Good morning. This is Jiaoqiu, the man you met in the docking bay over a conversation about stand mixers.
I'm not sure of your level of familiarity with the technology we have aboard this ship, so, as a former medical doctor, I wanted to extend an offer of help if you need to be shown around the medical tech here. If there's no need for that, then all is well.
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I am very unfamiliar with modern technology by early 2000s Earth standards. I would be very grateful for your guidance.
I'm not currently smiling but from what I understand, the use of 'emoticons' can mimic general feelings without needing to actually reflect those actions outside of written context. So. 🙂
Earth? How interesting; I believe I've heard the name, but I know nothing about it or its technology levels in any given year.
Emojis can indeed mimic general feelings without actually reflecting one's current physical state. Where I'm from, 'lmao' became popular for a while, 'laughing my ass off'. Even though the teens would barely be smiling at their phones, let alone actually laughing their asses off.
I'll meet you in the medical wing, then? Have you any particular time you prefer?
[ It takes Jiaoqiu longer than he'd like to get to the medical wing. It's his first time -- well, not counting when he woke up in there after stepping through a space-time portal -- and he hadn't seen much point in going there. And then he'd realized that there was precisely one person that had chosen to be Medical personnel, and that person had obviously had trouble with the technology here.
So. Fine. He'll play doctor (retired) again, just long enough to help out, and then he can go back to pretending he was never a healer at all.
When he arrives, he can't help the faint signs of strain in his expression, damaged muscles and nerves unhappy with the number of steps it had taken to get here. But he's smiling, as polite and unruffled as ever, one hand on the wall to guide where he's going. From the directions he'd gotten from a Host, he must have just walked into the entrance of the med bay. ]
Castiel, I assume? Unless I'm talking to an empty room-- that would be embarrassing. I'm usually far better at sensing those things.
[Castiel glances up at Jiaoqiu's entrance, squints as he takes in his appearance, how he leans a little more heavily against the wall than is strictly necessary to guide. Hm. Low O2 saturation levels.
The 'sterilization field generator' that currently commands his attention beeps angrily at some incorrect input, so Castiel turns around to scowl down at it and try to figure out how to back out of the menu he's ended up in.] Hello Jiaoqiu.
There's an office chair approximately ten paces directly in front of you. It rolls. [But like, it rolls futuristically.]
[ Jiaoqiu's pride wants to sniff in offense, but Jiaoqiu's screaming chest muscles say yes please god get me stationary. So he finds the chair, and drops down to sit in it.
It does in fact roll. ]
Alright, let's get this education started.
[ Despite his troubles, Jiaoqiu sounds cheerful enough, rolling himself over to the nearest thing he can hear. It's a screen attached to the head of a cot, and is presumably for displaying vitals and scans. ]
And by that, I do mean an education for both of us. I'm familiar with this level of technology, but not in this particular configuration. Much like trying to learn a new computer while blind, I have no idea where the app icons are. Still, these things are figured out easily enough, especially when you can see.
[ Verbally, he directs the screen to show its base functions. ]
If I'm guessing right, there should be a list of options, like stats, scans, dosage, active monitoring, and so on? These beds will have a lot of technology built into them, like the ability to do all sorts of scans, the ability to administer some types of medicine, deploy sterilization fields, and so on.
[Everything in the medical wing is as foreign and alien to him as the hundreds of references Dean makes on a near constant basis, so the cot Jiaoqiu chooses is as good a place to start as any. He can't exactly be picky; though Castiel isn't going to assume anyone will actually be sticking to their 'Division' duties with terrible strictness (he certainly won't), he does feel a little bit of responsibility. He should at least know how to use this equipment, if only for Dean's sake.]
...yes. [Castiel doesn't voice his apprehension, but perhaps it shows anyway in the slight hesitation before he answers. Physically he hovers for just a moment before touching the screen, only to tilt it slightly up to better read the options available.] It resembles a paper hospital chart, in some respects. It looks like there's a place to enter a patient name.
Good. I'm assuming the information needed will be the same as any other hospital or medical entity -- name, date of birth, statistics like height and weight and species, priory medical history. In an emergency, you obviously won't have the time to grill a new patient about these things, so the computer may be able to fill in some of them for you automatically with a scan. Blood type, cholesterol levels, allergies, that sort of thing.
