“I can not believe that you’re ditching the soccer game to go rendezvous in North Hampton!” Jason raised an eyebrow and shook his head at Demetrius. “I have obligations and prior commitments and…I just really need to go,” Demetrius whined. “I bet he’s going to meet that admin chick. Whatever happened to bros before hoes?” Jason kicked the soccer ball at Demetrius as hard as he could. Demetrius stopped it before it could hit him with his foot. “I’m not going to meet Twilmer. I don’t even know where she lives because she keeps her profile private. There’s just something I have to do in town.” Demetrius’ temper began to rise. “Whatever man, this is so not cool. Come on Ben.” Jason waved Ben towards him. “Sorry Demetrius, but I’ve never been in the cool crowd before. You don’t mind going to North Hampton by yourself do you?” Ben looked at him sincerely. “Well, I-” Demetrius began, but then stopped when he realized that Jason and Ben were already walking away. Demetrius kicked the soccer ball at his feet as hard as he could towards the dormitories and then began to head for the bus stop. “Misty Dew is only going to be in North Hampton for one day and I really want her to autograph my book,” Demetrius sighed, taking out his copy of Misty Dew’s latest novel, Starry Night Romance. “Who says romance novels are just for girls,” Demetrius thought to himself and began to read the novel as he waited for the bus. ooo Pokemon World Online Login 7: The slow and the annoyed Disclaimer: I don’t own the stuff that doesn’t belong to me. Thanks guys for all the constructive comments. They really help. Especially the one that reminded me that Helium/Demetrius doesn’t have a character flaw. A big thanks to marco2050 who has been one of the best reviewers I’ve had. I’m taking a lot of his advice as I advance through this fic. I asked around my school and we came up with that he likes girly romance novels. That’s better then someone’s suggestion that he has a tumor and is about to die or that he likes to watch scary movies by himself at night (which isn’t really a flaw…). Crazy people… Oh, and this will be the last "plotless" part. Starting next part, a key charcter will be introduced and we'll start getting into plot. These parts are basically to introduce the charcters and to get the reader used to the online world of pokemon, so enjoy! ooo Twilmer was lying on a rock, sleeping. She had covered herself with leaves for a nice, warm blanket. No one ever logged on this early, so she assumed that she had sometime to herself for the time being. Twilmer rolled over and scratched her behind. Victoria snoozed next to her, leaning against the rock Twilmer was curled up on. Unbeknownst to Twilmer, Emily23 logged on and appeared, grumbling, next to her. “I can’t believe my mother is keeping me from going to band camp. It’s not like I’m going to make a habit of that.” Twilmer’s snores scared Emily23. She turned and saw that Twilmer was sound asleep. “That’s odd; she’s logged in this early? Maybe those rumors are true…alright Slowpoke, use a water gun.” Emily23 prodded the pokemon’s side with the blunt end of her taming pole. Slowpoke dosed the Pichu in water, which was a big mistake. Twilmer’s cheeks sparked as she jumped up and she ended up shocking herself, Emily23, and the three pokemon. “What the heck did you do that for? Here I am trying to sleep and you just barge in and…what are you doing on so early?” Twilmer asked Emily23. “My mom’s making me stay home from band camp for the day, so I have nothing else to do. My mom’s also threatening me to get a job because this game is so expensive. How do you manage to pay for it?” Emily23 threw her hands up in frustration. “Oh, admins don’t have to pay for Pokemon World Online. It’s one of the many benefits of working at PWO corp. Besides a nice, fat pay check, we get to play this game for free. Almost makes me feel sorry for n00bs like you who have to pay…until I get my pay check. Then all those thoughts leave my head. We should probably raise the price. 22.00 a month seems too low to me. Anyways, I guess we may as well get some more of this valley covered. Helium sent me a PWO mail. He’s going to get some book signing, so he won’t be on today. Hopefully Ontaro’s character has lost all it’s hp and he won’t be on today.” As Twilmer had finished that statement, Ontaro logged on. “Hey guys, what brings you here? Usually whenever I log on, no one else is on.” “Much as it’s nice to see you, one who argues with admins, what are you doing on this early?” Twilmer looked at him grumpily. The fact that she was not a morning person was not helping her temper. “I’m on the Europe server, so I’m always on before you guys log in. It’s also why I log out earlier then most of you guys. What’s on the agenda for today?” Ontaro and his Machop walked over to Emily23 and Twilmer. “Make our way through this valley is what Miss Pichu decided,” Emily23 twirled her pole from hand to hand. Bunneary picked up a stick that was lying nearby and tried to imitate Emily23, but ended up tripping herself. Max yawned. “For the love of god, QUIT CALLING ME MISS PICHU!” Twilmer shouted. “I haven’t had my coffee yet, so no one tick me off until my butler wakes up and brings it to me.” Twilmer yawned and climbed on top of Slowpoke’s back. “Seems my transportation won’t be logging on today, so this’ll do.” Three minutes later, that wasn’t looking like such a wise decision. “Can’t this thing go any faster? No wonder it gets left behind all the time. Do we really have to keep it around?” Twilmer complained. “But Miss Pichu, we haven’t found his partner yet. We can’t just leave him here.” Emily23 pleaded. “For the love of…whatever, I give up. Well, there’s bound to be some gamer in this