A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gameboy
Part three!
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Jessie and James are sprawled in front of the TV, playing Pokemon. Currently, they are each trapped in that endless maze, Viridian Forest... ::cue spooky music::
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Jessie spoke. "Is it just me, or are bug catchers naturally stupid? They're maybe one step above the twerp in terms of brain power."
James answered lazily. "Of course, on the plus side, I found a way to level up my Nidoran without actually worrying about it. Battle the Metapods using tackle about four million times, and there you go. Metapods have got to be the stupidest pokemon in the game."
Jessie frowned. "No, I think Kakunas are." James shrugged.
"Besides," Jessie continued, "with Charmander's ember attack I take out anything in one hit anyway."
James muttered. "Just because you got the super-effective pokemon..."
"Not my fault you have blue hair."
"Are you sure it's not purple? I've been having doubts lately."
"Who knows? Write to the animators. Maybe they'll decide to become consistent for a change."
Jessie and James both attempt to maintain a straight face for a second, and then burst out laughing.
"Consistency," said James between laughs. "That'll be the day."
"The day when Ash gets brains."
They continue laughing hysterically, only to be interrupted when each ran into that most dreaded of pokemon, the Kakuna/Metapod, depending on which version you decided to play.
"Jessie, it used harden again! I don't know how much more of this I can take!"
"Have you tried just beating it up repeatedly?" Jessie asked.
"Yes. But that takes forever! Still, my Nidoran finally hit level seven."
"That's good. Hey, did you catch a Pikachu yet?" Jessie was still leveling up her Charmander in the Viridian forest against all the stupid bugs, but James had been wandering between the forest and Pewter City, still vainly trying to catch an electrical rodent.
"Nope. I've decided they don't exist, and that one we're always chasing is just a figment of my imagination."
"I think you're right. Not that we need one anyways. The next trainer being Brock."
"How did the twerp ever manage to justify using the sprinkler system to get a badge?"
James shook his head. "Beats me. If we'd done that, the twerps would have accused us of rigging the game and cheating, all in an effort to steal that useless pokemon of his."
"Yeah." Jessie sighed, and went back to randomly hitting the 'A' button while she defeated a Rattata.
All was calm for about two minutes.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"
Jessie jumped, startled, and watched as James pranced about the room, singing. "You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong..."
Of course, he was off-key, but she wanted to know what on earth he was so excited about before she knocked him unconscious. Jessie didn't really want to get up without a good reason.
James, meantime, has struck a pose that can only be called "The Twerp caught something even though he put forth no actual effort on his own part."
"I CAPTURED PIKACHU!!"
Oh.
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To be continued....
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