After my little outburst, I decide that my next course of action should be to cover myself better in a way that feels more comfortable. What I am wearing now is passable, but its not going to do anything but make me look like a spooky ghost, I don't want to be spooky, I want people to like me! Slowly my vision gravitates to the toybox in the corner of the room next to the window and I make my way over to it.
Before long I am rummaging through a tipped over toybox, there are plushies, crayons, wooden blocks, dolls, and more! At this point I have just accepted that I know words that I have no way of knowing, its probably like this for everyone. I just sit and hum happily as I let my instincts guide my shadowy hands, tearing apart toys and scribbling with crayons and markers as my new outfit slowly begins to take shape. I don't exactly have any needles or thread to stitch, so instead I just use little shadowy tendrils and let them become the thread for the stitching. I am super excited, it feels like I am completing a rite of passage, if I had a heart it would be beating rapidly. I get a little teary eyed as I look over the finished product. Its perfect. Little black ear tips, red cheeks, a happy smile (Whether other people think that is debatable), two big black eyes, its great!
Its still missing something though… Well 2 somethings. Its missing a tail and a neck! The head is just flopping onto its side and I still need a tail… I don't have any black fabric, and using fabric doesn't feel right for a tail anyway, how would it stick up without a tail? Regardless… There isn't anything here that will fit…
I glance towards the small trapdoor in the floor, I need to leave the attic… Its a scary thought, I have spent my whole life in here! Well it hasn't been a very long life yet, but still its so nice in here… There is something its lacking though upon reflection, people, there aren't any people in here! Thats what its missing! Why do I want people? People are human, humans give pokemon attention… I want attention! So I need to leave the attic to go where the people are! People like Pikachu! Its all so clear now, thats why my new outfit looks like a Pikachu!
I quickly put on my currently unconvincing disguise, it makes me sad, no one will think I am a Pikachu if I don't have the tail, I need a tail and to not have a broken neck, most dead things don't walk around and it wouldn't be very convincing! I would say ghosts aren't real but that would be hypocritical.
I flop my 'head' from side to side, I need to get my 'head' in the game, the next step is clear to me, I need to get outside to where the people are, and maybe I will find my missing tail on the way! I don't want people to see me like this though or they might get scared and think I am a zombie Pikachu!
Before I go though I need to take supplies with me, I grab as many crayons, markers and destroyed plushies as I can carry and pull them under my sheet, letting them sit inside my body for now. With happy spirits I open the hatch that leads into the house with a shadowy claw, and peeking out into the darkness.
"Its dusty in here too!" I exclaim happily as I hop down from the attic and onto the floor of the home, the place seems totally abandoned! Lucky me! I wander around the house for a bit and explore, there isn't much to see though, just more dust, more furniture with sheets on it, and chalk outlines on the floor. Really this place is very comfortable and I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to live here.
Before long I find the front door and tense up a bit, this is it, the moment of truth, I am about to enter the big wide open world!
"Here I come, world!" I say as I swing open the front door!
"AH! The sun is too bright, turn it off!"
