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grabs by the throat ([personal profile] maladied) wrote2025-10-31 11:55 am
Entry tags:

ROLE - DOCTOR

Hello Doctor.

Can I call you "doctor"? Well, regardless of your feelings on the matter or whether you have the qualifications of being a doctor, this will now be your role. Your task will be simple - figure out who has been infected and help them. A bit daunting of a task, I know, however it will come with an upside!

You will be completely immune from the infected and will be given an item that will let you know how recently that person has been infected. If they have been infected in the first place. This item will take shape of whatever you wish it to be but will have a single (1) use - unfortunately.

Oh, and before you leave, there's a book titled "Doctors for Dummies" that you may find to be very interesting. It might help you out - help all of us out.

NOTES:
- The book will be updated every Monday at 9 AM of the new week.
- This is NOT a secret role, however it would be beneficial if you did not make your role public.
- You may request help from one (1) other player and one (1) NPC of your choice. You cannot change your choice.
- Pick one (1) person to save on Thursday, even if you are chosen to die that week.
physalia: (28)

[personal profile] physalia 2025-11-11 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
He pushed the others away before he fell.

[Though she's rather neutrally describing the events preceding Giyuu's coughing fit and dissolution, Cantarella's expression is dim.]

Better than being splattered with foreign substances by far. None in the crowd seemed injured or affected, so I don't think any remained behind.

That girl, Maomao, was checking others, too. [She pauses, lingering on the thought.] Have you spoken with her?
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[personal profile] physalia 2025-11-11 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You certainly are shy. [I'm glad these tags were back to back because this is going to become a running gag, and she will continue to say it. If she has opinions about Foxglove's sneaky shyness, she doesn't say more than that just yet...]

If we meet again soon, I might think to ask if she noticed anything. It would seem we share similar circumstances and hobbies.

[Cantarella would like her book and creepy letter back now, so she can review what's written there once again with a tight expression.] Whoever sent these to me, they've all but outright said we should anticipate infection to spread.
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[personal profile] physalia 2025-11-12 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
["Every puppet is Lobelia" conspiracy grows.]

I'll see what she's observed and provide any samples after that fact. It'd be beneficial to work from similar experiences...though we might also miss something.

[She doesn't know enough about anyone else's work to really quantifiably say, and seems to be determining whether another similar skillset or something otherwise completely different would be best to consult.

Before she goes, though, she does have one more question--
]

With no cure and no lasting treatment, what can I hope to offer the infected to help them once I've found them?
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[personal profile] physalia 2025-11-12 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[They've got the right idea about it... And sometimes a different perspective unlocks doors, too, when everything seems hopeless.

But if she is immune, and another of her fellows isn't...what risk would she be asking them to take on?
]

I don't need to remind you that a month is much longer than a day.
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[personal profile] physalia 2025-11-12 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Five... [She doesn't want to sound disappointed because the very same reality applies here. Five is much more than none.] With around 30 of us, that's still a significant people who may be helped, especially if it can also keep it from spreading from anyone who's treated.

If I should come to understand the symptoms well enough, I'll be able to determine for certain if one person's been exposed. [Once again, obliquely mentioning the accessory for doing the doctor's job that the letter had without explicitly revealing or drawing attention to it.] Ideally, we won't have to use all or even any of the stockpile, but we should prepare for if we do.