Open Appointments I [Yumi]

“A Wizard is never late, Miss Tasukai… And neither is she early. She arrive precisely when she means to~!” Turning away from her screen as the door slid open with a small, playful smile as she wore her fondness for old and dorky films like a badge of pride, the school nurse turned toward the redhead and wondered if she might have seen a film that by now would be considered something of a retiree before standing up from the swivelling desk chair she so often occupied in here. Dressed without her lab coat for this meeting since she hoped that the slightly less ‘authoritative’ feel might help the young woman relax in a situation such as this, Sophie wore an indigo short sleeved shirt with a ruffled collar as well as a pencil skirt that carried a kind of rippling pattern which hugged her hips and long legs, whom themselves led into a pair of high heeled black shoes that were adorned with a playful little bow.

“It’s nice to meet you, finally! You must be one of the less reckless students in training since I haven’t seen that much of you~?” Giving a small and light chuckle before offering out her hand to shake the student who had turned up at her door, Miss Sequoia beckoned to the girl to follow her into her humble mix of office and ward and made sure to shut the door behind her once she did. “Have a seat, please, we don’t need to jump right into the nitty gritty right away…” Subtly nudging the latch on the door shut to ensure that the intimate examination wouldn’t be intruded upon in order to spare the girl the maximum degree of embarrassment, once they were both inside her office the in house doctor swept her hand across the a couple of cushioned chairs that were arranged near her desk as she slipped back into her own office-looking option.

“Do you mind if I call you Yumi? You’re free to call me Sophie in exchange; ‘Dr Sequoia’ sounds so stuffy after all!” The seat which she had found swivelling so that she could face her ‘patient’ directly, with a casual tone that she hoped might put a nervous student at ease, Sophie pulled her knees together and draped one of her arms across her lap as the elbow of the other rested on the arm of her pivoting pew. A smile ever present on her face as her blue eyes as she looked over the features of this pretty youngster that had found her company, quietly looking for any obvious sign of discomfort or lacking wellbeing as she let Miss Tasukai relax a little bit.

“So, how are things going?” The few seconds of quietness washed away as the school nurse flashed her charge another look at her white teeth with a wider smile, with words that seemed a little lower and a little more intimate as if they were sharing a little girl talk, Miss Sequoia decided that a verbal observation might be the best path to proceed with before they got on with something more physical. Not exactly an easy experience to walk into a room with a stranger and then find oneself exposed and examined, Sophie wanted any student in the school to feel entirely comfortable coming to her for help and as such wanted to avoid any kind of intimidating factor in an introduction…

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What is that…? The eyes of the nurse narrowing a little bit as she caught sight of something intriguing that had nested near Yumi’s hair tie, their positions meant that she couldn’t quite make out exactly what it was but felt a little bit of a skip in her soul to see something that looked cute and rather geeky.
Ah, so that’s it, understandable… The attention of Miss Sequoia lingering on the accoutrement only until the young woman in front of her began to speak of her worries, the eye line of the pink haired professional snapped back to the face of the femme in front of her, nodding gently to show some understanding and even approval of the reasoning she could garner for the visit.

“Well, that’s perfectly understandable, Yumi!” Smiling and nodding again as she answered her young charge, Sophie lifted her hand up to her cheek and lightly stroked it as she considered the details that had been shared about the girl’s body and quirk.
“A young woman’s body can be a confusing thing, even without getting strange and wonderful powers involved!” Letting out a small and gentle chuckle of encouragement, the lids of Miss Sequoia’s blue eyes sank a little way as she shifted slightly and rested the side of her jaw on her palm, fingertips lightly touching her lips for a second before she kicked herself around and picked up a sheet of paper attached to a clipboard before shuffling closer to Yumi upon her chair.

“Quirks can affect the body in so many ways, so I think you’ve made the right choice with a check-up here! Better to be given the all clear rather than risk an unexpected drawback giving you lasting problems~!” The chair of the nurse coming to a halt about a foot or so away from the feet of the femme in front of her, as she gripped the clipboard in one hand and her pen in the other, Sophie folded one leg over the other in a manner that seemed to reflect her patient’s own position as she continued to show support and approval of her decision.

