
"You know," said guruzeth, "now that I think about it, Dungeon Man is still stuck in some palm trees a couple miles to the south... It'd be awesome to go check it out, but we'd have to wait for nightfall to walk there."
Obviously guruzeth did not read Chris's posts from back well before guruzeth showed up."Ugh, I just wanna go inside somewhere, and cool off," said Tracy.
"It's about a mile's walk to the north to find the river to North Scaraba," said guru. "Let's try and find some water or food around here. I think there's a merchant somewhere..."
A mile is a dangerously long way to try to walk across a desert in the middle of the day.They began walking to the north, and before long they found the merchant they were looking for. "These prices are outrageous!" said Tracy.
"What do you expect, he's the only guy out here..." said guru, pulling his already depleted wallet. "We need a couple bottles of water, and a couple Picnic Lunches."
I don't believe that guy sells Picnic Lunches, but whatever."Alright, that'll be $448!" said the merchant. guruzeth shook his head and handed over the money, and they took shade under a tree to partake of their brief meal. "That's about it for my money," said guru. "And my ATM card is gone since that shipwreck. "We gotta get back to the mainland so I can call the bank and get a new card."
I would love to hear how that shipwreck deprived you of your ATM card but not your wallet. You keep your ATM card somewhere other than your wallet, Boy Genius?"Sounds good to me," said Tracy. "I'd still like to know where everyone else is, though. I haven't seen anyone in a long time, except you..."
Now here's something unexpected: guruzeth, not Traceh, is the first to announce (subtly, but still) that he's grown bored with this exclusive plotline. (Actually, with behind-the-scenes knowledge I can tell you this is because he and PSI322 are conspiring to get their ACs together as expeditiously as possible, leaving Traceh as the Unlucky Childhood Friend of sorts. Which is too bad, she's an excellent poster and deserves better.)"They've gotta be somewhere in Eagleland, is my guess," said guru. "Let's wait here until the sun gets lower, then we'll set off to get back to North Scaraba, and then we'll decide where to go next."
Four hours or so later, guru awakened to see the long, late-evening shadows. They had both fallen asleep at some point. He shook Tracy awake. "Alright, we need to get going now," he said when she awakened and sat up. They set off to the north, with the setting sun to their left, in the waning light.
Little did they know how cold the desert night could be, and they both were shivering when they made it to the shores of the river.
It's true, as I said in my last post. Desert nights can be chilly."I'm flippin freezing!" said Tracy. "I'm not getting in that water now!"
+1 to guruzeth for knowing 'flippin'' is one of Traceh's modifiers of choice."Fine, we'll wait for daybreak, and get some sleep in the meantime," said guru, finding a good place to lie down near a tree.
Didn't you just get done sleeping four hours? Man, I want that Sleep At Will feat."When it gets hot, the water won't be much trouble." He turned over and went to sleep almost immediately, and Tracy did the same a few yards away, taking shelter in some brush for warmth.
That's hilariously stupid. Brush is not warm.
Post #962, by Pikachu3164
Pikachu, Tim, Nathan, Poryhedron, and Shock Bird jumped into the museum, paid 25 dollars admission fee, and ran into the museum.
"Hey! You canit go into that room! Staff only!" Mr. Spoon yelled. Or is Mr. Fork the Fourside guy... I can't remember.
Right, because you only played EarthBound once and that was a couple years ago. You've been playing pokemon nonstop ever since. (It's Mr. Spoon.)[Good thing I prepared! I'll give you a signed Pepsi can! Venus' autograph!]
Well, points to him for remembering that detail."Go right in!"
After leaving Poryhedron as a guard at the ladder into the museum, the four walked and swam in the sewer.
...swam in the sewer? I can't even... no. Just no.Then, they heard Sir's voice on the Telepathy System. [I repeat, all SM.Net members rendevous at the hotel if you want to return to your vacation...]
"Whoa! That sounded like Sir! What should we do?" asked Nathan.
Tim replied with the only logical answer. "Let's get Pikachu this melody, and go back to the hotel."
I weep for your team's fate if Liyoshi is its designated logician. I weep until my eyes run dry.
Post #963, by SuperSpeedy/Mankey Boy
(Because of that, let's say Dave checked out and left home for New Jersey, leaving a note for waffle appologizing that he couldn't stay longer.)
Because of what? I'm not complaining. I'm just confused.[Good thinkin'] said Shock Bird. [But when we battle the Plague Rat, watch out for my Big Thunder attack. It hurts, and can hurt anyone but me. The only way for it to indefinatly hit the Plague Rat is if you all get KOed or become unconsious.]
