9 years a Pokémon sneak peek (release on 7/6/17)

It's almost done! After writing furiously, I am almost done with my second longtext, longer than my first one. I'll throw it up on r9k on July 6, the day before the one year anniversary of Ghastly's death. Theexact time is tba. Here's a sneak preview of my fifth grade birthday party and one of the character bios. Enjoy!


I don't know exactly when I met Flareon. Kindergarten was so long ago, my memory gets hazy. I just know we were inseparable. We both loved Star Wars, and some of my best memories are of him and I playing battle front 2 and Blazing Angels. We would play Star Wars and other games on the playground. I loved being Mace Windu, and he was always obi wan. Two Jedi, fighting the forces of evil on the jungle gym, thwarting the empire's advance on the slide. 

Our parents also hit it off. Margaritaville played constantly at my house when Flareon's  parents were over, with margaritas to boot. 

>My fifth grade birthday party was going to be a doozy. 

>The plan was to invite every boy in my grade, all 28 of them, to a massive pool party. 

>First we'd play airsoft, then we'd go to the pool. 

>Greatplan.webm

>Maybe this will turn my fate around. 

>The party was going to be so huge, people would talk about it for ages.

>Flareon's mom and my mom were going to chaperone. 

>The day came 

>on the car ride home I was visibly anxious. >get home

>to my surprise a couple of the kids were already there. 

>all suited up with automatic guns and high tech, co2 powered, all metal sniper rifles.

>press f to cower in fear

>picked up my small spring powered sniper rifle, my Walmart smg and started to fill up on pellets. >

Me being the birthday boy, I got to be a captain along with Pidgey. 

>We chose teams. 

>Time for war

>From the first shots it was utter chaos. >Pellets flying everywhere, people huddled together behind wooden barricades, men in masks peeking out from the bushes to fire at anything that moved.

 >I quickly took up a position at the porch. >My sister comes creeping around the corner

>Shoot her in the back

 >She wanders back to base

 >defeated. 

>Surprisingly they aren't targeting me like I thought they would

>like they had before. I tried to peek around a corner of a hedge

>SNAP! 

>I'm hit, leaving a rosy welt on the back of my hand. 

>MAN DOWN MAN DOWN

>I put my hands up and go back to base. 

>On the way back, some of the boys thought it would be fun to shoot at a defeated me. 

>They nailed me in the chest. 

>Out of breath, I scream for them to stop

, >they have a good laugh and finally comply. 

>Perhaps things won't change after all. 

>I make my way back to that same position. 

>"5minutes!" My mom calls. 

>I'm still sitting in my bush when I hear screaming from my right. 

>It's Mankey. 

>He's trapped behind a barricade, under heavy fire.

> It was so intense, I thought it was going to collapse. 

>He was trying to fire back, but if he poked out he would be hit. 

>He tried to surrender and go back to base, >everyone just kept laughing and shooting. 

>Tears welled up in his eyes.

> I felt conflicted. 

>Here was the man who tortured me for years crying out in desperation

>in a situation in which he would surely have mocked me for crying if I were in

> yet I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy. 

>Finally my mom called time and the shooting stopped. 

>Mankey crawled out and tried to act as manly as possible. 

>Next up was the pool. 

>Zubat was one of the first ones in, jumping in enthusiastically

>His face of joy soon turned to terror when in midair he realized his phone was in his pocket. 

>dumbass

>He landed and sprinted back out, desperate for some rice.

> Sadly it was not enough, and the phone died at the scene. 

>Press f to pay respects

>The two moms were breathing down our necks 

>explained the rules 

>only Flareon and I would listen to them

> We found a ball, and decided to play keep away. 

>Maybe they'll let me have it, since it was my party after all.

>I hold my hands up, waving desperately for the ball. 

>It soared over my head

>before I could catch it, koffing

grabbed it from over me. 

>As usual, I was the monkey in the middle. >Again, it got crazy really quick.

> Dunking people under water

> punching

> kicking 

>throwing 

>all used to fight for control of the ball. >Being as scrawny as I was, I couldn't compete. 

>Quickly, I was relegated to watching the game rather than participating. 

>Even at my own birthday party

> I was on the sidelines. 

>My mom decided it was getting too rough, >broke up the game. 

