Admit it. It HAD to be done. Now, excuse me while I go check my house for Pokémon before bed.

Really cute, DC. I didn't know the Pokemon game before, but now I have information. Not even my kids played it (that I know of).
When I started reading this story, I envisioned Clark being so
occupied with the game, he walked off a cliff like some boys in
San Diego did. Unlike them, he suddenly realized he was standing in clear air and Lois saw him, thus his secret was revealed.
r/
Artemis

Adorable! My son has been obsessed since the day it came out. On the plus side, I don't think he's gotten this much exercise in his life! I can totally see Lois getting into the game. As soon as Clark started picking up Pokémon from other continents, I knew he'd be busted!

Hee! Cute!

Thanks! My sister was into Pokémon for a bit when it first came out. I wound up playing a few of the games because she had them (Pokémon Yellow on the Game Boy, Pokémon Snap and Pokémon Stadium for the N64), and I've seen some of the cartoon and movies. It's a totally cute show (I prefer the original seasons as opposed to the newer stuff). So, of course I was excited when GO came out last month!

I have to admit, I never even thought of a scenario like you described - but that would have been awesome!

Glad you enjoyed the ride!

I've also been playing since Day One. One of the pages I follow on Facebook (for a convention) had been posting about it, and as soon as I saw that it was live, I went for it. I have to admit, I'm finding excuses to get out of the house because of the game!

I think Lois would LOVE the challenge of the game. She would totally be in on the "stampedes" that have been happening as people try to get the rare spawns, like that Vaporeon in Central Park a couple of weeks ago.

Clark really should have been more aware of the tracking abilities in the game, huh?

Thanks for reading!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

What a fun (and educational) story. I still have no intention of getting into the game, but at least now I know some more of the basics about it.

Joy,
Lynn

Aww, DC, this was wonderful!

I'm fairly clueless on the game--just bits of what I've heard here and there about it--so I feel like, thanks to this story, I've gotten a bit of an education on it . Knowing more now, I can really see how it could be fun, and I love how it makes people get out, go, actually move to play the game.

I can totally see Lois (and Clark) enjoying this game. The way you fit it into their world, and their relationship, was done perfectly. I was not expecting all of the lovely WAFF when I started reading this, so a big thank you for that, too .

I really, really enjoyed this ...great job!
Laura

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it, even if you don't plan to hunt Pikachus in real life.

Thanks, Laura! I'm so glad the non-players were able to follow along (and maybe learn more about the game). The game really IS fun. It certainly makes running errands a lot more fun, if you are catching critters while standing on line at the supermarket, for example! Hubby and I are both playing and constantly sending our phones with each other on short errands, especially if we know there will be a Pokestop for freebies on the way!

Funny thing, I never meant for this to turn into a WAFFy story. It was meant to be short and game focused with the revelation at the end, but the story had other plans!

For a second there, with Lois getting all dreamy, I thought we'd get a different kind of revelation. One where Lois proposes to Clark before him (you know it's in her competitive nature.)

I'm glad it was Lois who caught Superman's Go addiction instead of someone else noticing that this certain reporter is in all these photos around the world. It's nice to know that Clark and Lois aren't one of those couples who spend more time on their phones than interacting face-to-face or doing things offline. I am a bit surprised that Clark doesn't password protect HIS phone. BIG mistake, Man of Steel.

Ooh, now that would be something - to see Lois put herself out there and propose! (Yes, I know she did in canon, but I don't often see it in fics.)

Something tells me, even if Clark had a password protection on his phone, Lois would crack it in a heartbeat. And there's no way anything on Clark's phone would pull his attention away from Lois.

Thanks for reading!

I don't play the game. I don't have a phone or even want one, but I did have some of the old Pokémon games. I had Pokémon Red, Yellow & Silver and Pokémon Snap. And my brother and I rented the Pokémon Stadium game a few times. So I am familiar with Pokémon and recognized the ones mentioned in the story. A couple of my favorites were in there.

