DONATIONS WANTED

[dissent]

Do you enjoy feeling good about yourself? Knowing you've done a good deed? How about helping those in need in the community? We're only as strong as our weakest link, after all, and right now a lot of people are feeling quite weak.

I know everything's still a bit of a mess, but in the wake of a huge influx of people needing medical help, the free clinic's resources are at an all time low.

What we need:
- Man power. Cleaners, administration, anyone with medical experience who isn't already working.
- Blood donors.
- Herbs, citrus, coffee.
- Bandages. Any spare cloth will do.
- Paper.
- Cleaning products, especially laundry powder.
- Salt, to make saline solution.
- Clear, thin tubes.
- Metal braces.
- Anything we can trade on in order to purchase rarer items such as medicines.
- More hours in day.

If you have items in bulk or with great value and would prefer to offer a discount or a payment plan rather than a donation we should still talk.

Comments

[milagros]

I'll be by to donate blood.

How's Hawke doing?

[dissent]

He's awake. Recovering.

[ Honestly, he wouldn't be at work taking inventory if that wasn't the case. ]

[milagros]

( mila wouldn't have asked so publicly if she'd thought the answer was going to vary drastically. )

I'm glad to hear it. Let him know I forged his signature on the fruit basket for Gwisin and he owes me for his half.

[dissent]

I can probably cover for him if it's not too much. Though why in Maker's name are you sending a fruit basket to Gwisin?

[milagros]

We shot him.

[dissent]

What!?

[blind]

Compelling pitch.

I can donate some blood.

[dissent]

Needs must. There's actually someone around here who thinks charity is the sole province of "suckers".

I'll send you an address. Eat and drink beforehand.

[blind]

That's not really surprising. Not everyone's going to be a good Samaritan.

Alright. If you don't mind my asking, is the clinic that bad off?

[dissent]

Well. It wouldn't normally be. Between what happened in Olympus and needing to take a little time off, things have grown a bit dire.

[blind]

Do you have help?

[dissent]

Three paid staff and a handful of volunteers. Which is perfectly adequate for day to day, but right now we've filled twenty beds and have more minor injuries than I can count.

[mightyfallen]

The passage of time is tragically outside my realm of influence, but send me a list of the medicines you need most, and I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime, my salt, coffee, and spare cloth are yours. There will be someone by soon.

[dissent]

That's incredibly generous of you.

[ Breathtakingly so. ]

If we had actual wings instead of curtained off areas I'd probably name one after you.

[mightyfallen]

You're the one saving lives, I'm just doing my civic duty.

[ And making himself look good on the network in the process, so win-win. ]

Benjamin Corner doesn't have quite the same ring to it, I'll admit, but save the gratitude for when I manage anything more impressive than leftovers.

[dissent]

I'm going to send you a list.

[ Which is attached here because making up the names of a bunch of medicine sounds beyond my abilities. ]

Get me any of that and I'll make sure our patients know who to be grateful to. Even if I have to make a sign.

[ He doesn't mind if people want recognition or status, so long as the clinic has what it needs. ]

[mightyfallen]

Dear God, not a sign. You'll make my colleagues jealous.

[ campaigning for votes is so quaint: a testimonial by your favorite future absolute monarch. ]

And to whom do I owe my future gratitude then?

[dissent]

Me? I'm Anders. And I'm fairly sure I'm the one that should be grateful, if you're really able to help.

Are you on the Council?

[nightride]

[On the second morning after this message, a handled crate may be found outside the clinic, containing four jars of vinegar, a box of soap flakes, and a few rough scouring pads. Bonus: two jury-rigged spray bottles, not quite identical; the flexible tubes inside are weighted, allowing them to be sprayed from any angle. (Not clear tubes, alas, or there might have been some of those in the crate too.)

No note is attached.]

[dissent]

[ "Anonymous Corner" sounds more seedy than anything else, but your donation is very much appreciated, especially by people who prefer their hospital experience to be a clean one. ]

[boffing]

I'm coming I can donate a few things.

Paper? Does it matter if it's color or has got stuff on it?

[dissent]

So long as there's one blank side, it shouldn't.

[dogbane]

All right.

Is it for records and things then, or is there some traditional paper medicine?

[He's not even being sarcastic.

He remembers Anders going on about sword fights and horses and things. How would he know.]

[dissent]

I don't think there's actually any such thing as paper medicine, William.

[boffing]

Oh.

Sorry I mean you're very good with plants