MINGLE - Blood Drive!

[save_the_souls]

Who: Anyone Participating in the Blood Drive!
Broadcast:
Action: Open to All!
When: BACKDATED TO LAST SUNDAY, March 15th

[Hey remember that whole Blood Donation network post that came up a few days ago? Well it's time for the actual blood drive! On the network, there will a message posted reminding everyone of the blood drive located on the SS Blue Fish - which is parked in a volcano in Mor. You know the volcano.]

[If your character is Donating, please fill out this form here! ]

[If your character is Volunteering - they'll have been sent a message asked to arrive before the blood drive start to set up and go over procedures. Only Volunteers with Lab Assistant Augment or a Medical background will be helping with drawing blood! Volunteers without that (or lab assistants not interested in drawing blood) can be assisting with greeting people, helping people with paperwork, checking on donor's well-being, handling payments, or manning the cookie table. There's lots to do!]

[Be warned that since it's a blood drive, sections of this post will Contain Content with Blood and Needles. If that stuff makes you uneasy and you wish to handwave your character's involvement with the blood drive- that's totally fine! Otherwise go, have some fun full of blood and cookies!]

Comments

[faithfulwisdom]

I begin to think it may not be wise to decline. [Teasing. But, obediently, he picks up a cookie and starts munching on it.]

I only wish we had such technology where I am from. I have seen far too many perish from its lack.

[howcanihelp]

Not wise in the least. I've dealt with more troublesome ruffians than you lot. [ She grins, though, in recognition of the teasing. ]

So do I. With healing magic we can save many people, but... there isn't always a healer, and sometimes even with healing, they've just lost too much...

[faithfulwisdom]

Somehow, I do not doubt you.

Are you a healer, then? Perhaps you may bring the knowledge back to your people when you return.

[howcanihelp]

[ Steffa tries not to snort, but she doesn't quite manage. ]

A healer? No, I know one healing spell and can't even use it well enough to keep a relatively minor wound from scarring. I would take this skill home if I thought we could recreate with magic what they make here with tools, but...

[ She shakes her head ]

Unless someone more skilled than I can find a way to make such delicate instruments without the delicate tools needed to make them, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to make use of this knowledge.

[faithfulwisdom]

A pity. [He glances back at the stations] It is almost enough to make me wish my uncle were here. He would be picking things apart the moment he arrived, trying to discover how they functioned and how to recreate them. And if anyone could do it, it would be him.

[howcanihelp]

If one of the dwarven smiths were here, perhaps... they're very skilled at delicate and complex workings. I don't know that I'd be able to explain it sufficiently to them if I even could convince one of them to try their hand at it.

I'll still probably try, though, if I get the chance...

[faithfulwisdom]

It seems dwarves have a talent for such things in all worlds. Tell me, do any of your elves have similar skills? My people are reknowned for our metalwork.

[howcanihelp]

From what I was able to see, the Dalish were incredibly skilled with wood and leather. I didn't have much of a chance to speak with them about it, though, in the circumstances - you're probably better off talking to Jove about her people than me.

Elves in the cities... [ she frowns and presses her lips together, clearly none too pleased by what she's about to say ] They're little better than slaves in many cases.

[ She'd had no idea, until she met Natalia.

That made their plight intensely personal very quickly. ]

[faithfulwisdom]

I should have realized you two were from the same world. The connection did not occur to me until now. But, yes, Jove has told me something of the elves where you are from. It is... quite strange to hear, to say the least. [Strange is one word. Disturbing is another. It's hard to hear about the elves of Thedas and not feel for them- all elves are kin, after all. No matter how distant.] Quite different from my home.

[He didn't mean to drag this conversation down into such serious matters, however. It's time for a change of topic. His expression lightens and he sits a little straighter]

But then, perhaps that is not so surprising. We do not have 'mages' where I am from either. [He gestures in her direction, cookie still in hand.] You would be considered extraordinary.