That Umbreon Mess
Looked at my storage yesterday, saw that ugly brown Eevee just sitting there. Thought, “Man, I really want that sleek black Umbreon for night battles.” Remembered folks online mumbling something about walking and night time. Figured, how hard could it be?
First, grabbed my chunkiest Eevee, named it “Moonbeam” thinking that was clever. Made it my buddy. Then came the slog. Walked that digital furball forever. Seriously, walked circles around my living room until the dog gave me weird looks. Saw the little counter tick past 10KM. “Yes!” I yelled, almost knocking my coffee over.
Waited till way past sunset, streetlights all on. Fired up Pokémon GO, heart pounding. Found the Eevee, tapped evolve. Hit the button… BAM! Flareon. Staring right at me. Red. Fluffy. Not Umbreon. Felt like a total idiot. Nearly threw my phone. Where did I go wrong?!
Sat there, stomach growling (it was like 11PM by then), scrolling frantically through old chats. Then it hit me. Saw a half-remembered trick involving a name. “Sakura”. Sounded too cute to be real, honestly. Thought it was just some rumor. But desperate times…
Flipped back to my storage. Found another decent Eevee, this time a smaller one. Tapped the pencil icon next to its name. Deleted “Sparky” or whatever junk name it had. Typed in exactly “Sakura”. One capital ‘S’, the rest lowercase. No spaces. No extra letters. Just “Sakura“. Hit confirm. Crossed my fingers like a kid waiting for Christmas morning.
Didn’t even need to walk this one. Didn’t care what time it was. Just tapped evolve right then. The screen did that glowing thing… and there it was! Black ears, yellow rings, that cool blue stare. Actual freaking Umbreon! Felt like a miracle. Saved it instantly, grinning like a fool.
So yeah, my big lesson learned? Forget the long walks in the dark. Forget trying to outsmart the game. Just use that Sakura trick first. Seriously saves you a whole pile of hassle and wasted candy. Trust me. Do the name thing.
