[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

[twibeast]

[ OH NO.... CUTE...... ]

Well I think it's very nice regardless. Lots of people happen to like dogs more than birds anyway - myself included.

[ Despite... being a bird. ]

Who were you making it for?

[ Just pretending that he doesn't already know it's for him to try and make her feel a little better. ]

[phantasmagorial]

[ Rei's expression basically goes through the five stages of grief on fastforward, as she tries to work out a not-embarrassing way to say this. Then she realizes that the bigger a deal she makes out of it, the more embarrassing it's going to get, so she might as well just bite the bullet and fess up now. ]

W–well... I was going to give it to you once I'd managed to make one that looked good... as a thank you, I mean. But now I guess the surprise is kind of ruined...

[twibeast]

[ Watch him pull a surprised face anyway. ]

Really? For me? You didn't have to do such a thing Lady Rei...

[ And you know what he's gonna reach out and gently take it from her hands, regardless of how it currently looks. ]

I love it though - truly. No matter how it looks.

[phantasmagorial]

Ah, wait–!

[ She makes one token attempt to stop him taking it, but then she just gives up. ]

But it's all crumpled... and I didn't even fold it right in the first place. Wouldn't you rather wait until I can get it right?

[twibeast]

[ He shakes his hand as he holds it in his palm, smiling fondly. ]

Not at all. If you make another one I will gladly accept it as well but...

This one is already perfect. You made it with your heart and did your best... it shows. That's what matters to me, Rei.

Thank you. I shall treasure it always.

[phantasmagorial]

[ It's a little embarrassing to be praised so earnestly for what still feels like a half-hearted effort, but even so, she can't keep a smile off her face. ]

... I guess if you like it, then that's what matters in the end.

[ That was the entire point in the end. ]

I'll definitely have to keep practicing, though... Isabel makes it look so easy.

[twibeast]

It's like I told you with the harp before, isn't it? It becomes easier with time. Everyone needs practice with everything new.

Why, I'm sure if you tried to get me to attempt one of those right now it would look more like a rock before it resembled any sort of animal.

[phantasmagorial]

You think?

[ And with that, Rei slides a sheet of origami paper over to him. Come on. You can't tell her something like that and expect to get away without proving your ineptitude. ]

It's only fair if I get to see you mess up too, right?

[twibeast]

Ah-- I suppose that's true.

[ Okay fine he's going to sit down on the bed next to her. ]

You realize you will have to teach me though, don't you? I do not know the first thing about... ah, what did Lady Isabel call it again?

[phantasmagorial]

Origami. You saw for yourself I'm not all that good, but... well, maybe we'll get a little better if we work at it together.

[ This is the very definition of the blind leading the blind. ]

Can you make a paper airplane, at least? That was the first thing Isabel showed me.

[twibeast]

Ah, well... I actually do not know what an airplane is I'm afraid, so... maybe not?

[ ruh roh ]

[phantasmagorial]

Oh! Then, um... maybe it'd make more sense if I showed you, rather than trying to explain it.

[ And so, she starts doing her best to fold her next sheet of paper into a passable paper airplane. I refer back to my earlier statement about the blind leading the blind. ]

Isabel even managed to get hers to fly! ... or glide at least.