[HUMAN] Dr. Yevgeniy Baskov

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I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips; that's ******** up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government ******** in the a** on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it. Put it to a vote, I'll vote for it -- but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshit, I got two words for that: learn to ********' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent, you're in for a big ********' surprise.

 

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MEET THE MEDIC

Name: Dr. Yevgeniy Lazarovich Baskov

Nicknames: Gene

Age: 29

Birthday: September 4

Sign: All Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning to Work.

Blood Type: Internal.

Fav. Food: Vodka. Russian culture is very much alive in the Baskov family.

Hated Food: Popcorn. All it takes is one popcorn seed casing stuck between his teeth to drive him insane. Gene keeps a roll of dental floss in his pocket.

Place of Work: Destiny City Memorial Hospital.

Hobbies:

- "My mangy cur, Brillo.": If there's one thing Gene loves -- and some people who've known Gene have hypothesized that there is only one thing he loves -- it's his dog. A five-year-old Irish wolfhound, the affectionately-pejoratively-named Brillo is a large creature (though actually quite small for her breed) with unkempt, wiry silver hair. Brillo is a happy, affectionate dog who believes every inch of Gene's considerably large apartment is hers to lay on, including guests and important papers. Gene takes Brillo to the dog park every day, gets her regular checkups and appointments with her groomer (an overly nitpicky Dogsmart employee named Vicki whom Gene is fond of), and brings her home very indulgent doggy-bags when he goes out to eat. He loves his dog -- and if the way to mens' hearts is allegedly through their stomachs, then not so for Gene Baskov: the way to his heart is through Brillo. He unquestionably is a little bit kinder to people who are friendly and nice to his dog. Them's the breaks.

- "My Spanish butler, TiVo.": ER rotations mean strange hours, and as a young bachelor, Gene doesn't mind strange hours -- but he does mind missing his shows: and he seems to have shows for 20 out of every 24 hours of the day. Gene loves the TV, both good shows and bad shows -- but he seems to have a sick sort of love for the bad shows which causes him to watch things like Lifetime Original Movies, SyFy Original Movies, Army Wives, Cribs, Sixteen and Pregnant, and Tyler Perry's House of Payne. He TiVos these shows and watches them later. Sharing this experience is a strange undertaking indeed, as he also tends to yell at the TV and repeatedly demand to know if it's "kidding him with this bullshit." Gene's natural enemy is Ryan Seacrest, for whom his loathing runs so deep that even Brillo barks threateningly at the TV when Seacrest appears on it. Gene also can't seem to quit the internet, or the movies. He surfs the internet on his iPhone while at the dog park. We all have our vices.

- "My best friend, Vodka." (1): Up until the past year or so ago, Gene's best friend and frequent 'hobby' was his college roommate, one Raymond Gordon ('Vodka' being his alleged 'Russian nickname'). Now that they're somewhat estranged, Gene has had to find other things to fill the hours in his day formerly spent defacing Ray's Facebook wall. Some of this newfound free time was spent reading the Harry Potter books. Some of it was spent getting his money's worth out of his Playstation 3. Some of it was spent working his way through the Destiny City Restaurant Guide.

- "My best friend, vodka." (2): Gene works hard, and parties -- well, almost as hard. Still pretty hard. He goes to bars with friends, or out to clubs, or bowling, or mini-golf -- though his bowling skills are better than his mini-golf skills. Alcohol is frequently involved in most of these outings, and there are so very many excuses to offer a toast to something. Gene knows how to have fun, and often does.

Gemstone: A kiss on the hand may be quite continental.

Virtues:

The Ram Has Touched the Wall -- Professionals have standards: be polite; be efficient; have a pla. For Gene, if a thing's worth doing, then it's worth doing right -- this philosophy tends to apply to his whole life. He's a careful, thorough, fastidious person, mindful of details, attentive to accuracy and precision. He takes his work seriously -- he also takes planning things seriously, whether it's a trip to Aspen or a game of Assassin. Gene may be a vocal and outspoken critic of other people's unprofessionalism, but in this, he's at least not a hypocrite: his life and successes reflect an attitude that few things are gained except by hard work and competence.

And the Card Attached Would Say: Thank You For Being a Friend -- Gene doesn't have many friends; he doesn't claim to like people enough to want to have a bunch of 'buddies.' Whatever the case, he takes the friendships he does have to heart -- he cares strongly for people he cares for, and is sharply, burningly loyal. Gene will be sitting beside you in jail, he'll help you bury the bodies, he'll be your bone marrow donor if he's a match. But he'll probably make fun of your shitty bone marrow for the rest of your life.

More Bark Than Bite -- And though Gene may b***h, may complain, may yell, and may insist that he doesn't believe in tipping, when push comes to shove he's capable of being a team player. He'll take a lot of s**t from people he cares about -- and though he'll do this complaining the whole way, the important thing here is, that's mostly just a lot of hot air. Gene can suck it up and deal surprisingly readily -- but one must keep up appearances, or people will start to take advantage.

Live Fast, Die Young, and Leave a Beautiful Corpse -- A sense of responsibility and a sense of humor aren't mutually exclusive things, and Gene's personality Venn Diagram has a large overlap between the two. His sense of humor is sharp, sometimes, misanthropic -- but rather than being a true misanthrope himself, Gene's capable and apt to be friendly, sociable, outgoing. He's not a person who will zap Funbot with his laser eyes. He also tends to have a great deal of emotional resilience -- Gene's ego isn't too easily bruised, which means that he can't just make a joke at someone else's expense, he can take one, too. He is, ultimately, a fairly emotionally balanced individual -- having the (not-universal) benefits of both being a fun and outgoing person as well as of not needing to be the center of attention of any social group he enters into. Expect to have to hold your own in a conversation with Gene Baskov -- but ultimately, he's got a pretty even emotional keel, and takes his interpersonal life in stride. (You spilling wine on his shirtsleeve is a whole different story.)

