bottlecaplogs | Post-Heavy Quest Clinic Mingle

Guess who's feeling REALLY GUILTY about not having gone on a Mega Raid this month? To ~~atone~~ ~~apologize~~ make up for it, he's volunteering in the clinic, for everything from food runs to keeping injured Pokemon company to using Life Dew to help ease the pain.

Does it fix everything? Nope. But he has to do something, right?

At the very least, Noelle is grateful that one of her friends isn't injured. She took some mandatory rest and got a check-up, but she's actually doing okay after the quest-- far better than some people (namely, Kris, who she's been fussing over/yelling at). Thus, to help the clinic deal with the influx of injured Pokemon, she's been volunteering with her Heal Pulse move and otherwise assisting where she can.

"Ume," she says, trying the feeling of the nickname. "Dr. Dino said you can take a break when you're ready."

Whether or not he accepts that break though remains to be seen.

"When I'm ready." If he becomes ready. What does ready even look like?

"How are you holding up?"

It's not purely deflection, at least. Genuine check-in with one of his favorite people.

"... by which, I think he meant, like... now?" she says with a laugh. "You've been doing a lot."

And she understands-- she really does, even though she did go on the quest. "I'm doing okay, actually. The Pokemon we were after used a big Heal Pulse on us all, and I was with a good team." Actually, she feels guilty that she isn't hurt worse. Maybe he can tell.

Who knows guilt better than Umemiya Hajime?

"I think that's the goal, isn't it? To still be in good shape after a quest. Like, not that we hold it against anyone who does get hurt, but you did a good job, coming back intact."

"Well, like I said, I owe a lot to Akechi and Ren." She might have gotten lost in hallucinations if it weren't for them. "Do you wanna get something to eat? I've been eating a lot of sweets lately and need something more, like... real."

Well, if she hasn't been taking care of herself, he's only doing his duties as a friend if he pauses to eat with her. Right?

Riiiiight?

"There's a cafe nearby that does pretty good sandwiches."

"I like sandwiches!" Even though she can't pick them up anymore... she likes them for the feeling of normalcy. "Let's go!"

She begins to lead the way before realizing she doesn't know where it is. She looks back to him sheepishly, though she's still wagging her tail.

[Guess who also didn't go on a raid this month and is also feeling guilty? It's this little guy!

III is helping out around the clinic as a means of making up for that (he doesn't have any healing moves just yet, but he can keep company) when he runs into Hajime.]

Need a hand with anything? [He won't make Hajime slow down or stop, but does want to help. Anything to make up for not being there to help fight.]

Hey, actually yeah!

[Umemiya's ears perk up.]

There's a kettle I've put on for tea, but I haven't been able to stop and pour cups for those who want it. Can you make sure it gets to folks? It's made with dried Aspear berries, so those who got frozen or who are cold will benefit most. But it's also good tea in general!

Of course. [III nods in acknowledgement before rushing off to go handle the tea.

It's something familiar, he thinks as he pours cups. It's not unlike preparing tea for his family, a gesture meant to try to bring peace to his bickering older brothers and unstable father.

Of course, thinking about his absent family only causes homesickness, so III does his best to dispel that train of thought and focus on the Pokémon in need. If nothing else, he's attentive, using his psychic abilities to carry more tea while making sure to confirm who wanted some.

He'll even offer an extra cup to Umemiya, just in case he wants some.]

[Umemiya hesitates--the tea was intended for the injured, and he's not that. But...but the gesture is a kind one. So he accepts the cup, moving to lean on a wall out of the way of clinic chaos to take a sip.]

Thank you. This helps a lot.

It's no problem. We should make sure we're good to keep going too, so that we can keep helping everyone who got hurt.

[Notably, III does not take any tea for himself. A little hypocritical there.]

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[Umemiya's ears perk in a manner that seems to express surprise or perhaps suspicion.]

You don't get to say that unless you're making sure you're good to keep going, too.

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Kris is unconscious when they're rushed into the clinic. The severe poisoning has to be treated first, along with a myriad of cuts and scrapes that are no doubt at risk of infection. The Deino is battered and barely clinging to life, much like the rest of their party, and for awhile the question is whether they'll wake up at all.

But eventually, their condition stabilizes. It's still hours before they wake up long enough to ask what happened, and they quickly pass out again once they've confirmed no one else is dead. They do seem to rest a little easier after that, at least—and they really, really need the rest.

[♥︎ A]

... but isn't it still a little too soon to be sleeping? At some point the nurse assigned to Kris makes the mistake of assuming the little Deino is just going to snooze for the rest of the day and clearly doesn't need the constant supervision. In that moment of weakness, it strikes.

