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Elias was very worried about his son.
The other day he seemed fine. He was playing Elias' companion pokemon, Wooloo, and he was the same as always. His clever, bright, and wonderful son.
Who at the moment was hiding under the couch after Elias turned on the vacuum to clean. When Elias tried to look under the couch to look at his son- To see if he was hurt or anything- Joachim swiped and hissed at him.
"Joachim?" Elias was very very worried.
When it started, Elias had noticed his son staring into the woods with wide eyes, sitting in the grass. As Elias approached, his son's reaction was like a Deerling in headlights.
Joachim had issues walking, so Elias carried him back to bed. He brought his son dinner- Joachim completely ignored the utensils in favor of shoving his entire face into the plate.
Elias had hoped whatever was ailing his son would be gone in the morning. It had not!
Elias had been terrified when Joachim somehow caught a Pidgey with his bare hands and was just sinking his teeth into the freshly killed bird-
Elias had been bitten and scratched when he took the dead bird away from Joachim to get rid of it! Then Joachim scampered away, seemingly upset with Elias! He had called some of his friends for support, because he was really out of his depth here! He had planned to clean a little in the meantime, but it only seemed to agitate his son further.
(At least Elias had been able to dress him without fuss, Joachim also appeared to have forgotten about clothes)
At eight years old, Joachim didn't have any hearing issues he was aware of and he was perfectly capable of talking. But Elias was no longer sure that Joachim understood him. No matter how many times he called Joachim's name or tried to tell him he wasn't trying to hurt his own son- Joachim seemed to barely react.
"I just don't know what's wrong," Elias confessed, his eyes pricking with tears to Emma and Reanna.
In the other room, Frederica was yelling and swearing as she presumably was trying to get Joachim out from under the furniture.
"And there's nothing that happened yesterday?" Reanna asked.
"No, Joachim was just playing... I suppose there was a time I wasn't watching him- But it was less than ten minutes!" Elias fretted. "What if he got bitten by a rabid Pokemon-"
"Did you find any injuries on him?" Emma asked.
"No..." Elias admitted.
"We'll figure this out, Elias. You're not alone," Reanna reassured him. "I should go help Frederica," then Reanna left the room while it appeared by the sound of it- Joachim had bitten Frederica's hand and drew blood.
"I'll... Go make the call," Elias said.
After making an appointment, Elias came back to see- Uh- Emma appeared to be luring Joachim out by dangling- IS THAT RAW MEAT FROM THE FREEZER-
Joachim seemed to be sniffing it. Then made a face. He still accepted it, but was sheltering it away from the others. He still seemed very on edge, but at least he wasn't hiding anymore. Getting Joachim in the car was another problem altogether! Joachim did not like it and bit Elias' arm forcing him to drop Joachim with a yelp.
Eventually, they found that Joachim didn't mind riding on Emma's Torterra's back. He seemed to finally settle a bit, almost purring???
Elias' son is acting like a wild woodland pokemon and he has no idea what to do about it.
He sincerely hoped the doctor could help....