crystal & medical questionnaire.

[portalling]

FORM: Sending crystal + blank questionnaire available at the infirmary
SENDER: Stephen Strange
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: The form is below! Submit your character’s response as a reply to that sub-thread, and this will also be linked from the Riftwatch orientation & infirmary wiki pages for posterity, so you can edit/submit a new one if details change. Your character does not have to take this super seriously. Strange might just come nag if they don’t.

What with the new faces recently, I’ve been working on the medical curriculum and refreshing the infirmary’s recordkeeping. It’s high time to establish some better-kept patient files.

To that end, we’ve provided a written questionnaire at the infirmary — thank you to Amsel for her neat penmanship — and I’d appreciate it if you could fill out a form for yourself and drop it off. The records will only be referenced by healers in the course of their duties, and otherwise locked away; your personal details will remain private. Having as much information as possible will only help the healers take care of you properly.

If you don’t read Trade or otherwise require assistance filling out the form, say as such and we can have someone sit with you. Any other questions, let me know.

— but also, fill it out.

Comments

[undergrunn]

A suit? Like a business suit, a tuxedo..?

( Abella's eyebrows raise a little, )

I haven't used it. I mean, this needed to be used sparingly before I fell into a world without any of it.

( He has a point, though. Abella carefully opens the vial, and taps a tiny amount onto the table. )

Levi would test it, sometimes. He's not a talkative guy, but I asked him to teach me in case his withdrawals were too bad for him to get it ready. Making sure I had the right stuff was step one.

( And that's why Abella scooped some heroin up and rubbed it on her gums in front of a medical professional. )

[portalling]

A business suit, yeah. I still keep it for special occasions where I need to look snappy but places where they won’t mind the obviously rifter fashion—

( The doctor sounds a little distracted, mostly talking just for the sake of talking, filling up the space between them; but as soon as Abella tests the substance, Strange goes still. Spine straight in his chair, all his attention wired on the woman as he waits for her verdict. )

[undergrunn]

( Barely a moment passes before Abella makes a face, the bitterness of the powder more intense than she remembered. Enough that she squints a little bit. )

Blergh-- do you have any water?

( She wishes to no longer have this taste in her mouth, even if it's futile with the amount she used maybe being small enough that rinsing it out won't make a significant difference. )

It's definitely not sugar. ( If only. ) Tastes like the stuff in Prehevil, except-- the bitterness is stronger. Ugh.

( Concentrated might be the better word, although Abella's not really aware of the likelihood and risk of heroin being cut with other substances. She's just unhappy about the taste, not even taking note of how intently Strange is observing her. It wouldn't be hard for him to notice how her pupils retract as the drugs enter her system. )

[portalling]

Good, ( Strange says, leaning back in his chair, satisfied. He appreciates her being able to verify. Most of his casual exposure to white powdered substances hadn’t been heroin, but rather cocaine: overtired med students running on fumes, staying awake for their studies, crunching for exams.

There’s a pitcher of water and a couple cups on his desk, and he pours one for Abella and slides it across the surface. )

To be transparent, I’m not accustomed to administering it myself — I used to have professional anesthesiologists and pain management doctors to take care of that sort of thing — but having it on hand just-in-case is better than not having it when we need it, I expect. It gives us an option.