Overnight Shifts (Open)

[Fritz Holzer]

Working overnights could be rough. It tended to be quiet, as most scheduled appointments and checkups would, of course, be during the day. Students weren't likely to come in for anything, and if they did it was more likely to be either an emergency, or a perceived emergency. Taking the time to wipe down the front desk, the German nurse couldn't help but smile just a bit as Funkeln lowered herself onto all fours to creep in under a chair in the waiting area. The Audino was doing her part, but retrieving a piece of paper that had slipped under it. Funkeln was typically the only pokèmon he would regularly bring with him for his shifts at the center. Her species was well known to be useful in medical settings, due to their sensitivity to life forces, and the health of various systems in patient's bodies.

As the Audino waddled her way to the recycling bin to drop the paper in, with a pleased little squeak, another, more energized noise sounded right in Fritz's ear. The loud (due to proximity) chattering of Immelmann spoke of wonderful adventures, and curious things to explore. The twitching nose of the Emolga, nearling ended up in Fritz's ear, before the little flying squirrel pokèmon leapt from his shoulder, gliding to a chair across the room, before looking over everything from his new perch. Immelmann was a less frequent visitor to the center, himself, and Morgentau sometimes came along when he'd have overnights, to keep him company. In fairness though, it really was only the Emolga that really cared about coming overnight. Morgentau, a Sunkern, would have mostly slept, and while he did love Baron and Orville, neither of them cared to be awake overnight.

"Maybe someone will stop by tonight", he offers happily, to the pair. With a pleasant air, he considered doing rounds on any of the overnight patients a bit early. It wasn't like it'd be terrible if he ended up checking vitals an extra time over the course of the evening.

[Ethan MacPharlain]

He wasn't remotely certain what had caused him to stop off at the cafeteria and grab food to go not only for himself, but for the the little nurse that assisted him in his day to day (or night to night as it were) activities...and yet uncertain or no, there he was - heading back on down to the pokemon center with not one but two doggie bags, a couple of bottles of cold water and a few other little treats for their teams packed away as well. Dulce's little head stuck out of the pocket on the left side of his pristine white lab coat, nose quivering at the delicious scents coming from those containers...and Perdita, as always, sat patiently in the pocket on the other side. Like Fritz, he'd given the rest of his team - such as it was - permission to hang back at his rooms.

Honestly, that decision had probably been as much for his own sanity as anyone else's as Kisses tended to get a bit rowdy at the most random of times - and really he didn't want any of the overnight patients to be disturbed as they needed all the rest they could get. Especially those recovering from surgical procedures. Perdita was a necessity, as not only was she excellent company but she kept the air purified and the area clean and sterile, and Dulce...well Dulce just preferred to be in Ethan's company. But Kisses could certainly stand to simply cuddle with her mother back in his quarters, and therefore only be able to wreak havoc on that very limited space.

There was a moment when he stepped in that he caught himself studying the smaller male that had become an assistant of sorts to him, his gaze appraising in the way one would appraise a person that was found to be attractive...but he certainly didn't let himself linger in that for long. Fritz was a rare genuinely nice person, and he didn't need someone like Ethan trying to hang around him. Besides, Ethan had better things to do than to chase after something that simply was never meant to be - not even in the remotest sense. So he shoved any little daydreams about such a thing to the back of his mind and strode on in the way he so often did - and plopped one of the take away containers of food down near the other.

"Here." Ethan said in unceremonious, and typically gruff tones. The container made a soft sound as it met the counter, and then the second one did the same. Perdita scurried out of his pocket to start her 'rounds'...knowing that the area that she could cleanse would be enlarged by movement. "Thought you might want somethin' to eat. I'll probably go back and get coffees or something later." And though his Irish-accented tones were still gruff, they were perhaps still a bit gentler than he might employ with any other person in this school. After all, Fritz was a difficult person to be unnecessarily short with - or short with at all.

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Word Count: 516
Notes: Dulce (Cinccino), Perdita (Shaymin)

[Thea Lynn Daniels]

Thea had decided to get up and walk around a bit after her first day of being there as she was nervous and couldn't sleep. She had sat in her bed for a couple hours while her Pokemon slept soundlessly until they sensed her emotions twisting. For the most part, she was afraid to speak with the others there as she didn't have many friends before the Academy since she would travel to other countries with her father. Only wearing her pajama shirt and pants she pulled a long coat on over top. She slowly moved across the floor and opened the door, trying not to wake Kiara and Boone.

Kiara's ears twitched as the door moved open and her head bolted upright to look at her master. Smacking her tail against Boone, she got up and walked over to Thea, rubbing up against her. "Is something wrong? Where are you going?" She asked standing in the doorway as Boone came over and jumped on Kiaras back. "Yeah... Why aren't you sleeping? You traveled a long while and haven't rested much." Boone mentioned and looked up to her with a worried expression on his face.

