A different kind of IC intro

[papadojima]

Who: Dojima and OPEN
Where: Caduceus Hospital, Leo District
Summary: Dojima doesn't arrive quite as planned.
Warnings: None so far.

Today, after being silent for a few days, the HORUS system beeps back to life, indicating a new arrival... at Caduceus Hospital in the Leo district. Not at all where Visitors usually arrive...

Dojima opens his eyes after a strange dream. Persona... must be because of what his nephew told him. He groans as nurses get to work around him, hooking him up to machines, giving him oxygen and dialing different departments for a head to toe examination of the new patient who was visibly in bad shape. Shit, why had they unhooked him in the first place?

"Sir? Sir, what is your name?" the youngest nurse asks, writing pad in hand.

He hisses in pain before repying "Dojima... Ryotaro."

"Okay. Do you know where you are?"

"Inaba."

From the look the nurse gives him, Dojima understands this was not the right answer. But, if he's not in Inaba... where is he???

Comments

Yay you're back! :3

[papadojima]

Dojima groans as he shifts slightly on the bed. Damn accident! If he wasn't hurt, he'd start off his investigation into the Persona phenomenon right away. He is still skeptical, but if Nanako herself has a Persona now, he can't afford to dismiss or ignore it. "Looks like we've got our work cut out for us right off the bat... If only there was a way to call in all people with a Persona to answer some questions..."

shh don't jinx it

[misogynistic]

Weell, Adachi knows how, but... "Aww, I had a feeling this was gonna be a repeat..." And why wouldn't it be? "Figures you'd still want to investigate... Come on, Dojima-san, you should really stay in bed." And just maybe let Adachi steal your hospital food...

"I mean, it's not like they're gonna go anywhere." Injuring himself would make it so that Adachi can have more time loafing around during the 13th hour, but still. Plus, there's a chance of the kids finding out he is here, right? Ughh, he has to be careful about even more stuff now. What a pain.

[papadojima]

Dojima gave Adachi A Look. "Nanako has a Persona. How could I not want to investigate? I gotta make sure it's safe, for her sake!" Fortunately for himself, the nurses on the floor, and Adachi, he makes no more moves to get out of bed. He punches the mattress with his good hand instead. "I feel so overwhelmed, and I can't leave this godforsaken place!"

notifs, gmail ...hrrk

[misogynistic]

Adachi reels back. Well, he had been planning on sitting down, but now he's having second thoughts. "H-Hey, Dojima-san! Take it easy, okay?" It isn't Adachi's fault, right? So what's yelling at him gonna fix? Sheesh, why to-- Wait, the date...

Maybe he has a way to distract Dojima after all! "Because... Say, Dojima-san, do you know what the date today is in this place? It's not November..."

Dammit Gmail :|

[papadojima]

"No." Even if the nurse had told him the date on the day of his arrival, it was lost in the fog of the very efficient painkillers he had been given. "Why isn't it November?"

I hate hate hate hate hate April can I just say that

[misogynistic]

"We~eell..." Of course he was right on the mark! Yeah, he had all the makings of an elite!

But, how to tell him... Adachi chewed at the corner of his lip for a second before... "If I'm right about the date, it's a pretty important one!" Maybe he should stop stalling. "It's your nephew's birthday, if I recall!"

Quite meaningless to Adachi, yes, but wasn't that some good news? "Of all days to come to Hinoto-Ri, right?" Hey, hey, hey, it was funny if you had a sense of humor like Adachi's.

You can

[papadojima]

Dojima groaned at that. "Dammit. And I didn't even wish him a happy birthday..." Of course he didn't. It's not like he could have known. Of all the days to arrive indeed.

Good because May is also kind of iffy

[misogynistic]

"But, Dojima-san, maybe we can see it as a positive?" Come on, Dojima, you're missing a key thing here. There are two sides to this one.

Sheesh, Dojima... Here Adachi was trying to distract him from all his pain, and he focuses on that part of it. Man, way to be a buzzkill. He's doing a nice thing here... "I mean, what better present than his uncle? Nanako-chan must've been pretty thrilled too, right?"