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[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[Martha, feeling decidedly weird (as anybody would after being shot and brought back to life), is quietly sitting on her cot near the kitchen, going through the medical supplies she has there and making a neat list of what's there and what she needs to get on a yellow legal pad she has resting on her lap.

Because she feels weird, she isn't as cautious as she might normally be, and one of the scalpels slips and slices deep into the pad of her left thumb. She curses under her breath, then notices that the blood oozing from the cut appears to be black. She grabs a gauze pad and presses it to her thumb to stem the bleeding - and so she can run tests on it later.]

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[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Just recently. I was shot. [:|]

[contract_star]

I'm sorry.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

[shrug] I'm back now, though.

[contract_star]

Everyone always comes back.

[He's silent a moment.] You get used to the look of the blood after awhile, but never the taste. It tastes like water.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so I've heard.

Really? That's weird. Has anybody ever run tests on it?

[contract_star]

No, not that I've heard. [Not gonna mention Misaki.]

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Hm. [she looks thoughtful for a moment] It seems like the chemical composition's been altered - I'll have to put some of that technology in the Hub to work, I think.

[contract_star]

I'd be interested to know what you find.

[Pauses.] Is anything else different? Do you know if it's just the blood?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know my results. [she shakes her head] I only just came back, though, so I haven't had much of a chance to figure out what's changed.

[contract_star]

I'd be willing to offer a blood sample, if you need a comparison.

[He nods.] Just...be careful. A lot of us come back changed in some way.

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, we've got blood back at the Hub. Thanks for offering, though.

[smile] I will. Or - as careful as I can, at any rate.

[contract_star]

Really? You've already got samples of the black blood?

[marthajonesmd.livejournal.com]

Oh! [embarrassed look; kicking her mun for replying while sleepy] I thought you meant normal blood. No, I was just going to draw samples of my blood. It's simple enough, really.

[contract_star]

Alright. Well...if you need it later, just ask.