Post by Laura on Aug 28, 2011 11:04:50 GMT -5
"I'd just got all of the 8 gym badges in Pokemon HeartGold and was making my way through Victory Road ready to take on the Elite Four, I got a call from Ethan "You should go show your mom your Pokemon! I bet she'd like that" The call ended, I'd been getting constant calls from mom reccently about her buying berries for me which I didn't need or want, I ignored the delivery guy in the PokeMart whenever I saw him to stop these annoying calls. I faced my Meganium and pressed 'a' to see if the new area had any new reactions and dialogue. "Florin seems worried about Mom." Considering the area, I was more expecting my Pokemon to feel brave or anxious, not worrying about my mother. I continued training my Pokemon to get ready to take on the Elite Four. I level grinded my Pokemon to make sure they'd be fine, while training Florin I pressed 'a' occasionally getting the usual "Florin is looking around", "Florin suddenly hugged you!". Despite this "Florin seems worried about Mom." popped up fairly often. Once I was ready I left the cave and flew to New Bark Town to leave my money with Mom, just incase my team weren't ready. From how my Pokemon was acting I half expected her to be dying or something.
A lot of people save before they challenge the Elite Four, but by leaving the money with Mom it meant I could level up my Pokemon and still not lose any money, a win-win situation. I moved my character into their home and spoke to 'Mom'. "Hello dear, welcome home, now about your money..." The usual speech. I deposited all my funds and left the house off to face the Elite Four. The first time I got up to Lance's second Dragonite before whiting out, I really don't like those things. I bought some Hyper Potions and Full Heals with the leftover cash and then tried again, this time beating him, I grinned as I went through the scene with Oak with the congratulations speech and entered my Pokemon into the hall of fame, but as I did so I noticed my Meganium's expression seemed weird, it didn't have the usual grin plastered over its face.
After the credits rolled, I was back in my room at New Bark Town I briefly wandered around, I hadn't sent my character back here in ages since there wasn't any real need. I then walked down the stairs to withdraw my money. Mom wasn't there though. Puzzled I left the house to be greeted by Ethan and his Marill "Hey Kris didn't you hear?" I didn't remember this part being in the original games (and yes I named my trainer 'Kris') I was looking forward to seeing what would happen in this new side quest. "Your Mom disappeared! We can't find her anywhere. Let's ask Professor Elm if he can help!" I watched Ethan run off towards the lab with his Marrill following. This seemed a weird thing to add, I suppose it might be to give the mother character a bigger role? I turned to Florin and pressed 'a' "Florin seems worried about Mom.", I pressed 'a' again "Florin seems worried about Mom." The background music sounded different to before I beat the Elite Four, somewhat slower and quieter. I went into the lab and my character moved by itself up to where Elm and Ethan were. "Elm: Kris, I heard from Ethan, I'm sorry to hear that your mother is missing. I will alert the police immediately. Was there anything in your house which may indicate her whereabouts?" This was a cue telling me to search the house. I followed it going back home and pressed 'a' on everything on the first floor. Nothing. I then went up to the second floor and checked the computer. I had a letter from her stored. I opened it "SORRY! SO-LONELY!" I turned to Florin, "Florin is worried about Mom." Confused I went back to the lab...I guess that was supposed to be the clue? Seemed like a suicide note "Officer: What now Elm? You should look after your Pokemon better!" "Elm: No not that! This child's mother has gone missing! Kris did you find any evidence? No? Oh dear..." I left and turned to Florin "Florin wants to go to Azalea Town!" Seeing how my Meganium was somehow psychic it seemed like Kanto was going to have to wait...
I flew to Azalea on my Pidgeot and turned to Florin again, to get some kind of guidance. "Florin is looking at the Slowpoke's Well!" I headed towards the well. Just before I reached the well a message came up. "Come closer child!" I wasn't sure how to read this, it seemed like a plea for help but at the same time it was extremely eerie. I pressed 'a' facing Florin again expecting the usual "Florin seems worried about Mom." Instead I got "Florin suddenly hugged you!" Aww. I headed into the well and followed the path into the first part of the cave. Standing at the end was Mom, Florin jumped a few times then ran to her and she turned around. "Oh, how did you know I was here? I've been so lonely". Mom then ran up to my trainers sprite with a exclamation mark above her head. "Sorry dear", the standard Johto trainer battle music started "MOM WANTS TO FIGHT!", "MOM SENT OUT Florin" I looked at my number of Pokemon and was missing my starter, what the heck? "Kris SENT OUT PIDGEOT" I really didn't want to attack my own Pokemon, especially my starter, I had no idea what else I could do though, Florin was my highest levelled Pokemon (Level 70). I selected "FLY" and Pidgeot flew off the screen. "Florin ABSORBED SUNLIGHT" "PIDGEOT USED FLY, ITS SUPER EFFECTIVE" Florin's health went down by a third. Mom appeared from the side of the screen "This is for your own good!" and went back again. "Florin USED SOLARBEAM! A CRITICAL HIT. PIDGEOT FAINTED". Florin seemed stronger than before. I sent out Dragonair and Florin used Sunny Day, I selected Hyper Beam and watched Florin's health go into the halfway point, Florin then used Solar Beam and like with Pidgeot, Dragonair also fainted. Mom then used a Full Restore on Florin. This continued with Arcanine, Umbreon and Golduck until I was out of Pokemon "Sorry dear,its for the best" I whited out.