Thea sighed, looking down at them. "I'm just going on a nightly stroll because maybe some fresh air would be nice..." She knew they weren't fully buying what she was saying so she just sighed started walking out as they closely followed. "Truth is, I feel alone and it's my first night away from home. I'm bad at making friends with other people because I can never find the right words to say and I buckle up." Leaving the Dorms, she noticed some lights on in the Pokemon Center and wondered if perhaps anyone was there. Making her way to the door, she slowly opened it, poking her head in. Kiara and Boone sliding in through the crack in the door. "Hello?" She asked as she walked the rest of the way in, holding her coat closed.

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Word Count: 332
Notes: Kiara (Persian), Boone (Pancham)

[Fritz Holzer]

Even now, it still tended to surprise Fritz when Dr. MacPharlain brought him something. The other man really was rather nice to him in some ways, even if he did tend to be gruff. Some might say off putting, and no doubt others worse. Still, he wasn't in the habit of putting much weight with rumors, or disgruntled grumblings. Besides, he was sure he'd heard good things about the doctor as well. In any event, he found Dr. MacPharlain to be a wonderful man. It seemed pretty obvious to him that the other man cared for his patients, and it seems that he had some interest in the well being of his staff as well.

"Thank you Doktor", he offers softly. Fritz had learned it was best to accept the other's kind gestures, not that he didn't wish to accept them. It was just, they would happen, so discouraging the other in that, it wasn't his obligation to see to Fritz's need, was just a waste of time for both of them. Graciously, he offers the other a somewhat shy grin. Not so shy was Immelmann. The Emolga smelled food, and he had every intention of seeing what sort of tasty things he might get to sample. Scampering down the chair, he bounded along the floor, paying no mind as a student, along with her two pokèmon made their way into the clinic. Climbing up his Fritz, the flying squirrel, quickly got himself up onto the desk, keeping a 'polite' distance from the bag, all the while, an outstretched, twitching nose, encroaching into that zone.

Fritz didn't fail to notice that they were being joined, and once the girl was in sight, he did offer a friendly, though subtle smile. "Good Evening. Can we help you?", he asks softly. The girl's tone didn't seem to indicate there was any problem with her or her partners.

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words Count: 316
Note: Fritz, Immelmann(Emolga), Funkeln(Audino)

[Ethan MacPharlain]

It was likely because the guy was just /that/ nice, but every time Fritz smiled at him - shy or not - his lips wanted to twitch into some semblance of a similar expression as well. But that urge wasn't precisely what had him frowning briefly at the floor, a single hand reaching up to seemingly idly scratch at the center of his chest. No, it was that odd...flutter. It almost always happened when that smile was directed to him, and it made no damned sense. Especially since the other male smiled at everyone. Even Carlisle. 


His frown deepened into a scowl for a moment, before he recalled that others outside of himself could actually see that expression and chose to school it back into something closer to make it approachable. It wasn't that Carlisle wasn't nice - because he was, and that was the damned problem. The teacher was always coming in here, talking to Fritz like they were /friends/ and just being his general self...and /smiling/ at Fritz all the time. It was perhaps irrational to be jealous, especially when he knew better than to have any hope of any sort of thing happening with the little nurse - but regardless of irrationality or not...he was quite jealous indeed. It didn't help that the man was so damned pretty either, curse him. 


It was likely that as these thoughts flew through his brain, Ethan had remained silent a good deal longer than he'd intended...but he did finally remember that Fritz had spoken. "Oh...uh..." he blinked a bit, feeling awkward, as was the usual in any social situation - even in simple ones like this. "Uh...you're welcome." He finally said, the words spoken a bit gruffly before he unceremoniously settled down to his own meal - popping a fry into his mouth as he absently flipped through some new to the school pokemon files, and making notes of any supplies he'd need to order for their care. Pokemon, after all, were unique creatures in that there were so many types - and each pokemon as an individual, regardless of type, responded differently to various methods of treatment.

So engrossed was he in this process that he barely noticed the girl that had just wandered in, and when she spoke, Ethan just glanced up - grunted unintelligibly under his breath and then went back to what he'd been doing. He wasn't friendly under normal circumstances, but he certainly didn't make a habit of being friendly with the students. Some of them were okay, he supposed, but mostly they were people and that meant that he had a difficult time with them. Pokemon were easier. And they seemed to like him anyway. 


Dulce, however , had no intention to just ignore the sweet looking young girl - or the young girl's pokemon. The little cinccino scurried down from her perch in Ethan's pocket, pausing only long enough to finish enjoying the french fry treat that her human had given her and then went over to investigate. Whiskers delicately quivered as she sniffed daintily at the toe of one of the girl's shoes, and then turned almost shy attention to the pokemon by the girl's side. "Hello." She said sweetly to the others, standing back on her hindlegs so she could try to get a better scent of the cat-like pokemon first. "What brings you two here? You don't appear to be injured..."  

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Word Count: 575
Tags: Fritz,Thea
Notes: Dulce (Cinccino) , Perdita (Shaymin)

[Thea Lynn Daniels]

Thea smiled at both of the men after walking into the center. She didn't need help, nor did her friends. She couldn't sleep but walking at night usually helped her. "Hi, I'm Thea. I'm new but I was just having a tough time sleeping. Figured a walk would help calm the nerves and then I saw a light on here. That's when I decided to stop by. Now I know where to go if these two ever get into anything." Laughing, she patted Boones head. "Oh, this is Boone and Kiara. Guess they may want introductions made for them." She motioned towards the Pancham first followed by the Persian.

