[Sometime This Week...] Glad I Did That Again...

[51stcentry_jack]

A warm spring morning, with a hint of rain in the air, though for now, the sunlight streams in through the windows of the clinic. A day full of life, a good day for a child to be born

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[advisorattorney]

Mia will be nearby her good friend, just as nervous about the surgery as Jack is. She's never seen a child being born to a man before, but she tries to think about the times she was with her Mother as Maya was being born. Trying to comfort...

Ironic this is all on Mother's Day...

One of most lonely and somber days in the Fey sisters lives.

[51stcentry_jack]

Jack turns his head, craning his neck a bit, as he looks toward Mia. "Hey... so you came to hold my hand through the ordeal?" he asks, trying to sound cocky, but there's a hint of fear in his pale eyes. "And keep an eye on this pale gent who's mucking about in my innards: might be easy on the eyes when he isn't hiding under surgical togs, but he's a bit needle-happy."

Muraki, clad in a surgical cap, with a mask covering his lower face and a white patch covering his missing eye, gives Jack a patient look. "I only do the necessary prodding, Mister Harkness."

[advisorattorney]

"Of course I did. Thats what friends do, of course." As Jack requests, she makes the sign for 'I'm watching you' with her fingers at Muraki.

The 'nurse' nearby isn't really amused.

[51stcentry_jack]

Jack gives Mia a wavery grin and he'll hold up a hand to her. "Thanks: second time I've done this, first time I'll have help," he says, dead serious, a haunted look flicking through his eyes. If she takes his hand, she'll notice his palm is already a bit damp.

Muraki notes that look from Mia, and he'll nod, acknowledging it, his good eye serious. "I'm exercising all due care: I've performed this procedure dozens of times, though this time, I'm heading into uncharted waters," he admits. "Human physiology being what it is, it shan't likely take too much extra probing." Then turns his gaze to his patient, setting to work swabbing the incision site.

[advisorattorney]

"I only hope so..." She replies to Muraki.

If he dies on this slab, he'll have to deal with hell on high heels.

[51stcentry_jack]

The chances of Jack dying on the slab... well, they'd certainly get interesting, and would likely induce some fascinated staring from Muraki.

"No need to hope for anything: I'm made of strong stuff," he adds, dryly, but he might be peering at a spot on the scrim which Muraki is working behind.

"Which should come into use: I'm preparing to make the first incision," Muraki says, marking the site with an iodine pencil.

[advisorattorney]

Mia audibly gulps at this.

"Fine..."

[51stcentry_jack]

Jack might tense a bit at the pencil moving over his flesh. "Ugh, that feels weird. Doesn't hurt, just means we're getting to the zero hour," he says, pressing Mia's hand. She might feel a slight tremor going through him...

Muraki glances to Aramat. "Scalpel?"

[advisorattorney]

Mia gives a low shush, rubbing on Jack's hand to calm him down.

Aramat is nearby the table covered in the same medical uniform as her partner, quietly hands him a scalpel.

[51stcentry_jack]

Muraki accepts the scalpel, setting to work making the first cut. "Making the primary incision..."

"Urgh..." Jack groans, closing his eyes, even though there's a scrim between his gaze and the surgical site.

"Does that hurt?" Muraki asks, without looking up. To Aramat, he adds, "Surgical clamp."

"No, just *knowing* what you're doing is making it worse," Jack replies.

"For someone who claims to have been snapping his fingers in death's face for two thousand years, you make a lot of noise, Mister Harkness," Murkai notes, amused.

[advisorattorney]

Mia may lean down and brush a hand over Jack's hair and says to him, "Hey, focus on me. Don't notice that."

Aramat hands him the Surgical Clamp as ordered.

[51stcentry_jack]

He'll tilt his head back to look up at her, but the fear in his pale eyes is likely visible. He'll manage a shaky smile. "Got you to look at: guess with all this worrying I'm doing, I'm wasting a perfectly lovely opportunity," he says, still nervous.

Muraki in the meantime, clamps open the incision, setting to work cutting through the layer of muscle underneath, uncovering the otherwise out of place organ. "It won't be much longer," he says. "Obstetric scalpel."

"Otherwise known as the mood-killer," Jack retorts.

[advisorattorney]

As the incision is busy getting stretched open, Mia still focuses on Jack. "Shhhh..."

Aramat hands Muraki the scalpel and her eyes are rather huge under a surgical cap and mask. Hopefully, the doctor might tell her to stop staring...

[51stcentry_jack]

"Can't feel a thing, just the notion of someone mucking about in my innards is... well, I've had people do worse things to me..." Jack says, trying to joke, nervously. "Yah'd think I'd get used to it, after all these years."

Muraki might dart a look of mild amusement to Aramat. "Come now, it's not proper to stare at a fifty-first century gentleman's bits," he says, taking the scalpel and setting to work, making the next incision....

[advisorattorney]

Aramat may tilt her head... "But it's fascinating."

Meanwhile Mia is busy side-eyeing her.

[51stcentry_jack]

"Had my equipment stared at plenty of times, though not from this angle: trust me, I don't mind it in the least," Jack replies, reassuring Muraki, though that response from Aramat has him minded of the things that a Victorian era Torchwood subjected him to. "Used to be in the after-sundown side of a circus sideshow. 'Ladies and children and those of a weak constitution are advised not to gaze upon this personage.' Not that it kept them from finding ways to peek through gaps in the canvas."

"It's almost a pity that I'll be removing this organ shortly, once its inhabitant has been escorted into our midst," Muraki says, widening the incision.

"Yeah, but after the house decided to play hob with me, I decided not to take any further chances," Jack replies. "One and done."