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[allaboutme]

[ the feed shakes for a moment, before a sign comes into frame as cordelia's chipper forced-infomercial voice dictates: ]

 
Wonderland got you down?  Having a hard time coping with supernatural events that they definitely didn't have back home in Dullsville, USA, or whatever your dimensional zip code was before you got here?  

[ the card lowers to present cordelia's grinning face, where she sits in the offices of angel investigations, on the front desk cross legged. ]

Well, lucky for you, some of us are used to this kind of nonsense, and we're here to help you.  Whether you need protection or just someone to look into some kind of weirdness that you can't deal with alone, Angel Investigations can be the heroes you need.  Find us on the fourth floor, in room 10... especially after sundown.  

We help the helpless!  So help us help you.

[ she holds the sign back up and waves it a bit, before pushing it closer to the camera so that it zooms in on the logo one last time.

(replies can be over the network, or action replies at the office). ]


[oocly: also, don't forget you can request a vision from cordelia at any time to foreshadow plot events! ]

Comments

[allaboutme]

How literal are we talking here? This isn't a 'losing your soul and going evil' kind of thing, is it?

[naughty_nurse]

Oh, n-no! I'm an ordinary human! I don't transform or do magic or anything!

[allaboutme]

So what's so dangerous, exactly?

[naughty_nurse]

... I... um... I w-wind up violently hurting anyone I can s-so they'll need me to take care of them. L-Like with tasers... steel bats... knives...

[allaboutme]

Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean 'need you to take care of them'?

[naughty_nurse]

[She shuts her eyes.]

... I-I'm a nurse. But, um, I found out here that I have some issues with... attention, and being useful. A lot of people here don't want my help, and death isn't permanent here. So sometimes I feel useless. And... W-wonderland takes those feelings... and... makes me hurt people... so I can nurse them back to health.

[allaboutme]

Well, that's... horrifying. Is it usually, uh, obvious right away?

[naughty_nurse]

[She shakes her head.]

... The first time it happened, I lost all my emp-pathy... I lured innocent people to the clinic, telling them I wanted to check on them... and then I attacked them when they came.

[allaboutme]

So what do you think would be the best way to handle this? Hunt you down and lock you up during events? I mean, as long as they're ones where we realize that one is happening?

[naughty_nurse]

I w-would be absolutely okay with that!

[allaboutme]

Do you want some magazines in there or something?

[naughty_nurse]

I d-don't deserve any special treatment!

[allaboutme]

It's not like we're special ordering them.

[naughty_nurse]

Then... um... w-whatever you think is best!

[allaboutme]

We'll work something up. [ she moves around the desk, trailing one hand across the surface of it ] The problem is gonna be when something happens and none of us are exactly ourselves either.

[naughty_nurse]

[She looks down.]

I-It's sometimes difficult to tell you are effected, sometimes... This place c-can play with your memories...

[allaboutme]

And it's not exactly something anyone's figured out a way to escape.

[naughty_nurse]

I-I'm sorry... W-was this useless?

[allaboutme]

No! Not useless. That's only some of the time, and if we can save one person the other times, that's worth it, right?

[naughty_nurse]

Haaa... That's a r-relief...

[allaboutme]

Do you need a seat? Or a... paper bag or something?

[naughty_nurse]

N-NO, I don't want to trouble you any further!

[allaboutme]

I mean, if you hyperventilate, that would probably be more trouble than me fetching a bag right now.

[naughty_nurse]

[Suddenly factual and a little more relaxed-]

Actually, h-hyperventilation comes with several physical symptoms that can alert you when it's more serious. You might be thinking of r-respiratory alkalosis, which can manifest itself in dizziness, tingling in the lips, hands or feet, headache, weakness, fainting and seizures...

[allaboutme]

Uh... yeah. That. [ right. nurse... ] Anyway, I'll file the report with the boss, and we'll make sure to come track you down when things get weird.