Berlint General Hospital (バーリント
Description[]
Berlint General Hospital is the longest-established hospital in the capital, and is used by many major Ostanian figures in politics, industry, and the military.
Gerald Gorey's following of his co-workers
Loid Forger works in the Psychiatry Department of the hospital as part of his cover story. A number of WISE assets like Fiona Frost are in the hospital to support him and secretly provide him with missions. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital is Gerald Gorey, who dislikes Loid because of his sudden popularity in the hospital and closeness with Fiona. After Loid and Fiona injure themselves on a mission, their handler Sylvia Sherwood briefly fills in for their jobs while they recover, acting as a nurse.
One of the consultation rooms used by Loid contains an emergency escape route hidden behind a bookcase, used when he goes out on missions as Twilight.
History[]
During the second East-West war, Melinda Desmond, the then-First Lady of the country, was a patient at Berlint General Hospital. She appeared to have suffered from some stress as the eyes of the people, as well as other countries, were on the First Family, and she sought help as Donovan Desmond's wife. However, Melinda's experience at the hospital was unwell, as the doctor in charge of her care treated her with great agitation due to the country's mood, and she did not return to the hospital since.
In the present, as part of his civilian cover for Operation Strix, Loid began working at the hospital as a psychiatrist, choosing the profession in the hopes of getting close to Donovan, his target. While he had other career options, Loid chose to work at the hospital, as he could make plenty of opportunities to steal intel and forge connections through many influential figures in Ostania by working there. To support his cover and assign him missions, other WISE assets like Fiona have been placed among the hospital staff. Occasionally, when leaving his family to do spy work, Loid uses his work at the hospital as an excuse. Since arriving at the hospital, Loid has quickly grown popular among the staff and patients of the hospital, even being invited to play golf with its director.
Campbelldon Tennis Arc[]
The hospital staff pampering Anya
Anya is assigned to investigate an occupation and write a report on it for her social studies project at school. Asking Loid for help, he takes her to Berlint General Hospital. During their tour of the hospital, Anya asks Loid several questions about his profession as a psychiatrist. They also run into the regular staff, who quickly take a liking to Anya, doting on her and giving her snacks. After Loid takes Anya to one of his consultation rooms, he gets a knock on the door from Fiona. Keeping Anya occupied with a sand table, Loid meets with Fiona, who gives him documents for an extra mission.
Anya, who has learned from Loid's thoughts that there is an emergency escape route in the room, locates and ventures through it. Looking through a vent to a room below her, she witnesses a meeting concerning the neuroscience of paranormal perception. She accidentally makes a noise and decides to head back to the room before Loid returns, but realizes that her leg has gotten stuck between some pipes. As she struggles to free herself, her noises cause the doctors to believe they are hearing a ghost. After Anya gets her foot free and quickly hurries back, the doctors decide to keep an open mind when patients speak of ghosts.
Anya's work on the sand table
Anya returns just before Loid does and hurriedly makes a mess of the sand table to look like she is playing with it. As the sand table is used to analyze a person's subconscious mind, Loid is utterly shocked by what he sees. Believing that Anya has been stressed since her sudden adoption and blaming himself as a parent and spy for not noticing her feelings, Loid decides that Anya requires immediate care. Wanting to help with her report, Loid takes a look into her notebook, only to find unintelligible scribbles.[1]
Cruise Adventure Arc[]
The day before Loid leaves for his cruise trip on Princess Lorelei, he apologizes to his co-workers for giving them extra work while he leaves, but they wish him a great time on the cruise, to which he thanks them. Working nearby, Fiona overhears the conversation and is also being watched by Gerald Gorey from the corner.
