SO I CONTINUE WITH ZE POKEBLEACH. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED LAST TWO TIMES. THIS TIME I DECIDE TO TWEAK SOME THINGS. ORIHIME IS NO LONGER A GYM LEADER BUT THE PROTAGONIST. AND THIS IS THE GAME AS YOU PLAY IT. THERE IS MORE TEXT THAN PICTURES, IT IS TL;DR.
YOU'VE JUST PICKED UP A VERSION OF THE NEW NINTENDO QS (NOTE: QUAD SCREEN) GAME POKEBLEACH. YOU INSERT THE CARTRIDGE INTO THE BACK AND TURNED ON YOUR QS.
AFTER WATCHING THROUGH THE INTRO WITH SOME FLASHY BATTLE SCENES WITH THE ORANGE-HAIRED PROTAGONIST, YOU COME TO THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME.
A MAN STOOD BEFORE YOU ON SCREEN. HE HAS ON A LAB COAT AND RECTANGULAR GLASSES, AND HIS HAIR WAS GELLED BACK WITH ONE STRAND HANGING IN FRONT OF HIS FACE.
"WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF POKEBLEACH. I AM PROFESSOR AIZEN. THIS WORLD IS FILLED WITH CREATURES CALLED 'BLEACHMON' THAT LIVE IN NOT-SO-HARMONY WITH HUMANS…"
YOU SCROLL QUICKLY THROUGH THE DIALOGUE AS IT WAS STANDARD OF THE OPENING TO THE POKE-FRANCHISE OF GAMES.
"…ARE YOU A GIRL OR A BOY? BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL."
YOU COME TO THE CHARACTER SELECTION SCREEN; THERE WAS THE ORANGE-HAIRED PROTAGONIST YOU SAW IN THE INTRO FILM. BUT YOU LIKED THE LOOK OF THE FEMALE PROTAGONIST MORE (SHE IS ALSO ORANGE-HAIRED), SO YOU CHOSE THE GIRL.
"YOU'RE A GIRL? WHAT IS YOUR NAME?"
THE NAME SELECTION SCREEN POPS UP, BUT UNLIKE THE OTHER GAMES YOU'VE PLAYED IN THE PAST, THIS PROTAGONIST ALREADY HAS A PRE-SET NAME. SO YOU DECIDED TO GO WITH THAT.
"SO YOUR NAME IS ORIHIME?" FOR A SPLIT SECOND, YOU THOUGHT PROFESSOR AIZEN GAVE A MYSTERIOUS YET CREEPY KIND OF SMIRK, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN YOUR IMAGINATION. "WELL, HERE IS YOUR RIVAL. WHAT'S HER NAME?"
THERE WAS ALSO A PRESET NAME FOR THE BLACK-CLAD, BLACK-HAIRED SMALL GIRL WITH A STRAND OF HAIR DRAPED ACROSS HER NOSE. HECK, WHY NOT, YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO THINK OF NEW NAMES.
"SO, YOUR RIVAL'S NAME IS RUKIA." PROFESSOR AIZEN SEEMED EVEN MORE PLEASED THAN USUAL ABOUT THE COURSE OF THINGS, FOR SOME REASON.
"WELCOME TO POKEBLEACH, ORIHIME, YOUR VERY OWN ADVENTURE IS ABOUT TO START…"
………..
YOU START OUT IN A WHITE ROOM, WITH A SOFA AND SMALL TABLE. THE LIGHT FROM THE MOON OVERHEAD COULD BE SEEN SHINING ONTO THE CARPET BELOW. AFTER LOOKING AROUND AND FINDING NOTHING OF USE, YOU DECIDE TO HEAD OUT.
"THERE YOU ARE, ORIHIME!" A MALE SPRITE SPOTTED YOU AS YOU CAME OUT FROM THE DOOR, "IT'S YOUR 16TH BIRTHDAY TODAY, UNCLE AIZEN SAID HE HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU AND YOU SHOULD GO SEE HIM IN HIS LAB LATER."
"ME?" THE NPC CONTINUED TO TALK, "OF COURSE, I'M YOUR BROTHER! I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TOO! BUT IT'S A SECRET, YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE GOING TO SEE UNCLE AIZEN NOW."
AS YOU TURNED TO LEAVE, THE NPC KNOWN AS YOUR BROTHER CALLED OUT TO YOU AGAIN, "DON'T GO OUTSIDE LAS NOCHES! THERE ARE WILD BLEACHMONS OUT THERE; YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL YOU GET YOUR OWN BLEACHMON BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT."
