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Who: Mercy (

caduceusoncall) and OPEN!
What: Practice! Meet the doctor, if you haven't!
When: IC dates May 1st-3rd
Where: Medical Bay
Warnings: Medical talk may come up!

i. May 1st-3rd; practice makes perfect

[The good doctor is less absorbed by books and more focused on patients these days. She's put out the call for others to show up so that she can practice her new skill, as well as update Strange's charts. It makes her a little nervous, still. What if it doesn't work on someone? What if she discovers some anomaly she's not prepared for? What if nobody shows up anyway?]

[Angela puts those thoughts aside as she hears someone enter.]

Greetings. Here for a scan, or is something else troubling you?

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[ Once it's over, though, Maddie forces a smile on her face. A good poker face she might not have, but she's used to lying still. ]

St. Augustine is nice enough. Too many tourists, too many alligators, the humidity is terrible, and the heat is a lot worse than it is here right now, but other than all of that it's nice.

[Her intentions have always been pure. To extend the lifespan, to improve the chances of survival through age and illness. Never to hurt anyone.]

[Angela can tell she's said something wrong, but doesn't really know how to apologize without dwelling on something clearly uncomfortable. Instead, she returns the smile as sincerely as she can manage through the worry.]

I...see. And how about here? Do you like this place?

It's... it's not bad? It doesn't seem dangerous, as long as I stick to the main building and the annex. And there's enough to do around here that it's not boring yet. So the place itself isn't bad, I guess.

But at the same time, it feels like I don't have much purpose here. I don't have school, I don't have my part-time job. [ she doesn't have monsters to fight or ancient conspiracies to uncover. ] I'm kind of lost with nothing to work toward. It's like summer break except I don't even have a guardian to nag at me.

[ Her cat HARUMPHs at that declaration. What is he, chopped meat? Wow, Maddie. ]

I understand. I am lucky to have a profession that is useful no matter where I go. The world always needs healers.

[She pauses for a moment to think. It's a tough situation to be in, to be young and directionless and adrift and a victim of literal, actual universe displacement.]

Did you have any hobbies back home? I'm sure the androids would be more than willing to help you get the supplies necessary to pick one up here.

I ran a podcast, helped with school broadcasts, and did amateur radio dramas. But I don't think a mixing board is something the androids would have sitting around, and there's not much of an audience here for any of those either. [ She shrugs. ]

...And I collect novelty T-shirts. [ She points at her current werewolf shirt. Yeah, that thing. ] That's not much of a time sink, though.

I believe on of the androids is a mechanical expert. They may be able to help you set something up, or there may be an announcement system set up around the station that you could utilize.

As for an audience, I think you would be surprised.

[She winces at the t-shirt again. So she...sort of...s-she knows it's not a NORMAL t-shirt, at least.]

I am sure we can help you find a way to settle in more comfortably.

Podcasts and dramas, by nature, limit their audiences. When we're only at, what, forty residents? That's not a lot of people.

It would be nice to have something to work on, though. My podcast was about magic, and there's a lot of that around here, and a lot of different types of it. Audience aside, I'd have a lot of material to work with.

Maybe I'll ask about finding a mixing board. I'd probably need a program on the computer, too.

Many of us are interested in learning magic. A deeper understanding of all the different types could benefit the entire station, as well as give you something to research and do.

As I mentioned in text, I would be willing to transcribe some of the books in the library for you, if you'd like. That could potentially help you get started.

That's a lot of work to do for one person, I couldn't put you out like that. [ Maddie does not! Like troubling people! If Mercy hasn't figured that out yet. ]

If I got the equipment for it, I could stick to interviews. There's certainly enough people here with experience in magic, and that's just going by those I've already talked to.

...I'd probably need a good microphone, too.

Well, I am offering, if you ever change your mind.

[Mercy was made to be troubled! It's her literal, actual job!!]

I encourage you to speak with the androids about finding or crafting the equipment you might need. Restlessness isn't good for your health. Besides, the station could use more forms of engagement and you deserve to have something interesting to do during your stay. It would be a win-win.

I'll... ask them to keep an eye out for that kind of stuff, anyway. That shouldn't trouble them too much.

I already asked them to look for shirts and they ended up getting me like ten of them, so I'm not going to overload them with selfish requests.

Y-yes, you certainly do have an interesting taste in shirts.

[Angela flounders a bit, realizing that what she said was not very polite.]

That is not to say they are bad, of course! Simply that they are...unique.

Are they? I have no idea what they say.

That is perhaps for the best.

[It's a good thing Maddie can't see the face Mercy pulls as she eyes the obscene shirt. She can't tell Maddie what it says. Her mouth will not physically form those words in that order. Absolutely barbaric.]

A-Anyway, you are in good health. You take good care of yourself. You and Zel are free to leave if you've had enough of my prying.

[You are also free to stay and chat, but she doesn't want to keep you if you don't want to stay.]

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