I’m playing Pokemon GO with some friends.
Friend: Hey, you know, uh… Holly’s coming back into town. Big lure party in Rittenhouse Square. Wanna come?
Me: Sure, but who’s Holly?
Friend: Oh, wow. You don’t know Holly? She joined up with us when Pokemon GO first launched.
Me: Oh, cool
Friend: Yeah and then she started a twitter and a twitch, and she made it big after leaving Philadelphia.
Me: Um… okay?
Friend: If you come, I’ll introduce you. She’s great! And…
Friend nudges me with their elbow.
Friend: She got our start here with us.
Me: …cool.
A couple days later, I meet another Pokemon GO player at a small event.
Player: How long you been playing?
Me: I started at game launch in ‘16, but I put it down for about a year and a half.
Player: Awesome. I remember this one time, I met this girl. She was really really good. She was working on like, her twitter account or something and then got hired by Niantic and left the city…
Me: Was her name Holly, by any chance?
Player: Yeah! You know her?
Me: I’ve heard stories about her. She’s coming to Rittenhouse Square in a few days.
Player: Wow! Really? That’d be great!
So I guess I have to go. Fast-forward to the day of the event, and I immediately see a crowd of people.
Me: Well gee. I wonder if Holly is the one with the bright pink hair, the Pokemon backpack, and the selfie stick.
Several People: Hey look! It’s LiBROrian*!
Me: Oh yeah, that’s me. Sup. Everyone take a business card and drive up my site traffic
Several People: There’s a Tyranitaur** a couple blocks away, wanna grab it?
Me: Well, I’m trying to be internet famous and I feel like knowing this Holly person might help with that… ah whatever, it won’t take long!
Half an hour later, my group, having gotten completely side-tracked, winds up near Holly’s group in Center City.
Me: Oh hey there’s Holly.
Friend from the beginning: Matt!
Me: Hey! Let’s go meet…
Holly is surrounded by people, like she was before, all shouting and cheering and she’s talking into her selfie stick.
My Group: Let’s catch this Lugia***!
So I never did meet Holly. Got a cool dinosaur and a cool bird, though.
*It’s true, I have the best Pokemon trainer name.
**A big cool dinosaur thing
***A big cool bird thing