[Censored] is currently floating in an endless void. He tries to call for help, for someone, but nothing happened. Then, he pitifully tries to move, and fails. Then, he at least tries to look to his surroundings, and although he managed to, there is nothing. There's just the darkness of this endless void. Now, he is desperately trying to figure out all about his current... predicament. But logically, he couldn't think of anything, because it didn't make sense. And right now, he was asking himself: How did I get stuck in a place like this?
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[Unknown time]
In a little apartment, a young boy, between 24 and 26 years is watching TV. He is our MC, with the name of [Censored]. He is currently watching anime, more specifically, the Pokemon anime. Why? Well, [Censored] has been a die-hard fan of the franchise since he was 6 years old and he first watched the anime. After that, he has bought the cards of the official card game, has been reading all the mangas and read tons of fanfictions. Because of that, he has been obsessed with everything that involves Pokemon ever since.
Right now, [Censored] decided to watch the Pokemon anime all over again. For the fourth time.
"Ah man, I can't believe the Pokemon anime ended like this. It was good, but bitter-sweet at the same time. I mean, I've already watched four times but... it's just weird, Ash's journey lasted for over a decade, yet he didn't age at all. Also, he didn't catch them all, and during all those years he only won the league twice: The Alolan league and the World championship" then he paused. "Yup, I am definitely not forgetting anything".
"By the way, it's 5:20 p.m already, huh. Man, time sure flies when you have fun, maybe I'll watch the new anime while I still have time" he said while checking his watch.
So he decided to watch the new Pokemon anime, "Pokemon Horizons"
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[A while later]
"What the actual $%&# is this!!!"
He didn't like what he saw. The old Pokemon anime had a nostalgic charm, a simpler animation style, iconic characters, memorable music, epic fights, heartfelt lessons, and much more. It had set the bar very high.
But the new anime... it was horrible. Slow pacing, lack of a clear structure, the characters were still finding their place, it felt really bloated with unnecessary content, the battles were extremely boring, and the plot was trash.
It was like spitting on the image of of Ash, and to make things worse, they ACTUALLY WERE. Roy was a shameless copy of Ash, but unlike the original, he was a complete failure. That put to shame what Ash once was, dirting his glory.
[Censored] wanted to erase his mind so he could forget the last 2 hours of his life that he spent watching that misery of anime.
"Those were the worst two god#$%& hours of my entire life" he said. "I am to play with my Gameboy to clear my head".
And that's exactly what he did. [Censored] grabbed his Gameboy Advance and inserted the cartridge of Fire Red.
And then he played for three hours and a half, beating the game and playing some of the post-game.
"Huh, I don't remember when was the last time I played the games of the third generation, I guess it is a knockback to the old times".
As he said that, he remembered all the times that he stayed up playing until midnight, planning his strategies, leveling up his team and preparing for his next battle.
"Those were some good times, but I think it is time to sleep".
As he said that, he closed the game and put away the console.
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[The next day]
"Nononononononono, shoot! I overslept!!" [Censored] said while running.
He rushed out of his apartment and ran through the streets, and after a while, he arrived to his destination.
"Phew, I arrived at time" he said as he recovered.
He was currently at the front of a work office.
"I just hope they still have the position available" he worriedly said, then he checked his pockets. "Oh shoot! I forgot to grab the papers!!" as he said that, he proceeded to run back to his apartment.
"Why doesn't the door open!!" he shouted as if the door was going to listen.
"Finally!" the door flung open.
Then he turned his apartment upside down while searching his papers.
"Got'cha!" he cheered as he found the papers.
After that [Censored] slammed the door shut and ran back to the work office. He ran the red light a couple times in his rush, and when he was just a block of arriving, something happened. Something that he didn't realize until it was too late.
"Watch out!!!!"
A car ran him over, he dropped to the floor, covered in blood. The last thing he saw, was a crowd of people. Some were freaking out, others were calling an ambulance. Then, everything went black.
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[Current time]
"And then the car ran over me" [Censored] finished recalling. "So I guess I'm dead then..."
He now realized the raw truth: He was dead.
"Ughhh, alright, lets sum this up:"
- First of all, I am dead.
- Secondly, I am trapped in this endless void.
- Thirdly, I cannot escape by ANY means.
- Fourthly, I am about to lose my fu#$%&#$ sanity!!!
After a while of shouting and rambling, he finally calmed down.
"Alright [Censored], calm down, use the little sanity you have left and try to find a solution, because if you don't, then you are going to be trapped here forever". then he thought for a second. "Alright, it will probably be useless becouse I really doubt there is signal here buuuut...."
Then he tried to find his phone. He failed.
"Greeeaaat, so not only am I trapped in God knows where, but I also don't have my phone".
He went back and fourth for some time, until he realized something.
"Wait, now that I remember, I slept with my Gameboy Advance. And when I rushed to the job interview, I checked my frontal pockets, but not the other ones..."
He then checked his other pockets, and to his surprise, the Gameboy, along with the game's cartridge, was there.
"Wait, so you are telling me that whoever put me here snatched my phone away, but not my Gameboy?" he quickly thought. "Maybe they found my phone and not my Gameboy...?" he discarded that. "No, I don't think so. If they found my phone, then that means that they also found the Gameboy. But for some unknown reason, they decided to only take my phone".
"Well, that doesn't matter, because whoever or whatever was the responsible of putting me here, basically abandoned me to rot".