netherwork | audio ↪ un: 012601

Entry tags:

audio ↪ un: 012601

We've all had some time to settle in. Hopefully everyone's holding up all right!

For those of you I haven't spoken with, my name's Sakura. I'm both a doctor and healer and I have a little ad hoc clinic down by the docks. （ a helpful location ping follows this. ） If you ever find yourself needing medical care, please reach out and let me know. There's at least one other person here with medical experience that I know of as well, but I'll let them speak up if they want to make themselves known — and I'm happy to collaborate with anyone else, none of us can be everywhere at once.

（ paging

terraria, party of bird. ）

As for my reason for addressing you all... I'm looking to keep blood on hand for medical emergencies, transfusions and any surgeries that may be necessary. If anyone is willing to come down to the clinic and give a donation, it'd be very appreciated. I promise it only hurts a little! And you'll even get a candy afterwards! While supplies last.

Those with O-negative and O-positive types would be ideal. If you don't happen to know what your blood-type is, I can run a test for you.

Thanks everyone!

（ she's almost finished, and it seems like that might have been the last thing... but a few minutes later, she clicks the feed on again: ）

I'm still looking for information on anyone who's undergone the soulbond as well. Purely for research purposes. You can reply anonymously if you'd like, or privately if that's easier. I promise anything you say will be kept confidential.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Yes, I store it at a low temperature for preservation purposes.

It can later be given to other people — either with the same or another compatible type — to help them if they're injured or require surgery.

Entirely voluntary of course! I'm not saying anyone needs to. Just if they want to help out.

[ Serious, is it?

He is READY-- ]

（ ah. she doesn't really want to pry about what's very likely a sensitive issue, but this person is volunteering to talk about it, so she just carries on. it's not like she can give her condolences twice. ）

All right.

May I ask how long you had been bonded for?

（ no help, only deep suspicion!! ）

That works for me. I may be with a patient, if you don't mind a bit of a wait?

[ --wait. ]

You nearly had me!

[ She totally had him. Actually he's a tiny bit disappointed, now... ]

And...it makes enough sense. To be honest, giving blood to another as you describe...I'd never heard of such a thing on my star. But I can see the reason in it.

[ And he was still 100% down to donate despite not knowing a damn thing about what it was for other than 'probably a good thing'. ]

I'm not entirely sure, to be honest. I think it was around the time we were introduced to the Soulidarity app.

I felt this subtle pull at the back of my head the day after, and I would have ignored it if it hadn't persisted. It wasn't until I met her at the feast that I realized what it was.

Ahh... they're sooo good.

Dango is a rice flour dumpling. They're really easy to make, not many ingredients, and then you top them with a sweet red bean paste!

Anmitsu is a jelly served with various fruits and syrup!

（ is he sensing a trend. is he.

because there is in fact a trend. she's got a sweet tooth. ）

I'm going to have to pass at that, sorry. That sort of vigorous exercise before donating blood can make a person even more tired afterwards. As a doctor I can't in good conscience advocate for anything that makes your recovery harder.

But after you've had a few days to recover, then we can meet up for a sparring match?

ooooh oooh!
you can use my blood Sakura-chan!!

but i don't remember my type...
umm why is that important anyway?

[A pause follows. It may seem like that's the end of his texts. But Naruto is grappling with a darker part of himself.

sᴏᴜʟᴍᴀᴛᴇs. sʜᴇ's ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴀsᴜᴋᴇ, ɪsɴ'ᴛ sʜᴇ? ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ. ɪᴛ's ɪɴᴇᴠɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ. ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.]

research reasons?

[It's the most neutral question he can manage.]

Only 'nearly'?

It's still fairly new in my world as well, I think it's only been proceduralized for about forty years.

（ not every village has a medical center like konoha. some are further behind in terms of medical technology, and some find their shinobi too disposable to care about the loss of life that arises from a lack of resources. ）

But don't worry! I'm an expert, I'll look after you 💪💪

Your bloodtype is 'B', Naruto. It's important because people can get sick if a blood type isn't compatible.

