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===Background===
From a young age Alicia had taken a keen interest in the medical sciences and dreamt of one day receiving a doctorate of her own, no matter how unlikely that actually was. With her father away with the Royal Navy much of her care was left to her mother and tutors who were content to indulge her curiosity, so long as she did not neglect more proper pursuits.

When the correspondence from her father came to a sudden halt the effect on her mother was both immediate and alarming: she grew pallid and feverish almost overnight. Despite Alicia's best efforts she could not even identify what malady had taken hold, nor could she do much to alleviate her mother's suffering. As time passed it seemed more like the work of the Devil than a pox, and in a cruel twist of fate she got her wish for a new life when her mother finally passed on. With no ties back home Alice boarded the first ship she could bound for the Colonies, determined to pursue her profession and find out what happened to her father. She may be a woman of science, but the feeling in her gut suggested her journey was to take a turn for the unnatural...