paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Pokemon Nurse. 26. Nimbasa City. Hello, I'm Sid Chopra, AKA Siddharth but please don't ever call me that. I'm a Pokemon Nurse traveling the region of Kanto in hopes of furthering my knowledge of Pokemon medicine and finding out which pick-up lines work on the Nurse Joys (no luck so far). If you can't find me at the Pokemon Center, you can usually find me on the road with my Cleffa, Luna. Typically with s'mores stuck to my face.

[nimbasasid]

kcylies·:

“I think that’s what most people would consider an unpopular opinion, not a hot take.” Kaylie reassured the older male with a small grin.

“I’m not exactly up on all the ‘hip’ lingo,” Sid said with air quotations. “But is there a difference between those two things? I thought that was what a hot take was, but apparently I was sorely mistaken.”

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jubilifehayley·:

“That’s okay, it’s just one drink!” Hayley reassured him, feeling guilty for poking holes in his statement. She liked little paper umbrellas, after all! She didn’t want to do them a disservice here. Even as she said that, though her brain started thinking of all the other things she could drink out of the flute besides sparkling rose, like actual champagne, mimosas, bellinis… “Or okay, it’s just a few drinks, but paper umbrellas are still awesome! You look awesome!” she gushed, looking on happily as he situated the umbrella in his own hair. “You look more like an Alolan tourist than a Kalosi, though. Or at least, I assume you do – I’ve never actually been to either, but ugh, gosh, I’m dying to get there someday, I want to see it all!”

“Personally I’m not much on champagne unless it’s mixed with something, preferably orange juice.” Sid thought on it for a moment. “Maybe the real reason I like the umbrellas so much is that the come almost exclusively drinks that are pretty much juice with a little alcohol.” Sid nodded, “I don’t look ritzy enough to pass for being from Undella Town. Alolan works though, I can’t afford to vacation there either but it’s a nice dream,” He mused, imagining himself lying on a cabana in a printed shirt. “We should add it to our bucket list.”

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palletcorreia·:

“That’s just because they’re not secure in their sexuality and feel the need to prove how macho they are by drinking things that taste like actual dirt.” Sofia had never been much of a beer person, preferring to stick with spirits when she drank. “If you’re going to ingest that many liquid calories, it had better taste good.” She could see him eyeing up her umbrellas and immediately plucked one from her drink and handed it to the man. “Now we’re even and don’t tell anyone, but…I have an inside man,” she mock whispered, putting her hand up to her face to ham up the secrecy.

“Arceus, why does manhood always have to be linked to the worst possible things? Sports, beer, body odor,” Sid shook his head. “I never stood a chance.” He gaped at the woman in fake shock, “Excuse me, I don’t need to be shamed for my calorie choices. We’re going to be ‘roughing it’ with backpacks heavier than my Pokemon. That should be worth at least the sugar in a couple of pink drinks.” He raised an eyebrow, “You’re friends with the barkeep?”

[undcrcstimatedv2]

Silver was convinced he was drunk or mildly tipsy when he accepted the invitation to be here at Oak’s party. Silver was more of the quite, loner type…This definitely had him out of his element. Plus, he should be training with his Mienfoo. Right now it only knew pound, meditate, and detect…And he wanted to increase that. “How much longer do you think this party is going to be?” Silver couldn’t help but ask the person that was suddenly by him.

[nimbasasid]

“Well, judging by the overall energy level of everyone here I’d say it’s not long for this world.” Sid shrugged, looking around the room. “But then again I might just be speaking from personal experience since I had a few too many margaritas.”

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|| Open ||

“Sit, no, sit. No, n-oh,” Roman sighed as his Rockruff ran off to greet whoever had entered the small training room, his pokeball shrinking as he tucked it back onto his belt.. They had been working on dashing before the pokemon had gotten bored, preferring to sniff out every inch of the new environment rather than listen to him. 

“Sorry, about that,” he said, scooping up the squirming pokemon before he burrowed into the nook of Roman’s arm, content to be carried, “he’s real friendly, just hates being in the ball, and listening to me, apparently.” 

