Purple, Day 41: I'm on a road (in Viridian City)

I walked out of the pokemon center all young and hip like. Koff Koff had been restored to full health and there were little to no hard feelings about making him explode for the betterment of the general welfare of myself. Oh Koff Koff, you are the bestest pokemon.

Taking a look around Viridian City, I realized there wasn't much to do aside from conquering the gym of the city (which is honestly more of a village than a city, there are 5 buildings here!). As I walked by the entrance to the “City”, I heard the familiar music of Route 1 in the distance. Dehda deh deh deh, dehda deh deh deh, dehda deh deh deh dehda. There must be more of those Loudred out there. There must be Loudred everywhere. I have to keep my eye out for the little bastards.

I made my way up the small hill and was confronted by an old man. He yelled at me for ignoring him the two times I ran by. Apparently he was on the ground and needed assistance (coffee) so he could get up. I DO NOT CARE IF YOU DIE OLD MAN, I AM NOT YOU. I started to walk away but then he grabbed me by the arm and said, “Ahh, I've had my coffee now and I feel great! Sure you can go through! Are you in a hurry?“. I struggled to break free from his iron old-man grip, “Yes, I need to-”. “No? I see you're using a POKEDEX. When you catch a POKEMON, POKEDEX is automatically updated. What? Don't you know how to catch POKEMON? I'll show you how to then.”. I didn't reply to you, where did you get your information from! I know how to catch a pokemon damn well!

All of a sudden a Weedle appeared! How did the Weedle do that? We aren't in tall-grass/a cave/a dangerous building/water! You fucking cheater. The old man stared at his bag for a long time, slowly rummaging around for a pokeball, that he threw at the Weedle upon finding. How did he capture it without a net? Clearly everybody was a cheater here. “First, you need to weaken the target Pokemon.”, said the old man before turning away to start slowly pacing. I was going to tell him it was stupid to give me advice he didn't follow himself but figured now was my time to escape.

I looked up at the Gym and knew what lie beyond its doors: A Gym. Signs are very helpful. Before I could walk in, I found myself accidentally hop down the ledge stationed right in front of the Gym. I don't know what came over me, it was like my thumb slipped and pushed me in the opposite direction of what I actually wanted. I don't know what it was, but in that moment I felt like I had no control of my life. It was like a force acting beyond the limits of my understanding were in charge of my life, and that they were able to live through me using only 4 buttons and a d-pad.

Then my brain turned back on and I realized how stupid that sounded. I'm gonna take a nap.

Catch You later.

Purple Gitimall

P.S.: I forgot how long a nap is, so I'm gonna wing it.