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>be me, like 9
>summer break
>spend it with cousins
>one of them brings his ds lite and a copy of emerald
>he restarted the previous file to play over the summer
>one day we're chillin, playing some ps2
>"Hey anon do you play pokemon?"
>say no, always thought of it as a thing only nerds are into (dat irony)
>"You should try it, it's fun"
>tells me the all the basics like training, battling gym leaders, etc.
>ff later that day
>we're going to a water park
>on the way my cousin asks if I wanna play cause he got bored
>decide fuck it, play
>his team so far is torchic, wingull, and poochyena
>train them all in the grass before rusturf tunnel
>having fun
>after some time, get this message after the 100th dead tailow
>"What? Torchic is evolving!"
>wtfisgoingon.jpg
>"Your Torchic evolved to Combusken!"
>holy fuck
>hyped, run to take on the gym leader
>wipe the floor with everyone in the building
>battle Roxanne, rape her with newly learned double kick
>get my first gym badge
And from then on, pokemon has been a big part of my life. I know it's gay but yeah, pokemon is one of the very few things that's made me happy. Never expected it to be this important to me.
