Depending on how things go, I might disappear from Pokémon White entirely after my half hour is up, or I might just bop back and forth between responsibilities and the world we all would much rather be living in, if we're honest with ourselves.

But the overall hope is that there will be less than 6 months from now to the next session.

Classic Yosie!

I had forgotten how much the opening of Pokémon White makes me think I've accidentally put in a copy of Fire Emblem for most of the beginning.

Goreo: I get so much time value out of games that I struggle coming up with anything for my birthday list my parents ask me for because I haven't even managed to get through last birthday's stuff, let alone Christmas.

...Where in the world am I

I'm forgetting how to access the map, but I am glad to see that past me knew to make my trainer quote: "After all, it's CUTE, isn't it?" to explain to anyone looking at my team.

Among the messages I have stored are "I'll show you my MESSED UP strategy!" and "CUTENESS is the reason for TOMORROW."

Okay I figured out where I am, but it's been 6 months. I have to visit Mom.

Why does Belle know Imprison? What use is this - okay, sure past me. I accidentally used it trying to look at what it does.

She has exactly one attack move - okay I'm lost again hmm.

Ah, okay, I mixed up ledges. I think I know where I am now. And it's summer! Accurate.

Ah, these leaves flying by are a lot prettier than I expected for summer. Nice.

HI MOM okay I can go back to my adventure now. I'll drop by the lab, too.

Ganba!! both to pokemon and the stuff you don't wanna do

I'm hoping for both to be successful!

Ah, good girl, Ruffila! (where in the world did I get that name from) Pickup is so useful that I am sad that she will lose it if I evolve her. (Which I might, actually! The evolutions also look like good dogs.)

(I meant to also put "thank you" in front of the hope for both to be successful, but I apparently did not.)

I'm...not sure I ever noticed the doors on those houses in Accumula Town. Hard to say at this point.

Oh wait, I remember Pokémon Rock Paper Scissors. I win again!

I probably should replace Assist, because it's a useless move, but it's also funny so I'm keeping it. Bye, Scratch, hello Fury Swipes.

I was suspicious of Koukan Talk, but apparently that is correct Japanese. I guess they wouldn't put in a joke like that in a kids' game, but whenever I see someone dropping random Japanese into their sentences, I suspect their skill to be about on my own. (None.)

And now, despite going slightly over time, I am...exactly where I started! But I couldn't go without a visit home, now, could I?

That was a quick six months. I'm back!

Time to actually do more than run back home, change up my team, and return to the exact square I started in. You know. Probably.

I should probably look for my stylus, but hey, most of this can be done with buttons.

I can't believe the Pokémon I named after Nico before seeing the nature happened to be Impish and somewhat stubborn.

What the hell.

I took a peek in the cave to make sure I wasn't missing anything. There was a cloud of dust, which I wondered if it was some Pokémon and "Hilda found a Dragon Gem!"

THAT SOUNDS IMPORTANT.

Okay, not so much, but it SOUNDS impressive.

Also, cliffs that jump from lower on the screen to higher on the screen? BLOWING MY MIND WHAT IS THIS DOWNHILL TO THE NORTH

That moment when not sure if you've fought this trainer before.

...Oops, that sure is an Electric type that I decided to swap my first Pokémon to my water starter. OOOOOOOOPS well kid you may get one win off here.

Or maybe not since he didn't learn in trainer school to use an electric move rather than Quick Attack when he was already faster and Charge when he was nearly down from a critical hit Water Gun.

"I was so overwhelmed by your greatness that I forgot everything I learned!" DUDE I HAVE ONE BADGE. MY POKÉMON ARE ALSO LEVEL 13.

I SEE CHEREN I THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO WAIT LONGER TO SEE MY FRIENDS WHEN I'D SEEN SO MUCH OF THEM RECENTLY.

When I saw him, my first thought was legitimately to go freshen up. It was because I wanted to get rid of the distraction of wet hair so I could fully focus on this since I love the childhood friends bits in this game, but it still feels silly.

did you miss your friends?? DO YOU MISS YOUR FRIENDS??? HERE THEY ARE

I ALWAYS MISS THESE FRIENDS though I got distracted by supper and the like when drying my hair and didn't spend two hours preparing for meeting Cheren. I AM SUPER LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT, THOUGH.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME WITH A PARTY OF MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND DOING A BUNCH OF DOUBLE OR TRIPLE BATTLES.

I'D KEEP HELPING HAND.