Dr. Morgan Michaud-Carre Seeks To Straighten Out Her Papers, Part II
Who: Dr. Morgan Michaud-Carre. When: Mid-morning, December 1940. Where: The Place of German Beauracracy, trying to get her papers straightened out. Rating: PG, so far, if that. Status: Continued from HERE Anyone may tag this, whether I'm online or not. I will tag back upon login. Summary: She's still looking to update her papers so as to allow her to see patients after curfew.
The lines were long. That was no surprise. Dr. Carre waited patiently, really as there was no other choice. All sorts of people came and went, stopping at windows, and sometimes, going back into private offices. There seemed to be a bit of a stir at one point, and the man led off looked terribly white-faced.
She finally reached the window, where she explained to the rather sour-looking clerk, who's French was very bad, what she needed, quickly switching to German. The sour departed, at least somewhat, as it seemed to be a more or less permanent condition. He asked about her German. "I went to school in Hungary." She explained. This seemed to mollify him almost as much as that she'd spoken his language for him, and he pointed her through to an office to the side where there was a much shorter line. "They should be able to help you there." He explained. "Yours is not a typical case, and what you have here so far does seem to be in good order."
"Danke." She said, and made her way to the next waiting spot. This moved a bit more slowly, but not terribly much so, as there were only four people ahead of her. They were ushered in one side of the office, sat down, at one of two desks. Those inside seemed to be in uniform...