revivalproject | Paging Dr. K.

WHO: Eddie and YOU
WHERE: Network and the Temba Hospital
WHAT: Office Hours
WHEN: Uuuhhh whenever?
WARNINGS: Language

Network

[Eddie hates using the communicator like this... he never even liked Skyping back home, damnit! But he'll make an exception for this. It takes him a moment to be sure the thing's working before he clears his throat and speaks.]

Um. Yeah. Hi. I'm not about to go wandering around underground or run off to the other city, but I want to make myself useful around here somehow. So I'm going to start spending time at the hospital every day. That way if people need medical attention they can just, you know, come in...

[He pauses. Wow this sounds so fucking awkward. He sighs, scrubbing a hand over his face. Frowning a little, he gestures sharply with his hand.]

Listen, I shouldn't have to explain how a fucking clinic works. We're all reasonably intelligent people here. I'll put up a sign or something with the hours I'll be there.

Clinic

[Just like he said, he posts a sign with rough hours he'll be there. Not wanting to take up all of his time doing this, he basically blocks out a few hours each morning and afternoon, with two evenings a week. It's all in Earth time so sorry to anyone who doesn't know how that works. He also leaves a note for anyone to send him a message directly if it's an emergency.

He's picked out a few rooms to work as a waiting area, office, and exam rooms. He might not be a doctor, but with the knowledge he got from the data point he's reasonably certain he can help people with most things. And, hey, it's the least he can do since he's not the adventuring type.

The not-doctor is in if anyone wants to pay him a visit!]

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Ah, you'll let me know if you need bandages or gauze, yes? I suppose I should ask it of all of our medics, but I believe it is even more important to offer now.

The bandages I make are infused with spells to encourage healing and reduction of scars.

Billy was right. These were words that Tommy wasn't exactly prone to. In fact the fill in the gap with any name and you'd have an equally true statement. But the fact of the matter was that someone needed to look at Tommy's leg, even after the magical healing. And Eddie was the one there when Tommy wandered in one evening. An evening that, coincidentally, Eddie was there. He wandered in, not exactly hoping someone would be there, but also not ready to assume no one was either.

So he wandered in to what looked like... WEll, it looked like someone had taken Space-Ikea furniture and the stuff left over in the hospital and set up a waiting room. Great.

"Shit, man, I'm half expecting to sit down and see a seven month old People magazine, this is so cliche."

[Eddie is gonna kick his ass. Richie doesn't even want to go to the clinic at all but the other options seem way worse. Besides, Eddie will find out eventually and it's better to just rip the bandage off now.

But he was still going to kick his ass. Once he was done fixing it up.]

Hellooooooo nurse!

[Disarm with comedy. Always works well. Maybe then Eddie won't notice how he's limping. Or how there's a bit of blood on the side of his head.

Maybe more than a little bit but he pretends to look at something against the wall so he can hide that side away from his friend.]

Sooo. How's business? Saving the world? Fixing up all the intrepid explorers, Dr. K?

[ When the video reply turns on, there's a young teenager with bright green eyes and a confused expression looking back at Eddie. ]

What's a hospital?

[ He shouldn't have to explain how a clinic works, but sea monsters don't have those, so here we are. Sorry, man. ]

Clarice limps through the door, otherwise looking in fine spirits. There are a few shallow cuts and scratches, but the limp is the worst of it, and she's leaning on a walking stick she fashioned for herself so as not to aggravate things.

"Hey, thanks for the sign," she says with a mischievous smile. "I almost forgot how a - what did you call it? - fucking clinic worked."

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