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[huntersdaughter]

[It had been odd -- an otter in the clinic, but it was where Jo insisted on being. Spike had been hurt, again, and Chase was seemingly missing. She wasn't having any luck looking for him as an otter, so she figured if he was around, he'd show up for a shift at the clinic eventually.

Instead, Jo wakes up from her spot on the ground. She'd curled up in her otter-shaped self on the tile to take a nap. Now she is very much awake and very much aware of just how cold the tile is.]

Oh... no.

[the sheet she had been curled up on is now being tugged around her body. quickly. she reaches for her journal and glances around the room and hopes that Spike is sleeping.]

So... I'm human again. [Jo whispers to the journal.]


(ooc: over the journal or in person if you're in the clinic...)

Comments

in person;

[gottaknockhard]

[Spike had actually been sleeping a lot. For weeks, it felt like, and only recently he couldn't stand it anymore. What had tied him to yet another clinic bed did nothing but perpetuate his insomnia.

So it's just her luck that he catches sight of her, and identifies who she is the moment she talks to the journal. Why should he be surprised that the castle isn't done with him yet? Either that, or Jo has some strange ideas about cheering him up. (But then, he had a suspicion the otter he kept seeing in his dreams has something to do with it...)

He speaks up, humor lacking in his voice, but the words at least sound like him.]

Not the visit I was expecting.

[huntersdaughter]

[From the ground, she looks up. Sheet wrapped around herself.]

Trust me... this wasn't how I imagined it either.

[gottaknockhard]

[At least the sheet helps take away some of the embarrassment of being caught with another idiotic injury. Jo is always so considerate.]

Welcome back to the land of the tall.

[huntersdaughter]

[Hey. Otter!Jo knows what you got yourself into.]

I'd prefer to be welcomed back to the land of the fully-dressed.

[gottaknockhard]

[Maybe he's just visiting because he likes their beds.]

I could get a nurse over. There's a button for that.

[valuedstrength]

That's great, Jo. [A beat.] Why are you whispering?

[huntersdaughter]

Because, I am in the clinic and I don't want anyone to realize that I'm not an otter anymore.

[valuedstrength]

Why not?

[huntersdaughter]

I'm wearing a sheet. As in... otters don't wear clothing.

At all.

[valuedstrength]

[THE MOST AWKWARD SILENCE EVER.] .... Oh. Do you want some clothes? I can bring them. I mean I owe you one.

Dictated forever

[wastheexample]

Oh good, you've stopped being an otter.

[huntersdaughter]

[presumably sometime later, when she has clothing and doesn't have to whisper.]

Yeah, no more duck pond for me.

[wastheexample]

So how was it? Being another species? A part of me is morbidly curious.

[huntersdaughter]

Short? It felt short and... I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but ineffective. I'm sure otters get a lot done in a day, but I just... it wasn't good for me.

[wastheexample]

Then you can thank whoever runs this place for giving you opposable thumbs again.

[dictated]

[thehistorian]

You're... human again? What were you before?

[huntersdaughter]

I was an otter for... a week and a half? Two weeks?

[thehistorian]

An otter? God, does this place ever make sense.

[huntersdaughter]

It might not make sense in the normal way, but people get used to it.

[thehistorian]

I keep hearing that. I'm really hoping I don't.

Action;

[likesroleplay]

[Elliot's coming in for her shift at the clinic. What she doesn't expect to see is a naked girl on one of the tables.

Luckily, she at least came in in time to hear the message Jo was leaving on the journal.]

So were you on one of those losses then? I've heard people get turned into all sorts of crazy things here and everything but I've never seen it really for myself yet so this is a first. [Pause.]

I should be offering to find you clothes shouldn't I? You must be freezing. I mean, I can see pretty much everything and that tile seems pretty cold and all. [Pause] Or we could just wish something up for you. That might be quicker.

[huntersdaughter]

[Jo smiles.]

I've got the sheet and I'm sure someone'll bring me my own clothing. I'm not very fond of wishing for things in here.

Are you new in the clinic? [yes. Jo is just going to start a conversation.]

[likesroleplay]

I am. I just started working here a few weeks ago. I meant to check into it earlier than I did but then were in the strange place with the weird pets in balls and it was a lot to take in and I didn't really get the job part going as quickly as I would have liked but I'm working here now, so that's what counts.

[huntersdaughter]

[She laughs a bit.] Well, I'm sure we can always use the help. Plenty of people getting injured in this place.

[likesroleplay]

That's what I've heard. I should really see if the library has some anatomy books in it or something though because I only know how to treat humans and there seems to be a lot of variety here that we just didn't have back home, well, except in movies and stuff.