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[zen_en_vert]

Hello- everyone. Whatever we are.

My name is Doctor Bruce Banner. I'm- [not that kind of doctor, actually, but not going to overcomplicate this with semantics when the reality is he's perfectly capable.] -collecting medical supplies, and a record of who here knows what amount of first aid.

If any of you have any untreated injuries that you'd like to be seen, please let me know.

And a message, for going forward. One of the serious issues that we're going to have with this place will be dealing with the possibility of infection. Individually tailored cocktails of antibiotics are just not a reality right now. The supply of ointment is low.

That means that when you get cut, you need to take it seriously and you need to treat it immediately. Use soap, and warm water, and scrub your cuts. I know it's painful, if it isn't painful you're doing it wrong, but you need to take a soft clean cloth or a soft-bristled medical brush or sponge, and you need to scrub, with soap, under as steady a stream of hot clean water as you can get your hands on. Especially if there was dirt in the cut, or if you were bitten by some kind of animal. Obviously wash your hands as well before dressing a wound. So, that's the bad news, I guess?

If you need help, you can always get in contact with me. If you've got any first aid training, please get in touch here so we can pool our resources. Same thing if you'd like to get training.

If you're interested in helping, or learning to help at all, I have a building with electricity that I'm trying to clean and disinfect to the point where it will serve as a makeshift clinic until we can all get out of here.

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[unknowable]

Are you the one Ronan talked to? I'm Adam Parrish.

[Either way, he'll take any help he can get, really.]

I know a little bit of first aid, but not much. I'd like to learn more, I'm willing to help out wherever I'm needed in exchange.

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[zen_en_vert]

Yes, he mentioned you. It's nice to meet you, Adam. I'll be happy to teach you anything I can, no exchange needed at all; once you have the skills and are using them, that'll be a good service in and of itself.

I'd like to meet up, but I don't know how to give landmarks.

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[unknowable]

[Makes sense. It would take the pressure of having to tend to everyone off Bruce, at least, if someone else were at least a little trained.]

Yeah, this place is weird. Is your building near anything big, like one of the temples or the park? I might be able to find you that way. I have a few medical supplies, too - bandages and things.

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[zen_en_vert]

It's at the edge of the big park closest to the building most of us arrived in.

We should make road signs or something.

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[unknowable]

I think I can probably find it, then, or at least the right area. I guess whatever was here before us didn't need road signs.

When do you want me to come by?

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[whichend]

What if one, say, stabbed someone by mistake but they didn't mean it, there were just a lot of bears but, you know, it's still kind of that person's fault so they should probably try to help them?

Uh. Asking for, uh, a friend.

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[zen_en_vert]

That sort of thing actually happens far more often than you think. A doctor's job isn't to point fingers, it's just to get to a solution that gets everyone as safe and healthy as possible.

Is there somewhere I can come to help your friend's friend?

[whichend]

[ oh, good, he doesn't think it was her. ]

Uh, I don't know where he lives. I have kept my distance.

Also, what's first aid? I'm trained in several forms of combat. Should I learn first aid, too?

[zen_en_vert]

[Oh, Arya. Master of subtlety.]

Well, if you see him, or if he sees this, maybe now he'll know that help is out there if he needs it.

First aid is definitely worth learning if you mean to go into combat. It's short for the first aid that is given to someone who has been hurt. You check that they're breathing, and their heart is still beating. You stop them from bleeding. At the very least, you should know how to take good care of yourself in the aftermath.

[whichend]

I hope so. He's rather stupid.

Oh, that sort of thing. I know a little bit about that. I know how to dress a wound and make a few poultices, but mostly what I learned is that it's best to incapacitate your opponent completely and not get hurt. I don't mean to go into combat. I am in combat.

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[casperdisaster]

Um, I'd like to learn. I want to be useful and ... yeah. I think I might have more luck with that then fighting. I don't really know anything though. Like, other than don't mix booze and pills.

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[zen_en_vert]

Come over with Adam. The pair of you can learn together, if you like. I hear you know each other?

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[casperdisaster]

Yeah! [Noah smiles brightly at the mention of Adam's name.] Adam's way better at it than I am, I just want to help so he's not always stuck doing it. Adam, Ronan, and Gansey. They're my friends from home I mentioned.

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[zen_en_vert]

I know Ronan. I don't know Gansey, but I'm sure I'll meet him.

Come over any time you'd like.

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[casperdisaster]

Ha, that's funny because he's like our leader. Gansey is. Ronan's great too though. [The absolute sincerity that comes with this can't be faked - Noah adores Ronan.]

Okay. Um. If you're sure? I mean. Thank you.

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[greywaren]

[True to his word, Ronan shows up at the clinic the day after all of the hallucinations have vanished. He's carrying a messenger bag slung over his shoulder, and when he pops his head into the building, he's looking a bit worse for the wear than Bruce had seen him previously.

There's a nasty cut across one of his brows, branching into a lovely multicolored bruise on his temple. There's a similar bruise on his opposite jaw, both of which are a few days old at this point. Ronan's hands haven't escaped unscathed either- his knuckles are fat with swelling, and there's haphazard bandages on a few fingers where some of the burns have started to peel. Still, he doesn't really make much of a comment on it- he simply hikes the strap higher on his shoulders and taps on the wall.]

Bruce? You here?

[zen_en_vert]

Upstairs!

[He calls, and then pokes his head out, with a smile that fades quickly into a concerned frown.]

Ronan- come in, you can be my first patient.

[greywaren]

[He doesn't return the friendliness, but shuffles up the stairs anyway and sets the bag down on one of the chairs up there. His jaw is tense, and he doesn't look toward Bruce as he works, leaning over to fumble a little at the closure of the bag with his injured fingers before he finally gets it open and takes a step back, inviting Bruce to look inside.]

I couldn't find everything, but that's some of it.

[Inside the bag is the majority of what Bruce had asked for- gauze pads and bandages, needles and suturing thread for stitches, and even a small tub of ointment. The curious thing about it is that all of the supplies are in colorless packaging, off-white and vaguely sterile looking. The jar of ointment has no label or lettering on it at all, but Ronan has helpfully written 'antibiotic ointment' on the lid in a sharpie scrawl for further identification.

He shrugs.]

I'll get more later.

[zen_en_vert]

[Bruce nods, and pads to the sink and the thin supply of water there to go scrub his hands up.]

I forgot to ask for a few things, so I'll send up a new list before you do.

How did this happen?

[greywaren]

Sure.

[Ronan takes a step back, watching a little warily as Bruce scrubs up. His fingers twist into some of the leather bands wrapped around his wrist and he spins them idly- he expects the question, and he answers it with a noncommittal murmur and, after a moment, clarifies.]

...got into a fight.

[Is the long and short of it. I beat a man to the verge of death is perhaps a better answer, but one that would raise the wrong kinds of questions.]

This- whatever just happened, with seeing shit. It sucked.

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[dragonbite]

[ Not "wherever we are"? Hm. How weird.

And then this Doctor person just keeps saying confusing things which has Vaiz feeling like a question mark. ]

It needs to be painful for it to get better? So I can't just heal it?

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[zen_en_vert]

I think that probably depends what you mean by healing it. Bandaging, or something else?

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[dragonbite]

I could do that too, but I mean with magic. I know some basics with that.

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[zen_en_vert]

That's incredible. I'd love to hear more about how the magic works- we don't have it in my world, so my advice was more for people coping by themselves without it.

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[dragonbite]

You don't? [ Worlds without magic... There were things like that? ] Aah, I see.