Post by Solana on May 8, 2009 20:55:40 GMT -5
(Outside the hospital is a beautiful, sunny day. Roas is coming inside, wearing sunglasses and throwing on his lab coat.)
Roas- Well, Lucia, I know you think that you look dashing in your new black scrubs, but I can't deal with the fact that I walk into the front door of this place and I find you standing there, ta-alking at me.
Lark- All I said was 'good morning'.
Roas- Exactly! And who in Althena's name wants to hear *that* every day? (Grimaces.) 'Good morning.' In the immortal words of Daffy Duck, 'I demand that you shoot me now.'
(Lark shakes his head as Roas walks off.)
I couldn't help but think two things. First, I do look stunning in these black scrubs. I mean, come on, who wants a taste? Second, everyone's day begins differently around here.
(Cuts to the surgeons in their locker room, getting ready to begin their day.)
The surgeons, for instance, are the most superstitious bunch. So they always start their morning with a round of Magic: The Gathering...
Zero- Nice try, but that card is pro-red. This round's mine! >
Ronfar- Dammit! Why can't we ever play dice around here?
Zero- Tradition, bro.
...and then their own personal good luck rituals.
(One surgeon kisses a tiny statue of Althena and tucks it in a pocket, another murmurs a few words and shuts his locker door. Kyle kisses a bromide of Jessica and tucks it...away. Zero is rooting around in the bottom of his locker and growls.)
Zero- Where's my lucky Kenshin doo-rag?
Lark (grabbing one off the top shelf)- Why don't you just use Papillon?
Zero- How is Papillon as lucky as Kenshin?
(Buso Renkin spoiler!)
Lark- Don't you remember how he was rescued by Dr. Butterfly after his battle with Kazuki in the second volume?
Zero- How did I forget that? (Angrily slams the locker door closed.)
(End spoiler.)
Lark (stunned)- You read a lot of manga...
(Cuts to Solana entering a little girl's hospital room.)
All you can really hope is that nothing bites you on the ass.
Solana- Gaby, are you all set for your bone marrow transplant today?
Gaby- I'm scared. I wanted to bring my stuffed red dragon with me, but Mean Nurse said I can't.
Solana- Well, I promise you you'll have it. (Joins Kiyone.) Honestly, 'Mean Nurse', why would you say that?
Kiyone (softly)- Because she lost her stuffed red dragon two days ago.
Solana-
Frick. (Turns back and smiles at Gaby and gives a thumbs-up, and Gaby returns it with an innocent smile.)
(Cuts to Zero and Lark walking down the hallway.)
Zero- Since I've been wearing that Kenshin doo-rag, my surgery record's like 23 and 0. I tell ya, the man can't kill anyone!
Lark- Are you counting that boil you lanced yesterday?
Zero- Question- did he die? Answer- no, he did not. The point is, I gotta stick with whatever's hot. Like, last month, it was wearing a Red Wings jersey under my scrubs.
Lark- So, why not just wear the jersey?
Zero (shaking his head)- It's not that easy. The Kenshin doo-rag is what's doing it now. Can you imagine what would happen without it?
(Lark looks off to the side, and the camera cuts to Zero and a few other surgeons hard at work on a patient.)
Zero- I can't find any kind of obstruction!
Ronfar- Keep looking- it must be there!
(All of a sudden, a chibi form of Anon clad in a karate gi pops up with a squelching noise. He nut-punches Zero.)
Anon- Ha, ha, ha, ha! >
Zero (in a soprano)- I found it! (Falls over with a crash, and it cuts back to Skylark.)
Lark- Powerful tiny fists... (Zero just looks at him, then walks off.) He's back...
(Cuts to main theme, then shows a large fly hovering near a vent.)
Some people say that everything comes down to luck.
Zero- Where's my lucky doo-rag?
What I believe is that the most minor event, even a fly flapping its wings, can affect everything.
(The fly hovers between a young woman in a tank top and a larger gentleman, turns from one to the other, and finally lands on the woman. Zero and Lark are watching intently. In the background, Kiyone looks annoyed.)
Zero (whispering)- Hillside landing. (He and Lark slam their fists together.)
