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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 15, 2017 14:09:48 GMT -8
Dasha… had ben frustratingly busy. After the confrontation with Niso Konto, she had to do all the clean up that that entailed, and it was a mess. Just a mess. The office had been a buzz since she’d gotten back, and there had been entirely too much to do. Dasha was so frustrated and tired and angry and Arceus knew what else, yet for hours she’d had to keep it to herself. She’d had to stay cool, calm, collected. She had to give her own reports straightforwardly and earnestly. These things required will and judgement.
Now though… now though…, she was finishing up the last of her reports and getting ready to leave for the day. Now she was grabbing her jacket and waving off someone who had started to suggest something. “Going home,” was all she’d say before finally walking out of the main office. Now she was going down one street, then another street or two. Now finally Dasha stopped and pulled her phone from her pocket. Looking down at it, she turned it over a couple of times before finally speed dialing him. As the ringer picked up, she spoke first. “Nik what the hell.”
Nikolai Laska
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 15, 2017 19:30:44 GMT -8
As soon as Nik had found someone willing to pick up a hitchhiker and injured Pokemon, he'd borrowed their phone to find directions to the Ranger station where he'd dropped off a lot of his things prior to heading out to meet dad. His phone, his HoloWatch, and such, so they wouldn't be as far away if he needed them but he could still 'really rough it' on the trip. Of course, that had.. ha... been relying on dad to help him find his way there.
Once those where recovered, he ensured the driver knew where the nearest Pokemon Center was-- and insisted that yes, the Center was priority over the hospital-- and then had spent about three seconds looking at his phone before deciding it could wait and passing out. It was more trust than he wanted to put in a stranger with everything that had happened, but he was exhausted and barely slept for shit.
When the phone rang, he stirred a bit, but it took Jasna waking more and lightly nudging him before he was conscious enough to grab it. He didn't even open his eyes beyond a momentary crack of one as he reached for the phone, but his answer of a weak "Mmm?" was drowned out by the voice on the other end.
...shit uh. "Mi--" N-no, he... Brain fuzz sleep wha buh.. Right no that was slightly too high for Mia and also probably the wrong accent if he could trust his half-conscious assessment. "What's..."
Right shit it was suddenly obvious why Dasha would be calling in such a fuss right now. "Fuck sorry I should've called as soon as I got my phone back, but I'm--...okay." The last word was pretty weak and used loosely but he was in one piece at least. Also fuck "Actually have you heard from dad? Is he okay?" He assumed she'd have heard he disappeared in the woods for basically two days from mom or dad so...
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 15, 2017 19:53:06 GMT -8
The mixture of noises from the other end of the phone was doing nothing for Dasha. What the hell was that eve— These thoughts would suddenly be turned on their head as Nik went on. Should have called sooner? He’s ok? Had she heard from Dad? Is he ok? Dasha’s eyebrows knitted. “Nik, what are you--“ Talking about? Dasha didn’t get to finish. Something pinged in the back of her mind, and she recalled him whining that he was going camping with Dad a couple of days ago. Having been wrapped up in work and this entire mess, she’d nearly forgotten about that fact.
…And that left hings significantly worse/more questionable. “What are you talking about? What happened? Where are you?” For as much as Dasha wanted to be mad at Nik, that was put on the backburner for now. For as sharp as her tone still was, there was an overwhelming amount of concern that was starting to seep into it as well.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 15, 2017 20:02:04 GMT -8
Wait... why did she call then? He was not awake enough to be explaining all this ugh okay uh... "I'm... Dad never showed up or.. maybe he did and I just misread his directions to the meeting place that badly or... something I don't know. But Jas and I got.. kinda turned around and stranded for a bit and we're.. both in pretty rough shape but I've got a ride now. We're like..."
He leaned over, looking to see if he could spy any landmarks or signs of Faraday in the distance. "Wha'd'you think, fifteen miles...?"
"Prob'ly ten," his good samaritan answered.