（ does the fond exasperation come through text? hard to say. she absolutely does not expect him to remember that sort of thing, but that's what she's for. ）

For the soulmates? Yes. I just want to make sure we really have a complete idea of how it affects those that have undergone it. It's not something I think anyone should jump into unprepared, you know?

how come you want O type specifically then?
wait...it must be extra compatible
right?
or maybe you need more of it because it's so rare?

[He's trying, Sakura!]

has anyone said anything useful?
though i guess that would break confidentiality

Oh. Right. That's very true, Doc.

[ Nevermind the fact that he was going to go directly out for a hunting job right after meeting her regardless. ]

Let's plan for that, then. There are probably plenty of people here with ridiculous magic skills and superpowers, but what I really need is for my muscle memory to kick back in with hand-to-hand combat. By the way, before I forget... My blood isn't fully human. Hopefully that doesn't make it incompatible with most of the folks here. I know the importance of keeping a blood bank stocked and want to help with that.

Blood... types? Is that related to place of birth?

Somebody must have been paying attention at my last medical lecture!

ヽ(´▽`)/

O+ (that's me!) can donate to everyone with positive blood, and O- can give to everyone, so it can help more people!

（ she sees u and appreciates u. ）

Yeah, sorry. :( But I do have some general information from the local Restless I can share later. Give me a chance to put it into a report, okay?

Only very, very loosely in the sense that you receive alleles from your parents on your birth, so if an area is very isolated it's more likely that certain blood types will be dominant in the population.

The types themselves are determined by the antigens (or lack thereof) in your blood.

hehe
i'm not surprised then that you’re O+
only would make more sense if you were O–!

that’s okay! i can wait for an official report
to be honest the whole thing doesn’t really interest me anyway

[ʟɪᴀʀ.]

btw… (that means by the way)
i think i might ask everyone about something important soon
remember when you pointed out some people might want to stay?
figure i should get people’s opinions on that…
it’s not that i doubt you
i think hearing from them directly will help me better understand…

i had a hard time understanding Sasuke once
i don’t want to make the same mistakes
ya know?

[ medicine has advanced so far ]

And you use blood for transfusions? How does that work?

You know, some people think blood types say a lot about our personalities, too!

（ naruto's blood type fits to a T. cheerful, energetic and honest... well, she supposes it mostly fits. there's one thing he's almost never honest about at all. ）

I think that's a good idea. If you turn it into an open forum, people can discuss amongst themselves as well, what do you think?

（ and then she switches over to private. ）

Hey... I know we haven't had much time in the last few years, but you know you can rely on me, right? When it comes to thinking about how to get everyone home, you don't have to do it all by yourself. I want to help.

（ oh no, what is her baseline here. who are you, mysterious (apparent) immortal... ）

Well...

If a person (let's say their blood type is A-) loses too much blood after an injury, they enter something called hypovolemic shock (which inhibits the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the vital organs) that can be fatal if left untreated.

（ should she mention systolic and diastolic pressures...? too much? ）

So, if they can be brought to a hospital or clinic in time, and that hospital or clinic has access to the proper storage methods, blood screening and typing, and the necessary equipment, a transfusion of another compatible blood type (O- or A-) can be given to them intravenously. It sort of tricks the body into thinking it's the person's own blood, and can help to stabilize them.

It's not a cure-all, and it won't always work to save the person if the damage is too extensive or the blood loss can't be stopped, but it's one more tool that a doctor should have access to to help their patients.

Whew! Sorry, that got long-winded. Any questions?

Wait, you'd never met her in person before the bond was activated?

That's all right. I can run some tests, with your permission. If it's not usable for others, I can always store it for your later use in case of any emergencies you may have.

[long suffering sigh]

I wasn't myself before, all right?

I don't remember what happened that day.

I'd appreciate it... There are some questions I have that my blood can probably answer, but I'm not sure I want to know right now. So at the very least, you can have samples in case you need them.

[ omg it's not like that?????

/sweats ]

Sweet? Uh. Yeah. I guess.

[ Eh-hem. ]

We're just friends. Sorta.

[ More like trauma-bonded acquaintances, which is kind of difficult to explain, and well ... maybe they are friends now. Maybe. ]

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 3 of 15

audio ↪ un: 012601

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

🔒

no subject

text; un: 🍥🍜

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

un: undying

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

↪ 🔒

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

halloween's oVER!!! (but maybe next year .. ye)