Third Bite [Action]

[scarlet_devil]

Who: Emilia, Dr. John Smith, Ariel
When: June 3rd
Where: The clinic near the Dead District
What: Getting a little something for her new diet

Getting to the clinic to begin with wasn't a problem, neither was getting a hold of Ariel.
By now, though, she was feeling weak, hungry and quite frankly couldn't wait to get this all started. Should Ariel join her, she'll find the vampire fidgeting outside the doors to it, and for some reason she's wearing sunglasses.

Having her eyes change to red had simply made her stand out as a numbered, so she wore sunglasses in case there were problems caused by them, that was the last thing she needed right now.

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[sylvanguard]

Ariel was running a bit late thanks to traffic, but she was there if only a little late. Today was going to be one one of those days it seemed. While she was still on board for giving blood, it was a little strange that she was going to be donating it more or less as food. If it helped however, then it was definitely the right thing to do.

"Sorry I'm late! Traffic in this city is just getting ridiculous."

[scarlet_devil]

Better late than never, if you were to ask her. As Ariel arrived, Emi briefly peeked over her glasses, revealing her blood red eyes she received earlier today.

"Ah, you made it, that's what's important..."

[sylvanguard]

The eyes get an eyebrow quirk from her, but she wisely says nothing. Considering that she has pointed elven ears herself, she knows just how sensitive people can be over echoes.

"Yep! And I am ready for the blood letting." She had been drinking a lot of fluid to plump up her veins too. Not that she was particularly bad at giving blood, but this ordeal was a little nerve wracking.

[scarlet_devil]

"I'm sure the doctor we're meeting knows what he's doing. He's an English fellow, sounded, erm, middle aged."

No reason for the tow to stand about, so the teen will confidently lead her friend into the clinic proper. It's what one would expect, a sterile looking environment with a waiting room not far from the entrance...

[sylvanguard]

"That's good. I'm glad you found someone willing to give this a go, since this is kind of a strange and unusual request."

Ariel follows her into the room, glancing around. The clinical environment was not off putting for once. It added a sort of normalcy to what they were doing, which Ariel felt was sorely needed.

And this would be a good point for Dr. John Smith to hop in.

[scarlet_devil]

"With people like us... It's come up before."

Emilia didn't particularly like waiting around, but she checked to make sure the doctor was here. He probably won't take long.

[gobybessie]

Which he doesn't. It takes only a minute before he steps out of his room and greets them with a smile.

"Emilia and Ariel, correct?" he says and holds out a hand. "I'm John Smith."

[scarlet_devil]

Emi was just a bit quicker when it came to greet him.

"Nice to meet you face to face," she said, shaking his hand in greeting.

[sylvanguard]

Ariel tilts her head and then smiles as she recognized him from the family dinner party that had been held just a little bit ago, though she had not had a chance to talk with him. "Hello John, nice meeting you." Ariel shook his hand next.

"So shall we gt started then?"

[gobybessie]

He nods, and gestures in the direction he came from.

"This way," he says and takes the lead.

This will be the strangest thing he's ever done in his line of work. And sometimes some very interesting cases pop up, so that says quite a lot.

[scarlet_devil]

It might turn out to be the strangest thing so far, the world just seems to be getting weirder and weirder. Emi had mixed feelings about the whole network and numbered thing. Real life superheroes? That's awesome. The various threats and the fact kids are mixed up in this, really wasn't awesome at all.

For now, the vampiric girl follows...

[sylvanguard]

Ariel follows as well lost in her own thoughts. Was this the strangest thing she had done? It certainly ranked up there, but she was thinking of it being something more along the lines of a transfusion or a donation so it didn't seem as creepy.

[gobybessie]

He leads them into a simple examination room, where he's already set everything up. It'll be treated like any blood donation, the difference being that he'll pour the blood into a glass he's put on the desk.

"Please sit down on the bed, Ariel," he says as he shuts the door behind them.

(lost the notif oops)

[scarlet_devil]

It's all a bit weird, in more ways than one. From what she could tell, though, this doesn't look all that strange, except for the glass on the desk.

Despite any misgivings about this, she stands by the door and simply waits for it all to start.

S'okay :3

[sylvanguard]

Ariel takes a seat on the bed as requested and tugs up the sleeve of her t-shirt to make sure it is out of the way so that he could draw blood. She pointedly doe snot look at the glass however, simply because it weirds her out more than anything else about this. little experiment.

"How much are you planning on taking anyway?"

[gobybessie]

While Ariel sits, John washes his hands and puts on a pair of gloves.

"Have you ever donated blood?"

[scarlet_devil]

Emi, for her part, remains mostly quiet for the moment. Though, she did feel like complaining about the cliche of being both Romanian and a vampire.

"I suppose this will be a learning experience, if she hasn't."

[sylvanguard]

"I haven't given blood before but I know I'm A pos if it's a thing that needs to be known..."

Ariel is starting to get a little nervous now. She doesn't have a thing against needles, but this whole experiment is out there.

[gobybessie]

He shakes his head.

"I don't know if that would matter. When donating blood you give about a pint. I won't take more than that. But I'll have to check your hemoglobin levels to determine if that's safe, as well as your temperature, blood pressure and pulse. All right?"

[scarlet_devil]

"A pint should be fine, I'm not sure I want to have more that that from her."

She relaxes a little, the doctor seemed to know what he was doing well enough.

"I think you'll be fine, Ariel. ...Weird that this is."

[sylvanguard]

"Do whatever it is you need to do." She nodded and gestured to the doctor and then shifted her attention to Emilia, offering her a small smile, "If this works out, do you want to see if we can make this a more or less regular thing?" And then looking back to both of them, she tilted her head, "How often can someone donate blood anyway?"

[gobybessie]

John grabbed a syringe and walked over to Ariel. "Every eighth week," he said, and held out a hand with his palm up. "Your hand please."

[scarlet_devil]

Don't mind Emi, but she will be watching the proceedings with great interest. It wasn't exactly something she's seen first hand before, she'd never given blood herself.

[sylvanguard]

She does as instructed holding out her hand while looking at the needle and trying not to freak out a little. Just a few deep breaths o steady herself and then she nods to John.

[gobybessie]

"I'm only going to take very little blood for now to check the hemoglobin levels. It'll be quick."

He holds her middle finger steady, cleans it with an alcohol wipe, and swiftly pricks it. The first drop he wipes off with a tissue, and a light squeeze forces more blood out. He collects that with the syringe, puts it gingerly to the side and unwraps a plaster, wrapping it around her finger.