( Knock-knock by way of a gentle Murmur insinuation, oh, hello. Sparkling bright, far too chipper, likely at hell o'clock in the morning. A noble 6 a.m., by preference. )
[It's going to take a while to get used to people going knock knock in his brain. He decides to think of it as no different than them lightly buzzing him on the comms when he's in the Infirmary.]
[Fortunately, he's awake, though only just. He's used to managing a whole medical staff and the senior staff is usually on Alpha Shift.]
Sakurazuka Seishirou. ( Ah, but they don't love his name here, now, do they. ) The local veterinarian. I've been giving a hand with general medicine, in the absence of a dedicated professional. It's good to have you on board. But I'm afraid I'm not here for your handover.
( A pause. ) I understand you attended Sumeragi Subaru on site. Thank you. What was his condition on release?
Fortunately stable. We were able to take advantage of the powers of one of the people here and managed a whole blood transfusion. I had enough supplies to bandage and suture the worst of his wounds.
With proper wound management, he should make a full recovery. I'm going to follow up and make sure he has the right antibiotics and cleaner supplies for bandage changes.
Nobody owes me anything. I just want to make sure everyone is taken care of. Until we hopefully resolve whatever's happening with this place and can escape where we all want to go.
Wonderful. I've quite a few medical supplies that could use an expert's eye, you see. Medication, dressings, tools, anything that seemed useful. I'd like you to come with me and help me identify and organize use these things. I've no medical knowledge to speak of, and trial and error when our supplies are so limited isn't ideal.
My only request is that you don't share the location of where I keep these things unless it's an emergency. You may borrow whatever you wish whenever you require, of course. Does that sound fair to you?
In exchange, I'd like your advice on what would be most useful to look for and bring back on future excursions to the hospital. It can be rather dangerous, so our visits must be targeted and brief.
My lips are sealed on the location and I'd be glad to give you some instruction on what I'm looking for.
[He shakes his head enthusiastically.]
You have no idea how grateful I am that so many of you saw fit to store medical supplies in case a medical professional came along.
Even much of the expired medicine can still be used. For some medications it's just that their guaranteed efficacy starts to slowly decrease after the expiration dates.
I don't mean to boast, but I've got what's likely the city's biggest stockpile. I'm a merchant, you see. I sell my supplies. Though of course, plenty of the others have gone scavenging on their own. [ modestly. ]
Then simply let me know when you'd like to stop by. I'll show you the way, and can even provide a map if you'd find one helpful.
[ Whenever Julian is around the clinic and not clearly in the middle of something life threatening, there comes a knock at the doorframe and Megumi sticking his head in. ]
[Julian nods, looking up from a clipboard with a handwritten list.]
Yes, we have no patients at the moment. I've just been updating our inventory.
[It's Silco's messages that have him wanting to make sure they've accounted for all their supplies. If any medical supplies get isolated off for a subset of the population, well, they are certainly free to offer him use of said supplies if they need him to make a house-call, rather than him drawing from the main inventory.]
[ A nod that's somewhere between acknowledgement and appreciation. It's definitely made keeping on top of their resources easier now that Julian's got the medical side so well handled, especially when Megumi was only sure of what half of they had even is. ]
I wanted to tell you that I appreciate your response to what Silco's trying to organize. I'd like to keep Columbia unbeholden to anything like that, but it's a lot easier when we're all on the same page about it.
Well... it sounded to me a bit like someone suggesting we implement what Earth in the past may have liberally called a "neighborhood protection society."
[He looks back at the cupboard with a raise of both eyebrows and a shake of his head.]
The last thing this place needs is people striating off into gangs and that's the risk here. I understand some people have experiences that make them want to create organizations but I think our best chances of survival are trying to come together as a greater community.
Starfleet usually trains us to try to organize civilians that way in a crisis but I don't know how effective I'd be compared to someone that went command track. I've rarely had general command, I've more often been put in charge of organizing medical resources or helping build hospitals.
I figure the best avenue is maintaining as much neutrality of our medical resources as possible.
Yeah. I don't know the guy or anything, so all I've got is a vibe, but...
He reminds me of somebody I fought back home, and I don't mean in a good way.
[ Tokyo after the Shibuya Incident was a chaotic hellhole anyway, but the presence of guys like Reggie made everything worse by getting weaker sorcerers to work under him to lure in others for the kill. ]
[Julian has mastered the fine art of paying attention to someone and keeping a view of their expressions in his peripheral vision while having his nose in a PADD or looking at a screen to view charts and scans by now.]
[He employs that skill now as he works, occasionally glancing over during the conversation. It can easier for people to open up if they're not looking someone directly in the eye the whole time.]
[So far the two of them have fallen quickly into a very pragmatic relationship of trying to set the place up for the others. He hasn't taken as much personal interest in the young man as he would've liked.]
Do you mean to say someone back home is hoarding resources?
Sort of. Most of what I saw was a protection racket, but I'm guessing there was some of that too, given the state of the city.
