The story bellow, isn´t a trigging plot story. Instead, its just a small light story, taking its place months before the start of the show.
Hope you enjoy it.
Zati Linn, thanks for the idea, hope you like the story.
GOOD COMPANION
It was Dr. Julia Ogden first day as a coroner and she couldn´t be happier, this way, she woke up earlier than usual, dressed her best, to be presentable for the chief coroner, who was going to introduce her to her work place.
Sure, to be completely honest, Julia had dreamed to become a psychiatrist, or even a surgeon at Toronto Mercy´s, but as a 31-year-old bachelor woman at the end of the 18th century, been a coroner as the far she could get after end her medicine school and she couldn´t complain about it.
Julia´s first patient, wasn´t any murder victim, instead she tended to a poor old woman, who had died of natural caused. The chief coroner stood there the whole day with her, watching and advising, which annoyed a bit. But at least, he congratulated her for the good work and didn´t bothered at the morgue anymore.
For the days that followed, Julia decided to innovate and to make her work less dull, she brought her personal gramophone to the morgue, with her favorite discs and bought a goldfish at the nearby pet store, to make her company.
Lancelot was his name, altrough Julia couldn´t know if it was a male or female, but it give her a good company through the day, she never left him starving or untended before she left and she often discuss with the fish, the right method to use while treating a corpse, the weather and even her fashion.
''You know Lancelot, I passed by the boutique today and saw the hat I was looking for, for half the price, maybe I bought it when I got to meet this new detective who start to work on the station cross the street, what you think?'' she asked and replied to herself. ''I thought it would be a good idea as well.'' She laughs.
It was of course, before she met saying detective. He was a handsome man, trough too serious for her taste, but yet, when he talked to her the first time, she felt like she was in heavens.
''Nice to meet you, Dr. Ogden, my name is William Murdoch, the new detective.'' He said politely.
''Pleasure…'' she replied a bit faintly, not taking her eyes from his face.
''Over here please doctor, I will lead you to the crime scene,'' he said and Julia was forced to go back to reality.
After that day,, Lancelot was almost forgotten, sure, Julia still talked with it and still tend him lovingly, yet, as time goes by, Julia was slowly forgetting about it, spending her time more often talking with the detective or even daydreaming about him and if one day she would be his.
About a month or so after that then, the fish had died, it was unclear of it goes untended or died of natural cause, but Julia was so busy with work and fascinated with her own life that she only noticed the animal´s death, when the detective after another visit to the morgue, passed by its water bottle and crossed himself in front of it.
Of course, Julia laughed at the detective´s gesture, find it cute. Yet later that evening, before left, she give Lancelot a proper burial and till years later, she still remembered with fondness, her good companion during her firsts days of work.
END.
