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Diary of an NPC - Fourth Entry
and a red and white ball in my
hands, dragged around town to
see the “Pokémon center” and
“Pokémart” and warned several
times about people in white and
black outfits. At least in the last
three places I’ve been, I haven’t
been this confused… Now to try
and find one of those pocket
pets I’ve heard so much of…
DoA+1 Still haven’t seen anything I’d
consider pet-like… I’d heard
this entire region had like a
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hundred and fifty different
species of pet! Instead I’ve seen
sentient radishes, foxes that
breathe fire, floating balls of
gas and moving sludge piles…
Sure there were giant arachnids
and nightmare murder beasts
in the Capital Wasteland, but
at least those made sense!
DoA+3 Turns out I’ve had a pet known as Pokémon - on me
the whole time! Living in this
ball thing the old tree guy
gave me. It’s apparently a
Charmander, which translates
to English as “Holy crap it’s
a lizard thingy that breathes
fire!” I’m calling her Cher. Not
that I know it’s a “she” - I don’t
know how you sex Pokémon.
No, not like that Diary!
DoA+5 I just got mugged! Had to rush
Cher right to the vet’s - aka
Pokémon center - because some
kid in a red cap beat her up. And
because he - well his Geodude
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