The Reserved Healer

Here are 29 pre-written starters. They aren’t intended for immediate use as we’re all either busy or trying not to be too under the weather at present. If you feel like bothering the lass at some point down the road and you think you can work with one of the nonsense below, go ahead. These will be available indefinitely. 

The starters can be tweaked slightly for your muse and reposted afresh if you decide to give one of them a go. Drop a line and we’ll work things out. Don’t feel obliged to plod through if you don’t want to. They are private entries but should be viewable via the links. You know where to send a message even if it’s for a bit of a chat about non-RP things like the rising cost of eggs at the supermarket this week in our respective corners of the world, receiving melted chocolate in the post, and fist-shaking at the young and perky.

This post will be pinned in case anyone wants the old girl in the future. More may be added if/when inspiration strikes and time permits.  

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Meme originally from https://www.tumblr.com/rp-starters-ask-box-fillers/142518705242

Originally from https://rainbow--memes.tumblr.com/post/188681767170/self-stimming-behaviour-checklist

Bold = applies

Italic = occasionally applies

Strikethrough = not applicable.

adjusting clothing / jewellery

tapping hands / feet

bouncing legs / arms / in seat

balancing themselves / objects – She sometimes carry her own medical chest close to her chest when she’s feeling insecure or worries

beatboxing / humming – She sometimes hums when she kisses if she’s in a mellow mood, but this is only with a partner.

bending / biting plastic  

biting parts of body (hair/hands/inside of cheeks) – she bites and/or worries her lips when she’s nervous, unsure of herself or anxious   

clenching jaw   

blinking – occasionally done when she’s shocked or confused. More often than not, she lowers her eyes when she’s embarrassed or thinks she’s done something wrong

blowing air

blowing bubbles

playing with own hair - She likes it when a partner brushes her hair though, and only when she asks him to do so.

chewing – She sometimes worries her lower lip when nervous, uncertain, anxious

clapping

clearing throat

clicking body parts / objects

cracking body parts / objects – She pulls her own fingers if she has to give a proper massage to someone. If she has to massage someone’s hands, she will pull their fingers at some point.

curling & uncurling toes

arts and crafts – She embroiders, mends torn clothes and loose hems, and reinforces stitches on umbrellas. She also enjoys arranging flowers, crafting blends of tea, and concocting poisons for self-defence emergency situations and creating poison-based medicines for treatment purposes in the Fourth. She also likes looking at art.

pacing / exercise – She exercises in the morning after waking up and books a training room twice a week at the Academy to keep up with her personal non-healing-related training.

doodling

drinking / eating certain foods – If there’s ice, she’ll chew it.

eating things that you shouldn’t

feeling / touching certain fabrics – She likes the feeling of silk on her skin and the feel of velvet. But she just wears silk nighties (without touching them constantly) and she doesn’t really touch velvet that much because she doesn’t want to ruin it.

fidgeting

flapping arms / hands / legs / objects

grinding teeth / jaw

pinching body parts / objects / fabrics

make silly noises

hide hands in sleeves

hug yourself / toys / objects / other people – She hugs her pillows when she cries. If someone notices she’s been crying and takes her into their arms, she will cling and weep.

jumping

learn new things – She mostly learns new techniques for work, healing, medicine as well as new recipes that catch her fancy.

listen to music / the same song over and over - This is a mood thing with her that she does to unwind or when she’s feeling extreme emotions.

pick at skin / nails / objects   

play games

pluck hair / fur  

repeating actions / sounds   

rambling – She’s shy and nervous, and this something she does from she’s particularly nervous.

rocking back and forth / rocking in general

rolling shoulders / tongue / wrists / hips  

rubbing eyes / ears / arms / legs / hands   

rubbing against textures  - If a partner touches her cheek or cups her cheek, she will nuzzle into his hand. It’s something she does unconsciously.

scratching

singing 

smelling 

spinning (in a chair)

squeezing body part / objects – She squeezes patients’ hands/elbows or the hands/elbows of friends and partners to indicate sympathy and understanding.

whistling – She doesn’t whistle. She was brought up thinking nice ladies don’t whistle.

wiggling

Originally from https://www.tumblr.com/trashmenagerie/161255308937/50-cute-this-or-that-questions

Bold the option that applies.

