Due to technical difficulties, I was forced to start as a magic-embracing Elerd pom in Neo Steam. Okay, that’s mostly a lie–there was a problem with Rogwel (to be explained sometime in the future), but that had nothing to do with my decision; I had wanted to be a citizen of the magical nation since Atlus put the site up. I still wanted to be thorough and check out the other side, though; just because something is good in theory doesn’t make it good in practice. So I started creating a Rogwel pom and received an aesthetic shock. Red hair! These were the poms I had wanted all along! Maybe the opening movie influenced me, but I find them much cuter than the white cotton balls. I had thought at the time I was creating that first Elerd pom that this kind of coloring wasn’t offered to players or that it would be, but only through the cash shop.
That all but cemented it for me. The only thing holding me back was that I wanted my “main” name, which was currently being occupied by my magic-loving pom. I didn’t want to wait 10 days–the wait period for the name to be freed up–just so I could play with that name and I still had a bit of an attachment to her, little as I played her. So I decided to not delete her and just relegate her to alt status so I could spend time with my adorable red-head.
An adorable red-head that I kept deleting. First, I decided I had the “wrong” face. Then I decided I had the “wrong” class. Then it was the “wrong” name. Then the “right” name, but the “wrong” class (yes, again). I finally think of a better name, one that I’m never going to change it from this name I just thought up (seriously, matches my class and cuteness perfectly without being too…non-name-like) and I accidentally make her the wrong class. I didn’t just change my mind about the class this time around; I actually was careless enough to not select the right class before finalizing the creation. Another deletion. So now I have the “right” class puttering around with the “wrong name”. That cash shop just can’t open quick enough for me. Well, I suppose there’s nothing I can do even if it were to open right now. The words “ten” and “days” together will from this day forward carry with it a sense of despair and grief. Please pray for those poor poms stuck in limbo.
