[ 96th consult | video / action ]

[dr_conscience]

[The more central wards, the most secured portion of the hospital, are where the majority of patients and staff alike have been holed up for the duration of the infection. Of course, not everything they need is there, and that necessitates the occasional trip to the hospital's outer areas for a few things.

Which doesn't seem like that much of an issue; they've had a few incidents, but the hospital has been largely safe. So, cautiously, Wilson is heading down to get a few things.

He didn't count on running into a ghoul again - one that's coming specifically for him. As soon as he exits door from the stairwell onto the lower floor he's heading for, it sets upon him. His device is thrown to the ground, which is when the video switches on.

On the network, you'll see an angle from the floor upward, as Wilson struggles to push the ghoul back and off of him. The ghoul is clawing and gnashing at him, pressing forward until it manages to shove them both back through the doorway into the stairwell.

The door closes, and after a few moments, the video times out.]


[ooc: open for hospital action if so desired, network responses will be delayed ♥]

Comments

video;

[anunluckypenny]

[The worst aspect of crises like this is being able to see things on the network without being capable of doing anything about them. Now that she has had time to rest (was forced to rest, rather, but she wasn't being that helpful when she was delirious), Penny is doing rather well. She's so well, in fact, that she wants to run out and find Wilson as soon as his video is up.

Penny doesn't do that. She doesn't know her way around the hospital that well, and what would she be able to do against a ghoul? She can, however, post a frantic message and hope that Wilson responds.]

James? James, please answer, okay? If you can?

voice;

[dr_conscience]

[It's good that she doesn't, because he would really rather she not be wandering around outside of the more secure areas, especially with what he's just been through. Some time has passed since the initial post, and he sounds rather ragged.

No video from his end, either.]

Penny... I'm here. I'm okay.

[Or at least he will be, which is what's important.]

voice;

[anunluckypenny]

[She sees what you did thar, Wilson.]

Oh, geez... you have no idea how great it is to hear from you. What happened? [Besides the obvious.] You're not completely okay, are you? Do you need help?

voice;

[dr_conscience]

[He'd rather she see what he did than see him, at the moment.]

He... he's gone now. He fell.

[He checked this time, as hard as it was to do it. He might know, on some intellectual level, that it's not really his brother, but that doesn't do much to calm the emotional response. There's a heaviness to his pause there, because of it.]

It's all right. I'm more than okay enough to get back upstairs.

voice;

[anunluckypenny]

And you're really okay?

[Duh, no. Fighting off something that looks like someone you care about and wants to eat you does not make a person okay in any way at all. Right now, though, physical okay-ness is more pressing.]

All right. I'll see you soon?

voice;

[dr_conscience]

[No, he's not really okay, not in the most fundamental meaning of the word. But he needs to focus on getting back to safety and having his injuries properly looked after.]

Yeah... I'm on my way back up, I just-- I'll stop in with one of the other doctors first.

voice;

[anunluckypenny]

[Penny realizes she's probably not going to get much more out of him; he probably doesn't want her to worry. That might annoy her a little if she wouldn't do the same thing.]

Okay. Whenever, just... I mean, I'll be around.

[horseish]

[Wow, exciting.]

Did you get it?

[dr_conscience]

[It was definitely exciting... though not in such a good way from his angle.]

Yes.

[Not that he's all that happy about it.]

I got him.

[horseish]

Good. I got mine, too. Did you get bit?

[dr_conscience]

I did, but... I'm at the hospital, it'll be fine.

Did you get away all right?

[horseish]

Yes I only got bit a little.

[dr_conscience]

And you got it taken care of?

[horseish]

I'm at home sleeping now.

video;

[beyourarmy]

You need help there?!

video;

[dr_conscience]

[This time he's not paying as much attention as he was with Penny; the video stays on. His face has a few minor scratches, like someone dragged their fingernails across it, but the worst of it is the arm he isn't holding the device with - that, at least, is not visible.]

It's okay... it's taken care of, now.

[Though he's clearly not happy about it.]

Thank you.

video;

[beyourarmy]

Ungh. You gonna be okay like that?

[He frowns at the visible scratches, wishing he knew more about the creatures. Will that get infected? Is it only through bites?]

video;

[dr_conscience]

[Oh. That.]

Yeah... it's-- I'll be all right. I'm already in the hospital.

video;

[beyourarmy]

Good. I guess. Is there anyone there to treat you?

video;

[dr_conscience]

There are a few of us on staff that are here. Probably one of the safer places, if you stay inside the wards.

[If. Of course.]

video;

[beyourarmy]

...! There are wards there?

This would've been useful information a few days ago.

audio —> action?

[intheblanks]

[The City ER has one unique feature which Chase doesn't know he's responsible for installing, but watches avidly on days when the City's going to hell. Or weeks, as is occasionally the case.

It's a rolling network screen. And sitting on a bed in the ER waiting for the next deliria patient to try and take out a nurse means Chase is on hand to see this video as it goes up.

A minute later - long enough to grab his device and make it through the swing doors at the end of the ward, he's yelling, both down the hall and into the little machine:]

Wilson? Wilson.

audio -> action <3

[dr_conscience]

[Wilson's certainly not in the best shape he's ever been in, but the important part is that he's alive and the ghoul is properly dead. His right arm has been both dislocated at the shoulder and bitten at the bicep, and his face was clawed in the struggle, but there isn't anything he won't recover from. (And not just for the City's value of recovery.)

He hears Chase calling through the device first, as he recovers it from where it fell. So that's how he answers, his good hand holding the injured arm at the wound on his arm as he leans back against the wall for a moment. It's just a bit awkward, holding the device in the same hand he's applying pressure to the wound with, but he can manage a short response.]

I'm here.

audio -> action

[intheblanks]

Give me an idea of where here is.

[Chase would already be edgy, leaving the central wards hasn't been on his agenda since Cameron was bitten. But waiting for news isn't much of an option, either.]

Wait.

[Along a hallway on the lower floors, he pauses just for a second.]

I see you.

action

[dr_conscience]

Outside the stairwell, on--

[He's interrupted at the "wait", and at the "I see you" he relaxes.

Good. He's not sure he could give a completely accurate description right now. Having caught his breath, he lifts himself off the wall he was leaning against. He's still holding the arm - the bite's not much to write home about, of course, though he's certainly looking forward to the fever. The dislocation is really more of an issue. So he steps out, looking to see if he can spot Chase, too.]