And this being a PokéCenter, one could understand why it was pretty much dead quiet.
Yawning to herself as she stood at the front desk, the NurseJoy contemplated the benefits of taking an early morning nap. It’s not like anyone who was related to the workings of pokégirls usually used her services in the morning. The only exceptions would be someone bringing in a pregnant pokéwoman who was in labor, or someone coming in to take their Tamer’s Licensing test. And it had been a long while since the NurseJoy had seen either.
“Yes, a nap sounds very good...” The NurseJoy thought as she began to relax back into her chair. Yeah. A nice nap, a cup of warm cocoa, and maybe a nice magazine to help the medical pokégirl pass the time.
However, before the NurseJoy could go off and do anything along the lines of relaxing, she heard a female voice. “Hey, you open for business?” Came the rather gruff, yet still VERY feminine voice.
Looking up, the NurseJoy saw a somewhat petite redhead with the most piercing blue eyes she’d ever seen, and a rather impressive rack. “Oh, may I help you?” The NurseJoy asked the redheaded girl.
The pigtailed redhead smiled. “Heya! My name’s Ranko. And I was hoping to take a Tamer’s Licensing test.”
The NurseJoy nodded her head. “Yes, we do offer the test for a person to become a Pokégirl tamer.” Turning her swivel chair so she was facing her computer, the NurseJoy began typing, opening up the computer program for Tamer registration. “Name?”
“Ranko Saotome,” ‘Ranko’ answered,
“Place and date of birth?” The NurseJoy asked.
Ranko had to think for a moment, remembering what Gina told her to say. “I was born at Mo’ Mojo in the Eastern Edo Continent on July 15th, 282 AS.”
“So your age is 18,” The NurseJoy nodded her head and typed that in. “All right, Miss Saotome, what is your height?”
“Five feet, six inches,” Ranko answered.
The NurseJoy nodded. “Weight?”
Ranko pouted. “Isn’t that personal?”
Chuckling the NurseJoy said, “I’ll put it down as ‘unknown’.” She then smirked. “I can see your eyes are blue and your hair is red,” She said as she wrote it down into the computer. “Do you have any pokégirl researcher sponsoring you?”
“No,” Ranko said. She then smirked and said, “But Ranma Sextome is sponsoring me.”
“Really now?” The NurseJoy asked in surprise.
“Yep!” Ranko answered as she nodded her head. “He’s supplying me with my starting pokégirl.”
To say the NurseJoy was surprised, would be saying that Sukebe was a simple pervert. Still, she could understand. It was legal for High-Ranking Tamers to try and help others get started. It’s just in this case, it happened to be Ranma Sextome helping out a nice pigtailed redhead. “All right now. A few more questions. Do you have the 300 slc for the registration fee?”
Taking out her wallet, the Ranko opened it and took out three 100 slc dollar bills. “Here you go.”
Nodding her head, the NurseJoy took the money and put it in the drawer, and then went to writing out on the computer that Ranko had paid the fee. “All right then, Ranko, you should be ready to take the test.”
Smiling, Ranko said, “Great! So how do I do this?”
Standing up, the NurseJoy pointed to the section of the visitor’s center with three computer booths. “You see those booths over there?”
Nodding her head, Ranko answered, “Yeah. What about them?”
“Sit down at one, and I’ll download the test to it,” The NurseJoy explained.
“Sure!” Ranko said as she rushed over to the computers and sat down in front of any of them. “Whenever you’re ready!” Ranko said.
Nodding her head, the NurseJoy pressed a button on her computer. It didn’t take long for the computer Ranko was sitting at to turn on. “All RIGHT!” Ranko shouted. Now time to take this test!
1. What Pokégirl should be avoided?
A. Widow
B. Evangelion
C. Vampire
D. Cocooner
E. Run the @#$% away from all of them!
Ranko blinked her eyes. It sounded like she best go with “E” on this. So pressing the “E” button on the computer keyboard, the nexy question popped up.
2. You only have 15 slc left. You find a Diner that has breakfast for 6 slc, lunch for 4 slc, and dinner for 5 slc. What do you do?
A. Save up to get more money
B. Have breakfast, lunch, and dinner for one day
C. Have dinner for three days
D. Have lunch for three days
E. Buy sixteen pack cases of ramen for 1 slc each and eat for a month!
Ranko smirked. “Eat for a month!” She cheered as she pressed a button. DAMN this test was starting off easy!
And so, having pressed the “E” button, the next question came up.
3. Your Pokégirl has been a very, VERY bad girl. She lost a PokéBattle. What should you do?
A. Discipline the unruly pokégirl.
B. Let the other Tamer take her PokéBall; it's cheaper than giving out 1,000 slc.
C. Work the pokégirl harder to make her stronger.
D. Whore her out to make up for any slc you lost.
E. All of the above are acceptable.
Ranko blinked her eyes in utter shock. “That... That’s just not right,” Ranko mumbled in disgust.
Shivering, Ranko pressed “E” again and prayed to God that it was wrong.
And then the next question came up.
4. What is a way to get a Pokégirl to evolve?
A. Taming
B. PokéBattle
C. Evolution Stones
D. Evolution Stones
E. All have the possibility of working.
Ranko smirked. “Too easy.” And so, Ranko pressed the “E” key once more.
5. Which of these Pokégirl Researchers is known for Decoding the Sukebe Records?
A. Professor Theodore Diggers
B. Professor Gaja Cherrywood
C. Professor Piney Elm
D. Professor Washu Hakuboob
E. Professor Mahogony Stroaks
Ranko blinked her eyes. Well, there went all thoughts that this was a very easy test...
...Wait a minute. Professor Theodore Diggers? Diggers as in Gina, Britanny, and Gina!?
That was something Ranko knew she was going to have to look into. “But right now, I better finish this test...
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“Congratualtions, Miss Saotome!” The NurseJoy said excitedly. “You passed the test. Here’s your PokéDex!” She said as she held up the handheld device to Ranko. “Now, I suggest you get Mr. Sextome to give you your starting pokégirl, and you’ll be all set to start on the road to becoming a Tamer!”
Accepting the PokéDex from the NurseJoy, Ranko smiled. “Thanks!” Althought, mentally, Ranma-chan had to admit that the test was TOO EASY! “I still can’t believe all the answers were “e” though,” Ranko said a bit disbelievingly.
Sighing, the NurseJoy shrugged. “We had to make it easy. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have any Tamers.”
Staring at the NurseJoy, Ranko asked, “Are you serious?”
“Very,” The Nursejoy answered back.
Ranko’s eye twitched once, twice, thrice, “Goddamn, people are stupid!”
“That’s not very nice, Tanya…”
“Eat me, Megami.”
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