I'm scared of Haunted Puppets, so why am I playing Pokémon Red [Pokémon Red Part 2]

With Koopa in tow, I finally leave the solid white lands of Pallet Town. The occasional wild animal leaps out at me but Koopa can easily dispatch of them with his superior weight. Eventually I land myself in Viridian City, a green town where nature and man coexist. Sometimes they coexist a little too well, as evidenced by the passed-out old man that may or may not be hungover. He blocks my path to the forest.

Because of this, I explore around town, visiting a school and a pokémart. The shopkeep asks me to run an errand and deliver a custom pokéball to Professor Oak. I turn around and visit Pallet Town again.

After giving Oak his ball, Buttguy and I receive pokédexes. It's now our duty to document as much pokémon as we can find on our adventures. In addition to that, the [other] old man is back in commission, and I can enter the forest.

Before entering the forest, I check out the Pokécenter that's being ran by a weird creepy ghost puppet demon. At least she's nice.

How will my time in the forest unfold? Find out tomorrow.