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[milagros]

( milagros lacks that quintessential 'new person awkwardness' when makes her first visual address to the network; she regards the comm device with a faintly resigned weariness, instead, like it's kind of an inconvenience to break into her day to do this, but not sufficiently without value to not bother doing it. she's currently sitting in medical, familiarizing herself with patient charts and histories, which was probably the point at which she went 'maybe more than a handful of people should know who the fuck I am'. )

My name is Dr Gallo, and as of this jump cycle I'm a new addition to your medical team. For the sake of transparency, I've been primarily in research for most of my career; my background is in biotechnology and biomedical engineering. I am perfectly qualified to act as general physician and trauma response, but I've never had need or inclination to develop a bedside manner and I expect it leaves something to be desired.

( crisply english, all the efficiency and good old stiff upper lip the accent implies. she's head-to-toe in well tailored black, with gold rose-thorn small hoop earrings, and from her attire to her demeanor really doesn't seem like someone who's spent an awful lot of time dealing with patients. or developing patience, for that matter. )

I'm sure we'll muddle through. Please feel free to come and see me if you have any immediate needs or concerns; I won't make myself difficult to find.

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[forsometimenow]

Glad to have you aboard, Dr. Gallo. I'm Dr. Keller. I'm sure everyone will forgive a lack of bedside manner; not everyone can develop one, from my experience.

[milagros]

Well, we all have our strengths.

( mila's is not to be a people person. she is perfectly comfortable with this. )

[forsometimenow]

Absolutely. You can still get the job done.

[milagros]

Quite so.

( and-- well, it's not as if she's going to get sued for somebody else's stupidity if someone doesn't follow doctor's instructions, aboard the tranquility. god and milagros help those who help themselves; attitude about her attitude will get short shrift. )

[forsometimenow]

So, I'll see you around the medbay, then. I'm still getting to know all the machinery here.

[Jennifer can sense that Dr. Gallo doesn't seem very chatty, so she'll leave it at that if need be.]

[milagros]

( she's kind of Like That. )

As am I. Hopefully we'll come up to speed quickly, but I'm sure that won't be the problem.

( there'll be a problem. sooner or later. it's that kind of place. their competence, though-- she doesn't think it's gonna be that. )

[forsometimenow]

Not at all.

[Nope- Jennifer thinks mechanical failures are more likely.]

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[treasonista]

[ Milagros is a woman after Odessa's own heart, it seems. Her response is currently kept to voice, so as not to reveal that she may or may not be sitting with her chin in her hands over her. ]

I find your honesty refreshing, Doctor Gallo.

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[milagros]

I find so long as no one expects me to hold their hand, they're far less disappointed when I don't.

( mildly amused. )

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[treasonista]

I like you already. Not that I expect you were seeking anyone's approval.

[ She's amused as well, and pleased to see someone else in her field with an apparent No Bullshit policy. ]

It's good to see some new blood in medical. [ Poor choice of expression, or perfect choice? ]

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[milagros]

( it's a very zero-tolerance no bullshit policy, e.g. "if your omission of details when queried in treatment leads to incorrect treatments and death, you were too stupid to live and no one here can sue me for not making allowances for said stupidity, ha ha". she's really not kidding about her bedside manner. )

Well, it never rains but it pours. ( drs gallo, tam and keller - not a bad line-up. ) But you've neglected to introduce yourself in turn.

( prompt, prompt. )

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[treasonista]

[ Did she? Huh. Must've slipped her mind! ]

I'm Doctor Knutson. I co-head Xenobiology and Genetics. I'm also a surgeon, though I'll be glad to have my services required less in medical, I admit.

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[milagros]

It's a pleasure, Dr Knutson. I've met your colleague the professor.

( her failure to detail the context of that meeting is not accidental, though she would cheerfully say 'professionally' and it wouldn't even be a lie. )

I'm not really used to having so much to do with the business end of things, personally. We'll have to hope it's like riding a bike.

( mila's sense of humour is warped. )

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[peckish4action]

'sup, Dr. Gallo!

Name's Robin, and though I work for Communications, I've volunteered to help out around Medical if there's an overload of patients. Just wanted to say hi. I'd add 'welcome,' but this place might make that sound way too ironic.

I hope your time here's not too horrible, anyway.

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[milagros]

Hello. Thank you for introducing yourself.

