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[craters]

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.

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[craters]

Yes, I can spar.

I'm pretty good at it. ✌️

The trick is finding time away from the clinic, though.

[nagano]

You are? That's encouraging. I genuinely mean that.

Well, if we're going to meet for a blood transfusion regardless, what if we pushed the meet time back half an hour to get in a little exercise?

[ Kaito, just because you don't have a healthy separation between work and personal time doesn't mean others are the same. ]

[craters]

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?

[nagano]

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.

[craters]

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.

[nagano]

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.

[craters]

May I ask what sort of questions?

[nagano]

Heh. I suppose anyone would be curious.

I'll disclose that information once we're face to face. I'd rather not have it logged in a chat history that anyone could potentially look at.

By the way, do you want me to cook you something to eat? My Shroud has plenty of unused bento boxes. I make a mean lunch.

[craters]

No, I understand entirely. I take no issue with discretion.

Food would be lovely! I could go for some gyoza... but I'm honestly not too fussy, anything would be fine.

（ when you live off soldier pills, anything else is a treat. ）

[nagano]

[ Mission accepted: give the child soldier(s) regular access to some real fuckin food. ]

Gyoza, huh. Alright. You'd better have a safe place at your clinic to hold the food so that it doesn't get pilfered.

Should I make something for your friends, too?

[ Kaito asks that as if he isn't already planning to do so. ]

[craters]

Haha, you bet I do!

I'd never say no to things I can bring to them! Same as last time?

[nagano]

Good. Yes, I'll prepare the same dishes as last time, along with a few surprises. Do any of you have food allergies?

[craters]

No, Chef!

But one of us really doesn't like anything sweet, so it's probably best to keep anything like that to a minimum...

[nagano]

You might have a future as a line cook with that kind of enthusiasm... 😛

[ Oh god, he's found the emojis. ]

I can't fathom Naruto being the sweets hater, so I presume it's your other friend? They're after my heart. I'll be sure to mark each bento and customize accordingly.

[craters]

Do I get to wear one of those chef hats? If so, count me in.

And no, it's not Naruto. But thank you! That's very considerate of you. I'm sure it'll be appreciated.

（ ... just not by sasuke. ）

[nagano]

[ A picture arrives with him holding up a bright orange apron and a (thankfully NOT bright orange) chef's hat. There's some kind of logo and lettering on the apron, and while the logo is a bit too blurry, the letters are just barely readable.

...SOUPER NOODLE? ]

You're hired. I've even got a spare apron you can wear while making a mess in my kitchen.

[craters]

（ not the orange. oh, no. that, combined with that horrible pun, just makes her laugh. ）

I'm in!

You'll have to settle for odd hours, though. Doctor duty calls, and all that.

[nagano]

That's more than fine. I'm used to working 20+ hours a day, so whenever you're available I'll be around to whip you into shape.

One day the Netherworld will tremble in fear before your prowess, Chef-Doctor Zero-One-Two-Six-Zero-One.

[craters]

Choctor...?

（ look she's just trying it on for size... ）

[nagano]

Definitely has a better ring to it than Dhef. Or Doef?

Choctor Haruno, though... That's good.

[ Alas, it is now her fate to become The Choctor. The Netherworld Cinematic Universe is off to a crazy start. ]

[craters]

（ completely changing gears... ）

Oh! I've been meaning to ask.

Are you familiar with there being different vitamins in foods?

[nagano]

[ ;_; but the NCU... ]

I am. I'm no nutritionist, but I am a bookworm. What's on your mind?

[craters]

I haven't noticed a significant drop yet, but it's possible our vitamin D levels will begin to suffer over time.

Would you be able to compile a list of foods that are high in vitamin D so that we can share it with the others? There may be supplements available as well in Hale or Serene, but if my suspicions are correct we'll probably need a multi-pronged approach.

[nagano]

Hm. Entirely possible, given the lack of a natural or artifical sun. I'll get to work on compiling that list. From what I've observed and collected so far, we have fairly good options, but most of them have low yields.

However, if cod are a native species here then we can harvest their livers to extract an oil that contains large concentrations of vitamin D.

[craters]

I'll talk to the fishermen and see what they say!