Kris drags themself out of bed and starts making the rounds. Gotta check every standing object in the room. Gotta check on whoever is rooming with them. Gotta check several signs they literally cannot read. They look tired and unstable on their feet, wincing whenever they move their leg in a certain way, but boy are they determined...

If you're resting in the clinic yourself, the question of the day is "How are you doing?" Hopefully better than them! They look miserable.

[♥︎ B]

After reopening all their wounds and stabilizing a second time, Kris is assigned a very stern Gothorita to stand in the corner and give them Mean Looks if they so much as think about walking around again. So. Not doing that again, thankfully.

Despite the restlessness from earlier, they do seem content to just sleep like a corpse all day. No matter what time of day you check up on them, they're always conked out like they're in a deep sleep... unless you happen to be carrying food, or are someone they know and actually want to talk to, in which case Kris will instantly "wake up" and sit politely like they've been awake and waiting this whole time for someone to show up. Please talk to them, they are so bored actually.

Extremely alarming: waking up to have a Deino right in your face, staring at you. Or not staring at you. Snuffling at you? Patiently clicking through your entire (lack of) dialogue even though the fast-forward button is right there? Doing something at you, at any rate.

"...!!"

Out of reflex, Siffrin tries to smack Unknown Creature Hovering Above with one paw.

But also everything still hurts and moving fast especially hurts. So what actually ends up happening is they do that cat thing where they put their paw on you and just hold it there at full extension.

[III is not a patient here, he's just helping out. Still, it's pretty startling to have a Deino suddenly come up and stare (?) at him, especially when said Deino seems to still be injured.]

Hey, uh... should you be up? Do you need a hand?

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".....I'm fine," Odile replies slowly. She's not here for herself; she failed to keep Siffrin from going off on one of those quests, so she's here to visit them. And, admittedly, she had also heard that Kris was here too. Poor kid. They're not Bonnie's age, so she's not sure anyone really has the right to stop them from going on quests...but they do still seem very young to her.

They also look pretty bad! The Weavile narrows her eyes. She's not one to beat around the bush, especially not after what happened. "What are you doing up?"

A. Bippitie Boppitie...DON'T YOU RUN AWAY! (Volunteering)

Congrats Dolly, you didn't need Survive to basically survive that ordeal and look what happened to your teammates! Why does this happen? The cave lied about Dolly getting wounded, very rude right there cave!

What better way to chase off that good ol' fashion survivor's guilt than to drown herself in volunteering at the clinic using ~~Wish~~ Bippitie Boppitie Boop? Maybe you're one of the patients here that Dolly has been assigned to for healing? Either that or you're a friend of Dolly that's grown concerned about how much she's been at the Clinic?

B. Ah Yes...Delicious Treats..Hand them over! (Visiting)

Either Dolly got told to take a break or she finally is cooling down from the bing volunteering, there's a basket of baked goods. One half of them is homemade chocolate chip cookies while the other half is PokePuffs she picked up. Deep breath in...Deep breath out...Dolly's got this, she definitely does.

You could be a friend of Dolly's that got hurt during the Mega Evolution Quest that she's visiting or perhaps one of the teammates she was with? There is that, or you could be the world's biggest stinker of them all to snatch the basket of goodies and run off with them!

C. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT! (Wildcard)

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[Robin has been self-conscious about the optics of being a coffin in a hospital, probably not the best reminder to her fellow patients, but she doesn't know how to heal from spectral assault on her own. Most of her body is wrapped in Spell Tag-like bandages, but from the edges of the sarcophagus lid between them, wisps of ghostly energy are rising like smoke. Robin tries to give her least terrifying smile as the adorable pink creature approaches.]

Good morning. [Is it morning? Robin just woke up from a nap not too long ago, at least.]

[ It's been a morning of sorts for all involved with the heavy quests as Dolly looks up at the surprisingly pink and white sarcophagus covered in Spell Tag wrappings. In turn, Dolly offers a soft smile as she goes in for the check up. ]

Good morning to you too, are you holding up well so far?

I think so. I've never had my soul attacked before. [She's heard of some people who were able to use their life force in their attacks, but not any of the details.]

[ That...was a new one Dolly hadn't expect to hear. ] That had to been pretty harrowing to go through. I didn't know that your soul could be attacked like that..

[ Dolly goes to check the chart to see if Robin was due to a healing move or if she needed anything to be refreshed like her water. ]

I may have been jumping to conclusions, I assumed that Froslass was especially effective against me because she was able to attack my spiritual essence and attempt to shred my very being into ego death. [Robin explains calmly, her deeply horrifying assumption about ghost on ghost effectiveness being shared as calmly as if she were discussing the weather.]