[ He runs a hand along the edge of the cot, exploring. The sheets are tucked in with military efficiency and neatness. ]
Comfortable. [Well, he's not about to panic or otherwise become incapable of taking action, at any rate. Whether or not he's going to be able to effectively operate the equipment is another matter.
(He is also realizing that he didn't think through this 'being actual medical staff' thing as far as some people may have come to expect. He'd just wanted to make sure he had what resources he needed to keep Dean alive.)] Though I'm more accustomed to using my own energies to heal wounds, grievous or otherwise. I'm not used to utilizing a...medium.
Ah, you've healing magic of your own, then? I assume it's currently offline right now.
[ There have been a few other people that Jiaoqiu has talked about this topic with, and so he can only assume that whatever magic the Wayfarers had before coming here, they have all been restricted. His own ability to control fire is gone -- as are his Foxian senses, though they are not magic, so he's not sure what the pattern is. ]
Well, we don't know if we'll ever get magic back. So! Let's learn some of the basic machinery, shall we?
[ Jiaoqiu sounds positively thrilled. He pushes off with a foot, and wheels his way over to what his earpiece is telling him is a cabinet. He opens the first draw, feels his way over the instruments, and brings one out. ]
This is a dermal injector. [ It mostly just looks like a small tube, with a flat end, and a display screen on the side. ] It is for administering medication. Given your level of technical knowledge, I assume your world usually uses needles? This technology has advanced beyond that, and is capable of giving liquid medication via dermal absorption.
[ He presses the flat end to the underside of his forearm, demonstrating. ]
Like this. How knowledgeable are you about medication and drugs?
Idk if that's how I'd summarize myself but sure w/e
[ He should've waited to reply. Because responding to that first line has him woefully unprepared to deal with the second, where all his energy truly needs to go. ]
Uh
No? No?? This is not a booty call
Not to you or the guy I was actually trying to talk to, wtf
[ Wow. They've met one time and this guy is so forthcoming with details about his sex life, and Noctis really does not know what to do with this information. Stop him? How can he?
If he's willing to be free enough to drift into the cosmic void, he must be free enough to talk about these kinds of things to strangers, huh... ]
Unmake your peace? Like if you're not intending to do it then stop doing it, wtf
Look the point is I don't want that with you at all, so if I gave you the wrong impression SOMEHOW then my b
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I'm not sure of your level of familiarity with the technology we have aboard this ship, so, as a former medical doctor, I wanted to extend an offer of help if you need to be shown around the medical tech here. If there's no need for that, then all is well.
smiley face. no, don't write it out, put an emoji in there. no oh god this voice-to-text technology needs to be tweaked. end message and send
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I am very unfamiliar with modern technology by early 2000s Earth standards. I would be very grateful for your guidance.
I'm not currently smiling but from what I understand, the use of 'emoticons' can mimic general feelings without needing to actually reflect those actions outside of written context. So. 🙂
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Emojis can indeed mimic general feelings without actually reflecting one's current physical state. Where I'm from, 'lmao' became popular for a while, 'laughing my ass off'. Even though the teens would barely be smiling at their phones, let alone actually laughing their asses off.
I'll meet you in the medical wing, then? Have you any particular time you prefer?
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So. Fine. He'll play doctor (retired) again, just long enough to help out, and then he can go back to pretending he was never a healer at all.
When he arrives, he can't help the faint signs of strain in his expression, damaged muscles and nerves unhappy with the number of steps it had taken to get here. But he's smiling, as polite and unruffled as ever, one hand on the wall to guide where he's going. From the directions he'd gotten from a Host, he must have just walked into the entrance of the med bay. ]
Castiel, I assume? Unless I'm talking to an empty room-- that would be embarrassing. I'm usually far better at sensing those things.
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The 'sterilization field generator' that currently commands his attention beeps angrily at some incorrect input, so Castiel turns around to scowl down at it and try to figure out how to back out of the menu he's ended up in.] Hello Jiaoqiu.