01. cacti or succulents

02. butterflies or honeybees - Both

03. typewritten or handwritten letters

04. flower crowns or oversized sun hats - Both

05. polaroids or film

06. road tripping in a VW bus down the coast or camping in the woods on summer nights – Neither. She prefers a walk in the woods.

07. cozy beanbags or breezy hammocks – Neither. A sofa or bed is much easier get up and get out from.

08. oversized jumpers or fluffy bathrobes – Both, though she does potter around in nightgowns with matching robes in her downtime in her canon and modern AU verses.

09. banana bread or pumpkin spiced loaf – Neither. Bread should be simple and ordinary for her.

10. the smell of old books or the smell of petrichor – Both.

11. chapstick or matte lipstick – Her lipstick shades are pale and on the frosted side.

12. macarons or eclairs

13. a candlelit bath or a naturally lit reading room

14. a matinee at a musical or a evening at the art gallery – Both, though she would prefer an opera and symphony to a musical. She likes impressionist art and enjoys walking through art galleries and museums as much as she enjoys pottering in her garden among her dangerous plants. She has a framed landscape print of Claude Monet’s Flowers of Vetheuil (1881) in her bedroom in both her canon and modern AU verses.

15. creamy hot cocoa with marshmallows or dippable hot chocolate with churros – Neither.

16. poetry or prose – Both.

17. vinyl or cassettes – Both.

18. antique shops or second hand stores – Both.

19. a heavy, rich chocolate cake with ganache and caramel or a light, summer sponge cake with cream and fruit – Neither. Just plain cake either chocolate, sponge or a nice orange chiffon for her.

20. purikuras or photo booths – Neither.

21. cosy scarves or warm beanies – Neither. Shawls that she can wear as scarves and as 1940s-1950s kerchiefs are more her thing.

22. rose gold or copper

23. watching the sky at sunset from the beach or watching the city below from an aeroplane at night – Neither. She likes twinkling lights as she strolls in her modern AU or when she’s sitting at her engawa in her canon verse.

24. mason jars or coffee mugs – Neither. She has tea sets and yunomi.

25. puffy clouds and blue skies or thunder and lightning on rainy days – Clouds and fine weather for her plants but when winding down at the end of the day, she likes rain, thunder and lightning.

26. a cup of hot tea or a bowl of warm soup – Both.

27. picnic on a grassy hill or tea in a flower garden – Both.

28. silk or lace – Both, and only if the lace isn’t scratchy. In her modern AU, brassieres should not have lace as she doesn’t like that they tend to show over clothes.

29. sketching in a museum or journaling in a café – Both, though she would write poetry at cafes rather than scribble in a journal.

30. converse high tops or beaded summer sandals – Neither. She’s an advocate of practical shoes.

31. sweet crêpes or fluffy pancakes – Both, and only if they aren’t laden with excessive cream.

32. galaxies or nebulae – Both.

33. cuff-chain earrings or full finger rings – Neither. Elegant dangling earrings are more her thing.

34. knee socks or leggings – She’s a nice, old-fashioned girl who will wear socks in canon and tights in her modern AU.

35. in bed or out in the rain – She likes walking in the rain under an umbrella and being indoors watching/listening to the rain.

36. the muted colours of winter or the vibrant colours of summer – Both.

37. autumn leaves or spring flowers – Both.

38. summer fruits: peaches, berries, cherries, and apricots or tropical fruits: pineapples, mangos, papaya, and grapefruit – She likes fruits with stones because substances can be extracted from them for medicinal and self-defence uses.

