Chapter 11:
A Colossal Event, Pt. 2: Brendan's Brawls!
Two days later, after May's challenge...
Lieno Coliseum
Round One
Brendan, who was wearing my Snag Machine on his left arm, rose up in the elevator to the Coliseum battle field, and walked to his trainer's box. His opponent walked to her spot. According to the screen, her name was Sil. She had long black hair and blue eyes, wearing a pink tank top, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
"Prepare for the battle of your lifetime!" Sil shouted as she threw a Poke Ball into the air.
From the white energy that burst out came a Gloom.
"Gloom..." it moaned.
"Ha! That's all?" Brendan chuckled smugly. "I choose Seviper!"
Brendan lobbed the Ball containing Seviper into the air, and the Poison Element appeared.
"Se... VIPER!" yelled the, uh... f-frightening Pokemon.
"MOMMY!" I cried out at the sight of the Pokemon. May, who was sitting right beside me, patted my shoulder and said:
"Calm down, Pat..."
I laughed in an oafish way and blushed in response.
"Mm..." Justin closed his eyes and sweat dropped.
Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Brendan's Seviper vs. Sil's Gloom
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Seviper, start with Screech!"
Seviper opened its mouth and let out a loud scream, which made three yellow sound waves hurtle towards Gloom.
"Gloom, use Sludge Bomb!"
From its dark blue mouth, Gloom launched a barrage of purple poison missiles at Seviper. They went through the screech rings, and both Pokemon were hit by the other's attack, therefore reducing Gloom's Defense and Seviper's HP.
"Seviper, come on! Use Double-Edge!"
Seviper jumped from its position towards Gloom with some faint orange light behind it, and neared the Grass/Poison Element.
"Quick, Gloom! Endure!" Sil said.
Glowing an orange shade, Gloom's HP automatically went to 1 from Double-Edge. That, in turn, increased the recoil damage for Seviper, which put its HP in the low greens.
"Follow up with Flail!"
Gloom got on its back, and then flopped around on the ground, smacking Seviper severely.
"Ah! Seviper, no! Use..." Brendan smirked. "Flamethrower!"
Seviper opened its mouth, despite the pain of Flail, and spat out a beam of fire onto Gloom. At that range, the attack was critical and super effective, but any offensive move would've defeated Gloom from its low HP.
"I won! Oh yeah! It's my birthday! Go Brendan! It's my..." Brendan cheered, doing a series of ridiculous "dance" moves. I tossed a small pebble at him, which hit his head and stopped his dumb rant.
Seviper and Gloom were recalled to their Balls, and Sil and Brendan met in the center of the field.
"That was a nice battle, Brendan..." said Sil softly.
"Yeah! It was great!"
"Hee-hee... I may see you later..." Sil then did something unexpected: she leaned up to Brendan's height and kissed his lips briefly, and then ran to her elevator.
"Wha... Ha-ha-ha..." Brendan laughed. He fell down out of embarrassment.
"THAT LITTLE FLIRT!" May roared angrily. Her face turned demonic and evil.
"Calm down, May..." I said, patting her shoulder.
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Lieno Coliseum
Round Two
Brendan once again stepped up to the plate, only with a small ice patch under his headband from the pebble I hit him with.
"Well, I guess I'd better not bust any of my moves this time..." he moaned.
His next opponent was Kenny, a boy with a red t-shirt, green shorts, sneakers, white socks, and a blue baseball cap on his head, with green eyes and dark brown hair.
Kenny held two both Great Ball, and tossed them into the air.
"Come on out, Swalot and Dodrio!"
From two flashed of bluish white light came a Swalot, a Poison Element with a large purple body, two small hands, a small pair of lips with a yellow "whisker" on each side, black diamonds in a ring on its body, and two small red eyes. Beside it was a Dodrio, a Flying/Normal dual Element with three tan necks and three brown-feathered heads with yellow beaks and two black head feathers on each head, a brown-feathered body with pinkish-red tail feathers, and tan legs with white talons.
"Swalot..."
"Dodrio!"
"I'm calling out Huntail and Golbat!" Brendan yelled.
