(TW for blood, bruising, large bite wound under the cut)
“I’ll give you more patches and bandages. You’ll need to disinfect that twice a day and change the bandage once a day until it stops weeping. The stitches will dissolve after the wound heals. Then, you should be just fine.”
“Thank you, Mr. Lucky. Very much.”
"Happy to help."
"Now, about Joule..."
(Hello hello!! I wanna thank you all for being patient with me over the last few months. I really hope this means I'll be back for real this time, or at least more consistantly.
Anyways, this is just a small part of a huge collab I'm doing with @asksavel! Skins and I have been planning this for months and we've both been working hard on it. We're excited to get this out finally, even if it's just the beginning part lol)
“B-but… how…? She never had issues with food before!”
“….I knew there was a reason she wanted to lose weight…”
"I can't say with certainty as she didn't tell me, but these things can happen suddenly. One traumatic event can be all it takes for something like this to develop.”
"If you talk to her directly about this now, it may push her away further. And, if you will permit, I’d like to talk to her first on her own to better understand her mental health at the moment, and then formulate a plan for both everyone here,” he gestured around the room with two of his tails, “and also for herself. Does that sound fair to everyone?”
“I’d say that’s pretty fair.”
Coro and Taima nod in agreement. Ash still looks incredibly worried, however.
"I don’t want to lose her, Dew-!"
“I take this very seriously, as both a consulting doctor and a parent. Which is why I am going to make sure everyone knows what to do, so that Joule can begin the healing process.”
"If she needs to be hospitalized for a time, I can make sure she is well looked after with my co-workers, But I will only know how to best work with her, and everyone here, until after I assess her.”
"Now then, could you please show me where Joule is? I will speak with her now.”
"Y-yeah. Of course."
He starts to show Lucky to Joule’s room, but is stopped as Taima joins him.
"Tai...?"
"She’s not just your sister, knucklehead. I want to listen too."
Coro nods, and the twins show Lucky down the hall to Joule’s bedroom.
This form of Maushold is only found in the Alola region, where they adapt to the new region's humid climate and exquisite foods. It seems that Maushold resembles a family of Pokemon found in a small village called Iki Town. A third little one has joined the family, bringing more resemblence to the aforementioned family. No one knows how or why Maushold took this form, but researchers believe it could be tied to Alolan Raichu's strange mutation in the region as well.
Lil late to the party 'cause depression be damned, but I saw the BadEnd!AU goin' around and I wanted to join it before it was gone gone.
Anyways, I was gonna do Ash and Dew as well, but a few friends said that it'd be more fitting to do the kids because their "bad ends" could connect together.
Did the kiddos! Kinda simplified the hair for all of them cause I have trouble drawing hair. Besides that, made Joule’s ear markings bigger and added one to her tail to look similar to her siblings’ redesigns, and gave Coro and Taima little scarves along with some other edits!
OH GOODNESS THEY LOOK SO FREAKIN CUTE!!!
I'm so sorry that Taima and Joule's hair is hard to draw, it will happen again LMAO
I really love the colors on Taima! I know when I first designed her, I had a hard time implementing shiny Pikachu with shiny Dewott, but you did it so wonderfully, I really really like it!
AND THEIR FLUFF, OH MY GOODNESS, YOU HIT MY WEAKSPOT!!! I also love how Joule has little cheek fluff to match her siblings' whiskers, very nice touch!
(MASSIVE thanks to @ask-neontiger for doing this update in advance for me! It was a much needed big help for when I was really not in a good spot. And Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful day!)
Coro and Taima meet up at the library’s entrance, ready to head back home. Joule quickly brushes beside them and starts to walk off ahead of her siblings.
Well, I guess it was nice to get out of the house for a little bit.
See? I told ya you’d enjoy it a little.
Doesn’t seem Joule enjoyed it much though…
Taima looks in Joule’s direction and tilts her head.
Well, you and I know Joule’s been acting funny the past month or so… It might be a… moody teenager thing. Like you with your anger.
Ha-ha, very funny.
Coro stuffs his paws in the pockets of his onesie, feeling a slip of paper in his left pocket. He takes out the note and unfolds it, reading the message, with Taima leaning over to read it as well:
"Coro,
My name is Lucky - I was the blue Sylveon with long ears that was talking to your sister, Joule, at the library. I'm a doctor, and while I can't say too much on the matter, I have some concerns about your sister's health.
I will say that she will need you and your sister in the coming months, and all I ask at this point is to be kind to her. Keep an eye on her, until she is ready to come to you.