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>be me
>on vacation
>got Platinum as an early birthday present
>Level grinding for the first gym with my Chimchar
>Chimchar's at a point where it 2HKOs everything, with the first hit leaving the enemy with around 2 HP
>wild encounter
>Gold Shinx
>sparkles
>holy shit
>try not to screech like a fucking pterodactyl because I don't want to get yelled at
>my only pokemon able to do anything against it is my Chimchar, everything else is at least 3 levels lower
>I try to have Chimchar use a weak move to nudge its HP low enough to catch
>"A Critical Hit!"
>I watch helplessly as what could have been my first shiny fall off the screen.
>I have shinies traded with me in the future but it doesn't fill the void
>rip shiny shinx