Because once that most insignificant event happens...
Kiyone- What is wrong with you?
Zero- Baby, I wasn't looking at her, okay? I was looking at the fly that just happened to LAND on her, and who can blame it? There it is, all snuggly and safe...(He glances back up at Kiyone, who doesn't look convinced.)
...it sets everything else in motion.
Lark- Uncomfortable! (He quickly turns away and smashes directly into Rune, who was carrying a tray of fruit smoothies. The smoothies land on the almost spotless floor that Techno had been scraping the last of the grime off of.)
Techno- Okay, who do I kill?
Lark (pointing to Rune)- She did it! (He takes off, leaving Rune looking shocked.)
Techno- Man, I don't want to clean this up!
Rune- Well, then I think you picked the wrong day to be the janitor!
Solana- Techno, could you help me find a little girl's stuffed red dragon?
Techno (pulling out a mop)- I'd love to, but I'm a little busy right now.
And insignificant events can lead to significant events. Like me being on time and Dr. Atrades being late for a change.
(Camera cuts to Lark and Azreal standing by the nurse's station. Azreal is glaring at his watch.)
Azreal- Where the hell is Dr. Atrades? His shift started four minutes ago!
Uh-oh, you've got to cover for him.
(Lark whips out an ocarina and starts to play. Azreal starts dancing to it, then pulls Jean's fans off of the counter and starts spinning around with them, adding a few leaps.)
Lark- I have to learn to play the ocarina.
Azreal- Dammit, son, are you listening to me?
Lark- Yes, sir!
And buy an ocarina.
Roas- Hey, fellas! What'd I miss?
Here he is.
Roas- Goodness gracious. Suddenly, I'm getting the most intense headache. Let me see if this relieves the pain. (Comes behind Lark, using him as a shield against Azreal.) Better. (Pushes him off to the side.) Worse. (Pulls him back in front.) Better. (Pushes him away again.) Worse. I could do this all day.
Azreal- You know, Roas, since Dr. Tsukoyamo was on time and you were busy in the break room coming up with that hilarious better/worse bit, maybe you should answer to him all day. (Turns and leaves.)
Lark- Uh, Dr. Serano? That's my pen.
(Azreal tosses it between Roas and Lark. Lark tries catching it with his right hand and misses.)
Roas- Nice grab.
Lark- I'm a lefty.
Roas- You know, my head's probably going to melt when I say this, but Serano's idea wasn't half-bad. Letting you run this place for a day would be a great educational experience. Let's face facts, the training bra's gotta come off eventually. (Lark makes a face.) So, it's your show, Luna. Is this moment just the way you always pictured it?
(Lark looks off to the side, and it cuts to him sitting on the couch with some dolls in his and Roas' likeness.)
Lark (talking like Roas)- It's your show, Luna. Is this moment just like you've always pictured it? (Squeezes the head of his own doll, which promptly falls off.) Stupid homemade dolls.
(It cuts back to Lark in the hospital.)
Lark- It's a little bigger. (Roas groans and walks off, and Kiyone and Zero come by.)
Kiyone- Zero, I just got off of a twelve hour shift, I'm starving, and I have yet to take a single bathroom break. Which, by the way, is why I'm dancing a little. And you want me to run home, search through your nasties and bring back your lucky doo-rag?
Zero- And if you could be back in twenty minutes, that'd be great.
Azreal- Nurse Kiyone, your shift ended nine minutes ago. How is it that your time card isn't punched out?
Kiyone- Well, sir, I-
Zero (interrupting)- Dr. Serano, how is it that you had an ambulance take you to your dinner reservation last night just so you wouldn't lose it?
Azreal (smiling tightly)- How did you know that?
Zero- Because I'm the "home boy" you screamed at to get my "ghetto-mobile" off the road.
(Azreal takes a breath to reply, then turns and walks off.)
Kiyone- Zero, I don't need you to fight my battles for me. It makes me look like I can't defend myself!
Zero- You're absolutely right, baby, and I apologize! Remember- (raises arm) doo-rag!
