Better and Tougher, The Real Adventures
Chapter 33: Skitsurphrenia! Part 2 of the Ocean Adventures
It's Wetter, and Tougher today, as our main man and company reside together now beneath the ocean's surface within the domain of the mermaids! And now, we find that the savior from certain death, Tanya, has a simple request, "I want to become one of you humans, and I think I'll need your help!"
"Well Tanya," Yetis smiled, "I'd be glad to help one as charming and." he paused, eyeing her so he could come up with a creative, witty, yet benevolent sounding word to describe with, "exotic lady as yourself, but HOW?" he got straight to the point.
"Well, there is a lost temple from an ancient civilization called Atlarnis (Author's note: Due to the fact that historically accurate naming would upset the delicate forces of time and space, that and I don't want history to copyright infringe me, I'll be changing names of historical sounding things as I go, RESUME!), and in it, there is a strange force, and the ability to be able to be granted a wish."
"Well why do you need us?" Carl complained, "So you can steal our wishes?" he didn't want to be dragged down, and now his wish has been stolen. 'Unreal! She's really lucky that she has one hot body!'
She paused, and saddened a bit, "Well, there's a bit of a problem, you see, they hold up to ancient sort of contests that include pokemon battles. Apparently, there have been pokeballs back when this temple dwelled the surface."
"Ooh! I know this!" Elise cheered, "The Ancient Gleeks used pokemon for battle, and engineered the ideas for the most primitive pokeballs!" she paused, "I think."
A paused presided amongst the group, "And I thought you were supposed to be stupid," Kim commented, still surprised by what had just been.
"I have to what now?"
Carl, at this point had enough groveling, "Look, we'll help you get your wish, but I think I'll be able to leave happily as well." He smirked, inwardly having an idea. "Where is this temple?"
"I sense yet more adventure, even when physics defy all odds." Commented Kim, nearly shattering the 4th wall.
Tanya smiled, "Thanks for helping." She paused, brimming with new ideas as she spoke, "As for the temple, its not too far away, if we swam there, but why not we travel like you people do. You can get to explore the ocean, and best of all, Time down here moves slower than the surface."
"How much slower?" Yetis wondered.
She thought for a minute, "Not much, about 15% slower." She estimated.
"Well that should be good." Kim commented, "We wont have to worry the world with our disappearance. I just wish we could tell people where we are."
"The town has a phone where you can contact the surface." Tanya added as a side note, "We mermaids are not completely unheard of by your kind, just a very untold fact, that many people don't care about. But if we're walking to the temple, we should get going NOW!"
"Alright then," barked an agitated Carl, "Let's go already!" He, nor anyone else, had any clue about they were truly getting themselves into by such matters.
"By the way, if we're going surface bound, you might want to take Seaking along with you," Yetis offered.
Tanya caught with ease, and thought for a minute. "I guess I could, but how does it work?"
"It's simple," Yetis plainly explained, "You toss the ball at Seaking and he'll get sucked in. From there, you can call on your pokemon whenever you need them."
"Ok, let's go Seaking," Tanya tossed the ball, but to no avail, Seaking just dodged, and swam out of the way. "C'mon, get in!"
"Why don't you have a talk with your pokemon before you use a pokeball." Carl suggested, "After all, going to the surface will be a big change for both of you."
***
"We need to pass through a few towns and cities to reach the fallen temple." Tanya swam around freely, and happily, unbounded by gravity's fullest potential. "Isn't the water great?" she wondered, before staring ahead, "Eh? What be all this?" she noticed what looked to be sinking bugs with suctioned feet.
"Those poor pokemon, they must be drowning!" Yetis grew concerned, but got a closer look, "What 'are' they anyway?"
Tanya gasped, then squealed in utter joy. "Yay! It's the Surskit Migration Festival!" she couldn't contain her cheer, "I love the Surskit Festival! It must be Kevlar Town's time for festivity!"
"What's a Surskit?" Carl wondered, "I just hope." he felt around his pocket, "Ah, here it is!" he smiled, "And it looks as though it still works." He tapped the button, and got his response, 'Surskit, the Water Walker! Using its suction cupped feet; it can easily skim the surfaces of water, even the rough ocean currents, and even walk safely through tidal waves.
