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[greyaria]

[Emily isn't wearing the ugly blue jumpsuit. She is instead wearing ugly blue scrubs, and judging by the background, she's in the Infirmary. And she's smiling. Emily is always. Smiling.]

Is there anyone out there with an injury or chronic medical condition that was untreatable in your home universe? I have robotics lab and medical access now. Come on by and we'll see about sorting that out! Or just come by for a checkup! I don't discriminate!

[She should probably set expectations properly, huh? Her good cheer goes from disconcerting to almost normal as she adds her caveat.]

The equipment is, hmm, vintage and I don't promise I can fix everything, especially if your biochemistry is out there compared to humans, but it seems like I'm from the future [she makes wiggly finger gestures, which are apparently supposed to signal...something] relative to quite a few of you, so that's an extra few centuries of medical knowledge. Might as well put it to good use!

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[greyerrant]

I could probably use a good looking over. You're a medicae, then? I have some, ah, unusual attributes vis a vis a standard human, but having someone who can knit flesh and stabilize me if I'm shot or need replacement parts is excellent.

[ He doesn't appear offput by the finger wiggles, but instead thinks to ask ]

I am from the 31st Millenium. When are you from?

[greyaria]

Medica, there's only one of me!

[Latin joke! She keeps going without giving Loken a chance to respond.]

It sounds like you're operating on Commissar Cain's calendar. 3rd millennium here. Mid-26th century, for people nearer to me.

[Emily's pretty polite when she's not busy being tactless and tends to refer to people by titles if they have one. She's also glancing at the anatomical landmarks visible on Loken through his jumpsuit and the screen miniaturization.]

[greyerrant]

That is correct, although he is more... temporally advanced than I am.

[ His brows knit when she says there's only one of her, and asks. ] Am I given to understand you are our only medical technician? This is not to insult your skill, but rather, I am worried we may not have enough people dealing with a large casualty event.

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[googledox]

Though externally I resemble many other humanoid species like humans, my physiology and biochemistry differ significantly in some respects. I would like someone to examine me for a baseline and to perhaps familiarize themselves with my physiology before any injuries.

[His nostrils flare slightly.]

I've been to the Infirmary to inspect their facilities and see if volunteering as a medic is a possible way to make myself useful - seeing as I've apparently garnered a lifetime ban from the labs. I wasn't particularly impressed by their leechcraft.

[He briefly raises his eyebrows for emphasis.]

I would vastly prefer to have a physician or medic from a time period with similar technological advancement to my own.

[greyaria]

It's certainly going to be challenging. I can't even flash-clone organs! Unless I build the flash-cloning rig myself, and that will take months. Years if I have to reproduce quantum computing to get the rapid DNA sequencing right.

[She huffs in exasperation.]

[googledox]

In my brief time breaking into the lab facilities, it was abundantly obvious that their technology is pitifully underdeveloped. That's what foiled my entire plan.

I managed to get in but the technology was so inadequate there was no way I could build what I needed to disrupt the internal shock devices before apprehension. I would've had to reinvent several technologies from the ground up.

[He breathes in a deep breath and lets it out in a sigh.]

They don't have quantum computing. They have digital computers. That use binary.

[He rolls his eyes.]

Glorified abacuses.

[takenalive]

What kind of technology do you have for visualizing internal organs?

[greyaria]

[Emily's kinda space racist, but she's also a professional, and so manages to keep it in check.

Also, she not-quite-answers the question by waggling her hand in a "so-so" gesture and looking dubious. She doesn't like the scanners.]

[takenalive]

I see. It's a gland on the inside of my skull, so I'm sure you understand my reluctance to have it manually examined.

But it's probably worth setting up the protocol for if it becomes inflamed again. There are better ways to address that, but if you have someone who can get through bone and use a small enough blade, all will be well.

[shipoftheseus]

[ hi have a rock ]

Do you have paste?

[greyaria]

Paste? I have various surgical adhesives.

[You're very. Sparkly.]

[shipoftheseus]

[Sparkly and probably kinda...uncanny valley-ish. Despite the generally humanoid appearance, there's something probably a little unsettling about how inorganic their "skin" seems or how slightly off some of their proportions might look.

But that doesn't matter right now. They're being responsible and having some foresight for once.]

Would it work for Gems? [Ugh, right, most people here don't seem to know shit. They frown.] If I get broken somehow, would you be able to help?

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[aleifr]

[Aleifr's response boils down to one word:]

Biochemistry?

[greyaria]

The things that make up your body that are too small to see, and how all the little itty bitty pieces talk to each other!

[For once, she's not being condescending, that's just how she talks when she doesn't have to be precise for science reasons.]

[aleifr]

"The little things that make up my body."

[He's no less confused.]

[heterochrocatic]

Didn't they already give us an exam when we got here?

[ Catra status: skeptical. ]

[googledox]

It seems that some of us are from worlds that are far more technologically advanced, which means our knowledge of medicine surpasses that of the doctors here.

Dr. Grey is likely far more qualified than some of the rig doctors.

Also...there are significant chances the rig doctors may be more...exploitative in nature. During my exam, they seemed uncomfortably fascinated with my physiological differences.

I wouldn't put it past them to take advantage of any times we need treatment to engage in unnecessary experimentation, especially for those of us that aren't human.

[heterochrocatic]

They were pretty interested in me being different, too. Creeps.

I'll think about it.

[greyaria]

[Catra's basically humanoid and looks like someone's really good cosplay, so Emily's not as space racist in her direction as she might otherwise be.]

It's simply an invitation! You of course have the right to refuse any medical procedure!

[Beat.]

I'm just the only one likely to respect that right.

[She's so perky it might take a moment to realize she just slammed her peers hard.]

[heterochrocatic]

Right. But even if I come in for an exam, like, there's nothing that stops their doctors from messing with me later on though?

[wheyoftheadept]

i had a foot regrown about a month back, im supposed to get check ups for like.... uh... nerves growing in right and all that for a while, can you do that?

[greyaria]

In situ regrowth? Hmm. I can monitor function, that's no problem, but were you done with the growth stimulant treatments?

[tarnishedavenger]

I would like a bit of a checkup. Best as I can tell, I've lost... most of my strength. But everything else seems to be about the same.

If it helps, I underwent a genetic modification procedure in the '80s. About twenty-five years ago.

[greyaria]

The 80s of which century?

[Since apparently she needs to ask.]

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[morebetter]

[Mac very rarely sees the doctor, on account of being one of those chronically underinsured people who actually doesn't even realize how underinsured they are because they have no idea how the system works and are accustomed to a certain level of coping with calamity in their life by shoving duct tape and pepto bismol at it. Back when he was much more promiscuous he used to pop into the local clinic for whatever antibiotics the nurse practitioner prescribed for whatever infection he picked up through unprotected sex with any woman that had a pulse and was willing to give him attention, and there was that one time he got diabetes (he's pretty sure from an unwashed shot glass, but who knows how one contracts diabetes, really, it is a mystery), but it's been several years and as such, he hasn't even had many glancing blows with the healthcare system. He doesn't know enough about it to actually value it.

Free stuff, though. Free attention, even. Sure, it's coming from a woman, which means that she's probably just a nurse hopped up on the fact that there are no real doctors here and hoping no one will notice, but what it sounds like to Mac is that Emily is extending herself as an examiner of whether someone's fit and healthy. And Mac would love some kind of certificate or plaque that certifies that he's in excellent physical shape so he can hang it on his wall and inspire Ben to stop eating those mess hall burritos.]

Centuries like...medieval?