>>58739472Not creepy, sexual, or violent weird, but I have one from work
>Working shitty office job in 2016, early 20s>New people join the Team, one of them is John (not real name)>Get bored one day, nothing to do as systems are down, check Serebii for SM news on my phone.>John sees>"You like Pokémon, too, I see">Work broship develops, sperg out about Pokémon, JRPGs, and anime every day at lunch, text after work but never hang out>Roll on 2019>We were both pretty disappointed with LGPE, looking forward to SWSH>Dexit announcement during my week off>Text John about it, both agree it's shitty, but he instantly switches topics, think nothing of it>The next week, go back to work>John is not at work, but was scheduled to be in>Next day, no show>Same on Wednesday>Ask our manager about it>She says there's a reason why he's not in, but can't say anymore>John is pretty private, so I don't probe him or anyone else who might know>As news of other games we were hyped for rolls in, text him>No response>Huh.mp3>A couple of weeks go by with no John at work and no responding to texts>Send him something like "I hope you're doing okay, man, haven't heard from you in a while. Anything I can help with, let me know">Suddenly get a text from John, but it says it's from John's mother, who saw my latest text in John's phone and wanted to let me know he's going to be alright>He tried to kill himself the weekend of the dexit announcement, had apparently planned it from the day of the news, had to wait until the weekend until his parents were out>Don't know how he tried to do it, but he's alive>Get asked if I want to see him in the hospital, get hit with "You seem to be his only friend">Say I'll let her know>Next day, ask about visit>Number's been blocked>John never comes back to work>One day, manager asks if I know, out of nowhere>Say I think I do>"All that over a game is pretty odd, isn't it?"I think about him every time the games get worse, feels bad
