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Dr. John H. Watson ([personal profile] theblogger) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-10-15 10:54 pm

Voice; Obligatory MedBay Call + Others

Good afternoon, Tranquility.

This is Doctor Watson from medbay with just a few, quick announcements.

First, some of you may or may not have noticed that I was absent for the greater portion of the last jump. Sorry - that's about as much as I know about it as well. Anyone who was looking for me, specifically, can contact me at this number.

Secondly, due to my absence, I don't know if anyone new has joined on to the medical team or not [ He doesn't really sound hopeful in that aspect. ] or if anyone's left, so I'd like to call for a quick headcount of our current staff, if you wouldn't mind.

I'd also like the staff to quickly jot down their availability for shifts on the roster I attach.

SHIFT ROSTER

Medbay is always looking for more staff. No experience necessary, just time and dedication to the job. If you're interested, contact me and we'll run through a brief interview with the other senior staff.

JOB SIGN-UP

Finally... I'm sure many of you have noticed we've gotten another Sherlock Holmes aboard. For those of you who don't know, there are three of them.

Two of them look completely identical and sign their texts. Those ones are Seven and Eleven. [ Go ahead and have yourself a chuckle, Americans. ]

Eleven is directly from London. He has never been on the Tranquility before this jump, so please don't try and treat him as if you know him, or expect him to act like he did when you knew him. I'm telling you this so you don't have to hear it from him - he's got a [ A soft grunt of a laugh-not-laugh. ] particular way of putting things. Some things do stay the same.

That's it.


[[ OOC: Info on John's disappearance and his jump post (for anyone interested) is here.

Also! I made a general medbay log post for anyone who wanted to write about lasting injuries from last month/just a catch-all for the area. You can find that here! ]]
abductivereasoning: (Rankled talk)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Work with what you've got. ]

Do what? That's a complete non sequitur. Has
the artificial gravity here begun to cause
neurological damage or are you just having
some sort of fit?
SH
abductivereasoning: (Bickering)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a delay as he tries to figure out what's going on. What is all this weirdness what are these texts what does it mean ]

What the Hell are you on about?
SH
abductivereasoning: (Getting peeved)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bittersweet symphonies? Lunatics? Doing it better? He's drawing a blank on it all, staring with a scowl down at his screen and about ready to just pitch a fit over John making no bloody sense, but then-

Wait a minute-

Wasn't that song on the Jeremy Kyle show?

It all suddenly clicks as he skims back through the texts and sees the patterns there even if he doesn't know the majority of the songs these lyrics pull from. Because, you know, he listens to actual proper music. ]


Hilarious, John. Truly.
SH
abductivereasoning: (Sidelong glance)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh yes, he hears all that racket in there, Doctor Watson. Har-dee-har-har. He rolls his eyes so hard it's nearly painful. ]

And you call me childish. Very mature of you.
SH


[ And stop that chuckling already, Jesus Christ. He reaches up and thumps his fist against the window nearby for good measure. ]
abductivereasoning: (Pensive)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
At what point in time would I ever even begin to
consider rubbish pop music to be worth the storage
space it would take up? Would probably taint every
piece of information around it to boot. Deleted on
entry. Now stop lollygagging and get out here.
SH
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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ A beat, then right after- ]

After all, the party doesn't start until you walk in.
SH
abductivereasoning: (Analyzing)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Full-on smiley emote. Not a bad turnaround, if he does say so himself. His lip quirks just slightly but he manages to rein himself in so his expression is properly bored by the time the door slides open, still scrolling through the main network system when John rejoins the world from his apparently much-needed rest. ]

Hardly. I just need access to some of the chemicals you have locked up in the cupboard. Need my work table fully stocked, after all.

[ With that he offers a dismissive wave to his right and, yes, sure enough he's completely cleared a table of its medical supplies and collected... well... everything. Like a magpie on a shopping spree he's snatched up anything that appears to be of even remote use and interest to accompany beakers, petri dishes, a Bunsen burner and what he figured looked reasonably close to a microscope. It's all there in an impressive sprawl of clutter, a shining tribute to his mess of a work station in the kitchen back home. ]

Just put whatever you've got next to the large hunk of metal and knobs on the right side and I'll sort through it when it suits me.
abductivereasoning: (Steepled)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ This earns John a Look he's ever so familiar with receiving. Ugh, the Look says, could these demands possibly be any less worth my time? As if he cares about the medical needs of the general populace when he has work to do. It comes with a roll of the eyes and a melodramatic sigh, Sherlock's head falling back to allow him to stare up at the ceiling. ]

And who will let me into their chemical cupboard?

