I fought a bully and all I got was Chrono Trigger
April 9th, 2008 Randy Reyes
Not too long ago there was a posting in Kotaku about how Square Enix has a membership site that the public can sign up for, which I might add is inferior to the awesomeness that is Capcom Unity! Anyways, after reading the article it got me thinking about one of my favorite square titles and how I got it.
10 years ago I was working as a store manager for a place called Digital Stuff. After 3:00PM this kid named Adam would come into the store and hang out. We would talk about what games we were playing and he mentioned that he had a copy of Final Fantasy II & Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo. I told him how Chrono Trigger was one of my favorite games but I never actually owned it but I had borrowed it from a friend. A few days after this conversation I see Adam walking towards the entrance of the store when he is stopped by this kid who was bigger than he was. The kid was a bully and he started picking on Adam. That’s when I stepped in, grabbed the bully then gave him a body slam* and told him that he was to never pick on Adam again. The bully ran off and I went back into the store. Adam thanked me and he asked me if there was anything he could do to repay me. I asked him if I could borrow Chrono Trigger and he said I could have it. My jaw dropped almost hit the ground. I couldn’t believe that this kid was willing to give me this really awesome game and all I really had to do was fight off some bully.
Today, Adam is a Junior in college and we still talk from time to time. I still have the copy of Chrono Trigger he gave me and every time someone sees it in my collection of games I have to tell them the tale of how I got it.
*may or may not have occurred
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