Meeting of the medical minds

[strawberryprotector]

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."

Comments

[radishlobbyist]

"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."

[strawberryprotector]

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."

[radishlobbyist]

"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."

[strawberryprotector]

"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.

[radishlobbyist]

"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."

[strawberryprotector]

"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.

[radishlobbyist]

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."

[strawberryprotector]

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?"

[radishlobbyist]

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."

Good time for a wrap?

[strawberryprotector]

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.