Entry tags:
- belle (once upon a time),
- donny casey (original),
- ella ellis (original),
- emil castagnier (tales of symphonia),
- flora (the winx club),
- jesse pinkman (breaking bad),
- kevin cecil (makai ouji),
- max kearney (original),
- saul goodman (breaking bad),
- stephanie brown (dc comics),
- zelos wilder (tales of symphonia),
- ✝ alucard anselm (original),
- ✝ carlos (welcome to night vale),
- ✝ kirian dawningsun (original)
joint video post: announcing free first aid kits and clinic stuff! by Donny, Steph, Ella and Flora
( THE SETTING: the setting isn't exciting. I mean, it's the clinic and it looks extremely clean and well organised, but that's probably more a relief to any observers than exciting. Donny is himself, dressed in his scrubs, sleeves of the long shirt he wears underneath rolled up so that the tattoos and metal bands around his forearms are visible. He'd look sort of badass if he didn't also look a little bit green.
Fortunately he is surrounded by attractive people and first aid kits! YEAH. AWESOME. Ella is on his right, Flora as his left, although they're positioned on one side of the camera. Almost like they are keeping room for something. )
Um, h-hey. I'm-- I'm Donny, I um, I help in the-- the c-clinic? With-- supplies, and coordinating uh, stuff. ( There's a long pause, and he glances to Flora, fumbling with his words for a second before he can put something together. ) Um, just-- we just wanted to announce that we have um, m-made first aid k-kits for all the Transports. I think-- some of you p-picked them up at the m-meeting?
( he's making a conscious effort not to fidget, but he looks so uncomfortable, and there's a reason he doesn't... do video posts. This time he's chewing his lip, glancing at Ella for a second before his gaze drops and his fingers curl towards his palms. )
If you haven't g-got one yet, if you c-could um, please come by the c-clinic. It'd b-be-- be good to get um, everyone checked off the list b-before the day n-new Transports arrive. And-- yep.
( Oh what's that? Donny seems to look horrified for a second, before Stephanie steps on camera, holding a first aid kit and modelling its contents the way you might see a car or a fridge or another fantastic prize modelled on a quiz show. Stephanie, please.
She even has a suitable 'game show model' smile, though it turns into a sheepish grin about a third of the way into her little demonstration.
With that ruined, she steps up so she's closer to the camera, putting an arm around Donny's shoulders as she addresses their audience. Donny would like the ground to swallow him up and it shows. ]
Sorry, they dared me to do it. [No they didn't.] Hey, everyone, I'm Steph, and I'm here to help you learn how to use these handy little things, if you'd like. Well, there are a few other people who can teach you as well, but I'm the cutest.
[Donny is looking horrified still (THIS IS A SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT), but Steph is all smiles.]
Anyway, most of this stuff is pretty simple, but if you'd like to learn your way around basic first aid, there are some classes you can sign up for, either by replying here, or coming down to the clinic whenever you're free. [a beat, to let that sink in, then:] That's it from me, have a good one, guys.
[And with a little salute, and a pat to Donny's arm, she moves off screen. There's sort of... trepidation and concern in how he looks to the others, now, waiting for them to chip in. ]
Ella is trying to smile next to Donny. She’s been slightly under the weather -a lot, actually- but hearing him make an effort and kind off flail at it does wonders for her mood. Maybe she’s a bit of a bad friend. Sighing, she takes a step forth as she holds a kit up. ]
It’s free, of course, and we will replenish it whenever you need. It has a bunch of useful stuff, both for treating whatever little nuisance you might have and prevent something serious to get even more serious before you can get help. [ A beat. ] And of course, you should totally come to the Infirmary if you really need to. Having a kit will solve some problems, but here’s where we make sure you get better.
[ She glances at Flora. While Ella can talk for hours, this is a joint effort, so she’ll bite her tongue. For now. ] [She appreciates the self-restraint, Ella. Donny looks at her and she flashes him a warm and encouraging smile. She’s really proud of him for doing this and taking initiative. When Stephanie makes her display, Flora tries to look stern, at least for Donny’s sake, but it’s clear she’s trying very hard not to laugh. She manages it. Somehow. Barely. Boy, does she ever love working here, sometimes. By the time it’s her turn to speak, though, she smoothly takes her cue and is quite composed, if still smiling.]
If for some reason you’re unable to pick up a kit, arrangements can be made to have them delivered to you. We’re here to help, so just let us know, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
( Thanks, ladies. BUT BEFORE THEY WRAP THIS UP, Donny kind of shakes himself out of his state of I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING to add, )
We're-- we're t-trying to uh, make sure we have all our b-bases covered for um, Transports that aren't human. C-cause-- I guess m-most of our knowledge and equipment is human... human f-focused. And-- yeah, any help p-preparing would be great. We have some other staff who aren't human, if you'd uh, f-feel-- feel m-more comfortable talking to them. Galadriel and-- there's also blood d-donations and-- Yeah. You c-can um, always ask us for m-more details and stuff. Thank you.
