"Prodigy of Clarasburg"

Clarasburg Skyline (AI Interpretation)

**"Prodigy of Clarasburg"** is the 5th episode of the 1st season of Alternate Void: The Five Pillars. The episode introduces Selena Orlani and her advanced knowledge of medicine.

## Episode Guide

*Xander catches an unsual sickness that the castle doctors can't fully explain. Olivia reaches out to a doctor in Clarasburg, who is said to be a prodigy in medicine.*

## Sypnosis

Not too long following her trip out to Nalaa, Olivia is bombarded with different meetings and tasks and is completelyoverwhelmed with work. She has been especially tired since she has had to take care of Xander who had gotten a cold over the time that he was spending a week with friends while Olivia was away. Vincent attempts to get palace guards to look at Xander and while Olivia agrees to it, she mentions how Xander hates the doctors more than anything else, and that they need to make it seem less like a doctors visit and more like a trip of sorts.

Henry barges into the queen's study where he asks her where she has been, and that he has been trying to contact her. A little shocked, Olivia tells him that she didn't mean to forget to call him and that she has been swamped with papers over the last few weeks, especially with the ongoing political situation she has thrown herself into. Henry feels bad and asks if he can do anything for her, where she perks up and tells him to go with Xander to his apointment with the castle doctors. Henry agrees and tries to say goodbye to Olivia before leaving. She smiles and wonders what could possibly be going on with Xander's head.

In Everettia, James sits at his own study in the Castle Fergeson, where his wife, Celine, sits as reads a book. James comments how he has had non stop work to do with all these soldiers returning to the mainland from Bastille. He comments on Olivia's immaturity and how she is oblivious to the other dimensions of the occupation. Celine can only sigh and smile as she assures him that she is just trying to do her best, and that she is just a young girl still. James gets up and tells Celine that is the very problem, and that he feels as though the nation is regressing with a mere child as the head of state. Celine tells him to take a walk and forget his work for a minute, but she can tell there is more on his mind than just worry for the nation.

A doctor tries to take Xander's tempature, but the prince continues to struggle and freak out, despite Henry there to try and calm him down. As the doctor looks over his notes and back at Xander, he tells Henry that he has to run a couple additional tests on Xander and that he needs to wait here. While Xander thinks hes going in for shots, Henry tells him that he promised Olivia to take care of him, and the doctor tells Henry that he isn't going to do anything crazy, he is only worried about the prince being contagious. As Xander goes behind the doors, Henry sits and waits.

Olivia gets up from her chair and begins to walk toward her door before she gets a call at her desk. She picks it up to hear Vincent's voice, alerting her of a situation in the doctor's office. She rushes to find a quiet waiting room, but a concerned Henry talking with Vincent and the doctor. She asks with a concerned voice about the exact issues, and she is told that the doctor really isn't sure what the issue is. Xander is continuing to cough and get nauscious, but it is unlike anything he has seen before. Olivia gets a little defensive and asks what to do, and the Doctor tells her that they can either try and see if he gets better, or they can try and take him to another practice. Olivia tells him she'll take him anywhere in the city, but the Doctor mentions that she might have to try a different approach. He mentions how a colleague of his studies at the University of Ventigone in Clarasburg, and they might have to fly him out there. Olivia looks around and just mentions how she doesn't really have a choice at this point.

After a plane ride and quick rush to the University Medical Center, Olivia, Xander, and Henry all arrive at the lobby where they tell the nurse they are in search for the doctor who can help Xander. The receptionist mentions how he isn't in town and is on his way to a conference abroad. She mentions that she can try and get them anotehr doctor who may be able to help, to where Olivia just sighs and mentions how she doesn't have much of a choice at this point. A woman then taps Olivia on the shoulder and tells her that if they follow her, she can get them in immediately, and that she would be able to help them. Although a little confused, Olivia agreed and followed her.

