Farewell Happy Fields!

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Farewell Happy Fields!

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What: Aftermath of Anoli Attack: Hospital
Where: Leo Ward - Caduceus Hospital Headquarters
Summary: It is the aftermath of the Anoli attack on the Closing Ceremonies. The injured have been taken to Caduceus Hospital Headquarters, and it is time for reflection, visting, or old-fashioned escapes from the hospital rooms.
Warnings: Mild squick if people want to describe their wounds in explicit detail.

Caduceus Hospital Headquarters. It has a distinguished history within Hinoto-Ri, boasting of a staff of well-trained Healers, as well as possessing the most cutting edge medical technology possible. There was no limb they couldn't reattach, no organ they couldn't replace... - they even claimed to be able to bring someone back from the dead (with the small disclaimer that it could only occur under certain conditions and with an obscene amount of luck).

So needless to say, the hospital was more than well-equipped to deal with the aftermath of the Anoli attack on the Closing Ceremonies.

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Nearly every hospital bed had been filled by an injured patient that night. The A&E room had been in constant chaos, with civilians crying and shouting, searching for loved ones, or demanding to see doctors or healers to help so-and-so...

There had also been plenty of reporters milling about, shouting and crying over the status of the Mayor's Secretary, and whether the Red Lion had really died at the scene, or if he was still alive and well within the safety of the hospital's ICU.

By the time morning broke, there was a false sense of tranquillity within the hospital. The healers had been pushed to their limits with the sheer number of patients being wheeled in and out of surgery, but otherwise, the situation had finally gotten under control. Now, both civilians and visitors were merely waiting for word of the conditions of their injured friends and family...

[Welcome to the winding down of the event! You are now at the hospital, where you may be visiting the injured, or be one of the injured yourself! Those with RED injuries will be in the ICU, and those with YELLOW injures will be in normal wards, for obvious reasons. Those with GREEN injuries wouldn't have had to go to the hospital at all, so they are free to come and go as they wish!

You may all start your threads and mingle!]

Comments

Open but... who wants to see this grumpbot really?

[prototype_blues]

There are many reasons why being a robot is better than being a human, the main one being that if you get hurt? Getting fixed up can happen much quicker than it can with humans. Or at least being a robot means not being stuck in a hospital bed waiting to heal.

... At least when the damage is something basic and easily fixed. Which certainly isn't the case for this robot, DLN 000 or Blues as anyone who has actually talked to him knows him as. Having an unstable core is pretty much what got him in here and taking on some Anoli big shots probably helped with that too.

So, 'waking up' from such a thing actually causes Blues to have a feeling of 'deja-vu', as he rubs at his face and sits up. It's only when he notes that he's most certainly not in Light Labs, it's too brightly lit, and he's not hearing the Doctors Light and Wily arguing, in fact he is more aware of the noises you'd hear in a pretty busy hospital, that the feeling goes away.

And of course that means he's going to get up and try and leave, removing any cords or wires that are attached to him first. Unless someone shows up and interrupts him that is.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Oh look, an interruption.

"Uh, well I was supposed to make a delivery to a Mr. Blues, but I didn't know you were checking out already. Whoop," he comments sheepishly. "Boy, must've been a pretty minor injury."

[prototype_blues]

Guybrush is going to be stared at as soon as Blues hears him. The Mighty Pirate™ might notice that panel on Blues' chest being open and showing that his innards aren't exactly squishy.

They're actually very metal looking instead.

"Not being human helps," he responds, tone dead pan.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

Yipe. To be perfectly honest, he's sort of glad the innards aren't squishy. "I'm not sure not being human really excuses leaving Against Medical Advice either," he comments dryly. How he knows that exact terminology is a fault of the mun's unknown.

[prototype_blues]

"... I never really listened to Doctors much," he says almost jokingly, as he gets right back to disconnecting himself.

"So what do you want?" He isn't even going to ask how this weird guy knows his name, since he had said it over the network shortly after he arrived here. That and asking about that would be quite silly.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

"I don't either, but then again, the last doctor I went to tried to cut off my hand for science." Yeesh. "Anyway!"

He pulls out the standard gift basket and clears his throat. "'Just a friendly little delivery from the Mays Corporation, wishing you a quick recovery after your brave actions during our recent crisis!'" he recites. He's beginning to lose energy saying this over and over. "Promotional stuff. We care for the visitors. That sorta thing."

[prototype_blues]

"And in my case he wanted to delete who I am," he mutters to himself before Guybrush starts the spiel.

