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

[cadeuces]

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.

Comments

[itsknighttime]

nah i dont really care like even if it wasnt youre not hurting me

its not just healing but im not a life player so i dont know all the intricacies
you can bring people back to life with cpr too
so i mean its not exclusive except the cut head off thing
and nope the game chose for us idk based on what though

o
shit um
its dave strider no big secret promise

[cadeuces]

I suppose that's true enough.

And while you're not wrong, it would be nice to give people another chance to live appropriately, though there are still some things not to be trifled with.
I imagine waiting too long would have an ill effect on anyone.
Brain death and its quick degeneration isn't so easy to skirt around.

I'm sure the game had its reasons for where it slotted you!
And it's nice to meet you, Dave Strider the Knight Class.

( Yes, she's 1000% teasing you, just a little bit. Promise she'll just call you Dave like a normal person. )

[itsknighttime]

living appropriately is the fuckin nicest way i ever heard anyone say next time dont get your fuckin head cropped off at the neck
in his defence it was for a good cause and we had no choice
you know i have no clue im going to assume yes because deterioration is a thing and i guess none of the timelines i ever peeked into were zombie timelines so... take that how you will

haha holy shit
wow i sound like at least a hundred percent cooler when someone puts it that way
i need a walmart badge with that shit on it
tbh it was probably my bro somehow
that guy could do anything
almost anything
most things

[[He doesn't mind the tease, it's good natured and he wishes it wasn't almost to the point he should be afraid at how comfortable he is talking to her.]]

[cadeuces]

The Swiss are usually quite polite, what can I say?
But not getting your head lopped off is certainly preferable for most.
And avoiding a zombie apocalypse is usually favorable.

Scientifically-speaking, they wouldn't really be able to survive the deterioration from heat and bacteria spread, or function in cold climates for more than a few days at best. And that's with the benefit of the doubt that other factors even allow them animation.

I'll see if I can't arrange for something whenever we meet. :)

( She's totally going to make you a name badge or a medal or something with that title now. )

Ah, was he a player in this game as well?
So I suppose it's hereditary in a way?

[itsknighttime]

if youre anything to go by? fuck yeah
but yeah i dont think he liked it or anything
most people wouldnt
including the zombie thing like you think about it and youre like fuck id be so baller and then you die because youre too cocky
anyway yeah zombies are pretty unrealistic and so is repeatedly gettin your head lopped so im glad we agree on those things

haha id fuckin die
but not like dead die

[[An auto biography by David E. Strider.]]

um
tbh i dont know
if anything i got a suspicion hed end up being prince of heart which isnt as great as it sounds
i think the game counted him as a player but true to form he fucked off and did whatever badass thing he was doing and left me to my devices
then got killed so i mean even less answers
re no zombies so
you know
its whatever though

[[Says past Dave who doesn't know that his future self is dealing with said dead father.]]

[cadeuces]

No, I don't imagine they would.
And I would much prefer you not die, so perhaps I should hold off...? I can't go making you explode in emotion.

Were there a lot of players in this game?

Oh... I'm so sorry, Dave. I didn't know he'd passed.
Did you still have anyone...?

[itsknighttime]

its cool i cant die
which idk is that better or worse in zombie world?
haha nah im good emotions are for suckers
maybe
not sure
blowing up is though so we good

uh
four to start with
then later on we met karkat and his band of merry bugs
bugs died mostly various ways
thank god not karkat though
then we met four more humans

its okay
[[No it isn't.]]
kinda
sister survivedish
then met more players i guess?
its cool though he taught me how to take care of myself

[cadeuces]

Hmmmmm, I suppose it depends on the nature of how zombies came to be in this theoretical world— if it was a virus and you're infected, perhaps a quick regeneration keeps you from decaying.
Or perhaps the virus takes hold regardless. If it's simply genetic or organic and follows brain death, as if some other organ takes over, you should be just fine.
Theoretically. 😉

And emotions are good things, I promise.

Your life hasn't been an easy one.
I'm sorry there's been so much loss.
I know how hard it is to overcome that each and every time and how it begins to weigh on one's heart.

( Her insistence on saying as much is enough to encompass her intent— no, it's not okay. )

Still, you're young.
We all need guidance through a large portion of our lives.
Even now, I still feel lost, sometimes.
I just hope you find that support in others, with time.

[itsknighttime]

theoretically is usually the odds i beat
ill take theoretical zombification
when your last name is strider you beat a lot of shit by sheer skill

thats a prescription you can keep this time
im good that shit only gets a guy in trouble

[[It isn't okay, he knows it isn't, but if he says it out loud that makes it not okay.]]

aw cmon dont go all soft on me
honest doc its all right
im a guy doing a thing thats all

[[A guy. Doing a thing. That's a guy doing a thing.]]

[cadeuces]

Well, it's a prescription that can be filled at any time, if you change your mind.

I've been this soft my entire life; you've just yet to know me long enough to realize it.
Whenever I see you, you're obligated to accept one hug.
It can be a short one.