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[valcurie]

 

Mercy here. If you need me, just say! No need to ask for special sausages, I'll gladly watch over you."

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[winddaughter]

[Her voice is very quiet--it's impressive the sound carries at all.] Ah, hello... I'm sorry if this is... sudden. It's just, I saw a comment you sent to someone on the network... about how you were a doctor? I haven't really seen any of the locals doctors. I....

[This is harder than she thought it might be. She usually only uses text for that reason, but she kept deleting everything she wanted to send.]

I don't know if anyone can really help me here. I guess it's... kind of a chronic problem... [She trails off, suddenly regretting that she did this at all.]

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[valcurie]

( Hearing the hesitation and the waning confidence the potential break-off, Mercy's first reaction is to rush quickly and tell her to please, wait, tell me what it is you need so that I may help you.. But she's a professional and she's dealt with patients like this before. No need to cause stress when there is already uncertainty.

So, when she speaks, it's with a calm and level tone, meant more to steady than to ease or soothe. She'd used a name if she were given one. )

Hello there. I am a doctor, and a real one at that! I am very glad that you came to me instead one of these quacks plying their barbaric version of medical aid.

Would you be able to describe your condition a bit? I probably can't give you a diagnosis without a proper consultation, but I may be able to determine if it's something I'm qualified to help you with. And even if I'm not, I will do my best to get you the help you need.

[winddaughter]

[This might be the hardest thing she's ever had to do. She wishes Dominic was here, not just for support. He might be able to talk about this in ways she couldn't. She may want to dream that the problem would go away, but she doesn't have that confidence. And if it hits her again, she doesn't know what she would do, other than to perhaps call Jane.

She was there the last time Anemone's head had been too much to handle.]

...It's hard to explain. I don't... know a lot about it myself. [And the details behind most of it are unlikely to leave her lips.] I get severe, debilitating headaches. Back home my nose would bleed but... that hasn't happened here, yet.

[There's a long pause, like she's fighting with herself to decide if the last bit is important or not.]

And I... zone out. Sometimes for awhile. I lose track.

...Nothing has been too bad here but I... worry. If it happens, I don't have anyone. They gave me injections at home [which had awful side effects, but the pain went away] but I don't know what it was made out of.

[valcurie]

All right, well first of all, if you ever need immediate attention, you can certainly contact me anytime. I have a lot of experience with emergency response.

( After that a pause as she considers. No nosebleeds yet? So that may or may not be a symptom she can take as a clue. For the moment she needs a bit more information. )

Have you ever noticed a pattern to the times when you lose time like this?

And if possible, is there anything else you can tell me about these injections? Do you know why there given to you? Was it to help your headaches?

[winddaughter]

O-Okay... [That's reassuring. She doesn't want to be a bother to anyone, terrified or not.

Her responses are consistently slow. She's both out of her depth and has far too many trust issues to count--especially with doctors.]

I haven't. It's only happened once since we arrived on the Station; I was... with someone. He didn't make it seem like it was for very long. I don't know if anything triggered it though.

[And then she clams up. She understands the basic concept of a doctor, sure. They can't help you if you don't tell them everything. But--but...

She doesn't want anyone to know.]

They made the pain go away. Sharpened my focus, gave me a clear head.

[valcurie]

( slow going it can be. she has the patience and self-restraint it takes to deal with the more nervous patients from decades of doing her job. it's important for a professional to not get ahead of herself. )

All right, so you don't know yet.

( she's stating it just in case there might be any more information she chooses to add. )

So it was some kind of medicine? If on'y they'd brought our medical records. ( a pause as she considers. ) If they were medicine, it's hard to say if I can do anything that might be able to help, but I can offer some treatment that should at least reduce your physical ailments. Are you familiar with biotics?

[winddaughter]

That's what they called it, anyway.

[Part of her is glad she doesn't have her medical records. Makes her wonder what a clusterfuck they were though.]

Honestly, I'll take whatever I can get. I'm not sure anyone can really help me, so... [It doesn't help that she was always under observation instead of constantly talking to someone about this stuff.] I'm not sure what those are.

[valcurie]

Well, if they thought it was making you better.