“Now I have a few routine questions on your general health and lifestyle I should ask just to make sure there aren’t any obvious red flags, simple stuff for the most part but a few can be pretty… Personal. None of these will be shared with any students or teachers here of course, they’re kept in confidence for medical experts only so don’t worry too much.” Running her pen and eyes over the sheet she had picked up and scanning the routine queries one tended to make in this sort of situation, while there were rather useful for picking out underlying conditions or changes, some asked some rather private things that a young woman especially might be a little uncomfortable asking.

“So would you be OK with that, Yumi?” Miss Sequoia certainly understanding the awkward age that was the teenage years and not wishing for the redhead to made to feel too much discomfort with their meeting, while it might have been a little naughty she was happy to skip the phase if she didn’t want her way of life probing too deeply. Teens were entitled to some privacy, after all.

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Cute… Trying to supress the urge to smile too much as she saw her fellow femme’s cheeks start to glow with colour, like a big sister or something similar Sophie couldn’t help but find the fact that the girl had become a little flustered by their conversation rather adorable and endearing. There being something ever so appealing about those souls who showed a shy and timid nature that made the nurse wanna wrap her arms around them and tell them that with her things will be fine, it was also interesting to note that for all the hints of a tougher character the way this young woman chose to show in the way she styled herself in, she definite had more than a few softer points within her. It was nice when people were more than what they showed at face value.

“Oh heavens, there’s certainly no rush with the questions sweetie! And if you’re feeling shy particularly about some of the more, shall we say ‘adult’ queries just say pass and we can just ignore them this time, how does that sound?” Keeping that hint of her smile and shaking away any real concerns that she might have pressured the girl to answer things she wasn’t comfortable with, while it wasn’t exactly ‘protocol’ to give patients the option to gloss over any issues with which they might be uncomfortable this was neither a hospital nor doctors surgery. A place of peace and healing without judgement, Sophie saw little benefit in gaining an unimportant answer to something seemingly irrelevant if the cost was a break down in trust between them.

“So, how about we get the ball rolling with this one? Since they’re sort of grouped together, I’ll do them in little batches, so… Have you noticed any changes in your sleep patterns or dietary habits? Eating or sleeping more or less than you would consider ‘usual’?” Flashing her pearly whites at Yumi again before she decided to get this little quiz on the teen underway with a couple of questions to begin with, Sophie twirled the pen around her fingers before flicking its top with her thumb to let out its inky tip, eyes lingering on the face of the girl in front of her but her gaze soft and nurturing as she awaited the details that Miss Tasukai thought she might be able to share…

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“Hmmmm… It sounds like that is hopefully just a consequence of employing your quirk more than you’d been accustomed to, in addition to the somewhat Spartan training methods which the principal seems to favour…” The brow of the blue eyed beauty lifting at the information she was given, Sophie noted the increase on her worksheet though the latter half of her comment seemed to carry just a hint of bitterness.

Easy Sophie, this isn’t a complication the students need to be getting stressed over… Mentally reminding herself not to let her frustrations and emotions colour her judgement as she was dealing with someone in a professional capacity, while Sophie was usually rather upbeat, her innate protectiveness made her rather defensive in regard to student wellbeing. Having had several students suffering from strains and levels of exhaustion thanks to the regime of the man at the top, the pink haired nurse had been holding onto some frustration in that regard which slipped through as she tried to reassure the girl in front of her.

“Just to be certain though, while your level of activity is unusual, have you ever noticed in the past that when you employed your powers more strenuously than you were used to that you needed to ‘recoup’ such a cost with extra sleep or food?” Shaking her head slightly as she attempted to force away her feelings of annoyance toward the principal’s ruthless methods of education, once again Miss Sequoia found a little bit of a pang inside at the fact that she didn’t sport a pair of spectacles. The act of sliding a pair of glasses off her nose to convey a better sense of seriousness and connection with the girl feeling like it might be an extra little bit of emphasis on the points she tried to make.

“It’s fine if you can’t recall any particular incidents, but I’d hate to overlook something because of an assumption?” The small amount of tension and frustration that had swelled within Sophie as she thought of those disagreeable methods melting away as the more nurturing and medically inclined part of the girl asserted itself once more, the manner of the nurse relaxed once again and she offered a gentle gaze to Yumi, remembering how she was a little nervous in these kinds of situations and smiling at her softly…

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He’s Quirkless? The brow of Miss Sequoia once again lifting as she found a little bit of information that hadn’t yet learned in her short tenure at the school, the pink haired woman found herself both surprised and impressed. Smiling a little more at the sense of consideration and appreciation that the redhead before her demonstrated in regard to her respect and thoughtfulness, Sophie now felt a hint of guilt that the girl was that much more tolerant than her and made a mental note to try and be a little more forgiving if she could.

