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[video/action] Apparently misery does indeed love company

[ Hazel's managed to make herself sick. Misery and too much studying along with sleeping outside can do that. But even though her sniffling and the way she sounds a little stuffed up when she talks make it obvious that she's sick, that's not what she's worried about. ]

Does anyone have a way to cheer up when you can't do anything about what's making you feel down?

[ Her Espeon is half in her lap like he often is but, he's not showing much interest in what's going on at the moment. He's also looking droopier than usual. ]

I think my mood might be making Cloud sick. The lady at the Pokémon center couldn't find anything wrong with him but...

[ She pulls Cloud's ears up a bit with no reaction from the Pokémon. When she lets go they droop again. He's clearly awake though so it's not just the droopiness of sleep. ]

I'm really worried about him.

[ Noticing that Cloud looked like she felt is kind of the only reason she isn't similarly listless at the moment. ]

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"This depends. Will you always stay in that state of depression or will you feel like there's hope for the situation to improve?" Homura responded coolly.

I don't know. I guess I'll feel better eventually but I'm worried Cloud will really get sick if it's not soon. [ The Pokémon doesn't do anything besides close his eyes when Hazel wraps her arms around him. ]

"A psychic type and a horrible mood. Well the obvious cause is trying to take your mental stress upon itself," Homura diagnosed. "So if you want a reliable method I suggest that if there's anything you know you enjoy doing perhaps trying that will get you back into your daily routine. I'm not saying to do it all the time, but reorganizing a daily schedule might take your mind off your worries for the moment."

At the end of this, Homura did a really cool-looking hairflip except she always does that so whatever.

[ The idea that he was doing it intentionally hadn't crossed her mind. Doesn't seem like something he'd keep doing once it became obvious that making himself sick would only make her feel worse. ]

I'm uh, not sure he's doing it on purpose but I guess your suggestion might work anyway so, thanks.

"If there's anything I've learned from this world it's that Pokemon can get quite attached to their trainers," Homura commented offhandedly.

"Trying to help you to this extent makes it quite a brave one, don't you agree?"

[ Hazel strokes Cloud's ears thoughtfully. She still doesn't think that he's doing this intentionally but, if he is he won't stop if he thinks it's helping her. Which it isn't really. She feels just as bad as she did before he started acting sick. Maybe worse since him being sick adds worry and guilt on top of everything else. ]

He is brave but, I don't think he meant to do this.

[ She thinks he would have noticed that it makes her feel worse by now. ]

"Then it's probably an aftereffect. Which isn't particularly surprising I suppose..." Homura mused. "If he took in too much that is."

[ Hazel paused to look down at Cloud. It looked like he'd fallen asleep but, after a moment he lifted his head to look back at her. ]

I dunno. Maybe it would take another psychic to tell for sure.

[ Hazel hasn't really trained her senses for that sort of thing. Not yet anyway. It's way above her current skill level. She resumes stroking the Espeon's ears and he puts his head back down and closes his eyes. The stroking is soothing to both of them but, not soothing enough to fix the problem. ]

"There might be psychic trainers around but I think that would be a risky thing to do. If it is an aftereffect then my advice to get back into routine still stands. It will certainly stop you from worrying too much."

[ Hazel frowns. She's not sure how it could be risky for an experienced psychic to determine if Cloud did this himself or if he was just having a bit too much empathy for his trainer. Not that it mattered since she wasn't going to seek one out to try. She didn't even start out with the subject of determining a cause. ]

Wasn't going to ask any anyway. Still don't think it's the result of anything he did intentionally.

"As you should, who knows how legitimate their experience is after all."

"That's all for now it seems. Good luck."

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