Beldam cackled as she realized the perfect plan to capture Vivian and bring her back to the fortress. She would get someone to pretend to be an endocrinologist and get Nq, Vivian's previous endocrinologist fired so that this new endocrinologist could steal Vivian's info of where she was currently staying.

Beldam yelled to Robert, the charlatan that Beldam chose to preform the subterfuge, "Ok Robert! You know the plan right!" Robert chilly said, "Yeah man, I just go into that place pretend to be a… endocrogist? I don't know how to say that word man, but afterwards follow her back home, to find where she's living."

Beldam sighed, infuriated, "FIRST OFF! I'M NOT A MAN! Although I'd appreciate that way of speaking when you're talking to Vivian. ALSO! You missed a lot of steps. Here's a fake medical degree. Take this and plant this fake evidence of fraud, and that will get her previous endo fired, then you'll just suddenly take over Vivian's appointment."


A couple of months later, it was time for Vivian to go to her endo to refill her HRT. She was excited to get to see Nq again, as they were always really kind and patient-first in their care, and seeing them was the one thing Vivian looked forward to before Ms. Mousey rescued her, and they also inspired her to possibly get into the endocrinology field herself.

She gets called into the office to get her blood pressure checked. Her blood pressure lately had been elevated since a recent schedule change at the fortress where Beldam took her to the clinic instead of Marilyn, her much more aloof sister. Last time it was 165/105, and she suspected hearing Beldam screaming at a worker outside her door to refill the complimentary coffee during the reading didn't help.

"Hmm. This is notable." Rock, a completely stoic worker at the clinic, said pointedly. At least Vivian knew Nq wouldn't stop her HRT if the reading was too high, as they understood how important it was to her, and let her make her own decisions with regards to it.

Vivian mused out loud, "Oh… if it's higher than usual… my life has been a lot more eventful lately… so I guess having more going on could have raised it… I hope it's not too bad…"

Rock said, "Ma'am, that is not the problem. Your blood pressure is notably low, 87/59. May I retake it in your other arm?"

Vivian breathed a sigh of relief, and knew that her current life was helping her in so many ways, and that she could never go back. "Sure~"

"Hmm. 85/57." Vivian was questioning Rock's apprehensive tone. "Is that bad.. like that may be because I am in a much more relaxed environment. It's fine if it is too low, right?" Rock said, "Not necessarily, the endo will be in with you shortly."

Rock, although they were caring enough, had a habit of coming across as overly morbid; Vivian still wasn't particularly concerned, as she had discussed switching from spironolactone to cyproterone at her last appointment, but decided to stick with spironolactone after Nq let her know that it could keep her elevated blood pressure at bay. She figured that swapping to cyproterone would probably alleviate the issues with her low blood pressure.

A strange being came into the room and said, "Hey man!" Vivian… was shocked, who was this person… did she mishear them say, "ma'am"? Before she could say anything, the person said, "Hmm, guess you're kind of a quiet dude." Vivian felt a little hurt, ever since she arrived at Rogueport, despite not feeling up to voice training yet, no one had misgendered her, and a lot of people called her stylish.

She rebutted with, "I'm not a dude at all…" The person then responded with a quote that Vivian despised, "Ahh no worries man I know! I got these medical records that Mr. Rocky left on the table, but hey! He's a dude, She's a dude, We're all dudes!".

Vivian quietly responded, "In any case… I don't really like being called a dude so if you could stop calling me that I would appreciate it."

The strange person ignored her and went on, "Anyway, man, so looking at these recor—" Vivian decided to interrupt, "Um… excuse me but will Nq be in soon? They are my usual endocrinologist."

Robert responded with, "'Fraid she was canned, rumor has it that Nicky—" Vivian was getting mad; this person was misgendering and trying to spread rumors about the first person to ever be nice to her. She coldly said, "First off, their name is Nq, not Nicky, and their pronouns are they/them. I also really think a lot of them, so I don't appreciate you spreading rumors about them."

This clinician was still ignoring her, saying "Anyway, man, I'm your endo today! I'm Robert!" Robert then took her hand and shook it hard, which made Vivian uncomfortable as she didn't really like being touched by people she didn't know. "It says here that your blood pressure is lowwwwwww." He moves his hands to the floor as if being animated actually was relevant to his job. "Don't think you'll be getting any more spyro today man!" Vivian, as frustrated as she was getting, did kinda find the typo funny.


While Ms. Mowz was shopping at a local market, she noticed someone frantically going around talking to people, and when she listened more closely… she noticed that they were asking if anyone knew Vivian, as she might be in danger and fear immediately gripped Ms. Mowz; she agreed to let her go to her endo appointment on her own, as Vivian trusted the community there and thought that she would be fine.

Ms. Mowz asked this person, "Wait, you're asking about Vivian?" The person says, "YES! Do you know her?! I'm Nq and I was supposed to see her for an endo appointment but I was suddenly fired for no reason and noticed someone else was going to do the appointment!" Ms. Mowz gasped, "Omigosh, I'm so sorry that that happened with your job, Nq! Vivian had a lot of great things to say about you."

Nq worriedly replied, "I'll be fine after it's looked into more, I'm sure! I'm just worried, This has to be some setup and I'm worried how this will affect Vivian!" Ms. Mowz then hurried over to the clinic.


Vivian just tried to relax by remembering that she was in a better place… and that she could get through this… she would just calmly explain that, based on her knowledge and what Nq informed her of, she could switch to cyproterone and that should help her low blood pressure. She explained this but Robert said, "Nah man, as I say I don't prescribe anything I don't know how to spell. Guess you're just getting the estradiol man!"

As bad as the situation was, and as frustrated as this uninformed jerk was making her, Vivian, having recently seen the Kool-Aid Man commercial, couldn't help but get the image of a man dressed as an estradiol pill popping out of the wall and giving trans girls estrogen, which helped her keep her composure.

She said, "I mean it's my body… but if you're uncomfortable prescribing it, then there are other options, like I also hear that bica—" which was interrupted by Robert saying stubbornly, "Nah man, to be frank with you I'm a bit new to this and don't want to try these new-fangled drugs. You're just getting… hmm 4 mg estradiol? better make that 2 just to start slow since I don't know things"

Vivian couldn't stand this asshole being so blasé about her healthcare, and she couldn't hold her tears back.

Robert then said, "Come on man, don't cry why don't we turn that frown upside d—" The door immediately slams open, revealing Ms. Mowz. Robert says, "Excuse me I'm in the middle of an appoi-"

Ms. Mowz angrily interrupts him, "I know shit is going on here." "Hey man, watch your to—" Ms Mowz walks up and slaps him repeatedly, "*slap* YOU. *slap* MADE. *slap* MY. *slap* BABE. *slap* CRY. *slap* Gimme that, hmm what should I forge as your prescription babe~. Vivian then gives her ideas on what her HRT dosage should be and Ms. Mowz forges a prescription note for that, then suddenly slaps Robert again, "And another for tone-policing!"

Ms. Mowz then excitedly says, "Now let's blow this popsicle stand!* Ms. Mowz then princess carries Vivian out of the center to the cheers of waiting patients! Rock then stoically muses on what happened just then. "Hmm. I see what Vivian meant when she said she was in a better place than when I last saw her. I can't say I thought I'd see a Squeek carrying a Shadow Siren out of this building today, but not the strangest thing that has happened here. Looks like Robert was slapped hard, he will be out for awhile."