And... He looks at the basket and promptly says. "I can't use that for anything. And what is the Mays Corporation?"

Blues is so new to Hinoto-Ri he probably squeaks, that and sticking to his aparment before all this probably didn't help.

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

"Kinda your standard 'We Sell Everything Ever' megacorporation, I guess. You can't miss 'em. They've got stores pretty much everywhere." He wrinkles his nose a bit. "Can't say I'm too happy about the signs of unfettered capitalism, but what're you gonna do?"

guybrush how do you even know what capitalism is, it wasn't invented yet in the 17th century

[prototype_blues]

"Oh." He says, quite plainly, once Guybrush is done talking.

"Not buy anything from them, really." Which is easy for Blues, he's a jobless hobo after all.

"But really, that's kinda useless to me," he gestures at the basket before finally closing the open panel on his chest. "So you can keep, Mister."

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

"Oh. How very... thoughtful of you." Just what he needs, somebody's hand-me-down gift basket. Oh well, he's sure he'll find some sort of random use for it.

"By the way, I'm Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate (tm). I was at the stadium too. Got lucky though."

[prototype_blues]

Hey, it's not Blues' fault that he doesn't eat human food, so a good hunk of what is in the basket is totally useless to him. And Guybrush could always give it to someone else.

"Wonderful for you. Guess you didn't try and handle the shooter?"

[a_pirate_meant_to_be]

"Iiiii kinda had other things on my mind." Buxom redhead wives, for instance. "Anyway, from what I can tell, that kinda didn't end well for ANYBODY."

[prototype_blues]

"At least they tried." Blues adds, which honestly trying is better than not trying.

"And no one died doing it... I hope."

[beautifulmemory]

[Mia will catch him right as he heads out the front door.]

You! Hey! Right, your name is Blues. Wait a moment!

[Hey it's that cat lady! That sure wasn't just a trick of video.]

[prototype_blues]

[Getting to the exit was actually a lot harder than Blues expected! So when he hears his name he may be just... jumped a little, before actually looking at the person shouting for him.]

...

[Well, she's taller than he expected?]

[beautifulmemory]

[The tall ears certainly don't help, either. She's quite tall! And very fuzzy, she doesn't seem very robot-like. Her tail sways to and fro as she expresses interest.]

I've been looking at everyone, but I'm especially curious about what happened to you.

[She had never seen genuine injuries before, so she didn't know to not make light of them.]

[prototype_blues]

I'm fine.

[Which well, he looks fine. No outer injuries to see, really, again the joy of being a robot.

Then again internal injuries don't really show.]

And nothing happened, I helped and it didn't do much, really.

[beautifulmemory]

Hmm... I would say that it's unsurprising, but my reasoning probably doesn't apply. A place like this doesn't have a plan of its own. Something that dramatic isn't pre-planned.

It's all so interesting.

[prototype_blues]

I don't think they [He means the government, or at least that dumbass mayor.] had any idea how bad it could get.

[... interesting, Mia you are so weird.]

I guess it would be interesting, if you've never seen anything like this.

[beautifulmemory]

It's very interesting! Especially how everyone is sustaining damage. It really looks quite different... and it seems that it's not an easy fix. It's no longer just about feeling pain.

[prototype_blues]

[He has to remind himself, before he speaks, that she's an AI and probably hasn't had any real up close interactions with humans in a situation like this.]

[He sighs.]

Pain is just a small part of it, that I know of. It's the stuff that lasts longer than that that they're dealing with here.

[A pause.]

Or something, I doubt anyone would want to hear you say it's interesting to their faces, Miss Mia.

[beautifulmemory]

Really? Why's that?

[...She doesn't seem to be anything but curious. Whoops. Empathy skills are still quite lacking.]

[prototype_blues]

If you were... hurt, and haven't been [healed? fixed? repaired? What word to choose.] fixed up, would you want someone saying your pain was interesting?

[He may be a jerk, and anti-social but! Light at least made sure the boy had empathy.]

[beautifulmemory]

Most didn't believe I felt pain.

[Because who feels pain in a video game? They thought Mia's yowling and screaming were her roleplaying. It's why she wasn't that much for fighting.]

But it's no big deal.

[In her world, where death is absolutely not permanent and damage is fixed with an easily accessible item or a spell.]

Do you feel pain?

[prototype_blues]

[he was quiet, listening to her and he was still quiet for a moment before he answers her question.]

Yeah, I do. But it's easy to deal with in my case.