(Cuts to Kiyone plopping down on the couch at home and grabbing a magazine. She shifts around and grabs a Snickers bar that she'd been sitting on. Just as she's about to take a bite, her cell phone rings.)
Kiyone- Hello?
Solana- Hey, it's Solana. What are you doing?
Kiyone (tossing the candy bar)- Nothing disgusting!
Solana- I can't find that girl's little red dragon anywhere!
Kiyone- Don't worry about the dragon- I'll be right there.
(She closes her cell phone and leaves the apartment. As she passes the bathroom, the camera zeroes in on Rowdy with a Kenshin doo-rag on his head.)
(The camera cuts to a patient lying in his bed.)
Patient- Basically, I've had nausea and stomach pains for a couple of days now.
Lark- Mr. Strauss, I don't want to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should avoid eating sushi from the Gas 'n Go.
Mr. Strauss- It came free with the fill-up! What am I supposed to do, just throw it away?
Roas- Yes, yes you are. Fortunately, though, your vitals are normal, so we'll check back with you in a little while. (He and Lark leave the room.)
Lark- Sounds to me like a GI bleed.
Roas- To me, like angina. Look, newbie, if you leave this hospital knowing only one thing, and Althena save me, it seems like there's a pretty good chance that just might happen, let that one thing be this- medicine is a collaborative effort. That means that your opinion is just as important as mine. So, let's see if you've got the gobstoppers to take the lead. Be the sheriff. (He laughs, turns it into a groan, then turns and starts walking.)
Come on, you can do this. Black scrubs! Black scrubs!
Lark (whistles and starts talking like Roas)- Here's the deal, Jessica, we're going to go ahead and get a full work up on this guy. (Roas turns around, raises his eyebrows, and crosses his arms to listen.) So, while I drop an NG tube and do a gastric lavage, why don't you go ahead and get an EKG with cardiobio markers. If you need to know where those are, they're on page 37 of the Ann Taylor catalog, (Roas is looking incredulous) right next to that salmon cable-knit sweater that you've wanted for so long but haven't had the courage to order because you're worried the weave's so thin, your nipples might just go ahead and peek their little pink selves through. Isn't that right? Dr. Atrades?
(Roas is staring off to the side.)
Lark- Dr. Atrades?
Roas- Oh, I'm sorry, here I was in my own little world talking to myself and dreaming about candy bracelets.
Lark- I don't like candy bracelets.
I love them. Now you gotta grab that elevator, but not without giving him his patented shoulder bump!
Lark (nodding decisively)- Good day. (He bangs into Roas, moans in pain and falls to the floor while clutching his shoulder.) How you like me now? (Mr. Strauss' chart is tossed onto his chest.)
(Cuts to a frustrated Solana trooping out of a room.)
Lark- Hey, find your red dragon yet?
Solana- Nope. but I had the pleasure of meeting Helen, the laundry room lady.
Lark- Oh, I think I know her. Does she have blond hair?
Solana- No.
Lark- Brown hair?
Solana- Nuh-uh...
Lark- No hair?
Solana- That's the one.
Lark- Yeah, from the dryers. Hey, Techno's still downstairs. Why don't we just check in his custodial closet?
(They enter a room filled with people in coveralls, cleaning supplies, various gadgets, and a poker table. Hanging on the wall is a blown-up photo of Lark with the word 'Him' over it. One of the janitors notices Lark staring at it and quickly tears it down.)
Sadoul- Hey, you're not welcome here.
Anon- S'up?
Lark- Anon?
Anon- I just got the job, bro!
Lark- So that's why he's been back in my dreams...
Sadoul- Beat it.
Lark- Gotta go! (He and Solana beat a hasty retreat.)
(Cuts to Kiyone eating something, Zero approaching her.)
Zero- Did you bring my lucky doo-rag?
Kiyone- Why don't you wear the Eyeshield 21 doo-rag that I got you for X-mas?
Zero- Baby, I hate to tell you this, but Eyeshield, they killed like three people. They're banned from the OR.
Kiyone- Well, what do you want me to do, Zero? I forgot.
Zero- You forgot. You never pay attention to the little things that are important to me. (Shrugs and goes to grab some food.)
