thirteen ♠ Video

[save_the_souls]

Who: Allen Walker & You!
Broadcast: Video
Action: Blue Fish
When: Today!

[For people who been around for a few months, you may recognize the familiar setting of the Blue Fish clinic and another medical PSA. Allen stands behind his usual table, looking like he's in decent spirits. Timcanpy is in the background, resting on a bowl of cotton balls while wearing a miniature cowboy hat]

Hello Everyone. For those who don't know me, I'm Allen Walker of the SS Blue Fish where I serve as one of the medics along with Dr. Beverly Crusher.

Just a few announcements today. First of all, the bimonthly Blood Drive will be happening this weekend! People who donate their blood will be paid either in money or food. Any one who does donate will also get cookies and juice. If you are interested in donating, please fill out the form attached. [this one!] If you wish to volunteer your time to help, please contact me. Any vampire volunteers will not be allowed near the donated blood.

[Right, moving on then]

Second, it's been reported that since the attack, many ships have been reporting technical issues. While our engineers are working hard to sort out these issues, please be careful of any electrical charges or motion sickness caused by microgravity - er, the floating around. [and he makes a spinning gesture with his hands as if that explains it] And no, we still haven't heard from Atroma. Unsurprisingly.

Third, some of you may also be experiencing problems with your augment, such as headaches or mood swings. We're...working on it. Until it's sorted out, we can offer aspirin for the headaches but...I recommend keeping an eye on your crew in case they try to do anything like enter a spontaneous group marriage. [He frowns a little and looks straight at the camera] Please stop them. They may be cross at you at first, but they'll thank you later.

[And then he goes back to his friendly smile][he puts on his reading glasses, picks up his communicator and starts scrolling through it...and scrolling. And scrolling] ...a high number of reports of fights breaking out in saloons- [He pauses are one report] - good Lord.

[How did that even-? He frowns at it a bit, before putting down the communicator, clearing his throat, and addressing the fleet again ]

Right- anyway. If you don't want to get caught in a fight, I'd recommend simply not going to a saloon at this rate. If you do want to get caught in a fight, please make sure you know how to fight beforehand. Several fleet members offer self-defense training if you don't. And if you get injured, please contact your lab support- [he amends] Unless you are your lab support, then contact another one. Trust me when I say, giving yourself stitches is a terrible idea.

[Not that he's going to say anything else about that]

And that's all I have today. Thank you and have a good day! [He waves at the camera and the feed cuts]

[OOC: As usual, the blood drive will be handwaved unless specifically asked otherwise]

Comments

[save_the_souls]

Yeah, it came with the kitchen upgrades.

And go ahead! You can always have some when you help out at the blood drive. I don't know if there's anything special about it. [Soda's nice, but it's not really his thing]

[stefanged]

[It is so not fun teasing someone when they're not even aware there was a joke to begin with...]

Uh, sure. Just remind me, while I'm there, to try the jinx thing on you again.

[save_the_souls]

[Sorry welcome to the world of knowing Allen Walker.]

The Jinx-

Oh yeah! I nearly forgot! [Er-] But I'll write it down to remember!

[stefanged]

[He's gonna get hell from Alex for this, he just knows he is, so he sighs--]

You don't have to. I promise.

Back home, "jinxes" are kind of like superstitious habits kids do. Like when they say the same thing at the same time, so the first person to notice goes "jinx, you owe me a soda."

[save_the_souls]

...Oh. It's one of those child things. Of course.

[he rubs his neck awkward. Yeah. Guess who didn't have friends at the age where those kind of jinxes were something kids did? Yeah. This guy]

Sorry! I thought you were talking about something to protect against curses, you get so many of those things at the drive...

[stefanged]

[Poor Allen. Stefan, for the most part, looks just as awkward...]

It's okay, really. I'd believe it, considering how important blood can be to, uh, certain types of magic. [beat] and our "vampire volunteers."

[save_the_souls]

[...Okay. He can't help it]

Exactly. But what's with that tone? You're not one of those who don't believe vampires exist, are you?

