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>How could you play video games at a time like this?
>Good thing you checked your phone first.
>Your right paw twitched involuntarily.
>That, and you were in no shape to game at full strength.
>You were looking forward to relearning how to play video games.
>With your new hands, it might be harder than using aura.
>Once the twinging stopped, you spread the fingers apart and stretched them back and forth.
>Nice and easy…
>That thunderbolt of a handshake still made you spasm hours later.
>After fluffing the pillow you sprawled out on the couch.
>Tonight was one of those days that only come once.
>The energy had shifted.
>People noticed something big was going down.
>Once in a lifetime big.
>In a stroke of genius, you balanced the smart phone against your chest spike.
>Finally, a good use for it.
>A cursory look at social media told you everything.
>Pokémon was trending.
>It wasn’t at the top.
>But it gained steam each minute.
>No more were the little, peculiar videos seen only by enthusiasts and deep divers.
>No more were the posts and warnings limited to a dozen views.
>’Famous Cartoonist Claims His Cat’s No Longer a Cat’
>A headline like that would be at home in any tabloid.
>This was mainstream news.
>Equally untrustworthy, but you’d wager money on this one.
>”Big Ron” was now green, smelled of a floral shop, and still liked his favorite spot on the windowsill.
>The article might have come out days ago were it not so outrageous.
>The cartoonist hadn’t been able to get anyone to believe him.
>Even the writer commented they didn’t believe it until seeing Big Ron in person.
>Plenty of people called the video and pictures fake.
>Rightfully so.
>Lots believed it too.
>Maybe not because they truly believed, but because they wanted it to be real.
>”I want to believe.” Posts were everywhere.
>You’d have fallen into that category, you thought.