field who we can dump this thing off on. I bet any…err…wait a second, is a slowpoke useful to any job? Grace masters would rather log out forever than deal with something this slow. I can’t see a magician or an herbalist or even a tamer needing this creature. Defenders wouldn’t need it and I can’t see item finders needing it either nor any other job. Slowpokes are completely useless. We’re going to be stuck with this thing, aren’t we?” Twilmer sighed, sliding off Max’s back. “Seems like that’s the story of my life lately.” “I’m sure someone would love to have Max. He’s so adorable, isn’t he Bunneary?” Emily23 patted the slowpoke on the head. The slowpoke simply yawned and continued it’s slow pace forward. “That thing may be adorable, but it’s slow, kind of like Twilmer,” a voice heralded them, embellished with sneering laughter. Twilmer turned around to see Elra grinning at her. “Twilmer, you’ve finally found a partner pokemon that suits you. Maybe you can actually manage to make this one evolve.” “Elra, go away. Now is not exactly the best time. Wait a minute, what are you doing on so early?” Twilmer sighed, her shoulders sagging. She could already tell that today was going to be one of those days. “I’m off today because it’s some stupid business holiday, so I thought I’d log on and see what happened this early in the morning while I’m at work. Anyways, we’re off to a land that is more suited to our talents. Seems that your body finally matches you power,” Elra began to walk away, but Twilmer released a spark in her direction. “I may not be much of a grace master at the moment, but I could take your butt any day. I think I’ve finally got the hang of attacking as a Pichu, so bring it,” Twilmer stood ready, glaring at Elra. “No, I don’t like unfair fights,” Elra shook her head and began to leave. “I see, I mean after all, I would be embarrassed as well if I had my butt beaten by a little Pichu,” Twilmer turned around and smacked her butt at Elra tauntingly. Elra stopped and glared at Twilmer. She pulled a whistle from her inventory and blew it. A sleek Vaporeon came bounding over to her and growled. “You will regret that,” Elra snarled as she pulled her bubble staff from her inventory. The blue scale-like armor she wore glinted in the early sun as she ran forward towards Twilmer. Twilmer dodged and jumped onto Victoria’s head. “I’m going to have to share your agility,” Twilmer whispered to Victoria. Victoria nodded and held her claws ready, eager for battle. The Sneasal jumped up and began bounding over towards Elra. Victoria was at ease dodging strikes from Elra’s staff and slashed at her Vaporeon as it passed by. The Vaporeon dodged the attack and was open for a spark from Twilmer. Victoria grinned at Twilmer and Twilmer nodded. The two stood back to back, trading blow for blow. Victoria handled Elra while Twilmer worked on weakening Vaporeon. Vaporeon used water gun and Twilmer took that opportunity to use a static spark. The electricity used the water gun as a line to travel along and shock the Vaporeon, temporarily stunning it. Elra lashed out with her pole. Twilmer had to jump off Victoria’s head in order to dodge it. Elra took this opportunity to point the staff at Twilmer’s chest and prepared to strike. Victoria came rushing up and knocked Elra away from Twilmer, standing protectively in front of her. “How noble,” Elra smirked before flipping around and landing behind Twilmer, pointing the pole at her throat. “Checkmate.” Elra sneered. Twilmer slumped over and glared at Elra, not saying anything. “With that my level goes up once again and I am closer to entering the ranks of the top ten players while you, my dear, flounder at a lousy level 63.” Victoria started to move, but Twilmer held up her paw. "If we attack while she has us cornered, then she is allowed to reduce our hit points to zero. The rule all grace masters know." Twilmer stood up and brushed the dirt off of her fur. A purple bruise was starting to form on her right side. "Elra, you may have won, but that doesn't disuade me from thinking that you're actually a guy in real life. In fact, it heightens my suspicions." Elra growled, clenching her fists. "I am not a guy! Whatever, come on Vaporeon, we don't need the likes of them." Elra and her Vaporeon gracefully sped away. Twilmer clutched her side, wincing in pain. "Stupid add ons that make you actually feel the pain you take," she grumbled under her breath as she stumbled and fell back to the ground, "definately not one of our smartest inventions." Victoria kneeled and held a claw to Twilmer to help her up. Twilmer smiled and took the claw offered. As her tiny, yellow hand touched Victoria's white, extended claw, Victoria began to glow. Twilmer stood in wonder as the pokemon before her changed shape. Victoria stopped glowing and a Weavile stood where the Sneasal once had. "Victoria," Twilmer gasped. "They finally learned to work together as a team," Ontaro said as he looked at the two in wonder. "That was incredible; two pokemon supporting each other in the midst of battle." "You're right. You better appreciate me saying that because it probably won't happen again. Victoria and I were always seperate but equal entities. I think this is the first time we've truly worked together like that." Twilmer smiled at her partner, who nodded. "Thank you." "Wowzerz, this is so l33t!" Emily23 jumped up and down, her Bunneary mimicing her. Max yawned. "Okay, your l33t speak, which I told you never to do in my presence, has completely killed the moment. Come on, we still have a ways to go before we reach the town and something tells me that we're actually going to find a worthwhile party member there." Twilmer continued on, side-by-side with Victoria.