HAVING SAID SO, YOU ARE NOW FREE TO MOVE AROUND. YOU COULD EXPLORE THE ROOMS, BUT YOU DECIDED TO GO ON AHEAD TO UNCLE AIZEN'S LAB TO…OF COURSE, GET YOU FIRST BLEACHMON.
THE LAB WASN'T HARD TO FIND, IT WAS AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR YOU HAD EXITED YOUR ROOM INTO. BUT SOMEONE WAS ALREADY AT THE DOOR. IT WAS YOUR RIVAL, THE PETITE GIRL.
"AH! ORIHIME!" SHE SPOTTED YOU AND RAN UP, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! DID PROFESSOR AIZEN CALL YOU HERE TOO? HE WAS BEING ALL MYSTERIOUS ABOUT IT ALL. SHALL WE GO IN?"
YOU FOLLOWED RUKIA INTO THE LAB, EXCEPT…IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A LAB. MORE LIKE A HUGE, MARBLE-FLOORED ROOM WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DECORATIONS. AT THE FAR END OF THE ROOM, YOU SPOTTED THE MAN FROM BEFORE, PROFESSOR AIZEN, STANDING IN FRONT OF A TABLE WITH 3 RED AND WHITE BALLS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS BLEACHBALLS.
"THERE YOU ARE, RUKIA, ORIHIME!" HE SAW THE TWO OF YOU AND WALKED A LITTLE CLOSER. "I HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO GIVE YOU TWO." THEN, HE STOOD TO THE SIDE.
"THESE WILL BE YOUR FIRST BLEACHMON!" HE ANNOUNCED, "SINCE IT'S ORIHIME'S BIRTHDAY, ORIHIME, YOU PICK FIRST."
YOU WALKED UP TO THE TABLE AND STUDIED THE 3 BLEACHMONS. ISHI, A PSYCHIC TYPE, ULQUI, A DARK TYPE, AND ICHI, A FIGHTING TYPE THAT LOOKS STRANGELY LIKE THE MALE PROTAGONIST YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE. WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH THE USUAL GRASS, FIRE, WATER? BUT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE BLEACHMONS, AND YOU WANTED TO PICK THE STRONGEST, SO YOU TURNED TO THE BOOKLET THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE GAME FOR ADVICE.
"ISHI IS A PSYCHIC TYPE BLEACHMON, WITH GOOD SPECIAL STATS, BUT MEDIOCRE IN OTHER STATS. IT IS AN EFFICIENT FIGHTER WHEN RAISED PROPERLY. ULQUI IS A DARK TYPE BLEACHMON, WITH HIGH SPEED, ATTACK, AND SPECIAL ATTACK STATS. HOWEVER, ITS DEFENSES ARE AVERAGE, AND IT HAS LOW HP. RECOMMENDED FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS. ICHI HAS AVERAGE STATS OVERALL BUT A VERY HIGH HP LIMIT, ITS STAT GROWTH PER LEVEL IS ALSO HIGH, RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINNERS."
AFTER READING, YOU DECIDED TO GO FOR ICHI. SINCE GOOD STAT GROWTH MEANS A STRONGER BLEACHMON IN HIGHER LEVELS. AS YOU PRESSED THE BUTTON IN FRONT OF ICHI…
THE BLEACHBALL NEXT TO ICHI BEGAN TO SHAKE. AND THE BLEACHMON INSIDE, AN ULQUI, JUMPED OUT AT YOU.
"SO, YOU HAVE PICKED ULQUI." COMMENTED PROFESSOR AIZEN.
WAIT! YOU WERE GOING TO PICK ICHI! THE ORANGE-HAIRED ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MALE PROTAGONIST! WHAT?
"CONGRATULATIONS, IT IS A GOOD CHOICE."
BUT YOU WERE GOING TO PICK ICHI!
"THAT ONE LOOKS STRONG, ORIHIME!" RUKIA COMMENTED, "I'LL PICK THIS ONE, THEN"
AND SHE TOOK THE BLEACHBALL WITH ICHI IN IT.
WAIT! YOU WERE GOING TO PICK THAT! YOU WENT TO YOUR BOOKLET AND FLIPPED THROUGH IT TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DESCRIPTION ABOUT THIS BUG IN THE GAME, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING.
YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW PROFESSOR AIZEN'S GLASSES FLASH, IF PIXELS COULD FLASH LIKE THAT.
[[END PART 1]]
DID IT FOR THE LULZ.