The hospital attendant leads Doku into the dispensary, leaving the palace examiner and her two guards behind in the sealed laboratory. Quiet shelves divide quarantined bottles from untouched medicines.
The two apprentices wait beside a long oak counter, green sashes freshly tied. Patient ledgers, failed draughts, and the remaining ward stock lie arranged beneath steady lamplight.
the hospital attendant
The critical patients are stable, Lady Nohara. The fevered child remains safe to wait, but the ward has no room for careless priorities.
One apprentice opens the ledgers to marked pages, while the other places each recovered vial apart from the sealed failures. Neither touches the shelves without permission.
the hospital attendant
We need your order recorded plainly. Who receives treatment first, which medicines may be issued, and what safeguards remain after tonight?
the apprentice
We can copy the quarantine signs and maintain separate preparation tables. Tell us what becomes permanent, and we will teach it to every ward.
The dispensary settles into expectant silence. Beyond its doors, patients breathe and attendants wait, while the ledgers remain open before Doku for the policy that will govern them all.
✓ Quest Accepted
Establish a permanent hospital treatment protocol
“"As always critical patients need immediate treatment first. Everyone else who has treatable injuries but can wait simply wait their turn. As for training. I handle training any new staff that needs it. I am the best medic after all. Now is there anything else that needs my attention? I'd like to not be interrupted as I make poison for my ammunitions and you have all interrupted me time and time again."”
SUCCESS (Superb Diplomacy, rolled -2)
Doku Nohara
Critical patients receive immediate treatment. Anyone with treatable injuries who can safely wait will take their turn. I will train every new staff member myself.
Doku Nohara
I am the best medic here. Is there anything else requiring my attention? I would prefer not to be interrupted while preparing poison for my ammunition.
The attendant records each order in the ledger, while the apprentices separate urgent cases from the waiting queue and mark every issuing rule beside the medicine shelves.
the hospital attendant
Your priorities are recorded, Lady Nohara. I will direct all critical cases first, and no waiting patient will receive treatment out of turn.
the apprentice
We will maintain separate preparation tables and bring new staff to you for instruction. Your poison work will not be interrupted by routine questions.
The attendant assigns one apprentice to the waiting ward and keeps the other at the dispensary door as a silent herald. This costs the ward one pair of working hands.
the hospital attendant
Only one matter remains: the palace examiner requires your written inventory of the contaminated stock before dawn. I will keep it ready and summon you only for your signature.
Quest Complete
Establish a permanent hospital treatment protocol