cape_kore | Martha's 2nd - Private Video to Mina

Entry tags:

Martha's 2nd - Private Video to Mina - Day 97

[Martha comes up looking still haggard. She's not been sleeping well, she's worried about the Doctor and now Ned, but neither of them seem to want her help, and she needs to be doing something. So she'll talk to the resident vampire doctor.]

Hi Mina?

Someone gave me your name as the town doctor. I'm Martha.

I was actually calling to offer my services. I have a medical license and did my fellowship Royal Hope Hospital in London during the year 2008. When the scientists brought me here I was serving as a field medic during the war happening on my world, so I'm used to having little equipment to work with.

[She trails off here realizing she probably sounds too desperate. But Martha really wants to find something to do with herself.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I understand the sentiment though. Not much I can do at the moment about it.

Nor should you. Hardly your fault these people like to fuck with the timeline.

No. No it really isn't.

Anyway... I was calling to see about the medical situation here. Do you need another doctor? Is there even a clinic?

There is a clinic. No one is running it at the moment. A gentleman named Bruce Banner was in charge, but he seems to have disappeared.

I was told my services would not be required.

No longer required!

[Yes she does sound surprised.]

Do people not get sick or hurt here? No... don't answer that. I already know the answer. Was it another prisoner or a scientist?

No, darling. I was told my services would not be required because I'm a rather unpleasant person.

I chose to be a surgeon for a reason. No bedside manner to speak of. And people here don't take kindly to following instructions.

[A pause.]

And I am a vampire. No sense in hiding that. It's quite public knowledge.

Yes, I was told the vampire bit already. Still not too sure what to make of it to be honest. Haven't met one before. I know aliens though and they aren't all teh movies say they are.

[She has to laugh though at the rest of the woman's statement.]

I'm a surgeon too. More out of necessity than anything.

The clinic. Are you all right with me taking a look around it and making myself known as a doctor then? I don't want to step on your toes.

Truth be told, my dear, I moved most of the supplies to my kitchen. I've been treating patients on a case by case basis. I would like something a little bit more organized. The problem is that the people are a bit...stubborn.

Do remind me to ask you later about the aliens, by the by.

Yes I've noticed the stubborn bit.

[Never mind that she's one of them. Martha's been resolutely refusing to work through any bit of her past, electing instead to pay attention to fortifying her room and sleeping in snippets.]

I'm willing to organize things. Maybe people would be more willing to go to a clinic if they had a choice of medical personnel.

The real problem was getting baseline information. Absolutely everyone refused a physical examination.

Except for Pendragon. And he's a letch.

And claims to be a god, but that's beside the point.

OH goodness, gods on top of everything else?

[There's a small groan.]

Well, as much as I would like to have baseline exams, I can work without them. And who knows; maybe a fresh face will help things.

Especially yours, my dear. You are quite exquisite, as I remember.

[Hear the embarrassment in her voice.]

Oh... um... thank you Mina. I'm... just Martha. Nothing too exquisite. Just a person trying to make the world a better place.

My dear, you have no idea how rare that is.

Well, someone has to do it.

Indeed, someone does.

[She's silent for a moment, reflecting. Then she remembers she is talking to someone.]

Right. The clinic. Do you mind if I open it back up and let people know I'm a doctor?

I have no objection. But if you're going to run any sort of operation, you can't do it single-handedly. An overworked doctor is no good to anyone.

Don't I know it. You're more than welcome to join me in this challenge.

You're going to need someone to handle the night shift.

Very true. And you are probably the best person for the job.

Mmm. I am.

[Since she is up and likely to not get much more sleep at this point anyway, Martha's ready to go check the place out.]

Could you tell me where the clinic is? I'd like to see the space. If you want to meet me there you can fill me in on stuff.

[Martha is decidedly not thinking about the vampire stuff at the moment. The woman has not threatened to eat her and has in fact said some very nice things about Martha. She's willing to bet she's probably safe.]

I don't see why not. It's in the pharmacy.

I'll meet you at the diner. You'll recognize it as the building that looks partially collapsed. We can walk over together from there.

I'll see you there shortly.

[Martha makes it to the diner easily. Thanks to Ned that first day, she knows it. Thus the thin, overly tired woman can be found standing with her back to the wall, looking in all directions for the other woman.]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

Re: [VOICE]

[VOICE]

Re: [VOICE]

[VOICE]

Re: [VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

Re: [VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE] ((Just read through some of her old threads. She was pretty cool...))

[VOICE] :)

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

[VOICE]

Action