Silver Hunger

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My friend recently showed me the world of Pokémon, and I decided to play Pokémon silver since my friend recommended me to play the older games as it would help me understand the Pokémon universe better.

I went to amazon and bought the first silver that I could find, I also purchased a Color-Gameboy because I didn't own one when I was a kid. (I'm more of a PlayStation kid than a Gameboy kid) I didn't want to use an emulator since the last time I did use one it infected my computer with viruses.

Three days came by and they all arrived. I opened the Gameboy with the cartridge and booted it up, everything started out normal, I picked my character (Gold) and named him 'Blake', the game started, instead of the main menu playing out, I was transported to a bedroom during night, my character was standing next to the bed and a dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

Ok thats…weird…

I explored the bedroom and found a poke ball on a desk, I picked it up then another dialog box appeared:

‘A note from mom, it says:

Hey Blake!

Sorry I had to leave town during your 15th birthday, but to make up for it; I went and got you a Pokémon!

I hope this gift makes up for my absence.

love, Mom!

P.S I stored cake in the fridge!'

okay...so our parent is absent

Another dialog box appeared saying I got a Celebi; I named him celeb and went downstairs and then ANOTHER dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

I ran through the living room, then to the kitchen, and opened the fridge:

'Food...'

This was followed by an animation of Blake eating something.

'Still hungry...'

I tried to go outside; but every time I try to do so a dialog box keeps on appearing:

'Can't go outside now.'

this is when I decided to text my friend and see if this was part of the initial game, the conversation goes as follows:

Me: hey I played pokemon silver & my character keeps on sayin hungry and his mom aint here lol can u tell me if this is part of da initial game

Friend: wat no lmao I think u bought a ROM hack XD

huh, that explains a lot, I was going to toss the game, but then again, it would be wasted money, so I decided to continue the game.

I went upstairs to my bedroom and slept again, the screen was black for a short amount of time before I found myself besides the bed again, this time it was morning and the same dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

I went outside, NPCs were walking in all directions, I decided to talk to some of them; it was weird I've listed some of the things that the NPCs have said:

-Hello Blake! wow, you look quite hungry, are you sure, you're eating right?

-Blake you're starving! are you sure you don’t want any of my bread?

-Are you okay Blake? you look skinny.

-Blake, you look weird

That’s just scratching the surface.

I explored the place a little bit, I found a Cyndaquill and managed to capture it, when I told my friend they said that Cyndaquill was one of the rare Pokémon’s, Celebi too, I was surprised, but I didn’t care for too long as I went into the Bellsprout Tower, it was dark, so I had to use flash from my Cyndaquill, It was a small grey and red hallway with long stairs, I walked down on them, after 5 minutes of walking the screen cut to black and then I heard a person falling.

I was transported into my bedroom again, everything was fine except for my sprite, it looked weird...I checked my trainer card to get a better look and when I did...his left eye was missing, the hole on where is eye was supposed to be was leaking black liquids and the trainer didn’t look lively as before, he looked depressed...he was just having a blank expression, he looked sad.

I went back to the game and continued; a dialog box appeared saying the same thing as always:

'Hungry...'

Okay the game was starting to scare me...but I couldn’t stop playing...I continued downstairs and the same dialog box appeared: 'Hungry.' it also popped when I went outside 'Hungry...' I talked to some of the NPCs, and they all seemed sad for me, they kept acknowledging the missing eye and saying: 'I'm so sorry, this happened to you' I continued and explored, I levelled up my Pokémon’s and talked for a while, I was walking through berry forest hoping to find a Pokémon to capture when a little girl from behind walked to me and said this:

'The great Pokémon trainer red has challenged you to a battle at Bellsprout Tower!'

Okay cool a mission, I went into the Bellsprout Tower and to my surprise it was normal, like it looked like the Bellsprout Tower that I saw in google images: standing at the opposite side was a young boy, he turned around and stood still, I had to walk to him, and then a battle ensued without me interacting with him.

' wants to battle!'

that’s weird isn’t his name supposed to be red?

Red sent out a Pikachu and I used my Celebi, the Pikachu kept on using 'frustration', and the only move I could use is 'Perish song' at the end my Celebi fainted but the battle kept on going even when my Celebi has fainted, Blake appeared and there was a move I've never seen before:

'Eat'

When I used it and the screen cut to black, the room faded in, it was dark except for a spot of light in the middle, where Blake and red was, Blake was eating something off the ground and red was crying, a dialog box appeared:

'How could you...?'

and then he ran, slowly fading into the darkness, another one appeared, this time it seemed like it was from Blake:

'I'm sorry…'

I put the Gameboy aside and took a break to piece together what I just saw; I started to theorize about the game, what did Blake do to make red cry? what was he doing? sorry to what? and then it hit me.

did he...eat his Pokémon?

It's a ridiculous theory I know, but it kind of makes sense...the dialog boxes...the move...everything...

then I thought huh, whoever made this really took the time to put in the effort.

I took my Gameboy again and continued, the screen cut to black and then I found myself in my bedroom again, but this time, it was kind of grey, and my sprite looked different, I checked my trainer card again and… his arms and legs were longer and black, he had claws, and his skin was white, it was a sight no one would think of.