( ... child. weird. )

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[peckish4action]

[ Hey, he has a reason for this... ]

Hey! I thought I'd rather do that then make you waste the effort to try and evict me if I do have to be there to help, so, yeah.

You settling on the ship okay, other than the whole... you're suddenly on a spaceship where you shouldn't be part?

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[milagros]

If you're not wasting anyone's time, then I've no need to waste mine.

( it's a terrible sign of just how short-staffed they really are, she feels, but as long as he isn't getting in anyone's way. young, enthusiastic people do volunteer work all the time. they're bizarre, but they exist.

that said, apparently 'discussing how she's settling in' would be classified a waste of her time. )

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[peckish4action]

Well, there is a reason why I work for Comms, mainly, rather than Medical. Most of my experience is field help, and bandaging up and later caring for the kind of trauma that comes from fights, with or without bullets and sharp weapons. Some of it on me.

But I figure if another pair of hands is needed, better free somebody who can do more to do more.

[ And, well, fair enough. Doesn't hurt to ask, right? ]

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[milagros]

( nothing ever makes her feel old like people who seem to embody 'might stop you on the street with a clipboard and the sheer force of their earnestness'. the only two surviving members of her coven were the smokers, though, so JOKE'S ON YOU, YOUNG PEOPLE WITH YOUR CLEAR SKIN AND YOUR HOPE. the world is terrible and we will all die alone.

in completely unrelated, offhand news she's handling this whole thing super well and isn't bitter at all. about anything. )

Very sensible.

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[axeyou]

Why don't you work on your manners and tell us just what 'biomedical engineering' means.

[Although from the sharpness of her tone, Johanna has already decided on what that probably means: nothing good.]

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[milagros]

( clearly. mila, unfazed, provides the answer: )

Biomedical engineering is about improving what the medical field offers. I specifically focused my efforts mainly on pharmaceuticals and medical devices-- that means I designed medications and I worked on improvements to medical equipment and devices that would be implanted for treatment. Anywhere that the treatment doesn't meet the patient's needs, I am the person or part of the team that attempts to address that gap between what they need and what we can give them until there isn't one.

( so chill out, maybe??? )

Biotechnology, ( although she didn't ask, ) has a great deal of crossover in that field, as well as chemical engineering, which is obviously very useful when it comes to developing new drug treatments. It's more about solving technological problems with the application of or application of concepts from living organisms.

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[axeyou]

[blah blah blah none of these words really mean anything and also that means none of these words are very trustworthy.]

Implanted. Great. Can you get implants out? Because we already have someone putting things into us, it'd be nice to have the other side too.

[so YOU chill out!!!]

Most of the living organisms here are your fellow passengers, so there's lots of problems, and not a lot of anything else. I'm sure you'll have fun.

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[milagros]

I can assist a surgeon by studying the implants you're talking about and helping them to understand the safest and lowest-impact methods of removal, but no, I am not a surgeon and I don't work on implantation or removal directly. I'm not, as I said above, someone who has worked with people previously; my hands on experience of medicine is limited and I will be practising accordingly.

( she is entirely matter of fact. )

I expect that most of what I'll do here will be basic general practise and diagnostic expertise - determining which of the qualified doctors or healers a complaint is best suited to being handled by. If there's sufficient lab space and resources to look into supplementing our medical supplies by developing alternatives, then I would look into working with the magical community aboard for testing alternatives to avoid having to roll the dice on whether a tonic will soothe a sore throat or melt out parts of your esophagus.

If you don't trust me, you're not under any obligation to seek treatment with me and I'd prefer you to be seen by a doctor you felt more comfortable with.

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[axeyou]

How about none.

[No doctors. Without lingering there, Johanna moves on--]

It's not that I don't trust you. No--wait, that is right: I don't trust you. But it's not because of what you are, and more because of what you do. You can still take it personally, if you want. I want you to take it personally.

Because while you might be thinking that everything you do is good and helpful and maybe even necessary? It isn't. People get by, or they die. The people who do get to benefit from all your implants and careful designs, they probably deserve to die, too.

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[milagros]

I don't.

( take it personally. and with a shrug, that's all she has to say. it's pretty clear that whatever issues johanna has, they really aren't about her and there's no real purpose to this conversation besides the expression of said problems; her own ignorance about what they are, specifically, is more likely to exacerbate the issue if she attempts to continue discussing it than not.

there's nothing productive for either of them here. )