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Sometimes characters end up in the hospital. The sane thing to do when you're a patient in listen to your doctor's orders, no matter how [[badass]] you might be... but, for whatever reason, some characters just check themselves out early. They might have a mission to complete, they might feel just fine, they might simply hate hospitals. Going through the formal release process is optional. Going through the surgery that the character was checked into the hospital for is also optional.
Sometimes characters end up in the hospital. The sane thing to do when you're a patient in listen to your doctor's orders, no matter how [[badass]] you might be... but, for whatever reason, some characters just check themselves out early. They might have a mission to complete, they might feel just fine, they might simply hate hospitals. Going through the formal release process is optional. Going through the surgery that the character was checked into the hospital for is also optional.
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No matter what the effects might be on the character's health, he just doesn't want to stay.
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Revision as of 17:19, 18 December 2018

Sometimes characters end up in the hospital. The sane thing to do when you're a patient in listen to your doctor's orders, no matter how badass you might be... but, for whatever reason, some characters just check themselves out early. They might have a mission to complete, they might feel just fine, they might simply hate hospitals. Going through the formal release process is optional. Going through the surgery that the character was checked into the hospital for is also optional.

No matter what the effects might be on the character's health, he just doesn't want to stay.

Examples of Patient on Unauthorized Leave include:

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  • A Certain Magical Index: No matter how many times Touma ends up in the hospital, he always checks himself out early. He knows he should stay, but he can't afford the hospital bill an extended stay would produce. Good thing he's under the care of the best doctor in the city when he is in the hospital.
  • Played With in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, in that Hayate isn't given a choice whether to leave the hospital before her treatment is completed. She goes back afterward.

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  • The Spice Girls Fic, Astral Journey: It's Complicated, Melanie does this upon learning she had been sectioned for suspicious behaviors relating to her eating habits. She opts though the ceiling, where there she thought no one is going to look for her. She attempts a second time later on but ends up badly hurt. Despite this, her failed attempts actually gets the others giggling at her stupidity... even Emma.

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