"If it walks on the water, what's it doing down here?" Yetis asked, "I mean, sure it's easy to walk down here, but I mean c'mon! Get real here!"
"During the Surskit Festival," Tanya explained, "many of these watery insects eke out for places to lay their eggs, safe from the dangers of the land. During that time, they push themselves beneath the sea, and begin to search for a safe haven. This town, like many others in the sea, just so happens to be one of those safe havens."
"Cool!" went and awestruck Lady Idiot, a.k.a. Elise, as she looked off and noticed a blue, and rather mean looking fish, with a reddish underbelly. "Say, what's that?" she pointed at the rd bellied fish. "Looks like it's playing with that there Surskit."
"What?" Tanya yelled, "Oh no, Carvanha are attacking! They like to feed on the Surskits here!" she yelled.
"I'll handle this!" Carl unleashed a pokeball, and tossed it with all force, "Chinchou, use Thunder Wave!" he decided to use this opportunity to use his still opened Pokedex, 'Carvanha, the piranha pokemon. It's dark, wicked nature makes it hard to tame, but it has a dangerous bite, and teeth that can cut though diamonds.' He then checked back to the battle, noticing that Chinchou managed to overcome the enemy with a surge of electricity. However, it was not anywhere near giving up. "Take Down!" he commanded. He watched as his watery pokemon obeyed, and slammed at the foe with great force. Carvanha was still too bolted down to fight back, "Finish it off now! Thunder!" Carl commanded.
"Carl, don't!" shouted Kim, but truth be known, it was too late, and everything within a mile radius was zapped with forceful electricity.
***
It had been an hour, and many more mermaids found out about what happened, mostly the hard way, by which means raw, powered up Lightning. "Don't you realize that water conducts electricity?" Kim roared with extreme rage.
"I realize," Carl retorted, "But if the water is filled with oxygen, then it shouldn't be as bad. should it?"
"It's worse actually." Tanya replied, "Salt conducts electricity as well, making the ocean that much more deadly."
"At least," Yetis said, through an electrical spasm, "I got me a new pokemon." It was pleasing, for during all the electrical commotion, Yetis took a risky chance, and decided to catch himself the fishy Carvanha. He succeeded, but not without getting a bit more spark therapy than the others, who decided to try and pull away.
"Well," Came a new voice, "I'm surprised," it was another sea person, this one a male, "Humans here, within our lands? I hear that you managed to fight off a Carvanha stalker."
"Stalker?" Carl wondered.
"Yes," he replied, "Although Carvanha usually travel in schools, they send out some of their speediest, most endured, to scout for ample sources of meat. This one stumbled upon the festival, and must've wanted a first dibs meal. It seems that you've ensured a school of predators aren't going to be feasting at our festival."
"Your tone suggests bad news." Kim noted calmly.
"Absolutely!" the merman exclaimed, "You're misconduct of electrical usage zapped many of us, pokemon, and the Surskit that are to breed here. Most fortunately, they were on the edge of the surge, meaning we take minimal damage, and you all get enough to cause seizures."
"So cheery," Yetis flared great signs of sarcasm, "We must know your name."
"He's Hilbert, one of Kevlar Town's local guard. Not one to piss off." Tanya said on the aside as to not grab the guard's attention. "Listen Hilbert, we apologize. Ok?"
Hilbert's eyes glanced to his left, "Tanya, I see you came for the festival, but why associate with these peoples?"
"Well, I can associate with whoever I want to! Thankyouverymuch!" roared an angry mermaid.
"I see." He nodded uncaringly, "Well, just be on your best behavior, all of you! As for you, I'd have expected better of you Tanya."
As our main man and buds walked away, conversation sprung up. "He talks as though he knows you well." Carl offered.
"He does, or he thought he did." Tanya shrugged, "I admit, though with regret, that I once dated that man. You'd be unsurprised to know it was a short-lived relationship. But enough about me! Let's have some festival fun! There'll be lots of party food."
"Alright!" went unison of main peoples.
A/N: Thus, another chapter ends. I told you all, the more reviews I get, the faster the story moves. I see times where I go for near a month without reviews, and besides just reviews, I would prefer some new reviews, or people who reviewed 1 or 2 times to review again. As for the rest of you, keep up the good work! More reviews are always good. Until next time, peace!