“Blurry vision? Is that generally the case or does it become heightened when you use your powers excessively?” A new symptom that hadn’t been mentioned on the girls notes seeming to pop up almost out of nowhere, with both a sense of concern and a slight professional curiosity, Sophie chose to delve a little deeper into this particular issue even if it did side track her a little way from the task at hand.
“Yes, I’m sure your eyes might suffer if you don’t use them when you should. Perhaps someone in the technology studies class could even incorporate corrective lenses into your hero costume? A visor or goggles you can use to compensate if you take your power too far?” Jotting the words down and circling them on an empty space of the worksheet in front of her alongside the words ‘quirk related?’, given her earlier wonderings about wearing glasses she couldn’t help but feel a hint of amusement that the golden eyed gal that sat before her now mentioned her own vision problems.

“Ahhh, yes, then that definitely does seem like something quirk related then. That’s a relief. Our abilities are the most uncontrolled when we are youngest so it would make sense to see the extremes of all effects when you are at that age?” Nodding with understanding when Miss Tasukai offered her some distant history that seemed to clarify the issue, Sophie also added a ‘Quirk Related’ note to the commentary she had made on the girls fatigue and appetite which she would copy into her notes, perhaps seeing if she could speak to the kitchen and see if she could be given some extra rations or offer her a supplement prescription to help her deal with these side effects once her examination was done.

“Well, now where were we…” Smiling at Yumi as the topic seemed to ease and they moved onto their next little batch of queries, the nurse scanned the already heavily scrawled piece of paper for where they should continue toward and paused for a moment as she saw that things were getting a little more personal in their responses they required.

“OK, now no need to go into too many details if you’re uncomfortable discussing it but… Have you noticed any changes in your moods? Feelings of increased anxiety or irritability? Trouble controlling your emotions?” Pressing the heel of her shoe into the floor to slip her chair a few inches closer in order to heighten the sense of intimacy between them, Miss Sequoia spoke in a lower and quieter tone as she addressed the topics relating more to her companion’s mental health than anything. Certainly no psychiatrist but appreciating a need for discretion in this matter, while Sophie was happy to take a yes or no answer at the same time if the girl was having a problem she didn’t want her to think she couldn’t talk to her about it…

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Old school…? Noting the little comment which seemed to imply that Yumi had a rougher ride before she came to Yuuei, the nurse wondered if she had some issues there that she might wanna talk about but decided in a first meeting that was probably the wrong way to go, especially if she seemed to be enjoying herself now.
“That’s good, I’ve noticed that the students tend to get along rather well… I suppose as a place that was practically designed for those with quirks, it’s a lot easier to feel accepted and yourself?” Not touching too heavily on any possible mistreatment but also wanting the young woman to be given a sense of understanding, Sophie smiled at her student gently before giving a quick and easy answer to question on the sheet, but was a little surprised by what Miss Tasukai asked her after.

“Me…?” Blinking as she found her question being returned onto her, despite having done a few of these kinds of sheets and examinations in her short tenure at the school, this felt like the first time a student had genuinely been interested in hearing how she was getting on. Impressed, and a little touched by the concern of the girl, while it felt a little unprofessional to give too many details of how she was personally to a student, Miss Sequoia felt none the less compelled to at least ‘reward’ that kind curiosity with an honest answer.

“For the most part, I’m enjoying things really? Having worked in a hospital, I wondered if the role of what was effectively a ‘School Nurse’ might have been a little beneath my skillset being an MD, but in practice I’ve found my knowledge and abilities proving rather invaluable? And it’s nice to feel like I might, in my own way, be helping to foster a new generation…” The eyes of the pink haired doctor growing a little bit misty as she remembered even those recent times that had led to her decision, she was being quite truthful when she confessed her enjoyment. Though a sense of friction had been found when dealing with some of her staff peers that she had yet to resolve, largely Sophie felt a sense of pride in what she was doing. Those bright eyes and smiles she received when moving around the school seeming to add just that ounce of polish to her sense of self-esteem, even the more ‘admiring’ looks that she had spotted some students giving her weren’t entirely unwelcome, even if she couldn’t really respond to them how she would with someone more her own age!

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