So clearly the right play is kill everyone on your team, deep fry Plague Rat of Doom's ass, then get the melody and revive the rest of your team later. (That last part is optional.)~~back with Poryhedron~~
Should I leave for the hotel? thought Poryhedron, who just found a crossiant. He was holding it between his feet that doubled as hands. He was still moving because of his anti-grav systems. I promised Pikachu to guard for him.
Yeah, this split-the-party thing is exactly why "one AC per writer" was canonical. Otherwise Tengu would work however many ACs were necessary to control every plotline. With the one AC rule, the best he can do, as you've seen several times here, is try to control other plotlines with out-of-character comments.A Stinky Ghost ran by, but was literally frozen by Poryhedron's Blizzard attack.
A Deadly Mouse ran by, but he was forced back to normal by Poryhedron's Psychic attack.
Poryhedron knew Pikachu wouldn't like a regular Crossiant, so he went online through the museum's phone line by plugging his tail into the museum phone line. He went to the Starmen.net message board and downloaded a recipe for homemade Peanut Cheese Bars using cheese and chunky peanut butter. He, at light speed (using Agility), bought the ingredients, unraveled the crossiant, followed the instructions up until the instructions where you roll up the cheese with peanut butter on it. Poryhedron rolled up the crossiant and made a treat for Pikachu, to give to him after the battle: the Peanut Cheese Crossiant Bar!
My god. It hurts. It hurts. Make it stop.He then stored it inside his chest as data, to be pulled out in its physical form, just as it was.
I'll stay! thought Poryhedron.
~~back with Pikachu and the gang~~
[This message has been edited by SuperSpeedy/ Mankey Boy (edited 05-12-2000).]
Post #964, by PikaChan
New poster alert!
PikaChan was yet another certified female. And she was crazy. I don't mean she was different or out there. I mean she was certifiably insane. I believe she was about 11 or 12 in 2000.'I love this place....' LaLa read.
'Me too.' she replied.
'It's a lot easier to come here when we want to talk. The melody is so soothing too.' the thought on the wall read.
I actually like the way she just drops us into the action.PikaChan and her best friend Princess LaLa (who everyone called LaLa) were sitting in the middle of the Lumine Hall, having a "conversation". PikaChan yawned. She stroked her Eevee's head as it slept in her arms. Eevee always slept so peacefully. LaLa's Meowth was sleeping too.
Yet another pokemon kiddie. And yet another person who could not care less what the rules are. And yes, it was perfectly standard for PikaChan to work her imaginary friend into her IF writing.'Tired?' LaLa's thought read.
'Yeah.....' PikaChan replied.
'Heh heh...'
'I feel a strange power coming from this place. It makes me feel reenergized.' PikaChan thought.
'Yeah. And that beautiful melody.....it sounds like something from EarthBound!'
PikaChan jumped up, still holding Eevee. She returned it to it's Pokeball. 'Hey! If this really IS EarthBound, then there are 7 other places just like this!!!'
Are you getting the sinking suspicion PikaChan hasn't read any of the Gathering at all, and is just jumping in because it's huge and everyone's talking about it? Good. I'm glad it wasn't just me.'Hey yeah! Let's go to Magnet Hill or something!' LaLa called her Meowth into it's Pokeball.
PikaChan nodded. 'Yeah. Waitaminute....what if we hafta battle that Plague Rat?' she thought.
'Well, we'll just trash him like we did Electro Specter..' LaLa replied.
It's a pretty good answer, really.The two friends quickly jumped in the hole into the Lost Underworld, then teleported to Fourside.
[This message has been edited by PikaChan (edited 05-12-2000).]
Post #965, by Anthadd
Darting to and from each nook and cranny, Anthadd, the youthful golf-club wielder, tried to discover the least danger-fraught path to the Shining Spot deep within the Fire Springs.
There is in fact only one path that leads there, so you don't have any say in the danger level.Avoiding, in particular, the Psychic Psychos, he climbed many of the rock faces, and, at times, ended up having to catch his breath.
Unwrapping one of his last granola bars, Anthadd savoured the taste, thinking it may be his last.
I would hate for my last snack to be a granola bar. He should have packed Swiss cake rolls.Nearing the Shining Spot, he began perspiring faster.
"Must be there...soon...need milk...water...anything..." And he collapsed again, before sending a plea for help. (Anthadd! Fire Springs! Help!)
(Note: if you think I'm overdoing the comas, I don't care.)
I'm actually more concerned that you're overdoing commas, truth be told. But thank you for informing us of your disinterest. I assure you we do not care about you, either.
I really have no recollection of Anthadd being this needy. But hey, we all were when we were 12.
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