049. Diagnosis

[vicodincrutch]

Two Lifetime channel curses in one month. I thought only two of the deities were women. If I'm not mistaken there is a significantly large amount of estrogen running this place. I'd recommend hormone therapy. But not PEMU, gotta save them horses. Is Little Orphan Annie out of the closet? The literal closet, not the metaphorical. A runaway secret lesbian is pushing the scenario way too much. Crossing over into cinemaxxx territory.

If Cuddy wanted a kid she could have just popped over to this place and waited.

I'm having a hard time believing that none of you get ill. Or shot. Or have a case of anemia. You're all a bunch of penny pinching liars who would die from stubbornness if you could die here.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

A placebo effect doesn't stop hemorrhaging. It doesn't close wounds.

Do you have proper medical equipment?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Does it make you think that it does? Ah, there's a possibility.

No. I just like to collect shiny objects for kicks. They're a thrill to dust and keep sanitary. Of course I do. I'm a doctor.

[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Then it's making me think I'm alive, too.

Do you-- What's your policy on patient confidentiality?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

The City resurrects the dead. What's a little bit of magical mind control to lead you to believe you're a little warmer and breathing?

Same standard doctor to patient confidentiality. What happens is between you and me and the tiny tiled room. Unless you're doing something unlawful or endangering my lips are sealed. It's all in a cool oath.

[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Magic mind control is more likely than healing?

That's all I needed to know.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Do you trust anybody with the powers? That doesn't mean they have good judgment.

Suit yourself.

[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Do I trust you because you say you're a doctor and you'll turn me in if I'm doing something unlawful or endangering?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

You trust me because you have faith in my skills. Any doctor can say they are a doctor and lawful. I'm a doctor who is good. This place only gives me talk and credentials to places that may as well not exist for some people. I know my stuff. I didn't spend all that time for nothing.

[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Whose laws do you follow when you're determining if something is unlawful?

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Can we establish you did something that's probably illegal and move on? It would be the law of where I'm from. But that doesn't hold well here.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Where are you from? Or when?

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Princeton Plainsborough Teaching Hospital in New Jersey, United States, 2005.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

It isn't illegal then. It doesn't exist then.

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Are you going to tell me what it is or do I have to play with the audience?

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

It doesn't really matter. You won't notice it if your tools are that antique.

I just need to-- I was hurt recently. Badly. I need to know if the damage is permanent.

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Dinosaurs didn't touch them. Neither did Elvis. They serve their purpose, thanks.

That I can do. Greg House, M.D.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

Morn Hyland. If we're being formal, Morn Hyland, Ensign, UMCP.

I'll make an appointment?

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Medical Doctor is my acronym. Yours?

Yep. You're catching on.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

United Mining Companies Police.

Fine. When do you have appointments?

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

So you are the police. Well, that works out some how.

Wednesday is clear.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

There's no UMC here anyway.

Okay. Wednesday.

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Not that I'm aware of.

Anything I need to know about before hand?

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I don't have my tags with my medical history, but it's all normal up until... half a year ago.

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

I'll work with whatever you tell me. I just want to know if this will require heavy machinery. I can operate it all, I'm a professional.

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[morn-hyland.livejournal.com]

...

You'll need to check my reproductive organs. I don't know what else.

You don't believe anything else. I don't know why you'd believe this.

I was pregnant. About... three months. Aliens used their biotechnology to accelerate the pregnancy. Six months in... I'm not sure, hours? Less than a day. I don't know if there's lasting damage from that.

And here I was... attacked. I don't know if he did any other lasting damage.