#ask a doc

[futurepeedoc]

Ummm....? Uh, Doc? *There's a familiar voice outside your tent Doc, followed by an awkward but familiar laugh. And then a familiar face pokes into your tent. Peter grins slowly at the Ghoul, nervously rubbing his bicep* You remember me Doc?

[Doc looks up, blinking. Unfortunately, their old ghoul memory ain’t the best.]

Can’t say I do, kid. Whass yer name?

[ghoulocologist]

((How did they get into their current line of work? What's the strangest experience they've had involving a patient? Do they ever miss their life before the war?))

I STILL DONT KNOW

entire prosthetic foot shoved up an ass

sometimes, when they remember enough of it

[ghoulocologist]

WW: What drew Tomasina to the field of medicine?

[[ I

DONT

KNOW….

ill get back to you on this someday ]]

[ghoulocologist]

How much of their life from before the war can they remember? Does it bother them to remember it, or have they made peace with it? Were they happier before or after becoming a ghoul?

They can remember their professional life best, since its knowledge is what they’ve been using ever since everything turned to hell. Their personal life has slowly been worn away in their memory, and they can only remember a few things without reminders. They have several journals where they write down things that they remember and think would be nice to keep on remembering. Sometimes their whole two centuries and a half’s worth of memories jumbles their thoughts, and having their journals and oldest memories to ground themselves is a comfort, actually.

Hmmmm. Before, probably. Nobody ever rejected them as virulently as they do to ghouls (usually), they had a chance at companionship (romantic or not), and their family. They don’t let themselves dwell on it, though, and the Followers are a good enough new family.

[ghoulocologist]

WW: What is their worst fear of coming across? How do they feel about babies? Have they ever thought about making help booklets for newly ghoulified ghouls? How do they deal with people who are really hesitant about telling her whats wrong (like it takes hours for them to spit it out?) How does she deal with people who are just false alarms?

Their worst fear: a ghoul-hater with a gun. also people putting themselves at risk cuz they don’t want a ghoul treating them.

How they feel about babies: They feel they are too old to do anything with babies other than help people pop them out.

On help booklets for ghouls: They might have experienced ghoulification first-hand, but the most they can tell you about it is “everything’s gonna fall off.” They don’t know much about the process beyond “radiation did it” and it’s not like he has the means, resources or time to investigate it. they can give tips to early-ghouls but they’d all based on their own experience.

on shysters: remind them that odds are whatever they have is not gonna be the worst she’s ever seen. she’s two hundred and fifty, and a ghoul, whatever’s going on with your naughty bits can’t be any worse than that. if that doesn’t work he just tells them that things could be bad if they don’t explain everything and if that STILL doesn’t work just “well, ya go on your way and tell me when ya got yer courage.”

on false alarms: relieved

[ghoulocologist]

-Arrives hungry jittery and IRRITABLE- 8| ... Let's get this done man

[WELL that's a change!]

Aight, go to the tent while I get what we're gonna need.

[ghoulocologist]

I think I should give you fair warning that I'm sending a patient your way soon.

Is there anythin' I should brace myself for?

[ghoulocologist]

Heeeey doctor Z! 8) Guess whose back. And one hundred and eleven percent drug FREE.

[Tomasina almost feels a little surprised that he did show up.]

Does that mean yer also food free?