Energy'mon: Glitzy Pump 2 Preview (Patreon)

THUNK. Alex panted, slouching over his kitchen island. Shouldn’t… shouldn’t have carried… carried them all up at once.

His cases of Glitzy Pump: Party Year rested comfortably in his kitchen now. He looked at one of them, sighing. Part of him felt excited, super thirsty, but another was also apprehensive, still unsure despite being almost an hour later.

He liked Energy’mon, at least Halloween Hellfire. He liked being that big, strong Houndoom. It was a lot of fun, in more ways than one. He did want to go back to that, especially that burning high and pride.

However, the flavor was gone for now and after that meeting with his bulgy friend, there was no way he could wait for that flavor again. He had to settle for this.

But deep down, it wasn’t much settlement. Despite being human again for a while now and putting off drinking that energy drink, part of him has felt… empty. Try as he might or whatever he may say to others, he was missing something.

It wasn’t right to call it addiction by any means, but that drink made him feel a way he couldn’t explain. It just brought something out of him and made him love it and himself. It was… a delightful, wondrous feeling.

And without it, he felt like he was missing out on what he could or should be.

So, it wasn’t much to settle for. He truly wanted it, even if he didn’t fully know what he would get out of the new flavor. He broke open the case and pulled out a can. It was just pink as the case with balloon images all over it.

“Let’s do this.”

In a second.

He headed over to his bedroom, finding his full-length mirror waiting. It was a purchase he made as a Houndoom. It was a purchase made out of ego and pride at the time and now, he finally had an excuse to use it again. Though, maybe he’d have to wipe the dust off later.

Definitely later. A crack and a fizzle followed as he popped open the can. He took a deep sniff from it. There was a striking, VERY sugary scent of pink lemonade coming from it. It wasn’t his favorite flavor by any means, but it would do.

He breathed in slowly and then breathed out. Let’s do this! Gripping the can tightly, some liquid dripping on his hand, he brought it to his mouth and drank.