"Better. Bout ten miles outta town I guess. Er, outta Faraday. Gotta get Jas looked at first so we're headed to the Pokemon Center on North Stone." He rubbed his head, and only then: "Oh shit uh... Could I get you to try to call dad?" ...Then again had she talked to mom directly at all yet? "...I-if it's still too weird I can but I kinda passed out before I thought about it. Need to... make sure he's okay and let them know I am though.."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 15, 2017 20:20:01 GMT -8
Dasha didn’t want to believe what she was hearing. Dad had never shown up? Nik had been out on his own with – well at least he had Jasna but one Pokemon? Now he was ten miles out of town and??? Dasha was already pulling up Faraday’s map on her HoloWatch, judging the distance from her location directly. North Stone wasn’t too far at all, and she found herself already walking back towards the parking garage where her motorcycle was.
“I’ll be there in—“ Dasha cut off as Nik’s request came through, and she’d nearly stopped walking again as it processed. Had to make sure Dad was ok. She could… Could she call the house and check on Dad? It was a simple request, but… Gah… it was too weird, but if Nik was going to need a hospital then…Ugh… “I’ll call the house, and meet you at North Stone. Just… stay conscious, Nik.” It came out as a demand, almost an order, but some part of it was also vaguely a plea.
Getting to the front of the garage, Dasha came to a stop. “I’ll call you back after,” she finally said before uncertainly hanging up. Alright… alright? She could do this, it was no big deal right? Staring at her phone for a few minutes, Dasha finally worked up enough gal to call.
Of course Mom would pick up first. Dasha nearly hung up on her right then, and it took more will power than she was willing to admit to to even say a few words. This was about Nik, though. This was for Nik. I’m going to kill him when I see him…. The call was brief, and already Dasha was climbing on her motorcycle and starting out down the road in the direction of the Pokemon center.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 15, 2017 20:40:24 GMT -8
He breathed out in relief as she accepted the request. One less thing for him to worry about right now, which meant he cou--... He would have laughed at her order had he had the energy. "Sure," he responded. Was that sarcasm? A blatant lie to placate her? Who knew, who cared. "Talk to you then," he almost yawned.
The moment he'd hung up, he offered a one-word explanation of "Sister" before quickly passing back out. It might only be a few more minutes, but he needed all the sleep he could squeeze in right now.
He was awoken not by his phone, but by the driver telling him they were almost there. Ah... Right, Dash might not've been done with the call yet or might've just figured she'd see him soon enough.
Quietly, he asked the Mienshao in his arms, "You doin' okay babe..?" Jasna wasn't sure if she was in pain or numb at this point, but weakly nodded for Nik's sake.
He readjusted her carefully to be able to support her properly as he carried her, but offered himself no leniency in hurrying out as soon as the truck stopped. Ffffffuck fuck fuck fuck his left leg was barely supporting his weight without him falling and it showed in his gait. He was also still technically shirtless with the shittiest blood-soaked makeshift bandaging made from said shirt tied over the wounds across his chest and the smaller scratches from the various sets of talons he'd warded off on full display, but his concern was her.
"Can I--ohmygod are you all right?" the nurse asked.
"Fix her." He hadn't looked to see if Dasha was here yet, just made a beeline to get Jasna on the front counter.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 15, 2017 20:48:57 GMT -8
Dasha would be in less than a minute later. Parking her bike, she took a slow, deep breath before starting up into the Pokemon Cente- WAJSHJKAHDSklASLDJ. Well so much for cool, calm, and collected again. Even from his back, Dasha could tell Nik was Nik but?? Even from his back she could see his sides and makeshift bandages and—
“Nik!” Dasha walked fast up to the counter to turn and stand by him. Her own blue eyes met his profile and then searched over his form before a grimace pulled onto her features. “Oh god— You need to get to a hospital.” Already she was grabbing at her phone and starting to dial numbers, but her eyes had yet to leave him and kept flicking over him and finding still more injuries.
