Amanda van Eeden (carabinadeases) wrote in remains_rpg, @ 2016-10-13 23:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | # 2019 [10] october, amanda van eeden, rose montgomery |
Who: Rose Montgomery and Amanda van Eeden
Where: The UMCB
What: Amanda interviews Rose about the events on 9/6
When: Backdated to the morning of 10/2
[Due to the busyness of the psychologist’s schedule, Amanda has arranged to meet with Rose at her place of work, slotting their interview into an open spot between patient sessions. Looking around the hospital today, there is of course no sign of the events that the two women will be discussing. To all appearances, the UMCB is functioning as usual.] AMANDA: [with a nod in greeting, she holds out her hand for the other woman to shake] Good morning, Dr. Montgomery, I’m Amanda van Eeden. Thank you for agreeing to meet with me today. I promise this won’t take long. ROSE: [returning the nod she took the offered hand in a shake.] Good morning, Ms. van Eeden. Of course. [she smiled, opting out of saying it was her pleasure when it was anything but, the action was genuine nonetheless.] Please, have a seat. They’re very comfortable. [motioning towards a chair clearly meant for soothing and not officiality Rose took her own seat, legs crossing as she watched the woman in front of her.] AMANDA: [taking the seat offered, she pulls out a notebook and then meets Rose’s gaze] I hope you’ll excuse me for skipping over the rest of the small talk and launching right in. Given the topic at hand, I thought it would be best not to delay. [pausing only long enough to take a breath in, she starts with:] You were here at the UMCB during the incident on the 6th of last month, is that correct? ROSE: Of course. [by the first question her face had fallen to an expression of neutrality, one she hoped to keep up rather than distraught.] Yes, that is correct. AMANDA: Let’s start at the beginning, then. [she, too, is all business, as if that might make what is to come easier.] Before your colleague converted, did you notice anything unusual? Is there anything that, in hindsight, stands out? ROSE: She had symptoms that were both physical and mental. Her skin was...sickly in color and she had so much sweat. [she paused] She obviously had a fever, but she didn’t when she walked into the hospital. People don’t just spike fevers like that and then display the personality disturbances of a schizophrenic patient. I knew it was more than mental, more than physical. AMANDA: [jots down a few brief notes, then:] So you knew right away that something unusual was going on? And were you on your own at this point, or was anyone else with you? ROSE: I knew it was an unusual situation that was unfolding, yes. Dr. Singh actually was already in there when I arrived. AMANDA: [nods, knowing that one of her colleagues is interviewing the doctor] After you entered the room and found Dr. Singh inside, what happened next? ROSE: [pausing a moment she tilted her head as she thought.] I quietly signaled her to stay. I wanted her expertise, and then the patient stopped babbling. She’d been hallucinating before, but it all just stopped when her eyes rolled back. [shifting in her chair she continued.] Dr. Singh asked if she’d been checked for bite, and she had. There weren’t any. It looked like the woman was about to code until she started fighting and I had to sedate her. [reaching for a glass of water she took a drink, giving Ms. van Eeden the chance to ask any other questions before she continued.] AMANDA: You sedated her? [her eyebrows raise] Did it have any effect? ROSE: Well–at first it seemed to, but then she flatlined. I'd say it was the medicine but she had no adverse reactions to it listed in her chart and I only used a half dose. Practically the children's Tylenol of sedatives. My best guess is her body was more than willing to be sedated had it been a different sort of fever, but the virus was already at its peak. [hands clasped around a bare knee, right below her skirt] After that it wasn't but a few moments, maybe minutes until she came back. AMANDA: [frowning. she's not sure about the whether that is significant or not, but makes a notation to ask Ria about it anyway.] Can you speak to whether the converted doctor resembled a typical shuffler, in behavior or otherwise? Or perhaps it would be better to ask whether you had the opportunity to notice if anything didn't match with previously identified shuffler traits? ROSE: I’ve never seen one convert so you’ll have to ask the quarantine scientists how this matches up, but I can say she turned fast. She came in like it was a normal day, then she ended up in one of my rooms. She started showing symptoms, turned and started killing in less time than it takes me to get ready in the morning. I don’t know how strong a typical shuffler is, but she fought off several of my orderlies before ripping one's throat out and going after the others while I kept Dr. Singh out of the way. [pausing she inhaled shakily] Somehow the converted doctor made it through the wing unscathed, leaving a bloody trail behind her before attacking more of our staff before she was shot in the head. She at least died like a regular shuffler, I know that. AMANDA: [for the first time since entering the room, her professional demeanor wavers and she drops her eyes. despite the pain the interview is obviously causing the woman opposite her, though, she has to press on:] Thank you for your perspective, Dr. Montgomery. I know this must be difficult for you. [clearing her throat] Let’s backtrack to right after the conversion to go over the events surrounding Dr. Singh’s injury. Did you come in contact with the shuffler at any point? ROSE: [looking down she breathed in slowly, regaining her composure before lifting her head and giving a nod of acknowledgment and understanding.] After she turned, no. She was more interested in the orderlies. AMANDA: And while she was grappling with the orderlies, you and Dr. Singh were hiding, is that right? Did you see how the shuffler escaped the exam room? ROSE: I'm not sure I would say hiding. I dragged the injured Dr. Singh across the room and crouched over her, so she was hidden for the most part. The orderlies were enough of a distraction that she didn't much care. [she swallows painfully with a grimace] She ripped out my orderlies throat and it caused a stampede, she pursued them and I stayed with Dr. Singh, lucky that the dead orderly didn't wake up. AMANDA: [giving a slight nod. they were very lucky indeed.] How much time would you say passed after the shuffler left and before you and Dr. Singh received medical aid for her injuries? Did hospital security arrive at any point? ROSE: About...ten minutes or so. I know that people showed up for Jac--[she paused.] the soldier. I followed Dr. Singh to surgery, but I did see them after I saw her into surgery. AMANDA: [though she has noted Rose’s slight stumble, she draws no attention to it.] Is there anything else about your experience that you feel deserves attention? ROSE: I think how she and the rest of her family got infected deserves attention. As for me, no. Nothing else. [she wanted to say that they were now hiring orderlies, but even Rose’s suddenly volatile mood was being leashed. She was agitated, but not at the reporter and she knew that.] AMANDA: Then we’re almost done, Dr. Montgomery. Last question -- in your opinion, what could be done to prevent further incidents from happening? ROSE: Like with the patient that turned? I don’t know. I’m not even sure she was showing any sort of signs of sickness before showing up. We can’t quarantine every patient that shows atypical signs, we could kill a perfectly, normally sick person. I guess what I’m saying is I wish I knew. Maybe further research into that families particular case would help build a better safety net. AMANDA: [she nods, making a few final additions to her page of notes] Then that concludes our interview. Thank you for your time, Dr. Montgomery. I appreciate you sitting down to speak with me. If you should think of anything else in the days to come that you feel could be important for our ongoing investigation, please don't hesitate to contact me at the Capitol. |