Case 003 [Action/Voice] (Backdated to the afternoon of 4/20)

[letsplaysurgeon]

[Doctor's appointments are a little bit like dating. You give someone all your information, they tell you to take off your clothes, and sometimes you end up with a hand shoved inside you.

...That's a bit of an exaggeration, actually. So where did the musing that they're similar come from? The fact that one arranges to meet at a certain time on a certain day, and there is an unspoken expectation of maintaining that commitment--or at least calling ahead of time to cancel. That was courteous.

So in a way, this was like being stood up. But Muraki doesn't wither in the burning heat of rejection. He sits next to an empty bed, smiling a restrained smile as he pulls the top off a pen and replaces it multiple times.

After an appropriate amount of silence, he flips his journal open and makes an entry.]

Sheik? This is Doctor Muraki speaking. I seem to recall setting an appointment with you for eleven forty-five this morning, and it is now twelve-thirty...ah. [He checks the time.] My apologies, one in the afternoon. I just wanted to check in and make sure everything is all right. I hope nothing happened to you or your loved ones.

I would also like to reschedule. If you're not in literal pieces right now, or otherwise incapacitated, please respond back as soon as possible. Thank you.

Comments

[whichwayagain.livejournal.com]

[Grandpa is wondering what Nill sees in you, again.]

Now how could anyone refuse a summons like that?

[The sarcasm: it is obvious.]

[voice]

[unbalancedsoul.livejournal.com]

[Really? Really?

She knows the festival is going on, but geez, that's rude. Doctors are people too, and deserve just as much courtesy as anyone else.] Doctor, are you still around at the clinic today? I was going to bring in some medicine I made, if it's not too much trouble.

[Voice]

[ombra_lira]

[...You know he hates it when you call him out publicly like that.]

I must have forgotten. [No apologies or anything, just flat annoyance. He didn't forget - Duo'd made a point of reminding him earlier - he just didn't feel like bothering. Going to see the doctor is a pain when he feels perfectly fine.]

[purpledemoneyes.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you're free for lunch? Well, a really late lunch.

[Voice]

[sun-trumpet.livejournal.com]

... is something wrong with daddy?

[Action]

[sonatasedge]

[He was going for a walk through the village, just to clear his head about a few things and he finds himself wandering into the clinic. He has his hands in his pockets and his usual passive expression in place as he looks around and then spots Muraki. It's only natural to greet him.]

Hey. [He looks at the empty bed he's sitting next to.] ...Lunch break?

[Voice]

[colony_brat]

[Duo sounds hurried (it is lunch time) and very annoyed.] I reminded him this morning at breakfast and I left him a note. Dad must be at home. Do you want me to go get him? If you have time for an appointment now...