The Route 323 Pokemon Center

[Ameph Est Mako]

Route 323 is a fairly perilous route. It is one of the few transnational routes in the world of Pokemon, standing from the north of Olivine City in Johto all the way to Phennac City in Orre. The various Pokemon are all evolved and highly dangerous to all but the most seasoned Pokemon Trainers. Surely, the government would give reason to have a Pokemon Center set-up there.

Not far from the border of Orre lies the only Pokemon Center on Route 323. It is a small white stone building with windows, showing to a few tables of a restaurant and a few couches for a rest area. Behind the counter, a Nurse Joy stands there, looking unusually peeved for some reason as she stood there, by herself. On the counter, next to her, was a pokemon, obviously her own. A Yanma was staring into space. It's wings twitching every few seconds or so.

The local fauna was not easy to be trifled with. Bronzong, Cacturnes, Sandslashes, Vibravas and Claydol's drift in from Orre while the surronding forests have Ninetales, Arcanine, Primeape, Infernape, Grotle and many other Pokemon.

[Mystic Mina]

A brown-haired young man, dressed in a dirtied pair of cargo pants and a torn hoodie, makes his way through the revolving door of the Pokemon Center and walks up to the counter. His eyes widen with fear for a moment when he sees the Yanma staring blankly at him, but he regains his composure before tossing his belt of Pokeballs on the desk.

"Hey, mind healing my Pokemon up? I got a bit reckless on the Route and.... Yeah, let's just say I'm not having a good day today."

[Ameph Est Mako]

The Joy nodded. "Doesn't surprise me too much. This is a pretty rough route so even the most battle hardened trainers can have a hard time." she said, taking the Pokeballs onto a tray. She then turned to the door behind the counter.

"Kain! We have patients!" she shouted to the back. She was certainly not like any Joy. She was pretty loud.

And unlike any Joy, a Chansey did not come out of the back door but rather, a Toxicroak, instead. Like a Chansey, he was wearing a nurse cap as he looked at the brown-haired trainer with its yellow eyes, sizing him up. He took the tray and lumbered off into the back. The Yanma simply stared ahead.

"So...what's your name?" Joy asked. "...And what brings you to my quiet little corner in the world?"

[Mystic Mina]

The man stared at the Toxicroak as it walked away with his belt of Pokeballs, a look of confusion on his face. Weren't all Pokemon in the staff of Pokemon centers supposed to be Chanseys? There has to be a rule like that out there.... Or something.... Well, it isn't like he's an expert on this sort of stuff anyway.

"The name's Dallas. Dallas Brook. Pleasure to meet ya'." Dallas extends his arm over the counter so he could shake Nurse Joy's hand, flashing her a wink with his dark green eyes as he does so. "I'm just doin' the same old stuff. Y'know, gotta catch 'em all.... Didn't exactly catch 'em this time, though."

[Ameph Est Mako]

She looks at his hand and groaned at the wink.

"This isn't a very good place to catch Pokemon. Sure, there are rare ones out here but it's very rough even for an experienced trainer." she said as the door opened to reveal the Toxicroak again. "I'll be right back. Please, sit while I check up on your Pokemon." she said, going to the back. She wasn't like most Joys, obviously. However, she was the spitting image of all of the other Joys.

[Mystic Mina]

((I don't know very much about Pokemon, so.... Yeah, here's my ragtag team: Gardevoir, Lucario, Charizard, Glaceon, Metagross.))

"Uh, alright. I'll keep that in mind. See ya' later." Dallas throws himself onto a nearby couch and tries to make himself as comfortable as possible. There's something about this Nurse Joy that seems different. Maybe it's just him, but she seems..... Wrong. "Bah, I probably just need some food. I get a bit delirious when I'm hungry...."

[Ameph Est Mako]

The Pokemon Center was a small one but looked fairly new. By the tables, there were a few vending machines and a microwave, even. There was no sign of a cafe, though. Apparently, this Nurse Joy was all by herself in the middle of nowhere with a Yanma and Toxicroak and who knows what else. The Yanma twitched again. It now seemed to focus on Dallas.

[Mystic Mina]

Dallas nervously shifts around on the couch as the Yanma glares at him with its round black eyes. Bug type Pokemon give him the creeps, and this constant staring isn't helping Dallas feel any better. Why is it even there, anyway? Does it belong to some other trainer?

"Egh.... Maybe a soda will help me out." He gets off the couch and walks over to a nearby vending machine, trying his best to keep his eyes off the disturbing Yanma.

[Ameph Est Mako]

When Dallas got to the machine, he quickly noticed something on top of it. The Yanma was now on top of the soda machine, continuing to stare at Dallas. It's wings still twitching but more than before.

[Mystic Mina]

Oooookay, now things are just getting plain freaky. Why is this Yanma so interested in him? Why does it keep twitching like that? WHY WON'T IT LEAVE HIM ALONE!?

"Uh.... Yeaaaahhhhhh...." Dallas slowly backs away from the machine, keeping his hands out in front of him in case the Yanma decides to maim him. "You.... Uh.... Are you hungry?"

[Ameph Est Mako]

It tilted its head a little and flapped its wings, giving off its signature high-pitched buzzing sound as a reply but continued to watch him.

[Mystic Mina]

"Well.... Er...." Dallas doesn't quite know how to respond to the Yanma's buzzing, so he just continues to back away from the vending machine. "Jeez, I hope Nurse Joy is done healing my Pokemon. The second I get them back, I'm getting the hell out of here!"

[Ameph Est Mako]

After a minute, Joy came out with the tray of Pokeballs. She looked to the counter. "...Hmm? Commander?" she asked, looking around as the Yanma blew right past Dallas' head to its apparent trainer.

"Your Pokemon is all healed. We hope to see you again." she said to Dallas. "...when I'm not working..." she added, quietly to her.

[Mystic Mina]

Dallas breathes a sigh of relief when he sees the Yanma fly away from him. For a moment there, he thought he was going to get mauled....

"Thanks, Nurse Joy. I'll be headin' out now." Dallas, who was too far away to hear what the nurse said under her breath, runs up to the counter and clips the Pokeballs back onto his belt. "Say, since I'm here.... Do you know any places nearby where I can eat? I'm starvin'."

[Ameph Est Mako]

She lets out a laugh. "The closest place is the Ouskirt Stand which is about a 2 days walk from here in Orre. Then it's another 2 days walk from there to Phenac City through the desert. If you don't want to wait that long, my stocker takes a jeep here once a week to keep me fed and with supplies from Gateon." she said. "If you want, you can stay here until he comes. He should be here in about a day or two and I have some surplus food in case of emergencies...but...not much really goes on here. Just the occasional Pokemon Trainer or archeologist heading north to the Shinto Ruins or west to Orre's coliseums."