second ☕✨ text (opening a clinic & a game!)

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Guete Morge, everyone!

I will try to keep this brief. I've posted once before but I imagine it's more likely that if you know me, you've met me in person or know a mutual acquaintance; my name is Angela Ziegler. I'm the doctor that has opened the Second Nature Clinic on level 2. It has officially been set up and I've worked up a preliminary amount of basic medications that should be familiar to most such as allergy medication, pain management, decongestants, and other such things.

More importantly, there is no charge for any of my services if anyone ever needs to come by or contact me. I'll also gladly come to you if you're not comfortable in medical facilities or don't wish to leave your apartment. I think we all know by now the effect we can have on others, depending on the time of the month. I want everyone to know that they're welcome, for any reason, whether it's for questions, concerns with the moonblessings this place bestows upon us, medical aid, or simply for a cup of coffee and some fresh pastries for the company. We are all here on our own and it's the least that I can offer to support others.

( You know, Understatement Of The Century™️, but moving right along. You can practically read the warm little smile like to be on her face if she were speaking this aloud. )

I've seen countless posts here seeking commiseration on feelings and effects people have experienced, worries, concerns— and nowhere else to put them. I hope you're all well and have found the answers you need. While I am primarily a surgeon and combat medic, I never mind listening or offering another perspective if you ever wish for something more private and a touch professional. You could call it part of my job to assist others in shifting their typical way of thinking into something a little more positive after a life-changing injury and its recovery.

I do plan on joining the trip so that a medic is present, so the clinic may be closed for a few days. If anyone wishes to post their contact information on the door for others remaining in Prismatica, please feel free to do so! I would rest easier knowing that there are eyes out for all of us, across both places.

And if you wish to know me a bit better, why don't we play a game? Two truths and a lie. Let's see, I'll start...

1. I once won a spider-catching competition.
2. I've spent more time camping than living in my house.
3. My favorite color is yellow.

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That's a great name for a clinic here, got to say,

2 and 3 are true, 1 is not?

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Haha, thank you!
It felt appropriate. 😊 If a bit silly.
But maybe that makes it a little more welcoming.

Unfortunately, 1 & 2 are a set!
I have absolutely won a spider-catching competition in the desert, held against the local militia.
I was camped in a ridge with other medical volunteers just in time for the migratory season.

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I don't know how else we're supposed to exist here. Sometimes we gotta laugh.

Do I want to know what KIND of spiders? (yes.)

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Sometimes you just have to; it eases the stress.
I hope you've had more good excuses to laugh, here.

And they were camel spiders! They're closer to scorpions, really, but they're not nearly as large as the boys thought they were.

( She's attaching a picture of very cartoony spiders, just to explain. The first shows a forced perspective sketch of a rough human shape holding up what looks to be a 10-legged spider that must be half a meter long, and then the next shows a little ruler scale that says "5cm" in the palm of a hand. It's clear with anatomy she has some skill, but the spiders were drawn on purpose not to be detailed. )

Now I believe it's your turn.

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[ BUT THEY'RE STILL CUTE IMAGES. oh no. who knew spiders could be so cute. ]


Oh, those can stay, they're cute.

Fair, so —
1. I'm skilled in various types of dance.
2. I speak ten languages.
3. I have a weakness for American junk food.

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( HEEHOO )

They are, aren't they?
They're not even venomous.

Now then.

While I know it isn't unheard of, 10 is an awful lot!
Is 2 the fib?

[divaricate]

[ now she wants one as a pet................ ]

Yep! I just wish I spoke ten. I'm only eight away, I guess. Maybe I'll just settle for a camel spider farm. :P

Also is there any chance your clinic takes on training slash interns, since I have gotten a feeling that political rabblerousers aren't exactly a needed skillset here? (✿◕‿◕✿)

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( Wanda no........... they have huge ass pincers!!! (they don't break skin but still) )

I have some key phrases tucked away in a handful, but I'm about the same, really. I'm from Switzerland, and traditional German and French are almost required. Then English, of course, and a fair bit of Arabic by now.

You'd be quite the terror with a camel spider farm! But we would be delightfully free of insects.
Maybe the good ones too, though.

I would be more than happy to teach you what you wish to know, though I would have to draw the line at "surgery"— I'm not quite that good of a teacher, certainly.
Were you interested in first aid, or something else?
I didn't realize I was speaking with a "political rabblerouser". Should I say "it's nice to meet you"?

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[ the huge ass pincers is WHY SHE WANTS THEM. :> fierce looking babies. ]

Oh yeah no one wants me on surgery; cooked thanksgiving turkey doesn't even want me on it. I think first aid especially for the people here who don't have just baseline human components. I have one experience helping treat an android and he was so far from what most are probably made up of that my own knowledge is super useless. :c

ahah you could, but I spent my days in protests against my country's "government"; aka dictatorship nonsense. so, I got stuck with that tag.

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( ok well that's fair enough just don't get bit, it hurts! )

Hahaha, I'll remember that!
I'm afraid that's a bit tricky to direct you on, seeing as I'm only familiar with mechanical components myself, and those I've met who don't fall into either mold have been few and far between.
But I think with basic knowledge you can adapt it to near anyone, really.
If they require more than stemming bleeding and proper wound packing or dressing, you will at least have given them the care they need to stabilize until the arrival of a professional.
May I ask about this android, however? I'm quite familiar with them from where I've come from.

That sounds like a better reason than most have for political rabblerousing. If that no longer applies, however, what should I call you?