I did it. I got pokemon go. Aatu convinced me to last night and today we ran around for an hour catching pokemon. In fact, he was so excited that I got it that he actually called me on the phone to ask me to play after school. Aatu does not like talking on the phone, and cannot speak English whatsoever, so it was really surprising. He actually called me twice. Here is a rundown of our (very broken) dialogue:
“Maggie! Pokemon Go!”
“Nyt?”
now?
“Yö!”
Yeah!
“Okay, missa?”
Okay, where?
“Blah blah blah.” (I had no idea what he said there so I just figured I would go outside and find him)
~10 minutes later~
“Maggie! Missa sinä olet??”
Maggie! where are you?
“Asgård!”
The name of the street
Then he said some more stuff I didn't understand but I assumed he was saying he would come find me.
Turns out I was right. Once he found me we ran to the park where his friends were and they put a bunch of lures down on the pokestops. The best catch of the day was a Slowbro. Aatu had never gotten one before and it got away. He was so angry. He is so dramatic. This was really exciting for me, not only do I get to play a new game, but I get to spend time with my host brother and get to know him, despite the language barrier. Also, I caught a Slowbro, which is apparently pretty rare, and Aatu was screaming and running around in circles because he was so mad. This video is one of his dramatic outbursts.