When the screen came back I was back in my room at New Bark Town again, but no Pokemon were following me, I checked my Pokemon to find none of them there. This was seriously not right. I went downstairs and saw Mom with Florin next to her. I went to speak to Mom "Your Pokemon? They're fine don't worry. " I went speak to Florin "Florin is looking sorry for itself" So it should, betraying me like that. I went to leave the house and Mom said "Stay out of the long grass dear! Its dangerous!" I had no idea how I was going to get my Pokemon back, New Bark Town had no PC's I could use to withdraw my boxed Pokemon and my items were gone too. I went to see Ethan "So you found your mom? That's great news!" It wasn't, it really wasn't. I went to see Elm he said the exact same phrase. I went back to see mom. "I suppose your wanting your Pokemon back?" I selected "Yes" "You can't have them, I'm so lonely and your much too young to be on this kind of journey. You will stay here with me." I left and walked into the grass in a desperate attempt to escape to Cherrygrove and access the PC there. "A WILD SENTRET APPEARED" Great. I selected "RUN" "YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!" I then reluctantly selected "FIGHT" and then "KICK" "SENTRET USED SCRATCH, Kris USED KICK" My health was in the red I noticed scratch marks with blood dripping over my trainers sprite, my attack only caused a tiny sliver of the Sentrets HP to go down. This was hopeless. This time I selected "PUNCH", Sentret had beaten me before I could though. "Kris has fainted, Kris whited out!" I was back in my room. I went downstairs and Mom went up to me "What did I tell you about going into the long grass? Your never leaving this house again!" I went up to Florin who was sat in front of the TV, and pressed 'a'. "Florin looks sad" I walked over to the door but I couldn't leave, a message just came up saying "Its locked.". This was ridiculous, I guess this was some kind of glitched version of a side quest removed from the final released game, I don't remember doing anything strange to trigger it though. Also it ran too fluidly to be a glitch. I pressed 'a' at the windows hoping I could use them to escape as there was nothing else to do. Predictably nothing happened. I switched off the game as I luckily hadn't saved.
When I opened my file up again, I was annoyed to see my room again, even though this was technically the last save point. This wasn't right though, my trainer was in some kind of strange outfit, I looked at my trainer card and saw I was in a straightjacket, on my trainers face were scratches from the previous Sentret battle. I went downstairs, mom approached me "Don't you know dear, you should always save your game." I tried to leave but a message came up "Your unable to open the door" Of course, I was in a straightjacket. I pressed 'a' on everything, hoping something would happen. But nothing. Mom said "In your condition you should rest." and Florin just looked sad like before. There didn't seem to be any way out of this I restarted the game and tried to delete my old data, I just got "A ERROR HAS OCCURRED". I selected New Game, it didn't go to the introduction of the game.
This was my old game, I was back in that room and wearing the straightjacket. The room looked different though, on the walls and floorboards were these lighter lines which looked a bit like scratch marks and there were patches of dark red - blood stains on the floor, the window was boarded up with planks of wood. I bought my game new, this made no sense. Mom came up to my room and a shrieking buzzing came from my DS's speakers, similar to white noise, I quickly turned the volume right down. "Selfish...You chase your dreams while I'm left here, so lonely." Because of where Mom was standing I couldn't leave the room and when I turned the volume up again the screeching was still there. Mom just repeated "So lonely".
I turned the game off. When I turned it back on the exact same thing happened. By this point I was sick of this, all I wanted was to continue my game or at least start a new one, I stopped playing because of this, though its hard to stop thinking about it because its just so weird. I tried looking this up online but nobody seems to have encountered this 'side-quest'. I told my friend from school about this and he wanted to see this for himself, I took my DS into school and during lunch I opened my save and passed him my DS. "This is just normal game play though, you've just beaten the Elite Four and now you can go to Kanto see?" He indicated for me to look at the screen, all I could see was my trainer walking around their room, bumping into the furniture and walls with the occasional text box from Mom saying "So lonely" while the DS shrieked, I cringed, nobody else seemed to even notice. My friend turned to me and said "I thought you said played Crystal before though? This is pretty standard stuff" I apologised, thanked him for his help and quickly stashed the DS away.