Brendan tossed two Great Balls up, and his Golbat and Huntail erupted from them.
"GOLBAT!"
"Hunt!"
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no time limit or substitution.
Brendan's Huntail and Golbat vs. Kenny's Swalot and Dodrio
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Swalot, begin with Amnesia and Acid Armor!"
Swalot's face became a look of great confusion, boosting its Special Defense greatly. It also waved its small stubby arms, forming a toxic shield that encased its body and glowed purple, boosting Defense greatly.
"Huntail, use Rain Dance!"
A small blue sphere formed in Huntail's mouth, and disappeared. Several thunderstorm clouds appeared overhead, and began pouring down rain.
"Anyone got an umbrella?" May moaned. She looked beside her to see Justin and I had two.
"GRR!" May clutched onto me to stay out of the rain's path, which caused another oafish laugh to come from my mouth, and a slight red blush appeared on my face.
"And now, Huntail! Use Surf!"
Behind Huntail formed a very large body of water, which became a wave. It picked up Huntail, who surfed atop, and gathered speed and width. It crashed down onto Swalot and Dodrio, and was powered up by the rain.
"Seviper, go! Use Bite!"
Seviper's two front fangs began to glow a dark color, and the serpentine Pokemon lurched towards Dodrio and bit down on the left leg of the Bird Pokemon.
"And now, Seviper, use Poison Tail!"
Keeping its mouth in position, Seviper's scythe-like tail glowed a poisonous purple color at the pink blade, and whipped up and struck Dodrio's body, causing a critical hit to Dodrio. Seviper also stopped Biting, for its victim had fainted and fallen onto the ground.
"Darn it..." muttered Kenny, recalling Dodrio to its Ball.
Brendan's Seviper and Huntail vs. Kenny's Swalot
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Swalot, use Amnesia and Acid Armor again!" Kenny shouted to his Swalot.
Swalot, once again, gained a confused look for a brief second, upping its Special Defense greatly, and was encased in a swirling purple coat of armor, increasing its Defense a lot.
"Aw, crud! That doesn't help me one bit..." Brendan growled. "Seviper, use Crunch!"
Seviper's fangs began to glow a dark color again as its struck toward its prey.
"You too, Huntail!"
Huntail lurched forward as well, with same-colored teeth. Both Seviper and Huntail chomped onto Swalot, but neither caused much damage to the Poison Type. However, once they retreated back to Brendan's side, a small green energy circle swirled down around Swalot, signaling that its Special Defense was dropped somewhat.
"Aw, yeah! Go for the Special!" said Brendan.
"Grr... Use Stockpile, Swalot!"
Swalot opened its enormous, cavernous mouth up, and a blue ball of energy formed inside.
"Uh-oh... I gotta take it out soon!" cried Brendan, knowing what the move could do if joined by one of two others...
"Seviper, go! Quick, use Crunch! And Huntail, use Water Gun!"
From Huntail's mouth, a beam of water blasted onto Swalot, not doing much from the still high Special Defensive stat. Seviper launched itself and its glowing teeth again at Swalot and bit on it, encircling it in another green spiral, lowering the Poison-Type's HP and Special Defense even more.
"Stockpile, Swalot!"
The ball in Swalot's mouth grew bigger.
"Grr..." Brendan growled.
"And now, Swalot! Spit Up!"
Swalot swallowed the Stockpile energy, and then spit it back up in the form of a wave of yucky, brown goop.
"EEW!" May and I cried out at the sight of the gross attack.
"Yuck..." Justin groaned.
"WATCH OUT, GUYS!" cried Brendan. "USE PROTECT!"
Seviper scrunched up its body to form a golden shield in front of it, and Huntail did the same. The Spit Up attack hit the shields and deflected off towards... The crowd, mainly where Justin, May and I were sitting!
"AAH!" Justin cried out.
I whipped out my trusty cloak and shielded us all, and reflected the goop back towards the ground.
"And still sleek!" I smirked as a shiny streak slid across the surface of my cloak.
"Thanks, Pat." Justin and May both said.
Unfortunately, the rest of the crowd got covered in the Spit Up attack, and was pretty ticked off that we were the only defended people... And plotted their revenge...
