[Open] Dr. Medic's Sleepaway Funtimes Camp

[mementomoritz]

I. So girl keep telling me [network post]

[About three hours after the whole post-Esmeeting kerfuffle, every phone included in the Executor group chat suddenly blares loudly with an incoming post that appears to have every possible alert and priority notice the person writing it could find attached to it.]

ANYONE WHO ATE ANYTHING AT ESME'S HOUSE REPORT TO MEDIC IMMEDIATELY YOU ARE POISONED


[Well, you can't accuse her of burying the lede.]

i'm in my lab in invidia [The exact address and coordinates of the lab are attached along with the message, including a helpful photo of a scribbled map just in case anyone is really bad with directions.] if you ate ANY of the food esme served or if you're feeling sick, come here so i can treat you
if you find someone unconscious or unable to move on their own, BRING THEM HERE
if you don't have anyone around and think you need help getting here, reply to this message immediately

i threw up, so i tested some of the leftovers i took home
and that food is very, very poisoned
(also, if you brought leftovers home, don't eat them)


II. pick me up whenever i'm feeling down [in-person log]

[True to her word, Medic is ready and waiting in her lab the second anyone arrives.]

[The living room of the apartment she commandeered has been turned into a makeshift hospital. She's dragged cushions and mattresses in, laying them out on the floor and covering them with clean sheets and blankets to make sickbeds. Next to every bed is a glass of water and a bowl for, uh. Any stomach issues you might have to deal with.]

[Anyone healthy who walks in the door will be cheerfully pressganged into nursing duty.]

[The beds are set up facing the living room's lone TV, but well... this is Invidia. Guess who's probably on every channel.]

[You might have better luck with putting on a movie, but no one actually saw this coming, which means your available selection consists exclusively of stuff Medic brought with her from the Limbo library when she came down to Invidia. By which we mean exactly one film.]

[Whether having to see Esme's face is better or worse than watching Brutal Instinct again is a choice you're going to have to make amongst yourselves.]

Comments

[mementomoritz]

not if i fix it, you aren't!
please come here so i can do that

[Medic: the most reassuring possible bedside manner.]

[daughterofthemark]

i will be there shortly

[A minute later...]

somewhat less shortly i feel terrible

[And a little while after that...]

has anyone warned lady esme 😨

@viatorem

[schardynfreude]

Yes, let's warn her about her own food that she poisoned. Brilliant.

Re: @viatorem

[daughterofthemark]

why would she poison her own food

[schardynfreude]

I realize you were not blessed with an overabundance of sense at birth much less death but surely you can see 'she hates us' and 'some of our faction were poisoned' and come to a conclusion that is not off the mark.

[daughterofthemark]

but would she not have poisoned herself as well

gracious what if she believes we poisoned her

@mona

[alcahest]

Veil...
She was trying to kill us. I'm sorry.

[daughterofthemark]

dame mona even you think so

[That holds a bit more weight.]

[alcahest]

Yes.

[ this message is taking even longer than Mona usually does to type, but eventually: ]

I still can't hate her. But she doesn't want us to reach the Cogs.
What we do will erase her.
She wants to stop us.

[schardynfreude]

I'm genuinely curious now as to what you think happened and why.

@blauendonau

[seasharp]

she was trying to poison us

can you really not see that???

Re: @blauendonau

[daughterofthemark]

we cannot simply assume that when she may be a victim as well

[seasharp]

she's not a victim! she's the bad guy here!

[daughterofthemark]

why must there be a bad guy

[seasharp]

ask your new best friend.

[mementomoritz]

given the progression of symptoms, she would almost certainly be feeling the effects by now if she were also dosed

and i feel like if you can't get good medical attention despite RULING A WHOLE CITY then you are a really bad ruler and need to invest way more in public healthcare

so either way she's probably fine! :)

[Listen, man, she just heals shit. Don't ask her to figure out why anyone does anything.]

[daughterofthemark]

i see

thank you dame medic

[emberserker]

Not to mention that she was on the opposite side of the table. Surely her own food was clean; it would have been easy.

I'll end her.

[mementomoritz]

she WAS very insistent that no one sit on the same couch as her....

[Lesson learned, never respect personal space ever again.]

[daughterofthemark]

[There's a pause.]

i see

[twibeast]

[ A while after he's brought Rei to Medic and at this point he's just resorting to speech to text because he's got too much to say. ]

Shortly after we dispersed I stopped and had a bite to eat at the bakery she mentioned to me before. One of the places she got the cakes from.

I had some that looked identical to the ones she served, and even now I am still fine. So yes, as the others are saying, it would seem she added the poison herself after procuring them.

[mementomoritz]

oooh, please bring me two!!
(one is for testing and one is because i'm hungry)

[She had to use all her leftovers for science, okay. She was looking forward to those.]

[twibeast]

I had some left over ones I brought home, I shall bring them to you when I return with books for Lady Rei and I. Honestly you may help yourself to the rest, it's the least I can do for you taking care of everyone.

[ pause ]

Also the chocolate ones didn't sit well with me.

[ Not because they're poison but because he's probably allergic to chocolate. ]

[mementomoritz]

i might want to do a cheek swab if you have a moment, then
any anomalous data is always nice to check up on, just in case :D

[...At least she might end up being able to warn him about any other common food allergies.]

you don't have to thank me just for this, though!
it'd be pretty ridiculous to run around calling myself medic and then not help with medical issues ^-^

[twibeast]

Of course. As soon as I return.

And don't be silly: even if I don't have to, I still want to.