>We had cake, 

>sat around 

>talked. 

>Just like at the lunch table

>conversation skipped around between mocking me, Flareon, or someone else. 

>The party quickly ended 

>I had a bad taste in my mouth

> For as much as I wanted things to change

>I knew deep down they would stay the same

Life update: May 2017

Sorry for the late update, but here goes. May was a hard month. Between work and graduation I was also overwhelmed. Thankfully I got some adderall from my doctor and that helped me to keep track of everything. Sandshrew just got back from Ireland but she's been kinda distant lately, not sure how I feel about that. Clefairy just kinda posts shit on Snapchat, looks like she got a boyfriend. A girl at my work, lets call her Butterfree, has been really nice to me lately. She always gives me cookies from the bakery, and she really appreciated it when I bought her a brownie. She's super sweet, but she's in a long distance relationship, so I don't really want to mess with that. Besides, she's just being nice, she doesn't like me in a romantic sense I'm afraid.

Big news with Pika! She wants to come up mid July. I'm SUPER excited and already started planning everything out. I'm planning on giving her another care package, I'll post more on that later.

9 years is coming soon. I'll link the /r9k/ thread when it's up. Im also launching the discord then, so that'll be fun. Hope you guys are enjoying this blog as much as I am!  I'm excited to see where it goes. Thanks for everything anons!

Liking the changes?

I decided to ramp up the blog a little bit and change some things around. You guys enjoying the changes? I enjoy your feedback, so here's a strawpoll.

In other news, I'm working on 9 years, and I'll tell you guys when I'm going to put that on /r9k/
I'm also making a discord just so we can all be a little less lonley. It should be up pretty soon, but I'm just preparing it at the moment.

Ghosts of the past

I saw your mom today. She always seemed happy, same with you das, but ever since the accident there has been this somberness about them. I talked to her about graduation and college, I'm sorry you didn't get to experience that. I can't believe I haven't talked to you in a year. I should have played cards with you last time, I'm sorry. Im so sorry for not giving you your shirts back, I'm sorry for being selfish. Goddamn it I iced you man! I miss your handshake and smile. Why? Why did you have to cross then? Two more seconds could have meant 40 more years. You were the embodiment of everything good in the world, and with your passing that has died in me too. I saw an f4u by your grave. I wish I could nerd out with you about planes, about history. Hell, even about Star Wars like the good old times. I miss you, and our drifting apart hurts me all the more. Maybe one day I'll finally do it, I'll finally tie that noose and join you. Until then, I'll work, and I'll try not to let the sadness through. We all loved you, my friend.

I posted that letter about ghastly on /r9k/ last night in a letter writing thread. I was just so overcome with emotion, as the last time I saw him was a year ago today. His mom was at my graduation party, and we talked. She seemed sad yet very loving twords me. It's like I'm one of the last parts of her son. Her son that never got to graduate, go to college, and live life. I'm sorry ghastly.... I really really sorry

A conversation with a Co-Worker

>Be me
>Work at supermarket
>Closing time
>No one is around
>Store is empty
>Closing down the meat department
>Already cleaned all my stuff up
>Meat cutter is closing with me
>Let's call him Paras
>Paras is a dude in his 50s
>Kinda crazy
>Really fun guy to work with
>Sometimes decides to juggle balls of meat
>Very casual, go with the flow kinda guy
>Apparently a huge drug dealer back in the day
>Retired
>He returned to meat cutting because it "called to him"
>Decide to ask him if he wanted to be a meat cutter as a kid
>"No, but I already lived my childhood dream"
>I ask him what that was about
>Paras said it was to play baseball
>Apparently he played baseball for the Padres for a couple of years
>Used meat cutting to help pay for his expences
>He was mostly on the practice team, but still did some stuff
>Quit when his kids were born
>He started talking about his wife
>His highschool sweetheart
>Married for 20 years
>He goes silent
>He starts talking about one of his kids
>She was born with spina bifida and cerebral palsy 
>I glace at him for a moment
>I can see the pain in his eyes
>I almost ask him if she's doing ok, but he answers that for me
>"She died when she was 9" paras says solemnly
>Silence
>"I guess I really never got over it"
>Think back to Ghastly
>Tell him most people never get over the death of a loved one
>Tell him about Ghastly and his affect on me
>He understands
>We know each other's pain
>The pain of loss only death can provide
>Want to lighten up the topic
>Talk to him more about his wife
>He goes quiet again
>"I walked in on her cheating on me" 
>This man's highschool sweetheart of 20 years
>Cheats on him in front of his eyes
>Gets pregnant
>Paras said he walked out after that
>His other kids understand
>Divorce happens
>That was 9 years ago
>After a couple years of retirement he comes back to meat cutting
>A couple years later I meet him
>His story hit me hard
>This man, living the time of his life
>Living the dream
>Playing baseball
>Having the girl he loved
>Having a wonderful family
>Crushed by reality
>Yet he continues to smile and joke around
>It all makes sense now
>Paras is the sad clown
>Always trying to make people laugh
>So one day, he can forget the pain
>We close up
>We walk out
>The next day he's back to his usual self
>Jolly, always cracking jokes
>But I see the cracks
>I can never unsee the cracks

