video | un: Mercy

[valcurie]

Hello there! ( the image that appears is of a smiling blonde woman, healthy and bright looking, dressed now in pristine weight to present herself, projecting poise and elegance and friendly invitation to hear her out. her German Swiss accent is quite strong, though, so hopefully no-one is overly attached to their w's. ) I hope everyone is doing well this evening. I am coming onto the network to reach out to anyone I might not have been able to yet. My name is Angela Ziegler, and I am a doctor from Earth. Human, as you can see. ( a light, pleasant laugh and an even more pleasant smile ) You may also know me as Mercy. It's my agent name from when I was in service to a global peacekeeping organisation known as Overwatch.

I'm from the 21st century, so the treatment that I can offer you is science based ( a slight pause here as if she's considering one last time how to phrase this ) rather than magic based, but I have a good deal of practical experience with general medicine so there's almost nothing I haven't seen or dealt with. My expertise is in applied biotics, and I also have experience with gene therapy, prosthetics, and cybernetics, if there is anyone here who may need more specialised care. My qualifications also include emergency and trauma response so, if you ever find yourself wounded and in need of immediate attention, please do not hesitate to contact me. Think of me as personal 999 for refugees!

If you do come to me for any kind of care, I promise to do the best I can help you, while upholding all the oaths I've taken as a doctor to do no harm and to protect my patients. I'm not charging anything at this time.

And, if you'd like to humour me and help me to understand our group a bit better, I have a set of questions: do you believe you have a soul? What makes you think you do or don't have one? And is such a belief common where you're from? ( she doesn't mention religion, because it isn't strictly speaking a religious idea. she's known plenty of atheists and nay-theists who thought there was something beyond intelligence that made people paramount to other species. whether they called this unique internal animating light a soul or not, it didn't really matter. )

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[daemonized]

Where you are now would be most convenient.

[The intention, perhaps, is to show her the futility of it all. That not everyone and everything can be helped or healed, and he should be slotted very neatly into that category. Mostly.

(There is the smallest curiosity, of course. Of what her perspective would be, from a world strictly of science and not magic. It isn't quite hope, but it is an openness that did not exist within him before being brought here. The promise of the Natha, to cure him of the Starscourge, echoes in his mind. Even if he remains relatively cynical, despite everything.)]

Where might I find you?

[valcurie]

( well, if he's trying to teach her so, and get something out of it for himself, then he might end up disappointed. this is a lesson she's already learnt; she never thought she could save the world, she couldn't save her surrogate family, and then she couldn't even save him. a man who's scope was a lot narrower than an immortal's lifetime, but who carried so much pain in him, it had been hard to even look at him. sometimes, she had only been able to be near him she when she could empty out her personal self and leave only the professional shell behind to interact with him.

but Ardyn's question is a simple one. still, she needs a moment to consider. her roommate is a preternatural telepath, after all, so there's someone else to consider. )

I could meet you at my assigned housing. Number thirty-six.

[daemonized]

Thirty-six. Very well. I can meet you there in an hour from now, if that’s acceptable to you?

[A personal residence was acceptable. If she wanted to examine him, and if he wanted to show her exactly what plagued him (only briefly — not in its fullest capacity, he didn’t quite want to cross that line for his own sake), a large space wasn’t necessary. A modicum of privacy might even be appreciated.]

[valcurie]

( It seemed a lot more appropriate to her than the park she was currently sat in, to be sure. Anyway, she'd gotten more than enough sunlight now, in a world where she's yet to find any sunscreen. Super pseudo-science healing available to her or not, she knows better than to stress her body when it doesn't need to be. )

Of course. I'd only ask that you knock. ( A small smile as she adds: ) Not that I thought you wouldn't.

i'm good with continuing this here or in an inbox, whatever you prefer!

[daemonized]

[As a man who sometimes appears from absolutely fucking nowhere (just ask Prompto), this is perhaps a reasonable request. But he has no reason to tread upon propriety where the good doctor is concerned.]

It would be rude of me not to. I'll see you then.

i'll throw something in your inbox, then!

[valcurie]

( perhaps it is a good thing she asked, then, even if she does inspire him--or whatever it is that is it-- to walk the line. )

All right. I will see you soon, Ardyn.

( Neutrally delivered, though there is a hint of a smile left for him. With that she ends the feed. )