So I finished my day's work (it was just over 7 PM) and was thinking about ordering dinner when my cousin (Aunt's 9y/o son) comes crying to me that he did not get Mewtwo. I see his mom's phone and see he was still at rank 64, no Pokeballs, all daily tasks completed. He DEMANDED that I get him that Mewtwo. I said I would trade him mine but he was stubborn. (I still don't get it)
I tried to calculate how many Pokemon I needed to catch. I knew whatever the number was, it was not feasible to get in less than an hour with zero Pokeballs. I checked the store, there are close to like 500 coins. I see the boxes, nothing was good except a 495 coin raid box with 3 remote passes and some stuff, but it was greyed out. I knew what that meant, there are at least 3 remote passes in the bag and there were 3 in the bag. I remembered that GO points are doubled for Monday. I quickly opened my account linked PokeGenie, clicked on the Necrozma raid as most hosts were waiting in the lobby, and I quickly sent request from my cousin's account. It was still 7:04 PM. By the time I got the invite, I used the daily free box after so many years to get 2 Pokeballs and 2 Great Balls. I also spun the gym accessible from inside my home. Got about 10 Pokeballs.
I quickly caught nearby spawning mons using the quick catch trick. It was finally 7:07 PM, I got the invite, I joined. Luckily everyone already joined and clicked ready, I did too. After we won, I opened PokeGenie again, clicked on a new raid, and after that switched back to catch the Necrozma. As my cousin only had a gold medal in psychic, so it took a while to catch the bastard. I finally caught it, and right after I caught it, I got the invite pretty soon. Repeated this back to back, and in between spun that gym to get the balls and caught the Pokemon from rewards time to time. My calculations were perfect, or so I thought. It was the last remote pass, I thought I reached the 80 rank, but I was short by 25 points. I spun the gym again, got 2 Pokeballs and 1 Great Ball. Tried to catch a Pinsir with an excellent curve, a golden berry, and a Great Ball. I thought I had him. It broke out. I did the same again with the remaining Pokeball. He was caught. Next up I tried to catch Tauros with the remaining ball and a berry. Luckily it stayed in.
It was 7:52 PM by now. I was finally preparing to rest. But now comes the boomerang: no Pokeballs, 5 points away from target, 7 mins left. I did not want to be the guy posting missed Mewtwo by 5 points, so I thought, checked the daily incense, it was used up. Checked the special and field research tasks, all completed. Then checked the timed research, one was giving +20 Pokeballs, but I had to use a lure module and I couldn't use it on a gym, and the gym could not be spun because it was still in cooldown. I ran out to the nearest Pokestop to ditch a lure module (thank god he did not toss them all away), I used it without gambling on a Pokestop spin. Claimed the 20 balls and caught the Ditto from the GO pass. But there was also another reason to use the lure module instead of spinning the Pokestop. I wanted to catch Mewtwo before 8 PM to get the 2x candy bonus for him. I used 3 Pinap berries and 4 Pokeballs to catch the Mewtwo. This is the story of how my 9yo cousin gave me one of the most exhilarating hours.
Now tell me, was I the best cousin in the world or what?
P.S: I did not buy my way out of this because his mom is very strict on not spending on online games for him. And he also opened all his gifts for the day so no use from there too.
by Winter_Leg_4243