[Sickbay]: Round Sixteen Scans and Vaccines

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If this is your first trip to Sickbay, you may be surprised to see that it's a fairly ordinary-looking hospital. There are no terrifying devices or humming machines you might see in a sci-fi thriller. The biobeds along the walls are equipped with biofunction monitors, but look fairly standard. Instead of silver trays filled with metal tools and sawblades, there are an array of small devices that look as harmless as cell phones. As for the staff, they're all well-groomed and friendly — even the more unusual aliens.

If you're new to the ship, no doubt you've been escorted here by the security team. Nothing to worry about, the doctors just want to make sure you aren't carrying any viruses or are vulnerable to terrible space disease. Once you've been checked over — a quick scan from a tricorder and any necessary vaccines — you'll be free to go. Lollipops are optional.

"All right, step on in," one of them calls out as you enter. "Don't be afraid. It's just a scan and a hypospray, nothing to worry about."


[ooc: Sickbay is, as always, OTA and open until the next one goes up for latecomers! For new characters: tagging isn't mandatory but IC going to sickbay is. If you'd prefer to skip threading with one of our doctors, you can handwave that your character got a clean bill of health and a shot and were sent on their merry way. There is a post up in the OOC comm with more details about Sickbay and which doctors are on deck this month, if you have any questions.]

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[reincarnshaman]

Trever's family has the awkward moments of the occasional goddess showing up... and depending where they're holding the get together, politicians, diplomats and paparazzi.

"The Morrigan and Brigid apparently got into a fight at my naming," Trever said. He means the actual goddesses and he says it with such causal conversation that it's not like he's bragging but more like complaining about family.

Nice shoulder. Yes.

He runs the tricorder over her, trying to see how she differs - if in anyway - from a baseline human of this world. He noticed when looking over his own readings that he and Kale were slightly different which he figures is from their magic.

"Considering my usual patients at home are critters, I do say it to them but they don't care a whit and still bite or scratch me."

[premonitioned]

Phoebe doesn't blink as the goddesses are named, she's seen her share of strange things, goddesses might as well be real. "Why? Did they want you to be named after themselves?" Woman can be weird about names, look at her own mum, she gave them all names that started with P.

She pulls the shoulder strap back up and smiles. "That's a pity, you've got a good bedside manner."

[reincarnshaman]

"Heh. Well, there was a bet between the two of them that whomever could get my mum to take their suggested names got claim on the two of us and the Morrigan won. But I think it was more of a typical family spat thing. Mum tends to roll her eyes when she talks about it."

The Morrigan clearly wanted the two of them to get tough through their names. Because being named after a cabbage and having your name misspelled all the time is enough to teach them patience. Either that or she thought it was funny. She named her eldest child "Dove" after all.

"People are always more appreciative. Most of the time," he said. "Is there any sort of allergies or things like that we should be aware of?"

[premonitioned]

"Wow," Phoebe rubs at the back of her neck, "That's some pretty high stakes. What does the claim mean? Does she claim your souls?" She's seen that happen more than once, and it never works out well. And Chris did warn her, that the twins are going to need her help.

She bites her lip. "Sorry, if I am inquisitive. You can kick me out for it if you like, since I've got no allergies. Oh." Oh there is one potential problem. "I do get headaches, when I am around people who are projecting strong emotions."

[reincarnshaman]

"Sort of. My parents are from two very separate and important bloodlines. Bloodlines that if you follow the tradition of one you can't follow the tradition of the other. My Grandfather called it the voice and the knife. My mom's side of the family belong to the Morrigan and they're tied to the land as its protectors, the ones that keep everything that wish to cause it harm at bay. They're the knife. My father's side is also of the land but the people too. They're in tune with the land and its health resides on how well they rule. They're the peacemakers. My mother's the war makers," Trever explained, not sure how well he's doing.

"And both require a certain way of... thinking. Of devoting yourself to a particular lifestyle."

He then laughs. "But the Morrigan does get claim on our souls - but that's because she's the goddess of the dead."

He makes some notations in the padd, before asking, "Empath?"

[premonitioned]

"Wow, that does makes things quite complicated," Phoebe says. She can imagine the competition going on, to have the most followers of their tradition. It's how family wars get started.

She leans over his shoulder, looking at the PADD. "Yup, and I am still pretty new at it. I got blessed with it a month or so ago."

[reincarnshaman]

It's not usually that complicated. This is the first time in ... ever that the two families even thought that their might possibly be a connection. Love is awful like that sometimes.

He'll show her the PADD and the data on it. "I work with an empath back home. He does the most interesting trick with it: projects a 'I'm absolutely cute and harmless, like a kitten or puppy' field so people just ignore him or don't think of him as a threat."