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tweedywatcher (tweedywatcher) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2010-03-11 15:34:00

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martha jones, rupert giles

Necessary Annoyances (Giles and Martha)
Who: Giles and Martha
What: Giles gets checked up like a good boy. And epic talking.
Where: Martha's office, I guess,or where she's doing checkups.
When: Oct.11th
Rating: Not very high probably
Status: In Progress

Giles wasn't happy about being poked and prodded, but he was curious about the doctor. He'd figured out she might be British, just from her mannerisms in the messages they'd exchanged. He enjoyed the prospect of meeting someone who shared his roots, even if it was someone from an alternate Britain in another dimension. He was intrigued about what was different in that world from his, and what could be learned. Even knowing about alternate dimensions, it was often hard to wrap his mind around these things sometimes.

He knew he'd have a lot of scars to explain and just hoped she wouldn't tell him to take off his shirt. He knew he was healthy, and in good shape for his age, and he didn't like all the doctor visits he'd had to make already back in Sunnydale. But, he figured it best to get it out of the way. Besides, Buffy would likely moan and complain if he didn't get a checkup. She knew as well that he was fine, but she would probably, he guessed, tell him not to take any chances.

He came in and waited for her to call him.

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legendinhertime
2010-03-14 07:30 am UTC (link)

"Buffy's brilliant," Martha smiled. "I didn't realize you were connected to her. She gave me my job back when I appeared... apparantly I was here before but I had no memory of it. She helped me find my way around. If you helped mold her into the person she is, well that speaks very highly of you." She got out the stethoscope and pressed it to his chest.

"We've been warned about Demons and the lot, told to steer clear," she dropped the stethoscope (still hooked around her neck) and pulled out the pendant. "Been told to wear these at all times, anti-possession charms, though I have to wonde, if a demon gets close, what'd to keep them from just tearing it off," she frowned slightly at this before picking up the stethoscope again.

She took in the various scars and knicks that seemed to dot the man's skin and she understood. "The unfortunate marks of the warrior," she said it with a genuine understanding. "I guess I don't have to tell you this but each of these are a story." She had a fair share of her own that she had gotten during the Year That Wasn't, they hadn't gone away - a side effect of being at the eye of the storm.

She stopped talking, listening to his heart. "Breathe in please," she knew he wanted to get out of there quickly. She would have to listen at the front and the back, and take blood pressure, and a bit of blood for testing.

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tweedywatcher
2010-03-14 06:27 pm UTC (link)

"To be honest, I'm surprised at times that I was able to. She's a typical teenager and suffice it to say that she frustrates me at times. She comes through when it's necessary though."

"Yes, you're right, and I'm sure someone not familiar with these sorts of things would find many of them difficult to believe."

He took the pendant. "Thank you. I'm somewhat familiar with wards and such, although I'm rather glad this one doesn't involve strong herbs. Difficult to put up with something that smells so badly." He wished he had his research materials to look into it further. Maybe the person he was directed to would tell him more.

He stopped talking to oblige her request about breathing. His lungs were something he'd often wondered about.

When he had a moment to do so, he said "I stopped smoking years ago, but I often wonder just what shape they're really in."

He took note of the blood drawing equipment, mentally curious as to what exactly they would have found testing Buffy. He worried about who could get hold of it. He had no idea anymore about Glory, but he knew of others in his world, and from other places...no one knew. There was no way to know what was what with Dawn, but he wasn't taking chances since she was the slayer's sister.

"If Buffy and her sister have been in yet, and you've tested them" he nodded toward the syringe. "Be cautious. There are certain people...beings...who would kill to get that blood. That's all I can say, but I'm concerned about it."

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legendinhertime
2010-03-15 12:20 am UTC (link)

She chuckled at this. "Well I wouldn't know about that, but I like to think we were all that way once. I know I was. You think you know best... then gain, half the time I was studying," she chuckled. "To become this," she indicated the medical bay. "But I have to admit I got rather side tracked, traveling about the universe in a big blue police box." Saying that outloud sounded rather crazy but it was true.

"I've heard some things about a skin marking - a tattoo you can get - that is more permenant than the these pendants, and clearly cannot be removed." She made a few notes at what she was hearing. "I've been contemplating getting one, just in case." Jotting a few more notes, Martha listened again. "How long ago did you quit?" she asked. "Generally the rule is that for every day a smoker has quit, they gain one day back, they sound alright, a slight bit of strain, but you have many more years of breathing left to go, without any supernatural or other superceding events." Meaning him getting killed prematurely.

She got the bloodpressure cuff and started wrapping it around his upper arm as she listened to him. "I took blood from both of them, well my predicessor - the last time I was here - - took blood from Buffy, but I examined Dawn earlier today, her blood is currently undergoing testing," her brow furrowed slightly at this. "Is there something I should know? If there is a possible danger becuase of something in her blood..." she was thinking some kind of mutation. Something that if anyone else came into contact with could cause problems... but kill to get? When he said he couldn't say more she nodded. "Its another secret," it was a statement. "Well if it makes you feel better once I'm done with the sample, I can see about destroying it." She wasn't about to do anything that made them uncomfortable. It was just these sort of things that she needed to know...

She started filling up the cuff with air, holding her stethoscope to his arm.

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tweedywatcher
2010-03-15 04:30 am UTC (link)

Giles had to chuckle as well. It was true that people usually changed over the years. Even the people who knew him best had been shocked to learn about his past as 'Ripper'. "It does seem that way, you're right." he agreed.

"I'll look into it. It would be more practical" he agreed. When she asked about the smoking, he said "several decades ago, so it's been a while. Well, except for one time when I was definitely not myself for a time, and then only a couple. But I'm glad they sound well."

"No, there's no danger in coming into contact with it...there are just certain ways they're different. I'm just cautious because of the influx of people into this world...I never know who will come across from my world."

She did understand his secrecy, and he appreciated it, nodding when she talked about destroying it afterward.

He let her fill up the cuff, unconsciously making a slight face at the tingling discomfort the procedure always produced for a moment.

"It's usually rather good, which surprises me with all the stress in my life" he commented.

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