Tales of the Forgotten. Special Chapter 3: The Monster In The Mirror. page 3.

{“Soon, I had to join the school. I joined it when I was 6. There, no one was ready to be my friend.”}

You see a scene of Hydra sitting alone on a cafeteria table.

{“But when I was 7, I heard about the tattoo shop.”}

The net year, (23/September/6006).

You see Hydra sitting alone on a sidewalk, is wearing small bag. Across the road he sees a tattoo shop(the same on from page 1). He sees tough looking pokemons exiting.

Hydra looks down for a moment, then suddenly gets up. He starts walking towards the tattoo shop.

{“I saw tough, confident and strong pokemons in exiting the shop. My childish brain thought that those tattoos make a person look cooler and gives confidence. But the truth is, I was desperate, I was desperate for something to make me feel like I was not pathetic.”}

Hydra enter the shop. Inside there is a Grafaiai and a Sunflora. The Grafaiai looks at Hydra, and walks over and remove a cloth from a chair. He gestures Hydra to sit on it. Hydra quietly sits on the chair.

Grafaiai: (  ⊤ ⌓ ⊤) “How can I help you kid?”
Hydra: (||⌓||||) “I want look tough.”
Grafaiai: (  ⊤ ⌓ ⊤) “I see.”

The Grafaiai picks up a tattoo machines and pulls back Hydra’s hair, revealing his full face. He starts making tattoo starting from Hydra’s forehead. Hydra closes his eyes and waits. But as the Grafaiai was just about to reach below Hydra’s hair line, the machine malfunctions and it stops working.

Grafaiai: (•̀ ⌓ •́  ) “Goddamn it!” (  ⊤ ⌓ ⊤) “Sorry kid, this will have to do.”

The Grafaiai lets go of Hydra’s hair and the hair covers the tattoo. Hydra gets up and looks at the mirror, the tattoo isn’t even visible. [Hydra: (||||ᴖ||)]

Grafaiai: (  • ⌓ •) “Well, I am sorry kid.”

Hydra then licks his hands and starts setting it’s hair. Soon, Hydra styles the hair on him into a big front spike. He eyes are now visible, and so is his tattoos. The entire upper face is covered in tattoos.

Grafaiai: (  • ヮ •́) “Nice thinking kid. So, what’s your name?”

Hydra looks at himself in the mirror. [Hydra: (   •̀ _)]

Hydra: (   •̀ ⌓) “My name is Warmax.”

{“I changed my name, promising myself a new life. It was out of pure childish desperation, that I pretended that the tattoos suddenly gave me confidence and courage. And perhaps, it did.”}

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