Chapter 33: Skitsurphrenia! Part 2 of the Ocean Adventures
It's Wetter, and Tougher today, as our main man and company reside together now beneath the ocean's surface within the domain of the mermaids! And now, we find that the savior from certain death, Tanya, has a simple request, "I want to become one of you humans, and I think I'll need your help!"
"Well Tanya," Yetis smiled, "I'd be glad to help one as charming and." he paused, eyeing her so he could come up with a creative, witty, yet benevolent sounding word to describe with, "exotic lady as yourself, but HOW?" he got straight to the point.
"Well, there is a lost temple from an ancient civilization called Atlarnis (Author's note: Due to the fact that historically accurate naming would upset the delicate forces of time and space, that and I don't want history to copyright infringe me, I'll be changing names of historical sounding things as I go, RESUME!), and in it, there is a strange force, and the ability to be able to be granted a wish."
"Well why do you need us?" Carl complained, "So you can steal our wishes?" he didn't want to be dragged down, and now his wish has been stolen. 'Unreal! She's really lucky that she has one hot body!'
She paused, and saddened a bit, "Well, there's a bit of a problem, you see, they hold up to ancient sort of contests that include pokemon battles. Apparently, there have been pokeballs back when this temple dwelled the surface."
"Ooh! I know this!" Elise cheered, "The Ancient Gleeks used pokemon for battle, and engineered the ideas for the most primitive pokeballs!" she paused, "I think."
A paused presided amongst the group, "And I thought you were supposed to be stupid," Kim commented, still surprised by what had just been.
"I have to what now?"
Carl, at this point had enough groveling, "Look, we'll help you get your wish, but I think I'll be able to leave happily as well." He smirked, inwardly having an idea. "Where is this temple?"
"I sense yet more adventure, even when physics defy all odds." Commented Kim, nearly shattering the 4th wall.
Tanya smiled, "Thanks for helping." She paused, brimming with new ideas as she spoke, "As for the temple, its not too far away, if we swam there, but why not we travel like you people do. You can get to explore the ocean, and best of all, Time down here moves slower than the surface."
"How much slower?" Yetis wondered.
She thought for a minute, "Not much, about 15% slower." She estimated.
"Well that should be good." Kim commented, "We wont have to worry the world with our disappearance. I just wish we could tell people where we are."
"The town has a phone where you can contact the surface." Tanya added as a side note, "We mermaids are not completely unheard of by your kind, just a very untold fact, that many people don't care about. But if we're walking to the temple, we should get going NOW!"
"Alright then," barked an agitated Carl, "Let's go already!" He, nor anyone else, had any clue about they were truly getting themselves into by such matters.
"By the way, if we're going surface bound, you might want to take Seaking along with you," Yetis offered.
Tanya caught with ease, and thought for a minute. "I guess I could, but how does it work?"
"It's simple," Yetis plainly explained, "You toss the ball at Seaking and he'll get sucked in. From there, you can call on your pokemon whenever you need them."
"Ok, let's go Seaking," Tanya tossed the ball, but to no avail, Seaking just dodged, and swam out of the way. "C'mon, get in!"
"Why don't you have a talk with your pokemon before you use a pokeball." Carl suggested, "After all, going to the surface will be a big change for both of you."
***
"We need to pass through a few towns and cities to reach the fallen temple." Tanya swam around freely, and happily, unbounded by gravity's fullest potential. "Isn't the water great?" she wondered, before staring ahead, "Eh? What be all this?" she noticed what looked to be sinking bugs with suctioned feet.
"Those poor pokemon, they must be drowning!" Yetis grew concerned, but got a closer look, "What 'are' they anyway?"
Tanya gasped, then squealed in utter joy. "Yay! It's the Surskit Migration Festival!" she couldn't contain her cheer, "I love the Surskit Festival! It must be Kevlar Town's time for festivity!"
"What's a Surskit?" Carl wondered, "I just hope." he felt around his pocket, "Ah, here it is!" he smiled, "And it looks as though it still works." He tapped the button, and got his response, 'Surskit, the Water Walker! Using its suction cupped feet; it can easily skim the surfaces of water, even the rough ocean currents, and even walk safely through tidal waves.
