(open) I said "doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take?" I said "doctor, to relieve this belly ache"

[sangsues]

WHO: Étienne Guerinet Beaumanoir & the blessed souls who speak with him.
WHAT: an open post & introduction for Dr. Beaumanoir
WHEN: through April
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: some gentle nsfw, also he is generally low-key terrible in generic Thedas ways (esp re: elves and mages) and is a tool for playing out hideous historical medicine.

OPEN PROMPTS.

1.

"Behold!" He takes a step back from a man whose cheeks look a little puffy, and whose eyes could be considered a little glazed over. "He may yet be reeling from his treatment, but before you stands a man cured of the worms that invested his jaw! He has been gifted with the virility of the templars, the soldiers who give up their lives to protect our lands from powers that would overwhelm so many of us. He stands before you yet a man, but tomorrow, and in the days that follow, he will be a hero!"

He grabs the man's hand, and holds his hand over his head, in a show of victory. The crowd cheers—

Doctor Beaumanoir's Dashing Dentures is written on a nearby poster.


2.
Healing wonders! Potions galore!
DR. BEAUMANOIR'S MEDICINAL ALMANAC.
HELP HIM HEAL YOU! Inquire within.

A handsome man stands; a doctor, a hero - and so much more.

"Can I help you?"

He smiles. It's extremely Dashing™.

Comments

[youwonscience]

"Uhuh. What's in these tonics?" She doesn't bother replying to the question about her eyesight; if standard healing could have fixed it, she assumes she'd know it by now, and this guy doesn't really radiate serious medical expert.

[sangsues]

"Madam, please," gurl, "you cannot expect me to give up the secrets of my medicines. The formulas are ones of my own crafting."

Make up your own freaky tonics.

[youwonscience]

"Yeah, that's totally how medicine works." You'd love big pharma, Etienne. "Hard pass on ingesting anything where the ingredient list is secret."

If Thedas wants to invent the fantasy FDA, call her.

"So I guess I don't have to ask how you met Sarah."

[sangsues]

"Isn't that how everything works?"

Way to be a square and a buzzkill, Cosmo.

Ah, but he grins. It's a terrible grin. "It was a meeting of minds."

[youwonscience]

She doesn't say gross, but her face sort of does.

"I see." Cosima doesn't entirely want to continue talking to this dude who is certainly not a doctor at all, but for Sarah's sake, she adds, "It's nice having family here. You know, someone to watch your back."

[sangsues]

"I'm an only child," he replies, with a lackadaisical shrug, "but I had a wonderful time watching Sarah's back."

[youwonscience]

cool cool cool

"Alright, so, you probably want to get back to your stall, but I'll tell Sarah we ran into each other when I see her."

It was nice to meet you is a little more than she can manage.

[sangsues]

“As you say,” he says, but before he departs, the good doctor takes her hand and kisses her knuckles. Then he sweeps away.

“Adieu, Cosima.”