I traded in my game yesterday for something, anything else. I still don't know if it was me or that game."
A lot of people save before they challenge the Elite Four, but by leaving the money with Mom it meant I could level up my Pokemon and still not lose any money, a win-win situation. I moved my character into their home and spoke to 'Mom'. "Hello dear, welcome home, now about your money..." The usual speech. I deposited all my funds and left the house off to face the Elite Four. The first time I got up to Lance's second Dragonite before whiting out, I really don't like those things. I bought some Hyper Potions and Full Heals with the leftover cash and then tried again, this time beating him, I grinned as I went through the scene with Oak with the congratulations speech and entered my Pokemon into the hall of fame, but as I did so I noticed my Meganium's expression seemed weird, it didn't have the usual grin plastered over its face.
After the credits rolled, I was back in my room at New Bark Town I briefly wandered around, I hadn't sent my character back here in ages since there wasn't any real need. I then walked down the stairs to withdraw my money. Mom wasn't there though. Puzzled I left the house to be greeted by Ethan and his Marill "Hey Kris didn't you hear?" I didn't remember this part being in the original games (and yes I named my trainer 'Kris') I was looking forward to seeing what would happen in this new side quest. "Your Mom disappeared! We can't find her anywhere. Let's ask Professor Elm if he can help!" I watched Ethan run off towards the lab with his Marrill following. This seemed a weird thing to add, I suppose it might be to give the mother character a bigger role? I turned to Florin and pressed 'a' "Florin seems worried about Mom.", I pressed 'a' again "Florin seems worried about Mom." The background music sounded different to before I beat the Elite Four, somewhat slower and quieter. I went into the lab and my character moved by itself up to where Elm and Ethan were. "Elm: Kris, I heard from Ethan, I'm sorry to hear that your mother is missing. I will alert the police immediately. Was there anything in your house which may indicate her whereabouts?" This was a cue telling me to search the house. I followed it going back home and pressed 'a' on everything on the first floor. Nothing. I then went up to the second floor and checked the computer. I had a letter from her stored. I opened it "SORRY! SO-LONELY!" I turned to Florin, "Florin is worried about Mom." Confused I went back to the lab...I guess that was supposed to be the clue? Seemed like a suicide note "Officer: What now Elm? You should look after your Pokemon better!" "Elm: No not that! This child's mother has gone missing! Kris did you find any evidence? No? Oh dear..." I left and turned to Florin "Florin wants to go to Azalea Town!" Seeing how my Meganium was somehow psychic it seemed like Kanto was going to have to wait...
I flew to Azalea on my Pidgeot and turned to Florin again, to get some kind of guidance. "Florin is looking at the Slowpoke's Well!" I headed towards the well. Just before I reached the well a message came up. "Come closer child!" I wasn't sure how to read this, it seemed like a plea for help but at the same time it was extremely eerie. I pressed 'a' facing Florin again expecting the usual "Florin seems worried about Mom." Instead I got "Florin suddenly hugged you!" Aww. I headed into the well and followed the path into the first part of the cave. Standing at the end was Mom, Florin jumped a few times then ran to her and she turned around. "Oh, how did you know I was here? I've been so lonely". Mom then ran up to my trainers sprite with a exclamation mark above her head. "Sorry dear", the standard Johto trainer battle music started "MOM WANTS TO FIGHT!", "MOM SENT OUT Florin" I looked at my number of Pokemon and was missing my starter, what the heck? "Kris SENT OUT PIDGEOT" I really didn't want to attack my own Pokemon, especially my starter, I had no idea what else I could do though, Florin was my highest levelled Pokemon (Level 70). I selected "FLY" and Pidgeot flew off the screen. "Florin ABSORBED SUNLIGHT" "PIDGEOT USED FLY, ITS SUPER EFFECTIVE" Florin's health went down by a third. Mom appeared from the side of the screen "This is for your own good!" and went back again. "Florin USED SOLARBEAM! A CRITICAL HIT. PIDGEOT FAINTED". Florin seemed stronger than before. I sent out Dragonair and Florin used Sunny Day, I selected Hyper Beam and watched Florin's health go into the halfway point, Florin then used Solar Beam and like with Pidgeot, Dragonair also fainted. Mom then used a Full Restore on Florin. This continued with Arcanine, Umbreon and Golduck until I was out of Pokemon "Sorry dear,its for the best" I whited out.