Fiona happy with her gift from Loid
When Loid returns to work after his trip, he gifts his co-workers with souvenirs. He later meets with Fiona at his consultation room, who hands him documents of his patients during his absence. They both ask each other if anything changed while Loid was gone, but with both parties thinking of different things, they say not much happened. To thank Fiona for covering his missions in his place, Loid gives her the bag of leftover souvenirs. Fiona glares at Loid while accepting the gift and thanks him, confusing Loid. When alone, Fiona begins skipping through the hospital's halls, overjoyed with the gift.[2]
Friendship Schemes Arc[]
Loid is handcuffed at the hospital
Twilight continues to maintain his cover as Dr. Loid Forger, the well-loved and adored psychiatrist of the hospital. Following Yor's meeting with Melinda Desmond, Loid seeks out any patients connected with Melinda in the hopes of extracting useful information from them. However, Loid learns from Fiona that Gerald will not assign him any patients out of spite and jealousy of Loid's popularity within the hospital. Unbeknown to either of them, Gerald also despises Loid due to his closeness with Fiona. With his past efforts to get on Gerald's good side being a failure, Loid decides to deal with him. Loid puts up with Gerald's schemes to make him a pariah in the hospital and ends up receiving more affection from everyone.
As a last resort, Gerald attempts to call the SSS to report Loid as a spy. However, Loid had planned ahead, using Franky to intercept his phone call. Franky and Fiona help with Loid's plan as they arrive at the hospital disguised as SSS agents. Gerald shows them Loid and accuses him of selling information to Westalis, even planting fake evidence inside his desk. Fiona and Franky pretend to arrest Loid with Gerald present, but the three proceed to expose the director's accusation and his own misdeeds. The faux Secret Police agents pretend to take him away, but Loid makes an impassioned speech to convince them not to arrest Gerald, moving the director and making him indebted to Loid.[3]
Red Circus Arc[]
Loid consults Thomas
Thomas Austin, suffering from a series of nightmares, begins to attend consultations with Loid. He believes that his nightmares and other symptoms are caused by his experience with hostage-taking, but his mannerisms make Loid (and an eavesdropping Fiona) think otherwise. After looking into Thomas's background, Loid informs Thomas that the source of his nightmares and fears is his embittered wife, who has become antagonistic toward him as their twenty-year marriage has soured. Deciding to help ease this trauma, Loid has a talk therapy session with Thomas, which proves to be tiresome, making him conclude that authentic marriages are difficult.
After a while, Loid's sessions are beneficial, and Thomas slowly begins to be able to talk to his wife again. Later, he thanks Loid for his help.[4]
Mole Hunt Arc[]
Loid is called to the hospital to discuss a serious incident under the guise of a medical emergency. On his way there, he is briefly tailed by Yuri and Yor, the former suddenly leaving while the latter follows him all the way there before leaving herself. At the hospital, Fiona informs Loid that a mole in WISE HQ in Westalis has stolen top-secret documents, including Operation Strix. Emphasizing the direness of the situation, Fiona says they must retrieve the documents before Ostania does.[5]
A disguised Sylvia visits the recuperating Fiona
The mission to recover the files from the mole Winston Wheeler is a success, but Fiona returns with heavy injuries after breaking her body in a fight against Winston. Fiona is sent to Berlint General Hospital with the claim of falling down the hospital stairs from the fourth to the first floor. Gerald secures a private room for Fiona, where he fails to spend time with her. Before leaving, he hands Fiona the medical files for VIP patients to be assigned to Loid. Sylvia is also at the hospital as a nurse, forced to fill in for Loid and Fiona for the day while they recover (and also to fulfill her desire to wear a nurse uniform). Sylvia informs Fiona that her injuries are not too severe and that she will be able to return to work in time. Sylvia praises Fiona for completing the mission but instructs her not to push herself so hard, hinting that she knows Fiona's feelings for Twilight. Fiona becomes flustered upon this realization, much to Sylvia's amusement.[6]
Term Break Arc[]
Since receiving the medical files for VIP patients, Loid has been busy working with both normal and VIP patients. After Berlint's Annual Winter Sheep Festival, the psychiatry department is visited by a surprise VIP drop-in patient: Melinda Desmond. Gerald informs Loid of her visit and says they must show extreme care and discretion with her. He then asks Loid to take care of Melinda, and Loid is more than happy to accept this opportunity.[7]
"In truth, my husband... is an alien."
