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[imaginary_wife]

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[Usually Doc Yewll uses audio, but for this one you have a lizard-looking lady with hexagonal irises on your screen. Time for a discussion of a special project she's been working on and a PSA. She figures it's best to show her face.]

Since we had a few accidents, I've been working on a prosthetics project. We already constructed a few, but some issues still remain. We need them not only more naturalistic, but I think we're going to actually make them able to feel. To create naturalistic looks without risking skin damage. Not only that, something capable of matching physical changes to the owner. Sensation. Weight. Skintone. Musculature. All that jazz so you'd be fit for the runway.

This project will also have some side applications, but I'll bring those up with the captains.

So, request number one. I want a couple of volunteers to help us work this out. People that don't mind some testing on their missing limbs. It's a slow project so you'd have to be in it for the long haul.

Number two issue.

Stop this shtako with people killing each other. [She rolls her eyes here.] Christ. Get a hobby. Read a book. Have some rough sex. Something. Just get it out of your system, because when people come back from the dead they run the risk of losing things. It's not a perfect system. Not only that, you might not get to make that a round trip. Some people stay dead.

A good way to not kill people and slash or not die is to not attack people. So keep that in mind. I know cabin fever happens and the majority of you aren't attempting to bludgeon people to death with frying pans but at this rate but all it takes is a few to spoil a good time. You attack one person? You make other completely innocent people feel unsafe and you make the completely not-innocent people feel defensive.

Forethought. Better than hindsight.

There are people in the Med Bay that are kinder and better ears to listen than me. Check them out.

Comments

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[yer_pretty_good]

Unfortunately [It's not unfortunate], I can't help you with your prosthetics project.

[Seeing as he has all his limbs.]

But you can sign me up for the rough sex, if you're taking names for that.

[imaginary_wife]

I'll be sure to set up a bulletin board labelled "for a good time call-" and condom dispenser in the med bay. That should cover all the bases.

[yer_pretty_good]

Always thinkin' ahead, doc.

I feel so much better about being here with you on board.

[imaginary_wife]

Just because you're rough, cowboy, doesn't mean you can't be a poster boy for responsibility.

And thank you.

[She's going to thank him whether he means it or not. She might be making up for some bad things, but that doesn't mean she's not confident in her usefulness. She's damn good at what she does.]

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[backsassin]

You’re making changeling-compatible prosthetics? [There’s obvious excitement in Zam’s voice. Tech like that had been hard to come by even in his own galaxy.]

Count me in. What kind of tests are you looking to do?

[yer_pretty_good]

[It's meant to be a genuine compliment. It's nice to know that there are competent people serving in medical. He hasn't seen her in action, but he knows Miller has a pair of working eyes, so some good work must be going on here.]

We all gotta do our part.

[He smiles with good humor.]

But if there's anything I can do, just fill me in.

[That he means seriously.]

[imaginary_wife]

I'll let you know. I take any help I can get.

[She goes to people frequently, so it's not unlikely.]

[imaginary_wife]

That's a big part of the idea, yeah.

The tests will involve making sure that you feel sensation with surface contact and that the arm will change with you.

I have a lot of ideas I want to put into use, but none of them are solid yet. And I'm good at what I do, but some could be a little risky. Or slightly uncomfortable during testing.

[imaginary_wife]

Well, I could stand to poke around on someone and see their nerve responses. Not that I haven't before, but every sample is a useful sample.

[Nothing like having the ships doctor offer to spark your nerves a little.]

[backsassin]

What kind of risks are we talking here? [Zam isn’t discouraged in the slightest; it isn’t like they aren’t accustomed to risk after all. But it’s better to know exactly what to expect in advance.]

[imaginary_wife]

Well, it would let you feel pressure, pain, even pleasurable reactions. But it would take testing to make it match and mirror that of the opposing arm, which would be my ultimate goal. So for a while, sometimes things might hurt, or they may not hurt when they should. So on, so forth.

Since you already have a prosthetic, the adjustment would minimal.

Not everyone wants to have their nerves poked at.

[backsassin]

Any potential for permanent damage?

[imaginary_wife]

Not any more permanent than being minus a whole limb.

[backsassin]

Well, in that case, I’m already covered. Sign me up.