[ WP ] You were born with a large birthmark in the shape of a dragon . However , this is just a coincidence ; there is absolutely nothing magical about it , and you 're getting really tired of explaining this .

`` Woah, is that a Charizard tattoo?'' 
 
 I sigh and I turn around to face two young kids who were just giddy with excitement. They look to be in middle school, cellphones clutched in their hands and tethered by a white cable to what I assume were battery packs in the pockets of their jeans. 
 
 `` Chari-what? What the heck? Go away!'' I angrily lie and watch as their expressions fade into disappointment. They mumble off an apology and walk off, faces once again glued to their screens. 
 
 I hate this freaking birthmark. 
 
 For something this ugly that sits prominently on my forearm, I've never really considered it a problem. It's just a blotchy blob of skin pigments that, if you squint real hard and use your imagination, kind of resembles the silhouette of the Pokemon, Charizard. It's the same way you might have seen Elvis in a cloud or believe Jesus in manifesting himself in your toast. As someone who's played the Pokemon games in the past, I always thought it was hilarious when someone thought my big, ugly birthmark looked like a Pokemon and asked about it. 
 
 However, in the past weeks, with the release of Pokemon Go, suddenly I ca n't go anywhere. I ca n't take 2 steps without someone thinking that I'm such a hardcore fan I somehow got the ugliest Pokemon tattoo ever on my forearm. The supermarket, the mall, the park - suddenly there's hundreds of people of all ages, walking around with their heads down, devices out and congregating in all manners of public places at all times of the day. And apparently each of these people are eager to ask me about my'tattoo'. 
 
 Last week, someone saw my arm and loudly exclaimed `` Charizard!''. Everyone thought the rare Pokemon had spawned and it almost caused a riot. 
 
 It's been so bad that I've been debating just becoming a hermit and avoid public places until people got tired of Pokemon Go or wearing long sleeves in the dead middle of summer. Heck, I was about to get a non-Pokemon tattoo on top of the birthmark just so people would just stop asking. I am just about at the end of my rope. 
 
 `` Woah, is that a Charizard tattoo?'' 
 
 I sigh and I turn around yet again and... come face to face with a cute girl, excitement filling the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. Holding a cellphone with a Pikachu battery pack in tow, she expectantly looks at me while playing with the colored streak in her perfect hair. My heart skips a beat. 
 
 `` Why.. yes.... Yes it is. Want to hear more about it?'' 
 
 `` Sure! There's a coffee shop over that's a Pokestop. Want to go get a coffee?'' 
 
 I love this freaking birthmark.