( Oh God can they turn off the feed now please turn off the feed-- thank God, Flora bounds forward and turns off the device. )
( OOC: Responses will come from Donny and various other clinic folks!
You also don't have to play out your character receiving a first aid kit! These losers will try to make sure every transport has one ASAP, delivering if they must. THEY WILL HUNT YOU DOWN TO GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST AID KIT. But, you know. Politely. )
Fortunately he is surrounded by attractive people and first aid kits! YEAH. AWESOME. Ella is on his right, Flora as his left, although they're positioned on one side of the camera. Almost like they are keeping room for something. )
Um, h-hey. I'm-- I'm Donny, I um, I help in the-- the c-clinic? With-- supplies, and coordinating uh, stuff. ( There's a long pause, and he glances to Flora, fumbling with his words for a second before he can put something together. ) Um, just-- we just wanted to announce that we have um, m-made first aid k-kits for all the Transports. I think-- some of you p-picked them up at the m-meeting?
( he's making a conscious effort not to fidget, but he looks so uncomfortable, and there's a reason he doesn't... do video posts. This time he's chewing his lip, glancing at Ella for a second before his gaze drops and his fingers curl towards his palms. )
If you haven't g-got one yet, if you c-could um, please come by the c-clinic. It'd b-be-- be good to get um, everyone checked off the list b-before the day n-new Transports arrive. And-- yep.
( Oh what's that? Donny seems to look horrified for a second, before Stephanie steps on camera, holding a first aid kit and modelling its contents the way you might see a car or a fridge or another fantastic prize modelled on a quiz show. Stephanie, please.
She even has a suitable 'game show model' smile, though it turns into a sheepish grin about a third of the way into her little demonstration.
With that ruined, she steps up so she's closer to the camera, putting an arm around Donny's shoulders as she addresses their audience. Donny would like the ground to swallow him up and it shows. ]
Sorry, they dared me to do it. [No they didn't.] Hey, everyone, I'm Steph, and I'm here to help you learn how to use these handy little things, if you'd like. Well, there are a few other people who can teach you as well, but I'm the cutest.
[Donny is looking horrified still (THIS IS A SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT), but Steph is all smiles.]
Anyway, most of this stuff is pretty simple, but if you'd like to learn your way around basic first aid, there are some classes you can sign up for, either by replying here, or coming down to the clinic whenever you're free. [a beat, to let that sink in, then:] That's it from me, have a good one, guys.
[And with a little salute, and a pat to Donny's arm, she moves off screen. There's sort of... trepidation and concern in how he looks to the others, now, waiting for them to chip in. ]
Ella is trying to smile next to Donny. She’s been slightly under the weather -a lot, actually- but hearing him make an effort and kind off flail at it does wonders for her mood. Maybe she’s a bit of a bad friend. Sighing, she takes a step forth as she holds a kit up. ]
It’s free, of course, and we will replenish it whenever you need. It has a bunch of useful stuff, both for treating whatever little nuisance you might have and prevent something serious to get even more serious before you can get help. [ A beat. ] And of course, you should totally come to the Infirmary if you really need to. Having a kit will solve some problems, but here’s where we make sure you get better.
[ She glances at Flora. While Ella can talk for hours, this is a joint effort, so she’ll bite her tongue. For now. ] [She appreciates the self-restraint, Ella. Donny looks at her and she flashes him a warm and encouraging smile. She’s really proud of him for doing this and taking initiative. When Stephanie makes her display, Flora tries to look stern, at least for Donny’s sake, but it’s clear she’s trying very hard not to laugh. She manages it. Somehow. Barely. Boy, does she ever love working here, sometimes. By the time it’s her turn to speak, though, she smoothly takes her cue and is quite composed, if still smiling.]
If for some reason you’re unable to pick up a kit, arrangements can be made to have them delivered to you. We’re here to help, so just let us know, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
( Thanks, ladies. BUT BEFORE THEY WRAP THIS UP, Donny kind of shakes himself out of his state of I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING to add, )
We're-- we're t-trying to uh, make sure we have all our b-bases covered for um, Transports that aren't human. C-cause-- I guess m-most of our knowledge and equipment is human... human f-focused. And-- yeah, any help p-preparing would be great. We have some other staff who aren't human, if you'd uh, f-feel-- feel m-more comfortable talking to them. Galadriel and-- there's also blood d-donations and-- Yeah. You c-can um, always ask us for m-more details and stuff. Thank you.
( Oh God can they turn off the feed now please turn off the feed-- thank God, Flora bounds forward and turns off the device. )
( OOC: Responses will come from Donny and various other clinic folks!
You also don't have to play out your character receiving a first aid kit! These losers will try to make sure every transport has one ASAP, delivering if they must. THEY WILL HUNT YOU DOWN TO GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST AID KIT. But, you know. Politely. )
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( A little smile, trying to be reassuring even through his own general... Donny-ness. ) We um, we c-can ask-- maybe Kirian would um, w-would write up a d-document? I m-mean we have-- lawyers here and stuff. M-mutual security type stuff? ( And, more self deprecatingly, ) Or I'll uh, scare them.
