#<- technically included in defib explanation

[clone-fighter]

help I'm back in my Rhythm Doctor phase (For real, though, certain posts from now on will purely feature RD content... SRB2 will have to wait ig.)

I guess I'll drop some intern-related headcanons here. (Under cut!)

Y'see, my interpretation of the Intern(s) is not any physical entity - not a robot, not any specific Internsona, not even a hand... it's a system. A system of wires and devices made specifically for volunteers to the Rhythm Doctor initiative to connect to and defibrillate patients with.

...Except it went in a bit of a wrong way, being haunted by the spirit of a patient falling victim to improper treatment. That patient being the representation of myself:

(More info on custom gimmick will be posted later if requested!)

A side-effect of this 'takeover' is that the numerous TVs that were installed to optionally show the face of the intern(s) at work can also show a form that the reawakened soul of Kirl came up with to represent himself again:

(I can imagine the only thing Kirl remembered once he woke up was that he was a huge Sonic fan-) (Special thanks to @emo-hermit for both of the templates btw!)

I'm gonna briefly go on a tangent about how exactly the whole thing works. There's two ways an intern can defibrillate a patient, and both are still left around by Ian in case the less effective one still has a use in its distance:

Method A: Direct Connection A wire comes down and directly connects to the patient's heart. Can only be used within the hospital's walls, but it's the more effective method in comparison. This is also the only method currently equipped with a prototype of the "Miracle Cure" Ian has been working on, though it isn't active yet (during the events of the game).

Method B: Remote Shock Control A device is stuck onto the patient's chest, close to where their heart would be. This device is then remotely told to deliver slight shocks to the heart for a less effective defibrillation at a much greater distance than Method A. The further away from the hospital, though, the greater the input delay… (Used throughout Act 4.)

alright I'm gonna end it here because I ran out of things to say💥