My ears are ringing...

[jou_kido]

...because I had to pull a shift at the clinic today and the kids felt it would be real funny if they thumped the diaphragm on my stethoscope every time Shin stuck his head in to distract me. It's not like I need physical stress on top of the emotional and mental stress just from the rest of the job! The last I checked, the only times you're

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[turntoash]

[Ash stifles a laugh.] D'you want me to see if kaasan has time to investigate?

[version_up]

Well, Jou-san, you certainly seem... busy...

[jou_kido]

I'm not sure if I simply got used to the workload I started with, or if I really am less busy these days. I mean, I still work a lot, but I don't feel half as busy.

Oh yeah, how are things in the real world? I hear the team is getting ready to head for Mexico?

[version_up]

Taichi-san, Hikari-san, and Daisuke-san, along with several others left for Mexico late last week. I believe Sora-san is trying to get together a group to go to France, but I'm not quite sure how her progress is going.

[bangledbracelet]

Dictionary time! Mina pokes slowly through the words.

Ah, poor Jou-san!

Do you really become called after excrement? o.o

So okay, maybe she doesn't quite understand after all.

[jou_kido]

Jou stares at Mina's response for several minutes before gingerly setting his fingers down on the keyboard.

No, they don't call me anything worse than Dr. Kiddo, except Shin, who thinks those kinds of insults lack imagination. I should make a list of things he's called me so far for future reference.

[bangledbracelet]

That is not kind of him . . .