[ Oh yes, there is an implied trade there. Return of your precious equipment if you help him snatch it up from somebody else. Isn't that just so diplomatic of him? ]
abductivereasoning: (Mocking)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-17 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ The mere idea of him "signing up" for anything earns a very loud and annoyed huff of breath, hands tossing up in a display of pure exasperation. Does he look like he wants to be employed on this bloody ship? Does he seem the type to bother with duties, or do anything that doesn't suit his own needs? He's not been away that long, John, you should know better. ]

At what point did I say I wasn't going to get them one way or the other? It would just make my life easier to have you there to carry the equipment back.

[ And speaking of equipment. When that little error is pointed out his eyebrows shoot up -- but not quite in the Oh my God I could have injured myself what a close call way a normal person would have. More along the Surgery device you say, how can I test to see how that works with minimal risk of permanent blindness I wonder lines of thought that tend to make him look a bit like a psychopath to the general populous. ]

Really.

[ And then he's up and on his feet, interest in his new acquisitions sparked anew. If there's toys like that here, what sort of goodies could they have tucked away in the Science Department? It gives him a chill of excitement just to think of it. Anything that he can't figure out how to pinch himself he bets he could talk that Spock fellow into acquiring for him. He's smirking already at the thought, a great greedy dragon ready to add more treasure to his hoard. ]

And this here?

[ He taps the hunk of metal with the knobs and lights. He couldn't even begin to figure out what it did, but it was shiny and interesting and that was enough for him. ]
abductivereasoning: (Oh. I see.)

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-18 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ They really should have selected a viable fainting couch before all this -- because Sherlock is bordering on the vapors already.

The moment the screen activates he's positively enraptured, a sharp breath coming in through his nose at the sight of it. He says not a word as the slide is eased into the slot and begins what is likely the closest thing Sherlock has ever had to a religious experience. Even he has only worked with an SEM once or twice, and to have one microscope with such vast capacity that's even portable? Completely unheard of and absolutely brilliant. His eyes follow each move of John's hands, locate every menu, take in each adjustment made to be committed to memory.

Oh yes. He will be having one of these, thanks.

The nanites, though. That really draws him in, enough so that he leans forward and brushes John's hand aside to take control himself. A small collection of the microscopic machinations is selected and zoomed to watch as they work together against the edge of a cell junction, his brow furrowed with the weight of his concentration. Amazing. He watches them work in reverent silence for a moment or two before straightening up and absent-mindedly tracing his fingers across the inside of his forearm. Oh, the samples he would be taking. This was at least a week's worth of entertainment just from analyzing his own tissue, particularly if he could get comparison samples from his counterparts.

All right, then. Maybe this whole spaceship idea isn't so bad, after all. ]

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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-18 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Finally he spares John a look from the corner of his eye, and it just might carry some distant resemblance to something that's a second cousin to the sister of being impressed. When last he saw the doctor he struggled to type with more than his index fingers, for God's sake. To see him capable of working such a complex piece of technology is... surprising. ]

Interesting enough, I suppose.

[ His tone remains bland despite the fact that he was bordering on salivation mere seconds before. ]

Is there a second unit in the Science Department?
abductivereasoning: (Sidelong glance)

[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-20 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, yes, time for the repossession. Sherlock lets out a low sound of annoyance as the microscope is gathered up and returned to its previous location, lips pursed in an obvious sulk. Naturally he's behaving as if these are his things being taken away rather than knicked items being put back where they belong; after all, his work is important, or at least it will be once he gets started, enough so to warrant his acquiring of certain items through the slightly non-conventional means of flat-out taking.

There's a great deal to understand here, and mysteries to solve. For that, he'll be needing equipment. Lots of it. Is that so hard to understand?

With a final sigh and a lifting of his chin he peers at the door, then back to the man now systematically dismantling all his hard work. ]


They won't miss one or two, then. Come on, we've got quite a bit to carry back over here.

[ Can't very well bring it all alone, after all -- and anyway, this is John's idea, so he'll be the one to assist in carrying it out. That's what he gets for being stingy. ]
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[personal profile] abductivereasoning 2012-10-18 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[[ The ache of my scientific erection knows no bounds. ]]