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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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[coherer]

(...,)

pls tell me you're okay asap and didn't faint from overwork and fall into the harbour. I need you to carry a life alert button around or smth.

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[craters]

（ sorry jonas, she is well and truly Not Responding. did she fall into the harbour? exit stage right, pursued by bear? carried off by harpies?

）

[craters]

（ quite literal hours later — ）

Ah! Jonas, you're a genius! I think I figured out a simpler way to do it with the tools I have here.

We can give it a try tomorrow!

[coherer]

(after three more very similar text messages, jonas waits an hour, busy himself, then becomes emboldened by his concern. he is in the middle of stomping across mirth to get to the harbour, having come all the way from bruno's chapel in the barrens to check on her—)

Nooooo no, don't you "Jonas, you're a genius" me.

You can compliment my totally accidental wit AFTER you apologize to me for leaving MID-SENTENCE and ghosting me for hours.

(worried anger, the most wholesome kind.)

[craters]

（ oh.

well.

that's a bit of a newspaper to the nose. she opens her mouth. closes it again with a click. types a few things.

deletes it all. tries again, tentative — ）

I'm so sorry, I wasn't thinking.

I'll try not to do it again, okay?

[coherer]

(like the ebbing and flowing of the tides, jonas' frustration is almost entirely gone with the appearance of sakura's "i'm so sorry." slowing on the sidewalk beneath the glare of a pawn shop's neon sign, he sighs out and tilts his head back for a moment.

thank god.)

Yeah, okay.

I'm probably overreacting bc this place scares the hell out of me. I'm all jittery and jumpy about everything. Like rationally ik falling into some water wouldn't instantly kill you lmfao

You said you figured smth out?

[craters]

No, you don't have to justify yourself. It's careless not to think about other people's feelings in that regard. This place is dangerous, you're right.

（ even if it's a drop in the bucket of child-soldiertopia. konoha's been peaceful — mostly — since the end of the war, but this place...? by comparison, it's practically idyllic. ）

And yeah! I came up with a way to test blood on paper strips with the antigens and antibodies. I've only tested it on myself so far, but it was accurate for me. But a good doctor doesn't take one instance of success as proof! We have to replicate the results, preferably a few times over before I'm certain of the procedure.

[coherer]

(well, now, isn't this rare? jonas, often expected to justify himself, is accustomed now to having all of his actions slid under a microscope for casual viewing. sakura tells him it's unnecessary and—he rereads the message to make sure—that he's right.

he's skeptical of it, then embarrassed by his skepticism.

it's not that deep.)

It's all good, I'm just satisfied you're alright.

My fingers are definitely available for all pricking experiments, but like..... idk isn't this a super genius thing to do in such a short time? You seriously invented an Earth medical thing I poorly explained in less than a day. That's insanely cool.

[craters]

Hahaha, no it's really not!

When you understand the base concepts it's easier to realize things can be done a different way, you're the one that suggested the way! I just connected the dots.

That's not being a genius! It's just knowing my field.

（ no don't compliment her it's weird who even does that??? ）

[coherer]

(two compliment-haters, complimenting each other.)

Can you even call that a suggestion?? I was just talking about random crap as per usu and then you had your eureka moment.

Knowing your field is impressive and coming up with smth you haven't even seen is incredible. I am never going to stop talking about this if you don't agree w/ me rn. Like I'll comment on everything, too. One day you'll sneeze and I'll be like "wow, you're right, the mitochondria IS the powerhouse of the cell, that's amazing, Sakura! You're so talented!"

Don't test me

[craters]

（ this is so... wildly charming.

she's charmed.

what the hell, jonas. ）

Okay, you caught me. I really am a genius. The most incredible genius to ever live! It's amazing, really, so impressive. Maybe people should bow?

I think people should bow.

[coherer]

(SUCCESS.

jonas can't help but laugh with a shake of his head. it's not disbelief but the "oh, you" kind, fond.)

There we go hahahaha, that's way better. Teensy bit worried about how fast you went from zero to autocrat, but I am digging the self-love.

They should absolutely bow.

[craters]

Less texting, more bowing!

[coherer]

Yes, ma'am, I am typing this prostrate with my forehead lmfao

(i think everyone here today has discovered (1) fact about jonas: he would probably enjoy being stepped on.)

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[craters]

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[craters]

I'll see you at your next lesson, Jonas! We can figure out blood types then ฅ^-ﻌ-^ฅ

[coherer]

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