A half hour was the standard for giving up on a CODE. It'd been forty-five minutes, the young female paramedic having been motivating them, saying they couldn't go out and tell the man he was gone.. she'd seen the pure pain and heart-break in Murdoc's eyes, as unaware as he may have been of it. Finally giving in as the heart monitor continued to show no response, the doctor let out a husky sigh and relented. The nurses understood, meandering away to take care of others and distract themselves from such a loss. Even in death the boy's expression showed of love and kindness, though with a sick twist of pain etched into it.

"Si'?" The doctor inquired quietly as he stepped out into the waiting room; stripping his hands of their latex coating and just looking past Murdoc's gaze. He was never good with looking a patient's relatives in the eye when it came to something like this.

Murdoc sat bolt upright, like he'd been pricked in the back by a sharp needle. He coughed softly, sniffing and rubbing his eyes. This was it. He was here...or he was gone.

The doctor abandoned the gloves and wrung his hands anxiously, though being sure to keep them out of sight behind his back. "Did you have relations with ou' blue 'aired John?" They'd, of course, never gotten 2D's name, and he wanted to be sure he was speaking with the right man.

"'Is name is Stuart Tusspot." Murdoc growled, understandably sensitive in this situation. "I'm 'is 'usband. I'm Murdoc Tusspot." It was ironic. He'd ran to rid himself of his Niccals name. Now, while Stu was...in treatment...yeah, that was it...in the next room, he could finally call himself by something different. He'd set out to be better for him when he returned. Now he was better and there was nothing to return to. 'NO, HE'S STILL HERE!...Then why hasn't the doctor said anything?'

The doctor looked down, saying, "my apologies.. we've held on to ou' resuscitations fo' nea'ly twice as long, yet... time of death was called a' 11:23 pm, Mistah Tusspot." His voice was heavy with pity and sorrow. He didn't know 2D in his lifetime, but just seeing his face was enough to show how much love and joy he'd spread in his time.

(11:23 pm = 23:23 pm)