Voicetesting and already considering a game

[sleepinginthebloom]

Woah, slow down there, kid. We just met. Like, last week. And I didn't forget how much you knocked my hair when your friend showed you pictures of me, okay.

That aside, you realize you don't know anything about medicine, right? You spent five minutes on wikipedia and couldn't concentrate long enough to read one article. Look, uh... if you have any doubts, maybe you should put me down for a bit, grab a drink, meditate a bit... and finish reading that article on Wermer's Syndrome, at the very least. You'll need that later.

If you do that I might consider a game, alright? Just uh... give it some time. You shouldn't rush into these things empty-handed.

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Gaaaabe~

[bloodinbloom]

You're one of the doctors at Resurgam, right?

Rosaliaaaa /w\

[sleepinginthebloom]

Mm... that's right. Wait... aren't you Rosalia?

[You're supposed to be dead. But saying that would be weird.]

o/

[bloodinbloom]

Uh huh! You're Dr. Cunningham, right? My brother mentioned you.

[Don't worry. She's well aware]

[sleepinginthebloom]

That's right. You can call me Gabe, though. [Small pause.] You're the kid's sister, huh? Maria mentioned that. Uh... interesting family you've got there.

[Such tact. He mentally kicks himself.]

[bloodinbloom]

Okay, Gabe! [She's beaming because Maria made more friends]

It was nice to see him again. I'm kinda sad he doesn't smile that much anymore. You haven't happened to seem our dad around, have you?

[sleepinginthebloom]

Uhh... [INTENSELY AWKWARD CHUCKLE.] Funny story about that...

[Well uh... there's no sense in leading her on with false hope...?] We - well- I - recovered his skeleton from USAMRIID's labs. He uh... died about two years ago from Ro... [Ahem.] ...viral hemorrhagic fever.

[bloodinbloom]

... I thought that might happen. My mun doesn't like telling me all the details, but daddy was really sick before he... um...

[She shakes her head] But... everyone appears here. I even talked to Dr. Stiles.

[sleepinginthebloom]

Derek's around here, huh?

Well uh... you're here. So I guess, why the hell not. Maybe he is here. I mean, if you can be here after getting shot in the chest he can probably be here after coughing his lungs up. [Gabe stop.]

...Something tells me if he's around my mun will find him. He's already all gun-ho to find my son for me... uh... which isn't exactly a great idea. Just saying.

[bloodinbloom]

Hmmm... [So crude Gabe, but she gets what happens.]

Your son? What does he look like?

[sleepinginthebloom]

Mm... a lot like me. He's ten years old. He's got his mom's eye shape, and... fashion sense, the rest's mostly like me. His name's Joshua. [Pause.] ...He doesn't actually know about me so I guess asking around wouldn't get you very far. But I guess it's not hard to see the resemblance.

[Which makes it just a little more painful that Joshua doesn't make the connection.]

[bloodinbloom]

[She's following... up until that last part]

Why doesn't he know you?

[sleepinginthebloom]

...Lisa - his mother - figured it'd make things less painful for him. She's... I guess she's disappointed in me. [He withers just a bit.] I guess she thinks being no one's son is better than being my son. But uh- a-anyway, you don't have to worry about that. That's my problems, not yours.

[bloodinbloom]

Oh...

[She really doesn't get it, but it's so sad at the same time.] I hope you can find him here.

[sleepinginthebloom]

I'm not sure if it's a good idea. But uh... I do want to. Kind of. [Awkward neck-rubbing.] At least if he's here I don't want him to be... here without me.

[bloodinbloom]

My mun said it would be nice for him to see someone he knows... kinda.

[She doesn't get it. She thought that Joshua... ooooh, okay mun.]