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[fundoshiman]

It's good that the Doctor let everyone know what to do to suppress an outbreak of plague, but as viruses have a way of spreading whether we like them to or not, I thought I should note that many of the symptoms related to the varied forms of plague can seem quite innocent at first

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[Action | Late Monday night] (Is this okay. I can take it down if not! ;;; )

[kandescence]

[Kanda's almost surprised that he remembers the room number of the man who said he was a doctor, but he does. He doesn't remember his name, but he also doesn't really care at the moment.

He's convinced that Heine is sick with this plague even before he has seen him. If his partner's bizarre words hadn't been enough to clue him in, that muffled cough he'd tried to hide would have been.

But like hell is Kanda just going to stay away. Whatever medicine they have, he is going to get some, and Heine is going to take it if Kanda has to shove it down his damn throat.

He goes down the hall just a few doors to 209 and he knocks...none too softly.]

Re: [Action] Not a problem!

[fundoshiman]

[Jin will answer the door after a moment or two of shuffling, and glance at the other man. Whether he knows him has yet to be seen, but as soon as Kanda speaks, you'll probably get a smirk]

Yes?

[Action] \o/ (I should probably apologize in advance for him too)

[kandescence]

[Kanda is all business right now, abrupt and caustic certainly, but less irritable about petty matters since he's got something serious to occupy him.]

You're the one who said that you're a doctor. You spoke about medicine for this plague.

I need some.

[Action] :D

[fundoshiman]

Are you ill?

[Jin's eyes were instantly studying Kanda, as if looking for symptoms. Any geniality he'd had was dimmed by his own instinctive shift to business.]

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[kandescence]

Not me. My partner.

[Was that a moment of hesitation before the final word? It's hard to tell. He's certainly not giving much away.]

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[fundoshiman]

[If Jin even noticed that there might have been a hesitation, he's ignoring it.]

How far along are his symptoms?

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[kandescence]

I don't know yet. [He sounds frustrated--either at the question or his inability to answer it.]

I heard a cough he wanted to hide and he tried to keep me away. He knows something is wrong.

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[fundoshiman]

[Jin nods softly, and his face becomes a little more gentle, although retaining a serious edge as well. It's obvious he's being blunt because he sees no reason to be otherwise, but he is not without emotion.]

Unfortunately, I would have to see him to be able to determine if medication would even be of use to him. Once the symptoms are too far advanced, there is little that can be done.

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[kandescence]

[The change in Kanda's manner and expression is immediate. He certainly wasn't exactly friendly before, but he wasn't menacing either. Now, however, though he doesn't place a hand on his sword, he does take several threatening steps towards the man. He acts very much like he is answering some threat, which to his mind he is--a threat against Heine's life, and one that he won't take lightly. His voice is low and dangerous.]

You listen to me, you son of a bitch. I was with him a few hours ago. He wasn't sick then, and he is now, so don't try to tell me about symptoms that are "too advanced."

I will be damned to hell if I'm going to stand by and let you condemn him to death because it suits your whims to choose who gets treated and who gets left to rot.

You can give me the medicine he needs or I will take it, but if you're so concerned over speed, then you'll stop wasting my time so I can go to him.

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[fundoshiman]

[If Kanda had expected Jin to suddenly melt and shy away, he would be sorely disappointed. The reaction which occurred as the other man moved towards him with a threatening step was instant, and quite probably something Kanda would recognize; a defensive stance

[Action] Oh sigh--see, I told you I'd need to apologize for him

[kandescence]

[Not escalating to anything physical, but certainly not backing down either. If it comes to a fight, Kanda will fight, but it's not where his priorities lie. He wants to get to Heine as quickly as possible.

He's clearly not swayed by these words though, perhaps having too long-standing an experience of doctors playing god, administering life and death according to their own whims and for their own objectives.]

I may not be a doctor, but I damn well know what you people do is about playing the odds on what might work and tossing aside the bodies when it doesn't.

How many cases of this disease have you treated? Not others like it--this one. In this world. And you want me to trust that you can know at a glance whether medicine will work without ever trying it?

NO doctor can do that. If you say you can then you're lying. Sitting on your damn stockpile of drugs playing god and trying to hedge for the surest bets.

You want to do that with other people's lives, be my fucking guest. But you're NOT doing it with my partner's

Re: [Action] It's okay... they may need to do this...

[fundoshiman]

[Jin draws in a ragged sigh, a little bit frustrated at this boy before him. His eyes become steely, and he speaks very slowly. It is obvious he is trying to form his words with thought, and not attempting to in some way speak to Kanda as if he were a child

[Action] Sadly so. I'm sure they will have more opportunity to prod each other further soon though!

[kandescence]

[Kanda takes a few steps closer, making it clear that he is in no way intimidated or backed off by the man's words.]

If you think I would take you within a hundred meters of my partner you are a simpleton and a fool.

What have you done to earn my trust? To prove your competence?

You think I'll fold and submit to you, why? Because you happen to be here? Because I have no other options?

I will make other options.

And you can go to hell.

[And so saying, he turns and storms from the room, slamming the door behind him.

He knows that there are other doctors in the city, not least of which the one who'd spoken about synthesizing drugs a couple days before. Talking to this man further, he's decided, is not worth his time.]