Very cute story.

Thanks! I actually just recently downloaded Pokémon Yellow on my Gameboy 2DS. (Hubby got me one for Mother's Day.) I played it back in the day, and did beat it, but I thought it could be fun to play again. Today, I nearly killed my phone battery playing Pokémon GO at the mall. I can see Lois having more than one backup battery with her while she plays!

Cute story. I don't have the game, but have an idea of how it's played now. Loved how Clark gave himself away by the game. It's so Lois to snoop in his phone! Much nicer consequence than the story I read this week in the news.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the reveal! It's certainly more fun than all the bad stuff connected to the game. And all the people dumping on those of us who play and are having fun with it.

Great story. It gave me a lot of insight into a game I know nothing about. Even with all the hype, all I knew was that people could wander around outside and 'catch' pokemon.

What's really interesting is that - after reading this and understanding the game better - my husband pointed out that he thinks there is a pokemon on our front yard wall. He keeps seeing groups of people stopping and pointing their phones. He's convinced of it. Wish there was a way to find out without actually having to download the game!

Hello Victoria,

I have heard that there is a way to request that Pokemon be removed from your property; my understanding is that they are only supposed to be in public places.

Do you have any friends or neighbours who play the game and whom you could ask? Or could you simply ask one of the people who are pointing their cameras at your wall?

- Lynn

Could be, though I don't usually keep finding Pokémon in the exact same spot. I'm wondering if you might somehow be a Pokestop, and they are collecting freebies. I know there are third party apps that claim to show Pokémon, gyms, and stops in real time, but I haven't tried them myself.

Glad you enjoyed the story!

I've heard of a couple of places that want to be removed from the game. In particular, one of the Holocaust museums. I think maybe the DC one? But I'm not quite sure how to do it.

Pokéstops and gyms are usually public spaces - churches, memorials, cemeteries, etc. But I have read of a few private homes that have somehow accidently been pegged as gyms and stops. The good news is, at least for Pokémon, as long as you can see it on the phone screen, you can try to capture it. (No need to trespass.) It's the gyms and stops you have to get close to to use (typically it's located outside of a building, like at a sign, for example).

I second your idea to ask someone if there's something located at the wall.

Is there artwork on the wall? I'd bet it's a Pokestop. Along Mira Mesa Blvd. in San Diego, a community art project resulted in every green utility box being painted with artwork from different students. I'm sure that's the reason that every one of them is a Pokestop now.

Very true. Lots of murals and even graffiti work have been pegged as Pokestops.

When I saw this video Ijust had to post the link here. Enjoy!

- Lynn

That was perfect! Thanks for sharing that!

(Love that they also put Supes on Team Valor!)

Hi Vicki!


Yes, like investigating how a group of corporations is attempting to use games to create a complete profile of its customers by tracking their movements, likes and dislikes, as well as their social interactions.

Plus, if all their colleagues are occupied with catching the newest Pokemon, LnC will have more time for questions during press conferences and can run circles around the competition.

I wonder how many screens he breaks by typing too hard.

Also, if Clark provides the accommodations and the food, does that mean they’re on a date?

Aaaaand he just invited her to stay the night.
CLARK: What? It’s been three dates already

To pay the company for higher-level goods and stuff and to also allow personal advertisement a better foothold which means more money for the company.

Yes, but so’s post-third-date activity. Well, not that they’ll necessarily be *off their couch* for that.
CLARK: I’m Superman.
Fine, apparently, they will be *above* their couch during such fun activities.

He was the one who *didn’t* date, huh?

Funny thing, I’m thinking there will be a time, probably soonish if it’s not there yet, when people know more about Westerosian history and noble lines than they do about the actual history of medieval Europe. They’re probably going to assume that Richard the Lionheart is a Lannister King of the Rock and Robin Hood a thief in the Riverlands who worked at driving off the evil Westerlanders. And I’m only halfway joking here.

