imeeji_frontstage | medical/self-care live!

medical/self-care live!

Who: some cute nurses & you
Where: the lobby + wherever if you want a housecall
When: day 131, noon

[ hope everyone is resting well! or maybe keeping busy, as one does after horrible trauma. some sensitIVs are doing just that - actually, it's been a while since lucifel's called a live, hasn't it? but he's in the lobby in a nurse outfit, with nya, and possibly a few other sensitIVs who may or may not have been roped into wearing nurse outfits. it's mystery ]

Ahhh . . . Uhm, good morning, everyone -

[ somewhat nervously, or maybe self-conscious, ]

It's been a while, hasn't it? Not for any good reason either, but - in any case, we thought it would be good to have something like this again . . . that is -

Hello! This is a medical checkup Live, since we've had a rough couple of days. Uhm, if you would like to get a checkup, we'll be here in the lobby! Even if you don't feel it's necessary, we've arranged to have some comforts here, if you'd like to stop by for some self-care, instead!

[ camera swivel to the lobby which has a bunch of dakimakuras (stripped of their covers so you're not looking at lewds) and blankets, some of them raised up like someone's taken boxes to make them into tables and put a blanket over it so it looks nicer. on them are a few kettles and teapots, mismatched like someone gathered pretty much every tea dispenser he could. there are also a few trays of sweets - desserts from the café, as well as fruits to be cut up, as well as like, ice cream and Japanese snacks like purin and senbei. there is probably literally a boxtable that is entirely just mandarin oranges. ]

. . . Uhm . . .

[ with the camera back to lucifel, who looks somewhat conflicted - though overall grateful, ]

Speaking personally for a moment - it was really comforting to have people by my side, yesterday - so thank you . . . Even though I was a mess who couldn't stop crying . . .

. . . And - in the end, it made me feel a lot better, and I understood just then that crying can bring great relief! So - uhm, if you need a shoulder to cry on, or an ear to listen to your troubles, or a lap to rest your head on, or someone to hug or wrestle to get rid of stress - well, I don't know if we're all able to do that here but we'll do our best to help you how we can!

[ and he gives an earnest smile, there ]

I'm still - uhm, learning . . . quite a lot of things, so this is the best I could think of for "self care", but if you have an idea for the future, I'd be most grateful to know it!

[ then, a beat ]

Ahh, but it's understandable that you might not want to relax around some people, so - well - for this reason, we decided against visiting every dorm like we did before, but -

If you'd like one of us to make a housecall to your dorm instead, then please send a text to your preferred healer on duty, and we'll be on the way! If you really can't tolerate any of us, then . . . well, it would be best to get as many points as you can, since this last game was really bad for scars, but - well, in any case, we'll do our best to stay out of your way, so please let us know in advance as well, or otherwise spend some time outside of the lobby, please! We've made a border -

[ with a gesture to the line of pillows where all dakimakura and blanket and foodnonsense stops ]

- for you to have a clear walkway, so please bear with our intrusion for the next couple of hours!

[ cheerily. ok lucifel signing off ]

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Well, I think... um, if humans aren't born knowing how to read, then there's nothing wrong with not knowing, but it'd be nice if everyone could do it, right?

If there is a need - for example, for the purposes of being able to acquire a job or otherwise working where one must read . . . then certainly, it's important.

But it's fun too, right?

[ hmm ]

Well, even if you don't know how to read, you can still understand stories that people tell you, so you don't need to know how to read for fun...

The oldest stories were passed down by word of mouth and song. Moreover, such tales would be better presented by tongue than by ink, if we were to speak of fun.

Mm, that's true...

Then as long as you're not alone, it's fine?

Humans were never meant to be alone, after all.

Hm...

... I wonder if that's the difference.

[ a pause ]

Is there anything you like reading?

. . . I only read to study.

The difference. . . ?

If I was always alone before, other than the familiars that took care of me, wouldn't it be because I'm not a human?

. . . Well, I will not pretend to know anything of how gods and deities live. Is this not something to speak of to Rider?

Hm, maybe...

Can we read a book together sometime? I want to enjoy a story with you!

Alright.

. . .

Ahhh, this isn't a story precisely, but beyond studying, I did read poetry . . .

Really? Like what?

[ reflecting on that for a moment before he starts to speak, slow and soft and steady, ]

. . . Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet -

[ leaning on her a little more now, his other hand's finger tracing against the blanket underneath them; his voice pitches lower, then ]

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

[ shifting to hold her tea one-handed, leaning into him in turn, now freed hand drifting to brush against his and lace her fingers in the gaps, loosely ]

. . . That sounds really nice. Who wrote it...?

The author is William Butler Yeats.

[ squeezing her hand, gently ]

William Butler . . .

[ thoughtful. doesn't ring any bells at the moment. ]

Why don't we go to the library? If you like him, then - ... even if it's just his poems, I want to know more about him.

[ a pause ]

I want to learn about it with your voice.

[ wow!!

doki!! ]

. . . Would you like to go right now?

[ and all it took was [redacted] ]

Reading poetry's something you like, so it's "self-care" for you, right?

[ finishes her tea up and puts the cup away, still holding onto his hand ]

So we can go right now. If we check a book out, then we can read it somewhere else too, can't we?

. . . If it's something you'd like to hear, then I'll enjoy it. We can visit somewhere nice while I'm reading it, too - the park, perhaps?

The park sounds really nice, but...

... You'll like it because it's a poet you like too, right?

Mmm? I only remember the contents of the poems -

[ which is to say he doesn't actually need to read a book, even ]

- but if I know of them this well, then I must like this poet, I'm sure . . . ? Perhaps, it's simply that this poet has stirred my heart.

In any case, this person is the only poet I know, and I don't really read other things besides studying, like I said . . .

Then that's why I want to hear it. It's something you like that's important to you, so I'll listen to you instead of reading! If we're together, then whether we're humans or not, that's something we can do, right?

. . . Mm. It sounds fun.

Then, the library's a bit far, so we should go quickly.

[ leans in a bit to kiss at his cheek, briefly ]

Okay! Let's go.

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