
TWO HOUSEHOLDS, BOTH ALIKE IN DIGNITY,
IN FAIR UNOVA, WHERE WE LAY OUR SCENE,
FROM ANCIENT GRUDGE BREAK TO NEW MUTINY,
WHERE CIVIL BLOOD MAKES CIVIL HANDS UNCLEAN.

FROM FORTH THE FATAL LOINS OF THESE TWO FOES
A PAIR OF STAR-CROSS'D LOVERS TAKE THEIR LIFE;
WHOSE MISADVENTURED PITEOUS OVERHROWS
DO WITH THEIR DEATH BURY THEIR PARENT'S STRIFE.

THE FEARFUL PASSAGE OF THEIR DEATH-MARK'D LOVE,
AND THE CONTINUANCE OF THEIR PARENTS' RAGE
WHICH, BUT THEIR CHILDRENS' END, NOUGHT COULD REMOVE,
IS NOW THE TWO HOURS' TRAFFIC ON OUR STAGE;
THE WHICH OF YOU WITH PATIENT EARS ATTEND,
WHAT HERE SHALL MISS, OUR TOIL SHALL STRIVE TO MEND.

WHO MIGHT THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN BE?

AH! IT IS OUR ROMEO.

THIS MAN IS MERCUTIO, HIS LIFELONG COMPANION AND FRIEND.

I DON'T KNOW THIS WENCH, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY WE WILL SAY SHE IS ALSO A FRIEND OF ROMEO.

TOGETHER THEY ROAM THE STREETS OF UNOVA, IN SEARCH OF ROMEO'S ONE TRUE LOVE.

"AH! ROMEO, TODAY IS THE DAY WE ROAM UNOVA TO SEARCH FOR YOUR TRUE LOVE. WE WOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE WENCH IS LATE. AND FOR REASONS I CANNOT POSSIBLY COMPREHEND, WE MUST WAIT FOR HER."

"SPEAK OF THE DEVIL."

"WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
HOURS, WOMAN. WHAT IN THE NAME OF ARCEUS WERE YOU
DOING? IT SURE AS HELL WASN'T MAKING US SANDWICHES BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU ARE EMPTY-HANDED, AS USUAL."

"AH, ROMEO, I AM SORRY FOR BEING LATE. ARE YOU MAD?"

"OH, ROMEO, WHY, ROMEO? WHY COULD I NOT BE YOUR TRUE LOVE? WHY MUST WE GO ON THIS FRUITLESS JOURNEY? YOU MUST SURELY KNOW I AM THE ONLY WOMAN FOR YOU!"

"DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, WENCH. YOU HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH SEX APPEAL AS A BOULDER."

"BEFORE WE BEGIN THE HUNT, HOWEVER, WE WILL NEED A TRAVELING COMPANION. WE WILL BE SPLITTING UP TO COVER MORE GROUND AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE STRANGE ANIMAL THINGS TO ACCOMPANY US."
(TEPIG, SNIVY, OR OSHAWOTT)