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Dropping the joke completely at the sight of Sub's face paling, Night immediately moved to his side and gently placed the back of her hand over the boy's forehead, "GRAY, is there anything that can be done for him here? If only temporarily until someone gets back with that root? From the looks of it, he might not last long enough for someone to get all the way to Hoenn and back."

She glanced down at the boy and, in a rare show of emotion, looked genuinely concerned for him, "I realize you said a Dark Gem wouldn't restore it, but would one help him long enough for the others to get back?"

"I have one," Night said, temporarily disappearing from the room before returning with a single gem, "Been holding onto it for some time. Figure now's as good a time as any to use it."

She glanced back towards Amaranth when the other girl's voice broke through her musings, "Oh, hey Amy. I was just figuring if this Eonseng thing is as rare as GRAY says, it might take a little longer than expected to find it and get it back here for him. Now, GRAY, since I've never bothered much with these gems, myself, what do I do with this thing?"

"Orally....." Night said softly, staring down at the small gem for a moment, clearly thinking very hard on the matter, "No, GRAY's right. Even if we were to mix it into a thin broth and try getting him to drink it, it'd still be too risky for him to choke. Would an injection of it straight into his veins work? Otherwise, we'd have little choice but to risk it. At least it'd be easier to get him to ingest a liquid rather than the powder."

"I have the basic knowledge for giving injections, GRAY," Night said flatly, "Dad's a doctor. I've seen him do this several times, not to mention the few times I've given myself shots when I was younger. I'll have no problem finding the vein. As for the Machamp, I'm sure I'd have little trouble out of him should he prove to be a nuisance. Amy, you mind grinding this up for me while I go get what I need?"

She held the Dark Gem out for Amaranth to take before beginning her search through random cabinets in the room.

"If you're finding music, at least make it somewhat tasteful, GRAY," Night said from across the room as she began pulling seemingly random supplies from the cabinets. Eventually, and fortunately with no complications from Orderly, Night returned to the table with her arms full of supplies.

Gently, she laid them out on the table in the order of what she'd need. The small length of rubber tubing, the alcohol and small bit of gauze, as well as the needed injection needle. Now all she needed was for the gem to be crushed. The hybrid looked up and glanced around the room. Now just where the hell had Amaranth gone to?

Night chose to ignore GRAY's comment and turned towards Amaranth when she returned to the room and attempting to break apart the gem using, of all things, a reflex hammer, "No luck finding anything else I take it?" She asked softly before reaching into her tails to pull free a pokeball. Thinking on it, she probably should have done this in the first place, but she at least wanted Amy to have a chance at helping.

"Tatsu, see if you can grind that gem into a nice powder for me with Rock Smash," She said as she released the Charizard. It took a moment for Tatsu to really grasp where he was and what exactly was going on. However, the moment he spotted the dark gem he held out a clawed hand and silently requested that Amaranth hand it to him.

"I'm not so sure a reflex hammer will be strong enough, Amy," Night said slowly, watching the girl continue to pound away at the gem.

Meanwhile, Tatsu continued to hold his hand out for the gem. A soft growl vibrated through his chest, while not a very threatening sound, still conveyed his insistence that she allow him to crush the gem and get the matter sorted in a quicker manner.

"You can still help. Let Tatsu take care of the gem, I have something else you can do." Indicating the table of instruments that had been gathered for use, Night picked up the small length of rubber tubing, "While I'm preparing the powdered gem for injection, I want you to take this and tie it tightly around Sub's left arm, just above his elbow. Then, take this," she then motioned towards the bottle of alcohol and cotton balls, "Soak one of the cotton balls with a bit of rubbing alcohol and wipe down the area around the inside of his elbow. I'll need that area clean and sterilized before I give him the shot."

Meanwhile, Tatsu continued to stare at Amaranth, his arm outstretched and looking as though he'd snatch the gem from her if she took much longer in handing it over to him.