"Heh-heh!" Brendan grinned. "Finish off Swalot, Seviper! Earthquake!"
Seviper slammed the ground repeatedly, sending waves of orange energy around the field. Huntail, who had kept up Protect the whole time, was able to keep it up long enough to not be hit by Earthquake. Swalot, on the other hand, was hit by the super-effective Ground attack, and flopped onto its side, finally KO'd.
"Whew... I hate defensive Pokemon." Brendan sighed, recalling his Pokemon, thanking them for a good battle.
"Aw, NUTS! I thought I could win!" Kenny cried in anger and frustration. He ran to his elevator and recalled his Swalot on the way.
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Lieno Coliseum
Semifinals
Brendan's next opponent was... Guess who... Neil.
"Howdy, non-stranger!" Brendan greeted.
"Heh. What are you, a comedian?" Neil asked. "Let's battle!"
Neil threw a Poke Ball into the air, and a Growlithe came out, and barked.
"A Growlithe, eh? Well, meet my Huntail! Actually, you should already know him, but..." Brendan's grin faded, and he said into the dull silence of the stadium, "...I'd better just throw the Poke Ball. No one loves a comedian..."
I pulled out a machine labeled Sound FX, and it began the loud chirping of a cricket.
"Grr...!" Brendan's face turned red in anger.
He threw Huntail's Poke Ball into the air, and it popped out in a burst of light.
"Hunt!" it grunted.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Brendan's Huntail vs. Neil's Growlithe
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Growlithe, go! Use Roar!" Neil shouted.
Growlithe opened its mouth and let out a deafening roar, which made Huntail beam back to its Poke Ball.
"What...? Grr! I choose Golbat!"
Brendan threw Golbat's Great Ball out, and the bat-like Pokemon appeared.
"GOLBAT!"
Brendan's Golbat vs. Neil's Growlithe
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Golbat, use Wing Attack!"
Golbat's purple wings began to glow a white color, and he swooped down, striking Growlithe with its wings.
"Growlithe, no! Use Flamethrower!"
A small spark of fire appeared in Growlithe's mouth, and it soon became a stream of fire that went towards Golbat.
"Quick! Dodge it and use Sludge Bomb!"
Golbat dodged the stream of fire, and then shot several globs of poison at Growlithe.
"Use Flamethrower to deflect them!" Neil countered.
Another stream of red and yellow fire burst forth from Growlithe's canine mouth, which destroyed the Sludge Bomb attack and continued on to hit Golbat, and send it into the air.
"Golbat! Oh, man. That's one tough dog... But... Golbat, use Aerial Ace!"
Golbat regained its senses from Flamethrower and disappeared with a flap of its wings. It reappeared seconds later, slashing at Growlithe with its left wing. Growlithe fainted from the Flying-Type hit.
"Yeah! One down, two to go!" Brendan cheered.
"Gol-bat!" Golbat cheered as well.
"Nice Brendan. I call out Diglett!" Neil said after recalling Growlithe.
From a Great Ball Neil threw appeared a Diglett.
"Dig!" it grunted.
Brendan's Golbat vs. Neil's Diglett
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Golbat, use Screech! And follow up with Shadow Ball!"
From Golbat's large mouth emitted a loud screech, which took the form of two yellow sound wave rings. They traveled to Diglett and let their scream out, lowering Diglett's Defense a lot, and probably bursting its ear drum. And then, something else formed in Golbat's mouth: a black, crackling ball of energy. It grew large and larger, and finally shot off and hit Diglett, causing an automatic KO, being strong and physical.
"Yeah!" Brendan cheered again, which caused Golbat to cheer as well.
"Okay, Diglett... Return." Neil returned his Diglett to its respectful Poke ball, and pulled out another Great Ball.
"Okay... Watch out, Brendan! For now, I choose Vibrava!"
From the Great Ball and a blue flash of light appeared a Vibrava, a Dragon/Ground dual-Type Pokemon with a yellow, dragonfly-like body with big green-and-black eyes on the sides of its circular head, two pairs of black-lined, green diamond-shaped wings, and four black dragonfly-like feet. It also had two green-and-black diamonds on its tail.
