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Post by oddeyes on Oct 22, 2018 6:10:53 GMT
Tiki's head rolls around as the feeling is similar to water sloshing inside of a bowl. "Guuuhhh...Whhhaaa...??" Even though she's sitting it feels like she's on a boat at sea. "Every thing....issss moooving..." Her eyes try to follow all the amazing color explosions going on in her vision. "W-Wooooooooooow..."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 22, 2018 6:15:35 GMT
Clay bends over her, looking concerned. "You okay, Tiki?" That expression is a little worrying.
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Post by oddeyes on Oct 22, 2018 6:21:39 GMT
Tiki's body locks up, and she gasps. The movement of bending over causes a sensation of falling. Her brain flips between the sensation of falling up, and falling down. Her face is kind of frozen in a half smile/half scream as the room starts to take on a stained glass texture. Nothing moves like it should, like her brain moving the right arm, and her left moves instead. Tiki can only let out what sounds like air let out of a balloon, and the balloon was drunk.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 22, 2018 6:27:49 GMT
"Okay, boss decision, we're cutting the trip short for now. Let's get you to the healers, Tiki. Sis, lift her feet up or they're gonna drag." Clay can just about lift Tiki up on his own, but she's taller than he is even if she's skinny.
And now it's time to carry Tiki back out towards the door and, if nothing gets in the way, all the way to the infirmary.
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Post by Raven on Oct 22, 2018 6:33:05 GMT
The infirmary is still operational, as luck would have it. Even if most of the Guild suddenly goes on a field trip to remote corners of civilized Kanto, they will remain here, working, until such time as they are dismissed or the Guild dissolves. Though, with fewer people and Pokemon needing possible treatment, there are naturally slightly fewer workers around. First things first, they naturally ask what Clay and Tiki were doing that left her in this condition.
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Post by oddeyes on Oct 22, 2018 6:37:13 GMT
Tiki's mind lulled into a hazy fog as her brain could only take so much, and the person in charge of her fate mindlessly tapped away at their keyboard explaining what was happening to her... (Whatever that meant.) Her eyes simply wandered about as the world around her stretched, and warped around itself. Her mumblings were just as incoherent as what she was seeing as well.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 22, 2018 6:39:28 GMT
"There was this weird plant, kinda like a fern that glows. She touched it and then... this happened. Is it some sort of poison?"
Clay gives the healers his best wide-eyed, slightly reckless innocent look, which will hopefully be backed up by his previous time in the infirmary. He is, of course, just leaving out where they found such a plant. Though at least this will hopefully direct the healers' attention to her hands.
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Post by Raven on Oct 22, 2018 7:21:12 GMT
The healer examines Tiki's hands, and does find a tiny pinprick as if from a plant spine. "And just why were you letting her touch an unknown plant? If you see something strange, one would think you'd know better than to try and touch it." The healer sighs. "That said, it's probably just a mild poison with hallucinogenic properties." When Clay expresses confusion as to that big, fancy word, they sum it up as 'she's seeing things that aren't there'. "In any case, while we can give her a general antidote to try and flush the toxin from her system, she'll still need to rest for awhile in order for her all of her mental functions to return to normal."
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Post by oddeyes on Oct 22, 2018 7:26:30 GMT
Tiki's eyes go wide as her arm is seemingly pulled off her body when it is examined. She would speak up, but her eyes appear to be vibrating. Colors also cloud her vision as the room starts spinning into a point like a whirlpool.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 22, 2018 7:35:59 GMT
"I wasn't letting her, she was closer to it than I was!" Clay protests. "I couldn't really have stopped her from where I was standing. Besides, ferns I've seen don't usually do that. "
He bites his lip as the damage is explained to him. "Um, how much rest, and how long is a while? Like, can she go back to Celadon tonight as long as she doesn't do anything stressful and gets a good night's sleep after? Or are we talking like bed rest for a week?"