You'd be surprised how when one thing goes wrong around here, everything seems to go wrong.
(Loud machine beeping is heard as Lark enters Mr. Strauss' room.)
Lark- What happened?
Roas- Vitals are tanking!
Rune- No pulse in the lower extremities.
Lark- How can that be? He wasn't showing any signs of distress!
Roas- Come on, come on, come on! We gotta make a decision here!
Lark- Uh, let's get him a CT station, stat!
Roas- Good.
(Cuts to an X-ray room.)
Roas- It's an aortic dissection. It's bad.
Lark- Call surgery. Tell them we're on our way.
In a hospital, it's hard to avoid letting people down. Whether it's someone you made a promise to...
Gaby- I want my dragon!
Solana- I'm so sorry...
Roas- Let's go, soul stealer! You're on!
...or someone you love...
Zero- I gotta go.
Kiyone- Zero, I'm sorry!
...or even letting down someone you barely knew at all.
(Lark is watching Zero and the surgeons operate. A machine begins to beep, and Zero sighs and shakes his head sadly.)
In the end, it's the 'what if's that hurt the most. Like, what if things had gone a little differently?
(Cuts to Lark and Roas in the cafeteria.)
Roas- It's just that aortic dissections are a doctor's worst nightmare. If you don't catch them early, there's about a 90% mortality rate. I mean, honestly, unless your patient was lucky enough to trip and fall into a CAT scan machine, he wasn't going to have a happy ending. Newbie, we didn't have a chance on this one.
(Lark nods silently, and Roas rises and leaves the cafeteria.)
Me, I don't believe in fate. I believe we have more control than we think, and that every action has a reaction.
(The camera shows a fly landing on the window.)
After all...
(Camera shows the episode speed-rewinding, then stopping at the fly near the same vent from the beginning.)
...the most minor event, even a fly flapping its wings, can change everything.
(Zero and Lark are watching the fly as it hovers between the young woman and larger gentleman.)
Sometimes for the better.
(The fly lands on the gentleman.)
Even if it doesn't seem like it at first.
Zero- Look away.
Lark- I can't.
Roas- Well, Lucia, I know you think that you look dashing in your new black scrubs, but I can't deal with the fact that I walk into the front door of this place and I find you standing there, ta-alking at me.
Lark- All I said was 'good morning'.
Roas- Exactly! And who in Althena's name wants to hear *that* every day? (Grimaces.) 'Good morning.' In the immortal words of Daffy Duck, 'I demand that you shoot me now.'
(Lark shakes his head as Roas walks off.)
I couldn't help but think two things. First, I do look stunning in these black scrubs. I mean, come on, who wants a taste? Second, everyone's day begins differently around here.
(Cuts to the surgeons in their locker room, getting ready to begin their day.)
The surgeons, for instance, are the most superstitious bunch. So they always start their morning with a round of Magic: The Gathering...
Zero- Nice try, but that card is pro-red. This round's mine! >
Ronfar- Dammit! Why can't we ever play dice around here?
Zero- Tradition, bro.
...and then their own personal good luck rituals.
(One surgeon kisses a tiny statue of Althena and tucks it in a pocket, another murmurs a few words and shuts his locker door. Kyle kisses a bromide of Jessica and tucks it...away. Zero is rooting around in the bottom of his locker and growls.)
Zero- Where's my lucky Kenshin doo-rag?
Lark (grabbing one off the top shelf)- Why don't you just use Papillon?
Zero- How is Papillon as lucky as Kenshin?
(Buso Renkin spoiler!)
Lark- Don't you remember how he was rescued by Dr. Butterfly after his battle with Kazuki in the second volume?
Zero- How did I forget that? (Angrily slams the locker door closed.)
(End spoiler.)
Lark (stunned)- You read a lot of manga...
(Cuts to Solana entering a little girl's hospital room.)
All you can really hope is that nothing bites you on the ass.
Solana- Gaby, are you all set for your bone marrow transplant today?
Gaby- I'm scared. I wanted to bring my stuffed red dragon with me, but Mean Nurse said I can't.
