[video - ask a gentern if zydrate is right for you.]

[purpleknee]

As backwards as this place is, at least you're not using coin. That kind of economy never made a lot of sense to me. You don't even really seem like you're bartering at all! That's more than a little strange.

[Or maybe he just thinks he deserves a lot, when he's this far away from his heart. Hmn. A possibility, to be sure.]

However, since that's the case, I really don't see what the point is in working for an organization like the clinic. Why would I want to go work for someone else when I've been doing just fine on my own for years? Where I'm from, I'm one of just two menders, and I've had plenty of practice.

[He never even completed his training, but shhh.]

Has anyone from your great clinic recreated half a brain before? I doubt it. I have. So feel free to stop by the better healer whenever you like. I'm usually around the library trying to find something that isn't garbage, if you've, I don't know, got your fingers chewed off, or something.

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[tongueamok]

[As another healer who doesn't work for the clinic, Carlisle can see this guy's point. He has no need for the clinic himself, and thinks most people who end up there do so because of their own stupidity, but he can see its purpose within the city.

Which is why he's responding to this, despite his better judgment.]

Yes, and when you wear yourself down or there's more healing to do than you're capable of, where will you be then?

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[purpleknee]

Asleep for the next roughly twelve hours and then back in business.

[totes acceptable]

How idiotic are the people in this place that you think I'm going to be exhausting myself?

[video]

[tongueamok]

You'd be surprised.

[Said with all the loathing of someone who has thought the same thing a few times to himself.]

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[purpleknee]

[oh nooo]

Oh good. Here I was, worried I'd be bored with so much free time, I'd have to build myself a castle. Now it can be a dream to keep me going from day to day.

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[skelebro]

[This broadcast is getting a curious look - mostly because the person delivering said look is a skeleton, who doesn't, by definition, actually possess a brain.]

So what level of anatomical familiarity are we talkin' here?

I aim to please

[purpleknee]

[hello skeleton! meet green witch who had a man made of tin for a grandpa and a scarecrow for an uncle.]

You don't really need help with that, do you?

[skelebro]

Yeah but, y'know. Some of my best friends are humans, and all that.

[He shrugs loosely. No harm in asking, right?]

[purpleknee]

I've been there.

[He's even dating one! That's new, though.]

Believe it or not -- some of you are weird about it -- I've been human, too. I'm good with most of it. Specifics take a little longer and more magic.

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[thechoiceisyours]

I'm pretty sure the whole clinic thing is so it's organized and people know where to go for help, not to like, work for someone.

[Just gonna put this diplomatically and kind of ignore how the whole post came off. Besides he's totally curious about the brain thing.]

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[purpleknee]

Well, great. Here's a nice, new informative message to let people know where else they can go for help. Maybe I'll make signs some day if I feel like it and if my reputation doesn't speak for itself.

[someone get this boy a heart again please]

[Video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Okay. Patience, Chris. Pretend you're a few months ago you.]

Signs are never a bad idea. People come and go a lot here.

[Video]

[purpleknee]

Great! This place is terrible. It's been really hard to not raze it to the ground so we can start over again. Sooner I'm out, the better.

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[furthered]

How do you do it? Fix chewed off fingers and recreate brains?

[Or, say, limbs missing from the elbow down.]

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[purpleknee]

[Text, huh? Alright.]

Magic. I can heal and shape.

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[furthered]

[He's a mess, nobody wants to see that.]

Have you always been able to do magic? I mean, were you born with the ability?

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[purpleknee]

[...I mean, technically.]

I was, but I'm not sure how that's relevant.

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[dedikated]

( EXCUSE YOU.

also this is text bc she doesn't trust herself to not be an asshole otherwise. )

Isn't mandatory to join the clinic just because you can heal.

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[purpleknee]

[oh sure, leave being an asshole to warrick...]

I figured that out for myself already, thanks.

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[dedikated]

( gladly. she's only just started mending her rep with this place, so professionalism is important. that might explain the delays in her replies, too. must keep a cool head. )

Fantastic.

Next time you advertise, you can do it without the mudslinging.

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[verinumeri]

As all necessities and items generally are free and the circumstances periodically dangerous, bartering and economics of all kinds have been entirely forfeited to survival.

You might consider that: 1) disparaging a group of volunteers whose only intention is to be of any help whatsoever is pointless and small, and 2) you do so to little end, because for the reasons you should now be able to infer, you won't be given anything for your assistance.

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[purpleknee]

I didn't say that the lack of economy was a bad idea, just a strange one. You could have made things very difficult for newcomers to become more powerful figures in society, but you didn't. Great.

[This is genuine, not sarcastic... Really...]

I'm just here to offer an alternative and not be under someone else's thumb, that's all.

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[verinumeri]

Fair enough. It is just that sort of attitude, thinking first of becoming a powerful figure in society, that contributes to misunderstanding.

[ Communication is hard but he's definitely deflecting the blame for his mistake. ]

Situations like these tend to exhaust resources. I'm including the people in that. It's good of you to offer.

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[64th]

Hmmm. [ she tilts her head to one side, considering all this. ] No, I don't think I want anything you've recreated. I'm good without it.

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[purpleknee]

Good without a brain, huh? Clearly.

[WHY DOES ERRYBODY GOTTA TRASH HIS SERVICES]

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[64th]

I have a brain. That's how I know I don't need anything you're offering.