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Post by Raven on Oct 22, 2018 7:43:39 GMT
The healer looks at Tiki's expression, then back to Clay. "Well, it would help if I could examine the plant in question, but she'll probably be fine after a good night's rest. I would prefer to keep her here for observation, but if you've pressing business back in Celadon I won't stop you leaving. However, you'll be responsible for her well-being on the road, and there's no telling if this will get worse before it gets better." The healer spreads their hands wide in a gesture that says 'just telling it like it is'.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 23, 2018 7:03:38 GMT
"Well, okay." Clay considers the issue. On the one hand he's not too thrilled about staying the night in Saffron, since everyone seems to think it's so dangerous - actually he's not sure where he could stay. But on the other they don't really need to get back to Celadon right away unless Rei sends some sort of urgent message. "Then I guess we're gonna have to stay here. I'll have to find somewhere I can stay the night. I mean, I'm guessing you don't really want me spending the night here if I'm not hurt?"
He debates for a moment whether to try and get them to let Peng stay with Tiki, just in case something goes wrong. But the healers are probably going to take a dim view of anyone trying to assassinate their patients. "I'll let you guys know where I'll be, so you can send me a message if anything happens during the night, like if she wakes up and asks for me or something." Or if brainwashed Dark Branch girls turn up for her.
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Post by oddeyes on Oct 24, 2018 5:01:27 GMT
Going on a hardcore trip is quite exhausting. She rubs her temples, eyes, and whole face to wipe away all the weird feelings. That does feels kind of nice, and she just keeps rubbing, and smushing her face. "Uuuuggghhhh...." Tiki feels a bit sleepy, and she tries to drift off while her thoughts are constantly swimming.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Oct 24, 2018 19:34:19 GMT
Clay pats Tiki's shoulder gently. "Sorry we didn't make it out to the plains today, Tiki. We'll go when you're feeling better, okay?"
He has no idea if she's coherent enough to actually understand that. But in any case, he'll slip out quietly. "C'mon, sis, let's go visit Master Nob, huh?" That's significantly safer than trying to explore the Dark Branch on their own, though he may eventually end up doing just that, and Clay catching up with his old mentor would probably be boring for Tiki if she came along anyway.
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Post by Raven on Nov 9, 2018 23:24:19 GMT
Clay has a nice meeting with Master Nob while Tiki sleeps off whatever weird toxin that glowing plant injected her with. Eventually, Clay returns to rest up as well. The following morning, both wake up relatively well-rested. Tiki has lingering memories of some very psychedelic dreams from last night, but nothing noteworthy, and even these snippets fade shortly after waking.
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Post by oddeyes on Nov 11, 2018 23:57:15 GMT
Tiki shakes the rest of her tiredness, and haziness from yesterday. She had lost out on a lot of time from her run in with a plant that made things go super crazy for her. Despite that, she was still interested in exploring the dark branch since that venture was cut short. Tiki walks around till she can find Clay, and talk about what to do today.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Nov 14, 2018 1:34:39 GMT
If Tiki is out of bed early enough she will probably meet Clay as he walks back towards the infirmary from where he's spent the night in the empty Fighting Branch. When he sees her he'll hurry over.
"Tiki! You feeling better? I'm really sorry about that whole mess with the plant yesterday, I know you had stuff you wanted to do."
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Post by oddeyes on Nov 14, 2018 4:15:15 GMT
Tiki waves it off. "Ehh. It's ok. Wasn't your fault D'Mara keeps weird plants lying around. I say we head back into that branch, and bust our way in. No more dillydally."
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Post by carnackiArdent on Nov 14, 2018 4:24:30 GMT
"Sounds good. If there's one thing I've learned about Dark-types it's that the direct approach is the best way to deal with 'em. We can't out sneaky them, so we'll just bust through!" Clay punches the air enthusiastically. "Let's go!"
And he'll gladly lead the way right back to the Dark Branch. With Fan to light the way, he'll take a quick look around, but if nothing extremely obvious has changed he'll head straight for D'Mara's office door again. "Are you any good at locks, Tiki? 'Cause if you aren't I'm just gonna bust the door down."
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Post by oddeyes on Nov 14, 2018 4:34:21 GMT
Tiki shakes her head, and shrugs. "Know nothin about that, and I could care less about this branch. Bust it down!"
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