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[brobeforehos]

Really?

I'll take one.

[ooc; WHAT? Don't you judge her, she's been having a crap month with Nick leaving :c. Mae will be either at work or reading a book in the park, depending on the time of the day. So text/video/voice/action are all go.]

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[intheblanks]

Only until you admitted you were interested.

[Oh but that packet of wafers are all hers, flipped across to her side.]

These just reminded me of your hair.

[brobeforehos]

[You're an odd one, Doctor Chase ♪

She sits back down and looks at the wafters.]

All right, it just so happens that I like indulging in clichés every now and then. By which I mean, wafers, awesome. [She'll get back to those, after she's dumped the contents of one sugar packet inside her coffee and stirred.]


Thank you, by the way.

[intheblanks]

[He has his moments. (His coffee also has at least five packs of sugar in it by now).]

Welcome. I take it's not an inherited shade?

[brobeforehos]

Not unless inheritance comes in a dye bottle. [She's not even going to comment of that. It's not like she's a criticizing boyfriend.]

I've noticed a lot of people do have it this colour naturally, although they don't seem to come from...[Vague hand gestures - our world? A world that has England in it at least?]

[intheblanks]

Fairy-floss hair, cat ears, scales. [It's a list and an agreement.] I saw some weird things in Princeton but not quite this.

[brobeforehos]

And you thought you'd hit the genetical jackpot, pink hair and all. I'm sorry. [Smile, and takes a sip of her coffee.]

Can't take the coffee back now, though.

[intheblanks]

[He leans elbows on the table, idly dipping the spoon into the ice cream.]

I see enough interesting specimens at the hospital. An enjoyable conversation's the rarer thing.

[And with his mood recently, not something he'd expected to find.]

[brobeforehos]

[Studies in body language say that's a sign of interest being peaked. But Mae doesn't read those studies, except once out of boredom, so she doesn't look into it.]

So how is it like, to be a doctor at the weirdest place you could imagine?

[intheblanks]

It's... [He struggles on the wording for a minute.] weird. But weird's been in my job description for a while. When I got here I spent some time at a clinic in the underground - that was a crash course in acclimatisation.

[brobeforehos]

Yeah, I'd bet. [She leans forward, elbows on the table, cup in her hand.] You don't seem like the underground dweller, to be honest. Was it illegal to practice for you, when you got here?

[intheblanks]

No. [Something in his expression flickers away from the easygoing, for a moment.] Why would it be illegal to practice?

I still go down there, sometimes. When I arrived it was just a good place to get away for a while.

[brobeforehos]

Well, [She shrugs.] I don't know, since underground, and that's usually a euphemism?

What were you getting away from? The City?

[intheblanks]

Except in a city where it's a location. You're right, most of what they call doctors down there haven't seen a license in years. I renewed my board certifications eight months ago.

[His mouth curls into a light moue, considering how - and if he wants - to explain.]

People in it.

[brobeforehos]

[Ah, people. She let's it go. Everyone has moments like those, where running away and hiding from problems just feels safer; Mae will call it strategy, but she hasn't been able to run away from her problems in what feels like ages now. So there goes that.]

I didn't know there was a place to renew them here. But I guess there's a lot more bureaucracy going on than I thought. Congratulations, albeit belatedly.

[intheblanks]

I've only been here for seven.

[No he hasn't, he's been here three years and counting. It's seven months since he lost (most of) his memories after a brief (three year) trip back home.]

[brobeforehos]

But you got your certifications eight months ago...?

[intheblanks]

Real world certifications. From the real world. The city doesn't have a medical council, so I find those more reassuring.

[brobeforehos]

[Siiiiiip.] For a moment I thought you were like the other Doctor, the time traveler one.

[intheblanks]

[Likewiiiise.]

Nothing that cool. They didn't teach a time travel rotation in Melbourne.