"Vi-bra!" shouted the Dragon Pokemon.
Brendan's Golbat vs. Neil's Vibrava
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Golbat, use Bite!"
Golbat's fangs began to glow a dark color, and it flew towards Vibrava, ready to bite.
"Vibrava, counter with Dragonbreath!"
From in front of Vibrava's mouth, a stream of green flames shot out. They hit Golbat, negating its Bite attack.
"And now, follow up with Rock Slide!"
Vibrava conjured up several large rocks and flung them at Golbat, who was stunned from Dragonbreath, causing a super effective blow to Golbat's HP.
"Grr... Golbat, use Sludge Bomb!"
After regaining its senses from Rock Slide and Dragonbreath, several purple orbs of poison shot out from inside Golbat's mouth.
"Protect yourself, Vibrava! Sandstorm!"
With a flick of its wings, Vibrava formed a whirling dust tornado around itself, deflecting the Sludge Bombs back onto Golbat. The attack was enough to KO the Poison/Flying Element.
"Golbat! Ah... Return." Brendan drew out Golbat's Ball, and the Bat Pokemon was returned to its home in a flash of red.
'Hmm...' Brendan thought. 'I shouldn't use Huntail, since I'm sure Vibrava knows Giga Drain or Solarbeam... Good thing I still have... This Pokemon.'
Brendan grabbed a Poke Ball at his waist and tossed it up into the air and called out:
"I choose you, Ludicolo!"
"WHAAAAAAAT?! HE STILL HAS THAT?!" May cried out.
"Uh, is there a problem, May?" Justin asked.
"That Ludicolo was Brendan's most-able Pokemon to beat me, besides his Swampert!"
"Oh. Then it must be a high level..."
From the Poke Ball burst a flash of white light, and a Ludicolo materialized from it.
"Lu... DICOLO!" it cheered.
I brought out the Sound FX machine thing again, and it played Miror B.'s disco-beat song, which I had recorded.
"Grr...!" Brendan's face grew red again, and I stopped the music.
Brendan's Ludicolo vs. Neil's Vibrava
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Ludicolo, use Rain Dance!"
A small blue ball appeared in-between Ludicolo's hands, and the weather changed to rain.
"And now, follow up with Hydro Pump!"
In Ludicolo's mouth, a blue water ball appeared. From it shot two twisting water beams. They hit Vibrava, shaving off most of its HP.
"Vibrava! You okay?" Neil asked.
"Vi..." Vibrava groaned. It fluttered up into the air and nodded its head.
"Okay! Use Fly!"
Vibrava flew up with powerful wing lifts, and prepared to come down and strike in a little while.
"Now's my chance! Ludicolo, Ice Beam!"
Another sphere of energy appeared in Ludicolo's mouth, only it was an icy blue. A thunderbolt-like beam shot out at Vibrava, which encased it in an icy prison. Vibrava fell to the ground, which caused the ice to break upon impact. The Ice attack was extremely super effective, therefore knocking out Vibrava!
"YEAH! We did it, Ludicolo!" Brendan cheered.
Ludicolo danced around to celebrate as well, and Neil recalled his fallen Vibrava.
"You did great, Vibrava." he said, looking at the Great Ball. "Great job, Brendan!"
"Thanks, Neil." replied the white-haired trainer.
"Ludi!" grunted Ludicolo. It jumped on top of Brendan in a tackle-hug.
"Alright, back in the Ball!" Brendan returned Ludicolo to its Ball.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Finals
Brendan and a Cipher Peon walked to their respective places on the battlefield. The Cipher Peon had black hair, and was a female.
"Heh-heh-heh... Your mine!" the Peon, Idlon, said with a smirk.
"Dream on, woman!" Brendan tossed a Great Ball into the air, and his Seviper came out.
"Seviper!" called the Pokemon.
"AAH! SNAKE!" cried Idlon.
"The girl has the right idea..." I gulped. May and Justin sweat dropped.
"Grr... Taste my Normal power! Go, Furret and Delcatty!"
Idlon threw two Poke Balls up, and a Furret and Delcatty erupted from the white energy.
"Furr-r-r-r-r!"
