Blue Fish Mingle!

[save_the_souls]

Who: Blue Fish Crew + Visitors!
Broadcast: If you'd like?!
Action: The Blue Fish!
When: Month of May!

[Get in here Blue Fish! It's time for a mingle post! Visitors are welcomed, but anyone who requires doors will need to know someone from the crew that can let you in thanks to the passcode on the door.]

Comments

[dancingmd]

Well, it won't take too long. I'm just going to scan you with my tricorder, and we'll see from there where we need to go.

[pneumo]

Do I have to lift my arms or anything for that? [ He...he literally has no idea what goes on during a physical, or a scan. The closest he gets is you get candy after if you don't cry. ]

[dancingmd]

No, you don't have to do anything! Just have to sit and wait!

[pneumo]

Okay~~~ [ How long will he actually sit still for? The world will never know. ]

[passingthrough]

You're doing great, Sascha. [Kitty is actually surprised just how hands off this process is herself.]

[dancingmd]

[Fortunately, it literally takes about thirty seconds for the scan to finish, once she flips open her tricorder and runs it over Sascha. She's quiet as she studies the readings. It's hard to say what's normal for his species, but nothing strikes her as particularly worrisome. Though his heart rate is slower than a human's, it's steady, and his lower body temperature isn't accompanied by any other signs of fever or illness, so he's probably healthy in that regard. The most noticeable thing are his fangs trying to come in - poor thing, his gums must hurt! - and how dilated his eyes are.]

I see no signs of brain damage or trauma but - you must be getting a lot of headaches?

[pneumo]

I...um. Yeah--how'd you know?? [ Because as far as he knows, baring the incident with Nami and Simon he's been able to keep up a fairly good cover on that. Whenever his migraines are too intense to bear he simply locks himself someplace quiet and dark until his nerves calm down. ]

Did the thingy tell you??

[dancingmd]

Well, no, it didn't tell me directly, but with your pupils so dilated, there's bound to be a lot of light getting in, more than there should be, and that often causes headaches or worse, migraines.

[pneumo]

Oh...haha. Um. Yeah, it was really bad before Bigby helped me get these sunglasses. [ UV shades, technically speaking. ] Otherwise I can't see when there's light around.

[dancingmd]

[Well, she supposes that makes sense that a vampire would be nocturnal.]

Good, I'm glad that's helping! But... If you are interested, I do know of a medication that would make your pupils contract, at least for a few hours, which might especially help on a planet where we have less control over the lighting.

[pneumo]

So....my eyes would get smaller?? [ Less scientifically speaking. Life is hard when you lack a formal education and have had to learn most of your experiences via watching others. ]

[passingthrough]

[Listening quietly for the moment, glad that there might be something to help him, but also relatively sure he'd forget to take any drops like he forgot his air mask on the moon. She's a little surprised the brain is checking out so cleanly though.]

[dancingmd]

Only your pupils would get smaller. That's the black part in the center of your eye - it's actually an opening that controls how much light gets in.

[pneumo]

And if it shrinks, it won't hurt to look at light so much...?

[dancingmd]

Exactly! But you don't have to do it if you don't want to, it's only a suggestion. Whatever makes you more comfortable.

[pneumo]

.............

Will it stop the migraines?

[passingthrough]

Why didn't you mention getting migraines before? [Sure, Crusher seemed to know, but he'd never told her.]

[pneumo]

Oh...um. They're just normal? For me. 'Cause I'm always out where it's light, so...

[ sacrificing his own comfort to be around people, no matter how much it hurts later, has become routine for him. He's just that starved for interaction. ]

[dancingmd]

Sascha... [Beverly's brow furrows with concern for him] How often do you get these migraines then? Every day?

[pneumo]

Um.... Yes? [ Sometimes several a day, if you count the short "breaks" between them that he sometimes gets as separate. Otherwise it's just one long, massive migraine until the light go out and he can wait for it to stop. ]

[passingthrough]

[Frowning at you, vampire. But doing it with all the worry.] Anything else? Do you catch on fire at least once a day? Anything that might be normal to you?

[pneumo]

I don't catch fire...! [ I mean, he can but that's only if someone actually lights him on fire. ] I'm just not supposed to be awake when there's light out.

[ or lights on. Which is almost all the time in space. ]

[dancingmd]

[Gently.]

Daily migraines aren't normal, nor should they be. You don't have to keep dealing with them on your own.

[pneumo]

But if I'm not awake when there's light I won't see anyone...

[passingthrough]

She's not telling you that you need to stop going out.