[ Which, he realizes, probably needs some clarification, so -- ]
Part of Tokyo got wiped out completely, and parts of the rest were appropriated for...kind of a killing game meant to pit sorcerers against each other. Jujutsu society has always kept the existence of curses and sorcery quiet, because negative emotions produce more of them, but it got blown into the open, so mass panic was compounding the situation and the government was pulling out of Tokyo entirely.
I'd say the city wasn't quite as bad as Manhattan is now, but it was heading that way.
[Julian can't just pretend to be occupied with what he's doing now. That's a bit too big and too dire for him to. Instead he lowers the clipboard, leaning back against the countertop to look at Megumi with concern.]
[So far, he's accepted him at face value: a somewhat stoic young man, acting responsibly in a very kind way. He's accepted his help and tried to offer any help in return, with advice from his Starfleet training and experience on efficient management of the non-medical resources as well.]
[But well, they've both been very busy trying to set things up for others to survive. He'd gleaned just enough to understand there was some kind of system of cursed magic back home - and magic is a thing he's just...started to accept. While it sounded worrying, he had no clue it was that dire.]
[Now he's actually taking a moment to look at him. And regretting it took him this long to ask more about his life.]
[Clearly, he should've been paying better attention. He deserves someone paying attention to his mental well-being.]
I'm terribly sorry to hear that. I've been fortunate enough to not have been born at a similarly devastated time in my world's history, even though we had one a few centuries back, but I've been on worlds that were...in a state of deprivation. After attacks by the Dominion, for instance. Usually setting up hospitals or doing disaster management.
Bajor, the world my last posting was in close cooperation with, was trying to rebuild after a terrible military occupation by another species. I've been a physician to many Bajorans. There's...lasting damage.
[He doesn't get more specific.]
I at least have seen hardship, had to try to help others rebuild.
[It says something that he's sought those places out, rather than ignoring them in the blissful comfort 99% of Federation citizens live in. Where others might resource hoard - or simply ignore the outside world - he's brought medicine. That's his instinct, to go find the suffering and try to alleviate it.]
[His other instinct is to acknowledge he knows that being a visitor is not the same thing as seeing it happen to your home. That's why they've been trying to prevent a war with the Dominion, try to stave them off from conquering the Alpha Quadrant.]
But I know it's not even close to the same. Being an outsider to it. I just meant to say I know what it looks like.
[His voice is very gentle.]
I think it says a great deal about you that your instinct after personally experiencing something so dire, is, in this place, to try to make sure everyone is provided for. Especially at your age.
[When he'd been Megumi's age, he'd be worried primarily about grades and dating. And finding out he was an Augment, of course, but that was still a very privileged problem to have: realizing the reason he was so abominably good at everything just so happened to be illegal.]
[He hadn't suffered, dealt with seeing death and deprivation. And here Megumi is on round 2 of it.]
[ Megumi's never been great at taking a compliment, so he just kind of scratches the back of his neck awkwardly. ]
I need to feel like I'm doing something. [ There's so much he hadn't been able to do anything about. The destruction of Shibuya, rescuing Gojou... ] I couldn't stop a lot of shit from happening, back home. But if I can at least keep a few other people alive here, then...that's something.
[The humility and desire to do good is extremely familiar.]
You know, wanting to help like that, being willing to organize resources during a crisis - at your age, at that - means you'd be a shoe-in for the Academy back home.
[He's talked up Starfleet enough - and talked about how prestigious and selective it is - for the praise to be obvious.]
[He turns back to his inventory, just to try to make sure the young man doesn't feel too put on the spot.]
If you were from my world, I'd write the recommendation letter myself.
Couldn't be any crazier than going to Jujutsu High, I guess.
[ Starfleet does sound like they have a much more reasoned approach to...well, everything. Which isn't actually that hard, given the unfortunate realities of jujutsu society and curses. ]
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january | week three
Doctor Bashir, is it? Good morning!
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[Fortunately, he's awake, though only just. He's used to managing a whole medical staff and the senior staff is usually on Alpha Shift.]
Uh. Hullo? Bashir speaking. Obviously.
You are?
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( A pause. ) I understand you attended Sumeragi Subaru on site. Thank you. What was his condition on release?
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With proper wound management, he should make a full recovery. I'm going to follow up and make sure he has the right antibiotics and cleaner supplies for bandage changes.
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I suppose that's a silver lining in this entire debacle. That I was brought somewhere that could use a doctor.
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Las week of Jan, ish!
I have a proposition for you. Are you free?
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What can I help you with?
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My only request is that you don't share the location of where I keep these things unless it's an emergency. You may borrow whatever you wish whenever you require, of course. Does that sound fair to you?
In exchange, I'd like your advice on what would be most useful to look for and bring back on future excursions to the hospital. It can be rather dangerous, so our visits must be targeted and brief.
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My lips are sealed on the location and I'd be glad to give you some instruction on what I'm looking for.
[He shakes his head enthusiastically.]
You have no idea how grateful I am that so many of you saw fit to store medical supplies in case a medical professional came along.
Even much of the expired medicine can still be used. For some medications it's just that their guaranteed efficacy starts to slowly decrease after the expiration dates.
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Then simply let me know when you'd like to stop by. I'll show you the way, and can even provide a map if you'd find one helpful.
february, not long after silco's post
Is this a good time?