"Del!"
"Here's my other one: Golbat!"
Another Great Ball was tossed, and Golbat came out.
"Bat!" it grunted.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three double battle with no substitutions or time limits.
Brendan's Seviper and Golbat vs. CP Idlon's Furret and Delcatty
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Furret, use Quick Attack! Delcatty, use Thunderbolt!" Idlon shouted.
Furret dashed towards Seviper with white light traveling behind it, while Delcatty's purple mane began to glow yellow. Once the glow reached its brightness peak, a large bolt of lightning shot out from the collection of fur. Furret slammed its Quick Attack into Seviper, while the Thunderbolt attack zapped Golbat, delivering a super-effective blow to it.
"Ah!" Brendan gasped. "Grr... You going down, girl!" Another pebble clonked his head, from me.
"GRR! That's it! No more mister nice guy! Seviper, use Poison Tail! Golbat, Poison Fang! NOW!"
With Seviper's tail and Golbat's fangs glowing a purple color, they both made their way towards Delcatty and Furret. Seviper struck Furret with its tail and Delcatty was bitten on by Golbat. Luckily for Brendan, both enemy Pokemon shone a purple color briefly, showing they were Poisoned, with Delcatty's Poisoning being serious.
"Crud..." Idlon groaned.
"HA!" Brendan laughed. "Golbat, use Wing Attack on Furret now! And Seviper, you use Bite on that Delcatty!"
Golbat's wings began to glow a white color, and the Poison/Flying Element began to fly towards its target, Furret. Seviper's fangs started shining too, only a dark color. Seviper lurched forward and prepared to strike Delcatty.
"Furret, use Follow Me!" Idlon shouted.
Furret's long body glowed a white color, which made Seviper turn to attack it. Both Wing Attack and Bite hit the Normal Type, who nearly fainted.
"Seviper, use Poison Tail on Delcatty!"
With its tail glowing purple, Seviper made its way towards Delcatty swiftly.
"Follow Me, Furret!" Idlon ordered.
Furret started the first part of Follow Me, but stopped. Bite had caused it to flinch! And while that went on, Seviper slammed its sharp and poisonous tail into Delcatty in a close range, therefore doing double the damage with a critical hit!
Poison struck both Normal Elements. With both being low on HP, they fainted as it coursed through their bodies and pained them.
"NO! Both of my Pokemon at the SAME TIME! Grr..." Idlon snarled and recalled her Pokemon.
"Time for my last Pokemon... Come on out, Linoone!"
Idlon threw a Great Ball out, and from its blue flash of light appeared a Linoone, a Normal Element with a long, whitish-gray, sleek-furred body with a long tail, four feet, and brown lines and designs on its fur, and two above its blue eyes, along with long, sharp claws.
"Li-noone!" it shouted.
And then, the Shadow Detector on Brendan's Snag Machine arm rose up and went in front of his eyes.
"Linoone." said the contraption. "Level 30. Normal Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Storm and Shadow Rush. SHADOW POKEMON!" The computer's voice was slightly more slow and deeper...
"A Shadow Pokemon! Aha!" Brendan cried out.
"Surprised, Bleachy?" Idlon smirked.
"My name... Is not... BLEACHY!"
Brendan's Seviper and Golbat vs. CP Idlon's Linoone
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Okay, Linoone! Start with our combo! BellyBerrySlash!"
"What? Is someone gonna have to add something to the dictionary, say, on his computer right now?" Brendan asked. A weird boom, followed by something being broken could be heard. It was my Sound FX machine, and it had played out the "Breaking of the Fourth Wall" sound.
"..." Everyone in the crowd looked at me confusedly.
Anyway, Linoone stood up on its legs and began to hit its stomach repeatedly, which lowered its HP by half but increased its Attack stat to the maximum! But then, Linoone glowed a yellow color. It had eaten a Sitrus Berry, a yellow, red-dotted berry, hanging on its neck to regain all of its lost HP! And after that, Linoone's claws began to glow white, and the swift Pokemon dashed towards Golbat and slashed it, delivering a super-powerful blow to the Poison/Flying Element.
"Golbat!" cried out Brendan.
