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[miniworth]

[ Forward dated to late morning of MAY 6TH. ]

[ It wasn't that he had thought this would never happen again. But he hadn't been expecting this to happen again to him - to them - once again.

[ But once again sitting in a chair beside the occupied hospital bed, arms wrapped securely around a pair of sniffling electric mice sitting on his lap, he

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[biteisbigger]

[ please don't throw your bone, Jason, she's just timidly peering into the room. Really, Kisa looks strained enough with Wataru having fallen asleep earlier, but on her way back from walking Ari (who did not allow for sleeping in, anyway)-- she hadn't expected this. ]

K-Ken-kun...

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[miniworth]

[ Jason looks mighty ready to before he recognizes Kisa, and arm he raised to throw the bone comes down slowly and he scrambles to Miles who raises his head upon noticing Kisa's presence. And when he sees her... he's not exactly in the mood to have people around. Not at all, not when he's more than aware of just what kind of future awaits Ken in Iwatodai; not when he still remembers how Ken reacted to his last visit home.

[ His expression is just as strained as hers, but he takes a moment to compose himself before getting to his feet. The mice go down on the chair before he walks over to Kisa. ]

... Good morning.

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[biteisbigger]

[ for someone who's usually quick to trot over when she spots a friend, Kisa seems awfully reticent now. Mainly because his initial expression is one she's seen before, on other people-- the one that's always made her feel as though her very presence is an inconvenience. Mogeta remains a comforting weight on her shoulder, though, and she finally releases her tight grip on the doorframe. ]

Um... how long...? [ she'd been worrying so much over Wataru suddenly passing out, she'd lost track of time. ]

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[miniworth]

[ He doesn't answer immediately, instead opening the door wider in an invitation. ] It's been a couple hours.

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[bufudyned]

He-- so he's gone home again.

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[miniworth]

He has...

I'll take care of him and his Pokémon.

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[bufudyned]

... thank you, Miles. I'd assist you if I were in Goldenrod.

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[miniworth]

... You're in Olivine?

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[foolishwren]

[GUESS WHO'S BACK IN TOWN? ... Somewhat more tiredly and LESS triumphantly than she wanted to be, but... hey. It's good to be back.]

[And after her Pokemon have... not seen even a glimpse of a Center in a good couple weeks or so, before anything else, Heather's bringing them in for some TLC.]

[... Buuut there's another reason, too.]

[There'll be a knock at the door to Ken's room, along with a familiar voice.]

Knock knock.

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[miniworth]

[ It's a voice Miles hadn't been expecting to hear for another while, considering the past weeks and their events, but his head snaps up at it and the knocking, and he sets Rem and Rom down on the chair before he makes his way to the door, pulling it open.

[ And sure enough, it's his favorite (not that he'll admit it to you without prompting) blond teenager standing before him. The smile doesn't quite seem to make it, but he does look a little cheered up at her presence. ]

Good morning, Heather.

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[foolishwren]

Heeeey, Miles.

[Heather looks ... exhausted, and still not COMPLETELY clean from the road (although she at least gave her face a bit of scrub) but she's smiling, in any case.]

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[miniworth]

[ He twitches his face in another attempt at a grin, but it's hard to do that when your friend has gone back to live out his future and you both knew how messed up that future is going to be. He steps aside, though, to invite Heather in. ]

Do you want to sit down?

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[fullmoonstory]

[Estelle has found the wrong room.

When she opens the door and gets a bone in the face, she falls right over backwards]

Oh-!

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[miniworth]

[ His head snaps up when he hears her fall, not having noticed her until then ]

-- Are you alright??

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[fullmoonstory]

Yes, I'm fine. [she gets up, rubbing the sore spot on her forehead] I must have opened the wrong door.

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[miniworth]

I'm sorry about.. that. [ The Cubone has scurried behind his trainer's legs and is peering up at Estelle. ]

[Action] I am late ;__;

[tiercelet]

[Merlin frowns as he approaches the room; he'd been hearing both patients and volunteers at the Center getting attacked by one of the trainer's pokemon....Well, that simply wouldn't do.

He pushes the door open, and stops mid-step. Imagine his surprise when he sees Miles sitting in the room he's just entered.]

...Miles?

[Action] no you're okay ;-;

[miniworth]

[ Miles had been quietly staring at the boy on the bed, but his head snaps up at this familiar voice, not having expected him of all people to come here. ]

Merlin..!

;A; <3

[tiercelet]

[He steps into the room and closes the door behind him, glancing at the clock in the room. The Centre wasn't all that busy at the moment; he didn't think Nurse Joy would mind him taking his break ten minutes early]

I didn't know you were in here. [Then, he spots the Cubone, standing there with his bone poised to attack] What's going on?

/holds ;~;

[miniworth]

Jason, come. [ The Cubone lowers his weapon slowly, backs up, and scampers back to his trainer with a wary look at this man he's never met before. When he's settled on Miles' lap with the mice, Miles look up at Merlin. ]

I'm not a patient. [ So he gestures to the sleeping Ken. ]