I have been learning the type chart since then. [Robin adds cheerfully. Speaking of charts, it does look like Robin might be due for some healing. It notes that a regular regiment of healing moves should be sufficient to stabilize Robin's ghostly energy, but that injections of Pamtre Berry Wine into the sarcophagus body may be taken as needed for pain.]

[ Well, Dolly certainly learns new things every day as she listens. She keeps a calm face at the rather unnerving assumption on ghost on ghost fights, not a shutter but it is concerning to hear at the very least. ] Froslass was something else, had us all wear maid outfits when she took over Skull Town back in September when I had to lay low. I'm honestly surprised there wasn't any curses going on during the bounty quests.

[ Hmm..okay Dolly goes to put the chart down now that she understood the assignment. Healing move was in order, though, how in the Stellar Sea was she supposed to do an injection of Pamte Berry Wine into the sarcophagus? ] Alrighty, looks like you are due for a healing move.

[ Dolly goes to extend a pink and sparkling ribbon feeler towards Robin to make contact. ] Bippitie Boppitie Boop! That should do the trick for now. Are you in pain at the moment?

[The smoke-like energy stops flowing as the healing move takes effect.]

No, I am fine for now, thank you. I'll save it for after Sanji-kun finds out I'm here and jumps on me. [Robin closes her eyes to hopefully make her toothy grin look less intense. Sanji's adoration is so much more adorable now that he's a baby fox.] I'm surprised he's not here already.

[ Oh good, good, it's working, the smoke-like energy is receding now that ~~Wish~~ Bippitie Boppitie Boop has taken hold well. ]

[ Dolly perks up at the name though that she's fully familiar with by now. ] Goodness, you're a friend of Sanji too? I'm surprised as well, he's such an energetic person. I would've thought by now he'd be here right this very moment as well.

Yes, we were on the same crew back home. He was just as energetic there as he is here. If you think he's excitable, though, you should meet our captain. [Or mention meat around him, even,] Luffy is like no one I've ever met before.

[ First it was Starshine, Siffrin, and Odile as well as Emporio and Anasui. Dolly goes to mentally add in Robin and Sanji to the list of folks from the same place too...Dolly wonders when she'll find someone she knows from home too... ]

Luffy? Now that one sounds like a character of sorts. An high energy captain is a good one though, they're normally very flexible and easy to work with.

He's certainly flexible. [Robin laughs quietly at Dolly's choice of words.]

He's a Rubber Man, he ate a magical fruit known as the Gum-Gum Fruit. Luffy and I were both Devil Fruit users.

[ Upon being given that context, Dolly realized right off the bat she inadvertently had a Babylon moment...oops. ]

[ Let's bury that oopsie with a question! That should do the trick! ] Are Gum-Gum fruits all the same or do they have different powers?

A. KARMA USED WATER GUN! IT WAS SUPER EFFECTIVE!

Boy, karma really did come after Catrina shortly after making things HELL for the team she was in during the Froslass Quest and pretty much coming out relatively unharmed unlike poor Robin. Upside, Anasui got the last laugh after the Tough Luv quest when the Luvdisc attacked!

Catrina learned super duper quickly that water moves are super effective against her fire typing and soon finds her waxy buns in the Clinic. You may find her sulking in the clinic, wanting to get away from the dread creatures known as Chansey. Other times...she might break into another patient's room and be a general nuisance...this is a very easily bored candle!

B. I WANT TO BREAK FREEEEE~ I WANT TO BREAK FREE~!

SUCCESS! SUCCESS FOR A CATRINA! She felt well enough to use Minimize and slip away from the Nurse Chanseys as she scurries away as quickly a now tea light sized candle can do! The dreadfully dead fish eyed pink nightmare shows are scrambling trying to locate Catrina and get her nasty little waxy buns back in bed to recover!

She could be anywhere really! Catrina could be hitching a ride on someone leaving the Clinic or maybe she could be climbing out the window at the size of a mouse on fire....

C. FIRE AWAY! (wildcard)

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Post-Heavy Quest Clinic Mingle

Umemiya Hajime - Wind Breaker - Lucario - OTA

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Kris Dreemurr | Deltarune | Deino | OTA!

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Dolly Mancer | Original Character | Sylveon | OTA

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adding dramatic irony to injury,

Gotta love that there irony on top of the injury :P

"he's so energetic!" meanwhile sanji found dead in miami

OMG XD

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Catrina Calavera | Original Character | Litwick | OTA