( she doesn't say anything about the clock towers bit- there's a story there and she knows it's not pretty... and after the time she had before this event, she's pretty sure she can't stomach that sort of thing. no, she'll just smile and nod. )
Mm... sounds like something some of my new coworkers would do, honestly. Everyone on Rhodes Island is very colorful.
Only a few weeks, but it's been... a lot. Rhodes Island iiiis a pharmaceutical company primarily, but it's also a multinational humanitarian non-government organization. As such, it's primary patients reside on the base, but can also act as first responders in emergencies, or... um. Dealing with other things.
( susie winces a bit as she talks before sighing. )
Rhodes Island's primarily goal is to find a cure for Oripathy... it's just that those with Oripathy are often in very dangerous situations, and often in need of rescue. Nevermind the political aspects...
( a pause, and then: )
One of the primary doctors' daughter is a pyromaniac.
[She listens, and though some of it goes over her head (pharmaceutical company? Multinational humanitarian non-government organization? She knows what those words mean individually, but together...? No idea), she thinks she's gotten the overall gist of the situation.
Including one important key point that maybe she would have missed if she hadn't been raised by her particular mother.]
"Patients"? So are you and all your coworkers...? [It's worth noting that even though she's asking this question, Wave isn't making any moves to put distance between them. The only real change to her expression is a small line between her eyebrows that appears as she casts a quick look over Susie. Is she sick in some way...?
Unfortunately, this also means that she won't be distracted away by the mention of the other doctor's daughter! Sorry, Susie, you chose to say this to someone who... has a pretty prolific doctor for a mother...]
Not... everyone. Since it's not actively contagious- the disease comes from a mineral that's native to Terra, and doesn't spread through person to person easily for the most part.
( she... it's the coward's way out, but she'll let wave draw her own conclusions here. )
... But Rhodes Island is one of the few places an infected person can live safely and actually earn a decent living, while also getting affordable treatment.
[It doesn't really matter if Susie does or doesn't have it, not to her. Something about the way the separation between worlds works--even if it did spread via person-to-person contact, it's odd how things do or don't work among a group of people such as this.]
People shouldn't have to work for a company to earn treatment for a condition. It's good that they have options, but...
[But maybe she shouldn't push it too much. Wave shakes her head, then softens her words with a little smile.]
Sorry. My mother's a healer, back in Coriolis. She's always believed that it's her duty to our people to do anything she can to take care of them. She'd be so mad...
No, it's alright. I agree, honestly, but... the medicine and other procedures, depending on how Oripathy has damaged the body, are all horribly expensive. Equipment, board and food, too... O-oh, but even then, almost all of the operators' work is voluntary, though- everyone has their reasons.
( silence wants to cure herself, her best friend and her daughter. the ursus girls want to regain control of their lives after chernobog and ensure that happens to absolutely no one else. some want to prove to the world that they deserve to exist, others have a bone to pick and this is an outlet.
... )
It's a mess. A great big mess, made worse by fear, discrimination, and greed. But at lest someone is trying.
Does anybody use magic in Terra? It sounds like a good healer could do a lot to help.
But you're right. Something like that needs a lot of people that are in it to help people, not just for themselves. It must be really hard on everyone there.
... We have Originium Arts, but none capable of healing Oripathy- in fact, Oripathy makes one's Arts stronger. And it's not that everyone at Rhodes Island is just in it for themselves- they all have their own reasons to fight, is what I meant. Everyone there is there to help, still.
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( she doesn't say anything about the clock towers bit- there's a story there and she knows it's not pretty... and after the time she had before this event, she's pretty sure she can't stomach that sort of thing. no, she'll just smile and nod. )
Mm... sounds like something some of my new coworkers would do, honestly. Everyone on Rhodes Island is very colorful.
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That sounds like it would be a fun bunch to hang around. I like colorful people. How long have you been working with them?
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( susie winces a bit as she talks before sighing. )
Rhodes Island's primarily goal is to find a cure for Oripathy... it's just that those with Oripathy are often in very dangerous situations, and often in need of rescue. Nevermind the political aspects...
( a pause, and then: )
One of the primary doctors' daughter is a pyromaniac.
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Including one important key point that maybe she would have missed if she hadn't been raised by her particular mother.]
"Patients"? So are you and all your coworkers...? [It's worth noting that even though she's asking this question, Wave isn't making any moves to put distance between them. The only real change to her expression is a small line between her eyebrows that appears as she casts a quick look over Susie. Is she sick in some way...?
Unfortunately, this also means that she won't be distracted away by the mention of the other doctor's daughter! Sorry, Susie, you chose to say this to someone who... has a pretty prolific doctor for a mother...]
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( she... it's the coward's way out, but she'll let wave draw her own conclusions here. )
... But Rhodes Island is one of the few places an infected person can live safely and actually earn a decent living, while also getting affordable treatment.
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People shouldn't have to work for a company to earn treatment for a condition. It's good that they have options, but...
[But maybe she shouldn't push it too much. Wave shakes her head, then softens her words with a little smile.]
Sorry. My mother's a healer, back in Coriolis. She's always believed that it's her duty to our people to do anything she can to take care of them. She'd be so mad...
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( silence wants to cure herself, her best friend and her daughter. the ursus girls want to regain control of their lives after chernobog and ensure that happens to absolutely no one else. some want to prove to the world that they deserve to exist, others have a bone to pick and this is an outlet.
... )
It's a mess. A great big mess, made worse by fear, discrimination, and greed. But at lest someone is trying.
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Does anybody use magic in Terra? It sounds like a good healer could do a lot to help.
But you're right. Something like that needs a lot of people that are in it to help people, not just for themselves. It must be really hard on everyone there.
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