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[anexcitableboy]

[At first the screen shows a blur of orange and a bit of floor. Then it turns, shakily, to show Jimmy not looking so good. Face drawn, eyes bloodshot and ringed in hollows, he looks a lot like death warmed over lying curled up on the floor of his cheap hotel room. It could be some sort of flu, but it's mostly a miserable hangover. One he's been nursing in private for most of the day, but his Cubone has had enough. After several headbutts had been ignored, Omi finally simply fumbled with his trainer's 'Gear until he got it recording.]

[Jimmy's been holed up with cheap booze and packaged meals, the realization of his situation having come upon him hard and all at once. He wasn't about to wake up back home. This wasn't some quick little vacation from reality. This was his damned life now and that was scarier than almost anything else that had happened to him these last few months.]

[But the booze had run out, and his money was about to, so here he is in the middle of an unplanned drying out and when he sees Omi set down the 'gear he groans.]

Jesus, what'd ya go and do that for? Nobody wants to see this... hey, turn it back a sec.

[And only when the screen is facing down does he stretch and grabs the machine, rolling over onto his back and making sure his bare hands are out of screen.]

Sorry. Feeling under the weather and Omi's all freaked out, I guess. I dunno if he was trying to call somebody or something, but...guess I look pretty bad, by Pokemon standards. Guess I should be lucky I had pants on when he did it, huh.

But since this is beaming out into the 'gear wavespace or whatever... what do they got around here that's good for churning guts?

And cheap.

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[angerpoints]

[... you know, being the child of an alcoholic parent, it's really kind of hard for Yusuke to see someone curled up on the floor like that and not immediately assume they've been hitting the bottle. Then again, the guy says he's under the weather, so who knows, maybe he's just got a bad bug or something. Either way, he's gonna turn the 'Gear on and wave a bottle of liquid at him, taking care to hold it so that the label's facing the screen.]

Palpito-Bismoad. Takes care of nausea, the runs, you name it. I take it with me when I'm on the road. Helps when all the hiking's liquidating my bowels, y'know what I'm saying?

[Gee, thanks for sharing, Yusuke.]

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[anexcitableboy]

That sounds like exactly what I need right now, thanks. Palpito Bismoad.

[He gets a good look at the label, through bleary eyes.]

Think the hotel gift shop'd have it?

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[angerpoints]

[Satisfied that the guy now knows what to look for, Yusuke leans back in his chair and begins tossing the bottle up and down, shrugging at his question.]

Dunno. Maybe. If not you'll probably find it at the Pokemart. They got a whole row of anti-shit meds there.

[Most of them with cutesy mascots on the label. Y'know, because that combination makes sense, friggin' Jigglypuffs and medicine that keeps you from... well, anyway.]

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[anexcitableboy]

I really hope the gift shop has it.

[He doesn't want to walk to the Pokemart. It's not far, but it seems like it at the moment.]

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

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[angerpoints]

Sure.

[Yusuke pauses. Now that he's duly done his good deed for the day, he figures now would probably be as good a time as any to just hang up and let What's-His-Face here get on with it, but after seeing the way the dude was laid out a few minutes ago...

Well. Let's just say he can't help but be a little curious.]

So what happened? You catch something, or didja just party too hard last night?

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[anexcitableboy]

Well, it wasn't much of a party, but yeah. Drank too much, and too much cheap stuff.