Escape 016

[prefers_chess]

[Video/Action Post]

[As the video switches on, the Network at large is treated to the sight of a good-looking young man chilling out near the Fountain, surveying the area with a careful, calculating look on his face. As a matter of fact, he looks something like this: ]

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[as_damaged]

...Brandon?

[chessmastering]

Penelope?

[as_damaged]

I don't know any Penelope.

[chessmastering]

And I don't know any Brandon. I assumed we were merely shouting random names at each other as some variant on a greeting ritual.

[as_damaged]

I shouldn't be surprised at this place anymore.

[chessmastering]

Not really, depending on how long you've been here.

Would you care to engage in the greeting ritual again, but this time shout your actual name?

[as_damaged]

Long enough that it's not really surprising to see familiar faces belonging to unfamiliar people.

My name is Dr. Cameron. You look like a patient I had, once.

[chessmastering]

Dr. Cameron. I assure you, I've had no recent injuries, and no doctors by that name regardless. The previous time I was here, I generally dealt with a Dr. Chase.

I'm Rudy Miller.

[as_damaged]

Dr. Chase is a colleague of mine. He never mentioned... well, what's the point.

It's nice to meet you.

[chessmastering]

Do you also do pediatrics?

A pleasure, I'm sure.

[as_damaged]

Not generally. At home we're both part of a diagnostics department; so we occasionally do have pediatric patients. But here, more often than not I think everyone finds themselves working outside their usual specialties.

[chessmastering]

That's probably why. I was twelve when I first met him.

[as_damaged]

How old are you now? If you don't mind my asking.

[chessmastering]

Nineteen. First year at U of T.

[as_damaged]

I see.

[chessmastering]

Is that a problem?