Kiara looked around at the other humans and Pokemon. A Pokemon Center.... Hm.. She thought to herself as a small creature climbed down from one of the men and made its way over to them. Watching as it took a sniff of Thea then turning towards her. "Yeah, we're fine and hello by the way. I'm Kiara." She laid down, looking at the Cinccino.

Boone rolled off of Kiaras back and sat up. Seeing two other men he gave of an angered glare then noticing the Cinccino whom had approached them. "Uh...Hi. I-I'm Boone." He drifted off a bit until he felt the Persians tail smack him. "Oh, yes, we are fine. We're great actually." Smiling, he once again got a bit lost for a moment before running out the door. Quickly he found a near by flower patch and pick a few random ones before returning to the Center. Once there he walked up to the small Cinccino and held out the flowers. "Here, I thought these were pretty."

Kiara about choked as she was licking herself. Turning her attention to Boone, her jaw dropped. Never had she seen the Pancham act so nice towards another Pokemon right off the bat. She patted Thea, trying to get her to look down.

Feeling Kiara patting her, she looked down, taking notice of the current event taking place between Boone and the doctors Pokemon. He was holding out flowers to her. All Thea could do was smile at him. It was a first but adorable as well.

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Word Count: 366
Tags: Fritz,Ethan
Notes: Boone (Pancham), Kiara (Persian)

[Fritz Holzer]

          Dr. MacPharlain could be intimidating, at least Fritz had tended to think so before. As he'd gotten more used to the other man, however, he had come to realize he shouldn't read to much into that absent sort of scowl. There was still a lot he didn't know about the doctor, but it seemed to him that the other had a lot on his mind, and that if he really was irritated with him about something, the older man wouldn't have any problem making his displeasure known. So, he thought little of that scowl, other than wondering what thought might have bothered the other. Whatever it was, it seemed to fade away as the other addressed him once more, and his subtle smile widened just a bit.

        He was no less welcoming of the girl. Really, one might wonder sometimes if he really was German, but Fritz had always just been naturally expressive of his warm and welcoming nature. He'd never been expected to change who he genuinely was before, he certainly wasn't going to start now.

          " Welcome to the Pokèmon center.  This is Doctor MacPharlain, and his assistants Dulce and Perdita.  I'm Fritz, with Immelmann and Funkeln", he begins easily. The girl had offered introductions, it was only right to do the same. Similarly, he might have left the pokèmon un-introduced at a point like this, but he readily adapted to her social cues.  As for the doctor, well Fritz knew the other wasn't likely to care to introduce himself to just some random student who just showed up without an appointment. That wasn't really the doctor's way, at least as far as Fritz could tell, so he decided to make things easier and act as liaison of sorts between the pair. "While you're here, perhaps you would like to make an appointment? We generally recommend two check appointments a year for less domesticated species, and one a year for full grown domestics ", he offers helpfully.  Of course, by domestics he meant pokèmon like the Persian, who had been part of human civilizations for so long that even non-trainers would consider them 'tame'.  He might have suggested they could get the check ups out of the way now, but that would be for the doctor to decide.  Usually check up appointments were during the day, and were, of course, scheduled in advance.  While waiting for the girl to respond, he removed a single fry and handled it to the excitable Immelmann. 

        The Emolga's body twitched in excitement, and he took his fry to turn it around between his hands a few times. However, Immelmann only took a brief nibbles, before he dropped back to all four paws, fry in his mouth so that the ends stuck out on each side.  From there it was a quick scamper and a leap that had his fore paws reaching out.  He didn't even have to glide as his target became clear.   Immelmann had become quite used to the big doctor, and his level of comfort with the human was likely made very clear in the way he lighted on the man's shirt and scaled him like some big tree.  Once he found himself on the human's shoulder he stood back up to take his fry in his hand and fidget with it, before turning his face to look at the doctor and chatter wildly to him about his tasty treat.  It was obviously news that was meant to be shared, even if only in the nonsensical, excited chittering of the flying squirrel pokèmon.  In fact, the only thing that he actually said was when he noticed the little bear 'mon giving flowers to Dulce. 

       "Are they for eating?", asked the rather one tracked mind pokèmon.  Immelmann wasn't unintelligent, but he could be a bit scatterbrained sometimes, especially when he was already excited about something tasty, that he now nibbled fiercely, his little cheeks starting to puff out some. 

        
       Funkeln only shook her head some at her silly teammate's question.  She, however, didn't do anything to enter the conversation or interaction at large, and merely took herself back behind the desk, apparently very focused on seeing if things were in order.  Things had to be neat and orderly in the pokèmon center.  Besides, he liked to be close to their Fritz, and to the doctor too, since he was nice, and a human she had also become quite used to. Audino liked to stick to their family groups in the wild, and this was her family. 

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words Count: 642
Note: Fritz, Immelmann(Emolga), Funkeln(Audino)