39. malt shakes or ice cream floats

40. smooth jazz or lo-fi – In canon, she likes classical music, opera, and piano jazz. In her modern verse, she likes classical music, opera, piano jazz and smooth jazz.

41. waves lapping at the shore or wind rolling over wheat fields – Neither. She likes the rain rather than wind.

42. sunflowers or lavender – Both in floral arrangements but she will use lavender for potpourri.

43. enamel pins or embroidered patches

44. fresh cheeses and cured meats or fresh bread and homemade jams – Both.

45. fireworks or sparklers

46. bath bombs or scented candles – She does milk baths twice a year rather than doesn’t like bath bombs.

47. library borrower cards or vintage postcards – Both. When it comes to postcards, she likes painted works.

48. singing and playing the ukulele while walking or singing in the car with the windows down – Neither. She can’t sing and only hums, so that’s out. Having the car window down is impractical as dust and fumes get in, and hair will get blowsy.

Original version can be viewed at https://bunchofrpmemes.tumblr.com/post/130098621753/bold-all-that-apply

Some of them have been changed slightly. Italicised items are things the old girl does rarely and/or very poorly. Cancelled items are things she doesn’t do.

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bake a cake from scratch (she takes it she’s not expected to do things like grind down wheat into flour etc, as she can’t do things like that)

ride a horse (but she may sit side-saddle-ish on patients as she straps them down if they try to leave when they’re clearly wounded and in need of assistance)

drive a gig

speak a second language (she can’t speak it but she has reading knowledge of enough English to read medical journals she borrows from the Academy’s library and has a dictionary handy for words she doesn’t know; she can also read Mandarin in traditional script and simplified script)

dance (not really, for reference see this entry here)

catch a fish | play an instrument

throw a punch (she can but she doesn’t like anything that could injure her hands which she needs to work, she rather try other methods)

build an anatomical model (She can’t do that but she can draw the nervous system and cross-sections of organs. And she has anatomical models and acupuncture models to play and experiment with.)

ice skate (Isane is someone who slips and falls while mopping the floor and doing the cha-cha, so no ice skating for her.)

unclog organs/arteries

program a computer

change a flat tyre (but she can give you a blood transfusion and she can perform lymphatic drainage massages)

use kido and/or Kaido against others

sew (both in and out of the operating theatre)

juggle

play poker

paint

fly a kite

sculpt

write poetry (she reads it though)

change bandages

sing (she’s terrible at it, she hums instead)

shoot a bow and arrow (she prefers surgical implements and mortar-pestle sets)

ride a bike

swim (as long as she can see where the shore is and she hasn’t ventured too far)

sail a boat (she only sails small paper boats down the stream/river) | do a back flip

play chess (she knows how but doesn’t play as she lacks the necessary tactical and strategic talent for it; she can analyse moves after the fact and uses chess to rationalise things)

give CPR

pitch a tent

flirt (she’s shy despite the light period romance she occasionally reads)

stitch a wound

read palms (only if something is actually written there with a pen or marker)

use chopsticks (including purposes for which they were not intended)

write in cursive

use an electric drill (only surgical ones while at work; she doesn’t know anything about non-surgical ones for home improvement and renovations)

braid hair

make a campfire (under certain conditions only, such as with Kido)

make a mixed drink (she’s a teetotaller post-war, but she does know what she’s doing when it comes to mixing up teas, beverages and mocktails)

do sudoku puzzles

wrap a gift (both with cloth and paper)

give a good massage

jump-start a car (She will start if you catch her off guard and/or frighten her and she may jump then. In her modern AU, she can drive but she takes public transport.)

roll their tongue

do magic tricks

do yoga

tie a tie (she has to do it on herself because she doesn’t know how to do it on someone)

skip a rock

shuffle a deck of cards (they fall out whenever she tries)

read Morse code (.- .--- .. - - .--- .)

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