Loid cheerfully greets Melinda as her doctor but is confused when she suddenly throws up her hands in defense. Before starting her consultation, Melinda reveals that she came at Yor's urging during the winter festival while also mentioning her wariness of Loid's alleged "concussive therapy." After clearing up the misunderstanding, Loid begins by looking at Melinda's symptoms and tries to help her find their root causes. He senses Melinda's hesitation to open up and encourages her to share her troubles with him, concealing his intentions to get any useful intel for Operation Strix out of her. After some thought, Melinda discloses to Loid her history with the hospital and her desire to change herself. She adds that she is seeking help as a mother and wife, prompting Loid to ask if she is experiencing distress with her family. Melinda suddenly asks Loid if he believes in UFOs, and although it takes him aback, Loid plays along to gauge her reaction and see if she is interested in the topic. After getting nothing, he returns to the topic of her family, asking if there is a connection between them and UFOs. Melinda confirms this, but she astounds Loid as she tells him that Donovan is an alien.[8]
When asked to explain her reasoning, Melinda quickly panics as she worries about Donovan discovering their session. Loid manages to calm Melinda down and believes she is being abused. However, Melinda denies that Donovan has done anything to her, prompting Loid to tell her that harm can come in many forms and that she is obviously suffering from lots of stress to come to the hospital. Melinda agrees with Loid's idea but says it is already too late. She then elaborates on her suspicions of Donovan, saying that between the birth of their two sons, he has somehow been replaced by a telepathic alien. Melinda shares her intense fear of this alien, which has made her unable to protect her sons from it, though when asked if Donovan has ordered her how to interact with their children, she denies it.
Loid gives Melinda a notebook to record her experiences with Donovan
To ease her fears, Loid suggests that Melinda calmly talk things out with Donovan. Furthermore, he offers to be a neutral third party to assist her and proposes that she invite her husband to one of their sessions. Melinda is skeptical, but Loid advises her to keep an open mind about discerning the true nature of the changed Donovan. He also asks to see Melinda again for another session before giving her a notebook to journal moments when she felt her mind was being read by her husband. While Melinda believes that Loid thinks she is ill, Loid clarifies that he thinks she is suffering, and he offers his full support toward her recovery for the sake of her and her family. As Melinda leaves the hospital, Loid convenes with Fiona, who had talked with Melinda's attendant, Nola, during the session. While Fiona is sure that Donovan will never come to the hospital, she believes that Melinda may not be lying about his changed nature, though Loid wants to wait for Melinda's examination results before investigating into the matter further.[9]
Fiona's Get-Well Visit[]
Loid tells Fiona to take it easy
When Fiona suddenly calls in sick at work, Gerald decides to pay her a get-well visit and asks Loid to accompany him, knowing Fiona will not greet him if he is alone. Happening to have intel to pass to Fiona and taking the opportunity to curry favor from Gerald, Loid agrees to go. As they get close to Fiona's home, Loid signals to her to inform her of their arrival, which she hears and quickly tidies herself and her home before greeting them. After rejecting Gerald's advances, Fiona speaks with Loid and says she will return to work later in the afternoon. Fiona then becomes upset as she refuses the urge to cough and sniffle to avoid embarrassing herself in front of Twilight. Picking up on her mood, Loid leaves with Gerald, but not before advising Fiona to rest, which she follows. While returning to the hospital, Loid tells Gerald that leaving when they did is a sign of a truly caring boss.[10]
Facilities[]
References[]
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 29, and Episode 20.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Anime: Episode 36.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 67.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 77.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 80.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 87.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 108.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 109.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 110.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Short Mission 15.
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