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Words enclosed in ‘’ are internal dialogue!
‘Right then. Play it cool. You and the little guy were injured in the woods.’ Thought one voice in Jester’s head.
‘Gee thanks I was going to play it abnormally but you saved me!.’ Replied Jester dryly. Honestly, his brain could be such a nuisance.
Jester approached the front desk of the Pokémon center, holding the Rowlet in his arms. The nurse looked concerned, as she probably should be, at the appearance of both the man and the Rowlet in front of him.
“Hey there. Sorry about the dirt I tracked in, I’ve been wandering lost through a forest for a bit.” Jester played it as cool as someone covered in grime could. She had a worried expression.
“Right then, is that your Rowlet?”
‘Of course she would ask about this… what do we do?’
‘What we do is answer normally jackass. Can you pipe down?’
“No. We ran into each other out there, I’ve been helping it out.”
“Ah okay. Do you want to head to the bathroom to freshen up while I give it a look over?” The Nurse was using a customer service voice now. She seemed over the weirdness that was his appearance.
“That would be great, thanks.” He went to put the Rowlet down, but it started freaking out. Jester frowned as it clumsily flew up to his shoulder the instant he placed it on the ground. The nurse laughed a little.
“Oh well. Guess it can wait.” He attempted to look unbothered, and shrugged. Cap poked its head out from his hair to see what the issue was, and the nurse laughed more.
“Right! Follow me then.” Jester sighed and walked behind her. The two of them went into a patient  room, and the nurse left to go get supplies. The Rowlet calmed down a bit once she had left. Jester looked around for something to clean himself off with, but found nothing. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.
“Coming in!” She walked into the room, an Audino followed behind her. They both held towels, first aid kits, and water. Jester started cleaning himself off as the nurse busied herself with the little owl. The Rowlet struggled a little at first before letting itself be cleaned and cared for.
Jester got himself mostly cleaned, but left a section of cloth tied to his leg untouched. As he went to sit down, the Audino’s feelers brushed against his leg. Its eyes widened, which the nurse noticed.
“Hm? Is something wrong Audrey?” It pointed at his leg.
‘shit.’
‘Shit!’
‘SHIT!’ All three voices yelled in unison.
“Oh! Is your leg injured sir?” She was a lot calmer than her Audino.
“Yeah it’s fine. Nothing I can’t handle.” He went to sit down, which prompted the Audino to run over and start trying to remove the cloth.
“Hey- OW! Quit it! I’m fine!” Jester squirmed in his seat. The nurse and the Rowlet were both watching closely as the cloth was dropped.
A bloody bullet hole was embedded in Jester’s calf. He tried to keep control of his breathing as everyone else in the room rightfully began to freak out.
“Is- are you okay?! Do you need to go to the hospital?” The nurse approached to examine the wound, which caused Jester to shrink back into his seat.
‘Ouhhhh, we’re in it now! There’s no way we explain this away…’ pouted one voice.
‘Can you SHUT UP!? I can’t THINK over all your WAILING!’ For just a second, a battle of emotion played out on his face. No one but the Audino noticed.
“No-no I don’t need to go to a hospital. I’ve been cleaning it and stuff, really it’s no issue.”
“Sir it’s my job to care for patients. I promise you I won’t bite! Please let me help you.”
Jester practically growled in frustration. But he did let her examine and clean the wound. Everyone was silent for a few minutes.
“… so… how did you get shot?”
“What are you, a cop?”
‘Jester! There’s no reason to be so aggressive!’
“…sorry. Just. On edge is all.” They sat in silence. At least, physically they did. Internally, Jester was yelling in frustration.
‘Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME. How the HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED WITHOUT INSTANTLY GETTING THE POLICE CALLED ON ME??’ Jester mentally kicked over a trash can.
‘M-maybe we can confess? Tell her what’s been going on? Maybe she’ll sympathize with us? But why should she? We’re horrible! Horrible person!’ Cried an emotional voice.
‘Or. We could just lie to her.’ Said a quiet voice.
‘Fine. Give me a second to think of something convincing.’ Jester mumbled. The nurse glanced up at him.
“Sorry. I didn’t want to say anything before, but I got shot defending the little Rowlet. I got lost a few days afterwards, been trying to find my way out of that jungle and this was the first building I spotted.” It was… convincing enough to him. The Audino narrowed its eyes, but the nurse bought the story.
“Oh you poor things! Let Audrey clean you up, I’ll call the police.” He stiffened.
“No! I mean, no. Please don’t. I’d rather not get involved at all. I’m fine, didn’t get hit anywhere major. The Rowlet is fine now that they’re here. That’s all I need.”
‘She’s GOING TO CALL THEM!???’
‘SHUT UP!’
The nurse hesitated for a few seconds before sighing.
“Right. Okay. I’ll get you both fixed up then.”
“Thanks doc.”
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