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Meeting of the medical minds

Who: Ichigo, Wen Ning, The Doctor, any and all healers
Where: Medical carriage
When: Grasshopper day 2, morning
What: After settling in, Ichigo goes to offer his help in the medical car
Warnings: Anyone who gets hurt randomly could totally come by. Otherwise, please come meet the eager med student if you are a fellow healer. He'll nerd at you.

The second day on the train was starting out much better than the day before. For one thing, he was dry. And for another, he hadn't needed to go scrambling for his combat pass. The guide he'd gotten for the train had said there was a medical car, so he made his way there after eating. He might only be a student, but surely he could see if they needed any help with anything. After knocking on the door, Ichigo slid it open and poked his head inside. "Hello? I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

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Misa is in the medical car, because she's got a blister on her hand. It's a simple thing, but Jocko and Freema had always taught her to get simple things treated quickly, lest they become something else.

She's going through the medical supplies, looking for the small bandaids - really, it doesn't need gauze or anything - when she feels the approach of something... different.

She doesn't turn to look at the person who speaks, having just dumped the bandaids on the floor. "Kriff." She mutters, softly.

"If you're looking for one of the medics, I'm the only one here at the moment." Her voice is tentative, and she's small, with jet black hair to her hips. She really doesn't want to heal anyone again. Not after last time. She still has nightmares.

Hurrying into the room, Ichigo helped her pick up the bandaids that had fallen. He smiled warmly, doing his best to be reassuring. "I was looking to find out how I get put on the roster to help the other passengers. I mean, I know I'm only half way through med school, but I know a lot and I figured I could be useful here." She seemed scared, and it made him want to reassure her as much as he could. "I'm Ichigo, by the way. I'm one of the new passengers."

"Oh." She says, finally looking up at him. She frowns. "I think there's a rotation around here somewhere. If not, talk to Wen Qing. Or The Doctor. They're usually in here." She shrugs, finally bandaging her hand. She's been sewing so much, she got a blister. Frustrating.

She bobs a curtsey. "My name is Misa. I've been here a few months." She explains. "Mostly, I just watch so the Doctor and Wen Qing can get some rest and time off. I... don't like healing people."

Not anymore. She'd learned her lesson.

"It's nice to meet you, Misa-san." Ichigo bowed to her properly and looked at her hand. "That was a blister, right? Has it burst yet or are you just protecting it so your body can heal it naturally?"

She frowns. Why do people keep bowing to her? It's not proper. She's just a courtesan-in-training. "No, it's still forming." She says. "It'll burst in a few days." She knows that, too. It's just a little something extra from the Force. She's not interested in knowing anything extra.

As far as Ichigo was concerned, bowing was a form of greeting. "You sound like you know what you're doing with it, so I won't try and tell you what you already know. But if you do need some help with it when it bursts, I'll be happy to assist you with it."

It is in some cultures, but even they do not bow to a courtesan-in-training. It's just the way it is. That's fine, because she's well used to being snubbed. To be seen so much here is odd.

She struggles with the bandage. "Would you mind?" She's ruined two bandages so far, trying to put it on her finger.

Ichigo stepped closer to Misa with a warm smile. "You bet." He took the bandage from her and wrapped it carefully over the blister. "Not too tight, is it?"

She shakes her head, waist length hair fluttering slightly. "No, thank you. Is there anything I can help you with?" She asks, looking up at him.

"Nah, I'm good. Unless you know who's been put in charge around here so I can tell them my qualifications to help out." Stepping back a little, Ichigo shrugged. "Not sure how often people get hurt around here, but I figure having another set of hands will let someone else get more time for rest."

"I'd speak to Wen Qing. She's the one that I think is in charge." She says, honestly. But she's not sure. "Mostly, between missions, it's minor things." She holds up her hand. "Like a blister. Missions is where you'll be needed."

"I take it the missions are pretty dangerous?" Arching an eyebrow, Ichigo gave that some thought. Would he be able to handle not being on the front lines in the thick of it? It's where he'd always been in the past, after all.

Misa frowns. "That depends on what they are. My first was a danger of frostbite. The second was in space, with all it's inherent dangers." She shrugs. "People always need medics."

"Well then, I suppose it's a good thing I'm already halfway through my training to be a doctor. I'll be able to help out on missions and after without feeling like I'm in the way." Smiling, Ichigo gave Misa a thumbs up.

