02 | video | december 19th | morning

[sineamore]

[The video feed turns on and here's Ritsuka looking tired, but determined. Like what probably is a fair number of you, he didn't sleep very well last night-or at all, really. It's one of those instances where he looks like the youngest little old man you've ever seen, a combination youthful inexperience and time old responsibility. There's a heavy

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[forcingrituals]

[ speaking from the clinic himself, it's sort of impressive that he's managed his shift so far without staining his white coat. ]

Assistance will never be turned down. Infact, I believe it would be entirely the opposite.

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[sineamore]

Good to know, doctor...? [Trails off deliberately.]

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[forcingrituals]

Haibara.

I'm not certain we've met before. May I ask your name?

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[sineamore]

Doctor Haibara. [He nods politely.] I'm Ritsuka Aoyagi. I hope I'll be of some help, though you seem very competent.

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[kerorogunsou]

R-Ritsuka-dono! What do you think you're doing, de arimasu? What if you get stabbed?!

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[sineamore]

I can handle it. [He's been stabbed so many times already...]

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[kerorogunsou]

[You can...handle it? What is that supposed to mean?! How do you even handle being stabbed?!

He's silent for a moment, looking like he's thinking and struggling to come to a decision because damn it all, he had locked and barricaded the door as well as given Eve a stern talk as to why you don't go waltzing outside when people were getting stabbed left and right and here he was with another kid who was thinking of running around when it wasn't safe.]

...What if you died, de arimasu?

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[kill_some_time]

[The feed switches on to show the empty corner of a ceiling, though there is clearly something close to the communicator. A soft rustle can be heard from off the screen and then something moves, almost soundlessly. Whoever it is, the owner of te communicator makes sure to stay out of the view of the camera.

....there is a single, short amused sound. It isn't nice.]

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[sineamore]

[He makes a face.] Not even showing your face? What are you, three?

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[kill_some_time]

[Another laugh.]

Older than that what you call word, yet that should not matter, should it? ...Are you really intending to add to the number?

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[astrongerpower]

Are the doctors in this city really so understaffed as to require the aid of a young boy?

[And here is a strange man with one eyebrow kept in a questioning arch. That announcement is worth more scrutiny than even the odd, extra ears on Ritsuka's head.]

Don't misunderstand, that's a very noble urge. But it says something poor about our circumstances, if that's the situation.

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[sineamore]

You're talking about a world that called in children and animals to help fight a war. [He pauses.] I used to go to the hospital all the time in my world. They were understaffed there, too. I think that's just how it is. A lot of people need help. It's hard finding people who are willing and qualified to do so.

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[r_a_m_1982]

Hello, I am in the Watch too. If you want to go to The clinic I can tell you what's the safest route. The patrols cleared some paths.

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[sineamore]

Hey. Yeah, that would really help. What's your name?

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[r_a_m_1982]

I'm Ram. Pleasure to meet you, even if it's in this sort of situation.