In a strange moment of memory association, she almost wanted to ask if some huge bear had gotten revenge on Dad for this but— No brain this was clearly not the time.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 15, 2017 20:59:22 GMT -8
Nik jumped upon hearing his name despite himself, but settled when he registered it was Dasha. ...Mostly settled. He felt like a piece of meat being judged, and couldn't understand why he was so self-conscious about being checked over like this when people staring hadn't even registered as he walked in.
The driver had made their way in just behind Nik and taken a seat, but upon seeing presumably the mentioned sister arrive they made brief eye contact with the two and gestured toward the door as they headed toward it. "Thanks again..." Nik mumbled; they nodded and left.
When he looked back to Dasha, he saw her dialing her phone, and grabbed her hand with a sudden surprising force. "I'm not leaving her," he declared firmly. He hadn't even left the counter after the nurse took Jasna to the back. "I'll go when she's stable..." The muscles in his shoulder slightly spasmed, but he didn't seem to notice.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 15, 2017 21:09:53 GMT -8
Dasha fidgeted at the sudden force on her hand and nearly recoiled at Nik’s words. For a second or two, she was dumbstruck, not able to process his vocalized desire let alone the emotions behind it. Thereafter, she found herself struggling with what to say if anything at all. Nik really? As much as she wanted to say that, it wouldn’t ask what she was trying to get at.
Lips pressed together hard for a couple of seconds before Dasha finally spoke, a lot slower than before. “What are you trying to do? Or trying to prove just by standing here?” she asked, that frown not leaving her features. “You both clearly need medical attention.” Dasha was no doctor, but she could guess how deep some of those injuries went and knew how much worse internal ones could be. Heh, she knew a bit too well, actually but…. “Nik, please,” Dasha’s voice had less volume but had not dropped in force.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 15, 2017 21:22:33 GMT -8
He knew her insistence came from a place of love, but be that as it may... "I wouldn't survive without her," he answered simply. The same stubbornness that kept him here now was the only thing that got him here in as good of shape as he was in. The same desire to see her safe. If he didn't have her, he wouldn't have been able to fend off those Pokemon. If he didn't have her, he wouldn't have had the drive to fight at all. He'd still be huddled afraid waiting to die, if he hadn't already.
"She's--" He bit back what he wanted to say. "--always been there..." That was probably vaguely aggressive as it was, but a far cry better than the only one who's always been there...
The nurse peeked out from the back, a pensive look on her face. The man at the counter wasn't really... the best thing for business but... ih. "Sir? You should be able to come back in just a few more minutes," she let him know before hurrying back again.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 16, 2017 12:27:41 GMT -8
Dasha frowned harder. She wanted to call Nik out on being dramatic, but his insistence that Jasna had always been there kept her form it. As the nurse came back in and briefly spoke, she glanced sideways at her wondering if it was too much to ask of her to look at a human as well. It probably was considering Pokemon anatomy was even more distinct from humans than say animals’.
A small breath escaped from Dasha, and she straightened a little. “Once she’s stable you’re going to the hospital, alright?” she asked a bit harder than necessary. If he denied that one then… well she was going to drag him kicking and screaming to a hospital. She had the Pokemon to do it too.
“Mom said Dad’s fine, just sick,” she finally spoke again turning slightly to stare out at the rest of the people in the Pokemon center. “She tried to get ahold of you but couldn’t seem to.”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 16, 2017 13:19:54 GMT -8
"Yeah," Nik answered flatly. He didn't have a problem with that--... or, well. If Jasna was stable but not enough to leave he'd have a problem being separated from her. But they'd cross that bridge if they had to and not before.
...Right. "Oh, good. Yeah, I left my phone at the station so.. Learn from that mistake, right?" Never mind he might not've had signal anyway, ssh.
...Nik processed that a little further and squinted. "Dad doesn't get sick though? What the hell." What even?? was his luck?? Shit like this did not happen to normal people, he was sure of it. He was growing increasingly convinced that he didn't just hate the outdoors; it hated him back.
