[center][h2][b]Pokemon Day-Care - Route 117[/b][/h2][/center]
Diego fidgeted while he waited for the old woman to attend to them. The other girl seemed a little preoccupied with egg, and despite his usual social self he left her to her own thoughts while he warmed himself. Still he couldn't help but glance at them when the woman revealed the egg didn't belong to the daycare. [i]Oh shit.[/i] It was actually kind of funny. In a concerning panicky sort of way. The egg was in good hands now though. 

The Azumarill, Joy, returned and handed him a towel. Thanking her, he began drying off and made to follow the old woman and the girl, but was stopped short by her comment about a bath. Diego found himself blushing, which was weird. It usually took a lot to make Diego feel embarrassed. For some reason, this situation did. Maybe it was her age, just the fact that she was a generous host, or just delayed guilt at being so impatient with his generous host. Regardless, he self-consciously lifted an arm to smell underneath. [i]It's not [/i]that[i] bad.
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After helping Joy with the other girl's pack, he followed her down a hallway to a bathroom. As she led him in to the well-stocked bathroom and showed him to the toiletries, Diego became aware he hadn't even asked for any of this. It was just in the nature of the day-care woman and her Pokemon to be so hospitable. Making a mental note to pay them back somehow, he set the water running and began to undress. He considered taking a bath, but knew that he'd end up soaking in the hot water for an hour. No, best to just avoid that possibility and shower. He unconsciously took another whiff under his arm. 

After standing in the hot water an extra five minutes after getting clean, he came out and toweled off, only to realize his clothes were missing. True to form, they'd likely taken his clothes to dry them out. Problem was the rest of his stuff was gone too. Surely it wasn't all wet. He stood around awkwardly in his towel for a few minutes before he decided he'd have to venture out or at least call out to someone. Luckily, he opened the door to find Joy holding a set of clothes out to him. Sighing in relief, the young man thanked the Pokemon. Apparently she felt guilty, because she seemed to be embarrassed. "I really appreciate it. Thanks again," he said hoping to ease her embarrassment. Even then, he had to hold his tongue to keep form asking about his own clothes. He'd just search them out later.

They looked a little small, but a quick check of the sizing suggested they weren't far off from his own. He immediately regretted that thought as he tried to slip on the shorts. This... was going to be awkward. With some mild struggle, he got the clothing on. It was definitely tight, but the material wasn't too bad. He was definitely going to have to do something about the lack of underwear though. He glanced at the mirror to make sure he didn't look too scandalous, but it wasn't such a huge difference from wearing running shorts and a tank top, right? ...right? Joy's reaction told him it might cause some discomfort in public. Holding back a chuckle, he tried to assure her again. [color=lightseagreen]"It's fine, really." [/color]

She led him to a guest room and he was not surprised to find it very homey. A little old-fashioned, but he felt at home. It was small, but really it was about the size of his first apartment in Goldenrod. He caught sight of himself in the mirror. Grinning, he turned around giving himself a good look up and down. [color=lightseagreen]"Shit, I should be an underwear model."[/color] Of course, now that the idea had crossed his mind it was too good not to pass up the chance to post a picture online. He grabbed his phone and snapped a quick picture. He chuckled to himself. Cecilia was gonna give him so much crap over this, but it would be worth it. As he was typing up the caption, [b]"When you get caught in a storm and gotta borrow some dry clothes... These shorts make my butt look big? [color=skyblue]#goinhoenn"[/color][/b] he heard a tap on the window.

He tensed, startled by the sudden noise. Quickly hitting the submit button and tossing the phone on his bed, he walked to the window and pulled back the drapes to see what looked like a wet zombie outside. [color=lightseagreen]"What the hell, man?"[/color] Eyes wide, he stepped back from the window. He looked around, but he was still alone in the room and no one seemed to be in the hall. Turning back towards the man, he called out. [color=lightseagreen]"I'm not letting you in through the window, man. Hurry up around front. We gotta get you out of that storm, but you come in the front door like everyone else."[/color] He gestured to the man in the direction he assumed was the shortest walk around to the front of the building.

"Come on man..." 

[color=lightseagreen]"GO AROUND."[/color] Diego, still tense, gestured once more. The man disappeared from window, and Diego sighed in relief. [color=lightseagreen]"Sketchy weirdo..."[/color] The man seemed harmless and definitely in need of help. But put off by his insistence on coming through the window, Diego quickly pulled on his gauntlet and called out his Azumarill and Scyther. 

[color=lightseagreen]"Sapphire, go find the daycare woman or her Azumarill, let em know someone else is here. Zip, just go to the door. If it seems like he's taking too long, we'll have see if we can go out and find him. I'm gonna grab the guy a towel, but I'll be right there."[/color]

Zip bolted from the room, clearly intent on her duty. Sapphire left too, her self-assured and purposeful gait a huge contrast to that of the other Azumarill. Diego himself followed after Zip, popping into the bathroom to grab a large towel. He came walked to the front desk to find the man standing there now, dripping and shivering. He was eyeing the mantis Pokemon and the scythes on her forearms somewhat nervously. For her part Zip, was doing her best to be alert without being too threatening. 

[color=lightseagreen]"Man, don't look so pathetic. She's not gonna do anything. Here..." [/color]He handed the man a towel. As he wrapped himself in the towel and slowly dried off, Diego got a better look at him. [color=lightseagreen]"When did you last eat? Umm... all right look, so apparently dinner's in a little while. In the meantime, take this."[/color] He materialized a protein bar and handed it to the man. It was actually pretty old, but it should still be good. The man took the bar and unwrapped it with shaking hands, and Diego realized he was really trembling pretty badly. 

Unsure of what to do and wondering where Sapphire was, he looked around until he found a chair. Without really thinking about it, he walked over and picked up the chair and carried it to the man. [color=lightseagreen]"Okay, yeah just sit down there." [/color]

"Th-thanks..." 

He considered bringing out Toasty to help warm the guy up, but who knew what would happen if he freaked out and overdid it. A familiar blue ball waddled in from the back with a cup in hand. With a chirp, Joy handed the cup of tea to the stranger. He had no trouble grabbing it in the same hand that held the protein bar wrapper, so he seemed not to be in too bad of condition. Still, Diego held back a curse when Joy helped the man remove his soaked vest. [i]Oh right... the wet clothes.[/i]

Pulling on his hand, Joy gestured for the man to get up then waved Diego over to help her to move him somewhere else. Presumably somewhere he could change. But if Joy was here, where had Sapphire gone?