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[dislimb]

So, I've finally gotten access to this network... [ hmm... someone sounds wary and cautious, like he's afraid of hearing a response back. ] I have a lot of questions, and I'm seeing that I'm not alone in that regard. But for today, I just have one question that I need answered as soon as possible.

Can someone direct me to a doctor that can set me up with a new arm? I didn't really explore the medical bay too much, but I didn't see any available doctors while I was down there. [ and uh. med bays weren't the most comfortable place for him. ]

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( voice. )

[carbonite]

Listen buddy, since you're new I'll offer you a freebie. You and the rest of the ship are looking for answers, don't think you'll get them.

[dislimb]

Well, I'm not expecting the answer to the meaning of life or anything. Just if someone can get me a prosthetic limb. I mean, I know, it's pretty close, but I think I've got a shot.

[carbonite]

Guess you could get an cybernetic arm or something. I tend to stay outta medical bay for my own side.

[dislimb]

That'll do. I'm not a fan of medbays anymore, myself, but I'll make an exception for this situation.

There has to be someone on this damn ship that can do that sort of thing, right?

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[wolfdreamer]

Before, there were no doctors that could replace an arm but there might be now. We have had many new arrivals to this ship. And there are robotics that might help. Have they such things, where you are from?

[which he knows firsthand thanks. he wants to ask if it is missing or only crippled--but he knows, too, what it is like to be asked questions like that. so he doesn't ask.]

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[dislimb]

...Well, yeah. It's extremely commonplace, where I'm from. But, you're saying that I'm pretty much out of luck unless one of these newcomers can handle it?

[ that... doesn't bode well! ]

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[wolfdreamer]

[Warily, he switches from writing to speaking. He still sounds fairly young, though he has grown a little. Sometimes age means that people take him less seriously, even though they ought not to.]

There was a person here called Dave Strider. He made robotic legs, for me. He has since gone--but if he could do it, there is surely someone else that could, too. Tony Stark is friend to my family, and he knows much of robotics. And there are others, too, I am sure of it. If someone can offer help to you, they will.

[dislimb]

[ the voice is rather jarring, but nate doesn't seem to let that show in his own reply. ]

Huh. Looks like I picked a bad time to show up on this ship, huh? [ hahaha... ] But, you know of others technologically-inclined? I'd like to meet them, if you're able to send them my way.

[vivelavenir]

I'm-- I'm sorry, Monsieur? A new arm?

[He certainly knows of a doctor, but...

He assumed if the man was asking, then it must be possible, but he still thought it best to clarify.]

Of flesh and blood, or? A sort of wooden replacement?

[dislimb]

Yeah, is that--

[ wat. wait ....... wat. ]

...wood? Like real wood? Uh, no. Though it'd be neat to see wood up close, I don't think that'd help me out much. I was thinkng, yknow, cybernetic?

[vivelavenir]

[It would be... neat?... to see wood up close?

He blinked, and sat up a bit more stiffly. Perhaps they were both confusing one another, now, more than they meant to.]

My apologies, but what is 'cybernetic'?

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[foundafamily]

An arm?

[What the hell happened to this guy?]

I'm assumin' you mean, like, a wooden one and not an actual arm? Not that you're likely to have much luck with either.

[He feels stupid saying it, but you do have to check with some people here.]

[dislimb]

...Why is this so shocking? It's kinda commonplace where I'm from. Unlike wood.

[foundafamily]

Most people don't just ask for arms, hard as it is to believe.

[The last part sounds strange to him too. Even his city has trees and he knows the world has a ton more outside of it.]

There's no trees or anything where you're from?

[dislimb]

--Well, yeah, I mean, it's not like everyone in my office had a prosthetic or anything, but it's not out of the ordinary for injured workers to just... get their limbs replaced.

And nope, not where I was born.

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[steeled]

...a new arm?

[ just what you want you hear from a doctor in this situation ]

[dislimb]

[ internal tears everywhere. he's a tad frustrated now, oops. ]

Yes. An arm. Is it that odd to you? Cybernetics aren't that strange...

[steeled]

They are where I'm from, but I'm sure that between us all we can work something out.

I'm Dr. Knowles, Mr...?

[dislimb]

...Where are you from, exactly??

--Oh, my name's Nathan.

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[doc_pompous]

I...yes. Incidentally. We...could. We have the technology.

[dislimb]

[ thank goodness, someone who's giving him some hope! ]

Well, yeah, I figured the resources were available, but do we have a doctor that could oversee the process?

[doc_pompous]

We do. I could do it.

[would you like to see his resume of limb reattachment]

(text).........

[wrecktified]

(hey it's you. hey. hey!!!!) You're the guy with the RIG right?

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[dislimb]

[ squint. not sure if a trap... ]

Yeah.

[wrecktified]

Do you use any modules with it?