When the screen came back I was back in my room at New Bark Town again, but no Pokemon were following me, I checked my Pokemon to find none of them there. This was seriously not right. I went downstairs and saw Mom with Florin next to her. I went to speak to Mom "Your Pokemon? They're fine don't worry. " I went speak to Florin "Florin is looking sorry for itself" So it should, betraying me like that. I went to leave the house and Mom said "Stay out of the long grass dear! Its dangerous!" I had no idea how I was going to get my Pokemon back, New Bark Town had no PC's I could use to withdraw my boxed Pokemon and my items were gone too. I went to see Ethan "So you found your mom? That's great news!" It wasn't, it really wasn't. I went to see Elm he said the exact same phrase. I went back to see mom. "I suppose your wanting your Pokemon back?" I selected "Yes" "You can't have them, I'm so lonely and your much too young to be on this kind of journey. You will stay here with me." I left and walked into the grass in a desperate attempt to escape to Cherrygrove and access the PC there. "A WILD SENTRET APPEARED" Great. I selected "RUN" "YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!" I then reluctantly selected "FIGHT" and then "KICK" "SENTRET USED SCRATCH, Kris USED KICK" My health was in the red I noticed scratch marks with blood dripping over my trainers sprite, my attack only caused a tiny sliver of the Sentrets HP to go down. This was hopeless. This time I selected "PUNCH", Sentret had beaten me before I could though. "Kris has fainted, Kris whited out!" I was back in my room. I went downstairs and Mom went up to me "What did I tell you about going into the long grass? Your never leaving this house again!" I went up to Florin who was sat in front of the TV, and pressed 'a'. "Florin looks sad" I walked over to the door but I couldn't leave, a message just came up saying "Its locked.". This was ridiculous, I guess this was some kind of glitched version of a side quest removed from the final released game, I don't remember doing anything strange to trigger it though. Also it ran too fluidly to be a glitch. I pressed 'a' at the windows hoping I could use them to escape as there was nothing else to do. Predictably nothing happened. I switched off the game as I luckily hadn't saved.
When I opened my file up again, I was annoyed to see my room again, even though this was technically the last save point. This wasn't right though, my trainer was in some kind of strange outfit, I looked at my trainer card and saw I was in a straightjacket, on my trainers face were scratches from the previous Sentret battle. I went downstairs, mom approached me "Don't you know dear, you should always save your game." I tried to leave but a message came up "Your unable to open the door" Of course, I was in a straightjacket. I pressed 'a' on everything, hoping something would happen. But nothing. Mom said "In your condition you should rest." and Florin just looked sad like before. There didn't seem to be any way out of this I restarted the game and tried to delete my old data, I just got "A ERROR HAS OCCURRED". I selected New Game, it didn't go to the introduction of the game.
This was my old game, I was back in that room and wearing the straightjacket. The room looked different though, on the walls and floorboards were these lighter lines which looked a bit like scratch marks and there were patches of dark red - blood stains on the floor, the window was boarded up with planks of wood. I bought my game new, this made no sense. Mom came up to my room and a shrieking buzzing came from my DS's speakers, similar to white noise, I quickly turned the volume right down. "Selfish...You chase your dreams while I'm left here, so lonely." Because of where Mom was standing I couldn't leave the room and when I turned the volume up again the screeching was still there. Mom just repeated "So lonely".
I turned the game off. When I turned it back on the exact same thing happened. By this point I was sick of this, all I wanted was to continue my game or at least start a new one, I stopped playing because of this, though its hard to stop thinking about it because its just so weird. I tried looking this up online but nobody seems to have encountered this 'side-quest'. I told my friend from school about this and he wanted to see this for himself, I took my DS into school and during lunch I opened my save and passed him my DS. "This is just normal game play though, you've just beaten the Elite Four and now you can go to Kanto see?" He indicated for me to look at the screen, all I could see was my trainer walking around their room, bumping into the furniture and walls with the occasional text box from Mom saying "So lonely" while the DS shrieked, I cringed, nobody else seemed to even notice. My friend turned to me and said "I thought you said played Crystal before though? This is pretty standard stuff" I apologised, thanked him for his help and quickly stashed the DS away.
I traded in my game yesterday for something, anything else. I still don't know if it was me or that game."
This is my friends written account of what happened on her game, she sent it in a regular text file entitled "MSSL154" which was sent to me in email attachment on a blank email a week before she was admitted into hospital. Has anyone heard of this happening before?