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> Be outside, June of this year, getting some beautiful sunshine and taking time off relaxing on my backyard garden lawn chair
> Be playing Pokémon Gold, Nuzlocke run
> Have a condition where I may capture shinies as long as they are never used in battle and permaboxed
> Be in Mount Silver
> Grinding up Tethys, my Gyarados
> Random encounter
> It's a shiny level 43 Graveler
> Holy fuck spaghetti balls my bowels are like ice what do
> Heard stories of so many unfortunate souls losing their would-be shiny captures to self-destruct or explosion
> I realize that this ALSO is my Nuzlocke team, so special care was needed
> Nobody on my team can put it to sleep and nobody else withstand attacks (except Tethys) if it decides to fucking explode on my ass
> Out of options
> Though I'd rather be good than foolish, but I'd rather be lucky than good
> Hope for luck
> Here I go
> Throw. Ball.
> Quiver.
> Quiver.
> Quiver.
> And seldom was there a louder sound that echoed within the parameters of my hometown than my victory whoop when I caught it
> Feels great bro
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