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futurology2016-09-14 12:41 am
grunehexe) wrote in futurology2016-09-14 12:41 am
un: sieglindesullivan / video
[In between the end of the... timeline shenanigans (which, thankfully for everyone, she does not remember) and their departure for the next mission, Sieglinde can be found up to her eyeballs in texts and tomes, mostly unfed, unrested, and occasionally unwashed... But never mind that.]
Audentes recruits. It is I, Sieglinde Sullivan. The Green Witch. Most of you know me, but there are newcomers among us, and so I must extend introductions to you all, unfit as this format may be for the beginning of such a bond as we are forced to share.
[If you're waiting for her to discover how to make a chill network post you can keep waiting.]
I come before you today with a request. I know there are those besides myself skilled in the art of healing, magic, and science. I speak not of the manner of talents ALASTAIR itself bestows to ease our missions, but of knowledge brought from outside of this place. There are two projects I have undertaken which could potentially benefit from the input of others, and so I seek volunteers who would be willing to lend their aid to the cause.
The cases are as follows.
One involves a person whose heart was physically removed from their body via magic, and said organ was used then in order to control them. I wish to see a heart and all capabilities therein returned to them, but as you can imagine, the process carries a great risk, seeing as the magic that removed the heart initially serves also to keep their body living artificially without such a vital element.
The other involves a more scientific matter, as it is in regards to someone whose diet is severely restricted due to some biological difference of the body, particularly the digestive system. Foods they are able to tolerate have been identified, so the next step is to discover what it is about those foods that allow them to pass through the body without causing illness, and to then implement such discoveries into a pill or procedure which could render other foods edible.
For reasons I am sure you understand, I will not give the names nor any hints towards the identities of these patients, as such information is strictly need-to-know... and only those whom I judge capable to work on these projects will be considered so.
[deep breath]
But, if you believe your training or talents may be of some use in any of those situations... your cooperation would be most appreciated. I will field questions here, should you have them.
Good day.
Audentes recruits. It is I, Sieglinde Sullivan. The Green Witch. Most of you know me, but there are newcomers among us, and so I must extend introductions to you all, unfit as this format may be for the beginning of such a bond as we are forced to share.
[If you're waiting for her to discover how to make a chill network post you can keep waiting.]
I come before you today with a request. I know there are those besides myself skilled in the art of healing, magic, and science. I speak not of the manner of talents ALASTAIR itself bestows to ease our missions, but of knowledge brought from outside of this place. There are two projects I have undertaken which could potentially benefit from the input of others, and so I seek volunteers who would be willing to lend their aid to the cause.
The cases are as follows.
One involves a person whose heart was physically removed from their body via magic, and said organ was used then in order to control them. I wish to see a heart and all capabilities therein returned to them, but as you can imagine, the process carries a great risk, seeing as the magic that removed the heart initially serves also to keep their body living artificially without such a vital element.
The other involves a more scientific matter, as it is in regards to someone whose diet is severely restricted due to some biological difference of the body, particularly the digestive system. Foods they are able to tolerate have been identified, so the next step is to discover what it is about those foods that allow them to pass through the body without causing illness, and to then implement such discoveries into a pill or procedure which could render other foods edible.
For reasons I am sure you understand, I will not give the names nor any hints towards the identities of these patients, as such information is strictly need-to-know... and only those whom I judge capable to work on these projects will be considered so.
[deep breath]
But, if you believe your training or talents may be of some use in any of those situations... your cooperation would be most appreciated. I will field questions here, should you have them.
Good day.
boo
I have seen you create an eye... can you do the same with a heart?
no subject
This sounds like it would involve a number of steps that would have to be executed in quick succession. You'll want a healer on hand beyond any work we attempted to accomplish, given the complications that could arise from unexpected delays...
Yet it sounds fascinating. We should discuss hypotheticals, if you have more details.
no subject
[She hums thoughtfully, then waves a hand dismissively.]
