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[video] 2/6, evening - Megumi vs. the modern HMO

[The video feed comes on to the office Megumi has now occupied in the General Hospital. You can see tatami flooring and a pot simmering on a hot plate. A timer dings in the background and there is the sound of her speaking:]

This is ridiculous. What is the need for all of these papers, I'm up to my ears in them. Taking the time to fill them all out takes time away from where we should be-- the patient's bedside. And why is this "medical board" having us perform so many tests on each patient even when the diagnosis is already clear? No one gets better from running all of these unnecessary tests, but we have to bill them anyway. It's a waste of time and money-- ours and the patients'.

[A man's voice can be heard, it's an NPC supervisor] That's not my concern, Doctor Tanaka. Fill out the files or-- do what the rest of them do, get yourself an assistant and make them do it. I don't care, just get it done. Good day.

[The door closes and Megumi turns around and shuffles back towards where the communicator is. She can be heard cracking an egg into a bowl and muttering something that sounds very much like:]

It's Takani, you stupid ass.

[She cracks another egg for her tamagoyaki, and that's when she notices the mirror was on that whole time.]

Hmph. Figures.

If you are out there, and you're injured-- and I know there are many of you after all of that. Come to the clinic at the hospital tonight or tomorrow. I won't give you the same nonsense or run-around that they are recommending us to. It's my job to get you well and back home.

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[Megumi waves a hand, cheerfully]

I wouldn't offer if it were trouble. Really, I made extra in case someone stopped by.

[She's dishing him out a plate of food here, and places it in his hands with chopsticks. BTW her cooking is heavenly in canon so... enjoy that]

If you're sure... [[smiles as he accepts.]] Thank you for the food, [[says a touch formally before pausing just a moment to look for a napkin to tuck in his shirt. If he doesn't find one, he'll just be extra careful as he eats. She may note he's being very very careful with his left hand supporting the bowl. It's not ideal, but it can support at least this little weight!]]

Aaaaa, this is really good!

Oh, it's nothing special, really. But if it tastes good enough, please do eat up.

What happened to your arm, Ryou-kun? If you don't mind me asking...

Aaaa... [[suddenly so awkward]] Just some bad luck, it's nothing...

[[Only he could call a finally healed over stab wound, a still healing large bite and a the scarred mess of a formerly impaled hand 'nothing' with a straight face and expect people to believe it....]]

The doctors already looked it over [[multiple times...]], it's fine, really.

It doesn't look fine to me. What sort of rehabilitation have you been getting?

[She comes right over and takes his hand to inspect it. No cares about space here, she's a doctor not a princess.]

That looks like someone stabbed you. And bit you.

[Megumi can spot those a million miles away, doing what she did at home]

Aa.... [[falters at that, not used to his smokescreen being not only seen through, but so accurately ignored...]] A lot of things happened....

I've worked with such things quite often at home. What's your rate of mobility?

[[OoC: Soo, this is what happened to his hand and his arm. and result. His arm was patched up in the hospital but apparently not very well. In game, transforming with that lovely arm (which had been inflicted only a few hours before his pull point) kept busting his stitches open again. That has finally healed over, but now his lower arm has a nice bite wound healing up. Which also has been hampered by transforming. Just much fewer ones.]]

[[blink blink]] Aaa... it's really fine, I can move it fine! [[Well. Mostly fine. It got stiff quite often, and his hand was rather lacking in the fine motor skills department most days... but he wasn't at all the type to admit those things...]]

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Show me. Let's see it.

Eh? [[he blinked a few times before giving an awkward smile]] Aaa... it's... really...

[[his left hand curled up on instinct, as if trying to hide under the bowl so the mass of scars there couldn't be seen.]]

Make a fist and then try and rotate your wrist in a circle.

[[There's a hesitant pause before he set down the bowl.

It was a rather pathetic fist, rather loose and very clearly taking a bit of effort to form. The rotating was far easier, even if he had to hold back a small wince. Thankfully the bite had mostly healed over, so it wasn't too much of a hindrance...]]

Hmmm. [Megumi opens his hand and puts her fist in it.]

Squeeze my hand. Hard as you can.

[[another hesitation before he squeezes. It's easier with something there so he doesn't have to pull in quite so tightly, but knuckles going into the mess of his palm makes him wince.]]

[Megumi nods and frowns.]

Hmmm. You're feeling pain, here, aren't you? Where is it the worst?

[She gently prods around his tarsal and metatarsal bones with her fingers, looking for old breaks or tissue that seems to be poorly healed.]

Aa--- [[tries to protest, wincing just a bit.

With how badly his hand had been spindled, it really had been a small miracle it had healed as well as it had. The bones had knitted as well as could be expected, but the tearing of the muscles and tissue had been the bigger trouble. And with Bakura's nervousness about hospitals and forgetful nature, he hadn't quite followed up as well has he should have...

His hand goes limp as she handles it, fingers twitching just a bit if she at all prods at the fading scar.]]

Bakura Ryou-kun, you have a buildup of scar tissue inside here, it feels. I would recommend physical therapy to help strengthen the muscles to take the burden off of the bones a bit-- once that happens, the bones can continue to heal more thoroughly.

This must be extremely painful when the weather changes, or in the cold.

Aa--- it's really not so bad...! Especially here, when it's dry and pretty warm...

Even so, you won't be able to fight well to protect others with this hand in this state, Ryou-kun. And you saw that attack. People need your help here.

[[He winces slightly at that, looking down. If it had been a few days back, he would have brushed it off again, however...

No. Don't think about that. There was still a chance....

He was quiet a long moment]]

I really don't think there's much help for it, not this arm. [[admitted with a touch of sheepishness.]] Better to try and figure out more I can do with just the one, right?

[She clucks her tongue, and shakes a finger.]

Nonsense, there's plenty that can be done. Back home there was a fool I knew who nearly destroyed his whole hand fighting recklessly. He couldn't move it at all, and the very flesh was torn off. Working together, we got it back to working condition.

The human body is capable of many things, you just need to give it what it needs. Yours too, Ryou-kun.

[[blink blink]] You're sure...? The doctor back home said I was lucky it even healed as little as it did.... [[Or something like that. He didn't remember the exact words]]

Well then, your doctors aren't up to snuff. Perhaps they've abandoned the traditional way of healing altogether and are relying only on pills to take your pain away.

[[scratches awkwardly at his cheek, trying hard not to look guilty. That... sort of was his preferred method of dealing with things... It went well with his avoidance.]]

Uh-huh.

[video] 2/6, evening - Megumi vs. the modern HMO

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[Action] I forget, have I shown you the scans of what happened to his hand/upper arm?

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[Action] ITP: Medical history of Bakura's poor poor left arm.

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