Re: It All Weaves Together

<snip>
"Then I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to wait in the
storage room across the hall," said Keto apologetically, "Until we
can take a better look at you. I...what's going on over there?"
<end snip>
Although Keto's remarkably kindly demeanor (considering the chaos
around him) had successfully convinced John he was not, as he had
believed, the devil, Smith was still somewhat wary of the Doctor as
he reluctantly headed off to the storage room.
Trying to ignore the fact that what appeared to be a rather large
pink tree in his path, John make his way out of the Medibay.
--- In JMC_Blue_Dwarf@yahoogroups.com, "lucky_coincidence"
<lucky@c...> wrote:
> OOC: Sorry Jack, misread your post and somehow didn't realise
you'd
> cured Aurora, my bad! :) Thanks for fixing it up for me. Also -
> wah, overload of trying to co-ordinate all these posts, hehe!
> ===================
> Who: Everyone, It Would Seem
> Where: Medibay
> When: Wah.
> ===================
>
> Keto scurried back and forth, pushing his way through the crowd
of
> people that was steadily building up as smoothly as he could,
trying
> not to injure the scores of patients now filling up every space in
> the room.
>
> "This is getting ridiculous!" shouted Wildflower across the
> murmuring of the crowd, "We're out of beds, out of working
surfaces
> and almost out of floor space! We need to start getting people to
> wait in the storage rooms across the hall if we're going to get
any
> work done!"
>
> "Okay people, you heard her!" shouted Keto, startling the people
> nearest him and apologising quickly, "If you're not in dire need
of
> medical assistance, please go and wait across the hall so we've
got a
> little more space!"
>
> Suddenly, he turned round and almost ran into a surprised-
looking
> man.
>
> <<SNIP>>
> When finally Keto spun around, John nearly smacked into him in
> shock.
>
> It was the "Devil Man"! The one who had frighented him into a
coma
> on the planet Phebe!
>
> "I....I.....I.....I.....Um....I....I'm Smith...."
> <<END SNIP>>
>
> "Hi, Mr Smith," said Keto, "Good to meet you. Are you injured?"
>
> "Um...not...as such..." quivered Smith, somewhat relieved that
the
> Devil Man had not, for example, ripped out his spine and lashed
what
> remained of him to death with it.
>
> "Then I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to wait in the
> storage room across the hall," said Keto apologetically, "Until we
> can take a better look at you. I...what's going on over there?"
>
> There was another big commotion by the medibay doors.
>
> <<SNIP>>
> As Keats and Amber hugged, an exhausted McJohn finally dragged
> himself into the Medibay. When he saw Amber, he stammered
> out "Jean! ... Darling! I tho--" before passing out.
>
> Amber sighed a "Oh bloody Christ not this crap again" sigh as a
> Medical Attendant carrying a small laser cutter rushed to free the
> unconscious McJohn from the thrity pounds of cut-rate rusting
alloy
> he'd been dragging for the last six hours or more.
> <<END SNIP>>
>
> "Clear that metal mess out of here, it's cluttering up even more
> room!" shouted Wildflower as the Tree swept the metal remnants out
of
> the medibay and into the corridor, "Is he seriously hurt?"
>
> "He's collapsed, looks like he's been strung up somewhere and
left
> to die," observed Keto, kneeling down by the prone figure, "Yes,
he's
> seriously hurt. Get him into the operating theatre and I'll scrub
up
> in a second. We..."
>
> <<SLIGHTLY EXPANDED SNIP>>
> As Jack entered, he walked straight over to Keto, and handed him
a
> small bottle. Keto turned, stopping in mid-sentence as he took
the
> bottle without thinking.
>
> "Huh? whats this?" Keto asked
>
> "It's Ant-Alcohol," said Jack, "It releases all hold any amount
of
> alcohol poisoning may have on someone, guaranteed. <whispers> it
even
> works on Keats," Jack finished.
>
> "Wow, this'll help MANY people on the ship," exclaimed Keto,
> genuinely surprised. "Cheers man," he said, causing Wildflower to
> give him an odd look at his phrasing, before he dashed off to give
a
> small amount of the bottles contents to his analysts. "Copy this
will
> ya?" he asked, before turning and giving the rest to Dante.
>
> "Give it to her, she'll be fine."
> <<END SNIP>>
>
> Sure enough, the strange flask revived Aurora very quickly, and
she
> sat up. Keto glanced around, checking out the state of the
medibay
> as some people drifted out towards the designated storeroom, while
> others appeared not to have got the idea and were lingering,
staring
> at the injured personnel unable to make their own way out, getting
in
> the way of Wildflower, Jasmine and the Tree as they rushed back
and
> forth. He shook his head, biting his lower lip.
>
> <<SNIP>>
> "Wow. Who ISN'T here?" Aurora asked, staring around at the
crowded
> medibay. Keto glanced at her.
>
> "Nobody, as far as I can tell..." he began, scurrying off to
tend to
> yet another patient.
> <<END SNIP>>
>
> "And if you're feeling perfectly fine now," he called over his
> shoulder, above the rising hubbub, "Then could I ask you to just
> recuperate in the storeroom or somewhere with a little more
space?
> Maybe the two of you could go sit somewhere private and out of the
> way.
>
> Due to his distraction, Keto didn't quite notice the expressions
> that passed over Dante's and Aurora's faces at this suggestion.
>
> =============
> OOC: Tag to whoever, because I'm struggling just to keep all this
> together. I have no doubt that I've probably butchered some snips
> here, but allow me a little leeway. ;)
>
> OOC2: Sorry, this may post twice - due to a combination of Yahoo
and
> our microwave (not kidding), I'm unsure as to whether the last one
> got through!