March Mingle Madness (aka SURPRISE it's another mingle)

[bryces_pup]

Who: Crew members and visitors of the SS Blue Fish
Broadcast: nope
Action: On the Blue Fish, naturally.
When: Throughout March!

[Another month, another mingle. Once again, any visitors on the ship should bear in mind that there are locks installed all over the ship, so someone on board's gotta let you in. Or you can just stand there. And stare. And hope someone takes pity on you.]

Comments

[bryces_pup]

[Y u p]

A patient did this to you? [Who dares strike a healer?] You were aiding someone and they struck you?

Who was it? [That's definitely her voice hardening and taking an a light authoritative tone. Bev's getting a bit of the queen/commander voice, though it's not necessarily aimed at her.]

[dancingmd]

[Oh, she picks up on that tone and it's concerning. Not that it's surprising... the crew of the Blue Fish is nothing if not loyal, ready to come to each other's defense if need be.

But it does not need be, not in this case.]

Riona. Don't.

[bryces_pup]

I will not let this go unanswered! No one strikes a healer - or a friend of mine - and walks off without repercussions! If it were a fight then I'd understand, but I sincerely doubt that was the case.

[dancingmd]

[If it had been a fight, he would have not walked away without repercussions. Beverly may not be a violent person at heart, and will always choose the peaceful path, but when push comes to shove? She can hold her own quite well. This was not the case this time, however.]

It was not intentional on his part. His world is very different from either yours or mine - doctors and healers are called Organ Mechanics, and they view their patients as property to be exploited and used however they see fit. [You know things are bad in a world when Thedas looks better.] I don't know exactly what happened to him there, but clearly he has been abused in some way by these people so having me work on him... It triggered some deep rooted fears and he lashed out at me as a reflex.

[bryces_pup]

[The explanation takes the wind right out of Riona's sails. Immediately she deflates a bit, her expression of anger replaced by concern.]

Maker's breath.

[That's just... there aren't words for that.]

What was he seeing you about, anyway?

[dancingmd]

He had a broken and infected tooth that needed to be pulled.

[bryces_pup]

Oh those are the worst.

[It happened to Fergus once. That ended with more blood and screaming than Riona had expected. Needless to say, she took much better care of her teeth after that.]

So his actions were not malicious. [She sighs, crossing her arms.] As much as it irks me, I will leave him be, if you insist.

[dancingmd]

Please. I appreciate that you want to defend me, really I do, but in this case I don't think it would help anyone. Next appointment with him, I promise, Allen will be there, just in case.

[bryces_pup]

That eases my worry a bit then. So you expect him to return?

[dancingmd]

[She nods.] Even if he doesn't, I'll still want to make sure he's doing all right, after everything. That he's taking care of himself properly.

[bryces_pup]

I hope he apologizes to you when you do. Accident or not, it warrants an apology. If he hasn't already.

[dancingmd]

He hasn’t, and I don’t honestly know if he will. We’ll have to wait and see.