[stefanged]

I don't know. After an alien invasion, I've kinda learnt to accept that anything and everything can exist.

[He's kinda suspicious, but he'll humor this one to the very end.] You really think we've got some vampires on board, huh?

[save_the_souls]

Ah- I suppose I could understand that.

And of course I do.

[stefanged]

[He says it so calmly too, like a guy would announce the sky being blue or the water being wet.]

Then why... why would you still let them volunteer? Aren't most of them dangerous?

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[save_the_souls]

Most, like you said. Not all.

The clinics need volunteers. I can't afford to turn away good help, especially when I've encountered several vampires who truly do wish no harm. Who have learned how to control themselves. Who I am to say they aren't allowed to help the fleet?

[save_the_souls]

Besides....if it is a dangerous vampire with ill intent?

[He'll left up his left hand and pull off the glove- showing a red hand. That is, until he activate his power and it morphs into razor sharp claws. And yeah. That is a cross right on the back of his hand - three guesses what these things are powered with]

They've come to the wrong clinic.

[stefanged]

[Stefan can't say he expected this. Not when the general opinion of vampires back home is less than stellar, with people trying to kill him or his ex-girlfriend on a weekly basis (with maybe a break around Christmas). To know that someone still trusts vampires, despite the general public's opinion? It's an invaluable opinion, worth more than gold.

As Stefan's about to express his thanks, he sees that red hand and immediately pulls back, almost falling off his chair because even with vampiric reflexes, give the boy a warning!

It takes him a second to steady himself.] Wow. I'd sure hate to run into the idiots who decided to mess with you.

[save_the_souls]

Oh- sorry! Are you alright?

[Poor Stefan nearly falling out of his chair there. That usually gets a reaction, but man talk about startled there]

Yeah- I'm no pushover. [To say the least] But if it means anything, no one's tried yet. The demon and vampire population in this fleet are actually...very easy to handle, compared to other places I've been.

[stefanged]

[He couldn't help it - Allen looked so harmless until those claws came out! He figured the guy had seen everything, but the claws...]

It's alright. I'm fine. [See? All steady and everything.]

We are kind of stuck together. Even a dumb vampire [or a demon, he guesses] wouldn't try to lash out when he's gonna see the same people over and over again.

[save_the_souls]

[Yeah that's the common sentiment with Allen. And he considers that viewpoint, tapping the side of his face thoughtfully with the back of one of his claws.]

I suppose that's true...even if we're traveling all the time, we do have much less space to move around in the fleet. It's not like anyone can go off on their own here, not really.

[Well they could, they just wouldn't survive very long in space.]

Though...it might also be who Atroma selects. I haven't come across a single Akuma, Heartless or Yoma in my time here. So it's possible that Atroma is selecting creatures who are more capable of living among people peacefully.

[stefanged]

[Stefan doesn't quite know what Heartless, Akuma, and Yoma are, but he can guess that they're bad news. All the better that they're not on the Fleet, because he doesn't think the ships could handle it. Literally.]

I guess. You'd think Atroma would want to see us fight, though, because for some strange reason, people actually watch those. A lot of people, actually.

But our ships can't handle much fighting to begin with, and maybe they take that into consideration too.

[save_the_souls]

[He shakes his head]

People like watching staged fights. Or the idea of one. There'd be nothing entertaining about watching an actual demon fight. [It's why he enjoyed action movies and horror. It was fantasy. The real thing was? Well...let's just say he hasn't heard of anyone envious of his job after they learned what it actually entails]

Either way, I'm not going to complain. I'd rather have it peaceful.

[stefanged]

[He's got a point there. Stefan grimaces a little at the mental image - while he hasn't fought demons, some of those aliens came pretty close.]

Don't give them ideas. I'll know who to blame if we ever end up at a coliseum.

[A small smile, to indicate he's teasing. Sorta.] Me too. I'll take boredom and wanderlust over a battle any day.