Solana- Well, I promise you you'll have it. (Joins Kiyone.) Honestly, 'Mean Nurse', why would you say that?
Kiyone (softly)- Because she lost her stuffed red dragon two days ago.
Solana-
Frick. (Turns back and smiles at Gaby and gives a thumbs-up, and Gaby returns it with an innocent smile.)(Cuts to Zero and Lark walking down the hallway.)
Zero- Since I've been wearing that Kenshin doo-rag, my surgery record's like 23 and 0. I tell ya, the man can't kill anyone!
Lark- Are you counting that boil you lanced yesterday?
Zero- Question- did he die? Answer- no, he did not. The point is, I gotta stick with whatever's hot. Like, last month, it was wearing a Red Wings jersey under my scrubs.
Lark- So, why not just wear the jersey?
Zero (shaking his head)- It's not that easy. The Kenshin doo-rag is what's doing it now. Can you imagine what would happen without it?
(Lark looks off to the side, and the camera cuts to Zero and a few other surgeons hard at work on a patient.)
Zero- I can't find any kind of obstruction!
Ronfar- Keep looking- it must be there!
(All of a sudden, a chibi form of Anon clad in a karate gi pops up with a squelching noise. He nut-punches Zero.)
Anon- Ha, ha, ha, ha! >
Zero (in a soprano)- I found it! (Falls over with a crash, and it cuts back to Skylark.)
Lark- Powerful tiny fists... (Zero just looks at him, then walks off.) He's back...
(Cuts to main theme, then shows a large fly hovering near a vent.)
Some people say that everything comes down to luck.
Zero- Where's my lucky doo-rag?
What I believe is that the most minor event, even a fly flapping its wings, can affect everything.
(The fly hovers between a young woman in a tank top and a larger gentleman, turns from one to the other, and finally lands on the woman. Zero and Lark are watching intently. In the background, Kiyone looks annoyed.)
Zero (whispering)- Hillside landing. (He and Lark slam their fists together.)
Because once that most insignificant event happens...
Kiyone- What is wrong with you?
Zero- Baby, I wasn't looking at her, okay? I was looking at the fly that just happened to LAND on her, and who can blame it? There it is, all snuggly and safe...(He glances back up at Kiyone, who doesn't look convinced.)
...it sets everything else in motion.
Lark- Uncomfortable! (He quickly turns away and smashes directly into Rune, who was carrying a tray of fruit smoothies. The smoothies land on the almost spotless floor that Techno had been scraping the last of the grime off of.)
Techno- Okay, who do I kill?
Lark (pointing to Rune)- She did it! (He takes off, leaving Rune looking shocked.)
Techno- Man, I don't want to clean this up!
Rune- Well, then I think you picked the wrong day to be the janitor!
Solana- Techno, could you help me find a little girl's stuffed red dragon?
Techno (pulling out a mop)- I'd love to, but I'm a little busy right now.
And insignificant events can lead to significant events. Like me being on time and Dr. Atrades being late for a change.
(Camera cuts to Lark and Azreal standing by the nurse's station. Azreal is glaring at his watch.)
Azreal- Where the hell is Dr. Atrades? His shift started four minutes ago!
Uh-oh, you've got to cover for him.
(Lark whips out an ocarina and starts to play. Azreal starts dancing to it, then pulls Jean's fans off of the counter and starts spinning around with them, adding a few leaps.)
Lark- I have to learn to play the ocarina.
Azreal- Dammit, son, are you listening to me?
Lark- Yes, sir!
And buy an ocarina.
Roas- Hey, fellas! What'd I miss?
Here he is.
Roas- Goodness gracious. Suddenly, I'm getting the most intense headache. Let me see if this relieves the pain. (Comes behind Lark, using him as a shield against Azreal.) Better. (Pushes him off to the side.) Worse. (Pulls him back in front.) Better. (Pushes him away again.) Worse. I could do this all day.
Azreal- You know, Roas, since Dr. Tsukoyamo was on time and you were busy in the break room coming up with that hilarious better/worse bit, maybe you should answer to him all day. (Turns and leaves.)
