november catchall

[paperceptive]

Who: Odile, quest partners, & OPEN
What: catchall for November
Where: around the Bay
When: throughout November
Warnings: none atm!

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[telewarped]

Odile?

[Shoka is here to visit someone else (multiple someones, rather, lined up asleep in a separate ward), but she just can't leave well enough alone once she spots a different familiar Pokémon on her way in. She skitters thoughtlessly over to Odile's bedside, apparently uncaring to whether she's allowed or belongs there.

Donned in her new, catlike disguise rag, she looks completely different from how she did in their first meeting, but Odile may (or may not) recognize her voice.]

What the hell happened to you?

[paperceptive]

A haunted pumpkin.

[ Odile rolls her eyes. She's annoyed to have been gotten that bad by enemies with a type weakness to her! She does recognize Shoka's voice - she'd clocked it as a cloth disguise last time, so maybe she just changes them out regularly? ]

Apparently some of them explode.

[telewarped]

[That first sentence is already amazing, and then Odile generously gives her another. Shoka can't help herself; her concern turns to shock, then to amusement.]

Oh! Yeah, that's my bad. I warned you about the berries that explode old people, but I totally forgot about the pumpkins that explode old people! Oops!

[paperceptive]

Ha!

[ Frustrated with herself as she is, the jibe does make her bark out a laugh. ]

Better work on your briefing skills.

[telewarped]

Well, excuse me for not including literally everything in one lesson! Maybe you should've been doing more independent research. But hey, you didn't die, so there's that!

[And she's seen Odile die many, many times, hasn't she?

With an almost imperceptible shudder, she moves on.]

Looks like you took being exploded like a champ, actually. I'm almost impressed.

[paperceptive]

[ Hm...? What was that about? ]

We'd been seeing more and more combat back home, as we approached the King. Though I will say, those Berries also work wonders.

[ She's actually not convinced she should be feeling as decent as she does! But Odile's not gonna complain about that. ]

[telewarped]

I know, right?

[Berry that heals old people! Peace and love on Pokéarth.

She glances toward the (still nervous-looking) Audino.]

So... what were you saying before? Something about "checking yourself out"?

[paperceptive]

I can rest just as well in my own quarters.

[ Better, really, with her books and a little bit of privacy. ]

[telewarped]

Uh-huh. And how long's it been since you were literally blown up?

[A day? A few hours?]

[paperceptive]

Immaterial. I've been treated.

[ She might know that she's being sort of unreasonable, but. She's still doing it. ]

I'm not going to die in the night.

[telewarped]

Okay, Splodile.

[Shoka is no medical professional (and also has a history of trying to escape her own treatments), but she doesn't have to be to get the sense that Odile probably shouldn't be walking around unattended right now.]

Look, I know being stuck in the clinic sucks, but you look like hell. And you better not die, so... Maybe we should see where the nurse is going with this.

[paperceptive]

[ "Don't tell Siffrin that nickname" is the phrase that comes to mind, but Odile knows better than to say it. ]

What are they going to do without Healing Craft?

[ Anything internal...you'd need to go to a House for that. A shrine, in Ka Bue. ]

[telewarped]

You do know Pokémon have their own version of Healing Craft, right? Or is that another tip I've gotta add to my briefing?

[Again, she glances at the Audino.]

Audino especially get tons of healing moves.

[paperceptive]

Really?

[ What's with the bandages, then? Maybe their cooldown is just long enough that it's better used on more serious injuries. ]

Best get on with that so I can go home, then.

[telewarped]

Uh. I mean... Hate to be the bearer of bad news and all, but even with the healing moves, it's still gonna take longer than that for you to be back to normal...

[... She thinks. She's a gamer, not a medical professional!]

You're not seriously saying Healing Craft could fix you up instantly, are you? Just a friendly reminder here: you were literally exploded.

[paperceptive]

It could have been much worse. Healing Craft could handle minor injuries like this directly.

[ Indicating her bandaged-up cuts and burns. ]

Anything internal is much more complicated. Fortunately, that's not what we're dealing with here.

[telewarped]

Huh. [External or not, those injuries don't look minor to Shoka, but she supposes that she hasn't had a true body capable of bleeding in a long time. A healing psych in the UG could heal any damage instantaneously, but everyone in the UG was already dead, of course.] Well, that's super convenient and all, but it doesn't exactly work like that here. A blast injury isn't minor enough for a basic Heal Pulse. Too bad, sucks to be you!

[There's a pause before, very suddenly:]

So. What kind of food do you like?

[paperceptive]

Hmmm.

[ She sees what's going on here, but she'll go with the change in subject. ]

I enjoy a bit of spice. Perhaps - do they have onigiri here? Without apple slices?