( Because he's so terrifying, obviously. ) You d-don't have to c-commit to anything. If-- if it's ever t-too much, you c-can um, stop, too.
( He's really not sure how he feels about letting a teenager make this kind of decision, but even so, it could make a huge difference in a crisis. )
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( She thinks Saul does good work, but it's always unnerved her how Steph went to him and let him know about her condition before ever asking Collette.
For some things, she needs them to be on her terms. It's never felt right with either of them when it came down to health affecting... anything. )
That makes it a secret between you and me and maybe Kirian, then just the donor-recipients. Since they'd kind of be both!
( It's taken Exsilium to teach her about these sorts of secrets. It's hard to determine what's worth keeping close and what isn't... or it had been. It's getting more complicated every day. )
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( Sets him off kilter, rubs him up the wrong way. Reminds of Uncle Horace, sure, but there's just... the vibe. Something in the vibe. ) He's n-not in the c-clinic. Better we k-keep it to a smaller circle, for-- the confidentiality stuff.
( Head tilted, questioning to see if that'd be okay. ) I um, appreciate you-- t-telling me. When we d-don't-- don't really know each other. ( More quietly, gaze dropping for a second. ) Secrets are uh, c-complicated.
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( She hopes, since she delivers that with a smile. )
Secrets are way more complicated than I ever really wanted to be.
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( Hang on, he needs to take a moment to work out words. ) Why m-me? ( Not accusatory or anything, just quiet, curious, because couldn't she have gone straight over his head to speak to Ashraf?
Donny can understand that, exhaling what might be a laugh. ) I think-- I think m-most p-people um, have them. It's-- it n-not always b-bad. ( But he can understand wanting things to be simple. Taking a breath, he offers, ) Complicated isn't-- b-bad, either.
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( Softly, gaze dropping, but it's not too sad or woeful. If it means that she can trust him, then trying was worth it, even with some of the things that had gone wrong. It's something good to hold onto. )
Um. I'm-- it d-doesn't uh, mean much here, b-but um. I'm a vigilante, at home.
( Secret solidarity, right? )
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Does that mean you have superheroes where you're from?
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Yep. B-but, um. ( How to explain this? He fiddles with his pen, flipping to a fresh page in his notebook and smoothing it down. ) P-people-- people who c-call uh, themselves superheroes are usually-- k-kinda, um, egos? They-- they m-miss the point of what we do.
( With a bit of a frown directed at the paper, as if it might be responsible. ) It g-- ( A slow breath. Come on. ) G-glorifies it.
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I think some vigilantes end up doing that, too. To make it make sense why they keep doing what they're doing, even if it eats up all of their life along the way.
( All their identity, at least. )
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Anybody c-can-- do that. Get um, over-- overtaken b-by um, what they do.
( Doctors, professors, criminal masterminds. Slowly, he shrugs. ) I um, I-- it's really c-complicated.
( I'm naive, I'm idealistic and I'm stupid are all the things he wants to say about himself, but he can't quite drag that up yet. Not when he hardly knows her. It's-- too raw, too obvious. She can probably tell already. ) B-but, yeah. We c-can-- lose p-perspective.
( he just doesn't know if he thinks getting eaten up by it is entirely a bad thing, when Atlas was so much more useful than Adonis )
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( She nods; she's been that person for others, continues to be now, just as they are for her. )
Though this place is different than the kinds of fighting vigilantes do... at least from what I understand. Probably from superheroes, too, you know? I don't think either are meant to mess around with all of a world's history. Usually that's what the bad guys do.
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( But it rings a little hollow. Friends here could disappear in the bat of an eye, too.
He'd laugh a little if there wasn't something a bit pathetic about this whole situation. ) N-not to um, not to mention if you're-- if you're fighting um, alongside someone-- they should uh, g-get to see your face. ( Lives in each others hands, and all. )
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( Fumbled, and he's wincing a little, rubbing at his neck. ) D-don't-- I m-mean it's uh, it's hypocritical and stuff, b-but don't be t-too-- too hard on them?
( Apologetically, as he shrugs. Quietly, but... oddly forthright, for how raw it is, ) Sometimes-- I think p-people would um, rather have fought w-with Atlas. That w-was why I c-couldn't.
( It was better to have Atlas than him. Because look at him. )
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It's her biggest concern, feeling isolated among people who used to be friends. )
That is a little silly, though! When you think about it. You're you, no matter if you're this you, or the person you say you are when you're fighting. That part of you isn't all made up. It still has to come from you! But...
( She bites down on her lower lip for a moment. )
But it's easier, sometimes, to think that all of you isn't as easy to swallow as the better parts of you are, presented in a way people might like. I used to think like that a lot, you know? People here have been beating me out of it.
( She shares with a grin and a wink. )