Lark- Uh, Dr. Serano? That's my pen.
(Azreal tosses it between Roas and Lark. Lark tries catching it with his right hand and misses.)
Roas- Nice grab.
Lark- I'm a lefty.
Roas- You know, my head's probably going to melt when I say this, but Serano's idea wasn't half-bad. Letting you run this place for a day would be a great educational experience. Let's face facts, the training bra's gotta come off eventually. (Lark makes a face.) So, it's your show, Luna. Is this moment just the way you always pictured it?
(Lark looks off to the side, and it cuts to him sitting on the couch with some dolls in his and Roas' likeness.)
Lark (talking like Roas)- It's your show, Luna. Is this moment just like you've always pictured it? (Squeezes the head of his own doll, which promptly falls off.) Stupid homemade dolls.
(It cuts back to Lark in the hospital.)
Lark- It's a little bigger. (Roas groans and walks off, and Kiyone and Zero come by.)
Kiyone- Zero, I just got off of a twelve hour shift, I'm starving, and I have yet to take a single bathroom break. Which, by the way, is why I'm dancing a little. And you want me to run home, search through your nasties and bring back your lucky doo-rag?
Zero- And if you could be back in twenty minutes, that'd be great.
Azreal- Nurse Kiyone, your shift ended nine minutes ago. How is it that your time card isn't punched out?
Kiyone- Well, sir, I-
Zero (interrupting)- Dr. Serano, how is it that you had an ambulance take you to your dinner reservation last night just so you wouldn't lose it?
Azreal (smiling tightly)- How did you know that?
Zero- Because I'm the "home boy" you screamed at to get my "ghetto-mobile" off the road.
(Azreal takes a breath to reply, then turns and walks off.)
Kiyone- Zero, I don't need you to fight my battles for me. It makes me look like I can't defend myself!
Zero- You're absolutely right, baby, and I apologize! Remember- (raises arm) doo-rag!
(Cuts to Kiyone plopping down on the couch at home and grabbing a magazine. She shifts around and grabs a Snickers bar that she'd been sitting on. Just as she's about to take a bite, her cell phone rings.)
Kiyone- Hello?
Solana- Hey, it's Solana. What are you doing?
Kiyone (tossing the candy bar)- Nothing disgusting!
Solana- I can't find that girl's little red dragon anywhere!
Kiyone- Don't worry about the dragon- I'll be right there.
(She closes her cell phone and leaves the apartment. As she passes the bathroom, the camera zeroes in on Rowdy with a Kenshin doo-rag on his head.)
(The camera cuts to a patient lying in his bed.)
Patient- Basically, I've had nausea and stomach pains for a couple of days now.
Lark- Mr. Strauss, I don't want to tell you how to live your life, but maybe you should avoid eating sushi from the Gas 'n Go.
Mr. Strauss- It came free with the fill-up! What am I supposed to do, just throw it away?
Roas- Yes, yes you are. Fortunately, though, your vitals are normal, so we'll check back with you in a little while. (He and Lark leave the room.)
Lark- Sounds to me like a GI bleed.
Roas- To me, like angina. Look, newbie, if you leave this hospital knowing only one thing, and Althena save me, it seems like there's a pretty good chance that just might happen, let that one thing be this- medicine is a collaborative effort. That means that your opinion is just as important as mine. So, let's see if you've got the gobstoppers to take the lead. Be the sheriff. (He laughs, turns it into a groan, then turns and starts walking.)
Come on, you can do this. Black scrubs! Black scrubs!
Lark (whistles and starts talking like Roas)- Here's the deal, Jessica, we're going to go ahead and get a full work up on this guy. (Roas turns around, raises his eyebrows, and crosses his arms to listen.) So, while I drop an NG tube and do a gastric lavage, why don't you go ahead and get an EKG with cardiobio markers. If you need to know where those are, they're on page 37 of the Ann Taylor catalog, (Roas is looking incredulous) right next to that salmon cable-knit sweater that you've wanted for so long but haven't had the courage to order because you're worried the weave's so thin, your nipples might just go ahead and peek their little pink selves through. Isn't that right? Dr. Atrades?
