#matthew burgh

[ociel-namesuggestions]

Yesterday’s “Legit” Bard Name Suggestion was...

Matthew Burgh

“It’s the name he’s using at Athena Sanatorium, so maybe it’s his real name. Idk if I even like it, but it might be legit.”

Blessed by @abybweisse

[abybweisse]

Ch173, Conny and Sudan

Since he’s so young, Conny probably means the Mahdist War, 1881-1899.

The British didn’t enter the conflict right away, and it’s still going on in 1889, so Conny probably wasn’t even there very long, quickly lost a leg, and just recently came back from Sudan.

Note: Ch175 has Ada mentioning Africa, so she might have been a medic in that war.

[abybweisse]

Inspired by the crack/shitpost idea I came up with at the end of this post.

[abybweisse]

Ch173, Touring the facility

There’s a lot going on here. Some of it looks like basic physical therapy or physical rehabilitation, like the guy working up the strength to walk. But then you have some who are doing much more strenuous activities (not that the guy walking with the supports isn’t having a hard time; he is).

Wow, what Layla says is even worse than the early fan translations suggest. Not only is she calling him a pig or “swine”, but she is making him oink!

Everyone is flustered by Layla’s words and actions. It makes Ada shiver. Knox says she’s too harsh. Lau makes references to sexual role play and that Layla’s getting something out of it that the trainees are not — “I think she’s playing a different script”.

[abybweisse]

Ch173, Not much need to sneak around anyway

Bard assumes, at first, that the OR is where the bloodletting occurs, but nope. Since it’s a real, state-of-the-art medical practice in the Kuroverse, Ada sees no reason to hide it.

This could go two ways. Either she’s innocent about what happens here... or she’s settin them up. Maybe not to be bled right now, but perhaps later. I expect them to end up here again, and it might not simply be to release other people. Hard to tell how many beds are here. But at least Bard and Lau learn quickly the main thing they came to find out.

I have a sneaking suspicion this is what really happens to Ethan and others who have been “discharged” back into society.

[abybweisse]

Ch173, Sanatorium or boot camp?

Physical therapy is a major part of recuperation, but this already seems a bit much for some of them? Anyway, she’s definitely “by the book” in the use of such rigid terminology. I don’t think it’s a matter of translation; she’s really this stiff/formal. Something else rather military about her attitude is how she calls Bard “Rookie”.

Also keep in mind that it’s Brighton, England, and it must be early December. And even Ada is huffing and puffing a bit by the time they are done. Flush on her cheeks, too. Not as cold as what I’m currently experiencing in Texas, but still!

[abybweisse]

Ch173, No sneaking around

Ada is on top of things, for sure, though she might be an honest sort. Too early to tell for sure, but she seems to be pretty much as she appears. Someone who believes in the science and the modern nursing system pioneered by people like Florence Nightingale.

[abybweisse]

Ch173, Lies or truths?

First off, Bard is right to question Lau’s loyalty. Plain and simple.

The war experience Bard is talking about now is nothing like he said to Knox and Ada, and I’m inclined to believe at least the general truth of what he said to Knox and Ada. Because he’s also told Snake about snakes in Arizona, and the scene where Sebastian recruits him matches best with that — The Apache Wars in Arizona.

Matthew Burgh...? Makes me wonder if he’s using the story of a known soldier from a war in northern Africa. I will look into it. It could be that Bard had traveled in his warfare experiences, too. Too early to say.

Also want to see if there was a Matthew Burgh (or something like that) in Arizona... or even in the Civil War. Because we honestly don’t know what Bard’s real name is. He might have taken a new identity when he was hired on at Phantomhive Manor, just like pretty much everyone who worked there for our earl... even though not everyone changed their names.