Wen Qing had been sitting in the examination room as she so often did, using the relative quiet of the medical car to read her textbooks and reference them with the train's medical database.

She looked up at the door opening. "No, you're not interrupting," she assured, already slipping from her chair and sizing Ichigo up for any visible injuries. "Are you in need of medical help?"

"Nah, I'm not hurt at all." Ichigo stepped into the room with a smile and gave a polite little bow. "Where I'm from, I'm a medical student. So I wanted to know if there's anything I can do to help out around here."

She brightened immediately at hearing this, her mind relaxing from the alert stance she had already snapped into. "I didn't realize we have any medical students on the train," she admitted, "you're very welcome to help out. I'm sure we can find you tasks here, though I'm not in charge here, as such. I'm just one of the doctors who help out. There's no hierarchy as such."

"I just arrived at the latest platform. But I'm ready to work and help out where I'm needed." Ichigo smiled broadly at her.

"Then we will find something for you to do. I think it would be nice if we could always have someone on call here in the medical car but I've yet to speak to the other healers about that. I'm here often since it's one of the most peaceful places to study."

Catching herself, she bowed deeply. "I'm Wen Qing, formerly doctor and apothecary of the Qishan Wen sect. I spend most of my days familiarizing myself with the medical advancements over the past centuries."

Ichigo bowed as well, though his arms were at his sides. "It's nice to meet you, Dr. Wen. I'm more than happy to be put on call or take a shift hanging out here in case I'm needed. I know that I'm new here, so whatever system is already in place, I'm willing to work within it."

"I would appreciate it very much, and I'm sure so would the other medical staff. We've had a lot on our hands lately."

She sat down again on the chair and pointed for Ichigo to sit with her, though the only other place to sit was the exam bed. "You said you are a student. You didn't happen to arrive with any books, did you? We... or well, mostly I, with some help, have been trying to build up a collection of medical textbooks."

Taking a seat, Ichigo shook his head. "No, those weren't my item. But I did see that there's a shop on here? And I think I saw in the pamphlet we can use points to buy things from home, so I could get some. But I don't know how to earn the points, and I only have three so far."

"I'm not quite sure how we earn them, either," Wen Qing admits with a slight frown, "as I understand it people who contribute a lot to the community and missions are given more points. But it took me quite a while to collect some, don't worry about that for now. If you need any specific books to continue your studies, I can buy them, or we can ask one of the people with many points to help out. Most everyone is willing to help the medical staff, contributions to the medical car help everyone. I've been thinking we could ask for more equipment once we have a decent library, though I'm not sure yet what would be most useful."

"I know the names of the textbooks I've been using, as well as the ones that are considered staples in a doctor's library in my world. Perhaps we could put out a request to have people purchase the comprehensive anatomy books from their own worlds, just to make sure? I mean, one of my roommates is a talking duck, human anatomy isn't going to be useful on her." And if Wen Qing was right, he figured most people would be happy to do so.

"That's a very good point," she agreed, already looking pained at the memory of her first day on the train. "I've found the variety of patients the biggest problem here. On the day I arrived, I treated someone for an adverse reaction I had never even heard of. Since then I've supervised a giant spider moult into a... different stage of being a giant spider/human hybrid and I've come across aliens and elves and..." Yeah, just thinking about it again made the headache return. She rubbed her temples. "One of the books I received covers a number of species but the others don't. Asking specifically for books from other worlds would be useful. They're in the train library, if you want to take a look at them at some point."

"What car is the library in? I should get a head start on reviewing them to see what's different from my textbooks." Ichigo was no stranger to massive amounts of reading, after all.

She looked a little surprised and a lot pleased by the question and the eagerness to get started. "It's a bookshelf in the quiet car. You can't miss it. If you'd like to check it out right away, simply walk from here in the direction of the dining car."

Nodding at the directions, Ichigo beamed at Wen Qing. "Thank you for your help, Wen-Sensei." He bowed to her respectfully, too. "Is there anything I can do to help before I go check the books?"

She thinks for a moment, letting her eyes wander through the room, before shaking her head.

"Thank you, but not right now. I've been here a lot lately since Xue Yang used to require around-the-clock supervision, so it's tidier than ever right now."

Ah, stress/boredom cleaning. Ichigo knew that all too well. "Then I'll go take a look at the books already on the train. Thanks a lot, Wen-sensei!" He bowed respectfully to her and smiled before turning toward the door.

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Good time for a wrap?