hadriel | 002 [Video]

[Aside from having a new--or maybe not new, but different--hat that may have suffered a little bedazzling, Connor looks pretty much the same as last time he spoke on the network. He has something somewhat less abstract to talk about this time, but it's even more serious.]

Although the Clinic is well-suited to the needs of many here, and that's a great accomplishment in this situation, it's unable to provide assistance to a portion of the population that needs non-standard medical treatment.

[Mostly, as far as he knows, that's a problem for individuals who might be mechanically-based, although he isn't ruling out that there might be other types of beings he doesn't know about who also can't be helped with standard medical treatment. So he's being general right now, trying to account for everyone, which also helps in keeping things vague as far as individual people and what they might need.]

Because worlds vary, finding those with the skills they need to help these people might be difficult, but at the very least we can make sure those who can't go to the Clinic have the basic supplies necessary to take care of themselves. But again, because worlds vary, we won't know what all those supplies are unless we compile a list. I know there's an option on these phones to hold private conversations, if anyone may be concerned about giving specifics information about themselves, so supplies on the list can be added mostly anonymously.

[With any luck that means he can add some things to the list himself and no one will know who they're for. He'd like to avoid ending up in a situation in which he bleeds to death from an otherwise treatable injury just because there's no thirium available here.]

Additionally, since necessary items are likely to require making arrangements with the gods, if anyone is willing to help with that please let me know.

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I don't know, exactly. I've never spoken with them about it, I've just heard it's possible.

[And he'd prefer not to, hence asking for volunteers.]

I'd be willing to make a deal with Hope, Tranquility, or Love. They probably wouldn't ask for anything too terrible.

[she must admit that she's curious about what he needs]

Thank you for the offer; I'll let you know when we have a list of necessary items.

What's your name?

All right, I'll keep an eye out.

I'm Tinya Wazzo. What's your name?

Connor. Did you arrive recently?

[He presumes so if she doesn't know much about dealing with the gods.]

It's nice to meet you, Connor. [and she bites her lower lip and looks down for a moment] Yes. With the most recent group.

How are you adjusting?

[she bites her lower lip and debates with herself about whether or not to be honest for a moment]

...not very well. Everything's so different.

This is a very strange place.

[Connor hasn't exactly adjusted himself, but it's not just being in Hadriel that's the problem.]

It is. And I'm--alone here. I'm not used to being alone.

[she'd had the Legion before. missing them is like a constant ache]

[Connor is absolutely not the person to be comforting, and it's only his sense of empathy that makes him even try to be, so--]

There seem to be a few organizations and projects here, so maybe you could meet people through those.

[Nailed it? It seems like a good suggestion, at least.]

[and she requires a lot of comforting because, well. fifteen year old taken from everything she knows and loves and deposited here]

Yeah, I guess so. My skill set is a little specialized, though.

[it is a good suggestion, it's not his fault that she's a teenage girl and thus, slightly dramatic]

It might be a good opportunity to learn something new.

[He's undeterred, mostly because if she doesn't want to listen there won't really be any consequence for him.]

Really? Like what?

[she's fifteen, most people here have been treating her like a kid]

Like whatever you might need to join an organization or project.

[Whatever that might be. He's not about to try suggesting anything; he's still trying to figure out the absolute basics when it comes to making his own decisions, let alone something like trying to decide what a stranger might want to learn in another dimension.]

I'm already a Junior Guardsman.

[that fits in with her talents and skills. and there's no such thing as a Hadriel council, otherwise she'd try to help there, too]

Then it sounds like your skill set being specialized is not a hindrance to joining an organization or project.

I guess not? I'm looking forward to being allowed to go out on my own, though.

Is there something stopping you from doing so?

Yes. My age. I'm fifteen.

How is that stopping you?

It means I'm considered a child here. At least for now.

Why does that matter? Unless your parents or guardians are here, you're not beholden to someone's approval or permission. Is anyone actually preventing you from doing what you want to do?

Yes. When I patrol, I have to go with someone as backup. Never mind the fact that with the Legion, I got into life or death situations almost daily.

If you dislike it, then patrol on your own outside of the Guard. Nothing's preventing you.

[Because sure, you have to listen to the leader if you join an organization, but you don't have to be a part of an organization at all.]

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