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lovinglefthand ([personal profile] lovinglefthand) wrote in [personal profile] pumpkinhollow 2024-02-26 06:48 pm (UTC)

The Prestige/wildcard

It's not technically the help wanted sign that leads First Aid to Robert Angier, although it does help him track the man down. But Pumpkin Hollow's foremost, fussiest docbot has heard that a newcomer's arrived with a visible leg injury, and First Aid wants him to know that there are people available to help him, should he need it.

A well-traveled man like The Great Danton must surely have seen clockwork automatons and steam engines before, but never anything like this: a seven foot tall suit of armor, painted in red and white and shiny as a Salvation Army badge except for the patches of moss and flowers growing from both shoulders. It moves as easily and gracefully as any human, but its face is a blank metal plate and a visor that glows from the inside out.

It comes up to Robert's chair by the fireplace and says in a distinctly non-electronic voice, "Mr. Angier? My name's First Aid. I'm a doctor."

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