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Who: Allen Walker
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Blue Fish
When: Today

[For those who've been here awhile, a familiar scene comes onto the feed. Allen's standing behind a table in the Blue Fish clinic. The lab itself looks more Halloween-y than usual. There's a jack-o-lanterns and a few Halloween decorations. Timcanpy is behind him on the shelf, where what looks to be a little cape and fake vampire teeth over his already sharp teeth. Okay.]

Hello everyone! If you don't know me, I'm Allen Walker, one of the medics aboard the Blue Fish. Nice to see you all again.

Just a few announcements today! We'll be holding our bimonthly blood drive next weekend. The blood donated is kept for medical emergencies that require blood transfusions. In other words, we use scientific methods to help someone whose lost a lot of blood. If you donate, we'll gladly pay you!

If you're interested and are over the age of 16, please fill out the form attached to this video. [And what do you know, it's there] If you're interested in volunteering, please let me know. Vampires and similar beings interested in volunteering need to be able to have restraint around blood and will not be allowed to sample the blood. The blood drive will be held on the SS Blue Fish, as usual.

And as always, there will be cookies to anyone who volunteers or donates.

Moving on, a few other minor announcements. [He puts on a pair of reading glasses and starts to read off a sheet of paper:]

Over the next few weeks, there's a number of Earth holidays of a rather...macabre flavour: Day of the Dead, Bonfire Night, and most popular- Halloween. So if you have Earth crewmates carving pumpkins, dressing up, showing a fascination with skeletons, ghosts and other things like that, gouging on candy, burning effigies- that's why. Please don't be alarmed.

If you drink blood or enjoy your meat rare, I've been notified that the meat from the planet can give rather...odd side effects if not cooked thoroughly. Side effects include decreased in good decision-making skills and increased urges to write poetry. Please show caution.

Finally, there's been many reports of some people feeling some sort of...presence with the planet. [for a second, he looks uneasy about it, but it leaves after a moment] We're still looking fully into it, and I'm not sure what it means. If anyone has any more information about it, it'd be appreciated.

And that's all for today. Thank you everyone. Have a good day.

[He waves to the camera before it gets shut off]

[OOC: As usual, the blood drive will be handwaved!]

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Oh, please call me Aoko! It's really nice to meet you, Allen.

[ He'd looked kind of familiar over the video, but … there's no point in making assumptions. Aoko knows that better than most – or at least she had, back in Kyriakos. ]

Have you been running this for very long? What gave you the idea?

Alright! It's nice to meet you too, Aoko.

I've been running this about...a year and a half now? The last place I was had a blood bank in its clinic, so continuing that seemed like a good idea.

The last place? So you've been somewhere else before here, too? Huh. I wasn't expecting that to be so common here.

[ She drums her fingers briefly against her knee, before quickly firing off another message: ]

I helped maintain a clinic back where I used to be, too. I know the ships have medical personnel of their own already, but for what it's worth, I'd be happy to help out wherever it's needed.

You too? But yes, I was at a castle called Paradisa.

Thank you, I appreciate the offer. Luckily, it's usually quiet enough that we don't need constant aid, but during the blood drive it'd be nice.

A place called Kyriakos! You might have heard of it already, if you know Nightingale-san at all.

You don't know how good it is to hear that. ヽ(　･∀･)ﾉ

Oh yeah, she's told me about that place! Didn't...sound very nice.

[Understatement.]

[ Understatement of the century. Aoko laughs anyway, not that Allen can see it. ]

It had its moments. I got to meet a lot of new friends, and it was fun to cook and bake for everybody when things were quiet.

Edited 2016-10-25 20:12 (UTC)

I see. Sounds like you're the type that likes to make the best of a situation.

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Every cloud has a silver lining!! That's how the saying goes, right?

I believe so, yes!

It's a good way to look at things, I think.

Heeh~

If that's how you think, I really, really hope we get to be friends, Allen! You're pretty cool!

[Wow not many people call him cool. Good thing this is text or he'd probably be flustered] Ah, thank you!

You seem very cool too. I hope we can become friends, Aoko.