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Tweak says, "Ni!"

Alexander "Alex" Michael Karev, M. D. (evilspawn) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-15 20:20:00

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alex karev, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, peggy carter, phoebe halliwell, spencer reid, zelgadis greywars

[day 228] action - bean crushers coffeeshop;
[So what do you do when you think you’ve woken up in an underwater prison, surrounded by people from a multitude of other universes with things like magic and powers? You try and snap yourself out of a psychotic state, for starters. Secondly, you start trying to figure out how possible it is to give yourself an MRI. Run a few tests because clearly something’s wrong here.

Tumor, brain, somewhere. Coma? Bad dream.

Stress, breakdown. Total psychosis?

Can't feel a fever. Hallucinogenic? Would've remembered the brownies.

So while attempting to diagnose his own nonexistent mental issues Alex Karev will just be taking up roots in the coffee shop; tending to a cup of plain black with a side dose of pacing and eye-rubbing. He’s mentally unstable and hallucinating, doing a total Izzie only worse. Just freakin’ amazing. He’ll be offering any and all passerby a sidelong glance that may or may not be attempting to determine just how real they are. And possibly acting a little like a recluse in fear of giving this mental lapse a little more fuel to burn on.]

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	evilspawn 2013-07-19 04:05 am UTC (link)
	[He does want the gore though, but not the scare tactic gore. The I Want to Stick My Hands in That kind of gore that gets any surgeon excited. His blank look may be an indicator that he's again not really listening.] Amazing. You do any actual medical procedures though, or what? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-07-20 05:28 pm UTC (link)

[Martha finally sits in the chair across from him, tired of standing.]

Lots of war is about triage. Who can you heal so they can go out and continue fighting. Who can you save so you can send them back home to a hell of a half life. Who you should probably just let die.

The insurgents we were facing were using bayonets. I don't know why. But the few who did survive a bayonet stabbing were difficult to sew up. And I performed a number of amputations in less than ideal circumstances. [Refugee camps and the like.]

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	evilspawn 2013-07-22 06:47 am UTC (link)
	[He'd comment on how the opposing side seemed particularly brutal, but that'd give away that he'd been listening, much less seeming to care.] So you aren't just a shiny, story-time nurse. Good to know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-07-22 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	And what about you? [She's ready to get off the topic of war.] Do you have proper stories or are you just a lovely ball of clouds? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-07-22 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	Good solid stretch of years that includes anything from swallowed keys to cut L-VAD wires, transplants, twin separations and growing a kid an artificial trachea. [There's a fleetingly brief tone of accomplishment and perhaps fondness at the last mention, which he shrugs off into his coffee.] We've had our share of emergency cases, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-07-23 03:40 am UTC (link)

[That switch in tone... was it fondness? It was definitely something much easier to identify with than his current attitude of wanker. She studies him as she takes a sip of her tea and then stands.]

Well, your bedside manner leaves much to be desired, but you might actually be a halfway decent doctor. I have to start my shift at the clinic. You're welcome to come with me; I'll introduce you to the woman in charge, though I should ask. How well do you deal with... weird stuff?

[She doesn't really like him. In fact, she suspects they will have words over plenty of stuff, but she can't deny that doctors are useful. And she's dealt with worse...]

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	evilspawn 2013-07-23 04:24 am UTC (link)
	Might...? Excuse me, already am. [He says indignantly, though it's only after that that he catches what she says next.] Wait, there's a clinic here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-07-24 03:36 am UTC (link)
	More or less. We're supposed to work only in range the wardens allow us. Small stuff. [There might be an implication that some of them are willing to practice more high stakes medicine without the warden's consent. But she doesn't say it out loud. She's not stupid!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-07-24 04:23 am UTC (link)
	[He makes a face.] If you're talking small time bandaids and nurse-work, I ain't interested. I'm a surgeon, all that other stuff's insulting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-07-25 03:51 pm UTC (link)

Well, we haven't had any emergencies yet. But I hope you enjoy the rest of your coffee. I have to get to work.

[If he wants to follow he can. But she's not going to shove him to do small time nurse-work. Frankly, she's not entirely sure why he's a doctor in the first place. She's a surgeon too, a bloody good one at that. But Martha has a bit of a different take on her job than most she supposes. She gives him a small smile before picking up her tea and her lab coat and heading out the door.]

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evilspawn
2013-07-26 06:24 am UTC (link)

[Karev doesn't do much more than nod his head, but he doesn't follow. He might check up on it in a day or two, but right now his temple's still thudding and he's not quite grasping what's really around him. Still could be a dream, a long shot he knows, because the longer this draws on he only has two options left to accept: Reality or Insanity.

He'll just drown the choice in coffee until he can face it.]

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