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guppy_sandhu ([personal profile] guppy_sandhu) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2013-06-22 09:36 pm

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"Well can you please find his prosthetic leg so that this poor gentleman can engage with physio?" Guppy is asking, as he comes through the door. "They're not cheap, you know."

He closes the door and shakes his head. How can you lose a prosthetic leg, of all things? And the junior doctor looked terrified, as if it was her fault. Something to check on later, he reckons.

He sits down in his usual spot and puts up his clinic sign.

Free Walk-in Clinic
The doctor is in
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-22 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack raises his eyebrows. "I'm not particularly worried about knives and punches. My line of work's more alligators and boiling oil."

Among other things. And, no, don't ask how the oil is still kept hot after three thousand years.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-22 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"The kind where you're going to be working alongside them, in the same river. At least, probably. Also, bullets. But they'll be coming from competitors, rather than the trap systems themselves."

At least, he hopes so, anyway.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-23 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... Some people do. Jack's just not aware of them, yet.

"Not that I'm aware of. But, working in Egypt, it's a good bet we'll meet a few Nile crocodiles along the way."

Jack lifts the patch up so Guppy can see. He's aware it's definitely not hurting as much as it was, but he's not sure whether what remains isn't yet healed, or is just phantom pain.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-23 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack settles the patch down again.

"Neither have I. Not yet, anyway, but I know this project is going to involve work there," Jack admits.

"Officially, all artefacts found on Egyptian soil, are property of the Egyptian state. Much like a lot of countries."
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-23 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Finance isn't something I'm worrying about," Jack admits. "I'm still on an Army salary, indefinitely. I'll survive."
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack considers the statement. "Not officially. We don't tend to go in for things like that. I'm a soldier who's been assigned to an archaeologist, with a purview to looking after national interests."

Which is kind of a lot to dump on a guy's shoulders at 22 years of age.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pretty much. Also, I can go places he can't. I'm younger, faster, sharper reflexes."

Because, you know, it's never just that simple.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah well. It's uh, very quiet. National security. I probably shouldn't even be saying this, but, I've been given a certain amount of discretion on that front."
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack smiles. "Cheers."

"Do you think we're done?" he adds, glancing at the patch. It feels done now.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack lifts the patch up again, so that Guppy can see.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Feeling good, too," Jack says as he removes the patch completely, and gets his first look at his newly healed arm.

"Damn, that stuff's good," he says, whistling appreciatively.
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[personal profile] againsttherules 2013-06-24 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack nods "I'll be careful."

"I can see that," Jack agrees. "This is way beyond anything we have."
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