[network] @jwatson; Paranoia Strikes Deep [Night 246]

[jumpthegun]

Right. I just want to be clear given that obituary. I don't know you people. I've never met any of you. Yes, I've seen some of the logs and I've read through your guides, so don't bother telling me to do that. I don't know what the hell you're playing at or how you managed to get audio and video footage of me like that, but I'm not indulging you.

My name is Dr. John Watson. If you require medical advice, I can provide it. Otherwise, I'm a bit busy. Thank you.

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[circumsutus]

It doesn't look like anyone else was in the mood to help you find your way around.

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[jumpthegun]

I've been able to read the guides. They warn about you, you know?

[Which makes him more interesting than most, admittedly.]

Rogue lobotomist, are you?

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[circumsutus]

I've been known to cut into a few heads when necessary.

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[jumpthegun]

Define necessary.

[He is actually willing to entertain this, depending on circumstances. This place seems positively medieval in terms of medical procedures. If someone needed to relieve pressure in the skull... well, trepanning.]

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[circumsutus]

It was a medically interesting situation.

Rhys is from a world with advanced cybernetics and AI. He'd implanted a computer interface in his skull in addition to a cybernetic eye, and installed a fully sentient AI. Then he tried to hack the Admin, and the rebound overloaded his cybernetics until they nearly melted.

[Getting the picture, Watson?]

He contacted a doctor who decided to treat his injuries with an anticonvulsant. Rhys' condition continued to deteriorate and the AI contacted me for assistance in establishing control over their shared body.

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[jumpthegun]

And the bloke who you were overriding to give the AI control didn't like that much.

[Well, he can see why this man's name is in the guides.]

I take it the non-AI wasn't coherent enough to say much about consent?

[That would really be the only saving grace here. If there were some sort of horrible and horrifying misunderstanding.]

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[circumsutus]

I'm in that guide for a reason.

My judgement was compromised because of MN poisoning and I killed a dying man to save another man's life.

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[jumpthegun]

[John considers that.]

But you think without this MN Poisoning you would have made a different decision? Found another way?

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[circumsutus]

I wouldn't have done it at all. It was ultimately unnecessary, ruined my reputation, and resulted in severe distress for multiple people.

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[jumpthegun]

[Easy to say in hindsight, of course, and John's still not really sure what to believe here. But there's no use beating a dead horse.]

Fair enough. S'pose the best you can do here now is keep trying to help to show you've changed. You're one of the other doctors, right? Anything particular you lot are working on?

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[circumsutus]

They don't want me anywhere near anything that they're working on.

One current project is an experiment on the viability of blood transfusions in reduction of symptoms of MN poisoning.