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[intheblanks]

[The audio output from Chase's device clicks and rattles. To anyone on the desert side, occasional word-endings are lost in the background noise. Glass city dwellers might make out every third word.]

Odd, I don't remember joining Médecins Sans Frontières.

Calling it a fort lends it too much grandeur. There's a refugee camp out towards the edge of the city, some kind of Checkpoint Charlie set up behind it. It's cramped, it's hot, keeps some of the monsters out and none of the sand.

It's better than the desert.

[The rattling speakers give way to a rattling cough.]

The hospital finally caved in on itself this morning. Anyone who was helping evacuate patients, we're done. Nothing to go back for now. Anyone who stopped by to turn the place over without picking anyone up: lets hope you don't need help using that equipment.

Tried to get through to me? Try again. Apparently rewiring the device screws with your voicemail. I'd like to speak to someone who can tell me about the other city.

In the meantime... I'm on call.



[Locked to House + Wilson]

Where are you.

Comments

voice;

[dignity_misery]

Morning, doctor.

voice;

[intheblanks]

Is it? I guess it must be.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

You've been running around being chivalrous again, haven't you.

voice;

[intheblanks]

Shining armour, in this heat? [-cough-] No need to be so disapproving.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

Choking on sand too. And I'll be the judge of that.

[synanthrope]

Hello.

video:

[charring]

For the record, I thoroughly checked the hospital for people. [Before taking anything.]

voice;

[intheblanks]

Slight sore throat. And If I leave people to die they tend not to pay me.

[intheblanks]

How are the cars.

video:

[intheblanks]

I'll put a star on the chart.

[synanthrope]

It's for the best we don't talk about the cars.

: video:

[eiremagic]

Are you a fucking idiot?

[intheblanks]

I'm sorry for your loss.

Re: : video:

[charring]

What? Why?

[synanthrope]

I'll take your comments as that you're in the safe area.

[Her cars ;;]

video:

[intheblanks]

There you are.

video:

[eiremagic]

We're in the middle of a fucking crisis and you took fucking blood?

Oh, right, of course, no one was in there, but that's not the bloody point, is it? When someone bleeds out from a fucking monster bite and we can't save their fucking life because our stores got hijacked by a bloody idiot, who should I refer their fucking friends to?

video:

[eiremagic]

Hunting down fucking supplies.

....you're all right, yeah?

[intheblanks]

[He's genuinely sorry.]

In and out. Last I heard you were in transit, with a group.

Re: video:

[charring]

I'm carting a vampire around. It's either the few bags I found, or let him kill one of the people in my group. Now, honestly, neither of these sit well with me but what exactly am I supposed to do, here? If I'd known Ed could survive on the animals in the city, I'd have left it but I had no clue until I was well away from the hospital.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

Only if you forget to check their pockets.

[synanthrope]

Yes. We have Rosella with us, we've been circling the safe area a bit.

video:

[eiremagic]

Seriously?

You fucking seriously think I give two shits about something undead that feeds off others to live?

You didn't think to bloody well ask him to eat a fucking rat before you went and took the hospital's blood?

My fucking god.

You really are an idiot.

video:

[intheblanks]

I'd rather know where you are than the next box of steri-strips.

Fine.

[He looks like he's spent a sleepless week recovering from being run over by a mac truck full of sand, an answer which might have been more accurate.]

[intheblanks]

Because you don't trust the descriptor?