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[enarms]

Hi all. John Watson.

I'm with the original batch of refugees and there's a lot of you I haven't met - a lot I probably never will. [ at this point, with everything so permanently Wild, why not be blase about being Batch Number 1? ] As a doctor, I'd like to reassure and remind you that if the medical methods on offer here make you uncomfortable, there are alternatives. There are plenty of medical professionals from various backgrounds among us, so I encourage you to ask around if you need to. Don't feel like the Sanctuary's your only option - although from what I understand a lot of us do work there now, so it's also a safe place to go even if you are wary.

On that note, I'm putting together a list— yeah, I know we all hate the L word, don't panic —of people who are either medically trained or capable of healing magic. If you fit into that, anywhere from an ability to deliver first aid to, I don't know-- magical liposuction. [ this is a thing he regrets saying as soon as it's said, the immediate frown of "??? why the fuck" appears on his face literally immediately before being smoothed forcibly away ] Get in touch. I'll need to know a few basics. Skillset, medical background, level of expertise, whether or not you're comfortable to be contacted by fellow refugees, whether or not you're comfortable to be contacted to help in an emergency. You don't need to fire it all at me in one go unless you want to, we'll have a chat. Feel free to reply privately, that's fine. Replying doesn't immediately put you on a public database, I won't be handing out your name to anybody without your permission. Thanks.

[ aaaaand with a brief pause to consider if there's anything else to add, a small hand-lift of a wave to the camera when he decides there isn't, it's John out ]


( ooc: please input your medically trained/magical healer/therapist/etc character's info into this spreadsheet if you're interested in having your character contacted for medical shenanigans! It's fine to respond to the spreadsheet without replying to this post, but ICly your character will have needed to make themselves known to John somehow to end up on this list, so we can handwave it (default, no contact necessary) or you can get in touch to work out the details! )

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[reek]

It's the only word we have for a person with your set of skills in Westeros.

[ Fuck you and your logic, man. ]

How do you know my sister?

[ Yes, Theon mentioned Asha, but John speaks as though he knows her beyond a mere conversation. ]

[enarms]

We work together. Sort of. I work where I work and she occasionally deposits casualties.

[reek]

Unfortunate for her.

[ :) :) :) :) ]

[enarms]

Yeah. Must be a struggle. That'll be why she takes the time to watch every treatment I deliver, because she hates working with me.

[reek]

That is just a show of proper etiquette.

[ Which...he did not actually realize Asha possessed. Look, just give him this one thing. ]

[enarms]

Right, okay.

[ you can have it, Theon. this single thing. in a tone that suggests you don't have it at all but it's not worth the carbon dioxide. ]

[reek]

Now that I've given it a second thought, perhaps it's more unfortunate for you than it is for her.

[ Asha is family, possibly the only member of his family who is willing to accept him regardless of who he's become, but they're still siblings and god do they bicker.

Besides, he still needs to get her back for all her pranks. He isn't quite as clever as she is in that regard. ]

[enarms]

[ a laugh! ] Yeah, I know that feeling.

[ sisters, man. who needs 'em. ]

[reek]

[ Wait, excuse me? Did they just agree on something? ]

You have a sister, then.

[ Luckily, he knows it's not just a Greyjoy Thing. He saw the Starks bicker just as much at times, no matter how close-knit of a family they may have been.
He even once had the honor of seeing Arya punch Jon Snow. That was a great moment. ]

[enarms]

Older sister, yeah. She's up in the stasis unit.

[ sparing everyone her... well. her. but it is a relief that's she's here, safe. ]

[reek]

Some of us have more luck than others, then.

[ But hey, he does love Asha. He'd rather have Asha here than his father or either of his long-dead brothers. ]

[enarms]

Apparently so. [ though, and as little as he really wants to make this about anything other than brother banter ] I suppose we both got luckier than some.

[reek]

[ It isn't banter! It's suffering! You don't know his life! Being a little brother is the worst, especially on the Iron Islands. But, still. He knows more now than he did when he last spoke to John.

He just won't be sharing it. ]

There may have been worse fates than the Storm.

[enarms]

[ here he was trying to express that it's a good thing they were both lucky enough to keep their sisters, and now it feels like they're possibly not talking about that anymore. ]

— Right.

[ he's stumbled into something he didn't mean to, and he's not sure how to navigate around, further into, or the hell out of it ]

[reek]

It might have been slower.

[ A brief and crushing silence falls on his end, and then suddenly, he lets out a bitter bark of laughter. Apologies for him, John. He’s got some personal shit going on. A good chunk of it involves that "Willem" guy you’re talking to further down thread. ]

I’m sorry.

[enarms]

No, you're— fine.

[ whatever it was that just happened, John knows how it is to fall into thought about worse things. and with the way things are now, that can only really be easier to do.

it's also not his place to pry. at all. and god knows how he hated being told he ought to talk about it. but - ]

There are people here. I know it's likely not something you're familiar with, but there are people here whose job it is to listen and not share what they hear. It can be helpful sometimes.

[reek]

[ John is right, it isn’t something Theon is familiar with. He’s learned not to speak of what troubles him. It puts him at risk of appearing weak, but there are times when things begin to seep through the cracks. That’s what’s just happened.

If he were wiser and less stubborn, he would realize that it truly is helpful advice, but he trusts too few people and knows Ramsay is likely to be listening in on this.
Learn how to privatize your conversations, Theon. ]

There is nothing to speak of.

[enarms]

Okay. Fine.

[ genuine - gentle: a verbal hands up, hands off. John's not sure it's best to leave it there, but he's also not going to push it just now. Theon's business is his own, and it's best to let him feel that way.

a change of subject, then. ]

If you did ever want to learn any fi— [ "first aid" isn't a catch all term anymore j o hn. time to hate your life, ] Healing. If you think it's skill you'd like to take up, seems like I'm giving lessons now. So.

[ that was... an attempt. at a subject change. anyway. ]

[reek]

I've no interest in such things.

[ But he vaguely wonders how far healing actually extends in John's world. Can healing regrow fingers, or flayed skin, or any of the various other wounds that Asha had implied when she found him in the snow. She hadn't even gone into detail.

Still... ]

But they may be worthwhile.