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Someone’s calling his phone. The voice on the other end is strange, nearly incomprehensible through what sounds like static interference or a bad signal, and… seemingly holding back either tears or laughter.

uH… HeLLo…?¿? i’D LikE To ReqUEsT yOUr SeRviCEs, i’M DeaLinG WItH a… siTuaTioN :) YoU’Ll kNOw wHerE To fINd mE…

The call abruptly ends, the mysterious called not bothering to give any information about their name or location… Strange.

The phone is picked up in a hurry, with how insistently it was ringing. It had been a fairly slow day at the ECDC anyway, but the voice on the other end was a brand of eccentric Jordan was hoping was put on, and not a genuine... whatever it was. Whatever these things were- things like the man in the brown suit and the woman made of wasp larvae. "Services with what? Hello?"

You're asking about my theories..? I've waited YEARS for someone to ask me about my theories! Hang on, I made a model!

Right, so, it requires a liiittle bit of... Suspension of disbelief? Just hang with me here!

The general pitch is DD post-canon, where Blackquill is out of prison, and trying to build a life for himself. He specifically wants a life that he knows for a fact he's earned, so it's veeery from-the-ground-up. Small apartment, shitty car he's always doing repairs on, you get it.

At some point, him and Gumshoe end up meeting. I think in the original pitch they were roommates? This was all kinda spawned from one insane conversation months ago, so I'm doing my best to remember here BUT ANYWAYS, things just work out after that. They enjoy each other's company (Blackquill is stern but still compassionate, Gumshoe is visibly very non-hostile and open) and bond over the lifestyle of "it ain't much, but it's honest work'', then they kinda start dating from there

Sorry @praise-suns-and-chill, but I think if I sold any of the works of Christopher Illopoly my predecessors would return to flesh specifically to wring my neck about it.

PSA: when you work in an academic institution and you receive a call from a community provider, it is so important to remember that you are colleagues; take opportunities to educate, not crucify. This is especially important when you are so lucky to be in a tertiary centre with ALL the resources--many of the centres that are calling you for help, advice, or transfer to your centre do NOT have access to these things (hence why they are calling you!). It really grinds my gears when I hear colleagues making comments like, “I can’t believe they did ___, what were they thinking? Obviously they should have done ___.” ...well, no, it was probably not obvious to that provider at the time they saw the patient and with the information and resources they had at the time. By the time you get the call, you’ll probably have had the benefit of some time, and hindsight is 20/20.

Sometimes I find myself talking from the “ivory tower”, and when I catch myself I feel so terrible about it! Our colleagues transferring patients to us are doing the best they can with what they’ve got--the least we can do is meet them halfway. Talking down to or about other providers does not help our patients. And sometimes we find ourselves in the sticky situation of having patients question what other providers did, and usually I find the best answer is, “Unfortunately, I cannot comment on what the other provider saw or thought at that time. They didn’t have the benefit of all this information I have now, since you last saw them. So with this additional information, my impression is ___ and my plan is ___.” 

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