So many things had happened before Silvermoon had gotten here- the raids, the dungeons, explorations- All the players bonding and making connections. Silvermoon wasn't a- a "min-maxer" or whatever, and they didn't feel like they had to be involved in everything. They didn't even want to be involved in everything!

But that didn't mean sometimes thinking about it didn't give them a twinge of envy.

Like- Like Tuesday. Tuesday had been around maybe since the game had started, and had done everything. She knew what to do in every situation, had all sorts of pokemon and skills, and Legion was a legendary- Silvermoon hadn't even known to be awestruck when they first met.

Was there even a way to catch up, what with a job and apartment and life to contend with?

The slugma, maybe in an attempt to attack, or maybe in an attempt to show empathy, started trying to ooze up onto the rock. Silvermoon drew their feet in closer. "Um- hey- no, uh- don't- d-don't do that-" The slugma did not stop. The slugma would not be deterred. It kept, extremely slowly, making its way up, until Silvermoon had to get off the rock so the slugma could lay on top of it, blinking upwards at them.

Silvermoon just looked at it, and then started to cry. They couldn't even tell off a gentle confused wild pokemon.