Tears of Madeira

A short piece of fiction to provide some closure for the Ratcatcher game that we just completed.

( Of raccoons and men )

Max, together with Dr. Wright, have prepared a paper that they hope to present at a mini-conference paper to Ratcatchers and invited Fey physicians (teleconferenced to other Department of Interspecies Relations medical centres) about what has locally become known as the Dalton-Wright (DW) node. They believe that this node is used to regulate a person's ability to modulate T-waves, generating new or modifying existing T-fields. They hope to the have the paper released publicly in "Annals of Thaumatological Research".

Meanwhile, after having observed a physician "scanning" a patient in Avalon, Max has tracked down references to using auras in medical analyis. With the assistance of Det. Bekka, has learned to examine and interpret these auras and regularly uses this on his rotations in the DIR medical centre. He hopes to soon begin training others in its use. He has also been on call at the DIR morgue but that has been quiet so he has been able to focus on his aura and neurological work.

Finally, Max has joined a crime-scene investigation team as their medical advisor in a range of investigations where he has been honing those skills. The result of all this has been that he has had no social life, being focused on his work and fascination with both the aura interpretation and the DW node. His only outlet has been twice-weekly gymnastics training in the DIR gym and his weightlifting at home.

During this time, Mr.Coon has joined with Det.Bekka to work on his ability to generate illusions. He has also been studying stealth, bugging, and infiltration so that he can do undercover work in racoon form.

Max/Mr.Coon have started seeing a were psychologist to help better integrate the two personalities. There is still some conflict between them, but Max has become less rules-bound and Mr.Coon has become less of a lose-cannon. Time will tell how this arrangement will work.