When they arrived at a little makeshift clinic, she revealed herself as Dr. Selena Orlani, a young doctor who is trying to land a job at Clarasburg's University Medical Center. She is a prodigy in medicine who has been studying all of this from a very young age. Olivia asked if she could help Xander, and she told them she could, just if she could run a couple of tests. With Xander pretty much out of commision, she had no problem running labs or running scans. While the tests were processing, Olivia asked her why someone like her has an issue landing a job, and Selena tells Olivia that she is considered a child by the industry, and although she passed every exam thrown at her with flying colors, she is still seen as a little girl to the other physicians. Olivia then tells her that she is grateful someone so kind hearted like her would help at all. Selena then sighs, and tells Olivia that she actually has a serious hate for the royal family, and that once she saw who Olivia and co. were, she seriously considered walking away. Olivia then asked why she changed her mind, where Selena told her a doctor's responsibility is to heal any sick individual, and while she believes the royal family is sick in the mind, and she can't cure that, her Uncle would be coming home from Bastile in the coming weeks according to her father. When that happened, she couldn't help but smile for a simple act of peace.

As Gunther met up with James and Celine at the gates of the palace, he told James that the Prince of Azulia was sick and that he was being taken to Clarasburg for treatment. While a little shocked at this news, James couldn't let his emotions get the better of him and told Gunther he wished nothing but the best for the prince. Celine looked in worry and could tell James still wasn't feeling the way he should. James invited Gunther and his team inside, where he mentioned they had plenty of matters to discuss.

Back in Clarasburg, Selena instructs Xander to drink a gallon of North Mountain Peach Juice, along with a few antibiotics that she would prescribe.She tell Olivia he contracted Tempesian Influenza, which is an incredibly rare and hard to recognize sickness. Xander, in his first moments of sanity since falling ill, looked at the Doctor and commented on how pretty she was. Selena took that as a sign that he was at least feeling slightly better, and although a little weirded out, figured this was good progress and he should make a full recovery in the coming days. Olivia could only thank her and asked what she owed the doctor. Selena told her it was her payment for what Olivia did for her uncle. Olivia asked what Selena wanted more than anything in the world, where she responded that she wanted to be able to cure all the peculiar and unknown diseases of the world. Especially with how little it seems humanity knows about the dangers out there. Olivia then offered Selena the chance of a lifetime. She told her that she thought her dream was nothing short of spectacular, and the world could benefit greatly from it. That is why Olivia wanted Selena to continue her practice through official means at the Sanofi Hospital in Analeasia. Taken aback by the proposal, Selena got a little hostile and mentioned that she wouldn't take a handout from the royal family, and that she was not the type of person to be sold out. Olivia told her that she just had to think about it. This caused Selena to ask what the catch of this deal would even be. Olivia mentioned that she could offer a once a month clinic to the royal medical staff, which could improve the capabilities of their skills as well.

As Olivia and Henry remained with Xander and planning to leave in the morning, Selena made a stop by her parents home, where she brought up the idea with them and mentioned how ridiculous it was that she would be offered that deal. Selena's parents, however, did not tell her to turn it down, but mentioned how this is her way into the world of impact. She would be at the frontlines of the world, and would be forced to deal with hardships, but she would finally be accepted into a hospital.

Back in the office, Henry tells Olivia that inviting this woman to Analeasia might be a terrible idea, especially with how the council sees Olivia's actions already. He goes on to mention that while bringing a doctor seems great, she did not consult with anyone other reasons that this woman might not be employed in Clarasburg, and he hoped that she wasn't a witch doctor or something like that. Olivia could only roll her eyes and mention how without her, who knows what could've happened to Xander if they didn't find her.

The following morning, As Olivia and the others were being escorted to the plane, Selena came up to them with a bunch of things in hand. She mentioned how she would need to take a few trips back to get everything, but if the offer still stood, she would accept it. Olivia smiled and told her that she was so excited to have her in Analeasia, to which Selena told her that they weren't friends, and that she was doing this for the country. Olivia smiled, agreed, and they made their way with the escorts.

As James and Gunther chatted, Celine looked through the window, pondering what madness her husband could be getting into.