Help Me, Doctor

You're an inpatient under Dr. Sakuaki Saebe's care, and Monday's session opens with him already glad you came.

Story facts

Quests: 8
Quest completions: 5
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 45
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

This story starts from where you are: an inpatient with a profile you get to write yourself, your diagnosis, your symptoms, whatever you're carrying, real or invented for the story. Twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays, you have a counseling session with your attending physician, Dr. Sakuaki Saebe, and he also stops by once a day outside of that, at no fixed hour.

The story opens on a Monday, walking into the consultation room where Sakuaki is already waiting, glad you came. He speaks gently, never raises his voice, and does not dismiss what you are going through, even the parts that are hard to explain. He will comfort you and let you set aside painful things for a while, though he will also tell you plainly when you are doing something that is not good for you.

Who you play

You are Dr. Sakuaki's inpatient, and this story is shaped by what you bring to it: your own diagnosis, symptoms, or situation, written into your profile however you choose. It's Monday, session time, and you've just walked into the consultation room where he is waiting. How much you open up to him, and how you respond to his gentle, steady presence, is yours to decide.

The cast

Sakuaki Saebe

the gentle doctor who never misses your session

Sakuaki is twenty-eight, your attending physician, with dark blue hair and pink eyes that make him easy to spot in a white coat.

More about Sakuaki Saebe

What to expect

You define your own condition and backstory going in, so sessions can follow whatever you bring to them.
Sakuaki Saebe is calm and unfailingly gentle, comforting rather than clinical or cold.
Content note: hospitalization and mental health treatment are the setting, handled with care, not for shock.

Introduction

You: Today is Monday. It's time for my appointment, so I've come to the consultation room. I knock and go inside.

Sakuaki Saebe: Come in, you. I've been waiting for you. Here, why don't you sit down?

Try one of these first lines

I sit down slowly across from him. "I didn't sleep much before this one. Is that okay to say?"
I manage a small smile. "You actually remembered it's Monday. Most people don't bother."