You mean, the ones with the stories about Superman and Wonderwoman cavorting on her island or how Lois Lane seduces Superman and ensnares the good man away from his Thymescarian Princess?

It’s installed on many of the phones and I’m not sure if I heard the manufacturer claim that they *won’t* work with the government to install spyware on their user’s phones so there is another chance for far reaching surveillance.

Is that such a good idea? He’s going to be carrying that thing around as Superman, too, isn’t he? Or when he flies around. The NIA will probably think he cloned his phone and try to figure out if he’s a spy.

Like Clark in a towel with a still-wet chest?
LOIS: Huh?
CLARK: Lois! Watch out, the red li-iiiiiiii!

Oh boy. I recommend he switch to a Windows Phone.

So, can they put Netflix on their expense account?
RALPH: Now that Cat’s moved on to L.A. Illustrated, I’ll cover the next adult industry conference in Las Vegas, okay, Perry?

He really should have Superman tell her that she’ll never be able to ensnare him.

You know that one?


Yes, he’s trying to level up and hopes not to lose any pokeballs in the process.

Indeed, because if Lois rejects him and starts dating Call-Me-Daniel, Clark would most definitely remain her best friend and they’d continue to hang out like that. Uh-huh.

Clark Jerome Kent! And on a *first* date, too?

Hey, maybe they even have a giant ring there. I wonder if they also got that little console the Russians took home to Moscow in the 40s? Erm…I mean…oops, wrong fandom? So-rry!

Awww…she just declined taking him inside for coffee.

NATIONAL WHISPER: Rescue rates facing a sharp decline. Superman a Pokemon addict?

Plus, she didn’t admit that she was *wrong*.

He *really* shouldn’t show Lois that phone.

Or are they going to fight? And Clark will be using a pokemon from outside the city?

/scratches head/ He’s using her phone? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s like reading another person’s diary.

To be fair, there also could be *other* activities that would have a similar result and would also help with her earlier musings on establishing a family.

Wait, he doesn’t have a lock screen? Claaaark!

Yes.





He’s asking Superman to take the phone with him to catch unique pokemons!

See? Told ya!

Yes, it’s because sometimes they have to stay at out of the way places and spend the night. And if Lois went with Superman and they had to spend the night in some Parisan hotel suite, it would probably make the front page many a tabloid.



Adorable story, Vicki. And Lois did catch herself a Krytponian

Michael

Clark: So...Facebook, then?




Linda: Mr. Mayor, can you respond to allegation of...ooooh, a Dragonite!



Clark: Only four this month...and only the last one started smoking...


Mayson: *perks up* Yeah...does it?
Clark:






Aaaaand you beat me to it.


Probably not, though I fully expect that some people already know more about the line of Starks than they do their own family trees.


Lois:
Clark: Wait...what?



Bingo.






Perry and everyone else at the Planet:



<resists urge to make Greatball and Ultraball jokes>


Lois: Damn straight.


Lois: There's nothing wrong with reading someone's diary if it helps an investigation.


Clark: I did! She hacked it!


Thanks! I wouldn't mind catching a Kryptonian either!

And it wasn’t even a Sumsang device!

LOIS:

Or trace their own lineage back to Garth Greenhand.


So long as it’s not her diary?
LOIS: I don’t have a diary. I just note down my very *personal* recollections and introspections about my daily affairs.

LOIS: What? The pin was 7015. Way too easy.

Michael

Oooh! Burn! (yes, intentional pun)


Lois: Ancestry.com has me related to some Dany person. Some kind of queen.

Clark: It says here that I'm distantly related to Ser Jorah of the Friendzone.


Jimmy: <stage whisper> Yeah, her "novel."

Oh boy. Wait, does that mean Khal Drogo is Lex Luthor and Dario Naharis is Call-Me-Daniel?

Oooooh!

Michael