The Mysterious Benefactor

**A Surgeon Story**

## Description

A surgeon gets a slice of a mysterious conspiracy.

> **You:** Wow, the hospital just got a huge technological research donation. Access to new surgical equipment really will help our cause!
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** This new hospital donor sure wants a lot of info about our patients and procedures. It's like they're digging for something.
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> **You:** I'm sure they're just being thorough. A lot of the technology they donated is new.
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> **Other:** Yup. Can't wait to start playing with it! I mean... can't wait to start using it seriously for medical purposes only.
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### Scalpel Swinger

Starting Dialogue

> **You:** Speaking of those new surgery machines, have you seen the weird logo on the underside of them?
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> **Other:** Oh, yeah. It looks like a llama and an eye? Very odd. But all logos are kind of weird, I guess.
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> **You:** That's true. Maybe it's nothing....
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Ending Dialogue:

> **You:** The hospital donor called again. They were asking questions about the archives. In particular, birth records.
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> **Other:** That's odd. I hope you politely told them that we can't possibly disclose that information.
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> **You:** I did. They said they understood and that they were "just curious". Pretty fishy, though.
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### Smooth Operator

Starting Dialogue:

> **Other:** You know, I wonder if we even need their fancy machines. You're a great surgeon and getting better every day!
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> **You:** Thanks! We've been spending so much time discussing these machines. I should be focusing on improving my skills.
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> **Other:** You've got plenty of time! There always are going to be people who need your help.
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** Got a strange message from one of our patients, Garrett. He's the president of the local conspiracy club. He wants to meet with you.
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> **You:** Oh, him. He's quite the character, isn't he? I have a lot of patients to see today. Tell him maybe next week.
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> **Other:** He seemed to think the matter is urgent. Says he has "information" about our donor.
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### Idol of Incisions

Starting Dialogue:

> **You:** It'll have to wait. I just got a message saying someone broke into the hospital archives! Birth records have been stolen.
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> **Other:** I really hope it's a coincidence, but it doesn't look good for our donor. They were just asking about the archives....
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> **You:** But why would a wealthy benefactor want birth certificates? It's probably petty thieves wanting to steal identities.
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** Great job today, especially with all this distraction going on!
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> **You:** Thank you. Sometimes I just have to remind myself that the real puzzle is our patients' health issues.
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### Opine Specialist

Starting Dialogue:

> **Other:** Oh, you remember Garrett, the conspiracy-obsessed patient? He dropped off this book earlier. Said to give it to you.
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> **You:** "The ABCs of Conspiracy Theory"? This is even heavier than all my anatomy textbooks! Why would he give this to me?
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> **Other:** He didn't say, but our donor called again. They requested detailed scans of all patients born in a particular year. Super weird....
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** Great job today. You're certainly becoming more skilled. We probably don't even need these fancy machines.
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> **You:** They definitely make the procedures a lot easier. Plus, people seem comforted by robots. Maybe it's their cold, grabby claws?
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> **Other:** Cold, grabby claws definitely are a trait I look for in my most trusted friends.
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### Surgical Superstar

Starting Dialogue:

> **You:** Our mysterious benefactor called again. This time, they're requesting DNA swabs from certain patients.
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> **Other:** What?! We can't give them that information!
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> **You:** They're saying it's for insurance purposes. The biggest loophole. Looks like we have to comply.
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Ending Dialogue

> **You:** I'm starting to think our mysterious benefactor is an unsavory character, although I'd like to believe otherwise.
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> **Other:** You're just now thinking that?
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> **You:** I really try to give people the benefit of the doubt, especially if they're super rich. I mean, super generous.
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### Master Surgeon

Starting Dialogue:

> **You:** Oh, I tried to read that giant conspiracy theory book that Garrett, the conspiracy-obsessed patient, dropped off.
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> **Other:** Anything useful?
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> **You:** It's so dense. I really don't know where to start. There's even a conspiracy about the "real" authors of the book.
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** Sometimes I get the feeling that these machines are watching me.
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> **You:** I'm pretty sure there are camera in them, so that makes sense. Not sure where they're hooked up to, though.
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> **Other:** Yikes. I'll try to forget you said that....
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### Trauma Surgeon

Starting Dialogue:

> **Other:** I took a closer look at this book that Garrett, the conspiracy-obsessed patient, dropped off. He bookmarked a section!
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> **You:** The Illamanati? The book says they're notorious for hiding maps to secret artifacts in their members' DNA.
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> **Other:** I'll bet Garrett thinks our new donor is the Illamanati. I'll put it into his chart right under his theories about me being an alien.
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Ending Dialogue:

> **Other:** Now the donor is asking for surgical records of all patients born in a certain year with a specific blood type.
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> **You:** This is getting ridiculous. This is a place of healing and fluorescent lighting, not privacy violations. Let's get to the bottom of this!
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### Extraction Specialist

Starting Dialogue:

> **Other:** When you said "Let's get to the bottom of this!", it inspired me to think of this plan. First we break into the donor's mansion....
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> **You:** What? No, I'm just going to call them to clear this up.
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> **Other:** What? Oh, yeah. Of course, that's what I meant, too.
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Ending Dialogue:

> **You:** Turns out there wasn't any ill-will. Our donor just wanted to collect research for their patients research company.
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> **Other:** Well, not to freak you out, but we might want to doctor Garrett's records (no pun intended). His scan came back....
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> **You:** He has a metal implant? With a llama symbol on it?! Nurse, cancel my one o'clock.
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