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Howard Bassem ([personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-05-19 07:22 pm

Bad Handwriting and Everything [Open]

The upside to using paper and pen instead of data pads for taking notes on patients is that it's intuitive and you can fiddle with things. The downside is that, at the end of a shift, a lot of the notes have to be shredded for privacy reasons, and the details have to be entered into the data pads anyway. Despite his usual devotion to efficiency, Howard doesn't mind this. It's a nice way to review the day and cement anything he might have learned.

The Quarantine's mostly empty now, which is a definite plus. All those kids were getting Howard crankier and antsier than usual. He brought in a box of toys from the Warehouse, though he didn't bother to check the age ranges for them, so he hopes someone who cares a bit more will take out all the choking hazards before any of the children regress to toddlerhood. He doesn't want anything to do with children; he had enough of that back in that dystopian nightmare he called home. All they do is cry and scream and demand things and kill each other and eat all the food and lie and burn down buildings and generally make life unpleasant. Not that adults are always better, but at least someone's around to enforce order here.

He hums a snippet of Cliffs of Dover to himself, chewing on the end of a Tinker Toy, and starts typing in his notes.
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[personal profile] encourage 2011-05-22 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I think you can do that all on your own," she shoots back, without any heat in her voice. She doesn't notice that she's biting down on her lip as she follows the pattern this time. It seems to pay off -- she doesn't pull ahead, but this time she meets his record of twenty-four before messing up.

She slides Simon back over to Howard, grinning. "Wasn't almost that time."
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[personal profile] encourage 2011-05-22 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
One try feels like a whole other kind of challenge in and of itself. In the end, that seems to be what does her in. Too much concentration, and she starts when one of the monitors beeps in normal operation. She misses the order of flashing lights right then, and tops out at twenty-nine.

Howard wins this game, altogether. She slides Simon back at him, shaking her head. She's a somewhat gracious loser. "Your win." After all, this has actually been enjoyable.
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[personal profile] encourage 2011-05-22 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Good for the night," she says, following his gaze back over to his paperwork. "Though I'm calling for a rematch sometime in the future." She grins.