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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[valcurie]

( Juvia's reaction surprises Mercy all the same, such that her eyes widen as she stares at the device in her hands for a few wordless seconds. then, almost sheepish, she brushes her hand around her ear as though she were going to put an errant bang back into place. her fingers linger around the base of it.

is it that obvious? perhaps she's getting sentimental in old age. soft, like overripened fruit. )

A friend of mine. He used to be my patient and it's been many years since I've seen him, but after awhile he wrote me letters from time to time to stay in touch.

I think he even used a quill. It's quite something. Was.

[lacuscular]

Oh my.. [ It probably isn't that obvious-- Juvia just has a penchant for voicing her suspicions and being a nosy person. She, at least, has enough of a filter to know not say how saucy it is that she's exchanging letters with a former patient. Exchanging anything is scandalous! She can just imagine it..

'Doctor.. I need a dose of your love STAT!!' ]

Did you have any of the letters on you when you came here, or were they back at home..?

[valcurie]

( well, Angela can appreciate youthful exuberance and enthusiasm. usually it's just not about her personal life.

let alone her love life, which there purposefully has never been much of. she's always been devoted to her work--married to it, as the cliché goes. )

Yes. I actually arrived with one I received on Christmas.

[lacuscular]

On Christmas?! That's even more romantic!

[ Never mind the fact. That they both celebrate Christmas even though they're from different worlds, Juvia is more concerned with the Facts here. ]

Juvia would kill to get something like that for a present, among other things!!

[valcurie]

( it is something that Angela might normally remark on, as she certainly does notice it. her expression acknowledges as much, and it registers as pleasant surprise on her face: slightly widened eyes, a bit of a smile, a tilt to her head.

then comes the last comment, and she can't help shifting into amusement. )

Among other things?

Maybe you should ask for a kiss this winter. We might be able to find you some mistletoe. ( this is all good natured teasing, of course. that's one of her favourite parts of the holiday season. )

[lacuscular]

Among other things.

[ If Juvia was capable of making skeevy expressions, she'd be making one right now to emphasis her point on where her mind travels to (it's the gutter). ]

Juvia doesn't know.. Having a kiss with a stranger from another world for Christmas?! [ Even if it's teasing, the tone of voice Juvia has sounds very genuine and very real about the crisis she feels. ] It sounds so.. so forbidden!!

[valcurie]

( for her part Mercy gives what's her version of a ribald smirk, a knowing look, and a hum in her throat.

the response to her second suggestion only amuses her more. ) And doesn't that make it that more alluring? Something so impossible, and so forbidden, and just shouldn't be. It's quite romantic!

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[lacuscular]

[ It does. It does sound alluring. Adventures with new people of the romantic kind, in a brand new world.

Without your friends. Romantic adventures, without your friends.

Sure, there's no love rivals, no people in Juvia's way, but there's always new enemies that could make her life harder! Make her beloved Gray's life harder! ]

[lacuscular]

[ It takes Juvia all of 10 seconds of a dead stare into the camera to blurt out the only coherent thought she has left. ]

What am I doing?! I'm a faithful woman!! I need to stop!