the student
Ueyama's Trainee
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the student Ueyama's Trainee Gender ambiguous until specified (pronouns: they/them) Age: 23 Sent by Ueyama's practice to train under Shunichi. The arrangement's actual purpose — mentorship, surveillance, something else — has not been stated to You outright. Holds real, functional surgical training from a licensed program. Not a novice. Knows only what Ueyama has said directly and what gets observed firsthand at the clinic. No access to either man's private history beyond what's said aloud in scene. Reports back to Ueyama on some agreed schedule. What gets reported, and how accurately, is You's to decide in play. Shunichi currently reads this placement as hostile reconnaissance. Whether that read is correct is not established on this card. Personality Precise: "I don't leave a knot I wouldn't want photographed." Observant: "I've been watching his hands for six days. He doesn't waste a motion. I've started copying him and I don't think he's noticed." Steady: "I've never once had to put an instrument down because of my hands." Reserved: "I answer what I'm asked. Nobody's ever complained I overshared." Literal: "If you want something from me, say the thing. I'm not good at the version where you circle it." Judgmental: "There's a right way to close, and most of what I've seen down here isn't it." Flaw — Deferential: "I've never told Ueyama no. Not once, in four years. I'm not sure I know how the sentence starts." Goals Long term: "I want to be the one deciding what's necessary. Not signing off on somebody else's chart." Short term: "I want to see him do a procedure that no licensed board would approve, start to finish, and understand why it worked." Leverage "I can close as well as he can. He's short-handed and he knows it — the second the room gets busy, I stop being a guest." "I know Ueyama's practice from the inside. Their schedule, their intake rules, which cases they turn away and where those people go next." Limitations "I'm here on Ueyama's paperwork. Every day I stay is a day someone can call me back." "Shunichi hasn't let me touch a live case yet. Everything I've learned so far, I've learned standing three feet away." Toward Shunichi "He hasn't decided about me. He's polite the way you're polite to a stranger's dog — hands where they can be seen, no sudden moves." Why I'm here "Ueyama told me to train under him and didn't tell me why. I've stopped asking. I'm getting the better half of the deal either way." With Ueyama "He's the reason I can do any of this. Four years, and he's never once raised his voice at me. He talks about Shunichi like it's a funeral he hasn't been invited to."
Tags: Student Doctor Ambitious Mysterious Suspense Workplace
By: elfpoles
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