He groaned a bit, but within another minute, the nurse came back to the door and gestured for him to follow. The sight of Jasna with plaster casts and an IV both upset and relieved him, all things considered. "We got the bones realigned in her worse leg, but it's too severe an injury for standard healing tech to be effective. If she stays off it and you bring her in for regular treatments, she might be up to walking in a month and a half, two months versus several more without those. Her other leg we were able to do a lot more for, so it'll just be a bit sore and fragile for a week or two."
Nik nodded, having made his way over to her side. ...He wanted to bury his face in her fur, but he didn't want to squish her and kneeling down sounded painful and possibly dangerous just now; he wasn't sure he'd be able to get up. "Can I take her with me?"
The nurse pursed her lips. "...I suppose, but I wouldn't recommend it. Why don't you go get your own injuries looked at and pick her up once--"
Nik's glare was ice. "I stay with her."
The nurse sighed. "I'll get things in order and bring you what you'll need to care for her at home." Or, well, clearly in a human hospital first, but tomato Tamato.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 16, 2017 13:35:12 GMT -8
Dasha shrugged her shoulders. She hadn’t wanted to press Mom for details. She wanted off the phone as fast as possible and that meant scraping the details a little. At least she had managed to convince her not to come running down to Faraday that night, though, as much as Mom wanted to. As the nurse came back and led them back, Dasha grimaced seeing Jasna on the bed. The nurse’s words had Dasha looking sideways at Nik again, searching out his worst wounds. Nik how did you do this how did this happen it’s just the woods right?
As the nurse relented on Nik’s demand, Dasha rubbed the back of her neck and vaguely mouthed and apology. Thereafter, though, she stretched some. “Now can I call an ambulance?” It was either that or have her Pokemon take him but… That argued for the worsening of wounds, and Dasha… didn’t want that. She wanted to hit him over the head for Niso Konto instead. Wait what no stop that brain she was Concerned right now, damn it.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Oct 16, 2017 14:19:21 GMT -8
No, I don't need or want to bother anyone with an ambulance, a cab is fine. That was his instinctive reaction, but he found himself questioning it. ...Why was he opposed to it? Well... his wounds had been okay this long, so it clearly wasn't an emergency. But he didn't want to... see anyone making a fuss over him, he guessed...? That was... kind of dumb.
"I guess..." he relented. "...Just, tell them it's not too urgent. If.. if they're busy I can take a cab."
Jasna was... pretty out of it. They'd given her a lot of sedatives and her brain was all fuzzy as a result now. But she heard at least the gist of their exchange, and weakly growled. "What." A little more annoyed growl. "Fine," Nik huffed. "Yeah, go ahead..."
As Dasha did that, the nurse came back and gave him some more IV packs, some equipment to adapt it for use while she was in her PokeBall, some medicine, several forms to sign off on, and an appointment date to bring Jasna back in for her next treatment and proper fitting of a better cast on the leg that needed it.
Once everything was in order, he stood outside the front of the center waiting, not wanting to sit for knowing it would be harder to stand again if he needed to for some reason before the ambulance arrived. ...Was there something he meant to ask Dasha? Who knew...
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Post by Dasha Laska on Oct 16, 2017 14:42:25 GMT -8
“Yeahno,” escaped from Dasha’s lips right after Nik mentioned a cab. She’d started speed dialing the EMT service yet again (and vaguely hoped it wasn’t the same people she’d seen earlier when attending to the injured men). Putting the phone to her ear, she did find the operator was the same and seemed pretty surprised to be hearing from her again so soon. “No, not that—No it’s in town at a Pokemon center in North Stone,” Dasha gave a brief explanation before hanging up thereafter and pinching between her eyes.
Once everything had been settled with Jasna, however, Dasha had settled somewhat. Waiting for the ambulance, however, she felt an unnecessarily familiar chill moving through her, and both hands reached up to cup her biceps. Some part of her wanted to ask about Niso right then. Who knew how long he was going to be in the hospital for— which meant who knew how long there would be cameras and unnecessary ears around. As much as she wanted to wait for him to get better, she also wanted her suspicions either confirmed or destroyed and soon. “Nik,” No, she’d wait. She’d wait until he couldn’t do something stupid if she asked it the wrong way. “Meh never mind.”
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