Pikachu visited Toronto, Canada for his 12th, and final, stop on his World Tour, where he met with 30 000 screaming fans in the Skydome, dressed like a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Toronto was like home sweet home for me, but for Pikachu, we were half a planet and an entire dimension away from home. We spent 3 recovery days in Toronto, and we received some phone calls which were very strange. People were, apparently, spotting Nintendo characters throughout the city. Someone said "I had the wheels of my car sucked off by a 20 cm tall (8 inches) little pink, round ball with red feet and oval-shaped black eyes. All it said was "donut." I want some justice done here!" Another said that "there's giant ape answering to the name "Kong" climbing up the side of the CN Tower. Do you have any fighter planes ready at the moment? We may need them!" Yet another report came from an employee at Toronto's historical Casa Loma saying, "There's a young man, blond, probably around twenty, sitting in one of the gardens. Fine. It's the fact that he's sharpening a four-foot broadsword that bothers me . . . I would appreciate it if you could get somebody over here, this guy's making me kind of nervous!" Another said, "There's a plumber with a red hat reading "M" and a little green dinosaur who's devouring EVERYTHING at the St. Lawrence Market! Ack! Now it's trying to eat me! Help!!!!!" Yet another reported "There's a fox, yes a fox, walking upright around downtown! Can I get the police . . . the humane society . . . animal control, ANYTHING?! Just do it now!" Even Ash and Pikachu were spotted, a report came in saying, "There's a kid with spikey black hair and a little yellow mouse dressed like a Mountie wandering around Harbourfront. Okay, but they're trying to hit the pidgeons and seagulls with little red and white balls! Isn't that cruelty to animals? I want the police!"
I was relieved to leave Toronto, and head for Japan for Pikachu's thank-you to his friends. I seem to be the only reporter invited . . . whatever, no competition for interviews, anyway. |