There's an office chair approximately ten paces directly in front of you. It rolls. [But like, it rolls futuristically.]
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It does in fact roll. ]
Alright, let's get this education started.
[ Despite his troubles, Jiaoqiu sounds cheerful enough, rolling himself over to the nearest thing he can hear. It's a screen attached to the head of a cot, and is presumably for displaying vitals and scans. ]
And by that, I do mean an education for both of us. I'm familiar with this level of technology, but not in this particular configuration. Much like trying to learn a new computer while blind, I have no idea where the app icons are. Still, these things are figured out easily enough, especially when you can see.
[ Verbally, he directs the screen to show its base functions. ]
If I'm guessing right, there should be a list of options, like stats, scans, dosage, active monitoring, and so on? These beds will have a lot of technology built into them, like the ability to do all sorts of scans, the ability to administer some types of medicine, deploy sterilization fields, and so on.
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...yes. [Castiel doesn't voice his apprehension, but perhaps it shows anyway in the slight hesitation before he answers. Physically he hovers for just a moment before touching the screen, only to tilt it slightly up to better read the options available.] It resembles a paper hospital chart, in some respects. It looks like there's a place to enter a patient name.
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[ He runs a hand along the edge of the cot, exploring. The sheets are tucked in with military efficiency and neatness. ]
How comfortable are you with medical emergencies?
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(He is also realizing that he didn't think through this 'being actual medical staff' thing as far as some people may have come to expect. He'd just wanted to make sure he had what resources he needed to keep Dean alive.)] Though I'm more accustomed to using my own energies to heal wounds, grievous or otherwise. I'm not used to utilizing a...medium.
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[ There have been a few other people that Jiaoqiu has talked about this topic with, and so he can only assume that whatever magic the Wayfarers had before coming here, they have all been restricted. His own ability to control fire is gone -- as are his Foxian senses, though they are not magic, so he's not sure what the pattern is. ]
Well, we don't know if we'll ever get magic back. So! Let's learn some of the basic machinery, shall we?
[ Jiaoqiu sounds positively thrilled. He pushes off with a foot, and wheels his way over to what his earpiece is telling him is a cabinet. He opens the first draw, feels his way over the instruments, and brings one out. ]
This is a dermal injector. [ It mostly just looks like a small tube, with a flat end, and a display screen on the side. ] It is for administering medication. Given your level of technical knowledge, I assume your world usually uses needles? This technology has advanced beyond that, and is capable of giving liquid medication via dermal absorption.
[ He presses the flat end to the underside of his forearm, demonstrating. ]
Like this. How knowledgeable are you about medication and drugs?
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@darknight, YOU RANG
I hope you learned smth about being an asshole and how to maybe do it less
Don't all caps at me again either bc it's just gonna start this over and I'm not gonna take your srsly
welcome to my abandoned construction site come on in
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I'm sorry. I'll never do it again.
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3/3 makes myself right at home
Who is this
they are the squinting dog leo dicaprio meme
Who is THIS?
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Wait, Castiel as in the guy who wanted to float off into space?
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You're the boy who was extremely concerned for me. Who hates talking and gratitude.
Was this message intended for someone else? [What's that called again? Dean told him once...it starts with a B...] A "booty call"?
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[ He should've waited to reply. Because responding to that first line has him woefully unprepared to deal with the second, where all his energy truly needs to go. ]
Uh
No? No?? This is not a booty call
Not to you or the guy I was actually trying to talk to, wtf
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There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm told it's VERY common.
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Maybe it is but not for me and we are not talking about this? Like idk how this is a convo you wanna be having
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Wait do YOU do it?
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But it's fine, I've made my peace with it. Most people are understanding if you're honest with them about why you called, after all.
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If he's willing to be free enough to drift into the cosmic void, he must be free enough to talk about these kinds of things to strangers, huh... ]
Unmake your peace? Like if you're not intending to do it then stop doing it, wtf
Look the point is I don't want that with you at all, so if I gave you the wrong impression SOMEHOW then my b
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god i love that gif sfm
ty for linking it first bc its gonna get a lotta mileage w/ these 2
omg forgive me rl ate me the last few days
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