Nurse Joy, Day 19: An Odd Trip

A circle of people around a table.  No dogs and poker cards, no, these were Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys.  I was there.  I was...

...on a ship.  Not sure what ship.  Not sure how I got here.  There's a young man on the deck, dressed in a suit and smoking a cigar.  He offered me one.  I like cigars.  Not sure why.  I lit it up and began smoking.  I'm wearing my outfit.  My general white dress and apron.  I was the perfect Nurse Joy.

"You okay, boss?" the man said.  He had red hair and wore a hat.  Perhaps he was a Gentleman Trainer.  I asked him who he was.  He introduced himself as Chuck.  An odd name.  He asked me my name.  "Nurse Joy," I said.  What else would I say?

Rope.  I was tied to a chair.  Surrounded by...

...water.  An island was in the distance.  Chuck revealed the island was called New Island.  An odd name.

The ship docked and Chuck and I stepped onto land.  It felt weird to be off the ship.  How long had I been on that vessel for?  Weird.

A man approached us while smoking a cigar and told us he was Deputy Warden Pherson and he asked, "You the doctor and the nurse?"  Chuck and I both nodded.

Suited men that looked like police officers were stood around, eyeing Chuck and I with suspicion.  They didn't like visitors it seemed.  The Deputy led us to a car and drove us to a large institution for Pokémaniacs.  Pokémaniacs were people who loved Pokémon so much, they lost their minds.  There was nothing that could be done for such people.  They had to be brought to a place like this and... looked after.  There were many of them about in a garden, tending to plants and the like and all of them were in chains.  These people were prone to violence and murder yet to look at them, one would think they were as fragile and friendly as can be.

Chuck and I showed our ID to an officer.  As I was putting mine back in my bag, I saw the picture didn't quite look like me.  My hair was different on the photo.  My face was different.  This couldn't be me.  Perhaps there was a mistake...

"This way," said the Deputy, gesturing to an office.  There Chuck and I were introduced to the leading doctor of the institution that was the New Island Institution.  The doctor was called Doctor John Krabby.  He explained the reason why Chuck and I had been brought here.  We were to help with the search for a missing young woman who went by the name Pink McQueen.

...Lavender Town.  A Ghastly was floating in circles around me.  I was happy.  I was...

...being given another cigar.  Can't remember finishing the other one.  Never mind.

Chuck said we had beds prepared.  We're going to sleep now and we'll find more out on this missing person in the morning.

Sweet dreams.

Nurse Joy