Girls' Next Tour (A Girls' Last Tour fan-sequel)

Chapter 6: Affliction

"What do you do in case the victim suffers a third-degree burn?"

"If it's pretty severe you need to protect the burn area by covering it loosely with sterile gauze. To protect them from going into shock, have them lay on the ground, lift their legs and cover them with a blanket, until we can get them to the infirmary. It's always important to monitor the victim's pulse, breathing, and blood pressure."

"What's the meaning of triage?"

"Determining the priority of which patient has to be treated first during an emergency or disaster, by the severity of their condition. So for example, someone with a gunshot wound gets priority over a person with a small incision on their finger."

"What if the victim suffers from a heart attack?"

"You first check if the symptoms of a heart attack are there. Have them sit down, rest, and try to keep them calm, if they are unconscious and unresponsive begin administering CPR and immediately transport them to the infirmary - are you going to keep asking me First Aid questions, or are you going to play?"

"Even if you are my daughter, I am hoping you would pass the exam tomorrow if you are going to be a certified nurse at my hospital Mieko! Oh and - CHECKMATE!"

Sitting opposite each other Reo and Mieko sat in the cold hangar playing chess. They were on monitoring duty as part of an initiative where every citizen of the dome had to volunteer for service for different kinds of jobs around the sector. For this month it was Reo and Mieko's turn to be on duty at the hangar that was used to access the outside either through the large blast doors that leads to the outer layers or through the intricate elevator system that gave access to the layers underneath Besides the retrofitted old-era vehicles, there were also monitoring stations to observe the layers outside. Regardless, the sensors and the camera systems were down from the blizzard so they were sitting blind.

"Daaad, that's your 5th win in a row!" Mieko pouted before resting her head on the table "Arghhh...I'm never gonna win against you!"

"What do you expect, your dad is the dome champion 4 years in a row." Reo replied as he was placing back the pieces on the chessboard "And that was my personal best in 10 moves. You had your king out in the open with that last move, it was so easy to checkmate you with the rook and the horse."

"Oh! You'll see who will brag about beating the champion! I've been practicing with Kazuo almost every day and I am so close to beating him!" Mieko exclaimed still resting her head on her table.

"Who do you think taught Kazuo all this time?" Reo spoke with pride as he loved to brag about his chess skills every chance he had. "Ready for another round?"

"Naaaa... I don't want you to win 6 times in a row! We should play something I am good at, like buta no shippo." She sneered still resting her head on the table.

"Ughhh... guard duty is sooo boring! I will be more useful at the hospital, dad!" Mieko complained as she lay back on the chair, her gaze fixed upon the lights that lit up the large hangar.

"Be lucky you are not on sewage duty this month, and besides Midori's fever there were no other patients there these past few days," Reo said as he placed away the chessboard.

"Shoveling shit is more fun than this!" Mieko replied still pouting as she glanced around the cold hangar. "So when do you suppose they are going to fix the cameras and the sensors outside? They haven't been working for days now." Mieko asked and sighed as she looked at the blank monitor near them with just the words 'Lost Communication!' blinking on the screen.

"They should commission one of those useless apparatuses to go out and fix the grid. Besides, I don't think anyone from the engineering team will go out in this weather. The forecast station said that the storm will pass us in a few days. It's the biggest one of the season." Reo replied as he also glanced into the blank monitor.