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. )

Comments

[exonerated]

If there were sirens, they would have been living further out into the sea. [ Though he would not be surprised if they do exist. ] But would regular Harpies suffice? They certainly were around.

[valcurie]

Don't harpies make a horrible racket though? That seems to be categorically different than being able to lure men to a watery grave with a seductive voice alone. ( She huffs a bit. Seems pretty obvious!! )

[exonerated]

I was thinking more along the lines of female creatures that kill humans on a daily basis, or eat them for supper.

[ As you do, right? ]

Mermaids, then. Though they're much nicer, and less inclined to drown you to your death.

[valcurie]

Drowning to death does seem a rather unpleasant way to go. Not that any death is.

( even when joking, she does have to add a serious note to such a sombre topic. but this next one, she's totally smirking again for-- )

No kidding? Did you take any selfies with them?

[exonerated]

[ Sorry, Mercy, but — ] I'm afraid I don't know what that is.

[ In short, not at all. ]

[valcurie]

( Sorry. Not only is she a bit older, but selfies as a concept were basically ancient by the time she was born. Sometimes it's hard to remember they didn't always exist. )

Oh, you know--taking pictures of yourself? You had cameras, didn't you?

[exonerated]

[ There are two answers to this question, if only because Edmund has already been to two different worlds. ]

In Narnia? No, I'm afraid they don't, although I imagine that they would have liked it. [ Some of those creatures can be a bit narcissistic, you know? The idea of keeping pictures of themselves would have made them preen. ]

[valcurie]

( just a slight misunderstanding, but she assumes Naria is where he's from. not Earth, then. )

I imagine the nymphs would especially. ( there's a lightness as she says this; it's a joking allusion to Narcissus, a legend she doesn't think he'd know. )

But. You've never taken a picture of yourself then, have you? It's quite an involved art if you want to get a good shot.

[exonerated]

[ It's not so inaccurate; what he knows of Earth is little compared to Narnia, but he left London when he was ten years old, and when the country was in midst of a great world war. Fairytales, legends, and myths were not at the forefront of his mind, and it might never be unless he ends up reading it in a book.

But photography? He knows that, if only because he remembers a portrait of his father that he once raced with save before their house and the entirely of London were bombed by the Germans. ]

I would think that it's an incredibly difficult angle to do, unless you have a mirror or incredibly clear water.

[ Cameras in the 1940s are not that high-tech. ]

[valcurie]

But we do have these devices, don't we? I'm sure there's a way to get a camera function onto them, no matter how old-fashioned they are.

Beyond that, we just need a bit of clever ingenuity. No matter what anyone may tell you, selfie sticks were a brillant move for their time.

[exonerated]

[ Old-fashioned, she says. He has to snort at that. ]

It's something that someone clever may need to look at.

I suppose a 'selfie stick' would help you — aim a camera at yourself? H— [ how, he asks, as he's pulling his device away from his face with his hand. ] Oh, I see. For a wider frame.

[valcurie]

( maybe not need to but, but 'could' is definitely true. it's not a priority but it would be a handy little extra function to have. )

Exactly! Rather intuitive, isn't it? The wider frame helps you get whatever else you want in the shot. It also frees up a hand for gestures. Like this one. ( she gives herself bunny ears, because she isn't above a bit of fun in her demonstrations. )

[exonerated]

I can see why it would be fun.

[ He's not the bunny ears kind, but he would definitely like the wider shot. Just enough to get everything! ]

And this is a normal activity in 21st century Earth?