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Was on my second ever time playing Ruby. Surfing towards Dewford or some shit. Going on auto-pilot killing the random encounters when this Wingull pops up. Really don't mind Wingull but already got one. As he pops up on screen the stars show up and I, still in auto-pilot, kick his ass with Sceptile and keep going.
Nearly at Dewford, realization hits me.
I killed the first shiny I'd ever seen in-game without even thinking about it.
Never seen a shiny since.