I exited and continued downstairs, the same thing happened, dialog boxes appeared saying 'hungry'

I went outside; the sky was cloudy, and it was gloomy and every time I walked past an NPC they would walk away from me, but every time I managed to interact with an NPC, they would said this:

'Please! Don't hurt me!'

I also listed some of the other responses I got:

-‘GAH A MONSTER’

-‘Blake?’

-‘Get outta here!’

-‘Mommy I’m scared!’

-‘G-get away from me! You ugly thing!’

Etc.

I explored some more, and after a while I found myself at berry forest, I walked for a while before my character completely stopped by itself.

he fell on the ground and then a dialog box appeared:

'I'm sorry celeb...but I'm hungry…'

then he started to eat something, and for a while I didn’t know what was happening until I realized my theory was right! I watched as he did this for about half a minute before he stopped and started to cry.

'I'm sorry...I'm so so sorry...'

The screen was black and I was standing on the front porch of my door, it was night outside and the windows were lit, I tried walking out of the range of my house, but every time I did it wouldn’t let me, so I walked inside and there was a woman standing on the end of the room.

’Blake you’re home! I-’

She turned around

‘…’

‘…’

‘you’re not Blake...’

‘W-Where is my b-baby boy!?’

Blake walked towards her and she backed out

‘G-G-Get away from me- ‘

The screen blacked out then I heard a cracking noise, the screen appeared again and mom was laying down in a pool of blood, it looked like her head was cracked opened, every time I tried to interact with the body this appears:

‘I’m sorry’

he went upstairs to his room and started to cry

‘I’m a monster’

I almost felt bad for Blake, despite him just being a piece of code inside a ROM hack, it’s actually scary when you think about it deeper…

Then the game credits rolled in

wait that’s it?

I was kind of disappointed, I mean yeah sure the game is just a creepy ROM hack, but it kept me playing until the end (Unlike some other ROM hacks) and it was kinda sad and disturbing; seeing this innocent little boy turn into something vile and monstrous, him not being able to control himself nor ever experiencing love again because his mother died right in front of him, it was depressing and left me shaking for a bit.

It goes to show that, no matter what you do; life is always there to slap you in the face.

I wanted to keep the game under the bed but decided to explore more of this game, see what’s in it and maybe discover secrets that may explain what happen to Blake and everything else that’s happening.

I rebooted it and started a new save, it was the same as last time, I played through and got to the part before the fight with red and decided to visit lavender town for secrets.

I went to the graveyard, and it was surprisingly big, it was a yellow meadow with graveyards on every direction all build on neat little rows, I kept walking until I came across eight graveyards forming a square in the middle, I approached it and pressed a all it said was this:

‘Here lies Pokémon trainer Gold (Ethan)’

Wait…aren’t we technically gold?

The screen suddenly glitched and loud screeching noises blasted through the speakers, it was like that for a minute before directing me to a black screen, dialog boxes kept on appearing, I listed them by order:

‘Breaking News:’

‘New virus discovered within the midst of Lavender Town!’

‘Recently a new virus has started to take storm within range of lavender town and other cities, scientists have given the virus a name called: Lavender Town Syndrome (LTS)’

‘The exact origins of LST are partially unknown, but it is said to have come from the Lavender Town graveyard which scientists have confirmed to be true, it is unknown if it is contagious or not.’

‘Symptoms include: Increased hunger, Increased risks of starvation, Paleness or Loss of skin color’

‘Abnormal teeth/nail growths, abnormal growth of arms/legs, black coloring on the arms/legs’

‘Black substances on missing body parts, darkened/blackened hair, socially abnormal behaviour’

Hostile behaviour, abnormal hair growth, etc.’

‘If you fear that you or a loved one has these symptoms or is infected, please check in with your doctor first, then contact the authorities if you/your loved one is diagnosed with LTS’

‘This is Miki signing off’

then credits rolled in.

…

What the heck did I just read?

OKAY theory: Blake is infected with this LTS virus and whatnot.

I re-played the game again and found more secrets, I decided listing them would be a good idea:

1.If you interact with a red-haired girl in a specific alleyway, she’ll say this: ‘Have you heard? Team Rocket got arrested and is possibly going into death row for mistreatment of Pokémon’s and first-degree theft, crazy how it took them years to find them!’

2.Theres a house in lavender town and if you knock at it before losing an eye, a male adult will answer saying this: ‘Gold? Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone else…’ but if you interact with it after losing an eye, he’ll just stand for two seconds before shutting the door at your face.

3.If you go to in between specific houses in kanto, you’ll see a ripped newspaper on the side of one of the houses, interacting with it gives you a dialog box saying this: ‘Biggest Pokémon battle of the year gone wrong!’

that’s all I can find and nothing else.

Now am I going to say that the ROM hack traumatized me for life and that I’ll never play another Pokémon game ever? NO, I liked the game, even if I possibly got scammed- but whatever; if I ever get another Pokémon ROM hack game, I’ll make sure to inform you guys!