( but she doesn't say anything more about that now. she's seen what qualifies for medicine here, and knows what qualified as medicine in her own world not so very long ago, so there are plenty of reasons for her to doubt it had some gnarly side-effects. though if she's suffering withdrawals or symptoms of something extreme like leukemia, Mercy can't say now. )

Well, regardless, I will certainly do my best, and I will work with you so we can get you the care you need, all right? It might be a bit of process given the current circumstances but we will find a solution. As for biotics, it's a type of treatment evolved from nanobiotics. While the treatment is active, little harmless microorganisms will enter your body and try to fix any damage your cells may have suffered, and help those cells repair themselves and regenerate tissues. This can cure a lot of issues, but I don't know yet if it will cure your condition. You won't feel any pain during the process, though it can itch at times.

[winddaughter]

...

[She's not so sure she likes the sound of this.]

Can that help anyone? There's a lot of different species here. [Like some goat man. That's definitely who she's wondering about. Not at all about herself.] How do they understand what's damaged?

[valcurie]

So far I haven't met anyone it can't help. ( her voice brightens here, and for the first time she's openly offering reassurance. ) Do you know what DNA is? They have been engineered to read a cell's DNA, and to follow the instructions according to what they find, so they can help them regenerate themselves. It's not doing anything that a healthy cell wouldn't be able to do on its own.

If you'd like, I could give you a demonstration.

[winddaughter]

[What if your DNA is confused though... She doesn't ask it. She should. She knows. But she can't trust someone like this, not on a first meeting, not without being face-to-face.]

...What kind of demonstration?

[valcurie]

( for now, she's really not going to be asking questions like that. as much as she prefers to treat causes rather than symptoms, it doesn't really occur to her that some kind of crazy genetic engineering is the cause of her condition, though perhaps it should. she does have experience stabilising gene therapy however, given what she has to work with, it would be a stretch of her abilities to do anything more than relieve symptoms. )

I have two ways I could show you. I can wear a piece of my suit with this technology in it, or I can give you a bit of the serum I would be giving you. I can also take it myself, if you want to see what it's like.

[winddaughter]

I... I think I'd like to see it on you, first. I don't know if I'd use it myself even after, but I'm... curious? And cautious. I hope you understand.

[valcurie]

Of course. ( a smile she cannot see, but perhaps hear? ) I of course cannot force you to take a treatment you don't know anything about, or consent to it. I respect your scepitism. I think it's a sign of a healthy mind.

[winddaughter]

[Healthy mind. Right. She wonders how accurate that is.] Is there... sometime that's good for you?

[valcurie]

Any time is fine for me. My work takes priority over everything else, so if there's a time that works for you, do not be shy about it.

[winddaughter]

[That gives her some time to still pop up to the Station with Junpei then, and also breathe about her decision to actually contact this doctor.] Okay... How about tomorrow? Are you located anywhere specific?

[valcurie]

I can do that. Does the afternoon work for you? ( she has something in the morning, though she will move it if necessary. also, if the poor girl is any sicker than she says, she imagines she might have something of a weird sleeping schedule. ) At the moment I do not have an office of my own. I can either make a house call, or meet you up on the station.

[winddaughter]

[She does have a weird sleeping schedule, but it has nothing to do with her physical ailments.] The afternoon is good, and going up to the Station is preferable. [She can't imagine having to deal with Akechi potentially around, letting him know more about what's wrong with her after he was the only person to see her zoning out.]

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[valcurie]

( she switches now, briefly, so at least one of them will know who to look for. )

All right, I absolutely can do that. Let's meet in the cafeteria. After that, if you'd like, there are some private rooms near the medical area I've found to be pretty good.

( smiling as she says this, to indicate she has no nefarious intentions, but she has sensed enough of the girl's hesitation to know that there might be a risk of ought suspicion and distrust. no point in making it harder to help someone than it needs to be. )

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[winddaughter]

[That is reassuring to see a face. She doesn't almost switch herself, but only decides in the end since it makes finding one another on the Station easier, and Anemone is very easy to spot with her hair.] Okay, I will see you there.

...ah. Thank you for this.



((I donno if you'd prefer to continue here or switch elsewhere--I'm fine with whichever!))

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[valcurie]

( and, whether she's nervous or not, hesitant or not, sick or not, her hair and what seem to be her young age endear her Mercy. it's horrible to think that someone so young is suffering. any kind of hurting is awful, but especially when it is someone who has not yet experienced all that life has to offer, besides pain. )

You're very welcome. I will see you tomorrow.

[ ooc: here is fine, or I can start a log? I know my layout kind of eats comments after awhile so logs comm is a good bet lol )

[winddaughter]

((A log would be lovely then!))