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Character: Dr. Clark/"Quack"/"Para-medic"
Series: Metal Gear Solid series
Job idea: Camp Nutritionist
Character Age: 34, as of Portable Ops
Canon: If The Boss invented modern espionage, then Para-medic is the woman who invented the modern battlefield medic. An eccentric doctor with an interest in genetic research, she was brought on Naked Snake's support team to do two jobs: to Save his game, and to walk him through using the Survival Viewer to maintain his Life and Stamina Gauges. This half of her job essentially boils down to trying to tell him what wild plants and animals are edible--but for the most part, what she has to say falls on deaf ears, as all Snake really wants to know is how everything tastes.
Luckily there's more to her life than her job. Para-medic is also a diehard movie fan, and she is prone to attempting to relate what bad 50's and 60's era movies have taught her as a way of giving advice to Snake--no matter how far-fetched it is. As for the nickname "Quack," her patients started calling her that because as a doctor...she never shuts up.
Sample Post: Have any of you zombies ever seen "The Magnetic Monster?" Would you like me to tell you about it? ...No? Why not? It's a brilliant movie released in 1953, incredibly well-directed with compelling and imaginative ideas. When an unstable metal is treated with alpha particles, it starts to eat massive amounts of energy and growing in size. The movie bills it as a Cosmic Frankenstein. If two scientists don't feed it, it'll implode and cause a catastrophe, but if they keep feeding it, it'll keep growing and destroy everything! So they decide to overfeed it, "killing" it, and stabilizing the element. Do you know what that means?
It's a cautionary tale about watching what you eat. Any food you eat will fill your Stamina gauge, but how much it's filled depends on what you eat. If you only eat food with a poor nutritional value, you'll eat yourself to death trying to top off your Stamina. And if you can't fill up your Stamina, you'll barely be able to stumble around, much less move fast enough to catch anything else to eat. And your wounds won't heal very quickly--it's no wonder you don't have a Life bar left!
Brains are a start, but alone they don't fill any of your dietary needs. Sure, a zombie can live indefinitely on a diet of brains, but it isn't really living, is it? Instead of eating more, try to eat smarter--next time you sit down for a meal, try having some Tansy herb with your brain. According to the survival guide, Tansy grows in grassy wastelands, so you should be able to find some in the Clearing in the Center of Camp area. It's poisonous in large quantities, but the leaves and flowers can be used to make a wormifuge tea. That'll help get rid of any worms you have eating through your system. And the best part is, it has a strong smell that should help keep flies away! All in all, it's perfect for a zombie who's been out in the sun for a long time. If you can't find any Tansy, you could also try eating a Super Mushroom. They're also known as "Magic Mushrooms." The guide doesn't have much to say about it, but you can find them hidden inside of bricks. If you're creative, maybe you can find a way to knock one out... Anyway, when you eat the mushroom, it should give you a temporary growth spurt. With your new size, you really will be like the Magnetic Monster!
Once you've topped off your Stamina, you should finally be able to heal your wounds. If they still won't heal, you'll just have to try using some LIFE medicine--you can get some by holding up one of the doctors in the hospital.
...Oh, will you get serious?! LIFE medicine won't have a harmful effect on you just because you're a zombie. This isn't a game, this is real life. Now you go and get that LIFE medicine, push Start to enter the Survival Viewer, and heal yourself!
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Voted In at 88.7%.
Series: Metal Gear Solid series
Job idea: Camp Nutritionist
Character Age: 34, as of Portable Ops
Canon: If The Boss invented modern espionage, then Para-medic is the woman who invented the modern battlefield medic. An eccentric doctor with an interest in genetic research, she was brought on Naked Snake's support team to do two jobs: to Save his game, and to walk him through using the Survival Viewer to maintain his Life and Stamina Gauges. This half of her job essentially boils down to trying to tell him what wild plants and animals are edible--but for the most part, what she has to say falls on deaf ears, as all Snake really wants to know is how everything tastes.
Luckily there's more to her life than her job. Para-medic is also a diehard movie fan, and she is prone to attempting to relate what bad 50's and 60's era movies have taught her as a way of giving advice to Snake--no matter how far-fetched it is. As for the nickname "Quack," her patients started calling her that because as a doctor...she never shuts up.
Sample Post: Have any of you zombies ever seen "The Magnetic Monster?" Would you like me to tell you about it? ...No? Why not? It's a brilliant movie released in 1953, incredibly well-directed with compelling and imaginative ideas. When an unstable metal is treated with alpha particles, it starts to eat massive amounts of energy and growing in size. The movie bills it as a Cosmic Frankenstein. If two scientists don't feed it, it'll implode and cause a catastrophe, but if they keep feeding it, it'll keep growing and destroy everything! So they decide to overfeed it, "killing" it, and stabilizing the element. Do you know what that means?
It's a cautionary tale about watching what you eat. Any food you eat will fill your Stamina gauge, but how much it's filled depends on what you eat. If you only eat food with a poor nutritional value, you'll eat yourself to death trying to top off your Stamina. And if you can't fill up your Stamina, you'll barely be able to stumble around, much less move fast enough to catch anything else to eat. And your wounds won't heal very quickly--it's no wonder you don't have a Life bar left!
Brains are a start, but alone they don't fill any of your dietary needs. Sure, a zombie can live indefinitely on a diet of brains, but it isn't really living, is it? Instead of eating more, try to eat smarter--next time you sit down for a meal, try having some Tansy herb with your brain. According to the survival guide, Tansy grows in grassy wastelands, so you should be able to find some in the Clearing in the Center of Camp area. It's poisonous in large quantities, but the leaves and flowers can be used to make a wormifuge tea. That'll help get rid of any worms you have eating through your system. And the best part is, it has a strong smell that should help keep flies away! All in all, it's perfect for a zombie who's been out in the sun for a long time. If you can't find any Tansy, you could also try eating a Super Mushroom. They're also known as "Magic Mushrooms." The guide doesn't have much to say about it, but you can find them hidden inside of bricks. If you're creative, maybe you can find a way to knock one out... Anyway, when you eat the mushroom, it should give you a temporary growth spurt. With your new size, you really will be like the Magnetic Monster!
Once you've topped off your Stamina, you should finally be able to heal your wounds. If they still won't heal, you'll just have to try using some LIFE medicine--you can get some by holding up one of the doctors in the hospital.
...Oh, will you get serious?! LIFE medicine won't have a harmful effect on you just because you're a zombie. This isn't a game, this is real life. Now you go and get that LIFE medicine, push Start to enter the Survival Viewer, and heal yourself!
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Voted In at 88.7%.