Dictation - 1 [Video]

[drabsolutelynot]

Hello. [Rosen stares down his nose at the screen which is set a bit away from his face so as not to over-impose himself on anyone who might see this. His glasses are a bit scuffed from the excitement in the colosseum a few days ago but his clear brown eyes still show through] 

I had a few question I was hoping someone among you might be able to answer but I should probably introduce myself before I ask. 

[He straightens a bit, clearly uncomfortable on screen. He had been hesitant at the prospect of showing his face and had tossed the idea back and forth for the better part of the day but in the end he concluded it was probably the best means to his desired end.]

My name is Dr. Lee Rosen. I did my neurological and psychiatric residencies at Binghamton in upstate New York and I am also licensed as a general practice physician. 

[He falters a bit, bashfully rubbing the back of his head with a bandaged hand. He hates sounding like he's tooting his own horn. He also hates volunteering information about his life, working from the general assumption that people probably didn't care to know. He doesn't bother to mention the fact that he is a new arrival. That is a given.] 

I don't know if any of that might be useful here but if it could be I am happy to offer my services. 

[He pauses again before changing course]

It might seem a strange request but does anyone know where I might find music...or...or even perhaps somewhere I could get my hands on an instrument? 

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[drabsolutelynot]

[He follows just a pace or so behind her, listening as his eyes scan the breadth of the walls, up to the ceilings, and then drop down to the odd collection of furnishings and equipment. It is reminiscent of the makeshift clinics he's seen in refugee camps and disaster rescues. Everything collected in haste and nothing left to waste.]

What does a normal day look like here? How many patients on average? [He falters] ...or is there even such a thing as an average day here?

(No worries!! :) )

[dedikated]

( In a way, she'd suppose they were in that sort of situation, if somewhat better off. )

Some of th' time we're quiet. Usually help the occasional people who go into the caves or get injured some other way. ( She pauses, turns into the room they use as an office and rests against the desk. ) Anyone told you about how the gods work?

( Because that's when things get crazy. When Fear or Rage decide they're going to attempt to collect energy. )

[drabsolutelynot]

More or less [Lee nods.] Though being told is one thing, accepting that all of this isn't some strange hallucination is another. But I'm getting there.

[He's stopped trying to reason his way out of it, to say the least]

Look, I don't want to waste any of your time, I am sure you already have your hands full here, and it is very kind of you to meet me. I'll say now that I would be happy to volunteer my services if you feel the clinic has a need for them.

[dedikated]

Busiest during times like that.

( She inclines her head, mostly nodding to herself as she makes her decision. )

Place works on a mostly casual basis. People come and go easy, so it's better than getting too dependent on anyone. If that's alright with you, could always benefit from someone with some sort of experience when it gets busy.

[drabsolutelynot]

[He nods in return]

I will follow your lead. I don't want to be in the way nor do I want to be useless.

[dedikated]

Help's neither. ( Not right now, when it feels like staff members are returning home left right and centre. )

Feel free to look around the rest of the place. Any equipment you want you can ask the gods for, if that's summat you're interested in. You got any other questions you can ask me.

( So many people here don't like to ask the gods for things, but when you have no other resources, what can you do? )