Flaws:

No Room at the Holiday Inn -- Feel free to grab a bagel on your way out the door, but don't stay for coffee. Gene is friendly -- to a point -- but don't expect him to still love you in the morning. He has a very small, carefully treasured circle of friends and loved ones, and a 'No Vacancy' sign posted outside it -- particularly if he's slept with you. If you're someone he cares about, he really cares about you, but if you're not, he really doesn't. To this end, he makes early judgments about people, often negative, and treats them accordingly. Once ruled an idiot in Gene's book, you'll have to behave very cleverly to change his mind on the matter. People who don't meet his standards are quickly dismissed as useless.

Is That What You're Trying to Accomplish Here--ASYMMETRY?! -- Some people can roll with the punches. Alas, not Gene Baskov. Gene flails undignifiedly with the punches. A terribly unstoic individual, Gene is fussy, says "OW" when he means "ow," freaks out if you get mud on his shoes, and has a tantrum if you spill tomato sauce on the kitchen floor because do you have any idea how hard it is to get stains out of the grout of a tile floor?! Do you?! DO YOU?! He's deeply particular, nitpicky, prone to bitching and moaning, and all pretty vocally. His is not a stone pokerface, particularly if you set a glass down on a wood surface without a ******** coaster, what in God's name is wrong with you.

"President Madagascar!" "Yes?" "A man in Brazil is coughing!" -- SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING. Gene is a good planner; his schedule makes him comfortable. He's also a major primadonna -- Gene will go big or stay home; he'll do something right or he won't do it at all. In fact, he'll ruin it for everyone -- sidelining whatever it may be completely. He is pulling this bus over. If Gene's night is ruined, everyone's night is ruined -- which will probably culminate in him Baleing Out at whomever he perceives as the cause. (What don't you ******** understand.)

Theory of Moral Relativity -- Unlike most people who claim they will "help you bury the bodies," Gene will, in fact, help his loved ones bury the bodies. He has a different moral structure applying to people who matter to him personally than to everyone else. Everyone else is just a little too easily rationalized away, too easily cast as a Redshirt. Gene takes his moral framework too loosely, adjusts it to fit what best suits Gene Baskov -- and though this can, thus, be very very bad for people who he's allowing to be thrown under the bus, it can also be bad for people he cares about. His loyalty is deep, but he abides by the spirit of the thing rather than the word of it: and the spirit of loyalty is, again, very much whatever Gene's interpretation of it is. He is a poisonous friend, if he thinks it's in your best interest -- and relies heavily on asking forgiveness, rather than permission.

Physical Description:

Hair: Sooty, black hair in thick waves is brushed up and back, tidily away from his face. A precocious silver streak that might look awkward on another man manages to look a bit roguish on Gene.

Eyes:Deep, chocolate brown in color.

Face: Gene has sharp, patrician features, with high, crisp cheekbones and a square jaw.

Body: About 6'0" tall, Gene is lean, fit and almost obsessively well-kept: he goes to the gym, he does crunches every morning, he jogs with Brillo, he exfoliates with a good cleanser and he uses a peel and a moisturizer on his skin. He tweezes his eyebrows. He looks really ******** good. Some might well accuse Gene of being a metrosexual. Gene might in turn accuse them of "stating the obvious" and "wasting his time."

Fashion: Every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man. Gene is very highly-paid, very fastidious, and looks very good in a dress shirt and tie -- all of this combines to form a man that spends as much money as he wants to on his clothing, dresses very stylishly when he's dressed down, and even more stylishly when he's dressed up. For a doctor that does so many ER rotations, he's surprisingly often seen wearing business-casual under his white medical coat. He is a classy doctor. He has a big dry cleaning bill.  

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Story Directory

{R} My Friend of Misery - Elke, Gene (COMPLETE)
Dr. Baskov tries to get to the bottom of Elke's mysterious injuries, and is solidly rebuffed.

{R} Hip to be Square - Gene, Ray (COMPLETE)
It's nothing but time and a face that you lose. An old friend gets back in touch with Gene, for good or for ill.

{R} And Live in Harmony, Harmony -- Oh, Love. - Jenny, Gene
Brillo turns Jenny's frown upside-down. Gene is just an accessory.

{R} Tell It to Me Straight, Doc! - Yvette, Gene
Sometimes people need Gene to give them the news.

{R} Q&A Sessions - Jada, Gene
Jada has cabin fever. Fortunately, Gene is a doctor.

{R} Painted Faces Fill The Places I Can't Reach - Ray, Gene (COMPLETE)
Dr. Raymond Gordon MD makes his debut at Destiny City Memorial. Dr. Yevgeniy Baskov MD wonders WTF.

{R} Use Somebody - Wiseman, Faust
Ray Gordon does not have a key to Gene's apartment.

{R} Grounds for the Rounds - Gene, Janice
Janice intercedes on behalf of Gene's bad hair day.

{R} Love Stinks - Gene, Steph
Gene is no longer able to avoid meeting Ray's girlfriend.  

[Shazari]

Brillo.

 

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Workin' workin'.  

[Shazari]

Stick a fork in you, Gene, I think you're done.