Voice

[theblogger]

Good afternoon, Tranquility.

My name is John Watson, I'm one of the doctors working in your medical bay. I've got several things to talk to you about today, all of them important, so I hope you'll stick with me through it.

First off, many of you are aware that a death occurred during the jump. For those of you who have just arrived and aren't familiar with the term, a 'jump' is what happens when the ship is moving rapidly from one part of space to another. We make these once a month and they're believed to be the reason we end up here. I don't know the technical details about it -it's only a theory, really, from other passengers- so don't bother asking.

What I know about it is that your life depends on you being present in the medbay before every jump. The consequences are what happened to the deceased, who was trapped elsewhere in the ship during the jump and became crushed by the acceleration. I'm sorry I have to tell you about that, but I want you to realize that getting into the gravpouches is not optional. You get in one or you die.

[ There's a pause here, which may be for weight or for the fact John needs to collect himself once more. ]

An examination was performed on the deceased by myself and Doctor McCoy. We have done extensive tests and have found no drugs to be present in the system. So Hotspur's broadcast was a lucid one, and no one attempted to drug him to keep him from getting out of that shuttle. The cause of death matches with the expected consequences of a jump on an unprotected body.

We cannot say anything in regards to whether or not this incident was accidental or manufactured, but in respect to the body, there is no evidence of foul play.

If you have any questions about the examination, I'll take them.

Just a reminder now - from now on, we'll be reporting to the medbay an hour before the jump to make sure everyone's present and accounted for. You'll likely be sitting in the locker rooms, though, until we can get everyone sorted.

[ Again, a pause. This one is for a transition. ]

Second order of business is to tell you that medbay is short-staffed. We've got about six people to help about four hundred of you. We're looking for medical professionals that have come in through the jump as well as volunteers. If you'd like to come and help us out at medical, we're willing to train you. We're looking for those interested in full-time, part-time, and emergency volunteers.

I'm going to need all of our current medical staff to cue in to this broadcast, because it will be acting as our interview process.

If you think you're interested, keep listening. If not, this broadcast ends here.



[ And one more pause. ]

I'm not going to lie to you - being involved in the medbay is a demanding job with little reward. You'll be putting in a lot of hours if you join us and, in all likelihood, you'll be seeing some very messy things. You're dealing with actual lives here, and what you decide may very well be what stands between someone living or dying. However, we do have some experienced medical professionals to help you, and if we're training you, we're going to give you the best of the knowledge and experience we have. We'll make sure you're prepared.

Being a doctor or nurse takes dedication and a certain attitude. We'll probably be training you in emergency medical techniques to start out with because we get a lot of trauma-related injuries, more so than we do anything else. If you can't stand the sight of blood, this isn't the job for you. We'd rather have you changing the linens and mopping the floors if that's the case.

Like I said, it's going to take a lot of work on your part if you join us, but you will be involved in saving other lives. That's reward enough for those of us here now.

If you don't think you've got the time to put in on learning or doing shifts, we would still like to have some emergency staff who we could call in to help change the beds and bring meals to patients, help wash up, that sort of thing.

If you're interested, send me a video chat. I'll just have a few questions for you and some of the other medical staff may ask you a few of their own.

(( OOC: Medical staff! You may ping in/threadjack these threads, especially those with any potential interviewees! ))

Comments

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

Nor would I ever propose that you do so deny them; I know your oaths as a doctor compel you to provide any and all medical help you can.

But they're idiots.

[video]

[theblogger]

[ John chuckles. ]

Honestly, I'd rather have them take their aggression out on willing contenders than anywhere else.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

[But Miles just frowns.]

Or they might keep their aggression in check! The last I was aware, we were rational human beings, not drooling Neanderthals with clubs in our hands.

[video]

[theblogger]

[ The doctor ducks his head to hide the smile until he can manage to wipe it free. It's hard to explain the thrill of a fight to someone who's never engaged in one. Or maybe he could, but it's really not worth it to him to try. Now that there's more medical staff to oversee, he might just see how well he can still do. ]

All right.

[ He lifts his head again, and the amusement is kept just to his eyes now. ]

What other questions do you have?

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

[And Miles frowns even deeper. He can see Dr. Watson laughing at him internally. He doesn't much care for that.]

