so I guess this is the return of the king or something

[elfstoned]

hi guys

guess who's got his echoes back



So I'm Krystal, and I'm the crustiest oldbie you ever did see, bringing everyone's favorite prodigal pot doctor back.

Here's what you need to know:
-Dr. Aaron Strider has been married to his job run a charity clinic on the wrong side of the tracks for years.
-He got Echoes about two years ago, then lost them in December 2013. The clinic has remained open in his hands through that time, and has always been friendly to the Numbered.
-He comes off as slightly kind of needlessly creepy, but is actually one of the more standup guys you will ever meet.
-He used to sell pot.
-Info post is here.

Feel free to assume your character knows him! If you want to hash out backstory, whether it's your character having visited the clinic before or knowing him from his time traveling around the world or in the military, feel free to hit me up here, in a PM, or on plurk with an idea of the general impression he's gotten of your character! He might even have sold you weed. That shit stopped for good a year ago, but it was definitely a thing.

So yes! I am back, and my long-term plans for him involve destroying his life's work. :'D I've been planning for him to get in trouble with the law for some time, so the clinic may either not be around or not be in his hands much longer. That way, he'll be less tied to Locke and freer to move around with the plot. He'll also be Echoing back his canon appearance soon, castmates, so if you're interested in playing with that, it'll happen.

Please do add me on plurk -- that's the easiest way for me to plot, though PMs work too. Looking forward to playing with all of you!

Comments

[alilyinthemoonslight]

...well, you know what, we've had enough people hurt that I think beggar's can't be choosers as to what kind of doctors we have floating about. :p

Hello, hello there.

[elfstoned]

He's not a bad doctor :'D

just a little sketchy, ok

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Sketchy is totally acceptable, it's just look, we need what we can get there.

[scarlet_devil]

Oh, not having the clinic around will be problematic for Emi here, considering her source of 'food.'

It might spur her to a foray into philanthropy and having a new Numbered-friendly clinic set up.

[elfstoned]

Philanthropy is aces, man

she could also make a foray into the black market

just saying

[scarlet_devil]

That's possible.

[elfstoned]

might be able to hook you up, actually, but it's not guaranteed to be clean

[arrowpoint]

Ohi!

Liam can always use some new adult supervision! /evil laughter

[elfstoned]

liam no

liam no

[arrowpoint]

I see you have learned the all important "Liam no" phrase. I think you'll fit in just fine! XD

[espigeonage]

Hi loser!

[elfstoned]

What's up, trash bird

[espigeonage]

Me.

[elfstoned]

Hot damn.

Come home, trash bird. Quit bumming around Germany. The dumpsters are better here.

[espigeonage]

No. I have decided to become a hermit. Tourists throw away interesting things, even if it's not all conveniently collected.

[dead_black_eyes]

Hey! I'm all for assuming that L knows him through the clinic if he's been operating it. Welcome back!

[elfstoned]

Thanks! What's L come to the clinic for, generally?

[dead_black_eyes]

Minor injuries and illness for the most part, that wear more seriously on him because of his shitty general health. His diet is terrible and he doesn't rest nearly enough and he always waits way too long to come in (ie, when someone makes him go.) He's probably a pretty frustrating patient, but in recent months as he's stepped into a more important role keeping Project Jump safe, he has been making more of an effort to take more responsibility for his health, and been more realistic about the help he does need. For example, he's probably been interested lately in obtaining a prescription for medication to control some of his more debilitating OCD symptoms, rather than self-medicating or attempting to ignore them.

[icy_heavens]

/waves

Welcome back aboard!

[elfstoned]

OH MY GOD ARE YOU THE HITSUGAYA WHO WAS HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO

OH MY GOD

[icy_heavens]

THIS KID WILL NOT GO AWAY.

He's since gone bankai in Las Vegas, I shrunk him to his canon height on Christmas Day, and he's currently in Finland using himself as bait to find children who have been abducted by Santa and Grinch monsters. (Shut up, getting deliberately captured is totally smart.)

[charcoalfeather]

oh hey! welcome back!

[elfstoned]

Thanks thanks! c:

[evowhisperer]

Aaah, wonderful, welcome back!

Cesar hasn't visited the clinic (nor bought weed), so he and Strider won't know each other. Still, it sounds like it'd be fun to change that soon!

[elfstone]

I'm down! Hit me up on Plurk anytime!

[ursoreckless]

Welcome back!

Okay long story short: Shou is a vampire. Short story long: He was brought to Strider's clinic after getting terminally wounded and then woke up and proceeded to drink a bunch of blood, complain about the taste and also learned that sunlight is not a good thing for him and sulked for a couple days in the darkest room of the hospital he could find.

Also Strider had gotten a lot of donations after that.

[elfstoned]

Oh, excellent. Excellent to all of this.

Thanks bro he'll be using those donations to replenish that blood supply. Seriously, though, he's glad you pulled through. He would have been sad to lose you.

[ursoreckless]

He could always complain that the smell of a burning vampire is rather nasty since basically that's what happens when Shou gets sunlight on him, but yeah, otherwise he is sticking to fresher blood when he is that hungry enough so the blood supplies would be safe.