cambox | BECAUSE WE GIVE NEGATIVE SHITS AND LOVE SUBWAYS

[But hey, Emmet's coming out! He looks... drained. Exhausted, miserable, and simply drained. Still, he's got that stupid forced smile on his face as he starts looking around for Hilbert--]

[Likes him? Well... he guesses so. Platonic, of course. Makes sense.

Oh, there he is now-- Hilbert stands up to catch his attention.]

Over here. [Gosh, he doesn't look any better... but at least he's got the cast.]

[Oh thank god, Emmet is finally...

in... a cast that is not just hurting your hand]

[Emmet's quick to run over, and Elesa pulls up Silver so all of them can get into a hug. Which is exactly what Emmet does, clinging to Elesa and Silver in a desperate hug.]

Emmet, thank goodness, is he okay? What happened to your hand?

Ah. I punched the woman, and I think I broke her jaw. My bones broke from hitting her so hard.

[Y...yikes, Emmet.]

They broke along the same fractures from when the purrloin bit me. The doctor said that it was good, because otherwise my joints would have broken.

...Ingo's... he can't see other visitors yet. But he's not awake right now.

[Hilbert hangs back a little, to give them some space.

Aah, that's sad to hear about Ingo, for sure... But if he's sleeping, he'll recover faster. So that's at least partially good.]

[One moment he sees Emmet and the next moment he's in a hug and alright, alright, that's a good reason to break a hand, but-]

...But even if he's not awake, he's gonna be okay, right? [Right? ...Right?]

He'll be okay. They're giving him a blood transfusion, and I just donated some of mine to help. He'll be in the hospital for a while, until the cut heals enough for him to be allowed to move around.

[SO TIRED... not only from being awake and in such a state of panic for so long, but also just having given up quite a bit of blood for Ingo's sake. It wasn't necessary but ah hah, Emmet did insist. If he didn't do something he'd have gone crazy.]

Did Ramses call, Hilbert?

Mmhmm. [Right-- here, Emmet, your X-Transceiver.] They got the woman and all. And Gear Station's under control.

Thank you...

[Oooh gosh so tired, but come here, Hilbert, you should be part of the group hug too.]

I'm closing the Battle Subway for a couple months while Ingo recovers. I'm sorry. Ah... we might not have thanksgiving. Or, Ingo will be in bed for it, really...

[Group hug?... ...Well, okay, if you consider him close enough, he's cool with it too. (Hi, Silver. Hi, Elesa.)]

That makes sense, of course. [The subway part.] Wouldn't want you to be busy when you should be with Ingo. [Again... why are you apologizing, Emmet? Hilbert can always find other things to do. Don't worry about it.

He's not a part of the thanksgiving thing, though, so he'll leave that to Silver and/or Elesa to reassure Emmet on.]

Don't worry about any of that right now, alright? [Thanksgiving, The Battle Subway- well... Thanksgiving isn't an important thing right now, at least, and-]

The Depot Agents know what they're doing. I'll help out with anything you need me to, and I'm sure Elesa and Hilbert can too. We'll find some way to work out Thanksgiving- if we can't do it on Thanksgiving day, we can always reschedule.

I'll help with Ingo as much as I can, Emmet. But you may have to rely on these boys, too! For company, if anything.

[Elesa maaaay be sneaky about bringing dinner after her work, so that Emmet won't be worried about cooking too much.]

I should be keeping Ingo company, though.

[Whooooosh, over Emmet's head...

Elesa... winks at Hilbert? Buh?]

[Buh? Eh?... ...]

Yeah, whatever you need us for. [Company included.

........BUT WHY DID SHE WINK]

[N...odding...

That's a face Blue would make when she's talking about...

...But Hilbert and Emmet?

Silver glances over at Elesa, more than willing to invest in a distraction.]

[Emmet's just "?", but Elesa chuckles some. Oh, she's got a lady's sixth sense about this. How sweet.]

You should join us for Thanksgiving, Hilbert.

[Wait Elesa shouldn't you not be the one to invite--oh

Emmet seems to like that idea, lighting up a little bit at it. "If you'd have us, Hilbert..."]

[Thanksgiving?... But he's not really--... if he'd have them? That's an embarrassing way to put it. Shouldn't it be the other way around? If they'd have him?]

Well-- I mean, sure. I'd have to ask my parents and all, but yeah. If you guys are okay with it.

[He'd... He'd like to. Yes.]

[...Well, that's not his call, but it... Would be nice, right? Emmet looks happy about it- which is good, especially now...]

["Then it's decided!" Elesa chuckles. Emmet smiles, finally letting go of the hug.]

I'm going to go back and wait for Ingo to wake up... can you guys go see what's going on at Gear Station?

[Welp. Guess he's got a question to propose to his mom.]

Yeah, whatever you want. [He can do that. Unless it's just for Silver and/or Elesa.]

Of course. [It's a mission. It's something important, and if Emmet needs him, he... will actually have his Pokégear on this time.]

[C'mere, Silver. Emmet pulls Silver closer with his good hand and gives his kid a smooch on the top of the head.]

Thanks. I'll call you when Ingo wakes up, so you can talk to him.

Alright.

[And with that, c'mon Hilbert, let's go.]

[Okay. See you, Emmet. Later, Elesa. (nice to meet you?)

C'mere, Braviary. Go ahead and rest back in your Pokeball.]

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