#my voice is still kind of permafucked from this

[skygodtraumabond]

( - @aegislash-logs )

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What's the most lethal injury you've ever gotten?

8/10

Let me preface this by saying it was entirely my fault. I was inexperienced, rash, and under a lot of pressure to "catch 'em all" for Birch's research, so I wasn't really taking the emotions of wild pokemon into account when I went to capture them. I learned a lot from this mistake, and it definitely could have ended worse than it did.

Okay? Okay.

I was travelling through the desert on Route 111. I was already pretty out of my depth because I honestly had zero answers for ground types at the time apart from Scout, and I completely forgot to wear goggles on top of that, but I wasn't gonna let it stop me. Anyways, I found a Sandshrew a ways off the beaten path. Tiny little guy, I figured he would be easy to catch and would make an easy dex entry. I mean, he was crying, screaming, wasn't even putting up much of a fight.

I didn't see his mom through the sandstorm until her claws were in my throat.

Beyond that, everything kind of happened in a daze. I couldn't speak, I could hardly breathe. There was blood everywhere. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt much in the moment. Some hiker saw it happen and got me back to town I think. I blacked out along the way, I don't know. I woke up in Mauville's ER with stitches in my neck and direct orders to not move for a while. It fucking sucked. I couldn't even eat right for weeks.

I don't hold anything against the Sandslash. Like I said, it was my fault. I shouldn't have been so relentless, I should have taken the hint and not gone after something that wasn't fighting back. She was just protecting her own. Can't say I wouldn't have done the same.

They still kind of freak me out these days, though.