>>45503301>Some Backstory:My first ever Pokemon was Absol. I caught it on my buddy's Ruby while he was letting me give it a try, and once I had my very first game (LeafGreen), he traded it to me. That Absol, who I named 'No Name,' carried me through the next four generations. I fucked up his EVs and it would die to any one attack by any Pokemon at a remotely similar level, but I loved him. He was my PokeBro.
But as I grew up, I grew out of Pokemon. I grew depressed (mental illness runs in my family), and two or three years ago, during a brief period of NEETness, I was trying a new medication. It really fucked up my decision-making capabilities, and gave me weird cravings.
One morning, I really wanted to play Skyrim. The issue was I no longer owned Skyrim. And I was NEET, so I had no money. So I gathered up all the video games I didn't really play anymore, and I traded them into Game Stop for enough money for Skyrim and another game I couldn't even run.
Pokemon SoulSilver was among those games, and No Name was on it. I was so neurochemically fucked because of the medication, I didn't even think twice before trading No Name away.
I didn't really realize the magnitude of what I'd done until months later, once I had flushed all the Lexapro down the toilet. Even to this day, it hasn't really 'hit me,' for lack of a better term. I'm doing a lot better psychologically, but I just feel numb inside when I remember how I betrayed my PokeBro. All I can really hope for is that some other guy came along, picked up the game and saved Absol before overwriting the save.
RIP No Name (2004 - 2017). I'm sorry, my guy. I should have known better.