Would you speak briefly on other incidents.

[video]

[theblogger]

[ He is. He doesn't mean any harm by it, however. He'll still answer the young prosecutor's question, after all. ]

Last month, a neurotoxin was released into the air ducts by a fellow passenger. It made everyone irrationally fearful, sometimes to the point of hallucination. They hurt themselves, they hurt others.

The month before that, people were possessed by demons and hurt one another under their influence.

The month before that, there was an attempted take-over of the ship. The man responsible deployed machines to stop anyone from coming after him, and they did a lot of damage as well.

Those were the major incidents. We've had isolated cases as well.

[ He doesn't mention the Wraith's involvement the month prior to that. ]

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

Sorry - I need to stop you a moment - possessed by demons? If you're speaking in metaphor, I would urge you to be more straightforward...

[video]

[theblogger]

I'm afraid not.

I admit I didn't see it myself. I was lost in the ship for most of it. I did treat the damage, though, and I have it on good authority that it's true.

[ His eyes dart off for a moment, then back. ]

The demons were eradicated, but there is... an angel aboard. Castiel. He'll know more about it than I would.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

An -

[He scowls all the deeper.]

Dr. Watson - you're a man of science. Can you truly tell me, without reservation, that you believe that there is an angel on board?

[video]

[theblogger]

[ There's a blink at that, and John does frown before, finally, there's a small shake of his head. ]

I don't know for sure. It's what people call him.

I know there were a lot of things I didn't believe in before I arrived on this ship, Mr. Edgeworth. I was wrong about them. I've seen quite a lot. Soon enough, I expect you will too.

[ He meets the man's eyes again. ]

You should be speculative. My advice to you, though, would be to choose your battles. If a man manages to eradicate a threat by supernatural means, it seems to me it doesn't much matter what he chooses to call himself, so long as he's on our side.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

[But Miles shakes his head and then peers steadily back at Watson.]

But what if he is not, indeed, on our side? There are men who profit by being held in awe. If he has helped, then he is to be thanked for that. But what if his apparent helpfulness is nothing more than a means to increase his own glory?

Is it not better to question? This Castiel says he is an angel - is it for us, then, to fall down and worship him, merely because he assisted us?

[video]

[theblogger]

He hasn't asked for worship, so I'm not entirely sure that's the case.

I don't really know him, though.

You should talk to him yourself about this.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

But I'm not speaking of him and him alone. You say I should "pick my battles" - comprehensible advice, and reasonable advice; I admit that freely. But if people are taken in by falsehoods...That can do far and away more damage down the road.

[video]

[theblogger]

It can. But I don't see the harm in calling him what he prefers at the moment. Seems like thanks enough from me. If you don't agree, then don't call him that: simple.

[ He quirks a brow. ]

You've questioned the title and shown you're perfectly capable of doubting his intentions. I imagine others can do the same.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

[Miles shakes his head at that last statement, though he doesn't go into it.]

In any case. Have lives been lost to injury?

[video]

[theblogger]

The first death we've had is the one I've mentioned today.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

That's...good to hear. But there have been disappearances.

[video]

[theblogger]

Numerous ones, yes. Sometimes they come back. Most of the time they don't.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

No indication that they were trapped in a situation like Mr. Hotspur's.

[video]

[theblogger]

No bodies were ever found. Skeletons, at one point, were found, but we can't say for certain they were any of our missing people.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

...I see. The ship, however, is extraordinarily large. Are there any methods of rapid travel from one part to another?

[video]

[theblogger]

There are lifts, like the one you took to get to the passenger quarters. Those string along about the ship. Some are broken.

[video]

[jurisimpudent]

So there are large parts of the ship unaccessible. The missing individuals could, theoretically, have been secreted away there...

[video]

[theblogger]

Theoretically, it seems possible.

[ He seems a bit disconcerted by this fact. ]

Don't know how they'd have survived the jumps.

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[cargojet]

Theoretically they coulda also been murdered. Wouldn't usually butt in here, but you seem like the kinda guy who thinks full disclosure is the only way forward.

You gotta be careful the kinda provocative things you say around here. It's a little ship, you don't wanna scare people too much when they've got nowhere to run to.