Dogtown Emergency Service - Open Network - Video

[setthetone]

Who: John Carter
Username: Carter
Warnings: None so far; potential discussion of Dogtown related injuries and happenings, will warn accordingly in the threads

[The video starts... awkwardly. The angle is slightly off at first and when Carter wants to begin, the phone falls over. There's some fumbling, blurry images, noisy mic sounds, but he actually manages to salvage this a few seconds in. It's not a disaster, just... off. The slightly clumsy handling of someone who learned about a new technology later in life and has only been using it for a couple of months.

Also, not enough to warrant editing this out, sorry, he's lazy and probably doesn't know how to do it.]

Uh, good morning. Sorry about that?

For those of you who don't know me, my name is John Carter. I'm an emergency doctor and I work in medical. I'm looking for volunteers.

I'm worried about the Dogtown situation. We've had several people on here warnings us of invisible bullets, madness inducing birds, blood river monsters... and who knows what else is waiting for us in there.

[A sigh. He looks worried.]

Thing is, I've treated several people now who got hurt. Really hurt. Now, it's never been an inviting place, I know that, but I don't think it's ever been this bad. And I don't think people are gonna stop exploring anytime soon, so...

I want to set up two mobile clinics outside the entrances so those of you who go in there have quick access to medical supplies and treatment if things go wrong. I already talked to ADI and they're willing the fund the bill. If people want to help out, that'd be great.

And if you head out there, be careful.

Comments

[semilethal]

Oh, is that all. [so it's philanthropy. bah. donnie thought there was Cool Shit to be had]

voice; un: primetime

[neonleon]

Yeah, Dee, sometimes folks just wanna do that.

[And to John.]

Ignore him, I can help with first aid.

voice; un: bootyyyshaker9000

[semilethal]

Oh all right, have fun. I will not be offering loans when you blow your entire paycheck on bandaids and hydrogen peroxide.

voice; un: primetime

[neonleon]

Why would I need a loan from you, I'm not doing that.

[He is, instead, blowing his paycheck on carry out.]

[setthetone]

That'd be great, Mr. Primetime, thank you.

[He'll just popcorn listening at your and Donnie's everything in the meantime, there's so little entertainment in this town.]

[neonleon]

[Oh he does not even turn the recording on for his reaction to that. MR!!! MR PRIMETIME oh he's going to ride this for a while.]

I had to do most of it back home to him and our other two brothers, I've got the experience at least.

[setthetone]

Oh. Yeah, that'll do it.

[When he actually sees what joy that name brings him, there is a good chance he'll start doing it on purpose. Speaking of which...]

So the Bootyshaker is your brother?

[neonleon]

Twin brother, yep.

He's uh. Like that, so don't sweat it.

[setthetone]

I see. So you're the responsible one?

[neonleon]

[Oh he laughs before he comes back to respond.]

Sure, the responsible one. I'll take it.

[semilethal]

Mr. Half a star on the mission chart? The responsible one?! [DONNIE DIDN'T FORCE HIMSELF TO DO TWO OF RAPH'S 'WEEKLY MISSIONS' TO NOT BE THOUGHT OF AS SECOND-MR-RESPONSIBLE]

[neonleon]

THOSE MISSION CHARTS ARE BIASED AND WE ALL KNOW IT!!

[setthetone]

That doesn't sound right? I mean, he gets at least two stars for volunteering.

[carter]

And probably more for the actual work.

[neonleon]

[Sounding much more pleasant and not as yelly.]

Thank you, John, you understand how it works.

[semilethal]

The man is a doctor, Leo, pretend like you weren't raised in a barn, and he was obviously agreeing with me.

[setthetone]

What... exactly did you expect?

[semilethal]

Swag.

As in tangible things. Lost technology, critical resources, things like that.

[setthetone]

Swag.

[Said in the slow, searching voice of someone very uncool and lost with the lingo.]

Uh. I mean, there's no reason why there shouldn't be any? There could be swag all over the place. [is he doing this right]

... I always thought that meant being a cool person. Having swag? No?

[semilethal]

"Swag" can also stand for "Stuff We All Get." Example: swag bags, commonly referred to as a gift bags, that are handed out to party attendees and typically have similar or identical contents.

Without that guarantee, it doesn't really sound worth it to go to this "Dogtown" and potentially die. I am most productive when alive, myself.

[setthetone]

Ohh, so it's like an acronym. The more you know.

Gotta say, I agree with you there. I'm of more use when I can patch people up, instead of being the one that needs to be treated.

[Or, you know, buried.]

What is it that you do?

[semilethal]

Mechanical engineering, theoretical and practical physics, most fields of chemistry. I turn dreams into reality. My dreams. Sometimes my brothers' dreams, if they're cool enough.

[setthetone]

Really? That's amazing.

[He means that, but also, can he trap you with flattery?]

So if we ever ran into impossible technical problems or if we dealt with unknown substances, you'd be the guy who could figure it out?

[semilethal]

I know what you're doing, but you are indeed correct. I am one of the few people here who likely could. [Flattery will not trap him only because once he sees it he will walk directly into any circumstance to just get some more. The danger does not matter. Feed his ego.]

[setthetone]

[What he's doing? He's not doing anything. He never has an agenda, ever.]

Good to know. Me, I'm terrible with all that tech stuff... Sure glad to hear someone does.

Are you a scientist?

[semilethal]

I sure hope so, with a resume like that. [FLATTER ME MORE!!! THAT WASN'T NEARLY ENOUGH]