Something much better worked through in person, of course- you may bring snacks.
video to action!
Laedo raps on the door with his boot, rather than his hands, as all are completely full. He couldn't let himself in if he tried.]
Let's talk, [he greets her, giving her time to hobble if she needs to while he attempts to find any empty surface he can place the platter and kettle on in her crowded room.]
action
So when Laedo arrives, all she does is call, ("It's open!), and thankfully her familiar is on hand to actually get the thing started by nudging it enough for Laedo to get through via boot push. Sieglinde herself was peering at a smoking test tube, carefully, carefully transferring a different chemical via pipette.]
Laedo, welcome- !
[She sniffs, once, twice- was that snacks?]
no subject
I should like to meet whoever removed the heart of one of our number, if only to understand what, exactly, they did to keep our friend alive. And to control them! A muscle used to pump blood forcefully through the body, and a fetish to remove one's will all at once? What stranger worlds are out there?
no subject
Only then did she turn in her seat, crossing one leg over the other and holding out her hand for the treats she could smell through the somewhat acidic scent of her quarters, even with her window wide open.]
I have proposed to the subject that you meet in person- if they give their consent, then I should hope good would come of it. Your abilities would be most helpful based on my early prognosis.
[She has to sigh, though- honestly, control through the heart, it's so...]
Quite poetic, is it not? Not the brain, but the heart...
no subject
Instead he asks,] is this subject someone that I should stand at the ready not to peer at? Should I prepare myself to be surprised? I should imagine they are terribly embarrassed, but I'm not the sort to gossip about matters of the heart one way or another.
no subject
Having her mouth full hardly prevents her from talking, however.]
It is not embarrassment- they are merely a private person.
[Sieglinde, that was probably a joke...]
no subject
How many others have volunteered to take a try with this task?
no subject
A few with little in the way of skills to offer, but hearts in the right places...
[Hearts. Haha.]
But a deity with domain over emotion, which could be useful... a doctor... a scientist...
[She counts them out on her fingers in between chews.]
no subject
Either this will all go off without a hitch, or this poor soul is doomed. Have you ever heard of a term... something like 'too many preachers in the choir?' Things can get muddled when there are too many points of view at work, sometimes conflicting.
...You might do well to consider allowing somebody to take the lead, to put each person with their strengths. Heart surgery is no easy task, and the added layers of complexity here... [He crumbles the remains of his bun in his hand by way of demonstration, sprinkling them into an open palm and depositing the waste back on the plate, for now.]
no subject
["Too many maids underfoot" is the expression she's more familiar with, but they sound similar enough. And she knows that it's true, nodding along as she crossed her arms.]
I would hear their proposals and their experience, but everyone at once... I am far more used to working alone.
[So she's more than willing to hear them out and see what insight they can provide but...]
Most I believe I shall keep separate from my patients and simply provide copies of notes or samples... That distance should assist in preventing too much confusion, one hopes...
[At the moment, she feels more comfortable relying on Laedo, and perhaps Law... But the others she is not so sure. Ahad had offered a blessing, but that was merely before the event itself...]
no subject
How am I to know that this isn't a hypothetical to get another volume written in your little library here, of all the strange and wonderful things that members of our team are capable of?
[It's a dig, but a gentle one. She's only a girl, after all.]
no subject
She may be "only a girl" to most members of the team, even those who acknowledge her intelligence, but. Her expression is far more befitting a witch than a girl when she replies.]
You shall not know, I suppose.
[After all... she was a curious thing. And that included what her companions were capable of.]
no subject
Should I leave you to your work? Feed yourself, and rest, and summon me when I am needed. I do not otherwise want to interfere in your work.
no subject
Oh. Oh.
Following his gesture to her vials, she rushes to spin in her seat and manage the reaction, moving to give what might have been a wave behind her in his direction as she pulled her gloves back on.]
Of course, of course- and you have my thanks!
[Now, this amount of froth was unexpected...]