"If it walks on the water, what's it doing down here?" Yetis asked, "I mean, sure it's easy to walk down here, but I mean c'mon! Get real here!"
"During the Surskit Festival," Tanya explained, "many of these watery insects eke out for places to lay their eggs, safe from the dangers of the land. During that time, they push themselves beneath the sea, and begin to search for a safe haven. This town, like many others in the sea, just so happens to be one of those safe havens."
"Cool!" went and awestruck Lady Idiot, a.k.a. Elise, as she looked off and noticed a blue, and rather mean looking fish, with a reddish underbelly. "Say, what's that?" she pointed at the rd bellied fish. "Looks like it's playing with that there Surskit."
"What?" Tanya yelled, "Oh no, Carvanha are attacking! They like to feed on the Surskits here!" she yelled.
"I'll handle this!" Carl unleashed a pokeball, and tossed it with all force, "Chinchou, use Thunder Wave!" he decided to use this opportunity to use his still opened Pokedex, 'Carvanha, the piranha pokemon. It's dark, wicked nature makes it hard to tame, but it has a dangerous bite, and teeth that can cut though diamonds.' He then checked back to the battle, noticing that Chinchou managed to overcome the enemy with a surge of electricity. However, it was not anywhere near giving up. "Take Down!" he commanded. He watched as his watery pokemon obeyed, and slammed at the foe with great force. Carvanha was still too bolted down to fight back, "Finish it off now! Thunder!" Carl commanded.
"Carl, don't!" shouted Kim, but truth be known, it was too late, and everything within a mile radius was zapped with forceful electricity.
***
It had been an hour, and many more mermaids found out about what happened, mostly the hard way, by which means raw, powered up Lightning. "Don't you realize that water conducts electricity?" Kim roared with extreme rage.
"I realize," Carl retorted, "But if the water is filled with oxygen, then it shouldn't be as bad. should it?"
"It's worse actually." Tanya replied, "Salt conducts electricity as well, making the ocean that much more deadly."
"At least," Yetis said, through an electrical spasm, "I got me a new pokemon." It was pleasing, for during all the electrical commotion, Yetis took a risky chance, and decided to catch himself the fishy Carvanha. He succeeded, but not without getting a bit more spark therapy than the others, who decided to try and pull away.
"Well," Came a new voice, "I'm surprised," it was another sea person, this one a male, "Humans here, within our lands? I hear that you managed to fight off a Carvanha stalker."
"Stalker?" Carl wondered.
"Yes," he replied, "Although Carvanha usually travel in schools, they send out some of their speediest, most endured, to scout for ample sources of meat. This one stumbled upon the festival, and must've wanted a first dibs meal. It seems that you've ensured a school of predators aren't going to be feasting at our festival."
"Your tone suggests bad news." Kim noted calmly.
"Absolutely!" the merman exclaimed, "You're misconduct of electrical usage zapped many of us, pokemon, and the Surskit that are to breed here. Most fortunately, they were on the edge of the surge, meaning we take minimal damage, and you all get enough to cause seizures."
"So cheery," Yetis flared great signs of sarcasm, "We must know your name."
"He's Hilbert, one of Kevlar Town's local guard. Not one to piss off." Tanya said on the aside as to not grab the guard's attention. "Listen Hilbert, we apologize. Ok?"
Hilbert's eyes glanced to his left, "Tanya, I see you came for the festival, but why associate with these peoples?"
"Well, I can associate with whoever I want to! Thankyouverymuch!" roared an angry mermaid.
"I see." He nodded uncaringly, "Well, just be on your best behavior, all of you! As for you, I'd have expected better of you Tanya."
As our main man and buds walked away, conversation sprung up. "He talks as though he knows you well." Carl offered.
"He does, or he thought he did." Tanya shrugged, "I admit, though with regret, that I once dated that man. You'd be unsurprised to know it was a short-lived relationship. But enough about me! Let's have some festival fun! There'll be lots of party food."
"Alright!" went unison of main peoples.
A/N: Thus, another chapter ends. I told you all, the more reviews I get, the faster the story moves. I see times where I go for near a month without reviews, and besides just reviews, I would prefer some new reviews, or people who reviewed 1 or 2 times to review again. As for the rest of you, keep up the good work! More reviews are always good. Until next time, peace!