[FONT="]It was past 12 AM. I was reading some creepypastas, you know, scary stories about games, with my netbook. I refreshed the website's page once because it didn't load properly. I noticed the blinking red "New" text next to a creepypasta named… Mt. Pyre's Duskulls…[/FONT]
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[FONT="]My first thought was that the writer was inspired from the creepypasta about Duskull's evolution. I found that story creepy too, so I pushed on.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I rarely even notice Gen III creepypastas, so I decide it should give me a good read. When I clicked the page, I was greeted with a 404. Great. And I actually wanted to read that thing.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Several weeks later, I had forgot about those that happened back then. Mt. Pyre's Duskulls was no longer in the creepypasta list, so I didn't remember anything. I grabbed my backpack which had my Sapphire game, just received from a friend I had borrowed it to. For the heck of it, I wanted to see what he did on his Pokemon adventure. Even now, I wished I pressed the New Game button instead of Continue…[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I plugged the game into my broken DS Lite, broken meaning the upper screen was completely shattered. I used it from the time to time when I was too lazy to search for my SP, so I started playing. I was greeted with the boring intro with May, and stuff. The actual odd thing was the fact that I was unable to skip through the intro ; I would press A, B or Start, but the DS didn't react. I thought my friend screwed it up a little, but I wasn't mad. Not at all, really.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The intro sequence ended, and a message appeared when the game begun. It sent chills down my spine, and I mean, really cold ones. It read :[/FONT]
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[FONT="]"I made this just for you. Don't miss it, hehe…"[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I think it was his sadistic mind that caused him to screw my first Pokemon game. Anyways, the options showed up, and I pressed Continue. Everything seemed normal, I was in Mt. Pyre, oddly (what a sadistic ****, haha). I checked his trainer card. Those were his stats :[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Name : Cristi. Nothing to see here. His nickname. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Playtime : 6:66 what the ****… 6 hours into the game, and already at Mt. Pyre ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Badges : 6. Once again, stupid. But normal. You're supposed to have six badges by Lilycove…[/FONT]
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[FONT="]So, with those in mind, I checked his Pokemon. They were all Duskulls, named EVOLVE. Now, I was indeed scared, remembering the creepypasta I wanted to read a few weeks ago. I got incredibly scared.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I decided it was time to move, to actually do something. So I did, I pushed towards the top. He wasn't very far either, but as I was progressing, I noticed how my Overworld was starting to change color : step by step, more pixels were turning gray, while my eyes were turning a pale white, with a black spot on the middle. When I reached the top, a textbox appeared :[/FONT]
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[FONT="]"We are now one.[/FONT]
[FONT="]And I shall command from now on. Okay, Cristi ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Yes, Master…[/FONT]
[FONT="]Good, nice going… My first command would be jumping off this cliff. How about it ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]As you wish, my lord…"[/FONT]
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I watched the Dusclops sprite disappear, and then to reappear in a sequence at the bottom.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]"Good, you have proven worthy… now, let's conquer this region, and own every Pokemon ![/FONT]
[FONT="]Okay…"[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I was now allowed to roam free. Hoenn was mine, and the roster wasn't made up of Duskulls : it was a single Dusclops… named Cristi. It was at Lv. 100, and, amongst other moves, knew Perish Song, which now had 100 PP and had the following description :[/FONT]
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[FONT="]"It instantly kills the foe."[/FONT]
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[FONT="]At this point, I was thinking that my friend got bored and hacked into this game. I decided to play his hack, and, it all acted normally, except for phrases such as "Hello, TRAINER !" were now turned into "Hello, POKEMON !". Only when I reached Steven the dialogue was different. I took the time to log everything is the conversation after an easy fight against the champion.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]"You…you have no right to become a champion ! You are just a free Pokemon !"[/FONT]
[FONT="]"I am not, Steven. It's me, Cristi. A Duskull took control over me, and I helped him evolve… we eventually arrived here, only to become champions. Now, hand over that diploma and the title of a Champion, and you won't die like your Pokemon !"[/FONT]
[FONT="]"Oh… okay, whatever… here…"[/FONT]
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[FONT="]At this point, the screen turned black. It would always get stuck here, unless I turned off my DS and restarted. That would cause a new game.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Seems like Dusclops was the Leader of the Elite 4 until Wallace came and beat him. Steven went off on a journey to train more. He had to be much stronger…[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Only then I realized what had happened : this was a telling of what happened after a Duskull took control over a human in order to evolve – two brains, a single person…[/FONT]
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[FONT="]My friend only knew that he liked Dusclops and found him awesome, that's it. He never reacalled playing around with my Sapphire, or doing a hack of it.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The fact that Perish Song was so overpowered was weird too : I recalling overpowered was weird too : I recalling my friend using it in Wi-Fi battles against me and raving about how awesome it is working with Mean Look. I still can't remember if the Duskull line can learn that move without cheats.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Maybe the Duskull erased his mind… who knows ?[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Oh, and credits :[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Hybrid Trainer : for bringing creepypastas into PC – a great achievement indeed.[/FONT]
[FONT="]-writer of the creepypasta about Duskull and his evolution method- : inspiration for this ![/FONT]
[FONT="]Me : for being able to write this ! :]