(Roas is staring off to the side.)
Lark- Dr. Atrades?
Roas- Oh, I'm sorry, here I was in my own little world talking to myself and dreaming about candy bracelets.
Lark- I don't like candy bracelets.
I love them. Now you gotta grab that elevator, but not without giving him his patented shoulder bump!
Lark (nodding decisively)- Good day. (He bangs into Roas, moans in pain and falls to the floor while clutching his shoulder.) How you like me now? (Mr. Strauss' chart is tossed onto his chest.)
(Cuts to a frustrated Solana trooping out of a room.)
Lark- Hey, find your red dragon yet?
Solana- Nope. but I had the pleasure of meeting Helen, the laundry room lady.
Lark- Oh, I think I know her. Does she have blond hair?
Solana- No.
Lark- Brown hair?
Solana- Nuh-uh...
Lark- No hair?
Solana- That's the one.
Lark- Yeah, from the dryers. Hey, Techno's still downstairs. Why don't we just check in his custodial closet?
(They enter a room filled with people in coveralls, cleaning supplies, various gadgets, and a poker table. Hanging on the wall is a blown-up photo of Lark with the word 'Him' over it. One of the janitors notices Lark staring at it and quickly tears it down.)
Sadoul- Hey, you're not welcome here.
Anon- S'up?
Lark- Anon?
Anon- I just got the job, bro!
Lark- So that's why he's been back in my dreams...
Sadoul- Beat it.
Lark- Gotta go! (He and Solana beat a hasty retreat.)
(Cuts to Kiyone eating something, Zero approaching her.)
Zero- Did you bring my lucky doo-rag?
Kiyone- Why don't you wear the Eyeshield 21 doo-rag that I got you for X-mas?
Zero- Baby, I hate to tell you this, but Eyeshield, they killed like three people. They're banned from the OR.
Kiyone- Well, what do you want me to do, Zero? I forgot.
Zero- You forgot. You never pay attention to the little things that are important to me. (Shrugs and goes to grab some food.)
You'd be surprised how when one thing goes wrong around here, everything seems to go wrong.
(Loud machine beeping is heard as Lark enters Mr. Strauss' room.)
Lark- What happened?
Roas- Vitals are tanking!
Rune- No pulse in the lower extremities.
Lark- How can that be? He wasn't showing any signs of distress!
Roas- Come on, come on, come on! We gotta make a decision here!
Lark- Uh, let's get him a CT station, stat!
Roas- Good.
(Cuts to an X-ray room.)
Roas- It's an aortic dissection. It's bad.
Lark- Call surgery. Tell them we're on our way.
In a hospital, it's hard to avoid letting people down. Whether it's someone you made a promise to...
Gaby- I want my dragon!
Solana- I'm so sorry...
Roas- Let's go, soul stealer! You're on!
...or someone you love...
Zero- I gotta go.
Kiyone- Zero, I'm sorry!
...or even letting down someone you barely knew at all.
(Lark is watching Zero and the surgeons operate. A machine begins to beep, and Zero sighs and shakes his head sadly.)
In the end, it's the 'what if's that hurt the most. Like, what if things had gone a little differently?
(Cuts to Lark and Roas in the cafeteria.)
Roas- It's just that aortic dissections are a doctor's worst nightmare. If you don't catch them early, there's about a 90% mortality rate. I mean, honestly, unless your patient was lucky enough to trip and fall into a CAT scan machine, he wasn't going to have a happy ending. Newbie, we didn't have a chance on this one.
(Lark nods silently, and Roas rises and leaves the cafeteria.)
Me, I don't believe in fate. I believe we have more control than we think, and that every action has a reaction.
(The camera shows a fly landing on the window.)
After all...
(Camera shows the episode speed-rewinding, then stopping at the fly near the same vent from the beginning.)
...the most minor event, even a fly flapping its wings, can change everything.
(Zero and Lark are watching the fly as it hovers between the young woman and larger gentleman.)
Sometimes for the better.
(The fly lands on the gentleman.)
Even if it doesn't seem like it at first.
Zero- Look away.
Lark- I can't.