"Next, Linoone, use Double-Edge!"
With tremendous speed and force, Linoone charged at Seviper. Small, slight orange energy vapors trailed behind the Normal Element as he slammed his whole body into Seviper, doing serious damage to its target... And a fraction of that damage to itself.
"Finish with Surf!" Idlon smirked.
A small body of water formed behind Linoone, and it took the form of a wave. Linoone rode the top as it crashed down onto both of Brendan's Pokemon, who fainted from the series of strong attacks.
"No!" Brendan gasped. He recalled his Pokemon, and grabbed a Poke Ball at his waist, marked with a blue raindrop symbol on the top center, and threw it into the air.
"I always keep this Pokemon with me, just in case I find myself at the losing end of a challenge... So, come on out! SWAMPERT!"
From the burst of white light from the Poke Ball appeared a Swampert, a Water/Ground Element with a dark blue body having a lighter blue underside, with two almost navy blue, round crests on its head, a same-color, larger and fan-shaped tail, orange bumps with lines along them on its lower arms and lower legs, small orange eyes, and an orange circle with two orange spikes protruding from it horizontally.
"Swam...PERT!" Swampert roared out.
May's hair spiked up briefly when she saw Brendan's first Pokemon, most likely because it could defeat her Blaziken easily...
"Well, there it is... Brendan's starter Pokemon in all its glory!" Justin said.
"Ah, May's is better. Swampert are dumb." I mumbled.
"OH, REALLY?!" Justin gritted his teeth angrily.
"You're only acting weird... As usual... Because you like Swampert! And most Ground/Water Types!"
Brendan's Swampert vs. CP Idlon's Linoone
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Okay, Swampert! Use Mud-Slap!"
Swampert licked mud, which came from nowhere, with its left hand at Linoone, which slapped onto the Normal Type's eyes, blinding it momentarily.
"And follow up with Seismic Toss!"
Swampert charged at Linoone, reached out, and grabbed it, and jumped into the air very high. Swampert circled around using the attack, and then began to almost fly down to the ground quickly, slamming Linoone into the hard floor of the coliseum battlefield, causing major damage to Linoone.
"And now...!" Brendan shouted, holding a Great Ball with a red aura. He threw it at Linoone, who was sucked up in red light, with some resistance, and the Great Ball dropped to the ground, wiggling slightly. Soon, it stopped. Linoone was Snagged.
"Dang you, kid!" Idlon grumbled before running away.
"Oh, yeah! I got it!" Whoo-hoo!" Brendan cheered, with his Swampert joining in as well.
Winner: BRENDAN!
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We celebrated yet another victory at the Pokemon Center. May had claimed Linoone for herself.
"Well, guys..." Justin said, taking a sip from a glass filled with ice and bubbling clear soda. "There goes another battle-filled day."
"Yep. How'd I do? You know, with the Snagging and all that?" Brendan asked. No one replied, since he was asking me... Or trying to.
"Um... Where'd Pat go?" May asked.
"I don't know. How about you, Justin?" Brendan asked.
"He didn't say... Maybe he went to train somewhere. It's not like he should be worried; we still haven't decided who'll take the next challenge."
"Well, one thing's for sure; that Snag Machine's battery must be running low." Brendan changed the subject.
"Why?" asked Justin.
"Well, its voice is slower and, well, just different from whatever I could here from it earlier..."
"Yeah. it was kind of distorted with me too!" May agreed.
Suddenly, the back door to the Pokemon center opened, and I walked out of the door way.
"I'll take that." I said with a smirk on my face, grabbing the Snag Machine, which was on a nearby table.
"What? Pat, you're going next?!" my comrades cried out.
"While normally, you'd save the best for last... Justin will be fighting whoever is at the end of our four-challenge... Uh, challenge." I brought the Machine up to our room in the Lieno Pokemon Center, and came back down.
"Whatever you say..." Justin said, with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong, J?" I asked.
"Well, if I have to fight a Cipher Admin, I'm not sure I can do it..."
All other members of Team Pat looked confusedly at Justin, who was showing his less confident side...
PM: Well, there's Brendan's Chapter. R&R.