Dictation - x01 - [Video]

[drabsolutelynot]

[To put things delicately, it has not been an easy handful of days for Rosen, what with his team being falsely accused of being Red Flag while he personally had been kidnapped, had his face stolen, and on top of that the kidnapper decided to give him a shoddily done hair cut so his hair, while short, is oddly longer at different patches. Furthermore the possibility of a breaking point between Alphas and Non-Alphas being met violently in the near future weighs heavily on his mind. 

Therefore it goes without question that the abduction to a strange world and the welcome wagon of rust monsters and bewildering individuals armed to various degrees was the last thing he needed right now. 

And for this reason he spent the first several days primarily trying to find his bearings and to not get himself killed. 

But now a couple days have passed and he girds himself against his sense of exhaustion and disorientation to make an announcement.

For anyone who knew him before he disappeared, he looks significantly different. Clean shaven. Healthier. His clothes, while still english-professor-chic, are well kept.]

Hello...um...My name is Dr. Lee Rosen. 

[A pause as he takes a moment to remember exactly what it was he was going to say.]

I will keep this short and to the point. I am a doctor by profession, more specifically I am a neuropsychiatrist who specializes in patients with...well...unusual circumstances. But what I am guessing is more significant to our current circumstances as I understand them is that I am qualified as a physician. So...if there is need for one...I am...well...I am offering my services. 

[More out of a fear of letting himself be idle for too long in this bizarre place than out of a genuine sense of generosity or solidarity.] 

Aside from that, I have read the materials available to me about this place and I have already gone through the cycles of confusion and denial about the existence of this place to begin with so all I ask now is if you have any additional information you think someone new here should know...I'd be grateful. 

[An awkward nod]

Thank you.

(ooc: Rosen disappeared about a week prior to the intro log. So if you want your character to have noticed, please feel free.) 

Comments

[ghostlocked]

well yeah. lol.
i meant u said u specialize in patients w. unusual circumstances.

[drabsolutelynot]

Oh. Yes.

[Though Harlan cannot see it due to text, Rosen is running his hand tiredly through his hair to rub at his scalp. Here he had thought he was beginning to adjust and he cannot even get ahold of the things he said.]

Are you at all familiar with something called the Alpha phenomenon?

[ghostlocked]

cant say i have.

[Rosen mentioned the concept once, but it sounds like this is a different Rosen, so... It's probably best to start from scratch. Harlan doesn't remember many of the specifics, anyway.]

[drabsolutelynot]

[The answer doesn't actually rule out that much for Rosen. Even if they were from the same reality Harlan still might be unaware of Alphas. The DoD has worked tirelessly to keep their growing numbers a secret to general society. Something that has begun to make him more and more uncomfortable]

My patients are people who have, through abnormal physiological developments, begun to exhibit extremely heightened abilities not found in the average human being.

[ghostlocked]

u mean like magic?
magic im familiar w.

[drabsolutelynot]

No. It would be dangerous to refer to their capabilities as magic.

They are more accurately comparable to myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy or eidetic memory. These are strictly medical conditions which, while they produce seemingly superhuman capabilities, all have a solid basis in physiology and genetics.

[ghostlocked]

o. gotcha.
ftr magic where im from have a solid basis in physiology and genetics too.
im a sorcerer. magics in my blood.
but ur prob from a place where magic is fake or somethin huh?
fair enough.
thats cool tho.

[drabsolutelynot]

You assumption is correct. Where I come from 'magic' generally refers to something in fiction.

Or I suppose it technically also refers to what magicians at kids birthday parties do.

May I ask how it functions in your world?

[ghostlocked]

sounds like how most ppl here think of magic.
tbh i feel bad for u guys. idk what id do w.o magic.
uh. thats a big q.
for starters theres three main types of magic.
either u learn it the hard way thru schooling and shit. studying.
or u can make a deal w. some patron. like a demon or w.e. theyll give u magic in exchange for servin them.
always bad news imo.
or u can be lucky like me and just be born w. a natural talent for it.
somewhere down the road my ancestors prob fucked a dragon or smth.