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Yes, we have no patients at the moment. I've just been updating our inventory.
[It's Silco's messages that have him wanting to make sure they've accounted for all their supplies. If any medical supplies get isolated off for a subset of the population, well, they are certainly free to offer him use of said supplies if they need him to make a house-call, rather than him drawing from the main inventory.]
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I wanted to tell you that I appreciate your response to what Silco's trying to organize. I'd like to keep Columbia unbeholden to anything like that, but it's a lot easier when we're all on the same page about it.
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[He looks back at the cupboard with a raise of both eyebrows and a shake of his head.]
The last thing this place needs is people striating off into gangs and that's the risk here. I understand some people have experiences that make them want to create organizations but I think our best chances of survival are trying to come together as a greater community.
Starfleet usually trains us to try to organize civilians that way in a crisis but I don't know how effective I'd be compared to someone that went command track. I've rarely had general command, I've more often been put in charge of organizing medical resources or helping build hospitals.
I figure the best avenue is maintaining as much neutrality of our medical resources as possible.
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He reminds me of somebody I fought back home, and I don't mean in a good way.
[ Tokyo after the Shibuya Incident was a chaotic hellhole anyway, but the presence of guys like Reggie made everything worse by getting weaker sorcerers to work under him to lure in others for the kill. ]
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[He employs that skill now as he works, occasionally glancing over during the conversation. It can easier for people to open up if they're not looking someone directly in the eye the whole time.]
[So far the two of them have fallen quickly into a very pragmatic relationship of trying to set the place up for the others. He hasn't taken as much personal interest in the young man as he would've liked.]
Do you mean to say someone back home is hoarding resources?
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[ Which, he realizes, probably needs some clarification, so -- ]
Part of Tokyo got wiped out completely, and parts of the rest were appropriated for...kind of a killing game meant to pit sorcerers against each other. Jujutsu society has always kept the existence of curses and sorcery quiet, because negative emotions produce more of them, but it got blown into the open, so mass panic was compounding the situation and the government was pulling out of Tokyo entirely.
I'd say the city wasn't quite as bad as Manhattan is now, but it was heading that way.
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[So far, he's accepted him at face value: a somewhat stoic young man, acting responsibly in a very kind way. He's accepted his help and tried to offer any help in return, with advice from his Starfleet training and experience on efficient management of the non-medical resources as well.]
[But well, they've both been very busy trying to set things up for others to survive. He'd gleaned just enough to understand there was some kind of system of cursed magic back home - and magic is a thing he's just...started to accept. While it sounded worrying, he had no clue it was that dire.]
[Now he's actually taking a moment to look at him. And regretting it took him this long to ask more about his life.]
[Clearly, he should've been paying better attention. He deserves someone paying attention to his mental well-being.]
I'm terribly sorry to hear that. I've been fortunate enough to not have been born at a similarly devastated time in my world's history, even though we had one a few centuries back, but I've been on worlds that were...in a state of deprivation. After attacks by the Dominion, for instance. Usually setting up hospitals or doing disaster management.
Bajor, the world my last posting was in close cooperation with, was trying to rebuild after a terrible military occupation by another species. I've been a physician to many Bajorans. There's...lasting damage.
[He doesn't get more specific.]
I at least have seen hardship, had to try to help others rebuild.
[It says something that he's sought those places out, rather than ignoring them in the blissful comfort 99% of Federation citizens live in. Where others might resource hoard - or simply ignore the outside world - he's brought medicine. That's his instinct, to go find the suffering and try to alleviate it.]
[His other instinct is to acknowledge he knows that being a visitor is not the same thing as seeing it happen to your home. That's why they've been trying to prevent a war with the Dominion, try to stave them off from conquering the Alpha Quadrant.]
But I know it's not even close to the same. Being an outsider to it. I just meant to say I know what it looks like.
[His voice is very gentle.]
I think it says a great deal about you that your instinct after personally experiencing something so dire, is, in this place, to try to make sure everyone is provided for. Especially at your age.
[When he'd been Megumi's age, he'd be worried primarily about grades and dating. And finding out he was an Augment, of course, but that was still a very privileged problem to have: realizing the reason he was so abominably good at everything just so happened to be illegal.]
[He hadn't suffered, dealt with seeing death and deprivation. And here Megumi is on round 2 of it.]
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I need to feel like I'm doing something. [ There's so much he hadn't been able to do anything about. The destruction of Shibuya, rescuing Gojou... ] I couldn't stop a lot of shit from happening, back home. But if I can at least keep a few other people alive here, then...that's something.
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You know, wanting to help like that, being willing to organize resources during a crisis - at your age, at that - means you'd be a shoe-in for the Academy back home.
[He's talked up Starfleet enough - and talked about how prestigious and selective it is - for the praise to be obvious.]
[He turns back to his inventory, just to try to make sure the young man doesn't feel too put on the spot.]
If you were from my world, I'd write the recommendation letter myself.
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[ Starfleet does sound like they have a much more reasoned approach to...well, everything. Which isn't actually that hard, given the unfortunate realities of jujutsu society and curses. ]