Life update: April 2017

It's been a long stressful month for me. Between exams, work, the play, I haven't posted much. Don't worry though! I haven't forgotten about you guys.

So let's get down to business. In April, my school put on a play. It's a little strange that this could possibly be my last production, as I wasn't too excited for it. And then I fucked up, big time. I turned my request off days into work at the wrong place, and they scheduled me all week. Shit. Eventually I got that fixed, but that whole debacle sucked ass.
Work has been ok, there's been some interesting moments with my coworkers. Though, I do work around 31 hours a week, so you best believe I'm tired.

I also got put on adderall the other day. It's been pretty good at keeping me concentrated and focused. I am a little worried about taking meds, as I've heard so many horror stories about addiction and death because of them.

On the love front, not much has changed. Pika's sister's birthday is coming up, and I'm hoping to try to cheer her up somehow, she always feels down on that day. I think I'll try to send her a care package, just to make sure she's ok. It's kinda sad actually, at this point her sister has been dead longer than she was alive. On the Clefairy front, nothing much happened. We talk every now and then but it's just small talk. Sandshrew, on the other hand, is a whole different story. We've been talking more, joking around and just having a good time. She seems enthusiastic when I ask her out to lunch sometimes, but she gets kinda disappointed when she realizes she's doing something. I hope that works out, I've been really happy when I'm with her and she makes me feel great. She's pretty fucking awesome, I can only hope she thinks I'm ok. I'm having a party for color guard and percussion tomorrow, who knows, maybe something will happen? Probably not, either way I'm going to enjoy myself because I'm with her.

Life Update: March 2017

March was a doozy for me. The first half of the month, while I was on spring break, I decided to get a job. I found one at a local grocery store in the meat department, and it's been absolutely soul sucking. But, at the very least, I like my co-workers, and it gives me some good stories of terrible customers to share with you guys. The second half of the month was taken up by color guard stuff. I am still friends with sandshrew, the lesbian, but I don't things are going to work out between her and I. She's still a great person, but she's just not into me. But hey, you lose some and you win some. Speaking of winning some, my guard team got 2nd place overall in our division in competition! Yet, there is much  more than that. At championships I saw this really cute girl, let's call her Clefairy, who just so happened to be on the team that beat us. I decided "why the hell not" and simply walked up to her, congratulated her, told her she was attractive, and asked for her number. She was rather flattered and impressed by my confidence, but she could only give me her instagram. Fortunately, through instagram, I was able to get her snapchat and we've been talking every day ever since. One of the most intriguing things is that on her instagram, she had pictures of her and her ex-boyfriend. At the time, I didn't know if she was currently dating this guy, so I casually brought it up, and she told me that they broke up like a week before. Curiously, the next day ALL photos of her ex were taken off of  Clefairy's instagram. I don't know if that had anything to do with me, but if it did, that's a VERY good sign. I've talked to pika a little over the month, she still cares about me deeply she says and she's still dating Machamp. Our conversations have devolved into us telling each other "I miss you," which I don't mind because it's true: I miss her. I was hoping she'd come up for spring break but it looks as if that is not happening. I don't know, pika continues to perplex me sometimes. Until next time, I'll keep you guys updated on Clefairy. Who knows what the future may hold?