ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ( ᴏ ᴘ ᴇ ɴ )

[milagros]

CHARACTERS: Dr Mila Gallo and you.
LOCATION: Medical Bay; Dr Gallo's office.
WARNINGS: Terrible bedside manner. (I'll update with appropriate warnings as necessary. Let me know if I miss something!)
SUMMARY: Dr Gallo's door is always open.
NOTES: TL;DR since so much of her CR is taking on various weird and wonderful medical cases, and she's always referring blandly to her office hours, why not an open log. Do not feel obliged to be a sicky. Perhaps you actually want to visit her and she's generally easiest to find at work. Also, I will match whatever format you tag me in.

( one day is very like another. dr gallo has a regular case load she wouldn't have anticipated, when she first positioned herself with medical, but even so, plenty of her time is left to busy-work, as much because she's at work too much as for any other reason. but what else is she going to do with herself? there's only so many looping runs she can take, so many times she can punch a swinging bag she would never admit to solomon she's imagining lindberg's smug goddamn face on, so many hours that can be spent in communion and contemplation in the oxygen gardens. it is not accidental that very little of what she does in the hours not spent here involves anyone else, either, so there's that.

so she's here, a lot. she keeps meticulous and detailed notes - refreshes herself periodically on old case files, those belonging to patients no longer aboard the ship, because you never know. they might be back, or it might prove relevant to something else, or-- a hundred other things. she has blood samples for projects that have been indefinitely shelved due to a jump absence and paperwork to go along with it, her record-keeping slightly idiosyncratic but nevertheless thorough, and (mostly) available to her colleagues where required. she's not the most forthcoming of women, professionally or personally, and she's been known to make unilateral decisions about what is and is not need to know information.

it usually plays out in her favour. still.

she can be found in her office, which - after months - is finally starting to look like it's used by a particular person, and not just as a very clean and oversized spartan storage closet with a desk and a coathook. )

Comments

[milagros]

( mila is momentarily blank, and she'd probably stay that way if not for the fact that cora is a trainee in the medbay; associating the number she was texted from with the girl who she sees occasionally at work had meant for a periodic reminder that she was still expecting to hear from her again. so this is that.

she sets aside her communications device and gestures them to the chairs opposite her desk, straightening. )

Thank you, Cora. Please feel free to sit.

[technologist]

[ It's all a bit formal and rushed, which is only awkward in the sense that everything to do with this is awkward; he should be grateful that Cora doesn't expect small talk, probably. Fitz stays quiet, trying not to idly wring his hands as Cora makes the blunt introduction.

The offer to sit seems to register on a half-second delay, then Fitz offers a slight nod of thanks as he slides into one of the seats. Sinks into it, more like. Great posture isn't exactly his strong suit, and the mild desire to crawl right back out the door doesn't improve it.

Realizing that he probably looks like a big baby, however, he deliberately straightens, sitting forward a bit as he speaks. ]

You're a— you've got experience with neurology?

[milagros]

I have experience with treating neurological issues.

( that isn't exactly the same thing; the clarification is to a purpose, and she glances at cora briefly, neutrally, before continuing. her previous conversation was brief and how much of it was passed on, she can't guess. )

My medical background is primarily in research and development - biological and medical engineering, pharmaceuticals, etcetera. I focused on prosthesis and drug development. However, I am also a witch, and my abilities in alternative healing methods are substantially more versatile than my general practise license.

( congratulations, everyone on this ship is fucking magic, even the aggressively competent nerd queen with like, eight doctorates. )

As I've previously discussed with CMO Tsang, I am fully capable of diagnosing and treating a range of neurological defects and injuries. Ordinarily, this would be the part of our consultation where I informed you of your alternatives if you're not comfortable receiving treatment based in witchcraft; unfortunately, our staffing situation means those alternatives are largely not available to you.

( because mila's gp license and research background make her roughly the most qualified person on staff in terms of modern medicine. if she can't do it without magic, neither can anyone else. )