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( 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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Absolutely. You can still get the job done.

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. )

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.]

( 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. )

Not at all.

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

Have you been here for terribly long?

I just arrived on the previous jump, so I'm still getting used to things here.

We'll have to compare notes at some stage.

( mila is speaking literally. she actually has been taking notes. )

Definitely. I'm always looking to improve my knowledge, so another person's perspective can help. From what I understand, a lot of us come from different places and times, so I'm always up for sharing what I know.

It was London, 2014 - I was about to travel back to the states.

( so she did at least have an overnight bag when she arrived. nice to have her own toothbrush on this balls crazy cruiseship from hell. )

Not too far off from me, then- it was 2009 for me. The last thing I remember was looking out over San Francisco Bay with my boyfriend.

[It wasn't the whole truth, but it was close enough. Alas, that meant all she'd arrived with was her uniform.]

( nobody here is telling anyone the whole truth, least of all dr milagros "totally still working in her field, honest" gallo. )

Time is a difficult construct to ascribe real meaning to under usual circumstances.

[Because where's the fun in being truthful, really?]

And even harder when everyone you talk to says something different...

We're all in the same boat now.

Yeah- and I'm glad everyone I've met here so far has been honest about what to expect.

Given the jobs we've taken on, it's in their best interests.

Yeah- wouldn't make sense to leave us defenseless when we need to patch them up afterward.