OOPs #214
Jan29
Out-of-Placers
A story of inconvenient changes
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OOPs now has a Russian translation which updates shortly after the English pages are posted!
Now also in French:
And Ukranian:
OOPs now has a Russian translation which updates shortly after the English pages are posted!
Now also in French:
And Ukranian:
He gets a pass because he saved Elim. Zhat and de good Doctor has not eaten a clam after being transformed into a Yinglet. For a Human, it would be like discovering one could live on bruisegrass and nothing else and be absolutely healzhy doing so.
I wish I could say it was unusual for surgeons to have a bedside manner like this…
Their patients are USUALLY unconscious so why bother?
Of course being one of those patients that wakes up you hear some interesting things.
Yup. I got to know two surgeons outside of the OP room (unrelatedly), and they’re… odd.
A doctor friend says they’re all like that. Surgeons are special people.
That’s not surprising. You might have to be a bit odd/special to stay level-headed while cutting, sawing and sewing someone’s living flesh, especially in a setting like an ER. That and replacing the light bulbs at the very top of radio towers are usually the first two things that come to mind when I think of jobs I could NEVER do.
LMAO,I swear, some doctors really are like this, reminds me of the doctor from black adder:
“I know, It’s not every day you find out you’re a boy buggerer with no more right to live on God’s earth than a gnat!”
Late last night I had a dream,
A dream I was a monotreme,
Laying eggs is so unseem-,
Ly that I never thought I’d gleam,
Hope in a life that’s so extreme.
And that dream has now come true,
I’m laying eggs ’cause I love you.
Getting used to it took time but now,
I’ve been this way for multi years,
This love has put to rest my fears.
Doctor, doctor!
Gimme the news!
I’ve got a BAD CASE,
Of cloaca blues!
Slow clap!
Merrs has got ice water in his veins. He either just gave the worst pep talk ever to someone who’s been through the absolute wringer, or he seriously insulted a diplomat. Is he doing it on purpose to see what kind of reaction he gets? Is he about to go all “Great Habzig’s Tits!!” like Vizlet did, when he notices Kass didn’t take the line as an insult?
i think Merrs just doesn’t give a crap.
But he did apologize to Kass for the “I’m sorry … despite my best efforts …” line he led with after surgery on Elim. So that did matter to him. And he even went to the trouble of suggesting Kass might get in trouble throwing snotty towels at other high-ranking people. So he cares. I think he’s just odd.
To quote #103
Head Surgeon Merrs, while an extremely capable surgeon, is not the most skilled conversationalist.
Well, that last panel sums up Kass’s life AND show how strong a person s/he is just about perfectly.
I mean, I’m not certain I wouldn’t be looking for a rope myself.
Although I’m not sure a yinglet actually has sufficient mass for a successful hanging.
I imagine the conversation might continue along these lines:
Merrs: “Diplomat, I just suggested that your entire species is horrifically embarrassing, and that I’m not sure life as one of you would be worth living. You hardly reacted at all. I don’t know what’s wrong with your head, but you’re abnormal, and it’s a bit unsettling.”
Kass: “What part of ‘I was a human male and now I’m a yinglet female’ don’t you understand?”
Merrs: “The part about a human male turning into a yinglet female.”
Kass: (unpleasant face) ” … Well I know it’s insane, but it would actually be easier if I were lying to you. Vizlet couldn’t believe it at first either. Fek, I couldn’t believe it at first. … But here we are.”
Merrs: “Hmm. Well I’m glad we had this conversation, but I really must go. I don’t want to have to reschedule any more surgeries on your account. Please excuse me.” (leaves with a poker face, trying really hard not to entertain the idea that reality no longer makes sense)
Here’s hoping zhat de poster Nikkary Flare is doing OK. Been a monzh since dey posted, hope dey didn’t get drafted into military service. Dat’s worse zhan being turned into a furry egg laying female!
Kass made the mistake of saying “give it to me straight, Doc”
Hello. I found this comic on a recommendation from the TwoKinds Forum and thoroughly enjoyed binge-reading it up to this point.
So now I’ve got to wait for the next instalment with everyone else. Sigh.
Are we there yet?
Hello Zhere! De boss’s work is pretty good? I zhink so too. Might try
https://www.deviantart.com/umbrascythe/art/Learn-To-Live-1-670169839
for anozher Yinglet based comic, zhough it is more of a hero’s journey, compared to what OOP is.
Thanks, Specific. Checking it out.
Damn it, Kass! I’m a doctor, not a therapist!