>>36456804>be me>late summer of 98>8 years old>older kid in the neighborhood shows these new things called "pokemon cards">me a couple other kids instantly fascinated>he's normally a bit of a bully but he's being really cool to us today>teaches us his headcanon version of how to play>just pick a pokemon and put all the energies that you want onto it and attack!>after we finish he gives each of us a couple of cards>he gave me a charmander and onix>I took them home and spent the whole night fawning over those cardsI can close my eyes and go back to that day like it happened yesterday. Based Teddy. It's all his fault I'm here god damn it.