[nimbasasid]

“It’s not problem,” Sid smiled at the man and his dog. “I’m lucky and my Clefairy is pretty calm, but I’m a nurse so I see a lot worse cases then this happy boy.” He said, looking affectionately at the Rockruff. “Electric Pokemon are the worst, being shocked is not fun.”

[ohfionajust-deactivated20200624]

fiona looked down at her silver slippers, bouncing on the balls of her feet. she had a shirley temple in one hand, her cubchoo in the other wrapped in her arm’s grip like an actual teddy bear. however, the cubchoo, always the reckless type, jumped out of her arms and sprinted towards a large ice statue, running in between someone’s legs. “catch that cubchoo!” she screeched, running after her pokemon.

[nimbasasid]

Sid looked up just in time to see a Cubchoo running by him and a girl following it. “Sorry!” He called after them. “I really don’t think I’m the kind of person that’s well-suited to aiding in a physical pursuit!”

[undcrcstimated]

“So…” Andrew asked with a raised eyebrow. “What’s your type?” Andrew asked the other after the two of them had been sitting near each other but not saying anything for a few moments. “Pokemon type.” He clarified, just in case. 

[nimbasasid]

“Well,” Sid thought about it for a moment. “Probably Psychic or Fairy with a little bit of Grass mixed in. They have the most healing moves and I’m a nurse so it’s kind of necessary in my job. What about you, you got a type?” He flashed a smile, “Pokemon or otherwise?”

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ingrrid·:

« “Ha! Wouldn’t just that be the worst?” she agreed, playing with her partner Gastly who was floating right around her head. “Actually, I think that fake “banana” flavor is worse,” creating finger quotes in the air, “it’s not even banana, it’s just yellow.” »

“The only thing that could possibly compare to how bad it is would be that gross citrus flavor they use for daytime. Being sick is bad enough without fighting against taking medicine.” Sid winced, “Fake banana is pretty bad, even in candy. I remember always trying to pawn off the banana runts as a kid.”

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rianstone·:

“sounds like a load of bullshit,” rian admitted, almost instantly wishing she’d kept her mouth shut. “sorry,” she added automatically, flashing a small smile, “i’m definitely just not a fan of the umbrellas in drinks.” she held up her simple gin and tonic as proof with a small shrug. “don’t the umbrellas just get in the way anyways?”

“Wow,” Sid said giddily. “Someone has an unnatural hatred of mini umbrellas.” He looked at the gin and tonic. “It definitely depends on the shape of the glass, and it also helps if there’s fruit to anchor it. There wouldn’t be much in...that,” He said slowly, unable to identify whatever the perfectly clear liquid was. “To keep it afloat.” He looked at her glass again, “Besides, putting a lime wedge in your hair after the fact just isn’t as fun.”

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risingxacextrainer·:

Andrew chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. “It was just a joke. But I wouldn’t put it past them to do something to the trainers to leave the pokemon in a more vulnerable spot.” 

“I guess it’s probably not the worst idea in the world to keep an eye out for people spiking the drinks now that you say it,” Sid said, suddenly very aware that he’d been paying little if any attention to his glasses all night. “If they have poison types or even bugs, it’d be all too easy to put a little stunning powder or something in there.”

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jubilifehayley·:

“You think?” Hayley asked, looking down at her sparkling rose morosely. There was no umbrella in sight, and it suddenly seemed completely boring next to her companion’s drink. That just wouldn’t do! Quick as a flash, she reached out towards a stranger walking by’s drink, grabbing their umbrella as they walked past, praying they didn’t take notice. When they were safely out of her way, Hayley plunked the umbrella down in her drink and attempting to take a sip. With the champagne flute, though, the result was just that her umbrella covered her beverage completely, and she found herself staring at a soggy umbrella in the end. “Okay, this is working way better for you than for me. Next time I need to stick to my usual plan, I take them out of my drinks and put them in my hair for fun decoration.”

Sid watched as the girl pulled an umbrella out of a stranger’s drink before he could interject and covered the entire top of her champagne flute with it. He tried to suggest she might not want to do that but she was already downing the drink before it was too late, leaving the umbrella mostly ruined. “Maybe champagne glasses aren’t designed for this,” He admitted, feeling slightly defeated. “But hair decorating sounds fun,” He was just tipsy enough that stealing an umbrella from a passerby’s drink to put in his hair seemed like a good idea and he plopped the one he grabbed atop his head. “What do you think? Do I look like one of those Kalosian magazines?”

