Unovan Rose Act 19 (Patreon)

Entering the lab, Rose remained on guard. While she managed to get through her interaction with Professor Oak all fine, there was still the chance of Gary and/or even Damien showing up to ruin things.

*Miss Rose, would squeezing my hand help?* Goodra inquired and watched as Rose's gaze shifted over to them. Reaching down to Goodra’s claw, she gave it a squeeze.  While gooey, the squishy feeling felt good on her gloves.

"Which one of my ladies do you want to start with?" Rose inquired and watched Professor Oak look over his options. Eventually settling on Haxorus, he motioned for the axe jaw pokemon to step forward.

"I'll try to make this quick, for both of our sakes." Oak explained and opened a door to an examination room. Haxorus entered, looking in Rose’s direction for just a moment. Getting a thumbs-up, they stepped through. By no means how they were expecting to spend today, it could very much be worse.

*I have my eye on you, old man.* Haxorus announced as Oak closed the door behind him. Grabbing a very long cue tip, they brought it up to Haxorus’s mouth. Reluctantly opening up for the professor, they got swabbed. *Is that all?*

Even without being able to understand, Oak very much got the meaning of Haxorus’s words. Opening the door back up, Haxorus rushed out. Taking their place beside Rose, that was Dragonite’s cue to step up.

*What was it like?* Dragonite whispered and got a shrug from their companion. They had thought as much. Turning to Oak, they entered the room. Waiting for Oak to enter, their attention shifted to the room itself. While plainly decorated, one could clearly see where a muk had very much been told that they couldn't be sludging everything up. Beyond that, Dragonite got why Haxorus wasn't impressed.

"Now hold still." Oak explained as he pulled out a second cue tip. Bringing it into Dragonite’s mouth, the professor took care in swabbing it. Setting the swab with the first one, he led the dragon pokemon out. In turn, Goodra entered the room. Standing in the middle of the room, they watched Oak reluctantly enter. Grabbing the third and final cue tip, they got to swabbing Goodra’s mouth. Setting it off to the side, he led Goodra back outside.

"It'll be a bit. I trust you can keep yourself busy?" Oak inquired and Rose nodded, gaze shifting to her pokemon. Getting a nod, she opened her mouth. Before she could get a chance to say anything Gary Oak burst through.

"Gramps, what is a famous actress doing here?" the researcher announced and Rose froze. Just her luck. Oh well. Better now than at the funeral.