NINE | VOICE

[imaythrowuponyou]

As interesting a history lesson as that flood was, I could've done without turning into a chain smoker. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get the smell out of stuff?

For any of you new people, I'm Doctor Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer of the starship Enterprise and head of the infirmary here. We're kinda short staffed at the moment, so if there's anyone who wants to lend a hand, let me know and we'll try to work something out. Inmates'll need to get permission from their warden before they're allowed on staff.

Any new arrivals should come down to the infirmary whenever they're able for a medical exam. It takes five minutes, is no touch and the results are confidential. We use them to create a medical baseline in case something happens while you're on board.

[Private to Spock]

You've been awful quiet lately.

[Private to T'Pol]

You alright? [Dat flood man. :|]

[Private to Arya]

How're you doing, kid?

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[takeyouapart.livejournal.com]

Actually, lending a hand was something I wanted to talk to you about, Doctor.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

Yeah? Merlin, right?

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[takeyouapart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's me.

[Pause. Still kind of awkward getting into the whole 'lol so I'm a wizard' thing with strangers.]

Uh, when Martha was running the infirmary, I know Severus was working there to provide healing magic - spells, potions, that sort of thing. I've been helping in emergencies for a while now, but with Severus gone I thought it would be a good idea if I could...take over for him.

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[with_discipline]

[Sob dat flood :c] Well enough. [She does not want to think about it. :c]

[Video]

[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

So you're Dr. Jones's replacement, huh?

[He hasn't yet realized Bones is one of the guys he ran into as Sergeant Harris - which is kinda helped by how different he looks from his counterpart.]

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[imaythrowuponyou]

That'd be great. I'm guessing your style of doing stuff's a little different from his?

[Private]

[imaythrowuponyou]

You need anything? [lol oh how he gets that. :|]

[Video]

[imaythrowuponyou]

[You mean less scruffy and WWIIish?]

Guess so.

[Video]

[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

[lol, exactly. :c]

I wanna know if she got rid of my baseline when she left. I think she would, but I wanna be sure.

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[takeyouapart.livejournal.com]

My bedside manner's much better, for one thing.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

Pretty sure the files are exactly as she left them. Why?

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[imaythrowuponyou]

Good to hear. [Lol Bones. You have no room to talk. :|]

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[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

Then I want you to get rid of it.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

Why?

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[takeyouapart.livejournal.com]

Really though, our magic isn't very different. I don't use a wand, and my spells are... [There's a pause while he tries to think of a phrase that means 'less rules-y' or possibly just 'better'.] ...more elemental than Severus'.

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[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

Because I don't trust the infirmary. Or you.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

But they do more or less the same thing?

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[imaythrowuponyou]

Why not?

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[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

I don't owe you an explanation. It's my decision.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

You don't owe me an explanation, but I'm not destroying medical files.

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[sixthanimorph.livejournal.com]

It's my file, and I get to decide what happens to it. Not you.

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[fearcutsdeeperthanswords]

[WARY. NOT COMING IN FOR YOUR STUPID EXAMINE, OKAY.]

Fine.

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[takeyouapart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, more or less.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

I don't know how it works where you're from, kid? But you'd need a court order to destroy a medical file back home, and without that here, it's not getting destroyed unless you can convince your it's a good idea.

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[imaythrowuponyou]

[SIGH.]

You get through that flood okay?