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ingrrid·:

« Looking down at her own drink that was not only completed with a slice of lemon but also a similar umbrella in purple, Ingrid laughed at the other’s comment. “Yeah, I think mine is grape flavored,” she joked along, picking up it up from the edge of the cup. »

He nodded approvingly at her little purple umbrella. “Grape?” He pulled a face. “I hope it’s not that fake cough medicine taste.”

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xxromxnxx·:

Roman eyed the brightly colored drink wearily, his face scrunching in distaste. He could never understand the purpose of drinking anything other than a beer, or, if the occasion called for it, an old fashioned, but he had to admit that the small umbrella perched in the man’s glass did look fun at the very least. 

“I’m pretty sure that’s just all the extra sugar,” he chuckled, sloshing his own beer in its bottle, “but it does add a nice touch. Think I could convince the bartender to drop one in my next beer?” 

Sid thought on that for a moment. “It’s entirely possible, I do love sugar in basically anything. But I do think the umbrella adds a little something, there’s a lot of studies that link taste to presentation. Like do you remember all those weird purple and green colored ketchups they made in the early 2000s?” He frowned, “Sadly, the bartender refused my request for maraschino my Pokemon. So he doesn’t seem like the fun type.”

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courmarinechausse·:

Nicole looked down at her glass of wine. It suddenly felt really, really boring. “Wow, you’re making me feel really lame for my white wine now. I do love a good mixed drink but I can’t handle them, they go straight to my head.”

“No-one says you can’t have an umbrella with white wine!” Sid protested, looking sadly at her umbrella-less glass. “What I’m saying is that all drinks should have them. Even if you have to tape them to the side of the bottle.”

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palletcorreia‌:

Sofia raised an eyebrow at the man next to her and took a swig from her drink that bore not one, not two, but three mini umbrellas in it.  “I thought that for it to be a hot take, it had to be an unpopular opinion? What’s unpopular about cocktail umbrellas?”

“Okay, so I may not be up on all the hot young lingo, but it’s not ordinarily a popular opinion. At least not among other men, they tend to be very drink beer and pretend it doesn’t taste terrible,” He scrunched up his face. “Like why are brew tours a thing? I don’t want to go get even shittier beer that has chipolte sauce or oatmeal mixed in. I want to go somewhere that can make me a good margarita.” He glanced over at her drink, which had several tiny umbrellas in it and suddenly felt shafted. “How did you bribe the barkeeper to give you all those? He wouldn’t even give me extra maraschino cherries for my Pokemon.” Well, most of them were for Luna. He was only going to eat one or two.

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risingxacextrainer·:

Andrew couldn’t help but to chuckle as he heard the other man’s words and shook his head. “Sure, sure…Whatever you want to tell yourself.” Andrew said with a grin on his face. “Or perhaps the umbrella is releasing a drug into your drink?” Andrew joked/teased.

Sid gave the other man an odd look, “I don’t know what your problem with tropical drinks is but I don’t need to tell myself anything, their deliciousness speaks for itself.” He furrowed his eyebrows, “Last I knew Team Rocket wasn’t poisoning people, just Pokemon, but hopefully the antidote in my bag would do the trick either way.”

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emiliajcnes·:

“I admittedly have not drank a whole lot in my life but I agree!” Emilia laughed, holding up her own drink with umbrella in solidarity. “I love umbrellas, not only do mixed drinks taste a thousand times better than beer but they also just give you the vibes of being on a tropical beach. Who doesn’t want that?”

“I’m not normally a heavy drinker myself, but hey when there’s an open bar might as well have a bit of fun.” He smiled as he saw she had an umbrella in her drink too. “I’m glad I’m not the only beer hater around. I’m not admittedly crazy about wine either, unless it’s in sangria. But yes! That’s exactly it, the tropical beach feeling. I wonder if there’s anywhere to get one if I get to Cinnabar, it would be nice to actually drink one on the beach for once instead of just imagining it.”