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>be me
>no friends until teenager
>stayed home, never invited to things
>dad never around, and when he was he was drunk
>have babysitter that stayed overnight when i was 4-10
>got close
>before she left for college, she gave me her old games
>1 gb advanced, 1 gb color, Pokemon ruby, saphire, a lot more but the rest is irrelevant
>starts playing ruby
>holy shit
>completely mesmerized by the world to explore
>only thing looking forward to after school is playing pokemon
>takes a year to fully get through every piece of the game
>lvl. 100 swampert, groudon (with masterball) & rayquaza with ultra ball (couldnt get the latios/as fags bc hard as shit & couldnt get the regis bc i dont have the link cable for the gb, making it impossible to trade)
>crushing lonelyness, going through with nothing new
>eventually move on
>finds gba and ruby years later
>plays, talks to May, mom, visits tree home and plays elite 4
>crushing lonelyness comes back
>mfw a peice of my childhood will always manifest itself in that game
I still have the cartrige today, and on days where i feel alone like i did when i was younger, i load up the game and visit the first friends i had
>no friends until teenager
>stayed home, never invited to things
>dad never around, and when he was he was drunk
>have babysitter that stayed overnight when i was 4-10
>got close
>before she left for college, she gave me her old games
>1 gb advanced, 1 gb color, Pokemon ruby, saphire, a lot more but the rest is irrelevant
>starts playing ruby
>holy shit
>completely mesmerized by the world to explore
>only thing looking forward to after school is playing pokemon
>takes a year to fully get through every piece of the game
>lvl. 100 swampert, groudon (with masterball) & rayquaza with ultra ball (couldnt get the latios/as fags bc hard as shit & couldnt get the regis bc i dont have the link cable for the gb, making it impossible to trade)
>crushing lonelyness, going through with nothing new
>eventually move on
>finds gba and ruby years later
>plays, talks to May, mom, visits tree home and plays elite 4
>crushing lonelyness comes back
>mfw a peice of my childhood will always manifest itself in that game
I still have the cartrige today, and on days where i feel alone like i did when i was younger, i load up the game and visit the first friends i had
